NTN Encore Question of December 5th, 2009.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Headliner:...DRUMMERS over Guitarists and Songwriters
Encore Question:...What was the title of Police drummer Stewart Copeland's solo album exploring African music?:
Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, and Phil METLCA.
Here's how my game went and my comments: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/6...my two win round. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/6...I go 2 for 2 in guessing. The LineUp...ROCKET...13000/15000...1st/6...my two boards win round with some others. ...........LITBOX...13000/15000...1st/6. I got 8 right out of 10 for a good round. Triviaoke...ROCKET...22820/25000...2nd/6...METLCA wins round. ..........LITBOX...22830/25000...1st/6...I take no -250 in this round and getting all the questions for more than 900 points. A lot of this was due to the answers having the actual song title in them. Opening Act...ROCKET...27320/35000...2nd/6...my two win round. ................LITBOX...27330/35000...1st/6. The pound-key round. I must have gone five for 1000, none for +250, two for -250 and three I didn't answer. Headliner...ROCKET....38820/56250...2nd/8. ............LITBOX...38830/56250...1st/8. DRUMMERS...The categories were pretty general so I didn't study this week. I don't know how well I'd do when this category started. 1. Glen Frey--The Eagles...2. Travis Barker--Blink 182...3. Keith Moon--The Who...4. Joey Kramer--Aerosmith... 5. The Kinks--Mick Avory...6. nickname of original Spinal Tap drummer Joey Peppise (sp)--Stumpy...7. first drummer for Paul McCartney and Wings--Denny Seiwell...8. Stan Frazer for which rock band--Sugar Ray... 9. The Smiths--Mike Joyce...10. Greg Upchurch of Puddle of Mudd is now in--3 Doors Down. I guess right on 6 and 10 but miss on 7 and 8. Sean gave me a copy of the Spinal Tap last week but I haven't seen it yet and he didn't know. I just guessed right. Joe English I had for Wings but he wasn't their first. Stan Frazer I guessed NOFX. Greg Upchurch was also a guess but I though 3 Doors Down replaced their drummer. Missing out on questions in the middle of the round doesn't build up the bonus points but at least these misses were paired. Nice to see the guys turn to me on The Smiths question. All four members were listed plus the U2 drummer. Yep Mike Joyce's brother played drums in the early years of the band Simply Red.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Let's make sure everyone bets the maximum**. Oh-oh I've reminded them too late. They always kid around and say they'll bet 10% but then bet 50% but this week they did forget completely. They're not kidding!
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Well a shocker that my friends forgot to bet. Time to concentrate! First pass. Remain In Light? Talking Heads, XYZ? not sure, Dream of Blue Turtles? Police member Sting, Graceland? Paul Simon. The Rhythmatist? that could be it. So 2 or 5? I think I've read it was 5 years ago. Good album title for a drummer. OK 5 it is!
Correct Answer:....5. The Rhythmatist
[NTN Extra Fact:...Copeland had earlier realized a solo album with Klark Kent and went on to compose film scores.]
I'm right and win as LITBOX at 58245. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 6th on the Network Top 20 in North America. The bar is 14th in North America with a 43825 average.
(NTN.com kept us at 14th place out of 1650 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 38830 58245 6 26 ROCKET 38820 58230 7 27 COSMO 35240 35240 ??? 266 METLCA 34400 34400 ??? 283 PLBAAB 33010 33010 ??? 318 SPED 3750 3750 ???? 4086 VAART 2000 2000 ???? 4788 HARRIS 560 560 ???? 5464 ntn.com listed 6302 players with 5708 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...I'm visiting so am not sure what my Players' Plus points totals are.
.................LITBOX...8878/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 41st in NA.
I'm still signing on during the first question or I could have done better.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8923/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 94th in NA.
.............LITBOX...8923/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 94th in NA.
now my friends get here and can help me through the rest of the games tonight:
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6862/10000...6th/8...900+ points...I'm 135th in NA...PLBAAB wins and is 14th on the Network Top 20.
............LITBOX...6911/10000...5th/8...900+ points...I'm 127th in NA...the bar is 5th in NA with a 7567 average.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6743/10000...3rd/7th...900+ points...I'm 195th in NA.
............LITBOX...6743/10000...3rd/7...900+ points...I'm 195th in NA...the bar is 19th in NA with an 6833 average.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8132/10000...1st/10...900+ points...I'm 60th in NA.
............LITBOX...8132/10000...1st/10...900+ points...I'm 60th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...6936/10000...3rd/10...1000+ points...I'm 384th in NA.
.............LITBOX...6936/10000...3rd/10...1000+ points...I'm 384th in NA...PLBAAB wins.
A player from another table comes over to ask how two boards can have the same score game question after question? I say that I used to play
the piano! My own friends didn't know that so I explained more about my early years.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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