NTN Encore Question of February 20th, 2010.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...BILLY JOEL over Paul McCartney and Phil Collins
Encore Question:...Which song does Billy Joel sing "I just want someone I can talk to"?
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/METLCA and Phil PLBAAB. We only get a fifth board METLCA before this game starts.
Here's how my game went and my comments: TuneUp...ROCKET...4500/5000...4th/10...COSMO/METLCA and LITBOX win round. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/10. I split on one answer--Which year did Johnny Cash die? 2003/2004 but everything else I knew. The LineUp...ROCKET...13500/15000...4th/10...COSMO/METLCA win round sweeping all ten. ...........LITBOX...14000/15000...3rd/10. I got 9 right out of 10 for a great round. Triviaoke...ROCKET...21640/25000...4th/10...my two win round. ..........LITBOX...22140/25000...3rd/10...I didn't take any -250s in this round. Rob got me four for full points which I may not have gotten at all or a few hundred points. Opening Act...ROCKET...24890/35000...4th/10...PLBAAB wins round. ................LITBOX...25390/35000...3rd/10. The pound-key round. I got four right for 1000, two for +250, three for -250 and one I didn't answer. Not a good round for me this week. Headliner...ROCKET...46140/56250...4th/10. ............LITBOX...46640/56250...3rd/10. BILLY JOEL...1. What Billy Joel video featured Christie Brinkley?--Uptown Girl...2. A single from Billy Joel's 'Nylon Curtain' described life in which Pennyslvania city?--Allentown...3. All of these songs were released on Billy Joel's 1977 album 'The Stranger' except:--My Life...4. There's no piano or other instruments on this Billy Joel recording:--For The Longest Time...5. The Billy Joel song describes scenes from this type of restaurant: --Italian...6. Billy Joel released all of these songs in the 1970s except:--We Didn't Start The Fire...7. "Workin' too hard can give me a ________" sings Billy Joel on the song Movin' Out--Heart Attack...8. What's the name of the Catholic girl mentioned in Billy Joel's "Only The Good Die Young"?--Virginia...9. Billy Joel traded in his piano for a synthesizer on this fast paced pop hit:--Pressure...10. Which Billy Joel hit was the theme song for the sitcom Bosom Buddies?--My Life.
We swept the round this week. I was in control but Rob got us '10' to build up our bonus points. I think '9' was an Encore question in the past. I already had notes on Paul McCartney and Phil Collins from earlier months but I wrote out Billy Joel songs earlier in the day so they were fresh on my mind.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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I'm still reading the choices when Rob jumps in with the answer as '5'. Yep that's right. I start to sing it to ensure we are right.
Correct Answer:....5. Just The Way You Are
[NTN Extra Fact:...The song from Joel's popular 'The Stranger' album was a hit in 1978.]
I'm right and stay in 3rd as LITBOX at 69960. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 7th overall in North
America...the bar is 3rd in North America with a 69375 average...COSMO wins with 71400 and is 5th on the Network Top 20. He is 2nd on the Hall of Fame for this bar.
(NTN.com leaves our bar as 3rd out of 1945 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank COSMO 47600 71400 5 17 METLCA 47370 71055 7 19 LITBOX 46640 69960 7 26 ROCKET 46140 69210 8 29 PLBAAB 43500 65250 17 53 MADDOG 33470 1 16735 1801 2301 JEREMY 21760 2 10880 4109 3369 GORDO 21760 2 10065 4430 3611 THEMAN 15310 22965 761 1629 FROGGY 13050 - 13050 3254 2870 ntn.com listed 9180 players with 8422 scoring more than 0.
The Olympics were on the television monitors and the patrons wouldn't let all of them be changed to Ultimate Fighting at 10:00pm. That's my time to go home anyway. I was anxious about coming out this week anyway as my father is not in very good shape the last two days and I was somewhat afraid to leave him home alone but it worked out alright. Long term I'm not so sure.
Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8022/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 89th in NA.
............LITBOX...7948/10000...2nd/8...900+ points...I'm 101st in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8238/10000...3rd/9...900+ points...I'm 276th in NA...THEMAN wins.
............LITBOX...8195/10000...4th/9...900+ points...I'm 289th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7988/10000...2nd/9...900+ points...I'm 133rd in NA...COSMO wins.
............LITBOX...7988/10000...2nd/9...900+ points...I'm 133rd in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...9070/10000...1st/10...1000+ points...I'm 126th in NA.
.............LITBOX...9070/10000...1st/10...1000+ points...I'm 126th in NA.
I get lots of help in this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I spent my first half hour trying to convert my PIN numbers with the instructions I'd printed off
the Buzztime site. It didn't work and Rob gave it a try too. Just in case it doesn't work and
this is the last time I can see the Players Plus points.
ROCKET.....4,570,400+
LITBOX.....2,245,200+ points.
It took me many years to accumulate them but I only come out on Saturday nights.
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