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
Football
Though it hasn't occurred in the NFL since 1926, what's the lowest possible final score where both teams score and the game doesn't end in a tie?
3-2
Baseball
The gambler and racketeer Arnold Rothstein was shot on Nov. 4, 1928 in apparent retaliation for refusing to pay a $320,000 debt accrued at a poker game. On his deathbed, when a police detective asked for the name of his killer, Rothstein allegedly replied, “I’m not talking to you. You stick to your trade, I’ll stick to mine.” Name the (specific) sporting incident with which Rothstein was most famously associated.
Fixing the 1919 World Series
Football
There are only two Division 1 FBS football teams that meet all of the following criteria:
—Have nicknames that start with the same letter of the alphabet
—Are the only two FBS programs with nicknames starting with that letter of the alphabet
—Are based in cities that start with the same letter of the alphabet (a different letter from the nicknames, for what it’s worth)
—Are located in states that border each other
—Have played each other a total of three times ever, per winsipedia.com
Name either school.
Texas, New Mexico