Pub Quiz Recap (April 3rd)

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Apr 072013

The room was packed, we had 19 teams present. Everybody really wanted to prove themselves smarter than the other team – or maybe just maybe they wanted that bottle of alcohol. Not entirely sure, I know all I would want is the honor of…. Nah I can’t even type it with a straight face. I would play for the alcohol! Anyway, back to the rounds. We were going to have a guest round by Adrienne, but she was unable to make it. So Will did his magic trick and re-created a Space round from memory! A really nerdy round that made people go: oooooh! But most teams didn’t do that bad. For the four rounds by Josh, we had some literature, some recent history, a picture round and 80’s music! Before you all freak out about literature, calm down, it was all books about or for children. Okay, now you can freak out. The literature we have forgotten all the details in. Recent history, that pretty much explains itself although not sure everything Josh asked should be categorized as RECENT! The picture round was secret agents from TV-shows or movies. If you didn’t know the show/movie you wouldn’t get anything, but if you had the right show and knew the actor and character you had the chance to get lots of points. With 80’s music nothing could stop the dancing! Which continued at Pyro – both the dancing and the 80’s songs! Awesome awesome night.

Sample questions: For the sport nerds out there the Muhammed Alis fights shouldn’t have posed a problem. For the rest, “The Thrilla in Manila” was against Joe Frazier and “The Rumble in the Jungle” was George Foremann. The answer to the perhaps tougher question regarding Saturnalia is: The masters would serve the slaves! From this week’s quiz we are going back to childhood literature. Taj Lindman wrote children’s stories about Snipp, Snapp and Snurr, three boys who had adventures, and also Flicka, Ricka and Dicka, three girls who also had fun children’s adventures. The boys and girls were all distinctly from a certain European country, which one? And yes, those are their names. To pick the next sample question I had a little help from Alex Brown from Hot Tamales I’m sweatin’. He chose the following: Which famous musician turned to politics in 1995 and got himself elected to US Congress when he was upset over his inability to open a restaurant in Palm Springs, CA. He unfortunately passed away a few years later in a skiing accident?

Winners: By choosing the name “In for a week, in for a win” the guys really put pressure on themselves. The question was if they could live up to it. The answer was yes! They put on a good show and got 50,5 points! Kidney’s – with their slightly modified name (Kidney’s come and go, but fingers don’t) due to Ben’s little accident last week – were strong competition none the less and won 2nd place by scoring 48 points. Third place went to Turtles in Time! Not sure what that refers to, but they got beers for their 43.5 points. Well done everybody!!!

DON’T FORGET NEXT WEEK IS APRIL 10TH AND WE ARE DOING EXTRA SPECIALS IN HONOR OF LUSH’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!

Lush Rush / Pyromania

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Mar 102013

It’s that time again! Lush Rush – Spring Edition! Everything is just better in the spring, the days are longer which make people stay out longer, the temperatures are rising causing everybody to wear less clothes. It’s just a fantastic time of the year! The program we have lined up for you for the upcoming week is pretty awesome if I may say so myself. This will be my 8th Lush Rush and I am still super excited about it!

Achievement game: Every event provides you with an opportunity to gain points in the race to become the winner of Lush Rush Week Fall 2012. What does it take to win? Party skills! With something going on every day, it’s going to require commitment. Commitment to party. What does the winner get, you ask. 1000 rmb bar tab to spend anyway you want at Lush!! Yes, competition will be tough, but don’t despair. Even if you don’t win the tab, you can still get a prize. One of the famous I (heart) WU T-shirts will be yours if you just get 55 points or above. That’s worth fighting for, right? I’ll provide you with scorecard along with your first points. Don’t lose your card! If you do, you’ll have to start over. Your card is personal. No combining cards. That would be cheating – and nobody likes a cheater .

Program and points are as follows:

Monday is the City Weekend kickoff party at Lush. It’s our Martini night, even cheaper than normally. 15 rmb for a martini between 6pm and midnight. To get your points for this event you need to buy a martini during happy hour (8-10pm) and you have earned your first 5 points.

Tuesday at Pyro will be one of the nights you’ll keep talking about for a long time. It’s SNAP Adventures’ Power Hour. ONE shot of beer EVERY minute for an HOUR. Easy enough? That’s what they all say. Until they try it that is. We continue with Centurion, same deal but for another 40 minutes. So totally 1 shot every minute for 100 minutes! Good luck. This evening you have the chance to get 20 points.

Wednesday is our legendary Pub Quiz, yet again sponsored by Plastered 8. Meaning in addition to the normal prizes you can win some of those funny t-shirts. Last time people were so excited to get one, that shirts were flying around the room! You had to have been there. Since competition is bound to be fierce, we give you 5 points just for participation and both 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will earn additional 15 points each. After sitting down for the whole quiz, I think it’s fair to say we need to stretch those legs. DJ Juan will be playing at Pyro and I for one will be on the dancefloor. Hope some of you are joining me so I don’t look too silly out there.

Thursday is the only night with something happening at both Lush and Pyro. At Lush there will be delicious home brewed beer from Great Leap Brewery and discounted prices on our normal imported beer. At Pyro, the battle continues with Beer Pong. Again you get 5 points for joining and winners will get 15 points. No extra points for 2nd place, but there will be additional prizes this night. Mashup Sports and Social are official sponsors of Beer Pong this week and will be offering fantastic prizes to both 1st and 2nd place in each bracket! Trust me, it’s worth winning!

Friday night Lush comes alive with Tavey Lean and the Solid Gold Dream Machine on stage. These guys will make sure you start the weekend the right way. Come in early to make sure you and your friends can get a table! And of course, be ready to dance!

Saturday we celebrate my birthday the only way we know how! With an over the top crazy 555 party! That’s right. You will get 5rmb draft beer, 5rmb shots (whiskey, vodka or of course my favorite shot: tequila) and 5rmb mixed drinks! If that isn’t enough to get you to come make this a birthday I’ll remember, then Korey’s music should be! DJ Korey is prepped and ready to get you all moving on the dance floor!

Sunday ST. PATRICK’S DAY! What better way to round up this Lush Rush? 15rmb Guinness all day long! As well as Lucky Jello Shots! All of that in combination with our great Open Mic! Get on stage and get those final points, one performance will get you 15 points! It’s the perfect way to come down after battling all week. Who am I kidding? Calm down? We party on! Yen has provided us with some tickets for their White Party, and we are giving you the chance to win them during Open Mic! No, you don’t have to sign. This will be something else.

In addition to the points mentioned above you can get 5 points for somehow managing to get yourself one of the classic black I (heart) Wu wristbands. And wearing it! There is also 10 points if you can figure out the secret of Lush Rush. And don’t forget to grab/steal one of the orange wristbands made specifically for this Lush Rush!

Change of specials at Pyro

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Nov 262012

Got some good news and some bad news to tell you. Let’s start with the bad news, always like to end with good news, so… Thursday’s upsize special is no more. That’s the bad news. The good news is we are giving you the change to upsize every day instead. Monday – Friday 2pm-4pm you get a large pizza for a medium prize! That’s right! No more crying tears over it being the wrong day (not that there is a wrong day to order pizza). The after school pizza just got bigger! Call now or go to pyrobeijing.com to order. But remember it’s between 2-4pm we upsize.

Of course Tuesday is still Subs Day – Buy 1 get 1 free. That hasn’t changed.

Pub Quiz Recap (Nov. 7th)

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Nov 092012

In contrast to last week’s 1 major theme, all the topics were different this week. Going from Entertainment round over Myths & Legends, 90’s TV shows (awesome guest round by Eve – well done!) finishing the regular trivia rounds with a History tour. Music round was inspired by the election. You should all know which election I’m referring to. Time to test your knowledge; think we’ll take a question from the Myth & Legends round “This man is a living legend. What is the nickname of Edson Arantes do Nascimento?” Ah, what the heck, for those of you not interested (or without knowledge) in this area, we’ll do another one. This is from the Entertainment round “What is Jason Bourne’s real name in the Bourne series?” If you don’t know either, it’s time to come to quiz and learn some new random trivia.

Winners: Kidney’s took another win and increased their lead on the board. The 3 people on ‘8 years of sweet ASS’ proved that you don’t need a massive team to do well at quiz, by taking 2nd place. 3. place was once again decided in a drink off – this week between Pachyderm on the Brink and ‘4 more beers’. Pachyderm won. That’s it for this week, see you all next week.

Order Pyro Pizza Online!

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Nov 062012

That’s right, the future is here! Pyro Pizza has joined the big time with the ability to order online! You can, of course, still order by calling 8286-6254 or 8286-6240, but with both English and Chinese interfaces, as well as the ability to log in and store your address and phone number, Online Ordering is so much easier! Try it out, either click the banner at the top of this post, or head over to www.pyrobeijing.com and try it for yourselves!

A couple of points to keep in mind:

Online ordering is only available during the same times as phone ordering, 10am-Midnight.
Minimum order is 45rmb, anything less and we’ll have to call you to add something before we can deliver.
If you live or work outside our delivery area, your order will go through, but bear in mind that we will call you and let you know we can’t deliver.
The system does currently not have the ability to automatically calculate Tuesday’s Buy 1 Get 1 free sub special, or the Thursday Large Pizza at a Medium price special, so if you are ordering during either of those specials, please select the 2 subs you want (we’ll only charge for the more expensive sub), or order the large pizza you want on Thursday and know that you’ll only be asked to pay the Medium price.
Finally, its a brand new system, so if you have any suggestions, or think something could be done better, please send us an email or call and let me know! (my email is listed in the footer of the online ordering website, and if you call the store, the staff can get a hold of me if I’m not already there!)

Lush Rush / Pyromania

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Sep 232012

It’s time! Be ready! We start tomorrow! Lush Rush is our version Rush Week / Fresher’s week / whatever they call it where you come from. It’s the week of welcoming you to Wudaokou. By now you should have settled in and realized that studying is important, but you need somewhere to relax and party. Next week we are doing all of our normal events a little bit bigger than normal. And we have thrown in a couple of extra events just for the kick of it. Our normal happy hours have been made happier as well!

Achievement game: Every event provides you with an opportunity to gain points in the race to become the winner of Lush Rush Week Fall 2012. What does it take to win? Party skills! With something going on every day, it’s going to require commitment. Commitment to party. What does the winner get, you ask. 1000 rmb bar tab to spend anyway you want at Lush!! Yes, competition will be tough, but don’t despair. Even if you don’t win the tab, you can still get a prize. One of the famous I (heart) WU T-shirts will be yours if you just get 55 points or above. That’s worth fighting for, right? I’ll provide you with scorecard along with your first points. Don’t lose your card! If you do, you’ll have to start over. And card is personal. No combining cards. That would be cheating – and nobody likes a cheater J

Program and points are as follows:

Monday is the City Weekend kickoff party at Lush. It’s our Martini night, even cheaper than normally. 10 rmb for a martini between 6pm and midnight. To get your points for this event you need to buy a martini during happy hour (8-10pm) and you have earned your first 5 points.

Tuesday at Pyro will be one of the nights you’ll keep talking about for a long time. It’s SNAP Adventures’ Power Hour. ONE shot of beer EVERY minute for an HOUR. Easy enough? We continue with Centurion, same deal but for another 40 minutes. So totally 1 shot every minute for 100 minutes! Good luck. This evening you have the chance to get 20 points.

Wednesday is our legendary Pub Quiz, this week sponsored by Plastered 8. Meaning in addition to the normal prizes you can win some of those funny t-shirts. Since competition is bound to be fierce, we give you 5 points just for participation and both 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will earn additional 15 points each.

Friday night Lush comes alive with Tavey Lean and the Solid Gold Dream Machine on stage. These guys will make sure you start the weekend the right way.

