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
What Yankee outfielder airmailed both cutoff men before Derek Jeter sprinted in from shortstop to cut Jeremy Giambi down at the plate on “The Flip” in Game 3 of the 2001 ALDS?
Shane Spencer
Baseball
According to Fangraphs, there have only been nine MLB pitchers since the year 2000 who threw a pitch that is an exaggerated version (by grip) of a split-fingered fastball. The fact that this pitch is associated with injuries has almost erased its popularity over time, but apparently did not deter Brian Sanches, Kenshin Kawakami, Kevin Gausman, Andre Rienzo, David Carpenter, Matt Carasiti, Robert Coello, Junichi Tazawa, or Scott Linebrink from throwing it at least once this century. What’s the pitch?
Forkball
Country Club
No man is an island, but one rock-steady player has locked up two Masters 1000 wins thus far in the 2022 ATP season. This 19-year-old phenom defeated players like Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic, and Stefanos Tsitsipas to win those titles. Name him.
Carlos Alcaraz (Alcatraz with a "t" will not be accepted)