Encore Question of June 25th, 2005.
Played at the Frog & Firkin in North York Ontario.
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Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, and Phil PLBAAB. There had been other players earlier in the evening but the monitors had gradually been switched to a boxing pay-per-view.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...4000/5000...1st/7...my two co-win round with PLBAAB. ..........LITBOX...4000/5000...1st/7. I go 2 for 4 in guessing but knew everything else. A bit harder than usual. OnBeat...ROCKET...11000/14000...3rd/5...PLBAAB wins round going 8 for 9. ..........LITBOX...11000/14000...3rd/5. 7 right and 2 wrong. I got help from Rob on one and Phil on one or this round wouldn't have gone well for me. JukeBox...ROCKET...15723/20000...4th/5...PLBAAB wins round. ...........LITBOX...15762/20000...3rd/5. We had every category we wanted but didn't do outstanding. Triviaoke...ROCKET...21090/28000...4th/5...METLCA wins round. .........LITBOX...21160/28000...3rd/5. I took two -250s this round and it was for 'new' songs. The song "These Words" by Natasha Bedingford just made Number 100 on the pop charts on next week's printed Billboard charts. I wouldn't have much chance to memorize the lyrics as I haven't even heard the song yet!
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Now the Encore answers come up. Name of tour? Albums? They all have a similar style of music.
Encore Question:...Ophelia is the title of the 1998 album by which songstress?
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I ruin the suspense by reading "Ophelia, Natalie Merchant, is the title of..." not letting the others have a chance. I would have had plenty of time to let the others think of the answer before I said I'm sure I know it because I own this album (actually from my old days of buying my music on cassette tapes). I say she was posed like I was right now. Well not cross legged but I had my body turned on the bench in our booth to watch the monitor over my shoulders but I had to have my hands near my playmakers. Later the others said they hadn't known the answer so no problem breaking the suspense.
Correct Answer:....5. Natalie Merchant
[NTN Extra Fact:...The album includes the Top 40 hits "Life Is Sweet" and "Break Your Heart".]
I'm right and stay at 3rd and 4th place. I finish 15th and 16th in all North America. The bar finishes at 8th in all North America with a 32041 average. I earn 3000+ points for meeting this week's standard of 18000 points. Phil PLBAAB wins and is 10th in North America. [ntn.com keeps us at 8th in North America out of 1924 bars].
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank PLBAAB 21951 32926 10 44 COSMO 21950 32925 11 45 LITBOX 21160 31740 15 62 ROCKET 21090 31635 16 63 METLCA 20654 30981 19 71 [ntn.com listed 7925 players]
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 3,233,000 P+ points and LITBOX at 1,036,500.
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...1620/15000...7th/8...500+ points...I'm 8247th in NA...no bar ranking.
..............LITBOX...1835/15000...8th/8...500+ points...I'm 8014th in NA...I'm here in time for the last four questions...COSMO wins.
8:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...11144/15000...2nd/7...1000+ points...I'm 70th in NA...no bar ranking.
..............LITBOX...11162/15000...1st/7...1000+ points...I'm 69th in NA.
8:30pm...Tuned In Countdown...ROCKET...9391/15000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 126th in NA.
..............LITBOX...9410/15000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 128th in NA...bar is 121st in NA...COSMO wins.
No Simpsons questions this week. Maybe I should rattle on about 7th Heaven which I've never seen but they ask a question each week.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I miss 500+ points this week as I don't cover Black in the Dodge ad challenge. 2 in 3 chances when I split. Correct answer was 3. Black again this week.
10:00pm...RetroTV...ROCKET...13896/15000...4th/5...1000+ points...I'm 51st in NA.
..............LITBOX...13924/15000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 50th in NA...bar is 9th in NA with a 13980 average...COSMO wins with 14818 and is 7th in NA.
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