A red hot quiz night!!

Following a rare week off from quizzin' last week, Ryan was back to host at the Duke of Devon on Saturday night, as Sheboygan's finest once again came out in droves to tackle the drinkin' and thinkin' challenge.

It was a fairly competitive affair in the end, especially with a special wager bonus round featuring to boost the night's score by 10 points.

As usual, the best team name prize was hotly contested, but the lovely duo from Pippa's Red Hot Harry Ass snapped up the $10 prize....

 

The top of the standings saw two trivia juggernauts lock horns, with the twosome of We're looking for dockside recording 47 points, enough for second place. But at the top of the pyramid were regulars from Aunt Jemima and her sweet sticky squirtz, who were delighted with yet another win...

They may have had a shout for best team name had they not won the quiz too!

Kevin H. is gonna be stepping in again this Saturday to host, as QM Ryan is running the Green Bay half marathon on Sunday morning! Aargh - his sentiments exactly!

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

Saturday May 12th, 2012 scores:

1. 48 Aunt Jemima and her sweet sticky squirtz
2. 47 We're looking for dockside
3. 43 Man Testes United
4. 42 God save our team
5. 39 McKee'd
6. 38 Stool hunters... I found it!
7. 36 Pippa's Red Hot Harry Ass
8. 36 Team Crankie Croydonites
9. 35 You know what's the best thing about the soccer question ----> nothing!
10. 35 Good knights
11. 25 Pretgirl - Lisa

Article of the Week - Wilma Flintstone

Wilma Flintstone (née Slaghoople see below) is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones. She was the red-headed wife of caveman Fred Flintstone, daughter of Pearl Slaghoople, mother of Pebbles Flintstone and a grandmother. Her best friends are her next door neighbors, Betty and Barney Rubble.

Wilma's personality is based on that of Alice Kramden, wife of Ralph Kramden on the 1950s television series The Honeymooners. Thus, much like Alice, Wilma plays the strong-willed, level-headed person in her marriage, often criticizing Fred for pursuing his various ill-fated schemes. Wilma will also often be the one to bail out Fred when one of his schemes land him in trouble.

Wilma's maiden name is the subject of a continuity error. Several early episodes in the original series clearly stated Wilma's maiden name was "Pebble." In the second season episode "The Entertainer", Wilma's old friend Greta Gravel remembers her as "Wilma Pebble".

However, later episodes and spin-offs firmly state her maiden name is indeed "Slaghoople," based upon the name of Wilma's mother in the original series, Pearl Slaghoople. Flintstones' writer Earl Kress explained the discrepancy as [Hanna-Barbera] not caring about the continuity, but other staff writers have said in various other interviews, that, as Richard Pebble had died before Wilma was a teenager, Pearl had to remarry in order to provide for her children, the youngest of which was still in grade school. Subsequently, it is said that Slaghoople adopted the three girls, giving them his last name before he too died when Wilma was a young adult.  

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Cinco de quizzo!!

There was a full house at the Duke of Devon Pub in Sheboygan this past Saturday as QM Kevin stepped in for regular host Ryan.  The scoring on the night was close, as all 11 teams were within 6 points of each other.  Only three teams would break the 40 point barrier however, and sudden death would be required to determine first and second place.  

With two teams tying at 41 points, sudden death would ask:

In which year was the world's first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, issued in the United Kingdom?

Rabies Babies answered: 1892

Donde esta el bano? Or, Put the balls in the mouth and hmmmmm... answered:1805 

The correct answer was 1840 meaning that Donde esta el bano? Or, Put the balls in the mouth and hmmmmm... would take the $25 first place prize on the night.  Congrats folks!  

Rabies Babies would not go home empty handed though, as they would take the $15 second place prize...  

Great job!

Finally, the $10 prize for best team name would go to I like my women like I like my coffee... ground up and in the freezer.... 

All we can say to the female team member is be careful!

Thanks to everyone who stopped out on the evening.  QM Kevin had a great night visiting!

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

Saturday May 5th, 2012 scores:

1. 41 Donde esta el bano? Or, Put the balls in the mouth and hmmmmm... 
2. 41 Rabies Babies 
3. 40 Eat my cookie
4. 39 I like my women like I like my coffee... ground up and in the freezer
5. 39 Recall This!
6. 39 Chelsea won the F.A. Cup
7. 39 Our soup tastes like shittakes
8. 38 North river edge folks
9. 36 Strongbow Hooligans
10. 35 Captain Morgan isn't very good at Pub Trivia
11. 35 Marina Vista Five

Article of the Week - John Dillinger

John Dillinger
Was shot and killed by FBI agents in 1934
after attempting to flee following a movie
at Chicago's Biograph Theater

John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber of German descent in the Depression-era United States. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. This was his only alleged homicide. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations. Dillinger escaped from jail twice.

In 1933–34, seen in retrospect as the heyday of the Depression-era outlaw, Dillinger was the most notorious of all, standing out even among more violent criminals such as Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde. Media reports were spiced with exaggerated accounts of Dillinger's bravado and daring and his colorful personality. The government demanded federal action, and J. Edgar Hoover developed a more sophisticated Federal Bureau of Investigation as a weapon against organized crime and used Dillinger and his gang as his campaign platform to launch the FBI.

After evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and returned to his father's home to recover. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and met his end at the hands of police and federal agents who were informed of his whereabouts by Ana Cumpănaş (the owner of the brothel where Dillinger sought refuge at the time). On July 22, the police and Division of Investigation closed in on the Biograph Theater. Federal agents, led by Melvin Purvis, moved to arrest him as he left the theater. He pulled a weapon and attempted to flee but was shot three (four according to some historians) times and killed.

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