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
NBA legend Bill Russell starred at McClymonds High School in Oakland, Calif., and got help on the hardwood from this 14-time MLB All-Star. Of this player, NBA coach Charlie Eckman said "[redacted] could do it all. He was All-NBA as a high schooler. Russell could play defense, but [redacted] could do everything." He could do it all on the diamond too, eventually belting 586 big-league home runs and establishing himself as the only player to win both AL and NL MVP honors. (Hint: It's not Curt Flood or Vada Pinson, who patrolled the same outfield as this player on the McClymonds High baseball team.)
Frank Robinson
Uncategorized
Many Ivy Leaguers have been renowned civil servants; some have had long careers as athletes; and a few have even done both. Bill Bradley may be the most famous among them, but he wasn’t the first. Who was the fellow Princeton alumnus who played 15 years of pro baseball, then won the Medal of Freedom for his work as a US spy during World War II?
Moe Berg
Baseball
Which member of the New York Mets put on a clinic to record the highest single-season WAR (13.3) of the 1980s? That number has not been eclipsed since.
Dwight Gooden