NTN Encore Question of December 18th, 2010.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...WINTER, WONDER, LAND over Red and White, and Gifts and Giving
Encore Question:...Which synthesizer group's full length debut album was titled 'Wonderland'?
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/GEDDY, and Phil PLBAAB.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/9...my two win this round with COSMO/GEDDY. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/9...I go 1 of 1 in guessing. The LineUp...ROCKET...11000/15000...1st/9...my two win with COSMO/GEDDY. ...........LITBOX...11000/15000...1st/9...my two win round. I go 6 for 10 for a not good score. I switched one answer too late. Triviaoke...ROCKET...15850/25000...1st/9...my two win round. ..........LITBOX...15850/25000...1st/9...I must have taken at least four -250s. Opening Act...ROCKET...24850/35000...1st/9...my two win round. ................LITBOX...24850/35000...1st/9. The Pound key round. I must have got 9 right for 1000, 0 for +250, 0 for -250, and 1 I didn't answer. Headliner...ROCKET...42600/56250...1st/6. ............LITBOX...42600/56250...1st/6. WINTER, WONDER, LAND:...1. Which holiday song took off when the Andrews Sisters recorded it?--Winter Wonderland...2. The Bangles scored big with the 1988 revival of this group's song 'Hazy Shade of Winter':--Simon & Garfunkel...3. A man showers his lady with complements on the ____________ ballad 'Wonderful Tonight':--Eric Clapton...4. 'No Time' and 'Share The Land' are Top 10 singles by:--The Guess Who...5. Which lounge singer hit the top of the charts in 1970 with 'Winter World of Love'?--Engelbert Humperdinck...6. 'Makes Me Wonder' was a hit single by this group:--Maroon 5...7. His 1995 Greatest Hits album had four new songs including 'This Hard Land':--Bruce Springsteen...8. Who released the Christmas album 'On A Winter's Night' in 2009?--Sting...9. Who dedicated the 2004 Grammy for 'A Wonderful World' to the late Rosemary Clooney?-- Tony Bennett...10. Which superhero is mentioned in the Genesis hit 'Land of Confusion'?--Superman
I missed the first question but then I didn't notice the category--the only song that had 'Winter' in it. I said to go with 'Santa Baby'. After that we got the next nine in a row to build our bonus points. Rob was helpful getting 2, 3, 5, and 6 while I was still reading the questions. A good guess by his on '7' but it did look like the only choice of artists that would have a song with that title. I pushed the group to go for '9' as it was the only artist from around the same era. I own the album in '8' and know the words to '10'.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. After the last few weeks I didn't realize this was a good score if we get it right.
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Hmm. I can think of who it isn't. I say it's Erasure when they ask. Rob has picked that too. When Phil asks about TMBG I immediately remember that they aren't a synthesizer band but more like a goofy/novelty group like Barenaked Ladies. OK then it is easy! Yeah the other three didn't have albums with that title. I own a cassette of Erasure's greatest hits package "Pop!-The First 20 Hits" so maybe I have that in the back of my mind.
Correct Answer:....4. Erasure
[NTN Extra Fact:...Erasure consisted of Andy Bell and former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke.]
The album never made the Billboard Album charts.
I'm right and win as LITBOX with 63900. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 8th on the Network Top 20 in all North America. The bar is 4th in North America with a 60468 average. I finish 5th on this bar's Hall of Fame. (NTN.com kept our bar in 4th place out of 1780 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 42600 4 63900 8 23 ROCKET 42600 4 63900 8 23 COSMO 39480 4 59220 10 32 GEDDY 39440 4 59160 10 32 PLBAAB 37440 4 56160 11 39 SPIKE 23860 3 23860 162 316 KU 14620 5 7310 2297 2557 HUGHES 11500 - 11500 653 1232 PAUL 9570 - 9570 866 1735 JEREMY 6630 2 3315 4825 4584 (ntn.com listed 6945 players with 6282 having a positive score)
Other games:
My friends don't get here until near the end of the Tuned-In TV game.
I'm sure why it happened but logging on as ROCKET I couldn't earn any Player's Plus points tonight. I was too busy to look into it on the web site.
7:00pm...Countdown...ROCKET...couldn't log on.
...............LITBOX...0/15000...1st/1...500+ points...I'm 5858th in NA...I sign on after the game was over.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8083/10000...1st/2...no + points...I'm 67th in NA.
...............LITBOX...8083/10000...1st/2...900+ points...I'm 67th in NA.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7443/10000...2nd/2...no + points...I'm 218th in NA.
...............LITBOX...8000/10000...1st/2...900+ points...I'm 102nd in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6000/10000...1st/2...no + points...I'm 430th in NA.
...............LITBOX...6000/10000...1st/2...900+ points...I'm 430th in NA...I had to go 4 for 1000 each on the last four questions to earn the P+ points.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6333/10000...1st/4...no + points...I'm 581st in NA.
...............LITBOX...6333/10000...1st/4...900+ points...I'm 581st in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7000/10000...1st/6...no + points...I'm 217th in NA.
..............LITBOX...7000/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 217th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...6890/10000...3rd/5...no + points...I'm 426th in NA...I get a bit of help in this game.
..............LITBOX...6890/10000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 426th...PAUL wins.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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