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
When a French woodworker named Abel Rossignol started a new business in 1907, he manufactured equipment for what sport? The company bearing his name still produces equipment for the same sport, but has since expanded.
Skiing
Racing & Combat
In 2017, Brittany Force became the second woman to win an NHRA Top Fuel championship. The first, known as the “first lady of drag racing,” won three times—in 1977, 1980, and 1982—and was the first woman ever to receive a Top Fuel dragster license from the NHRA. Who was she?
Shirley Muldowney
Country Club
Name the player seen in the still image below, on the verge of losing the finals of the U.S. Nationals at Windswept Fields. At this point in the match, the player had taken off his shoes and socks, and his mental state may have been affected by the recent marriage of his (adopted) sister. The loss was particularly tough on his father, who had a lot riding on that match…both financially and personally.
Richie Tenenbaum