NTN Encore Question of January 1st, 2011.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...DAYS AND MONTHS, over Minutes and Hours, and Through The Years
Encore Question:...Which month does Stevie Wonder mention by name in 'I Just Called To Say I Love You'?
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/ONJ, and Phil PLBAAB. My friends just get here in time for the game as we had gone to The Unicorn earlier in the evening but found it was closed. They didn't get my cell phone message about avoiding that place. I took the subway back to our usual bar.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/6...my two win this round with PLBAAB. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/6...I go 1 of 1 in guessing. ONJ was late at signing on. The LineUp...ROCKET...14000/15000...2nd/6...COSMO/ONJ win round going 10 for 10. ...........LITBOX...14000/15000...2nd/6...COSMO in lead with 14500. I go 9 for 10 for a great score. Rob got me two answers. Triviaoke...ROCKET...22660/25000...4th/6...PLBAAB wins round. COSMO is in the lead with 24230. ..........LITBOX...22660/25000...4th/6...I must have taken only one -250. Rob gets me one and Phil gets me one. Opening Act...ROCKET...29660/35000...4th/6...my two win round. ................LITBOX...29660/35000...4th/6. The Pound key round. I must have got 7 right for 1000, 1 for +250, 1 for -250, and 1 I didn't answer. Headliner...ROCKET...43910/56250...4th/6. ............LITBOX...43910/56250...4th/6. DAYS AND MONTHS:...1. What was the subtitle of the Four Seasons song 'December 1963'?--Oh, What A Night...2. 'Day By Day' is a popular song in the rock musical:--Godspell...3. In which month is the beach mentioned in Neil Sedaka's 'Calendar Girl'?--August...4. In 1992 which group hit #3 on the Billboard chart with 'November Rain'?--Guns N' Roses...5. She earned five Grammy nominations for her debut album 'Tuesday Night Music Club':--Sheryl Crow...6. 'Days Like This' is the title of both the 1995 single and album from this rock veteran:--Van Morrison 7. 'Decemberunderground' is a 2006 album from these rockers:--AFI...8. All of these songs appear on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack EXCEPT:--Tragedy...9. 'October Road' is the title of this veteran somger's 2002 album:--James Taylor...10. Which group recorded the 1967 Top 10 US hit 'Sunday Will Never Be The Same'?--Spanky & Our Gang
We missed the third question. They've asked many questions about the song Calendar Girl over the years and someday maybe I memorize the months of each thing happening. I suggested we choose July for beach season in the song. Rob got us '6' and Phil got us '7' for us to run 9 of 10 for this round.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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The question comes up and I immediately think of June for a line in the song about weddings. Maybe that was on my mind as I thought that was a line in 'Calendar Girl' from the last round. Rob has heard that part of the song too and backs me up. We've been asked an Encore question about this song before? [Yes. Just over a year ago December 26,2009].
Correct Answer:....2. April
[NTN Extra Fact:...There doesn't need to be April rain, a warm July, or an August night to tell someone you care.]
Wow we're wrong! I was sure there was a line about that in the song. Well that ruined a good game.
I make sure I look up those song lyrics on the internet when I get home.
No April rain
No flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you
I didn't think at the time that there could be two 'correct' answers or I would have been even more upset.
I'm wrong and stay in 4th place with 22375 on both my boards. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 167th overall in all North America. The bar is 15th in North America with a 22122 average. (NTN.com kept our bar in 15th place out of 1557 bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank PLBAAB 44750 3 22375 161 228 COSMO 44480 3 22240 163 235 ONJ 44170 3 22085 165 243 LITBOX 43910 3 21955 167 247 ROCKET 43910 3 21955 167 247 MADDOG 20000 5 10000 1267 1756 (ntn.com listed 6423 players with 5754 having a positive score)
Other games:
My friends don't get here until the end of the Tuned-In game.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...0/10000...1st/2...300+ points...I'm 5924th in NA.
...............LITBOX...0/10000...1st/2...300+ points...I'm 5924th in NA.
I sign on after the game was over but still earn some points.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6131/10000...1st/2...900+ points.
...............LITBOX...6112/10000...2nd/2...900+ points...A manager changes the channel to the hockey game and can't find the NTN channel
when I request that he change it back so I miss my ranking.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6415/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 453rd in NA.
...............LITBOX...6415/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 453rd in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...9365/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 42nd in NA.
..............LITBOX...9384/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 40th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...8175/10000...1st/3...1000+ points...I'm 209th in NA.
..............LITBOX...8138/10000...2nd/3...1000+ points...I'm 216th.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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