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
Baseball
In a game played in late March 2023, Shota Imanaga picked up the win with two innings pitched while Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto homered for the winning team. Name the losing team.
United States
Olympics
One Asian nation offers a “reward for sports excellence” that is believed to be the world’s largest Olympic cash prize from a government: ONE MILLION DOLLARS for a gold medal winner. So far, only one individual has claimed this prize: swimmer Joseph Schooling. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games, Schooling broke Michael Phelps’ Olympic record in the 100-meter butterfly, touching the wall in 50.39 seconds to claim his nation’s first and so far only gold medal. What national government cut the million-dollar check to Schooling?
Singapore
Country Club
Name the amateur who won the Wimbledon championships in 1939 and the U.S. National Championships (precursor to the U.S. Open) in 1939 and 1941. He turned professional in late 1941, won his last pro title in 1949, and came briefly out of retirement in 1973.
Bobby Riggs