NTN Encore Question of November 19th, 2011.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Headliner:...RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS* over Love Ballads, Dance Party Favorites, and Novelty Songs *it turned out the entire game was a repeat of last week!
Encore Question:...The cover art for the 2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers album 'I'm With You' depicts a:
Tonight I'm playing with my two boards with Rob COSMO/ON J, Phil PLBAAB, and Sean METLCA.
Here's how my game went and my comments: I'll skip this part as it was just the same as last week except for higher scores as it wasn't too hard to remember what the correct answers were from such a short time ago.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Will my faded LITBOX board hold out long enough for this question?
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Correct Answer:....4. Fly on a pill
[NTN Extra Fact:...The album is their first with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.]
I'm right and win as LITBOX with 78285. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I'm listed as 7th on the Top 20 ranking
for all North America. The bar is 5th in North America with a 7668 average.
(NTN.com lists us 7th out of 1562 bars with a 76668 average).
The only good part of the night was getting to see my friends for the last time before my operation.
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 4 78285 7 35 ROCKET 4 78210 8 37 COSMO 4 76770 14 50 METLCA 4 75855 15 61 ON J 4 74220 21 78 PLBAAB - 20005 365 765 forgot to wager (ntn.com listed 5343 players and 4892 with a positive score)
Other games:
7:30pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...0/10000...1st/3...I earn 300+ points for signing on after the game ended.
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...5772/10000...2nd/5...300+ points...I'm 595th in NA.
................LITBOX...5803/10000...1st/5...300+ points...I'm 583th in NA.
8:00pm...Topix (War & Peace I'm not sure what the standard was)...ROCKET...11880/15000...2nd/6...I earn 1200+ points...I'm 29th in NA.
............LITBOX...11911/15000...1st/6...I earn 1200+ points...I'm 28th in NA...The bar is 12th in North America with a 9988 average
I get lots of help on these questions. All the questions turn out to be about movies.
8:30pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...2750/28000...2nd/6...900+ points...I'm 2560th in NA.
............LITBOX...2750/28000...3rd/6...900+ points...I'm 2560th in NA...COSMO wins.
I answer the ROCKET board until I meet the 2000+ points standard then turn the Playmaker upside down and answer LITBOX until I make the standard then
turn that board over as well then help the other players.
I wasn't going to risk the -250s by answering before reading the question.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...9000/10000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 221st in NA...COSMO wins.
..............LITBOX...9000/10000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 221st in NA...I got help in this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
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