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
Of the 35 baseball big leaguers born in Australia, a large majority of them (24) are pitchers. Who is the only Australian-born position player to make an All-Star team? He did so as a catcher in 1999, his final season.
Dave Nilsson
Football
In Aug. 2020, Fox announced its six primary broadcasting teams for the 2020-21 NFL season. All six teams featured a woman as reporter, led by Erin Andrews joining the top-line crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Name any one of the other six* primary sideline reporters. (*Another reporter joined Andrews for certain games with Buck and Aikman.)
Pam Oliver, Lindsay Czarniak, Shannon Spake, Laura Okmin, Jennifer Hale, Kristina Pink
Racing & Combat
Usually used when placed in a hold, the most common method of signifying one's submission in mixed martial arts competition gives its name to what merchandise and sportswear company? This is also one of the names for the still-common offensive rebounding method pioneered by Tyson Chandler in the early 2010s.
Tapout