NTN Encore Question of April 3rd, 2010.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...REM over Phil Collins and Bryan Adams
Encore Question:...Which member of REM amiably left the band in 1997 to enjoy life on his farm?:
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...5000/5000...1st/9...my two win with COSMO/METLCA and PLBAAB. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/9...I was 1 for 1 guessing. The LineUp...ROCKET...14000/15000...3rd/9. ...........LITBOX...14000/15000...3rd/9...COSMO/METLCA swept the round with all 10 right. I got 9 right out of 10 for a great round. Rob got me 2 answers. Triviaoke...ROCKET...22320/25000...3rd/10...COSMO wins round and is first with 23550. ..........LITBOX...22310/25000...4th/10...I take only one -250 this week for a good round. Opening Act...ROCKET...26570/35000...4th/10. ................LITBOX...27810/35000...3rd/10. The pound-key round. I know I had a Rod Stewart album right but switched off it to go from 1000 to -250 but I must have had only one board record that switch. Headliner...ROCKET...38070/56250...4th/10. ............LITBOX...39310/56250...3rd/10...CHATZ wins round. REM:...1. Which of these musicians was NOT a founding member of REM?--Fred Schneider...2. Which of these was a hit by REM in 1989?--Stand (all one-word and only REM song listed)...3. REM honors this sitcom star in the song "Man on the Moon":--Andy Kaufman...4. What was REM's first Top 10 hit on the Anmerican charts?--The One I Love...5. Which album earned REM its first Grammy award?--Out of Time...6. Which REM video featured full frontal nudity?-- Nightswimming...7. Who formally inducted REM into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?--Eddie Vedder...8. Which of these is NOT an album by REM?--Trust (an Elvis Costello album)...9. The song "What's The Frequency Kenneth?" by REM refers to an assault on:--Dan Rather...10. The REM album "Accelerate" was released in:--2008 (at least 7 years later than the other choices).
I get these questions except '7' and '8' which kills our bonus points momentum. I fell for 'Chronic Town' as not their album but it was an early EP. Also I went for Billy Corgan as the presenter of the Hall of Fame award. Actually we were lucky as I guessed REM wouldn't have won Grammy awards early in their career and 'Nightswimming' when I didn't find a choice for 'Pop Song 89' which had black out stripes.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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This is easy enough. I remember when this happened and the announcement was made. He collapsed on stage from a brain aneurysm and was never really the same after that. There are only four members of the group but their fifth choice was the actor who played Batman in the 1960s television series. Rob thought it was 'Peter Buck' as he thought he'd survived cancer but I overruled him.
Correct Answer:....1. Bill Berry
[NTN Extra Fact:...REM used a drum machine in lieu of Berry for their experimental 1998 effort "Up".]
I'm right and stay in 3rd place as LITBOX with 58965 points. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 12th overall in North America. The bar finished 5th in North America with a 57696 average. Rob wins as COSMO with a score of 61575 and is 9th on this bar's Hall of Fame. (NTN.com knocks us down to 6th out of 1746 bars.)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank COSMO 41050 61575 10 31 METLCA 39740 59610 12 41 LITBOX 39310 58965 12 46 ROCKET 38070 57105 15 54 PLBAAB 34150 51225 22 84 CHATZ 31460 47190 40 125 DOGIES 22570 33855 123 306 JEREMY 15680 - 15860 464 874 KIMCHI 12020 3 6010 3628 3403 GORDO 10620 - 10620 968 1777 ntn.com listed 7039 players with 6291 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
7:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...0/15000...5th/7...500+ points.
............LITBOX...0/15000...5th/7...500+ points for signing on after the game.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6784/10000...3rd/9...900+ points...I'm 340th in NA.
........LITBOX...6815/10000...2nd/9...900+ points...I'm 328th in NA...COSMO wins.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7009/10000...2nd/9...900+ points...I'm 284th in NA.
....LITBOX...7045/10000...1st/9...900+ points...I'm 274th in NA
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8021/10000...1st/9...900+ points...I'm 51st in NA.
..............LITBOX...8021/10000...1st/9...I'm 51st in NA....the bar is 14th in NA with a 6877 average.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8542/10000...2nd/9...900+ points...I'm 13th in NA.
............LITBOX...8549/10000...1st/9...I'm 12th on the Network Top 20 in all NA...the bar is 5th in NA with a 7561 average.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8468/10000...3rd/9...900+ points...I'm 56th in NA.
............LITBOX...8462/10000...4th/9...900+ points...I'm 57th in NA...COSMO wins...the bar is 17th in NA with an 8195 average.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...9026/10000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 19th on the Network Top 20 in all NA.
.............LITBOX...9020/10000...2nd/9...I'm 20th in all NA...the bar is 21 in NA with a 7761 average
I had a lot of help in these games.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,612,700 Player's Plus points and LITBOX at 20,400.
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