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
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In the 1987 NFL draft, two players were selected who would go on to appear in games in both the NFL and MLB. Bo Jackson was famously selected in the seventh round by the Los Angeles Raiders, despite currently pursuing a major league baseball career. What running back was selected in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings, before eventually switching sports and getting a cup of coffee with the New York Mets in 1992?
D.J. Dozier
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Pele may have been the most glamorous figure in world soccer, but the setting for his first Cosmos match was the nondescript Downing Stadium, located on two conjoined islands (Randalls Island and Wards Island) in the Harlem River. Other than Pele’s arrival, the most famous thing that ever happened on those islands was the filming of the final scene of one of the most decorated movies of the 1970s. What was that film, which won Oscars for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture?
The French Connection
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The prelude to Ray Allen’s iconic three-pointer in the waning seconds of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals (Heat vs. Spurs), involved three other Hall of Famers (or will-be Hall of Famers). The sequence began when Player A of the Spurs missed one of two free-throws to keep it a one-possession game. Next, Player B of the Heat missed a three-pointer, but Player C corralled the offensive rebound and assisted Allen on his historic shot. Name all three, and list Player A first, followed by Player B, and then Player C—they must be given in this order to get the question right.
Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Chris Bosh