NTN Encore Question of February 12th, 2011.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...CANADIAN ARTISTS over Musical Offspring and Quartets
Encore Question:...Singles by Canadian quintet Simple Plan include "Addicted", "I'd Do Anything" and:
Tonight I'm playing as ROCKET and LITBOX with Rob COSMO/ONJ, and Phil PLBAAB.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/9...our five and WAGNER win round. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/9...we didn't have to guess anything this week. The LineUp...ROCKET...12000/15000...1st/9...we're still in a six way tie. ...........LITBOX...12000/15000...1st/9. I go 7 for 10 for an OK score. Triviaoke...ROCKET...17980/25000...2nd/9...WAGNER wins round. ..........LITBOX...17980/25000...2nd/9...I take two -250s and stay out of one question this week. Opening Act...ROCKET...24980/35000...2nd/9...PLBAAB wins round and has lead with 25770. ................LITBOX...24980/35000...2nd/9. 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...34730/56250...2nd/9. ............LITBOX...34730/56250...2nd/9. CANADIAN ARTISTS:...1. Canadian band Barenaked Ladies had an early hit with a song named for this music legend:--Brian Wilson...2. The Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip released an album in 2006 titled:--World Container...3. At the age of 13 her song 'It Was Only A Dream' was a #1 hit in French Canada:--Celine Dion...4. This Canadian was the first artist to have seven songs in a debut album on the Top 100:--Justin Bieber... 5. Which colorful album was from Canadian artist Ron Sexsmith:--Blue Boy...6. Kevin Drew and Brandan Canning founded this Canadian music collective:--Broken Social Scene...7. 'Country' made her the first Canadian female to earn a gold record in the United States:--Anne Murray... 8. Which Canadian group released an album in 1996 titled 'Lay It Down'?--Cowboy Junkies...9. What album did Canadian born twin sisters Tegan and Sara release in 2004?--So Jealous...10. Raine Maida is the front man for this Canadian band:--Our Lady Peace
I didn't even think at the moment that this could be only the second time we've ever won the game for best bar in North America. (It was doable as the best bar won with only 62K). That thought vanished after missing one of the early questions to wreck our building bonus points. I own at least one album from every one of these artists. I missed the Justin Bieber answer going with Shania Twain. I missed the word 'debut' or I would have guessed him. The new way of charting because of downloading is that all songs can make the charts in their first weeks then drop off (that's how 'Glee' show songs chart and last about two weeks each). I also went with 'The Business of Art' as the Tegan and Sara answer knowing that was an early album and not realizing how many years it's been since I bought 'So Jealous'. Rob gets us the Anne Murray answer right away although with only three Canadian artist listed in the answer, I would have got to it eventually. The Ron Sexsmith question was an Encore question one week when I wasn't playing. Ron CHATZ probably did better than us in this round as he was closing in on our scores at the end.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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I'm pretty sure the song was 'Shut Up!'. It takes me a few more seconds to remember the chorus....'Shut Up' repeated over and over. That song I saw the video for plenty of times when it came out. The only song I can rule out is 'Lose Yourself' as being an Eminem song.
Correct Answer:....3. Shut Up!
[NTN Extra Fact:...All five band members speak French but sing only in English.]
Well that's the second time we've had a Simple Plan Encore question as they helped me have a high score when I recognized 'Pierre Bouvier' as being a French name as the lead singer of a choice of alt-rock bands when asked years ago when the band was just starting out.
I'm right and stay in 2nd place with both my boards with 52095 points. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the s standard of 18000. I finish 8th overall
in North America. The bar is 4th in North America with a 50277 average. Phil wins as PLBAAB with 53280 and was 6th on the Network Top 20 for all
North America. He places 9th on this bar's Hall of Fame.
(NTN kept our bar as 5th out of an unlisted number of bars).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank PLBAAB 35520 3 53280 6 19 LITBOX 34730 3 52095 8 24 ROCKET 34730 3 52095 8 24 COSMO 31910 3 47865 13 40 ONJ 30700 3 46050 13 44 CHATZ 30190 3 45285 17 51 WAGNER 26310 3 39465 40 86 MADDOG 23130 3 34695 63 124 CRANMC 18150 x 18150 290 460 (ntn.com listed 8741 players with 7650 having a positive score)
Other games:
7:30pm...Buzztime...I earn 300+ points for both boards by signing on after the game was over.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5998/10000...2nd/6...300+ points...I'm 878th in NA.
...............LITBOX...6022/10000...1st/6...900+ points...I'm 855th in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7555/10000...4th/8...900+ points...I'm 433rd in NA.
...............LITBOX...7573/10000...3rd/8...900+ points...I'm 438th in NA...PLBAAB wins.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7224/10000...4th/8...900+ points...I'm 200th in NA...PLBAAB wins.
...............LITBOX...7224/10000...3rd/8...900+ points...I'm 200th in NA...our bar is 17th in NA with a 7089 average.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7752/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 266th in NA.
..............LITBOX...7752/10000...1st/8...900+ points...I'm 266th in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...9695/10000...2nd/9...1000+ points...I'm 37th in NA.
..............LITBOX...9714/10000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 35th in NA...our bar is 16th in NA with a 9078 average.
I had a lot of help in this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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