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 the second modern World Series, Christy Mathewson threw three complete game shutouts in the span of six days. This being the dead ball era, both games in between Mathewson’s starts were also shutouts: a 3-0 gem by Chief Bender, and a 1-0 heartbreaker in which the loser allowed only an unearned run following a shortstop error in the fourth. Who was that losing pitcher? He was the first lefthander to win 300 games, and given his arm strength and stamina, you would not be off base to associate him with a yoga pose called Chaturanga Dandasana, or one of its several variants.
Eddie Plank
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"Concrete Charlie"
Chuck Bednarik
Hockey
There is less debate among hockey fans about the best 16-bit hockey game - by far the most popular choice is NHL ‘94 on the Genesis. And like digital Bo Jackson’s Tecmo dominance, there is a particular player in NHL ‘94 who has legendary status among fans. The man himself enjoys his notoriety in the game, saying “I wish I was as good in real life as I was in that game.” He’s being somewhat modest on that point, as he racked up 50 goals and 57 assists for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1992-93 season, which is where NHL ‘94 based its ratings from. Name the man with the terrifying slapshot who dominates NHL ‘94.
Jeremy Roenick