NTN Encore Question of May 12th, 2012.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Headliner:...MOTHERS IN SONG over Songs of Spring and Musical Moms
Encore Question:...This group sang the line "Mama I just want you to know loving you's like food for my soul":
Tonight I'm playing with my two boards with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA, LeAnn LIZZY and Phil PLBAAB.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...3500/5000..1st/10...there's a five way tie with my two boards, COSMO, METLCA, and DODIE. .............LITBOX...3500/5000...1st/10. I would have done even worse if Rob hadn't have got us one. The Line Up...ROCKET...10500/15000...4th/10. ...........LITBOX...10500/15000...4th/10...I go 7 right and 3 wrong which was as bad as last week. I get both 'San Francisco' answers wrong. The name of a Van Morrison album and where the Concert For Tibet was held. PLBAAB wins round and takes the lead. Triviaoke...ROCKET...20120/25000...2nd/10. COSMO is in the lead with 21250. ............LITBOX...20120/25000...2nd/10. I didn't get any -250s this week and all my answers were for at least 900 points. Opening Act...ROCKET...24870/35000...1st/10. ...........LITBOX...24870/35000...1st/10. The Pound key round. I figured I must have gone 5 right for 1000, 2 for +250, 3 for -250, and 0 I didn't answer. PLBAAB wins round but my two boards take the lead. Headliner...ROCKET...35120/56250...1st/10. ............LITBOX...35120/56250...1st/10...I get eight right while the others probably got seven as I just guessed at Q5 but I know he's a favourite of the quiz writers. MOTHERS IN SONG: 1. 'Mother and Child Reunion' was the first solo hit for this singer/songwriter:--Paul Simon...2. Which of these 'Mother' songs is a Garth Brooks classic?--Papa Loved Mama...3. 'Mama Told Me Not To Come' is one of the most famous songs of this quirky songwriter: --Randy Newman...4. What is the name of the mother in The Beatles 'Let It Be'?--Mary...5. "Mama, papa, boys and girls, holding hands around the world" are lines from a song by:--Todd Rundgren...6. Which C & W singer's first hit was 'Let Mother Nature Have Her Way':--Carl Smith... 7. 'Mother Popcorn' is a 1960s recording by:--James Brown...8. The 1962 single 'Mama Sang A Song' was his first visit to the top of the charts:-- Bill Anderson...9. In the Rolling Stones song what color is Mother's little helper?--Yellow...10. This singer had an alternative radio hit in 1996 with 'Mother Mother':--Tracy Bonham
I miss Q6 and Q9 in this round to hurt on building up bonus points. Rob got us Q2. I wouldn't have got Q3 until I saw the choice of somgwriters and remember I'd read that before. Q4, not tough for this Beatles fan. Q5 I didn't know but I know the quizwriters are Todd Rundgren fans. Didn't know Q6. I've never heard of Carl Smith but the after question factoid said he was known as 'Mr Country' in the 1950s with 30 C&W hits. Knew Q7. Q8 was my pattern guess answer and about the only name I recognized. The correct answers turned out to be 1,2,2,3,1,1,1,1,3,2. I noticed a pattern about halfway through and said the default answer was '1'. That got me Q8 as I had no clue otherwise. If I'd just started thinking of the first few lines of Q9 I should have got the pill colour. Instead I went with '1' which was 'Green'. I got Q10 out of the list of alt rocker women but said she was Australian (instead of from Oregon) when Phil asked if she was the daughter of John Bonham.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Wow I need this right to earn the bonus points and that hasn't happened for a long time.
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I didn't know this but I was caught up in the pattern of the Headliner round and went with '1'. I then thought that it would be either them or Destiny's Child--maybe soul for soul music. Nah Boyz II Men seems the best.
Correct Answer:....1. Boyz II Men
[NTN Extra Fact:...It's from their 'A Song For Mama', from the soundtrack to the movie 'Soul Food'].
I'm right and win as ROCKET with 52680. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 6th on the Network Top 20
in the Playback East district. The bar was 3rd in the Playback East district with a 50289 average...I win and place 4th on this bar's reset
Hall of Fame out of only eight listings. It's the lowest of our group's four scores.
(ntn.com kept us in 3rd out of 1042 bars in the district).
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank ROCKET 35120 1 52680 6 16 LITBOX 35120 1 52680 6 16 COSMO 34750 1 52125 7 18 METLCA 31800 1 47700 13 35 LIZZY 30840 1 46260 18 43 PLBAAB 29910 1 44865 19 48 LOLIFE 19140 - 19140 250 360 MTMIND 13590 - 13590 439 ---- DODDY 9510 - 9510 1070 961 RON 8280 - 8280 1825 1128 (ntn.com listed 2431 Players Plus players with 2237 having a positive score in the Playback East district).
Other games:
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...5725/15000...3rd/8...1000+ points...I'm 3021st in NA...I'm signed on by the eighth question.
...............LITBOX...5725/15000...3rd/8...1000+ points...I'm 3021st in NA...RON wins...my boards earn seven badges each.
8:00pm...Playback...(see above)
9:00pm...Tuned In...ROCKET...5918/10000...2nd/8...I earn 500+ points...I'm 243rd in NA.
.........LITBOX...5887/10000...3rd/8...I'm 250th in NA...the bar is 20th in NA with a 6010 average.
Looks like not many players earned the bonus points for finishing at 6000 points.
9:15pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...2750/28000...2nd/8...900+ points...I finish 3283rd in NA.
...........LITBOX...2750/28000...2nd/8...900+ points...I finish 3283rd in NA...LOLIFE wins.
I work on my ROCKET board until I meet the standard then switch to my other board and stop before the end.
9:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...14463/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 37th in NA.
..................LITBOX...14463/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 37th in NA...the bar is 15th in North America with a 12972 average.
I earn 13 badges per board for this game.
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