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
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Two towns in Florida – Belle Glade (pop. 16,698) and Pahokee (pop. 5,524) – go by an unflattering two-word nickname. Yet the list of more than 40 alumni who have reached the NFL is quite flattering, including stars Fred Taylor, Anquan Boldin, Santonio Holmes, Rickey Jackson, Andre Waters and Janorris Jenkins. The nickname – which also describes a less-than-ideal lie in golf – is derived from the area's mineral-rich dark soil that is conducive for growing sugar cane, citrus fruits and corn. Provide the nickname; A two-word alternative will be accepted.
The Muck, Muck City
Soccer
Perhaps the biggest club in terms of fanbase with such a drought on its hands, what team won the League Cup in 2025 and secured its first top-tier domestic trophy since 1955? They also qualified for the Champions League.
Newcastle United
Football
In an ESPN story from 2015 documenting the timeline of a failed unionization effort in NCAA football, the entry for April 5, 2014 reads as follows: “__________ football coach ________ urges his players to vote against forming a union.” Fill in the blanks with both the name of the school and the name of the coach.
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern