NTN Encore Question of July 26th, 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 on my own as my friends had gone to see the new Batman movie. Bill LEAFS and Gord GORDO are at the bar and may have listened to me for some of the answers.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/4...my two boards win. ...........LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/4...interesting that the first question about the "Devine Miss M" was not Madonna but Bette Midler. OnBeat...ROCKET...13000/14000...1st/4...I go 8 for 9 with my two boards. ..........LITBOX...13000/14000...1st/4...I was trying to find out where the MTV awards would be held this year and the story I read this week didn't mention but I guessed it right anyway. Couldn't remember that Tim McGraw threw out a fan from his concert. I have just finished going to 15 soccer games in the last 17 days and hadn't had time to keep a sharp eye on music news. The bar turned down the lights so I couldn't do more than glance at this week's Billboard magazine. Jukebox...ROCKET...18973/20000...1st/4...LEAFS wins round. ...........LITBOX...18966/20000...2nd/4. Triviaoke...ROCKET...24060/28000...1st/4...LITBOX wins round. ...........LITBOX...24061/28000...2nd/4...I take two -250 scores this round for songs that I know but not the exact words.
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Now the Encore answers come up. Madonna songs. Something early but what? First charted song...first Top 40?
Encore Question:...Which song is *not* featured on Madonna's self titled 1983 debut album?
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I know this. "Like A Virgin" was the name of her album that came out in the Fall of 1984. Yep. I make sure the other guys know what I'm choosing. I could throw 1,2,4 out right away but had to think later tha 3 was on that first album too. I bought the second album on cassette tape before I bought the first.
Correct Answer:....5. Like A Virgin
[NTN Extra Fact:..."Like A Virgin" is actually the title of her 1984 follow up album.]
I'm right and win as ROCKET at 36091. I finish 66th in North America. The bar is 95th in NA and I couldn't expect much with only four boards. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of which I didn't notice. I didn't notice that this could have made this bar's Hall of Fame.
(ntn.com moved this bar up to 89th out of 1857 bars with a 23012 average)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 24061 36091 66 163 LITBOX 24060 36090 67 164 LEAFS 19115 28672 312 662 GORDO 9473 14209 1416 1705 (ntn.com listed 7846 players)
Other games:...I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,006,600+ and LITBOX at 1,705,700+ Players Plus points.
Too bad I didn't see myself pass the 4 million milestone last week as I was visiting.
8:00pm...JukeBox...ROCKET...10460/14000...1st/3...1000+ points...I'm 100th overall in North America...the bar is 209th.
........LITBOX...10453/14000...2nd/3...1000+ points...I'm 101st overall in NA and 7th on this bar's Hall of Fame.
8:30pm...Tuned In Trivia...ROCKET...11113/15000...1st/4...1000+ points...I'm 268th in NA...bar is 339th in NA.
...........LITBOX...10621/15000...1st/4...1000+ points...I'm 275th in NA.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV...ROCKET...14170/15000...1st/4...1000+ points...I'm 90th in NA...bar is 176th in NA.
.............LITBOX...14158/15000...2nd/4...1000+ points...I'm 92nd in NA.
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