Encore Question of January 12th, 2002.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.

Answers:

  1. Martha Raye
  2. Gwendolyn Mathis
  3. Ardith Mercer
  4. June Cash
  5. Elizabeth Carson

Tonight I'm working on two boards and playing with Doug CRANKY, Richard BERGIE, Bill MADDOG and Marlo ZIGGY, with Bill OH YA just out of my earshot. I had the lead tonight and was safely past the 20000 point mark before Encore.

  
My game so far had gone like this:
TuneUp....ROCKET...4500/5000...2nd/11 in four way tie...OH YA wins with perfect round.
..........LITBOX...4500/5000.
OnBeat...ROCKET...11250/14000...1st/11...I co-win round with FAUK U.
.........LITBOX...10000/14000...5th/11 in two way tie...finally I use two boards to split
an answer as I can't sort out Lil' Romeo from Lil' Bow Wow...7 right, 1 wrong, 1 not 
answered.  Also this seemed to be a year-end summary so I didn't have to worry about
albums that haven't been released yet.
JukeBox...ROCKET...17052/20000...1st/11...LITBOX wins round.
..........LITBOX...15805/20000...3rd/11.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...24098/28000...1st/11...LITBOX wins round.
............LITBOX...22864/28000...2nd/11...a reward for frequent attendance is I recognize
these lyrics from previous weeks during the last year.

The answers come up and I'm thinking of the 1940s although I only recognize two names...Martha Raye, USO shows and June Carter. My book isn't going to help me tonight although I have it fall open to Robert Goulet.

Encore Question:...She was a member of the singing Carter family when she met singer/husband Johnny.

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Richard is calling this even before the possible answers come back on. I knew it so well that I think I'm reading June Carter as the answer. The names were so interchangeable and I remember watching Johnny Cash's television show with frequent guest appearances by June and the Carter family featuring 'Mother' Maybelle.

Correct Answer:...4. June Cash

[NTN Extra Fact:...The Carter family tradition carries on with daughter Carlene Carter].

I have to wait until the next morning before I can think of why the other four answers were offered. Johhny Ray, Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mercer, and Johnny Carson although I don't know if those were the names of their real-life wives. (ok not Martha Raye). Looks like with the rankings of 20000 points being only 4000th in the rankings, most people weren't fooled.

I win the game with 36147 for ROCKET and 34296 for LITBOX. I earn 3000+ points for meeting this week's 21000 Players Plus point standard pushing LITBOX to 101,500. I finish 9th on the Network Top 20 and our bar is 11th in North America with a 33567 average. The score gives me both positions 1 and 2 on the bar's Hall Of Fame board with this same week's game.

Here's how the rest of the bar did:
Player 	preEncore	Final	Rank	
ROCKET	24098		36147	   9	9th on Network Top 20
LITBOX	22864		34296	  19
FAUK U	22706		34059	  21
COSMO	22520		33780	  45
CRANKY	19703		29555	1290
BERGIE	19641		29461	1318
CAPER	19242		28863	1494
MADDOG	18796		28194	1691
ZIGGY	18445		20289	4020
OH YA	17692		26538	2179
BIGDDY	 3178	x	 1589	9531	had gone home in Triviaoke round

Other games:...I start the evening with 1611800 Players Plus points for ROCKET.
7:30pm...Countdown...3089/15000...10th/10...I earn 500+ points...I'm 7530th in NA...bar is 43rd...BERGIE wins...I'm here in time for the last five questions.
8:00pm...Countdown...10887/15000...5th/13...1000+ points...I'm 1835th...bar is 20th in North America with an 11094 average...ZIGGY wins.
8:30pm...Countdown...10494/15000...1st/12...2000+ points...no rankings are given for individuals or the bar.
9:00pm...Wipeout...9434/15000...5th/11...1000+ points...I'm 2623rd...bar is 361st...ZIGGY wins.
9:30pm...Wipeout...10834/15000...5th/10...1000+ points...I'm 2142nd...bar is 294th...FAUK U wins. (the COSMO/METLCA table is having some fun).
Should I get a second board for Playback? Does everyone listen to me? "Can I have another board please?" Now LITBOX starts with 98500+ points.

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