NTN Encore Question of June 18th, 2011.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...BILLS AND BILLYS over Mikes And Michaels and James Gang
Encore Question:...Which Billy Idol tune rhymes "record selection" with "mirror reflection"?
Tonight I'm playing all alone as ROCKET and LITBOX. My friends had gone to a James Taylor concert.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...4500/5000...2nd/3...WAGNER wins round. .............LITBOX...4500/5000...2nd/3...I go 0 for 1 in guessing missing out on Frank Sinatra living AFTER reaching age 80. The LineUp...ROCKET...12500/15000...1st/3...my two win round. ...........LITBOX...12500/15000...1st/3. I go 8 for 10 for a good score. I miss the name Dr Dre's record company and 2008 CMA Entertainer of the Year as Kenny Chesney. Triviaoke...ROCKET...17920/25000...1st/3...my two win round. ..........LITBOX...17920/25000...1st/3...I stay out of two questions and take one -250. Opening Act...ROCKET...26670/35000...1st/3...my two win round. ................LITBOX...26670/35000...1st/3. The Pound key round. I must have got 9 right for 1000, 0 for +250, 1 for -250, and 0 I didn't answer. That was an excellent round. I must have guessed right on four of them. Headliner...ROCKET...34670/56250...1st/3. ............LITBOX...34670/56250...1st/3...No studying again this week because I'm so busy with soccer but I was lucky in that the game was not about any particular artist--going away from their Artist-Various-Artist-Various pattern ever since they put the Headliner round into the Playback game. BILLS AND BILLYS:...1. Christie Brinkley was the inspiration for a pop hit by Billy Joel called:--Uptown Girl...2. Billie Joe Armstrong recorded all the vocals on this classic 1990s album in just two days:--Dookie...3. What does Neal McCoy say Billy is wearing on his 2005 recording 'Billy's Got His ______________ On"?--Beer Goggles...4. It's the subject of the dark and haunting Billie Holiday song 'Strange Fruit':--Lynchings...5. Billy Joel tells us he'd rather "_______ with the sinners than cry with the saints".--Laugh...6. Bill Carlisle was named to the _________ Hall of Fame in 2002.--Country...7. Righteous Brother Bill Medley made his solo album debut in 1968 with:-- Bill Medley 100%...8. All of these are albums by Billy Ray Cyrus EXCEPT:--Blue Clear Sky...9. Bill Haley was the first rock and roll singer to sign a major record contract with:--Decca...10. This band led by Billy Corgan broke up in 2003:--Zwan
I missed three questions in this round. For question 3 I guessed 'good suit', question 4 I had 'heroin addiction' as I'd heard Holiday suffered from that affliction in her own life, question 9 I either guessed Columbia or Capitol. I was actually pleased with this round because I had 50/50 guess as whether Bill Carlisle was country or jazz and three Billy Ray Cyrus albums I didn't recognize.
Question 2 had only one Green Day album listed. I had heard the Bill Medley questions before. Tenth question got me searching for Smashing Pumpkins but it wasn't a choice.
I think my score is low but don't know that other bars must have found it difficult too.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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I know this early enough. I've got a greatest hits album of him. I spend the rest of the time using the logic of how someone who had never heard the song could possibly guess it. You might dance in front of a mirror if you were dancing alone so you'd see your reflection.
Correct Answer:....2. Dancing With Myself
[NTN Extra Fact:...He declares "If I had the chance, I'd ask the world to dance".]
The song only made #102 on the Single charts. I must have got familiar with it because of seeing the video or having the song popular in Canada.
I'm right and win as ROCKET with 520005. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 9th on the Network Top 20 in all North
America. I'm 42nd overall in North America on both my boards.
(NTN lists our bar as 74th out of 1774 sites with a 22821 average. Well having the fourth and fifth board register '0' will bring down
our average).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 34670 2 52005 9 42 LITBOX 34670 2 52005 9 42 WAGNER 20190 3 10095 1499 2034 (ntn.com listed 6844 players with 6062 having a positive score)
The bar was pretty empty again tonight with just baseball playing on the televisions. I was just trying to make the 6000 points in each game to earn the bonus points. Just made the 6000 in the 8:15pm game and found I was 140th in North America! These were some tough games.
Other games:
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5706/10000...2nd/3...300+ points...I'm 596th in NA...WAGNER wins.
.................LITBOX...5706/10000...2nd/3...300+ points...I'm 596th in NA.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7475/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 221st in NA.
...............LITBOX...7475/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 221st in NA.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6245/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 140th in NA...WAGNER wins.
...............LITBOX...6245/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 140th in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7211/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 153rd in NA.
..............LITBOX...7199/10000...2nd/3...900+ points...I'm 153rd in NA.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...6176/10000...2nd/3...1000+ points...I'm 515th in NA.
..............LITBOX...6201/10000...1st/3...1000+ points...I'm 507th in NA.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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