NTN Encore Question of July 16th, 2011.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Headliner:...LATE 1970'S over Late 1980's and Late 1990's
Encore Question:...The 1979 album 'Communique' was written entirely by this guitar guru:
Tonight I'm playing with my two boards with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, and Phil PLBAAB.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/9...our five win round. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/9...I go 1 for 1 in guessing. The LineUp...ROCKET...15000/15000...1st/7...my two win round. ...........LITBOX...15000/15000...1st/7. My friends get nine right. I guess the name of a 2Pac album as they are saying something else. Triviaoke...ROCKET...21720/25000...1st/7...ROCKET wins round. ..........LITBOX...21660/25000...2nd/7...I take two -250s this round. Opening Act...ROCKET...28470/35000...1st/7...my two win the round. ................LITBOX...28410/35000...1st/7. The Pound key round. I must have got 7 right for 1000, 0 for +250, 1 for -250, and 2 I didn't answer for a good round. Headliner...ROCKET...49720/56250...1st/7. ............LITBOX...49660/56250...2nd/7...There was no way of studying for this week's possible headliner I didn't have the time anyway what with going to soccer games and worrying about me having an angiogram on Tuesday (a test for my heart) that I had been warned of a small possibility that I wouldn't survive. THE LATE 1970'S:...1. What group sang 'Three Times A Lady' in the 1970s?--The Commodores...2. Ronnie James Dio grabbed the controls of this band in 1979:--Black Sabbath...3. They recorded Hip Hops first hit single, 1979's 'Rapper's Delight':--Sugarhill Gang...4. 'Heaven Knows' was a hit single for this disco queen in 1979:--Donna Summer...5. What tragedy changed the course of Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1979?--Plane crash... 6. 'Right Time of the Night' was a Number 1 hit for which soft rocker in 1977?--Jennifer Warnes...7. 'We've Got Tonight' and 'Still The Same' are two tracks from the 1978 Bob Seger album:--Stranger In Town...8. In October 1978, members of _______ simultaneously released eponymous solo albums:--KISS...9. This 1979 hit was inspired by a girl at LA's Fairfax High:--My Sharona...10. Which musical highway was Gerry Rafferty travelling on in 1978?--Baker Street
We got all ten right to maximize our bonus scores. I didn't have any problem on these questions except '7' where they did offer about three Bob Seger albums so that was somewhat of a guess. My friends got some of them a split second before I said anything. '9' answer was the only hit from exactly that year.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
Answers:
.
.
.
.
I know this one right away and say 'Dire Straits' and say that before the answers even come up. OK they want the member of that group. Got it. I remember reading a review for this album when it first came out. I'd have still been at college. Always remembered the title because it was in French. When I asked my friends after the game they said they didn't know.
Correct Answer:....1. Mark Knopfler
[NTN Extra Fact:...This Dire Straits LP featured 'Lady Writer' was the band's sophomore effort.]
I'm right and win as ROCKET with 74580. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. No individual scores or bar rankings are given so I have to wait until the next day...peel off all the multiple players at each bar and work backwards. I calculated I was 2nd overall in North America. The bar is 3rd in North America with a 70512 average. (NTN lists our bar as 3rd out of 1854 sites.
Great score is this was the last time I ever got to play this game. Now waiting for an angiogram (heart test) on Tuesday. [I must have survived to write this although my write up was delayed as my wrist felt like it had been hit with a hammer].
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 49720 1 74580 2 7 LITBOX 49660 1 74490 3 8 PLBAAB 46040 1 69060 9 35 METLCA 45330 1 67995 11 41 COSMO 44290 1 66435 16 53 RETURD 11000 - 11000 ?? 1883 CLARAB 11000 - 11000 ?? 1883 (ntn.com listed 7470 players with 6686 having a positive score)
I drove here directly from Brampton after a soccer game. No alcohol for the car reason and my heart condition. My bar bill was less than the price of parking my car. Getting home was easy in less than half the time of connecting to two different subways.
Other games:
I get lots of help from my friends on the showbiz questions.
7:00pm...Countdown...both my boards get 500+ points for signing on after the game was over.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7856/10000...2nd/8...900+ points...I'm 181st in NA.
................LITBOX...7821/10000...3rd/8...900+ points...I'm 186th in NA...COSMO wins.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5398/10000...2nd/10...300+ points...I'm 314th in NA.
.................LITBOX...5391/10000...3rd/10...300+ points...I'm 315th in NA...METLCA wins.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7160/10000...2nd/10...900+ points...I'm 73rd in NA.
...............LITBOX...7165/10000...1st/10...900+ points...I'm 72nd in NA...the bar is 12th in NA with a 6527 average.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...9793/10000...1st/10...900+ points...I'm 11th in NA.
...............LITBOX...9777/10000...2nd/10...900+ points...I'm 12th in NA...the bar is 14th in NA with an 8452 average.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7758/10000...2nd/10...900+ points...I'm 153rd in NA.
..............LITBOX...7717/10000...3rd/10...900+ points...I'm 158th in NA...CLARAB wins.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...8647/10000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 95th in NA.
..............LITBOX...8646/10000...2nd/9...1000+ points...I'm 97th in NA...COSMO wins.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
.
.