NTN Encore Question of January 21st, 2012.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.

Headliner:...HEAVY METAL over Classic Rock and Indy Rock

Encore Question:...Like Black Sabbath this metal group hails from Birmingham England:

Tonight I'm playing with my two boards with Rob COSMO/ON J, and Phil PLBAAB.

Here's how my game went and my comments:
Tune Up...ROCKET...4500/5000...1st/6.     
.............LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/6...our five co-win round.
The Line Up...ROCKET...12500/15000...2nd/6. 
...........LITBOX...12500/15000...2nd/6...PLBAAB wins round and has 13500.
I get 8 right and 2 wrong for a good round.  Rob gave me the answer to two of them.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...20960/25000...3rd/6..COSMO wins and has lead with 21580.
............LITBOX...20870/25000...4th/6...I take no -250s this week.   
Opening Act...ROCKET...26710/35000...3rd/6.
...........LITBOX...26620/35000...4th/6...ON J wins and leads with 28130. 
The Pound key round.  I went 6 right for 1000, 1 for +250, 2 for -250, and 1 I didn't answer for an excellent round.
Headliner...ROCKET...47960/56250...2nd/10.   
............LITBOX...47870/56250...3rd/10...my two and ON J and PLBAAB sweep through round at 10 for 10.
HEAVY METAL...1. 'We're Not Going To Take It' was the biggest hit for what 80's heavy metal band?--Twisted Sister...2. Paul Gray was famous for
wearing a ___________ as the heavy metal bassist for Slipknot:--pig mask (the only mask choice given among Viking helmet, Mickey Mouse ears etc)
...3. Which early heavy metal band's biggest hit was 'Smoke On The Water'?--Deep Purple...4. Which heavy metal band's documentary film was
called 'Some Kind of Monster'?--Metallica...5. Ronnie James Dio was once the front man of this 1970's heavy metal band:--Rainbow (Black Sabbath
was not an option)...6. 'Life Is Peachy' was a Top 5 US hit for which heavy metal band?--Korn...7. This heavy metal group put a skeleton's
handprint on the Hollywood Rockwalk--Iron Maiden...8. Which American metal band's released 2009's 'World Painted Blood'?--Slayer...9. Brothers
Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott formed this heavy metal band of the 1980's:--Pantera  (Damageplan was not a choice)...10. Which heavy metal
release was a debut solo album?--Blizzard Of Ozz.

No studying this week as the categories were too broad. I'm not a fan of this music but the questions were general in nature. I wouldn't have been able to answer what kind of mask Paul Gray wore if they'd offered the types of masks the other bandmates wore but 'pig mask' was the only option. Q5. other options were Partridge Family, Blue Oyster Cult, Whitesnake and Montrose so I could put the others out when Black Sabbath was not offered as a choice. Q6. Phil got us Korn as I didn't know this (other choices were Tool, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, and Saliva). Q7. I'd never heard of this Walk of Fame but knew Iron Maiden's 'Eddie' mascot. Q8. I went with the only group I'd heard of--the other choices were Destruction, Gnosh, Bohemoth, and Serenity. Q9. Pantera over King Crimson, Slaughter, White Zombie, Los Lobos. Q10. Thanks my friends as I was concentrating on 'debut' rather than 'solo' which made the choice of Ozzy Osborne's debut obvious. (Master of Puppets, No Remorse, Shout At The Devil, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap were the other choices).

Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Yes this week I reminded my friends to press '5'.

Answers:

  1. Dio
  2. Slayer
  3. Anthrax
  4. Judas Priest
  5. Megadeth

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This was easy enough as I knew Judas Priest was English. I spent the rest of the time picking off all the American bands. All of them. Anyone paying attention to the last round would have seen by Q8 that Slayer was eliminated in that question.

Correct Answer:....4. Judas Priest

[NTN Extra Fact:...This leather clad band has been making ear drums bleed since 1970.]

I'm right and stay in 2nd as ROCKET with 71940. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 7th overall in North America. The bar was 3rd in North America with a 69870 average out of 1799 bars..

Rob ON J finishes 4th on the Network Top 20 in all North America and finishes 1st on this bar's Hall of Fame board. Those initials stand for Olivia Newton-John so this was not is favourite gendre of music. Sean METLCA would have been in his element.

Here's how the rest of the bar did:   
Player	preEncore       Final           Rank   ntn.com rank
ON J     49380   4     74070              4          9
ROCKET   47960   4     71940              7         15
LITBOX   47870   4     71805              7         16
PLBAAB   47110   4     70665              8         23
COSMO    40580   4     60870             39        106
LECOMA   19900   -     19900            669       1421
MANG      8750   -      8750           3335       3174   
JEREMY    8500   4     12750           1675       2223
MATHIU    6000   -      6000           4476       4023
DISJOT    3820   -      3820           5381       4899
(ntn.com listed 7200 players with 6548 having a positive score)

I walk to get here and walked back home with my MP3 player playing Duran Duran's 'Thank You' (a covers album). Oooh spooky as that group is from Birmingham England! Also the first time since months before my operation that felt safe drinking my fave Moosehead beer.

Other games:
7:45pm...Buzztime...ROCKET...6008/10000...4th/6...900+ points...I'm 452nd in North America.
..............LITBOX...6027/10000...3rd/6...900+ points...I'm 446th in NA...the winner wasn't from our table.
I'm here for the last eight questions.
8:00pm...Topix (Saturday Night Live...9000 point standard)...ROCKET...12789/15000...2nd/6...I earn 1200+ points...I'm 33rd in NA.
............LITBOX...12827/15000...1st/6...I earn 1200+ points...I'm 32nd in NA...The bar is 14th in North America with a 10410 average.
That's pretty good as we only controlled four boards in this game. This was a category I thought I'd be good at as I watched the show since the 1970s.
8:30pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...2000/28000...not sure where I finished...900+ points...I'm 3794th in NA...PLBAAB wins.
..............LITBOX...750/28000...not sure where I finished...300+ points...I'm 4514th.
I play ROCKET until I get 2000 then put it aside and started playing LITBOX but can't get 2000 on it before the game was over.
8:45pm...Tuned-In TV...ROCKET...5697/10000...3rd/9...500+ points...I'm 481st in NA.
..............LITBOX...5722/10000...1st/9...500+ points...I'm 472nd in NA.
looks like not many people made the 6000+ point standard.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).

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