NTN Encore Question of July 23rd, 2011.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...THE POLICE over 'NSync and Weezer
Encore Question:...The Police won three Grammy Awards for their work on this album:
Tonight I'm playing with my two boards all alone tonight as Rob and Phil have gone to a heavy metal festival.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...4500/5000...1st/7...my two win with WAGNER, BOOGIE, and SUNBOY round. .............LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/7...I go 2 for 3 in guessing. The LineUp...ROCKET...11500/15000...1st/7...my two win round. ...........LITBOX...11500/15000...1st/7. 7 right and 3 wrong was good when two of those right were correct guesses. The first question was about Weezer so that made it doubtful that they would be the Headliner. Triviaoke...ROCKET...17650/25000...2nd/7...LITBOX wins round. ..........LITBOX...17690/25000...1st/7...I take two -250s this round and stay out of one question. I get two more for about half the points. Opening Act...ROCKET...25150/35000...2nd/7...my two win the round. ................LITBOX...25190/35000...1st/7. The Pound key round. I must have got 8 right for 1000, 0 for +250, 2 for -250, and 0 I didn't answer for a good round. Headliner...ROCKET...46400/56250...2nd/7. ............LITBOX...46440/56250...1st/7. I found old notes for The Police from a few years ago and Weezer from about one year ago. I just wrote down names of 'NSync plus albums and singles from their brief history. THE POLICE:...1. This first album for The Police contained the hit hit single 'Roxanne':--Outlandos d'Amour...2. The Police sang 'King of _______' on their 1983 Synchroncity album:--Pain...3. Which album would be listening to when The Police are 'Walking On The Moon'?--Reggatta de Blanc...4. The Police opened the 2007 Grammy Awards with a dynamic version of this song:--Roxanne...5. Which of these albums was a Sting solo album rather than an album by The Police?--Brand New Day...6. Which of these does Sting wear in The Police video 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'?--Cap and Gown...7. Which of these songs appears on the Synchronicity album by The Police?--Mother...8. What was the only song to top the charts by The Police?--Every Breath You Take...9. Which album by the Police was released by The Police in 1979?--Regatta de Blanc... 10. The song 'On Any Other Day' is unique in The Police's body of work in that it:--sung by Stewart Copeland
I got all ten right to maximize our bonus points. I own The Police box set which I picked up many years ago to replace the two vinyl albums of theirs that I'd ever bought. I think I bought it when the Canadian Tower record chain closed a few years before the American branches closed. Now I knew 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8. My notes helped for 1, 3, and 9 (I'm not very good on ANY artist matching songs and albums or years). 4 was a guess as I knew they had a 1997 version of Roxanne for the Godzilla movie but that was out by a decade. 10 was a good guess although I thought he also sang vocals on 'Mrs Gradenko'. I remember the video for 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' but it would make sense as the song was about a schoolteacher and student.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Everyone except WAGNER has left the bar or stopped playing.
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I say on my microrecorder it's 'Synchronicity' but haven't read in the possible answers. I have notes on their Grammy wins but should have looked at the three I'd written down as 1983 instead of thinking of the unusual choice 'Behind My Camel' (an instrumental winner). The other songs I've marked 1980 and 1981 but I've pressed Regatta de Blanc for some reason which would only work if the Grammys are given out the following year. Out of time!
Correct Answer:....2. Synchronicity
[NTN Extra Fact:...The awards included Song of the Year for 'Every Breath You Take'.]
I'm wrong and fall to 2nd as LITBOX with 23220. That is I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. WAGNER wins with 29370. (NTN lists our bar as 109th out of 1918 sites with a 19154 average).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 46440 4 23220 405 830 ROCKET 46400 4 23200 405 832 WAGNER 19580 2 29370 271 587 BOOGIE 10480 - 10480 1770 2128 SUNBOY 9500 - 9500 2247 2352 SPIKE 5500 - 5500 4192 3793 HUGHES 4000 - 4000 4921 4428 (ntn.com listed 7821 players with 6784 having a positive score)
Well no way I would have had time to write any notes (well because it was just one Headliner I didn't have and there was no soccer games for me to be at today I made the time for 'NSync) but I could have read them over more carefully before the game. So they can help and hurt.
My MVP (heart condition) was bothering me the entire one hour of this game. Geez if a little stress (and the too loud music) causes this I'm in real trouble! No alcohol at all and I walked home after the game although it was a sauna of hot, humid weather which didn't provide much relief.
Other games:
7:00pm...Countdown...both my boards get 500+ points for signing on after the game was over.
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...3139/10000...5th/5...300+ points...I'm 1413th in NA.
................LITBOX...3164/10000...4th/5...300+ points...I'm 1379th in NA...SUNBOY wins with 5722 and was 125th in NA.
Probably the lowest score I've ever gotten but the winner didn't even make the point bonus despite a high ranking.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...7039/10000...3rd/5...900+ points...I'm 212nd in NA.
.................LITBOX...7057/10000...2nd/5...900+ points...I'm 209th in NA...BOOGIE wins.
8:00pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...4283/10000...3rd/6...300+ points...I'm 1724th in NA.
...............LITBOX...4283/10000...3rd/6...300+ points...I'm 1724th in NA...SUNBOY wins.
8:15pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...8002/10000...1st/7...900+ points...I'm 301st in NA.
...............LITBOX...8002/10000...1st/7...900+ points...I'm 301st in NA.
8:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6087/10000...3rd/7...900+ points...I'm 406th in NA.
..............LITBOX...6111/10000...2nd/7...900+ points...I'm 398th in NA...WAGNER wins.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...7389/10000...2nd/7...1000+ points...I'm 258th in NA.
..............LITBOX...7413/10000...1st/7...1000+ points...I'm 252nd in NA.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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