NTN Encore Question of March 15th, 2008.
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/METLCA, Phil PLBAAB, and Tom CUE. With Sean's new job at the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), he was working tonight...something we better get used to. Tom had said weeks ago he was interested in playing the big game with us so when we finally got a booth, I made sure I invited him over.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/9...our six boards win round with LEAFS at 5000. ...........LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/9...we don't need any guessing this week. OnBeat...ROCKET...14000/14000...1st/9...my two boards win round. ..........LITBOX...14000/14000...1st/9...Phil got me an answer about Steve Winwood touring but somehow the rest of the group fell behind. They asked yet another question about Tom Petty's performance at the Superbowl from more than a month and a half ago. JukeBox...ROCKET...20000/20000...1st/12...my two and COSMO and CUE sweep through this round with a full 6000. ...........LITBOX...20000/20000...1st/12. I was worried about picking Elton John but both two questions were very easy. Triviaoke...ROCKET...27947/28000...2nd/12...LITBOX wins round. ...........LITBOX...27969/28000...1st/12...I didn't take any -250 scores this round. The guys got me a chocolate bar jingle not quite for full marks but much better than what I would have done on my own.
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Now the Encore answers come up. Imaginary places? At the time I can only think of Penny Lane. Someone mentions Country songs. We could be in trouble. This is the best game so far I've ever had.
Encore Question:...According to the Elvis Presley song, where would you find the Heartbreak Hotel?
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Wooooh. An extra Triviaoke round song. I know this but at the same time two of the guys mention the answer while I'm dictating the question.
Correct Answer:....5. Lonely Street
[NTN Extra Fact:...You can stay at the real Heartbreak Hotel when visiting Graceland.]
Sure. "It's down at the end of Lonely Street, that Heartbreak Hotel". His first hit song.
I'm right and stay in 1st with LITBOX at 41593. The bar finishes 3rd in North America with 39488. I finish 2nd in North America. That's the best I've ever done. I expected there'd be more than the one perfect game from another bar and I'd be well down the list. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 20000. I
earn 1st place on this bar's Hall of Fame.
(ntn.com keeps us in 3rd place out of 1922 bars)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 27969 41593 2 2 ROCKET 27947 41920 3 3 COSMO 25819 38728 36 84 CUE 25792 38688 37 85 PLBAAB 25669 38503 40 98 METLCA 25608 38412 41 101 LEAFS 17756 26634 10000 1387 GORDO 9200 x 4600 10004 5858 MADDOG 8709 13063 10001 3655 ELA 7058 x 6353 10002 5114 DIRK 4239 4662 10003 5882 BARTEK 3331 x 2998 10005 6687 RORO 1750 1925 10006 7453 (ntn.com listed 9239 players)
Well a good score like this certainly made my night. It started off bad because of the crowd in here we couldn't get a booth and all the televisions in the table area were dialed to the hockey game. I played the Triviaoke game 'blind' (couldn't see a monitor), went up to the bar to play JukeBox with Tom CUE, Dave SUPER, and Harry THEMAN just because I wanted to play. This was important though to make sure I could invite Tom to play Playback as the other two paid and left at the end of the game. During the JukeBox game I voted for 'Jazz' each time so Tom could show off his knowledge. He was great and will make a great addition to our team.
Other games:...I started the evening with ROCKET at 3,904,000 and LITBOX at 1,605,500 Player's Plus points.
7:30pm...Triviaoke...ROCKET...2000/15000...9th/9...500+ points...I couldn't see rankings from where I was.
.........LITBOX...2982/15000...7th/9...500+ points.
8:00pm...JukeBox...ROCKET...11139/14000...1st/8...1000+ points...I'm 60th in North America...the bar is 164th in NA.
...........LITBOX...11139/14000...1st/8...1000+ points...I'm 60th in North America.
8:30pm...Tuned In Trivia...ROCKET...13101/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 55th in NA...bar is 79th in NA.
...........LITBOX...13101/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 55th in NA.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...12201/15000...6th/13...1000+ points...I'm 280th in NA.
.............LITBOX...12702/15000...5th/13...1000+ points...I'm 279th in NA...bar is 97th in NA...I forgot who won.
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