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
Olympics
In the 2016 summer Olympics, only four events contained a unit of competition officially called a “set.” Tennis was one, volleyball was two, beach volleyball was three; what was the fourth? (Hint: It doesn’t involve a racket or paddle.)
Archery
Soccer
As Klopp himself has explained, “The best moment to win the ball is immediately after your team just lost it. The opponent is still looking for orientation, where to pass the ball. He will have taken his eyes off the game to make his tackle or interception and he will have expended energy. Both make him vulnerable.”
This excerpt from a Paste Magazine article on a specific soccer tactic contains what 10-letter German word in its title?
Gegenpress
Racing & Combat
Name the Mexican fighter who was the first from his country to win a world title in four different weight classes (including a comeback at the light welterweight class in 2010 three years after his first retirement), and is famous for his trilogy of fights against Marco Antonio Barrerra and Manny Pacquiao. After defeating Pacquiao in their first fight, he was asked by HBO’s Larry Merchant why he decided to brawl with the Filipino fighter in the final round despite being ahead in the fight. “Did you enjoy it?” he asked. “That’s why.”
Erik Morales