NTN Encore Question of April 19th, 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 Sean METLCA/COSMO and Phil PLBAAB. Rob wasn't here this week. Between questions, Phil could tell us about his trip to Puerto Rico--to see a Rush concert! We've got our usual table which is a semi private view away from the people who would be requesting to watch the hockey playoffs or Ultimate Fighting PPV.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/6...my two win with METLCA. I switch one answer with not enough time to make sure the others had switched too. ...........LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/6...I didn't really have to guess anything this week. OnBeat...ROCKET...14000/14000...1st/6...my two boards win. ..........LITBOX...14000/14000...1st/6...I was quite pleased to go 9 for 9 in this round. Canada Post didn't deliver my Billboard magazine for the first time since I started home delivery in February. It would have had the results of the Juno Awards which is suspicious in that some postal worker must be a Canadian music fan. JukeBox...ROCKET...18493/20000...2nd/6...METLCA wins round. ...........LITBOX...18519/20000...1st/6...I made two mistakes by choosing the category 'Remakes' twice and then having to settle for about 250 points each time. Triviaoke...ROCKET...25106/28000...2nd/6...ROCKET wins round. ...........LITBOX...25131/28000...1st/6...we take one -250 score thanks to me getting the Huey Lewis song wrong. It was the same artist last week that I took a -250 on!
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Now the Encore answers come up. Male singers. I'm not thinking about them but more on writing their names down as I've forgotten my microrecorder tonight. I hope I know this right off and have enough time to write out the question.
Encore Question:...Who joined Patty Smyth to sing the Top 10 song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"?
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Great I know this. I've heard this song within the last few months. I make sure the others know. I get the question written down in scratchy words and initials clear enough to read later.
Correct Answer:....2. Don Henley
[NTN Extra Fact:...The song hit #2 in 1992.]
Quite easy if you've heard the song. Only similar voice is a raspy Bryan Adams.
I'm right and win as LITBOX at 37697. The bar is listed as 36th out of 12 bars in North America. I finish 43rd in North America. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 19000. I finish 3rd on this bar's Hall of Fame board which has not been reset.
(ntn.com moved our bar up to 31st out of 1937 bars with a 34550 average)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 25131 37697 87 213 ROCKET 25106 37659 88 215 METLCA 22805 34207 229 487 COSMO 21214 31821 333 702 PLBAAB 20911 31367 351 735 LC 3117 x 1559 9126 7946 (ntn.com listed 9696 players)
Other games:...I'm visiting so don't know what my Players Plus points are.
8:00pm...JukeBox...ROCKET...12489/14000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 6th in North America...the bar is 10th in NA with a 10041 average...(we are only controlling four boards)...METLCA wins and is 2nd on the Top 20 with 12981.
...........LITBOX...12456/14000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 7th in North America.
8:30pm...Tuned In Trivia...ROCKET...14148/15000...3rd/5...1000+ points...I'm 4th in NA...bar is 55th in NA as we still only have four boards
...........LITBOX...14150/15000...2nd/5...1000+ points...I'm 3rd in NA...METLCA wins and is 2nd on the Top 20.
I need a lot of help in this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...12252/15000...2nd/4...1000+ points...I'm 44th in NA.
.............LITBOX...12254/15000...1st/4...1000+ points...I'm 43rd in NA...bar is 183rd as it turns out I'm the only one playing the last few questions as my friends are concentrating on the Ultimate Fighting PPV.
I don't plan on playing next week. While today's MLS soccer game was in the early afternoon, next Saturday's is later in the afternoon and I plan to stay for the Reserves game after it.
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