NTN Encore Question of May 5th, 2012.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.

Headliner:...THE B-52s over Talking Heads and The Ramones

Encore Question:...'Love Shack' and 'Roam', The B-52s biggest hits can be found on which album?

Tonight I'm playing with my two boards with Rob COSMO/METLCA, and Phil PLBAAB. Before the game started, Ron CHATZ asked if he could join us. Sure! Let's see how we do. I have to remind Rob that he can't used his ONJ 'guest' board as it doesn't register us for ranking. In a pinch he remembers Sean's sign-in.

Here's how my game went and my comments:
Tune Up...ROCKET...4000/5000..4th/6...CHATZ wins round with 5000 but the others have 4500.     
.............LITBOX...4000/5000...4th/6. 
The Line Up...ROCKET...11000/15000...3rd/6. 
...........LITBOX...11000/15000...3rd/6...I go 7 right and 3 wrong which wasn't very good as compared to the last few months I've played.
PLBAAB wins round and takes the lead.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...17240/25000...5th/6.  CHATZ wins round.
............LITBOX...17220/25000...6th/6.  I think I must have taken three -250s this week.    
Opening Act...ROCKET...23240/35000...5th/6.
...........LITBOX...23220/35000...6th/6.
The Pound key round.  I figured I must have gone 6 right for 1000, 2 for +250, 2 for -250, and 0 I didn't answer.  I'm not sure who won this round.
Before this round started Ron showed Rob how to switch his dead COSMO board and he was able to keep his score.  Ron helped in this round by knowing
a song title was by The Dandy Warhols.  As the round started I was reading a question about the song 'White Wedding' and immediately knew the
answer would be 'Billy Idol'.  The first answer that came up was 'Billy Joel' which from a distance with a server walking by with food looked like
four letters.  Of course the second choice was 'Billy Idol' but I'd answered too soon and had to wait the second cycle to earn +250.  I then got the
next two wrong for -250 each. 
Headliner...ROCKET...38990/56250...5th/6.   
............LITBOX...38970/56250...6th/6...I miss out on Q2 in this round but I don't think any of us got this.
THE B-52s--1. The B-52s formed in 1976 in which state?--Georgia...2. All of these are title of The B-52s studio albums EXCEPT:--Love Shack
...3. Who provides the male vocals for The B-52s?--Fred Schneider...4.  What was the first single released by The B-52s?--Rock Lobster...
5. In 2002 The B-52s released an anthology titled '________ On The Moon'.--Nude...6. In the song 'Love Shack' The B-52s have what kind of
car?--Chrysler...7. What were the B-52s calling themselves when they did the theme song to the flick 'The Flintstones'?--The BC52's...
8.  The B-52s suffered a tragedy in 1985 when this band member died:--Ricky Wilson...9.  The B-52s reworked and compiled a total of six songs 
from their first two albums to make:--Party Mix!...10. The B-52s had a dance hit in 2008 with the song '__________ Of The Spirits':--Juliet

I miss Q2 concentrating on thinking of 'studio' albums as opposed to live and compilation albums. I didn't notice that 'Love Shack' was even an option and went with 'Whammy' until I realized that was a studio album. Too late to change. Well notes read over and over on the subway to get here after the soccer game did help on Q5 and Q9 which were those kind of albums. Q7 was a question asked in this game or another Saturday night game within the last month. Also Q10 I wouldn't have known before this week. I make sure the others get all the other questions but we don't carry through great scores to the last round. Q3 all the answers were 'Fred' as either a first name or surname.

Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.

Answers:

  1. Funplex
  2. Wild Planet
  3. Cosmic Thing
  4. The B-52s
  5. Mesopotamia

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Easy enough for me. It's the first album by that group I ever bought and it was on cassette tape. I have since replaced it with a CD and now also have their first album. I don't own any albums by the other Headline round choices.

Correct Answer:....3. Cosmic Thing

[NTN Extra Fact:...Both were Top 5 hits in the year 1989.]

I'm right and stay in 5th with ROCKET at 58455. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 10th overall in the Playback East district. The bar was 5th in the Playback East district with a 63264 average...COSMO wins and places 2nd on this bar's reset Hall of Fame out of only five listings.
(ntn.com kept us in 5th out of 1068 bars in the district).

Here's how the rest of the bar did:   
Player	preEncore       Final           Rank   ntn.com rank
COSMO   44480     3     66720             6         25
METLCA  44420     3     66630             7         26
CHATZ   43990     3     65985             8         29
PLBAAB  39000     3     58500            10         52
ROCKET  38990     3     58485            10         53
LITBOX  38970     3     58455            10         54
(ntn.com listed 2310 Players Plus players with 2108 having a positive score in the Playback East district).  

Other games:
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...6542/15000...4th/6...500+ points...I'm 2085th in NA...I'm signed on for the last eight questions.
...............LITBOX...6572/15000...3rd/6...500+ points...I'm 2067th in NA...COSMO wins.
8:00pm...Playback...(see above)
9:00pm...Tuned In...ROCKET...8614/10000...1st/6...I earn 1000+ points...I'm 98th in NA.
.........LITBOX...8602/10000...2nd/6...I earn 1000+ points...I'm 99th in NA...the bar is 20th in NA with a 7957 average.
9:15pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...2000/26000...2nd/6...900+ points...I finish 3122nd in NA.
...........LITBOX...2000/26000...2nd/6...900+ points...I finish 3122nd in NA...CHATZ wins.
I score my points early before the others really start playing. Rob and Ron check up on Phil who has become sick.
9:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...11860/15000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 237th in NA.
..................LITBOX...11836/15000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 240th in NA...the bar is 8th in North America with an 87xx average.
I somehow win 11 badges this game.

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