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
Basketball
Of the NBA's career leaders in three-pointers made, who (at 33rd all time) is the highest-ranked player to have played zero seasons after 1999-2000? This single-time All-Star selection and Tennessee alum played for the Mavs, Sonics, Bucks, Spurs, Nuggets, and Hornets in a 17-year career. He held the career lead in threes at one point, and despite being 33rd today, had been surpassed only by Reggie Miller at the time of his retirement.
Dale Ellis
Football
Elroy Hirsch, a three-time Pro Bowler who made the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a career mostly spent with the Los Angeles Rams, had a unique running style in which his lower limbs seemed to “gyrate in six different directions,” per the description of one journalist. This earned him what nickname, made up of two words but often styled as just one compound word?
Crazy Legs
Obscure
One of the most notable features of ultimate is what (who?) is NOT found on the field at any level of the sport outside of professional leagues. Instead, ultimate promotes the ethos of the 'Spirit of the Game,' trusting the sportsmanship of its players. What is notably missing from an ultimate field during play?
Referee