Encore Question of August 10th, 2002.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.

Answers:

  1. Matchbox 20
  2. Blink 182
  3. Third Eye Blind
  4. Linkin Park
  5. Prodigy

Tonight I'm playing with Rob COSMO/CAPER and Sean METLCA at a table as my friends at the bar weren't there when I got here at 8pm. We are in the lead with me holding fourth and fifth place.

My game so far had gone like this:
TuneUp...ROCKET...4500/5000...1st/12...CAPER, METLCA, COSMO, and my two boards had the lead.
........LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/12.
OnBeat...ROCKET...11500/14000...3rd/11...CAPER and METLCA win round.  I have 7 right, 2 wrong.
.........LITBOX...11500/14000...3rd/11.
JukeBox...ROCKET...15999/20000...4th/11...ZIGGY wins round.
.........LITBOX...15999/20000...4th/11...parallel fingers!
Triviaoke...ROCKET...22469/28000...5th/11...METLCA wins round.
........LITBOX...22469/28000...4th/11.

So the answers come up and we're wondering what they could ask. This could be rough although I feel better sitting with Rob and Sean when it's a modern rock question than with my own group.

Encore Question:...What band hit it big with the 1996 album "Yourself Or Somebody Like You"?

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Our table all know the answer. I own this album. We have so much time to spare I said "I'll tell them" and trot over to the bar. "I own this, does anyone NOT know the answer?" Groans from everybody. "Tell Us", "What Is It?" I hear. Now that I tell them we should have the top nine boards get it right.

Correct Answer:...1. Matchbox 20

[NTN Extra Fact:...The album contains their first big hit 'Push'.]

I'm right and hold my position at 4th and 5th with LITBOX at 33732 and ROCKET at 33703. I'm 20th and 21st overall in all North America. The bar is 7th in North America with a 34728 average. I earn 3000+ Players Plus points by meeting this week's standard of 17000. METLCA wins and is 11th on the Network Top 20.

Here's how the rest of the bar did:
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank	NTN Top 100
METLCA	23357		35035	  11	28	(11th on NTN Top 20)
CAPER	23109		34663	  13	33
COSMO	22673		34009	  18	45
LITBOX	22488		33732	  20	50
ROCKET	22469		33703	  21	51
MARKEE	16979		18677	4036	
ZIGGY	15871		23807	2398
CRANKY	14514		21771	3048
MADDOG	13735		20603	3421
KIKI	 9306	x	 4653	8514
SQUID	 8503	x	 4251	8642

I've outsmarted myself reading the soccer schedule and didn't realize their was a special Cup game tonight or I would have driven out to Oshawa tonight instead of playing. Oh well I get to show off a picture of myself on the cover of 'Inside Soccer' magazine. They also published an interview I had with Canadian National Team and Under 19 team player Candace Chapman.

Other games:...I start the evening with 2,329,000+ points for ROCKET (and 254,000 for LITBOX when I sign on just before the Playback game starts).
8:00pm...Countdown...13582/15000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 13th in NA...bar is 31st.
8:30pm...Countdown...9823/15000...2nd/10...2000+ points...I'm 1541st in NA...bar is 441st...COSMO wins.
9:00pm...Wipeout...8673/15000...3rd/11...1000+ points...I'm 3167th in NA...bar is 509th...CAPER wins.
9:30pm...Wipeout...9603/15000...2nd/12...1000+ points...I'm 2707th in NA...bar is 559th...C FARF wins.

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