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
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
Olympics
At the 1991 World Championships, Michael Powell finally broke the world record set by Bob Beamon in the long jump in 1968. However, one round earlier, another man had made the first ever legal jump past Beamon’s mark; the distinction is that this jump was judged to be “wind-aided,” while Powell’s was not. Which man, who beat out Powell for the gold medal at the ‘88 and ‘92 Olympics, made that all-but-forgotten leap?
Carl Lewis
Soccer
After securing a historic Copa del Rey victory over Barcelona in 2011, this Real Madrid captain and longtime team member accidentally dropped the large trophy from atop a parade bus while celebrating the victory. The trophy was promptly run over and broken into pieces. Name the center-back who dropped the trophy and after the incident joked on social media, saying “It didn’t fall, it jumped.”
Sergio Ramos