It's Kinda a Big Deal...Ale House Xmas Quiz League Begins!

It was once again quiz night at the Milwaukee Ale House this Monday, and teams were raring to go following last week's epic trivia league final/Halloween costume contest!

It was a very tough night of questions, a.k.a. "the revenge quiz" following a perfect score from the below ugly mugs from last week...

The Team Formerly Known as Uncle Touchy's Naked Puzzle Basement
Seen here with the QM (and his free pass to "On the Border")
had a perfect score last week. Twasn't to be this Monday!

As mentioned already, the Quizmaster keeps receiving glorious free entry cards to some of the areas top "establishments."

Classy, Comfortable, Cool
The self description of On The Border. The QM will also take bus tickets

In other news, we'd like to congratulate Lieutenant Colonel Dean Stephen on his recent promotion.

Calm, Composed, Collected
Although his team was rooted to the foot of the table on the night,
congrats to Liet. Col. Stephen (center) on his promotion.

It was a tough night of quiz, although In My Lederhosen, defending champs, sit top after a crushing win on the night. The league will run for a six week period (with a missed week on December 7th due to Packers MNF). Each team will be granted one bye week during this period!

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

Monday November 2nd, 2009 Scores:

1. 41 In My Lederhosen
2. 36 Slut Puppies
3. 34 The Fancy Restaurants
4. 34 The VAGINA Goldmine
5. 34 Show Me Your Genitals
6. 33 Bark Twice If You're in Milwaukee
7. 33 Miltown Junks
8. 31 Quizzers With Candy Hangovers...Tequila is Candy, Right?
9. 31 Who Wants to Sex Mutumbo?
10. 31 Assume the Position!
11. 29 Two Raaaaaaaaandy's In the Mix!!
12. 29 Dead Babies Will Save Michael J Fox
13. 29 Quizzers Demise
14. 29 N/A
15. 28 Beaver Moon
16. 14 Team Wagner

Article of the Week - 1962 Alcatraz Escape

Frank Morris
The dummy head found in
Morris' cell the next morning.

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was an attempt by American criminals Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, Frank Morris, and Allen West to escape Alcatraz Island, one of the United States' most famous prisons.

The escape was long and complicated. Over a period of two years, Morris and the Anglins created a raft and lifelike dummies, and stole a number of tools to dig with. By May 1962, they had already dug through the vents at the back of the cells, working in shifts, with someone keeping lookout while others dug.

On the night of June 11, 1962, the attempt went ahead. The group placed the dummies in their beds, escaped through the vents at the back of their cells and into the utility corridor. They then proceeded onto the roof and down to the bay. There they boarded the raft they had constructed and disappeared into the night.

The following morning prison officers awoke to find dummies lying in the beds and the prisoners missing. Parts of the raft and life preservers were later found in the bay together with a waterproof bag containing personal effects of the Anglins. Although the authorities never found any bodies, they were certain the men had drowned. They cited the fact that "the individuals' personal effects were the only belongings they had, and the men would probably have drowned before leaving them behind."

A Dutch ship's crew reportedly saw a body floating in the bay, but (for unknown reasons) did not recover it. Police interviewed the crew and concluded from the description that it was indeed the body of Frank Morris. However, when authorities searched for the body, they found nothing.

In the end, authorities pointed out that the chances of all three surviving the trip across the bay were slim, there were no robberies or car thefts that could have been attributed to them, as well as the fact that the men were habitual criminals and yet were never arrested again. The FBI officially closed the case on December 31, 1979, concluding that "no credible evidence emerged to suggest the men were still alive."

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Ale House Halloween Costume Quiz, League Finale & Another Perfect Score...

It was an absolutely epic night of pub quiz at the Milwaukee Ale House this Monday night.

Not only was it the finale of the bar's 8-week-long trivia league but it was also Halloween!! Teams were invited to come dressed to impress as the team with the best costume were awarded with a bar tab prize!

In the end it was the former league champions, Miltown Junks (dressed as the Pac Man crew), that secured that prize, although the Quizmaster's final decision came down to the fact that their closest contender, One Cowboy Short of a Full Box (dressed as Crayons and Cowboys), was thought to have bought their costumes. In fact the crayons were made by one of the contestants! Perhaps the QM's decision would have been different knowing this? A slideshow of pictures can be seen below or visit our Facebook page for a full list of photographs from the night.

