NTN Encore Question of December 26th, 2009.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...STEVIE WONDER over Paul McCartney and Paul Simon
Encore Question:...The lyrics to Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You" make reference to several:
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with the group of people at the bar because my other friends were at a birthday party and sent me an invitation yesterday and I didn't read my e-mail until about three hours before game time.
Here's how my game went and my comments: TuneUp...ROCKET...4500/5000...1st/9...there's a seven way tie for first. .............LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/9. The LineUp...ROCKET...11500/15000...1st/9...my two boards win round along with MRBOBO and GORDO. ...........LITBOX...11500/15000...1st/9. I got 7 right out of 10 for a just average round. The other players can back me up on two answers but nothing on the three I missed. Triviaoke...ROCKET...17370/25000...1st/9...CHATZ wins wins round. ..........LITBOX...17350/25000...2nd/9...I take three -250s in this round. Ron CHATZ got us the Oasis song (we knew he'd know dressing up as one of the Gallagher brothers on Halloween). Mace MRBOBO was silent (as he wasn't sure) on the lyrics to 'Back In Black' and I got that wrong. Opening Act...ROCKET...19120/35000...2nd/9...MRBOBO wins round. ................LITBOX...19100/35000...3rd/9. The pound-key round. I got three right for 1000, none for +250, five for -250 and two I didn't answer. I was actually losing ground in this round. Last song on John Lennon's 'Imagine' album was too picky for me. Headliner...ROCKET....40370/56250...1st/9. ............LITBOX...40350/56250...2nd/9. STEVIE WONDER:...This man had a long career to write out his albums and singles titles. While the game was on I didn't have time to look at any notes but just writing down the titles yesterday helped me think of some of them later when the question were asked. 1. Wrote "Happy Birthday" for--Martin Luther King Jr...2. Song Wil Smith samples in 'Wild Wild West'--I Wish... 3. 'Her clothes are old but never are they dirty' from song--Living For The City...4. #1 songs with all songs except--Wishing Well (the Terence Trent D'Arby song)...5. modern rock band covered 'Higher Ground'--Red Hot Chili Peppers...6. first instrument mastered by him as child prodigy--Harmonica...7. performed with him at SuperBowl XL pregame show in February 2006--John Legend (India Aria and Joss Stone listed in the follow-up)... 8. #1 1970s hit is homage to jazz legend--Sir Duke (ie Duke Ellington)...9. soundtrack to Spike Lee movie-- Jungle Fever...10. covered Beatles song on 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' album--We Can Work It Out.
I go 10 for 10 in this round. I wasn't sure on some of the questions and had to keep quiet. 2, 7, 9, 10 I wasn't sure. 9 and 10 I remember reading while making notes so got them. Bill yelled out 'harmonica'. I had answered that already but was earlier today reading about Paul McCartney playing trumpet as a child. This round brought me back into the game with the possibility of getting into the Top 20.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Will everyone bet 50%? Well it's not my business.
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This is easy enough. I say it a second or so before some others think about it. I've heard the song often enough. I start thinking about the holidays mentioned while the remaining 28 seconds go by. We weren't positioned too well to hear any suggested answers so I didn't realize until later there was a great drop-off among players in the Headliner round.
Correct Answer:....3. Holidays
[NTN Extra Fact:...On this song Stevie urges all to spread their love every day not just special ones.]
I'm right and win as ROCKET with 60555. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 6th on the Network Top 20 in North America. The bar is 16th in North America with a 46437 average. (NTN.com kept us at 16th place out of 1791 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 40370 60555 6 18 LITBOX 40350 60525 7 19 CHATZ 25170 37755 102 246 MADDOG 24630 36945 110 268 MRBOBO 24270 36405 115 281 GORDO 22350 22350 385 813 JEREMY 21670 21670 407 860 BERGIE 20400 30600 196 433 HYUK 12180 12180 1056 1901 ntn.com listed 7529 players with 6929 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 4,505,300 and LITBOX at 2,172,000 Players' Plus points. I'm surprised that ROCKET shows up at 10th on this bar's Top 10 Players Plus points players as I only come out once a week.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...3174/10000...5th/6...300+ points...I'm 3480th in NA.
.............LITBOX...3186/10000...6th/6...300+ points...I'm 3468th in NA...BERGIE wins.
I'm here near the end of the game as I was writing out Paul McCartney albums/singles until at home
until the last minute. Earlier in the day I was downtown shopping for CDs at 8:00am but before that I drove out of town to be in line at 6:00am to buy an HD television at Boxing Day prices.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6996/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 218th in NA
............LITBOX...6984/10000...2nd/6...900+ points...I'm 220th in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8016/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 68th in NA.
............LITBOX...8009/10000...2nd/8...900+ points...I'm 69th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6673/10000...2nd/8...900+ points...I'm 183rd in NA...MRBOBO wins.
............LITBOX...6654/10000...3rd/8...900+ points...I'm 186th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...7849/10000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 234th in NA.
.............LITBOX...7825/10000...2nd/9...1000+ points...I'm 239th in NA.
There's some repeat questions in this game. There's no teamwork in the games up until Playback.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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