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
On the list of franchise hit leaders for the 30 active MLB franchises, three first names repeat twice. One is Tony, for Gwynn (Padres) and Fernandez (Blue Jays), and another is Carl, for Yasztremski (Red Sox) and Crawford (Rays). The other repeat happens to be the name of the two men with the lowest hit totals (for their franchise) of all 30 players. What’s that first name?
Luis (Gonzalez, Diamondbacks, Castillo, Marlins)
Basketball
The first French lottery pick in NBA history was more obviously French by name on draft day, taken as Olivier Saint-Jean by the Kings in 1997. What did he change his name to before his NBA debut?
Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Soccer
Only two women’s World Cup soccer finals have been decided by penalty kicks. Name BOTH nations that won those matches.
USA/Japan