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
Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, one-time Laker teammates of Wilt Chamberlain, also played on the Lakers, earlier in their careers, with what other 100-point scorer? Unlike Wilt, this player had his big game as a collegian. In 1954, with Furman University, he hit the century mark in a game against Newberry College, setting an NCAA D1 record that still stands today.
Frank Selvy
Basketball
What Sonics point guard, buried on the depth chart behind Gary Payton and Nate McMillan, played just 9 total minutes in the ’96 finals? He later was the primary regular-season starter for two different NBA Finals-losing teams, both in the Eastern Conference.
Eric Snow
Uncategorized
In one of the more surreal moments in NFL history, Patriots coach Ron Meyer sent a snow plow onto the field to clear a path before his kicker attempted a field goal in a 0-0 game played in a blizzard in 1982. To Don Shula's consternation, the Patriots kicker made the attempt and the Pats had a rare - at the time - win over the Dolphins. Who was that successful kicker with a ho-hum name?
John Smith