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
Hockey
Since the NHL changed the criteria for the Vezina Trophy prior to the 1982 award, there have been two trophy winners whose surnames start with V. One, the 1986 awardee, was a 20-year NHL veteran who had stints with all four teams in the PHI-NYC-NJ area; the other, the 2019 winner, is a current player who has twice hoisted the Stanley Cup. Give the surname of either goaltender. Be sure to choose judiciously, as whichever one you select, you must spell his name correctly to receive credit.
Vanbiesbrouck OR Vasilevskiy
Games
A 1995 “German-style board game” (or Eurogame) features resource cards and hexagonal tiles depicting land types, and as of 2020 has sold more than 32 million copies in 40 languages. Complete the original German title: “Die Siedler von ______.”’
Catan
Obscure
What chaotic, fictional “sport” was described in one academic paper as a "constant connecting and disconnecting of parts, the constant evasion of rules or guidelines based on collective creativity." It has included, per the sport's Wiki, the following elements: Soccer balls, flags, masks, numbered signs, songs, croquet mallets, an "invisible sector," a hobby horse, shuttlecocks, a volleyball, buckets, sacks, water balloons, "vortex spots," and "time-fracture wickets."
Calvinball