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
Soccer
Only two countries have won a FIFA Men's and Women's World Cup championship. Name both.
Germany, Spain
Hockey
The 1994 playoffs featured one of the greatest upsets in NHL history when an eighth seed defeated the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings in the first round. This marked the first time in NHL history that an eighth seed had defeated a first seed in a best-of-seven series. What team, in just their third year of existence, pulled off this stunning upset?
San Jose Sharks
Basketball
The basketball coach at Wisconsin-Green Bay from 1985-1995 is credited with creating the "pack-line" defense, built around keeping four defenders inside an imaginary boundary near the three-point line. He implemented this defense successfully while coaching Wisconsin and Washington State in the 90s and 2000s, but his son later improved upon it to win a national title. Name either the father or son of this coaching family.
Dick Bennett, Tony Bennett