NTN Encore Question of May 16th, 2009.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.

Headliner:...POP PRINCESS over Boy Bands and One-Hit Wonders

Encore Question:...Jessica Simpson's song "I Think I'm In Love" samples this 1980s's hit:

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

Here's how my game went and my comments:
TuneUp...ROCKET...4000/5000...1st/6.
.............LITBOX...3500/5000...5th/6...COSMO wins.
I split one of my answers on a jazz question.  Couldn't get which No Doubt album Rolling Stones ranked higher.
The LineUp...ROCKET...14000/15000...1st/6...all 10 right!  Great.  My friends got me two.
...........LITBOX...13500/15000...3rd/6...my two boards and COSMO win round.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...21339/25000...2nd/6...METLCA wins round. 
..........LITBOX...20804/25000...3rd/6...I take three -250 in the round.  
Opening Act...ROCKET...26589/35000...2nd/6...I'm not sure who won but COSMO is still in the lead.
................LITBOX...26054/35000...3rd/6.
The pound-key round.  I must have got 5 right for 1000, 3 right for 250 (2nd chance), and 2 wrong for -250.
I had to wait for a second pass half the time.
Headliner...ROCKET...34339/56500...2nd/6...my two boards win round.
............LITBOX...33804/56500...3rd/6.
POP PRINCESSES...I go 7 right and 3 wrong  and missed questions in the middle which mess up building bonus points.
The questions were about modern female singers of the last decade like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry,
Gwen Stefani rather than Annette Funicello.  Some questions were completing lyrics or songs on albums which was
pretty fussy.  My friends got me two answers.

Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. I know it will be about Pop Princesses.

Answers:

  1. 99 Luftballons
  2. Eye Of The Tiger
  3. Tainted Love
  4. Jack And Diane
  5. Time After Time

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I have to think back to the chorus of that song and then I can hear the riff...yep must play during the song about ten times (the first few seconds of that 80's song). OK. I asked after the game and the guys wouldn't have gotten it.

Correct Answer:....4. Jack And Diane

[NTN Extra Fact:..."Jack And Diane" hit #1 for John Cougar Mellencamp in 1982.]

Another attempt to link the generations of players...Buzztime message board readers probably will be as upset about this as they were about the Enimem sampling Aerosmith Encore a few months ago.

I'm right and stay in 2nd with ROCKET at 51509. I finish 23rd overall for all North America....The bar is 9th in North America with a 50324 average...I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 18000.
COSMO wins and finishes 4th of 6 times since the new format. When we're not at this bar, the game doesn't usually get played. We've heard the regular guy programs just 15 minute Buzztime games during this hour.
(ntn.com kept us in 9th spot out of 1937 bars)

Here's how the rest of the bar did: 
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank	ntn.com rank
COSMO	36631		54947	  16	  44
ROCKET	34339		51509	  23	  57
LITBOX	33804		50706	  27	  65
METLCA	33191		49787	  31	  76
PLBAAB	29732		44673	  54	 118 
DOODLE	 3000		3000	6231	6176	(stopped playing/gone home)
(ntn.com listed 8969 players)

Other games:...I was visiting so wasn't sure what my Players' Plus points were.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8435/10000...1st/5...900+ points...I missed the rankings.
..............LITBOX...8428/10000...2nd/5...900+ points.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7928/10000...1st/5...900+ points...I'm 173rd in NA.
..............LITBOX...7918/10000...2nd/4...900+ points...I'm 175th in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...6640/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 521st in NA.
..............LITBOX...6664/10000...1st/5...900+ points...I'm 514th in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6278/10000...4th/5....900+ points...I'm 350th in NA.
............LITBOX...6288/10000...3rd/5...900+ points...I'm 347th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6000/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 371st in NA...COSMO wins.
.................LITBOX...6000/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 371st in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-in TV...ROCKET...9710/10000...3rd/5...1000+ points...I'm 30th in NA...COSMO wins, there were 14 perfect games.
..............LITBOX...9732/10000...2nd/5...1000+ points...I'm 29th in NA...the bar is 5th in NA with a 9562 average.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).

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