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
Uncategorized
The college baseball program with the most first-round picks in Major League draft history (23) has had one player go first overall – Mark Appel to the Astros in 2013. The only player from this school to make the Baseball Hall of Fame is Mike Mussina (another noteworthy baseball alum is in a different hall of fame). What college program is this?
Stanford
Country Club
In the 2020-21 wraparound season, official PGA Tour rounds were played on ten golf courses in California. One of the California courses was Pebble Beach—name any other course. (Note: name a course, not a tournament.)
Silverado Resort and Spa North, Sherwood Country Club, PGA West Stadium Course, PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course, Torrey Pines North, Torrey Pines South, Riviera Country Club, Tahoe Mt. Club (Old Greenwood), Spyglass Hill
Football
On ESPN’s College Gameday, in 2008, Lee Corso (a former Maryland assistant) recounted the story of Darryl Hill, the Maryland running back who was the first and only black player in the ACC in 1963. In an away game at Wake Forest, in what Corso called “the worst atmosphere” of the ACC season, a Demon Deacons captain walked Hill to the front of the student section and put an arm around his shoulders to quiet the fans. Name that Wake Forest captain, who died at age 26 of embryonal cell carcinoma and was played in a 1971 TV movie by James Caan.
Brian Piccolo