But it was also the finale of the quiz league and two teams, The Fancy Restaurants and In My Pants, were tied on points going into the quiz. The highest score between these two on the night would surely secure the title.

In the end In My Pants edged out the former Caffrey's Pub quiz champions, claiming the coveted trivia title at one of Milwaukee's most competitive quiz nights! And with an impressive score on the night Who Wants to Sex Mutumbo? actually tied The Fancy Restaurants for second place in the league! So, it came down to Sudden Death to decide the league runner-up and the former team was able to edge out TFR for second place in the table! Crazy shizzle!!!

But, believe it or not, given all this drama, the big news on the night came from the corner of team Uncle Touchy's Naked Puzzle Basement (formerly Name a Company), who scored an absolutely astounding 68 out of 68 points!!



A few weeks ago The Fancy Restaurants became the first team in Quizmaster history to get a perfect score when they scored 45 out of 45 on a quiz at the Ale House. This Monday Uncle Touchy became the second team to do so, and the first to do it on a night when the bonus round was a wager round!! Insane in the brain!

What's even more bizarre is that Slut Puppies, who finished second on the night, should have also had the 100 percent score but put Tara Reid instead of Paris Hilton on the bitches picture question. Apparently 7 out of 8 team members knew it was Paris but that fact was mis-communicated to the player with the pen!!

In other news, one team left the Quizmaster a nice gift and request for some more Robbie Williams (and perhaps a little Oasis)...

Bitches!!
Need we say more

Also one team felt that fellow bitches Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton deserved the slut treatment but left the biggest bitch of all, Lassie, alone...

A new league will begin immediately at the Milwaukee Ale House next Monday November 4th 2009 at 8 p.m. We'd like to thank all the teams mentioned already as well as Dead babies will save Michael J Fox, Bark Twice If You're in Milwaukee, Assume the Position, Sauerkraut Sandwich, Quizzers With Attitude and Swords Don't Kill People We Kill People for their active participation in the league. We hope to see you all back for the next one...

Once again it was an epic night of pub quiz, with Quizmaster Cup II announced to take place Sunday December 6th between 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. More details will follow regarding this in the coming days!

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

Monday October 26th, 2009 Scores:

1. 68 Uncle Touchy's Naked Puzzle Basement
2. 67 Slut Puppies
3. 64 Who Wants to Sex Mutumbo?
4. 64 Quizzers that are glad they are facing away from the stage. What the crap is that costume all about?
5. 63 Assume the Position
6. 63 Sauerkraut Sandwich - Hold the Ribs
7. 61 Swords Don't Kill People - We Kill People
8. 61 In My...the Professor Could Make a Coconut Radio, But He Couldn't Get into Ginger's..Pants
9. 58 The Fancy Restaurants
10. 58 Dead Babies Will Save Michael J. Fox
11. 57 Bark Twice If You're in Milwaukee
12. 56 Miltown Junks
13. 54 Cheap, Showy & Useless Things
14. 54 One Cowboy Short of a Full Box
15. 54 The Carpool
16. 46 The Pentagon
17. 45 A2

Article of the Week - Mammy Two Shoes

Mammy Two Shoes
Inspired by Hattie McDaniel's
character from Gone With the Wind

Mammy Two Shoes is a recurring character in MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons. She is a heavy-set middle-aged black woman who often has to deal with the mayhem generated by the lead characters.

As a partially-seen character, she was famous for never showing her head (although it is briefly visible in Saturday Evening Puss, Mouse Cleaning and Part Time Pal). Mammy's appearances have often been edited out, dubbed, or re-animated as a slim white woman in later television showings, since her character is a mammy archetype now often regarded as racist. It was later revealed that her character was greatly inspired by Oscar-winning black actress and singer Hattie McDaniel, best known for playing "Mammy" in MGM and David O. Selznick's 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

A character very similar to Mammy Two Shoes had earlier been portrayed in the Disney Silly Symphonies shorts Three Orphan Kittens and More Kittens, as well as the Pluto short Pluto's Playmate and the cartoon short starring Figaro and Cleo from Pinocchio.

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