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
Baseball
It’s a charming quirk of baseball history that the first combined no-hitter (and inarguably the most extraordinary relief appearance, period) involves the sport’s most extraordinary batsman. On June 23, 1917, Babe Ruth (along with his catcher) got tossed for arguing balls and strikes after Ruth walked the Senators’ first batter. Replacement catcher Sam Agnew caught the runner stealing, and the relief pitcher proceeded to retire the next 26 batters in a row. What was that pitcher’s name?
Ernie Shore
Baseball
In late 1926, two future Hall of Fame player-managers resigned amid accusations from Dutch Leonard that they had fixed a 1919 game, though Commissioner Landis later cleared them. Name either Hall of Famer.
Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker
Football
Name the player who shattered the Rose Bowl receiving yards record with 216 yards—and helped his team bring Northwestern’s magical season to a disappointing end—on Jan. 1, 1996.
Keyshawn Johnson