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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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COVER
Compared to the “Madden Curse,” the evidence for an SI “cover jinx” is statistically uncompelling. But it’s fun to argue about examples and counter-examples. One cover subject saw a dramatic change in his professional fortunes just a few weeks after fronting the July 8, 1974 issue. Name this cover boy, whom SI had photographed at the Kemper Open in June. Not for nothing, contemporary Americans are more likely to associate him with the sport of golf than with his stellar collegiate football career.
Gerald Ford
Country Club
When Marin Cilic celebrated his 30th birthday on Sept. 18, 2018, it meant that for the first time in the history of men’s professional tennis, there were no grand slam champions under the age of 30. That remains true a year later, but in the 2019 season, two players in their 20s reached grand slam finals. Name both men, each of whom lost to Rafa Nadal in the final.
Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem
Baseball
Pete Browning, one of the best hitters of the 1880s, is part of a legendary story about Hillerich and Bradsby Company, who may have made their first equipment for him. For what city's team, no longer in the majors, did Pete Browning play?
Louisville