NTN Encore Question of May 1st, 2010.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...RAY CHARLES over James Brown and Marvin Gaye
Encore Question:...Which song is from Prince's 1994 mega-hit album 'Purple Rain'?
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, 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...13000/15000...1st/6. ...........LITBOX...13000/15000...1st/6...PLBAAB wins and has the lead with 14000. I got 8 right out of 10 for a good round. All of us get one that the other's didn't know for great teamwork. Triviaoke...ROCKET...22540/25000...1st/6...ROCKET wins round. ..........LITBOX...22510/25000...2nd/6...I don't take any -250s this week. Opening Act...ROCKET...29040/35000...2nd/6. ................LITBOX...29010/35000...4th/6...METLCA wins round. The pound-key round. I must have got seven right for 1000, none for +250, two for -250, and I stayed out of one. Headliner...ROCKET...46790/56250...2nd/6. ............LITBOX...46760/56250...3rd/6...my two boards and METLCA win round. 1984:...1. Which group recorded the 1984 hits 'Hard Habit To Break' and 'You're The Inspiration'?--Chicago...2. The Judds earned their first Grammy in 1984 for this song:--Mama He's Crazy...3. Released in 1984 this #1 album from Bryan Adams included 'Heaven' and 'Run To You':--Reckless (as opposed to other Bryan Adams albums)...4. Which group's only Top 40 album is 1984's album 'Points On A Curve'?--Wang Chung...5. David Bowie covered this Beach Boys classic from 'Pet Sounds' on his 1984 album 'Tonight':...God Only Knows (only Pet Sounds song from list of BB songs)...6. What is the second track on Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA' album?--Cover Me...7. On their 1984 debut album The Bangles sang about going down to which city in England?--Liverpool... 8. What is Cyndi Lauper doing on the sleeve on her 1984 album 'She's So Unusual'?--Dancing...9. Which group's first breakthrough hit came as teenagers from 'Cool It Now' in 1984?:--New Edition...10. The album 'Love At First _______' was a hit for The Scorpions in 1984:--Sting
I got all of these questions right with Sean except the last one where Sean called out "Bite" before the answer came up. If I'd waited one more day I would have read an article in Billboard (I'm a few issues behind) about The Scorpions releasing their final album soon and it mentions 'Love At First Sting'. Only other trouble was '4' but I knew the other group's, '5' but I knew the Pet Sounds album well and '6' which is too picky but I though Springsteen would lead off with a few rockers before getting to his ballads. OK nine out of ten but this would have been the week to put our marks in the stratosphere.
Leonard Nimoy who was on the news today for visiting a Trek convention in Vulcan Alberta and encouraging William Shatner to be nominated as Governor General of Canada was in the video 'Going Down To Liverpool' as his son was a friend of Susanna Hoffs.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
Answers:
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Sean says the answer first while I was still reading the question. Very appropriate as he has the lead. I know it too as I have this album and went to the movie when it first came out. I spend time defending that Prince also had a song called 'Cinnamon Girl' (nothing to do with the Neil Young version).
Correct Answer:....2. Let's Go Crazy
[NTN Extra Fact:...The others are from Dirty Mind, 1999, Lovesexy, and Musicology.]
[I have all these albums.]
I'm right and stay in 2nd as ROCKET with 70185 points. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 7th
overall in all North America. The bar finished 7th in North America with a 62156 average....METLCA wins with 71910 and is
6th on the Network Top 20 and 2nd on this bar's Hall of Fame.
(NTN.com lists 1899 bars playing.)
Phil says he was distracted and didn't bet anything for Encore or our bar score would have been top four.
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank METLCA 47940 71910 6 27 ROCKET 46790 70185 7 31 LITBOX 46760 70140 7 32 COSMO 39770 59655 15 72 PLBAAB 38890 38890 135 384 LOMU 7000 7000 3604 3186 ntn.com listed 7954 players with 7005 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
7:30pm...ROCKET and LITBOX earn 300+ points each for signing on after the game...PLBAAB wins.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7348/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 407th in NA.
............LITBOX...7366/10000...3rd/6...900+ points...I'm 402nd in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7150/10000...4th/5...900+ points...I'm 200th in NA.
............LITBOX...7180/10000...3rd/5...900+ points...I'm 193rd in NA...METLCA wins.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6209/10000...4th/6...900+ points...I'm 648th in NA.
............LITBOX...6211/10000...3rd/6...900+ points...I'm 647th in NA...COSMO wins.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6671/10000...5th/6...900+ points...I'm 560th in NA.
............LITBOX...6690/10000...4th/6...900+ points...METLCA wins.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...9290/10000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 47th in NA.
.............LITBOX...9296/10000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 47th in NA.
A lot of the earlier games it came down to the last question to earn the bonus points. An answer or two each game
got me the bonus points.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,636,700 Player's Plus points and LITBOX at 41,400.
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