Article of the Week - The Mongol Empire

Mongol Empire
At it's height it covered over
one-sixth of Earth's land mass

The Mongol Empire, initially named the Great Mongol State, was a large empire that existed during the 13th and 14th centuries. Beginning in the Central Asian steppes, it eventually stretched from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan, covering large parts of Siberia in the north and extending southward into Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East. It is commonly referred to as the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. At its greatest extent it spanned 9,700 km (6,000 mi), covered an area of 24,000,000 km² (9,300,000 sq mi), 16% of the Earth's total land area, and held sway over a population of 100 million.

By contrast the only empire to surpass the Mongol Empire in size was the British Empire, which at its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time, and covered more than 33,700,000 km² (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Mongol Empire"

If you have attendance problems I feel bad for you son... 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!

...I got 99 problems but a crowd ain't one!

Once again at Black Rose this week a busy crowd gathered for the East Side's ultimate pub quiz. 46 people on thirteen teams battled for the prizes up for grabs.

It was tight at the top but sneaking in with a 43 point score was Vodka Tartletts who were named champions on the evening...

Second place saw I jizzed on your girls face, check her cumplexion battle for the runners up position as a tie ensued among two other teams. But they came out on top in the end with their sudden death answer being closest....

They won a $25 bar tab and the pleasure of having their picture taken. Oh snap! That's @T_Todd and @gbloho15! Sneaky...

Join us next week at 9pm for another fine trivia installment!

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

Wednesday January 26th, 2012 scores:

1. 43 Vodka Tartletts
2. 42 I jizzed on your girls face, check her cumplexion.
3. 42 shit-stained-balls.fr
4. 42 The Muff Rangers... I love when girls wear leggings to a bar, usually you have to get a few drinks in then before you can see their moose knuckles.
5. 41 Chumba Wumba from Chamaica
6. 38 The Brain Trust plus Ellyn = Jeremy Boners
7. 38 Guinness 2
8. 38 Jodie Foster's Fear Boner
9. 35 I would give a fuck, but I already gave one to your mother last night. YEEEEEE! YEEE! LIVE ACTION.
10. 35 Baby Seal's Club!!
11. 34 James Van Der Beek
12. 28 KdotP
13. 24 Take the Giants & the Points

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.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Annie Edson Taylor"

Another big one at the Rose! (Quiz Bowl next Sunday!)

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!

A tough quiz featuring a bonus wager round graced the Black Rose Irish Pub this week, with a smashing attendance of 46 Quizzers on 11 teams.

With the quiz out of a possible 60 points, there were a range of big scores on the night!

First place went to the supreme quiz unit that is Chumba Wumba from Chamaica with 57 points!

Damn, that's even good for our standard! They won a $50 bar tab for the win, good hustle people.

To decide second place, we brought out our Sudden Death question!

How many different jobs did Homer hold during the first 400 episodes of The Simpsons?

The time was up and the cards were in, we had the following answers.

Jeremy takes... 23
The Muff Rangers... 38

The correct answer was a whopping 188, that's a lot of working Homer! This meant The Muff Rangers...without Tony won second place and a $25 bar tab!

As they were missing their regular team members, they decided to open up their arms to potentially Photoshop their friends in!

Yeah, we didn't have time for that, but they're there in spirit!

Join us next week for more quiztastic times at the Rose.

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

Wednesday January 18th, 2011 scores:

1. 57 Chumba Wumba from Chamaica
2. 54 The Muff Rangers...without Tony
3. 54 Jeremy takes a mouthful of Bloom shot... Returns
4. 53 The Walter Pecks
5. 52 Vodka Tartletts
6. 51 Wax dat ass until she show me what she working with!
7. 49 Feces-coated-testy-sacs.ca
8. 49 The David Bowie Package
9. 47 The morning woods
10. 35 Wagner
11. 27 Flatter than your sister