NTN Encore Question of March 14th, 2009.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.

After 13 years of posting the possible answers first and then the question, I've reversed the order because of the new Playback format where the Encore question does not show the possible answers first but only a category (which you can see by the subject line on my trivia03 page). The possible answers are only shown after all the betting is done and after the question is shown.

Encore Question:...Cynthia Johnson was the lead singer on this song:

Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/METLCA and Phil PLBAAB.

Here's how my game went and my comments:
TuneUp...ROCKET...4000/5000...1st/8...our five boards win this round.
.............LITBOX...4000/5000...1st/8.  
The LineUp...ROCKET...12000/15000...1st/8...our five win round.
...........LITBOX...12500/15000...1st/8.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...17383/25000...2nd/8...LITBOX wins round.
..........LITBOX...17371/25000...1st/8...I take three -250s this round even with help. 
Opening Act...ROCKET...24621/35000...2nd/8...COSMO wins round.
................LITBOX...24633/35000...1st/8.
The number key round.  Well this week we're ready for it.  "Hold on" and "Now" was my signal for when
to press that key to lock in our answer when it was displayed.  Rob had some trouble but he's got to play
both his boards with each hand because there's not enough time to use one hand to move between boards.
I wonder how the one player/five boards player could possibly do in this round?
Headliner...ROCKET...37158/?????...3rd/8...COSMO wins round.
............LITBOX...37597/?????...2nd/8...All ten questions are about "Lead Singers".
The category let them question our knowledge of pop/rock/and RnB groups.
I have trouble building momentum to answer three in a row to start building bonus points.

Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual although Rob kids around. Well we know the topic is lead singers.

Answers:

  1. Manic Monday
  2. Come On Eileen
  3. Mickey
  4. The Tide Is High
  5. Funkytown

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I run through the answers as I read them. Manic Monday is The Bangles...nope not in that group...next song is by guys (Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners)...Mickey was Toni Basil...next was by Blondie--Debbie Harry...Rob says it first a second before me. "Yeah she was Miss Minnesota" I said (as I've read that before)...Phil says "Minnesota? Did Prince get his hands on her?". Ok we're all in. Our scores don't look as good as last week. I couldn't think of the group name she was in until the Extra Fact...I have that song on vinyl done by the Australian group Pseudo Echo. (Cynthia Johnson was Black and not the white woman in the transparent top shown in the video).

Correct Answer:....5. Funkytown

[NTN Extra Fact:...One hit wonder Lipps Inc scored big with Funkytown in 1980.]

I'm right and stay in 2nd as LITBOX at 48575. I finish 57th in all North America. The bar is 14th in North America with a 46942 average...(same ranking as last week and the week before!)...I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard which I miss seeing at the beginning of the game. Rob wins as COSMO with 48818.
(ntn.com keeps us at 14th out of 1974 bars).

Here's how the rest of the bar did: 
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank	ntn.com rank
COSMO	32545		48818	  56	 115
LITBOX	32383		48575	  57	 117
ROCKET	32371		48557	  57	 119	(I'm not tied)
METLCA	29884		44826	  79	 172
PLBAAB	29212		43938	  86	 189
TEF	19300	x	 9650	3196	3131
JEREMY	15927	x	 7963	4184	3868
MAXDOG	 4146	x	 2073	6799	7693
GORDO	 3500	x	 3500	7635	6570
(ntn.com listed 10074 players)	

Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 4,224,300 P+ and LITBOX with 1,905,800 P+ points.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...9955/10000...1st/11...900+ points...I'm 6th on the Network Top 20 in NA....All downhill the rest of the evening!
............LITBOX...9947/10000...2nd/11...900+ points...I'm 7th overall in NA...the bar is 4th in NA with a 9161 average.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...9322/10000...2nd/11...900+ points...I'm 35th in NA.
..............LITBOX...9328/10000...1st/11...900+ points...I'm 35th in NA although I didn't tie myself...the bar is 4th in NA with a 9096 average.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7075/10000...6th/11....900+ points...I'm 533rd in NA...WALLY wins.
............LITBOX...7051/10000...7th/11...900+ points...I'm 544th in NA...the bar is 19th in NA with an 8785 average.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8693/10000...2nd/10...900+ points...I'm 20th in NA.
.................LITBOX...8699/10000...6th/10...900+ points...I'm 19th on the Network Top 20 in NA...bar is 8th in NA with an 8186 average.
8:45pm...Tuned-in TV...ROCKET...7869/10000...5th/10...1000+ points...I'm 243rd in NA.
..............LITBOX...7861/10000...6th/10...1000+ points...I'm 245th in NA...WALLY wins.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...ROCKET...8745/10000...1st/7...900+ points...I'm 137th in NA.
.............LITBOX...8727/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 141st in NA.

lots of help in tonight's games to get me those good scores.

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