Encore Question of October 23rd, 2004.
Played at the Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.
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Tonight I'm playing with two boards, ROCKET and LITBOX with the group of Richard BERGIE, Bill MADDOG and a couple I haven't seen before; Mike LOOPY and Brenda BUBAHS. I was helping our group out but noone gave me anything I didn't alrady know to get me an outstanding score.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...4000/5000...5th/6...LITBOX, BUBAHS, LOOPY and MADDOG co-win round. ..........LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/6...I was 0 for 1 on a guess and the only other question I didn't know, I split. OnBeat...ROCKET...12000/14000...2nd/6...my two win round. ..........LITBOX...12500/14000...1st/6. I score 8 right and 1 wrong which was really good. Two Canadian answers...Bruce Palmer from Buffalo Springfield died and Bill knew him from his Toronto band days...also Kalen Porter the name of the Canadian Idol winner comparing him to the American Idol winner. JukeBox...ROCKET...16772/20000...2nd/6...LITBOX wins round. ...........LITBOX...17274/20000...1st/6. Triviaoke...ROCKET...22117/28000...2nd/6...LITBOX wins round. .........LITBOX...22640/28000...1st/6....BERGIE and MADDOG were late getting back from their smoke so a great bar score isn't going to happen...another Canadian answer with Jeff Healey's song Angel Eyes. One -250 answer for me and a few changes but I wasn't disappointed.
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Now the Encore answers come up. Every answer is about baseball. Well this is the first game of the World Series. Guess having "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" in the Triviaoke round isn't enough.
Encore Question:...This baseball song is subtitled "Willie, Mickey, and The Duke":
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I don't know this but no it's not the John Fogerty song "Centerfield" nor the Abbott & Costello routine "Who's On First". I can't rule out '4' although I know it's not the Simon & Garfunkel song "Mrs Robinson". I put in for "Move Over Babe" but think soon after that I've heard part of the chorus of "Talkin' Baseball" so at least I know it's a real song. I keep segueing that song into the quiet portion of "OK Blue Jays, Let's Play Ball". The quizmakers could just make up a song for the answer. Ok I've switched with about 20 seconds to go. I confer with Bill that he's going to take it but it's not going to be something I can shout out. I haven't been to a baseball game for over ten years.
Correct Answer:....3. Talkin' Baseball
[NTN Extra Fact:...Terry Cashman recorded this nostagic tune about baseball's golden era of the 1950s.]
I'm right and win as LITBOX with 33960. I finish 28th in all North America. I earn 3000 Players Plus points for meeting this week's 15000 standard. The bar finishes 675th in North America. [ntn.com moved us up to 65th of 1773 bars with a 22112 average]. My score tonight put me Number 2 in our Hall of Fame because this was only the second time these new playmakers had ever played this game!
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 22640 33960 28 71 ROCKET 22117 33175 39 101 LOOPY 19248 x 9624 4375? 2446 BUBAHS 17962 x 8931 5708 2662 MADDOG 16582 24873 142 569 BERGIE 14166 x 7083 6596 3559 [ntn.com listed 8079 players]
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 3,066,000 P+ points and LITBOX at 874,500.
I hadn't done anything about transferring my score to the new system but every Players Plus score had been updated.
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...836/15000...6/7...500+ points...I'm 9114th in NA.
.............LITBOX...830/15000...7/7...500+ points...I'm 9121st in NA...bar is 625th...JEREMY wins.
I'm here in time for the last two questions.
8:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...11050/15000...1st/8...1000+ points...I'm 96th in NA...bar is 486th.
..............LITBOX...10905/15000...2nd/8...1000+ points...I'm 97th in NA...lots of help from others to do well in this game.
Great it wasn't the Raceday car racing game which I didn't notice until the next day.
8:30pm...Tuned In Countdown...ROCKET...11386/15000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 64th in NA.
..............LITBOX...11385/15000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 65th in NA...I missed our bar ranking.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...7115/15000...4th/5...1000+ points...I'm 1266th in NA.
...............LITBOX...7127/15000...3rd/5...1000+ points...I'm 1251st in NA...bar is 871th.
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