Encore Question of August 17th, 2002.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.

Answers:

  1. The Mavericks
  2. Oak Ridge Boys
  3. Alabama
  4. Diamond Rio
  5. The Charlie Daniels Band

Tonight I'm playing two boards with Rob and Sean at a table and with our five boards we have quite a lead over the folks at the bar.

My game so far had gone like this:
TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/9...my two and COSMO, METLCA/CAPER, and MUSTAN win round. 
........LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/9.
OnBeat...ROCKET...11000/14000...1st/10...my two and METLCA and COSMO win round.
.......LITBOX...11000/14000...1st/10...six right, three wrong isn't so hot.
JukeBox...ROCKET...15536/20000...3rd/11...COSMO wins round and has lead with 15607.
.......LITBOX...15468...4th/11.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...21226/28000...2nd/12...COSMO wins round.
.......LITBOX...21180/28000...3rd/12.

The answers come up and I know I'm in trouble. Rob and Sean know more about Country music than I do so let's see how we do.

Encore Question:...Which Country music posse recorded the 1995 album "In Pictures"?

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I can't think of an answer. Rob COSMO thought he knew and said The Mavericks. Sean's idea was Alabama. OK Rob convinces us so we're in with The Mavericks. No splitting as we want our bar to rank.

Correct Answer:...3. Alabama

[NTN Extra Fact:...It was the quartet's unprecedented 18th Gold album.]

It hadn't been too long ago that I'd had an Alabama CD in my hands when I flipped through the clearance rack at a music store. The back cover of their most recent CD "When It All Goes South" had the group in a motorboat on a windy day skimming along right in front of the World Trade Center in New York! After that flashback I remember where I am and realize this is only a game.

I'm wrong but only fall one spot. I finish with 10729 and 10613 points. I rank 6534th and 6572nd in North America. The bar is 1293rd. I earn only 1500+ Players Plus points for not meeting this week's standard of 15000 points. Bill MADDOG comes up from 8th place to win as he's the only one in the bar to get it right.

Here's how the rest of the bar did:
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank
COSMO	21459	x	10729	6534
ROCKET	21226	x	10613	6572
LITBOX	21180	x	10590	6579
METLCA	20289	x	10145	6723
CAPER	18252	x	 9126	7052
CRANKY	13774	x	 6887	7775
MUSTANE12888	x	 6444	????
MADDOG	12735		19103	3830
BRIJUL	 8837	x	 4419	????
JUDSHE	 5806	x	 3484	????
PIGBOY	  725	x	  363	9882
ED	  572	x	  286	9907
SHAMU	   0	x	   0	9999
COITIS	   0	x	   0	9999

Other games:...I start the evening with 2,327,000 for ROCKET and 257,000 for LITBOX.
8:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...10447/15000...4th/5...1000+ points...I'm 1325th...bar is 11th in North America with an 11242 average...ONJ wins.
........LITBOX...10491/15000...4th/5...1000+ points...I'm 1298th.
8:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...10787/15000...5th/9...2000+ points...I'm 900th...bar is 20th in North America (missed the average)...METLCA wins.
...........LITBOX...10791/15000...4th/9...2000+ points...I'm 896th.
9:00pm...Wipeout...ROCKET...9765/15000...4th/7...1000+ points...I'm ????th...bar is 177th...METLCA wins.
..........LITBOX...9820/15000...2nd/7...1000+ points...I'm 2294th.
9:30pm...Wipeout...ROCKET...10042/15000...3rd/8...1000+ points...I'm 2603rd...bar is 440th...COSMO wins.
..........LITBOX...10053/15000...2nd/8...1000+ points...I'm 2611th.

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