Encore Question of May 3rd, 2003.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.
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Tonight I'm playing two boards with Rob COSMO and Sean METLCA/CAPER. I don't think we're having such a great game as a team but then the questions seemed harder this week. I wasn't able to make 20000 points before the Encore question.
Here's how my game had gone so far: TuneUp...ROCKET...4500/5000...1st/9...our five boards co-win this round. ...........LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/9. OnBeat...ROCKET...10500/14000...4th/9...six right, three wrong, their three go seven for nine. ..........LITBOX...10500/14000...4th/9...tough to make 20000 from here. JukeBox...ROCKET...15601/20000...5th/8...METLCA wins round. ..........LITBOX...15609/20000...4th/8...two questions about 1958, the year I was born, I call out easily for 1000 each. Triviaoke...ROCKET...19823/20000...5th/7...I take three -250s in this round including the last question and drop back below 20000...I'm sure two of my wrong answers that the lines are in the songs but just I chose the wrong place for the lyric. .........LITBOX...19840/20000...4th/7...KER wins round.
The answers come up and I'm thinking with such a mix of musical styles here, it should be pretty easy. A 21000 P+ point standard this week means everybody has to be right to earn their points.
Encore Question:...This singer's "Only Time" became a major hit in the US after 9/11:
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I blurt out the answer before I could dictate the first four words into my microrecorder. I owned this from the week it came out. The 9/11 events ensured it stayed on the charts for over a year. When even the 13000 players get it right, we know this must be pretty easy.
Correct Answer:...3. Enya
[NTN Extra Fact:...Warner Brothers and Enya donated the song's royalties to charity.]
I'm right and hold my positions at 4th and 5th with scores of 29760 for LITBOX and 29735 for ROCKET. I finish at 1017th and 1025th in North America. The bar finishes 15th in North America with a 30831 average. I earn 3000+ points for meeting this week's Players Plus standard of 21000. METLCA wins with 32047.
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank METLCA 21365 32047 327 116 CAPER 21204 31806 400 125 COSMO 20541 30811 700 158 LITBOX 19840 29760 1017 210 ROCKET 19823 29735 1025 215 KER 13200 19800 4024 1418 SMRT 13053 14358 5666 2348 BRUNO 0 x 0 9999 10884 NIBLRS 0 x 0 9999 10884 (15th of 2111 bars)
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 2,556,500 P+ and LITBOX at 401,000 P+.
7:30pm...Countdown...3513/15000...11th/12...500+ points...I'm 7471st in NA...bar is 105th...METLCA wins...I'm here in time for the last five questions.
8:00pm...Countdown...10323/15000...3rd/11...1000+ points...I'm 934th in NA...bar is 8th in Canada with a 10566 average...METLCA wins and is 20th on the Network.
8:30pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...14224/15000...3rd/11...1000+ points...I'm 5th overall in Canada...bar is 1st in Canada with a 14352 average.
..........LITBOX...14224/15000...3rd/11...1000+ points...I'm 5th overall in Canada, my boards weren't tied until the last question...my score was boosted at least 3000 by Rob and Sean.
9:00pm...Playback...(see above).
10:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...10874/15000...1st/13...1000+ points...I'm 2087 in NA...bar is 660th in NA.
.........LITBOX...10852/15000...2nd/13...1000+ points...I'm 2103rd in NA.
10:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...12104/15000...I'm 42nd in NA...bar is 18th in NA with a 11149 average.
.........LITBOX...11112/15000...3rd/14...I'm 537th having to fight someone on my frequency for part of the game.
Next week I may not be out as the soccer season has started and although the game time shouldn't interfere with Playback, I may be at home typing up a game report. Also my 'stupid' season starts as I won't have the time to keep up with current music and my OnBeat may slump to four right per round.
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