The trivia league taking a broken world by storm.
What is AST?
- A head-to-head daily sports trivia division
- 12-day "Fortnights" occurring at least 6 times per year
- Matches Monday through Friday only
- Twenty-four hours to answer five questions
- Defensive strategy to stymie your opponent
- Promotion/relegation from one Fortnight to the next
Sample Questions
Country Club
Since 2010, only one men's major golf tournament has featured a playoff with more than two players, as shown in this slightly doctored photo. Name the tournament, the course, and the winner.
Open Championship (British Open), St. Andrews, Zach Johnson
Games
Name any two chess players who won the USSR championship, an annual tournament held between 1921 and 1991 that is still considered the strongest national championship ever contested. (Either a solo or shared win is acceptable.)
The full list can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR_Chess_Championship
Uncategorized
1999
The final World Series of the decade featured the Yankees repeating as champions with another sweep, this time beating Atlanta, their opponent from 1996. Two Yankees starting pitchers pitched in both this series and in 1996 versus Atlanta. Name both.
Andy Pettitte and David Cone.