NTN Encore Question of November 22nd, 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. I'm at the bar rather than a table as Rob and Phil weren't here in time. I start giving answers to Bill MADDOG and Gord GORDO during the OnBeat round, and eventually Will LEAFS when he starts playing.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...4500/5000...1st/4...my two win round. .............LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/4. OnBeat...ROCKET...13500/14000...1st/4...my two boards sweep the category 9 for 9 for the first time in months. ............LITBOX...13500/14000...1st/4...hopefully the reason for the good score is I have a bit more time to read up on music news. Jukebox...ROCKET...18882/20000...2nd/4...LITBOX wins round...I get all the categories I want. ............LITBOX...18896/20000...1st/4...I think I've avoided Grammies awards by avoiding 'Grammies 2007' for instrumentals but the question is about the winner of a 1995 Grammy. Triviaoke...ROCKET...24046/28000...2nd/7. .............LITBOX...24062/28000...1st/7...I take two -250s this round but a few guesses get me some good scores. One word answers were touch as usual although there seemed to be less of them.
Now the Encore question comes up. What a strange group we think. What could this be about?
Encore Question:...A flaming skull named 'Henry' was a famous prop of this outrageous stage performer:
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I know this one right away. I didn't know it flamed or he called it 'Henry' but I have seen a picture of this guy wearing a cape and holding a skull. I tell the others what to choose.
Correct Answer:....4. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
[NTN Extra Fact:...The singer of "I Put A Spell On You" was also known to pop out of coffins.]
I'm right and win as LITBOX at 36093. I finish 6th on the Network Top 20 for all North America. The bar is 14th in NA with a 24562 average. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 17000 points...I place 8th on this bar's Hall of Fame which I thought wouldn't happen again since NTN toughened up the game.
(ntn.com kept our bar in 14th out of 1645 locations)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 24062 36093 6 14 ROCKET 24046 36069 7 16 MADDOG 17055 25581 60 144 GORDO 14706 22059 87 199 LEAFS 2008 3012 7180 4104 COSMO -250 x -500 7182 6556 PLBAAB -500 x -1000 7183 6685 (ntn.com listed 6820 players)
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 4,090,300+ Players Plus points and LITBOX at 1,783,900+.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5984/10000...1st/4...300+ points...I'm 547th in NA.
.............LITBOX...5979/10000...2nd/4...300+ points...I'm 549th in NA.
couldn't sign on fast enough to play the first question and looks like it cost me the 6000 point standard.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8811/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 21st in NA.
..........LITBOX...8833/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 22nd in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6544/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 237th in NA.
..............LITBOX...6552/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 235th in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7479/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 321st in NA.
.................LITBOX...7462/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 327th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5865/10000...2nd/3...300+ points...I'm 503rd in NA.
.............LITBOX...5872/10000...1st/3...300+ points...I'm 502nd in NA.
couldn't make the 6000 point standard but not many of 7040 players could.
8:45pm...Tuned-in TV...ROCKET...6637/10000...2nd/2...1000+ points...I'm 780th in NA.
..............LITBOX...6659/10000...1st/2...1000+ points...I'm 761st in NA.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...ROCKET...8269/10000...3rd/?...900+ points...I didn't catch the standings...LEAFS wins with 9960 and is 10th in NA.
.............LITBOX...8275/10000...2nd/?...900+ points...lots of help this game as Rob and Phil are here at last.
on the way out I notice that the next game was a 30 minute 15000 point Countdown game.
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