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
In a BannerSociety.com post ranking 178 nicknames of college football rivalry games, no. 6 is “The Rivalry,” which includes the explanation that it is “ the only rivalry that could possibly attempt such a name, seeing as it’s football’s oldest ongoing series.” Name either team that plays in this game, both of which start with the letter L.
Lehigh, Lafayette
Football
In 2022, a few short years before losing in the national championship game, the Washington Huskies suffered a much more embarrassing loss to the non-major Montana Grizzlies. Not exactly a football factory, Montana’s greatest contribution to the NFL player pool is undoubtedly what 1983 NFL Defensive Player of the Year? He was a member of the Miami Dolphins “Killer B’s” defense along with fellow D-linemen Kim Bokamper and Bob Baumhower.
Doug Betters
Olympics
The 2002 Olympics saw a massive scandal centered around "French Judge" Marie-Reine Le Gougne, who was an official scoring what specific event? Please note: another event with similarly-arrayed competitors is a wrong answer; choose wisely.
PAIRS figure skating (not ice dancing)