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
Country Club
Only three women have won multiple singles Wimbledon championships in the 21st-century. Petra Kvitová won twice, Serena Williams won seven times, and what other tennis great won five times?
Venus Williams
Games
When the USS Wahoo was ordered to patrol the dangerous northern reaches of the Yellow Sea in 1943, the commander began a certain game of cards to ease the tension, and immediately dealt a perfect 29 hand to his executive officer. This was considered a good omen, and the Wahoo not only survived, but set a record for enemy ships sunk on patrol. The game, which is played to 121 points, had been popular in the navy for some time, and is still considered the unofficial game of American submariners (despite its invention by a British soldier and poet in the 1600s). What is it?
Cribbage
Country Club
At the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits, Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm went 3-0 as partners as the latest iteration of the “Spanish Armada” that has flourished at Ryder Cups since the start of the European era. The best example of the Armada, and indeed the most successful pair in Ryder Cup history, featured two golfers who won 12 points from 15 matches as a pair. Name both.
Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal