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
Olympics
Give the last name (post-marriage) of the Australian women’s heptathlon gold medalist from 1984 who defeated Jackie Joyner Kersee by five points and was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame a year later. (Alternatively, give the profession chosen by Villanova standout and Wade Trophy winner Shelly Pennefeather in lieu of continuing her basketball career in Japan.)
Nunn/Nun
Country Club
What insurance company gave its name to the PGA Tour event at TPC Avenel (now TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm) in Potomac, Maryland from 1987 to 2002? The corporation was NOT the source of the name of the famous arena now called Hy-Vee; that was named after a different midwestern financial magnate.
Kemper
Obscure
What is the name given to women wrestlers in Japan? For most of Japanese wrestling history, they were segregated to their own promotions including All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the dominant promotion through the 1990s.
Joshi