NTN Encore Question of March 27th, 2010.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Headliner:...FEMALE SOLO ACTS over Girl Groups and Female Lead Singers
Encore Question:...Tori Amos' 2002 single "A Sorta Fairytale" is found on which album?:
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, Phil PLBAAB, and LeAnn LIZZY.
Here's how my game went and my comments: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/5...my two win with COSMO and METLCA. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/5...I was 1 for 1 guessing and Rob got us one. The LineUp...ROCKET...13000/15000...4th/6. ...........LITBOX...13000/15000...4th/6...METLCA, COSMO, and PLBAAB get 9 out of 10 to win the round. I got 8 right out of 10 for a good round. I didn't know that there were no drums allowed in the early days of the Grand Ol' Opry. Triviaoke...ROCKET...21220/25000...2nd/6...LITBOX wins round. ..........LITBOX...21250/25000...1st/6...I take only -250 this week for a good round. Opening Act...ROCKET...24970/35000...2nd/6...my two win the round. ................LITBOX...25000/35000...1st/6. The pound-key round. I got four right for 1000, one for +250, two for -250 and three I didn't answer. Headliner...ROCKET...38220/56250...2nd/6. ............LITBOX...38250/56250...1st/6. FEMALE SOLO ARTISTS:...1. Whitney Houston's 1992 single "I'm Every Woman" was originally a late 70's hit for: --Chaka Khan...2. Which song is NOT featured on Madonna's 1983 debut?--Like A Virgin...3. Who won a Grammy award in 1992 for album 'Shepherd Moons'?--Enya...4. This Canadian performed 'Hallelujah' at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics:--kd lang...5. Toni Braxton's 2005 CD has this astrological title:--Libra...6. 'Video' was the first hit single for this recording star:--India.Arie...7. On 'Those Sweet Words', Norah Jones makes a vivid reference to a:--lost balloon...8. 'Change' and 'You're Not Sorry' are songs found on this album by Taylor Swift:--Fearless...9. Which female artist's debut album was 'On The 6'?--Jennifer Lopez...10. Each of these love songs were recorded by Celine Dion EXCEPT: I Swear
I get all these questions except '7' going for 'shooting star' in a song I don't know. That makes us have to build our bonus points again but a good round overall.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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I don't know this. I only recognize Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink as being by Tori Amos. I knew Afterglow was by Sara McLachlin and knew it wasn't Pieces Of You but couldn't think who that was [Jewel]. Our group couldn't decide. My boards were on Little Earthquakes.
Correct Answer:....1. Scarlet's Walk
[NTN Extra Fact:...Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink were released in 1992 and 1994.]
So it was less than 50-50 chance. I don't know much about this artist. I knew the hint wasn't about the song [which I later read only made #114 on the Bubbling Under charts] but that it was the year of the album. If I had any idea of when those albums came out, I could have knocked out the two we'd heard of and gone for the unknown one.
This was the first Encore answer I've missed in 2010. All going well I won't start missing playing Playback for the soccer season this year until at least May.
I'm wrong but still win as LITBOX with 19125 points. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. The scores show the six boards all tied for 1st but we know that's not right. Our bar doesn't rank this week. (NTN.com lists us at 32nd out of 1868 bars with an 18459 average.)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 38250 x 19125 1 338 ROCKET 38220 x 19110 1 339 METLCA 37150 x 18575 1 369 COSMO 36850 x 18425 1 382 PLBAAB 34120 x 17060 1 466 LIZZY 26050 x 13025 1 1010 ntn.com listed 8157 players with 7353 scoring more than 0.
The place was overrun by UFC fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game was not shown!
Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...2911/10000...3rd/6...300+ points...I'm 3236th in NA.
........LITBOX...2642/10000...4th/6...300+ points...I'm 3522nd in NA...PLBAAB wins.
I'm here in time for the last six questions.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6128/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 548th in NA.
....LITBOX...6128/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 548th in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6903/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 626th in NA.
..............LITBOX...6927/10000...1st/5...I'm 617th in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6457/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 489th in NA.
............LITBOX...6457/10000...2nd/5...I'm 489th in NA...METLCA wins.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7830/10000...3rd/6...900+ points...I'm 223rd in NA.
............LITBOX...7854/10000...2nd/6...900+ points...I'm 218th in NA...COSMO wins.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...8235/10000...2nd/7...1000+ points...I'm 239th in NA.
.............LITBOX...8260/10000...1st/7...I'm 227th in NA...the bar is 51 in NA with a 7243 average
I had a lot of help in this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,604,800 Player's Plus points and LITBOX at 12,500.
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