NTN Encore Question of February 14th, 2009.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Answers:
Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX on my own although I've fed some answers to the players at the bar. My usual friends are away this week for a variety of reasons.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...4000/5000...1st/6...my two win round. .............LITBOX...4000/5000...1st/6...they had another NOFX question about an album title which I read last week in my music book when I looked up the right spelling of the guys names but forgot the title this week. OnBeat...ROCKET...11000/14000...1st/7...HYUK wins round going 8 for 9 and ties me for the lead. ............LITBOX...11000/14000...1st/7...more than half the questions were about the Grammy awards last weekend and I got all those alright. I was 7 of 9 overall...this is where I was feeding the group the answers. Jukebox...ROCKET...15341/20000...1st/7...my two win this round. ............LITBOX...15341/20000...1st/7...we avoided classical music and album covers. Triviaoke...ROCKET...22718/28000...2nd/7...LITBOX wins round. .............LITBOX...22738/28000...1st/7...I don't take any -250s this round which is the first in a long time.
Now the Encore question comes up. I've got about the same score as last week with my friends. The answers are all album titles from the last year. I know each artist so would this be about Grammy winners?
Encore Question:...What 2008 album's cover was based on a famous 1830's painting about the French Revolution?.
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I own four out of five albums on this list and have almost bought the last one over the last few months. I tell the group at the bar the answer and get a few thanks then and after the game. If I didn't own them...hmm go with the French title?
Correct Answer:....3. Viva La Vida
[NTN Extra Fact:...That painting is Dellacoix's "Liberty Leading the People" in case you're interested.]
I remember I bought that album early and had to buy an EP later to get the missing songs that the group put out in the deluxe edition. I looked at the cover when I got home and it reminded me of the French franc notes I picked up in the mid 1980s. Wow a topless woman.
I'm right and win as LITBOX at 34107. I finish 12th on the Network Top 20 in all North America. The bar is 15th in North America with a 27326 average...I earn 3000+ points for making this week's 18000 standard.
(ntn.com kept us in 15th out of 2065 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 22738 34107 12 46 ROCKET 22718 34077 13 47 MADDOG 15747 23621 205 421 JEREMY 15524 23286 216 458 HYUK 14359 21539 274 600 SALOPE 7858 11787 858 2065 GORDO 3000 x 1500 7199 6761 (I'm not sure why he stopped playing after the TuneUp round. (ntn.com listed 9403 players)
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 4,198,100 and LITBOX at 1,880,100.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6110/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 475th in NA...TSUBO wins.
............LITBOX...6110/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 475th in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7000/10000...3rd/7...900+ points...I'm 373rd in NA...HYUK wins.
..............LITBOX...7000/10000...3rd/7...900+ points...I'm 373rd in NA...the bar is 16th with a 7081 average.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7137/10000...1st/6....900+ points...I'm 183rd in NA.
............LITBOX...7137/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 183rd in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8800/10000...2nd/6...900+ points...I'm 245th in NA.
.................LITBOX...8800/10000...2nd/6...900+ points...I'm 245th in NA...JEREMY wins.
8:45pm...Tuned-in TV...ROCKET...8745/10000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 223rd in NA.
..............LITBOX...8748/10000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 223rd in NA.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...ROCKET...6825/10000...1st/4...900+ points...I'm 419th in NA.
.............LITBOX...6825/10000...1st/4...900+ points...I'm 419th in NA.
No friends to help me tonight but I meet the 6000 point standard each game to get my bonus points.
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