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
Obscure
__________ Stadium in southwest London hosts home test matches for the national rugby team, Premiership rugby fixtures, the “Varsity” rugby match between Oxford and Cambridge, and more. Fill in the blank with the 10-letter word that completes the name of England’s second-largest stadium.
Twickenham
Obscure
Name the man who established the Himalayan Trust in the ‘60s and led it until his death in 2008. The Himalayan Trust, though headquartered in New Zealand, is an international non-profit that focuses on improving the health, education, and wellbeing of the Solukhumbu people of eastern Nepal.
Edmund Hillary
Baseball
Roster expansions make September a ripe season for no-hitters, as some of the most unexpected solo efforts attest (Eric Milton, 9/11/99; Bud Smith, 9/3/01; Anibal Sanchez, 9/6/06). A stretch-run no-no that caught nobody by surprise occurred on September 11, 2021 and was caught by Omar Narvaez. The starter went eight innings, putting a bow on a campaign that would soon earn him the Cy Young Award. Name him, or name the ace fireman who closed out the ninth.
Corbin Burnes OR Josh Hader