Four Winning Finale. (New League starts Wednesday!)

This week at Black Rose we rounded off our eight week league that awarded extra prizes for teams in contention.

Winners of the league with a total score of 270 points was Vodka Tartletts. They won a $50 bar tab for the victory...

They were the only ever-present team over the 8 weeks and deserved the win! League champs again!

Second in the league was The Muff Rangers..."And eye-eee-eye WILL always love BLOW" #Whit who enjoyed making their Whitney shout out on the night...

They won a $25 Black Rose certificate for their runner-up spot in league play!

We caught them on their way out the door. Quizmaster always gets pictures of its winners, especially the sexy ones :P

Elsewhere on the evening, regular prizes were won for the quiz by two teams for first and second place.

Team :) won first place, who felt that a simple smiley face would be an effective team name...

Hey, when your winning a $50 bar tab, who cares!

Second place saw a Jeremy Lin reference. A $25 bar tab went to Jeremy Lin Jizzed on Kobe's face, Check his Linplexion...

Thumbs up people!

Join us next week for more trivia at the Rose! A brand new league will get underway and rumour has it that all questions will be about Japanese porn from 1974.

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

Wednesday 15th February 2012, Scores:

1. 47 :)
2. 45 Jeremy Lin Jizzed on Kobe's face, Check his Linplexion
3. 42 The Muff Rangers..."And eye-eee-eye WILL always love BLOW" #Whit
4. 41 Vodka Tartletts
5. 41 Were taking volunteers for Bukkaka night later
6. 37 Urine Trouble
7. 37 Whitney's Rock Candy
8. 35 Dutch Rudders
9. 34 Team Festivus for the Restivus
10. 23 Mr Solo Dolo
11. 18 Guessing at 1-16, Guessing at 17-30, still sucking.

Article of the Week - Topsy

Topsy
The infamous video, captured by Thomas Edison,
shows an elephant being executed by electrocution

Topsy (born circa 1875, died January 4, 1903), was a domesticated elephant with the Forepaugh Circus at Coney Island's Luna Park. Because she had killed three men in as many years (including a severely abusive trainer who attempted to feed her a lit cigarette), Topsy was deemed a threat to people by her owners and killed by electrocution on January 4, 1903. Inventor Thomas Edison captured the event on film. He would release it later that year under the title Electrocuting an Elephant.

A means of execution initially discussed was hanging. However, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested and other ways were considered. Edison then suggested electrocution with alternating current, which had been used for the execution of humans since 1890.

To reinforce the execution, Topsy was fed carrots laced with 460 grams of potassium cyanide before the deadly current from a 6,600-volt AC source was sent coursing through her body. She was dead in seconds. The event was witnessed by an estimated 1,500 people and Edison's film of the event was seen by audiences throughout the United States.

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VERB IN HER NOUN! League finale next week!

Nine teams greeted us at The Black Rose this week, awaiting Quizmaster Sam's glorious arrival to the Irish pub to play some Wednesday night trivia!

And it was a close contest on the evening, with the top three teams being separated by two points, there's only two prizes up for grabs though!

Winners on the night with a very interesting and homophobic team name was Trevor jizzed on Sams face, check his cumplexion...

They won a $50 bar tab and a photo opportunity with the QM. Perhaps this is a potential snapshot for T Todd Photography.

There's quite a bit of nipple pinching going on there...

Second place on the night went to The muff rangers... she likes it when I ____ (verb) in her ______ (noun)!

They trailed behind by just one point but managed to at least leave with the joy of a $25 bar tab. Good job team, keep verbing in her noun boys!

Join us next week for another installment at 9pm Queeps! And it's also the finale of the bar's current 8-week trivia league!! Two extra tabs up for grabs!

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

Wednesday 8th February 2012, scores:

1. 45 Trevor jizzed on Sams face, check his cumplexion.
2. 44 The muff rangers... she likes it when I ____ (verb) in her ______ (noun)!
3. 43 Vodka Tartletts
4. 37 The Alex Trebek's Bastard Childrens Foundation
5. 36 Captain Jack presents Ballers Bottles & Modle
6. 36 KJ's dream guys
7. 38 Well, she said she was 18...
8. 29 I eat ego boosts for breakfast... then I eat ego waffles. 4 out of 3 ain't bad.
9. 10 Why is Lee a dirtbag?

Article of the Week - Jules Verne

Jules Verne
Besides Agatha Christie, he is the most
translated author in the history of literature

Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre.

He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the second most translated author in the world (after Agatha Christie). Some of his books have also been made into live-action and animated films and television shows. Verne is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", a title sometimes shared with Hugo Gernsback and H. G. Wells.

On March 9, 1886, as Verne was coming home, his twenty-five-year-old nephew, Gaston, shot him with a gun. One bullet missed, but the second entered Verne's left leg, giving him a limp that would not be cured. The incident was hushed up by the media, and Gaston spent the rest of his life in an asylum.

Also a restaurant built into the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France is named Le Jules Verne Restaurant.

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