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