Saturday we celebrate Pyro’s 5th birthday party. And what better way to do that, than with a 555 party. Meaning you can get draft beer, gin-tonic or a shot for 5rmb! All night! What kind of shot? Take your pick between tequila, vodka and whiskey. Come help celebrate 5 years of Pyro madness as we get ready for the next 5.

Sunday we round up this semester’s Lush Rush with Open Mic at Lush. Get on stage and get those final points, one performance will get you 15 points! It’s the perfect way to come down after battling all week. Who am I kidding? Calm down? We party on!

Let the games begin! And may the odds be ever in your favor. (Yes, I’m a nerd).

Pyro will be closed, Monday morning (Sept 17th)

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Sep 142012

Hey everyone!

We have some new equipment arriving Monday, Sept. 17th that should help us to faster serve up the awesome Pyro pizzas you’ve come to love! What that does mean however, is that we will need to close up for the morning and afternoon in order to have the new equipment installed and remove the old stuff. We’ll be open as normal on Sunday, Sept. 16th. and if all goes to plan, we should be open again by Monday evening around 6pm. If it happens that we’ll need to close longer than 6pm on Monday, keep an eye out for an updated post online.

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Welcome to the Wu!

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Sep 092012

New to Beijing? We have all been there at some point. Feeling a little confused and out of place? Again, we have all been there. And sometimes we still do. But you know what, that’s part of the reason we enjoy living in this city so much. It’s a strange, but fun world to live in.

To increase the amount of fun and reduce the strangeness, we have the WU. Also know as Lush and Pyro Pizza respectably. Now, I could go over the whole history of Lush and Pyro, but that’s more fun to tell you in person over a drink or two. For now all you need to know is that we are here, we like to party and we would love to meet you. So come out to one of our many events, incl. Pub quiz, beer pong and open mic nights.

Looking forward to seeing you and again: Welcome to THE WU!

Lush Rush Spring 2012 Begins!

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Mar 122012

Lush Rush / Pyromania

Alright ninjas, it begins!

You may be wondering what Lush Rush is, but the best way to learn is to come experience it for yourselves! In a nutshell, its all the things we do normally anyway, but bigger, better, and more importantly for you, CHEAPER! Peep out the specials below:

Lush Rush Daily Specials

2-4pm and 2-5am – 20rmb burgers (beef, chicken, teriyaki chicken and tofu)
Happy Hour, 8-10pm: Buckets of 7 Tsingdaos for 40rmb and 1/2 priced cocktails

Pyromania Daily Specials

In-store special: Free soda/beer pitcher with any pizza purchase
Delivery/Carryout Special: Large Pizza for the medium price
Happy Hour, 9pm-midnight: 20rmb pitchers of Tsingdao and 6 shots for 30rmb (tequila, kamikaze, lemon drop, etc)

Vinimus, Vidimus, Bibimus – We came, We saw, We drank!!

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Sep 212011

Tuesday night saw the most people ever complete the Pyromania Century Challenge at Pyro Pizza! Below, we’ve included a list of our Centurion all stars (or at least the ones who wrote their names legibly and wanted to be included on the website! I apologize if we got the spelling wrong, but that’s either your fault for writing like a third grader, learning cursive for the first time, or our fault for letting people write their names after rocking 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes

Boom goes the dynamite! Behold, the Wudaokou Centurion Warriors!
Dan Barker, Edward Messelt, Jessica LaRusso, Anthony LaRusso, Kimberly, Dave Goss, Stephen, Karan Mudgal, Asger K. Pedersen, Michiel Vos, Peter Fritsch, Lars Goldstein, Nik Snyder, Trey Kwasny, Caitlin Voyle, Zach Louw, Abe Louw, Helene Sajer, Vaughn Watson, Aisling M’Caffrey, Andrew Banks, Arno, Martin, Joel Murray, Daniel Sellers, Matt Deschaer, Nat Karteras, Pedro, Aaron Choo, and yours truly, of course!

(If for some reason you want your name removed, in order to achieve future political ambitions, just send us a message, and we’ll take it right down.)

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