NTN Encore Question of April 17th, 2010.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...THE EAGLES over Ray Charles and Phil Collins
Encore Question:...Which album by The Eagles produced the song "Take It Easy"?
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/ON J (for Olivia Newton-John), and Phil PLBAAB.
Here's how my game went and my comments: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/6...our five boxes win this round with a perfect 5000. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/6...I go 1 for 1 in guessing. The LineUp...ROCKET...14000/15000...1st/6. ...........LITBOX...14000/15000...1st/6...our five boards win round. I got 9 right out of 10 for a great round. I go 1 for 2 in guessing. Triviaoke...ROCKET...21830/25000...1st/7...ROCKET wins round. ..........LITBOX...21780/25000...2nd/7...I take only one -250 this week for a good round. About five answers in this round were '2'. I got the Justin Bieber song wrong. Opening Act...ROCKET...26830/35000...1st/7. ................LITBOX...26780/35000...2nd/7...PLBAAB wins round. The pound-key round. I must have got five right for 1000, one for +250, one for -250, and I stayed out of three. Headliner...ROCKET...48080/56250...1st/5. ............LITBOX...48030/56250...2nd/7...my two boards win round with Rob's two boards. THE EAGLES:...1. Who was not an original member of The Eagles?--Chris Hillman...2. According to The Eagles, Love Will Keep Us ________--Alive...3. Which member of The Eagles went on to record "Building The Perfect Beast"?--Don Henley... 4. In 1973 The Eagles sang "________ Fool"--Certain Kind Of...5. This are all titles of best selling albums by The Eagles *EXCEPT*--Frontiers (an album by Journey)...6. What's the lead off track from "On The Border"--Already Gone...7. The _______ Hotel is pictured on the sleeve of the album "Hotel California":--Beverley Hills...8. Any list of The Eagles greatest hits would include the song "_________ Sunrise"--Tequila (from a list of other drinks)...9. The Witchy Woman of The Eagles song has all of these physical traits except:--Long Pointy Teeth...10. "Long Road Out of ________" is a title of a 2007 Eagles album.--Eden.
Rob and I get all ten of these questions. Rob saves the day by getting us '2' and '4' while I got us '7' and pushed my friends on '6' although that was a partial guess. I had looked at The Eagles album covers earlier in the day. Although the soccer season has now started, I dug up old notes I'd made of Phil Collins and Ray Charles so didn't have to make new ones and could concentrate my precious time on writing group members of The Eagles, album titles and singles. Phil missed one of our switched answers with our delays and it broke building up his bonus points.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
Answers:
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I know this. It was the first song of theirs I ever heard when I got my own radio in 1972. It should be on their first album and most groups name their first album after themselves. So '4' it should be. Rob looks through my list and backs me up. Should be a good score this week. Not going to be fooled by so many '2' answers in other rounds (which was their second album).
Correct Answer:....4. The Eagles
[NTN Extra Fact:...The 1992 self-titled album marked the group's debut.]
[Oh oh. That's a typo because they came out in 1972.]
I'm right and win as ROCKET with 72120 points. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 6th on the Network Top 20 in all North America. The bar finished 6th in North America with a 78616 average. (NTN.com lists 1909 bars playing.)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 48080 4 72120 6 16 LITBOX 48030 4 72045 7 17 COSMO 47470 4 71205 7 19 ON J 47330 4 70995 7 20 PLBAAB 37810 4 56715 21 88 GORDO 2500 x 2500 6018 5871 DOGIES 2500 x 2500 6018 5871 ntn.com listed 8108 players with 7374 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5612/10000...2nd/7...300+ points...I'm 597th in NA...WALLY wins.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7897/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 68th in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8101/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 354th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7925/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 101st in NA.
............LITBOX...0/10000...8th/8...300+ points...it took a long time to get a second board tonight.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...8049/10000...3rd/8...1000+ points...I'm 187th in NA.
.............LITBOX...8011/10000...4th/8...1000+ points...I'm 195th in NA.
I got a lot of help from Rob in this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,629,500 Player's Plus points and LITBOX at 36,900.
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