QUIZ LIFE. Happy Birthday Pat! Quiz Bowl Sunday!

A final reminder that Quiz Bowl II, Milwaukee's sports and pop culture trivia tournament is this upcoming Sunday January 29th! Register your team now!

It was a full house again at the Brat House on Wednesday night, as 10 teams and over 50 queeps put on their thinking (and drinking) caps for quiz night.

And all the quiz legends were in attendance, none more so than the artist formerly known as Bark Twice If You're in Milwaukee, who were going by the moniker THUG LIFE on the night...

Their name on the night was a tribute to Rihanna's latest tattoo...

Quizmaster Ryan has a similar tattoo on his stomach - QUIZ LIFE - that's legit!

Elsewhere the former Firefoxes, aka KolaJesus were celebrating Pat's 21st (?) birthday...

Ladies man of course!

And after a sudden death showdown for the ages, it was Lady Gaga - The Piano, drums, guitar and the dick (we're assuming that's a reference to the instrument she can play - giggity) took the second place accolade...

Shit. 20 Schlitz need to be ordered with that $20 prize!

And finally, the night for best name went to regulars AA is for Quitters...

The truth always wins people!

The show and Schlitz rolls on Wednesday! Quiz Bowl is Sunday!

Until next time Milwaukee, drink while you think...

Wednesday January 26th, 2012 scores:

1. 46 Put this is brackets, wanker!
2. 44 Lady Gaga - The Piano, drums, guitar and the dick
3. 44 Lady Gaga can play the organ
4. 43 THUG LIFE
5. 41 Newt Gingrich: Working on his 4th wife since 2007
6. 40 KolaJesus
7. 39 AA is for Quitters
8. 38 Cave men
9. 33 Did the 99% occupy the First Lady's box last night?
10. 31 Dumb Asses

Article of the Week - Annie Edson Taylor

Annie Edson Taylor
In 1903, the 63-year-old was the first person
to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive!

Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American adventurer who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

In October 1829, Sam Patch, who called himself "the Yankee Leapster", jumped from a high tower into the gorge below the falls and survived; this began a long tradition of daredevils trying to go over the falls. On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go over the falls in a barrel as a publicity stunt; she survived, bleeding, but virtually unharmed. Soon after exiting the barrel, she said, "No one ought ever do that again."

Previous to Taylor's own attempt, on October 19 a domestic cat named Iagara was sent over the Horseshoe Falls in her barrel to test its strength. Contrary to rumours at the time, the cat survived the plunge unharmed and later was posed with Taylor in photographs. Since Taylor's historic ride, 14 other people have intentionally gone over the falls in or on a device, despite her advice. Some have survived unharmed, but others have drowned or been severely injured. Survivors of such stunts face charges and stiff fines, as it is illegal, on both sides of the border, to attempt to go over the falls.

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10 Schlitz Please (Quiz Bowl Jan. 29th!)

Just a brief reminder that Quiz Bowl II, Milwaukee's sports and pop culture triva tournament is next Sunday January 29th! Register your team now!

It was a pretty slow night at the Brat House this Wednesday at 6:59pm, but then 7:00pm rolled around and out of nowhere a bunch of awesome queeps rolled through the doors for the weekly pub quiz showdown on Old World 3rd Street!

Ultimately it was the familiar faces of Mr Owl Says: "It takes 3 licks to the center of Ryan's Mom" who had a near-perfect score of 59 points in the end...

They are always the charming and rather classier of groups at the Brat! The only question they missed was the one about the "elongated S-shape instrument!"

Second place went the way of Quizmaster veterans Gather round the good stuff... in my pants!...

Sounds yummy!!!

And the Quizmaster wanted to award the best team name accolade to MILFs in training, "gather round the good stuff" who finished second from bottom...

Because you can never say no to a good MILF (even the one's in training)...

But popular crowd applause meant that the 10 dolla prize for best name went to Discount Double Choke, who were rather thrilled that they were getting 10 extra Schlitz....

YIPPEE!

The show continues next week, and don't forget to sign up for Quiz Bowl!

Until next time Milwaukee, drink while you think...

Wednesday January 18th, 2011 scores:

1. 59 Mr Owl Says: "It takes 3 licks to the center of Ryan's Mom"
2. 55 Gather round the good stuff... in my pants!
3. 53 Discount Double Choke
4. 52 Big Fitty Committee
5. 51 Hidden Pickle
6. 50 The only thing Aaron Rodgers can look forward to during the long off season is the Macarena
7. 49 Montezuma's Revenge
8. 38 Roll Tide!
9. 36 MILFs in training, "gather round the good stuff"
10. 34 Jerry Sandusky Wrestling Team Towelboys

Article of the Week - George Kelley Barnes

George Kelley Barnes
Best known by his nickname "Machine Gun Kelly,"
he spent 17 years as an inmate at Alcatraz

George Kelley Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon & businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933 for which he, and his gang, earned $200,000 ransom. The FBI investigation eventually led to Kelly's arrest in Memphis, Tennessee on September 26, 1933. His crimes also included bootlegging and armed robbery.

Machine Gun Kelly spent his remaining 21 years in prison. During his time at Alcatraz he got the nickname "Pop Gun Kelly." This was in reference, according to a former prisoner, to the fact that Kelly was a model prisoner and was nowhere near the tough, brutal gangster his wife made him out to be. He spent 17 years on Alcatraz, working in the prison industries, and was quietly transferred back to Leavenworth in 1951. He died of a heart attack at Leavenworth Federal Prison, Kansas on July 18, 1954, his 59th birthday. He is buried at Cottondale Texas Cemetery with a small headstone marked "George B. Kelley 1954".

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