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
When it comes to pole vault, there’s a man out there who is pushing the world record way beyond what anyone had done before. Who is this Swedish wunderkind who has broken the world records indoors and outdoors several times, is only 23, and won the gold in Tokyo? His one-word nickname is also acceptable.
Armand Duplantis (Mondo)
Baseball
With the popularity of both video games and baseball in Japan, it’s no surprise the NES has well over a dozen baseball games. Your author’s favorite of the bunch is a game by SNK, which was unique in several ways - including the ability to have female players on the team. There was an all-woman team in the game called the Lovely Ladies, but women could be added to any team. Players could add their own custom teams to a lineup of squads, including the American Dreams, the Ghastly Monsters, and the Ninja Blacksox. Name this video game.
Baseball Stars
Football
A handful of quarterbacks have lost their first Super Bowl appearance only to come back another year and win it. One Super Bowl loser recovered to win three of the next five rings in a backup role, although the “backup” label undersells his contributions by a lot. He played the majority of snaps in relief for one Super Bowl winner, and he started the conference championship game for another. Name him.
Earl Morrall