NTN Encore Question of March 22nd, 2008.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
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Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX, with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, and Phil PLBAAB with Rob also playing LeAnne's board MS M.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/7...my two boards, COSMO, METLCA and MS M win round with LEAFS at 5000. ...........LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/7...we don't need any guessing this week. OnBeat...ROCKET...12000/14000...1st/7...my two boards, COSMO, METLCA and MS win round. ..........LITBOX...12000/14000...1st/7...I go 7 for 9 in this round with help on one question. Two pretty obscure questions tripped me up. A Roy Orbison named beetle and Tom Jones insuring his chest hair were things I hadn't heard. JukeBox...ROCKET...17995/20000...2nd/7...LITBOX wins round with a full 6000. ...........LITBOX...18000/20000...1st/7. Triviaoke...ROCKET...25676/28000...2nd/7...ROCKET wins round. ...........LITBOX...25680/28000...1st/7...I didn't take any -250 scores this round. I got help on one hich I didn't know right away.
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Now the Encore answers come up. I say it first...that they're all Peter Gabriel songs.
Encore Question:...What was Peter Gabriel's first Top 40 hit as a solo artist?
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Phil says an answer before the questions even come back up. "Solsbury Hill". Did that ever hit the Top 40?, I'm wondering. The answers come back on. Well I know 'Sledgehammer' was his only #1 hit. That but 'Steam' and 'Big Time' after that so they're not it. "Shock The Monkey" was the earliest and Phil is saying "It's either 1 or 2". Well alright then, we're all in for #1. I know it made the local charts in my city as a Top 10 but did it make the American charts as a Top 40?
Correct Answer:....1. Shock The Monkey
[NTN Extra Fact:..."Shock The Monkey" hit #29 in 1982.]
I'm right and stay in 1st with LITBOX at 38520. The bar finishes 15th in North America with 36101. I finish 20th in North America on the Network Top 20. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 18000. I earn 1st place on this bar's Hall of Fame and we now have the seven top spots in the seven times we've ever played here.
(ntn.com kept us in 15th place out of 1858 bars)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 25680 38520 20 38 ROCKET 25676 38514 21 39 METLCA 23557 35335 77 189 COSMO 22732 34098 110 249 MS M 22693 34039 112 257 PLBAAB 20870 31305 205 421 JAS 16187 x 8099 10000 3517 (ntn.com listed 8359 players)
Other games:...I was visiting this bar so don't know what my P+ balance was.
7:30pm...Triviaoke...ROCKET...10767/15000...2nd/8...1000+ points...I'm 39th in North America.
.........LITBOX...10786/15000...1st/8...1000+ points...I'm 38th in NA...the bar is 20th in North America with a 9941 average.
I'm here and signed on in time for the last 14 questions.
8:00pm...JukeBox...ROCKET...13018/14000...2nd/8...1000+ points...I'm 13th in North America...the bar is 8th in NA with a 12371 average.
...........LITBOX...13047/14000...1st/8...1000+ points...I'm 11th in on the Network Top 10 in North America.
8:30pm...Tuned In Trivia...ROCKET...12626/15000...2nd/9...1000+ points...I'm 104th in NA...bar is 285th in NA.
...........LITBOX...12634/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 103rd in NA.
I was able to switch my ROCKET board after the fifth question without having to start my score over. I'll have to try and remember that for next time.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...10959/15000...4th/6...1000+ points...I'm 246th in NA.
.............LITBOX...10997/15000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 240th in NA...bar is 528th in NA...COSMO wins.
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