Encore Question of March 13th, 2004.
Played at the Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.

Answers:

  1. Bob Seger
  2. Rod Stewart
  3. Axl Rose
  4. Sammy Hagar
  5. Jon Bon Jovi

Tonight I'm playing with five boards, ROCKET and LITBOX and collected another three over time from a friend who went home and a table that abandoned their boards when they left. The names I used for those boards were ASTROS (for the CPSL team North York Astros and because Brian OLDUDE was here earlier tonight and used to update the team's web page), INFRNO for the W-League team Toronto Inferno, and T LYNX for the A-League team Toronto Lynx. Quite a surprise that I worked my way to the bar at all because it started off crowded with players, non players and their backpacks and coats taking up all the bar spots. I ended up at a table where I had to put up with a cardboard shamrock blown around by the airconditioning and blocking part of my view of the television as it spun. Makes the game that much harder to play! The bar's St Patrick's Day party would be later in the week so no worry about karaoke being set up tonight. With forty minutes to spare before the Playback game started I found a place at the bar but pulled down the shamrock after I found out it was bothering another table from seeing the questions.

My game so far had gone like this:
TuneUp...all five boards...4500/5000...1st/5...all five boards win round.
I guessed 2 of 3 right in some 50/50 guessing that I needed.
OnBeat...all five boards...12500/14000...1st/5...all five boards win round.
8 right and 1 wrong.  While I should have had the one I missed, I was 2 of 3 when I needed to guess
(not really 20% guessing because I'd eliminated the alternatives down to 50/50 guesses.
JukeBox...ROCKET...17005/20000...2nd/5...LITBOX wins round.  
...........LITBOX...17027/20000...1st/5.
..........INFRNO...16888/20000...3rd/5.
..........ASTROS...16736/20000...4th/5.
..........T LYNX...16471/20000...5th/5.
I started to lose points as I couldn't keep five boards going at max points with a countdown clock.
At least with being the only one playing, I could choose whatever category I wanted although I
still voted on each board to keep the habit of the five board action.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...22150/28000...2nd/5...LITBOX wins round.
.........LITBOX...22188/28000...1st/5.
.........INFRNO...21707/28000...3rd/5.
.........ASTROS...21343/28000...4th/5.
.........T LYNX...20776/28000...5th/5.
I take one -250 on the last question and two I score very low.  It's quite an effort to change all boards.

Now the Encore answers come up. This could be anything. Some guys were with groups and some were solo artists.

Encore Question:...This rocker regularly fronts a band called the Waboritas:

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I don't know this. It could be any of the five but I start thinking of who'd have the time to do this? I don't think it would be Rod Stewart with his touring commitments nor Jon Bon Jovi who already has his own band. I concentrate on Sammy Hagar and put him over Axl Rose who hasn't been able to decide on a lineup for his own Guns N' Roses group. Sammy Hagar with Van Halen and Eddy's illness [didn't realize at the time that Hagar was replaced long ago in that group]. I think my good Encore streak may be over...

Correct Answer:....4. Sammy Hagar

[NTN Extra Fact:...The band performs frequently at Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantino in Cabo San Lucas Mexico.]

I'm right and win with LITBOX at 33282. I finish 39th overall for all North America. I earn 3000+ Players Plus points for meeting this week's standard (missed seeing what it was). The bar finishes 13th in North America with a 32449 average. [ntn.com lists 2089 bars].

Here's how the rest of the bar did: 
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank	ntn.com rank
LITBOX	22188		33282	  39	  93
ROCKET	22150		33225	  40	  97
INFRNO	21707		32561	  51	 130
ASTROS	21343		32015	  61	 153	
T LYNX	20776		31164	 146	 198
(ntn.com lists 11307 players)

Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 2,918,500 P+ points and LITBOX at 730,500.
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...1906/15000...6th/8...500+ points...I'm 8051st in NA...FRANNY wins.
...........LITBOX...1895/15000...7th/8...500+ points...I'm 8062nd in NA...bar is 315th...I'm here for the last six questions. 8:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...10947/15000...3rd/5...1000+ points...I'm 1808th in NA...FRANNY wins.
..........LITBOX...10985/15000...2nd/5...1000+ points...I'm 1779th in NA...bar is 618th in NA.
8:30pm...RetroTVCountdown...ROCKET...9518/15000...2nd/3...1000+ points...I'm 796th in Canada...the bar was 766th in Canada.
..............LITBOX...9544/15000...1st/3...1000+ points...I'm 771st in Canada.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...9288/15000...2nd/2...1000+ points...I'm 3385th in NA...the bar is 1864th.
...............LITBOX...9302/15000...1st/2...1000+ points...I'm 3376th in NA.

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