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:...The 2004 Grammy for the Record of the Year went to a duet with Ray Charles and:
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/11...my two win with COSMO and METLCA with a perfect 5000. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/11. The LineUp...ROCKET...12000/15000...2nd/11. ...........LITBOX...12000/15000...2nd/11...COSMO wins round and is lead. I got 7 right out of 10 for an OK round. Triviaoke...ROCKET...18140/25000...2nd/11...COSMO is in lead with 18610. ..........LITBOX...18140/25000...2nd/11...I stayed out of one and must have taken at least two -250s this week. Opening Act...ROCKET...20640/35000...2nd/11. ................LITBOX...20640/35000...2nd/11...PLBAAB wins round. The pound-key round. I must have got four right for 1000, two for +250, four for -250, and none I didn't answer. Two of my friends left three questions early for a break (miscounting) and filling in their place Phil and I got them all wrong. Headliner...ROCKET...24890/56250...4th/10. ............LITBOX...24890/56250...4th/10...CHATZ wins round and takes the lead with 30470. RAY CHARLES:...1. All of these records are associated with Ray Charles EXCEPT:--Candy Man...2. Recording artist Ray Charles was born Ray Charles ___________:--Robinson...3. Which song by Ray Charles was released in the 1960s?--Let's Go Get Stoned...4. Although he was born in Albany Georgia, Ray Charles was called the:--Bishop of Atlanta...5. Which Ray Charles standard is sampled on the Kanye West recording 'Gold Digger'?--I Got A Woman...6. In 1947 Ray Charles formed the McSon Trio and cut his first record titled:... Confession Blues...7. His horn blaring 1963 tune earned Ray Charles a Grammy--Busted...8. When Ray Charles recorded jazzy he must often collaberated with:...David 'Fathead' Newman...9. According to a 1966 album by Ray Charles "Genius + ________ = Jazz--Soul... 10. In 1965 Ray Charles entered the Hot 100 with an update of this Roaring 20's standard:--Makin' Whoopee
I get five wrong this round for a pretty bad score. I didn't have time to read up on music since they announced the Headliners on Thursday. James Brown had hundreds of songs so I didn't bother making notes, Marvin Gaye I have a greatest hits album so just read the liner notes, and Ray Charles I had made notes of his songs months ago but didn't read them over earlier in the day. I have never seen the Jamie Foxx movie where he played Ray Charles. I have one Ray Charles greatest hits album and that might have 14 songs on it. My notes did get us '2' and '7' or it could have been worse.
I got '3' wrong which should have been easy--a very 1960's slang rather than I went with 'Hallelujah I Love Her So'. '4' I'd never heard his nickname. '5' I thought I'd reached for the right button but didn't look down. '6' Never heard it so went with 'Cryin Time'. '8' my friends got this right as the guy they'd never heard of but I went with Miles Davis. They got me '9' though.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. If I miss it I won't get the standard but I won't be coming out for quite a few weeks.
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I don't know this but start by picking the answers off after I go with what I think it was. I don't think he'd have anything to do with country music unless it was with oldies like Willie Nelson so it isn't '1'. Not going to the rapper '3'. Don't think it would be '4'. It would be down to '2' or '5'. I expected Norah Jones was more famous back in 2004 and Alicia Keys was just starting out [not good logic] and the fact that they linked his music to jazz which was Jones specialty and won so many Grammy's starting out [good logic]. My friends split to cover the right answer.
Correct Answer:....5. Norah Jones
[NTN Extra Fact:..."Here We Go Again" came from Charles' "Genius Loves Company" which won for Best Album.]
I'm right and move up one spot as both LITBOX and ROCKET with 37335 points. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. The
initial scores come up and have our top ten players all finishing 1st but on the second pass that had been changed but I didn't catch the scores.
The bar finishes 9th in North America with a 38925 average. CHATZ wins with 45705.
(NTN.com lists 1849 bars playing).
I was somewhat surprised by how low the scores were this week but that could have happened with any of this week's Headline categories. I made sure on my way out I went over to congratulate Ron CHATZ for winning this week. Their group didn't have enough boards as I guess the bar continues to have broken playmakers that aren't replaced.
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank CHATZ 30470 5 45705 ---- 52 COSMO 28610 2 14305 ---- 831 PLBAAB 27000 5 40500 ---- 78 LITBOX 24890 5 37335 ---- 102 ROCKET 24890 5 37335 ---- 102 METLCA 23520 2 11760 ---- 1199 WALLY 22500 5 33750 ---- 147 HYUK 20240 5 30360 ---- 198 SNAPPY 19920 5 19920 ---- 471 GORDO 17770 5 26655 ---- 258 MIKE 12180 5 12180 ---- 1104 ntn.com listed 7390 players with 6568 scoring more than 0.
Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...1798/10000...4th/6...300+ points...I'm 3911st in NA.
.........LITBOX...1780/10000...5th/6...300+ points...I'm 3931st in NA...I'm here in time for the last few questions.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8830/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 17th in NA...the bar is 12 in NA with a 7448 average.
.........LITBOX...8854/10000...1st/7...900+ points...I'm 17th on the Network Top 20.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8671/10000...1st/9...900+ points...I'm 36th in NA.
.........LITBOX...8652/10000...2nd/9...900+ points...I'm 37th in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7937/10000...1st/9...900+ points...I'm 476th in NA.
.........LITBOX...7937/10000...1st/9...900+ points...I'm 476th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...9645/10000...4th/10...900+ points...I'm 24th in NA.
.........LITBOX...9645/10000...4th/10...900+ points...I'm 24th in NA...COSMO has a perfect game as do 12 across North America...the bar is 2nd
in NA with a 9799 average.
8:45pm...Tuned-In...ROCKET...9273/10000...1st/11...1000+ points...I'm 58th in NA.
.........LITBOX...9211/10000...2nd/11...1000+ points...I'm 62nd in NA...the bar is 12th in NA with a 9065 average.
I get a lot of help in these two last games.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,652,700 Player's Plus points and LITBOX at 49,500.
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