NTN Encore Question of August 11th, 2007.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.

Answers:

  1. Todd Rundgren
  2. Burt Bacharach
  3. Billy Joel
  4. Elton John
  5. Steve Winwood

Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/METLCA and Phil PLBAAB at The Frog & Firkin.

My game so far had gone like this:
TuneUp...ROCKET...3500/5000...6th/9...DELFON wins at 4500.
..........LITBOX...3500/5000...6th/9.
I decided to check my P+ points before the game started and was sure I was back ready for the game but found
I had to sign back on again.  Nuts that cost me the first two questions which were very easy.  In guesses I was 3 for 4.
I should have had 4500.
OnBeat...ROCKET...8500/14000...4th/9...our five boards win this round with 5 of 9.  
..........LITBOX...8500/14000...4th/9.
Well there goes a good score however now I don't feel so bad about missing the questions in the other round.
Rob got us the answer for one question that I didn't know.  I should have had at least another two just by elimination.
One of them is about The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and Phil says he found out the magazine Rolling Stone is
in charge of nominees and winners.  Therefore prog-rock group Rush will never get in.  We avoid the JukeBox category
'Rolling Stone' as a protest.
JukeBox...ROCKET...13694/20000...4th/9...ROCKET wins round. 
...........LITBOX...13686/20000...5th/9.
We got outvoted in one category and had to take a jazz question but Phil had heard of the album.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...20398/28000...3rd/10...COSMO won this round.
.........LITBOX...20368/28000...4th/10.
I took one -250s this round which was the final question of the round for the 'new' song.  I was pleased
that I made 20000 before the Encore.  

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Now the Encore answers come up. A variety of guys. This could be anything. Todd Rundgren are the quizwriter's favourites I say.

Encore Question:...This piano man composed a 2001 classical album "Fantasies And Delusions":

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I said I knew Billy Joel wrote classical albums (I'd read he was out with about his third one about a month ago). Also Billy Joel has been referred to as "The Piano Man" for over 30 years since the time of his breakthrough hit of that title. Would it be that obvious? There's been a Steve Winwood answer in the JukeBox round. Todd Rundgren could probably play piano. I know enough about Elton John to know it's not him. Nope I won't change.

Correct Answer:....3. Billy Joel

[NTN Extra Fact:...The collection of modest melodic pieces are performed by Richard Joos.]

I'm right and stay in 3rd as ROCKET with 30597 points. I finish 755th in North America. The bar is 13th in North America with a 30701 average. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 16000. COSMO wins with 31771 points.
[NTN.com ended up listing 1810 bars].

Here's how the rest of the bar did: 
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank	ntn.com rank
COSMO	21181		31771	 400	  95
METLCA	20901		31351	 527	 106
ROCKET	20398		30597	 755	 126
LITBOX	20368		30552	 768	 129
PLBAAB	19490		29235	1166	 181
Q	12290	x	 6148	8142	3627
BERGIE	 8811	x	 4406	8668	4509
DELFON	 4500	x	 2250	9320	5826
PIXIE	 4000	x	 2000	9395	5984
MOOGOO	 3347	x	 1673	9494	6269
[NTN.com listed 8146 players]

Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 3,735,500+ and LITBOX at 1,456,000+ P+ points. (not worth messing up the start of the Playback game).
7:30pm...Triviaoke...ROCKET...3939/15000...5th/9...500+ points...Q wins.
...................LITBOX...3925/15000...6th/9...500+ points...bar is 811th...I'm here near the end of the game.
8:00pm...JukeBox...ROCKET...11890/14000...3rd/9...1000+ points...I'm 15th overall in NA.
................LITBOX...11883/14000...2nd/9...2nd/9...1000+ points...I'm 14th overall in NA.
COSMO wins and is 9th on the Network Top 20 with 12505...the bar is 9th in NA with an 11072 average.
8:30pm...Tuned In Trivia...ROCKET...11952/15000...2nd/9...1000+ points...I'm 50th in NA.
............LITBOX...11939/15000...3rd/9...1000+ points...I'm 51st in NA...bar is 8th in NA with an 11714 average....BERGIE wins.
I need a lot of help this game to make the 9000+ point standard. I wouldn't have done it on my own.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...13931/15000...2nd/8...1000+ points...I'm 83rd in NA.
..............LITBOX...13950/15000...1st/8...1000+ points...I'm 81st in NA...bar is 29th in NA.

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