NTN Encore Question of January 2nd, 2010.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...MUSIC OF THE 2000s over "New" Songs and 2009 Music News
Encore Question:...They floated on to the Billboard charts with "Float On" in 2004:
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/METLCA and Phil PLBAAB.
Here's how my game went and my comments: TuneUp...ROCKET...4000/5000...5th/8...COSMO, METLCA, CHATZ, MAXDOG win round at 4500. .............LITBOX...3500/5000...8th/8. I guess two questions right and two wrong and split an answer. The LineUp...ROCKET...14000/15000...1st/8...my two boards win round. ...........LITBOX...13500/15000...3rd/8...ROCKET and PLBAAB are in lead with 14000. I got 10 right out of 10 for a great round. Rob helps with three and Phil gets us one. Rob called out two then didn't have enough time to switch his answers. Triviaoke...ROCKET...21260/25000...1st/8...COSMO wins round. ..........LITBOX...20780/25000...3rd/8...I take two -250s in this round. Rob gets us two of the answers. If I'd have listened, I would have had one less -250. Opening Act...ROCKET...28510/35000...1st/8th...my two boards win this round. ................LITBOX...28030/35000...3rd/8. The pound-key round. I got seven right for 1000, one for +250, two for -250 and none I didn't answer. They had one question exactly the same as within the last month. 'Johnny Cash' as the first artist to record an album for Sun Records. I'd been wrong the first time they asked it. Headliner...ROCKET....41760/56250...1st/8. ............LITBOX...41280/56250...2nd/8. MUSIC OF THE 2000s:...1. 2004 album 'Live Like You Were Dieing' debuted at #1--Tim McGraw...2. What band won a Grammy for 2001 single 'Walk On'?--U2...3. In 2006 which British artist sang the line 'They tried to make me go to rehab'?--Amy Winehouse...4. 'Inside Your Heaven' was a 2005 hit for which American Idol winner?:...Carrie Underwood...5. He won 2005 Best Rap Grammy for 'Graduation'--Kanye West...6. 'Music of the Sun' is the title of this 2005 album by:...Rihanna...7. In 2002 Sheryl Crow had a song titled:--- Steve McQueen (in a listing of other movie stars)...8. This singer's debut album in late 2004 with 'Back to Bedlam'--James Blunt...9. Which TV show's theme was recorded by Green Day to coordinate with the movie release?--The Simpsons...10. Black Eyed Peas won a Grammy award in 2007 for which single?--My Humps. I go 9 for 10 in this round. I missed question 4 which stopped the bonus points but it was me who made the call on that answer although the others doubted it. A guess on The Simpsons but the others were well known. I thought this may be the category for tonight as the decade had just ended. It could have been 2009 as the last month or so on my way out, the game that starts after this is about music from the current year. I spent the time looking over my music collection against the "Billboard Top 200 of the Decade" and found that I own 158 CDs from their list.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. I ensure that everyone puts in a wager.
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I don't know this one. No suggestions from my friends. Ron CHATZ has come over from the other group. He gives it to us when I admit I don't know. My knowledge of this group is limited by owning their most recent album, knowing Johnny Marr joined them for a while at least, and one guy being in the duo 'Gnarls Barkley' [actually it was their producer]. My trying to eliminate groups that hadn't started in 2004 wasn't working. Thanks Ron for weaving your way through the crowd that had just arrived in the bar waiting for the start of the UFC PPV fights. He said we had such a good score. I played with his group last week.
Correct Answer:....1. Modest Mouse
[NTN Extra Fact:...The song hit #1 on the Modern Rock chart but achieved a more modest #68 in the Hot 100.]
I'm right and win as ROCKET with 62640. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 11th on the Network Top 20 in North America. The bar is 7th in North America with a 59919 average. (NTN.com kept us at 7th place out of 1838 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 41760 62640 11 46 LITBOX 41280 61920 12 47 PLBAAB 40310 60465 13 52 METCLA 38440 57660 14 55 COSMO 37940 56910 16 58 CHATZ 25220 37830 137 288 MAXDOG 23560 35340 181 368 MADDOG 22750 34125 200 402 ntn.com listed 8431 players with 7814 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...I start the evening with ROCKET at 4,505,900 and LITBOX at 2,179,600 Players' Plus points.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...2555/10000...5th/7...300+ points...I'm 3644th in NA...SICDAY wins.
..........LITBOX...2094/10000...6th/7...300 points...I'm 4171st in NA...I'm here in time for the last five questions.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8799/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 49th in NA.
.............LITBOX...8774/10000...3rd/7...900+ points...I'm 51st in NA...COSMO wins...the bar is 6th with an 8xxx average.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7173/10000...2nd/8...900+ points...I'm 149th in NA
............LITBOX...7161/10000...3rd/7...900+ points...I'm 51st in NA...the bar is 18th with a 7214 average.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8384/10000...3rd/8...900+ points...I'm 50th in NA...COSMO wins.
............LITBOX...8354/10000...4th/8...900+ points...I'm 52nd in NA...the bar is 7th in NA with an 8354 average.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6600/10000...1st/7...900+ points...I'm 464th in NA.
............LITBOX...6564/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 475th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...9933/10000...1st/7...1000+ points...I'm 10 on the Network Top 20 in NA.
.............LITBOX...9927/10000...2nd/7...1000+ points...I'm 12th overall in NA...the bar is 7th in NA with a 9089 average.
The last five questions are repeats of last week.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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