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
Pitchers Johnny Wright and later Roy Partlow did play baseball for the Montreal Royals and are often forgotten in history compared to which more famous teammate? This player said of Wright that in his autobiography that Wright “couldn’t withstand the pressure of taking insult after insult without being able to retaliate."
Jackie robinson
Games
“It ain’t like that,” says the character D’Angelo Barksdale, while trying to explain the immutability of (most) chess pieces to Bodie and Wallace while they wait for a re-up in the courtyard of a West Baltimore housing project. “See,” he says, holding up one piece, “____ ____ ____ ____ ____.” Fill in the blank with the five missing words. (Note: Your answer must be exact.)
The King Stay the King
Basketball
When Steve Fisher took over as interim head coach of the Michigan Wolverines prior to the 1989 NCAA tournament, he defied expectations by leading his team to a national championship. Michigan's opponent in the title game had a three-point lead with under a minute left in overtime when the Wolverines went on a closing spree to secure the title, and it would be too harsh to call the loss a choke. Who coached the losing team in that game?
P.J. Carlesimo