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
“I can’t really remember the names of the clubs we went to.”
That was Shaquille O’Neal’s response when asked if he had visited what historic landmark during a trip to Europe (not Nashville) in the 1994 offseason?
The Parthenon
Soccer
The final on July 12 was a special occasion for your author, who was allowed to stay up past his bedtime to watch. Zinedine Zidane scored two first-half goals from corner kicks, but your author had fallen asleep on the living room carpet by the time of France’s final goal in stoppage time to clinch a 3-0 victory. Name France’s other scorer, who also provided the assist for Zidane’s first goal. A midfielder, this player and his clubmate Patrick Vieira were the first to win the Premier League and World Cup in the same calendar year.
Emmanuel Petit
Baseball
The 1959 announcement of the “Continental League,” set to begin play in 1961, was enough of a threat to Major League Baseball that they added four new expansion teams in 1961 and 1962 to stop the threat—successfully. Name the lawyer who proposed the new league and forced MLB’s hand. (As it happens, he was born in Washington Heights, not points east.)
William Shea