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
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Sample Questions

Uncategorized

A thoroughbred named Scrabble didn’t have much of a career. From 1988 to 1990, the Virginia mare won just two of 27 starts and a total of $5,322. But other horses whose names are allowed in Scrabble—SCRABBLE is itself a playable word—have done well. Of the thirteen to have won the Triple Crown, only two horses have one-word names that are not acceptable Scrabble words. Name either.

Whirlaway, Omaha

Hockey

In hockey parlance, a two-and-ten refers to two concurrent penalties assessed at the same time, and the numbers refer to minutes. Give the one-word classification for the two-minute penalty and the one-word classification for the ten-minute penalty. (Note: Your answer should consist of two words.)

Minor, Misconduct

Basketball

What Sonics point guard, buried on the depth chart behind Gary Payton and Nate McMillan, played just 9 total minutes in the ’96 finals? He later was the primary regular-season starter for two different NBA Finals-losing teams, both in the Eastern Conference.

Eric Snow