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
With a step-back jumper against Oklahoma City on February 7, LeBron James became No. 1 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with 38,388 points. Of the remaining players in the Top 10, only one has both first and last names that are acceptable words in Scrabble. Who is he? Hint: His most famous numerical accomplishment matches a basic feature of the board game.
WILT CHAMBERLAIN (100 points and 100 tiles)
Uncategorized
What woman not only set the Boston Marathon's course record in 1983, but also won the first women's Olympic Marathon the following year in Los Angeles AND won the 1985 Chicago Marathon in a then-American record time (which would hold for the next 18 years)?
Joan Benoit
Basketball
Fill in the blank from this Bleacher Report article on on NBA flops with the correct name (same player in both blanks):
No one at Duke sees ______________ as a bust. He won the Naismith, Oscar Robertson and UPI Player of the Year awards as a Blue Devil and was (and still is) in the school's top-10 ranks for points, rebounds and assists. When the Clippers drafted him No. 2 overall, they thought he was a triple-double threat for years to come. Then they found out ______ refused to play for L.A., who traded him to Cleveland where he signed a 10-year contract. Many Cavs fans probably thought it was 10 years too many. He averaged seven points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists over his career and started a whopping 11 games in his first five seasons.
Danny Ferry