NTN Encore Question of June 12th, 2010.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.

Headliner:...CHER over Faith Hill and Celine Dion

Encore Question:...Sonny & Cher reunited for one night in 1987 to sing "I Got You Babe" on this talk show:

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...4500/5000...2nd/5...COSMO wins round with 5000.   
.............LITBOX...4500/5000...2nd/5.
The LineUp...ROCKET...12500/15000...2nd/5.  
...........LITBOX...12500/15000...2nd/5...our five boards co-win round.  
I got 8 right out of 10 for a great round.       
Triviaoke...ROCKET...20950/25000...1st/5...LITBOX wins round.    
..........LITBOX...20970/25000...1st/5...I got some help in this round and only take one -250.
Opening Act...ROCKET...25700/35000...3rd/5. 
................LITBOX...25720/35000...2nd/5...COSMO wins round and takes lead.
The pound-key round.  I must have got six for 1000, none for +250, one for -250, and three I didn't answer.
Headliner...ROCKET...38950/56250...3rd/5.  
............LITBOX...38970/56250...2nd/5.
CHER:...1. All of these were hits for Cher EXCEPT:--Where You Lead (Carole King)...2. This Bob Dylan song was the title track of the 1965 
album by Cher:--All I Really Want To Do...3. Which western legend inspired a 1989 hit by Cher?--Jesse James...4. When Sonny met her, Cher
was this age:--16...5. Which song made Cher the oldest female recording artist to hit #1 on the US Singles chart?--Believe...6. In her
hit "If I Could Turn Back Time", Cher sings that if she could she'd give you all the _______:--Stars...7. In 1965 Sonny & Cher had their
first Top 20 US hit single with:--Just You...8. All of these men were romantically linked with Cher.  Which one married her?--Greg Allman
...9. If you want to see Cher perform live head to Las Vegas venue:--Caesar's Palace...10. Who duets with Cher on the single "After All" from
her double platinum 'Heart Of Stone' album?--Peter Cetera.

I got one wrong in this round. I didn't know the correct answer until I went home the answer to question 7 but when I did I found out the answer was "I Got You Babe" which is what we chose. I have a Top 100 Billboard chart book of the 1960s and I saw the week that 'Just You' debuted, 'I Got You Babe' was already the #1 song. That question was not worded correctly to make any sense. Did they mean it was released first and only became a hit after the other song became famous? Rob was hoping the headliner would be Cher as soon as I told him the list of possible choices. He got me question '6' which I wouldn't have guessed. He knew it was a Carole King song in question 1 even before the factoid told us later.

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.

Answers:

  1. The Tonight Show
  2. Late Night w David Letterman
  3. Arsenio Hall
  4. Late Show w Joan Rivers
  5. Oprah Winfrey

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I don't know this and tell the others I don't know. Rob says he's pretty sure it's David Letterman. Phil says she was among his favourite guests. I know in recent years he always gets Madonna and Courtney Love so it is easy to believe he'd have done the same that many years ago. I'm glad I have friends because I wouldn't have guessed this.

Correct Answer:....2. Late Night w David Letterman

[NTN Extra Fact:...According to Letterman, "There wasn't a dry eye in the house" that night.]

I'm right and stay in 2nd with LITBOX at 58455. I finish 8th overall in North America. The bar finishes 4th in NA with a 56160 average. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. Rob wins at 60000 and finishes 7th on this bar's Hall of Fame ensuring that we now have all ten spots on the board.
(NTN.com keeps us in 4th place out of 1829 bars.).

Here's how the rest of the bar did: 
Player	preEncore	Final	Rank	ntn.com rank
COSMO	40000	2	60000	   5	  21
LITBOX	38970	2	58455	   8	  26
ROCKET	38950	2	58425	   8	  27
METLCA	36780	2	55170	  12	  37
PLBAAB	32500	2	48750	  31	  65
(ntn.com listed 7708 players)

Other games:...notes about Player's Plus points in the next paragraph.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5247/10000...2nd/3...300+ points...I'm 643rd in NA.
.........LITBOX...5278/10000...1st/3...300+ points...I'm 633rd in NA.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5915/10000...2nd/5...300+ points...I'm 403rd in NA.
.........LITBOX...5934/10000...1st/5...300+ points...I'm 397th in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5944/10000...2nd/5...300+ points...I'm 626th in NA.
.........LITBOX...5957/10000...1st/5...300+ points...I'm 622nd in NA.
tough night so far! I haven't reached the standard. In the 7:45pm game I got the last two questions wrong and stuck on 5900.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8414/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 44th in NA.
.........LITBOX...8444/10000...1st/5...900+ points...I'm 42nd in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6212/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 357th in NA.
.........LITBOX...6243/10000...1st/5...900+ points...I'm 349th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In...ROCKET...8825/10000...2nd/5...1000+ points...I'm 76th in NA.
.........LITBOX...8856/10000...1st/5...1000+ points...I'm 72nd in NA. I get a lot of help in these games.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).

I started the evening with ROCKET at 4,643,400 Player's Plus points and LITBOX at 48,100.

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