NTN Encore Question of August 11th, 2012.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...BOB DYLAN over Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith
Encore Question:...The opening line of Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin'' is "Come _________________":
Tonight I'm playing on my own. My friends were going to an outdoor concert but with the rain they were going to crash a bachelor party. There's no one here playing for more than a few minutes and they aren't P+ players.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...5000/5000..1st/3. .............LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/3...no guessing required. Ohoh. There's a Bob Dylan movie question. The 3rd place guy goes home. The Line Up...ROCKET...14000/15000...1st/3. ...........LITBOX...14000/15000...1st/3...Another Bob Dylan question of a movie 'No Direction Home'. I have never heard the name of the Megadeth mascot and got that one wrong. Triviaoke...ROCKET...18720/25000...1st/3. ............LITBOX...18720/25000...1st/3. I take four -250s this round and was lucky to get two more guesses right. Opening Act...ROCKET...23970/35000...1st/3. ...........LITBOX...23970/35000...1st/3. The Pound key round. I figured I must have gone 5 right for 1000, 2 for +250, 1 for -250, and 2 I didn't answer. I didn't answer the Bob Dylan question. Headliner...ROCKET...37220/56250...1st/3. ............LITBOX...37220/56250...1st/3. BOB DYLAN: 1. Singer Bob Dylan officially changed his name from Robert __________ in 1962.:--Zimmerman...2. Bob Dylan's first US top 40 single was 1965's 'Subterranean _____________ Blues':--Homesick...3. 'Mr Tambourine Man' written by Bob Dylan was a hit single for what band in 1965?--The Byrds...4. Bob Dylan co-wrote, starred in, and composed the soundtrack to the 2003 movie:-- Masked and Anonymous...5. 'Highway __ Revisited' is the title of a famous album and song by Bob Dylan:--61...6. Bob Dylan said this song "took him ten years to live and two years to write":--Tangled Up In Blue...7. "Once Upon A Time You Dressed So Fine" is the opening line in this classic Dylan song:--Like A Rolling Stone...8. Which hit for Peter, Paul, and Mary was written and originally recorded by Boy Dylan?--Blowin' In The Wind...9. Bob Dylan co-wrote the 1975 protest song 'Hurricane' about:--a boxer... 10. 'The __________ Bob Dylan' was the folk singer's 1963 album which featured several protest songs.
They had asked Bob Dylan questions as the Headliner on January 9th, 2010 but the other possible choices were sort of obscure artists. I made notes about Leonard Cohen and expanded my notes on Bob Dylan as I'd only written down his Grammy and Academy Awards. This time I added singles and albums. Of course once the lights are turned down I couldn't read them anyway but it's practice on my way here. No notes on Patti Smith except a look through Wikipedia.
OK so Bob Dylan it is. Q1 used that in the other Bob Dylan Headliner. Q2 easy enough. Q3 song and group are asked plenty of times
Q4 this is the one I didn't get. Never heard of it. I went for 'Empire Burlesque' because at least it was an album title but the
year was wrong. Q5 had to get the number right. Q6 would have been tough but the correct answer was the ONLY Dylan song listed.
Q7 more triviaoke but I knew this. Q8 at least they were all PPM songs but this was the Bob Dylan one. Q9 I read about and the other
choices were floods, nuclear disarmament, landmines etc. Q10 easy enough. GARION and I noticed that Q8's extra fact gave away the answer to Q10.
Song and album titles reviews was the way to study this week.
9 of 10 this time was an improvement on 6 of 10 last time he was a headliner.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
Answers:
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I know this by the time I read through the choices. I've heard the song enough on so many documentaries about the Vietnam War protests.
Correct Answer:....5. gather 'round people
[NTN Extra Fact:..."...wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown".]
I'm right and win as ROCKET/LITBOX with 55830. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 46th in the
Playback East district. I finish 5th on this bar's reset Hall of Fame.
(ntn.com listed the bar finishes 52nd out of 1096 bars with a 23332 average but my two were the only scores counted).
I see the Squire & Firkin ranked in some games (28th for this one) but I saw on the ntn.com site that their three P+ player team were not my friends.
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 37220 5 55830 46 104 ROCKET 37220 5 55830 46 104 GARION 5500 5 5500 4189 --- PAPAD 1500 x 1500 6023 --- IDUUNO 0 5 0 6712 2308 ME 0 5 0 6712 2308 (ntn.com listed 2492 Players Plus players with 2307 having a positive score in the Playback East district).
Other games:
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...8321/15000...2nd/3...1000+ points...I'm 1105th in NA.
...............LITBOX...8327/15000...1st/3...1000+ points...I'm 1102nd in NA...Service is slow here tonight but I'm logged
on in time for the last nine questions and squeeze through the 8000+ standard.
8:00pm...Playback...(see above)
9:00pm...Tuned In...ROCKET...6156/10000...1st/4...I earn 1000+ points...I'm 152nd in Playback East.
.........LITBOX...6156/10000...1st/4...I earn 1000+ points...I'm 152nd in Playback East.
Wow I ranked so high but but just make the point standard. Half the questions are on recent television which I haven't seen.
9:15pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...3250/26000...3rd/8...900+ points...I'm 2262nd in NA...IDUNNO wins with 4500.
...........LITBOX...2000/26000...5th/8...900+ points...I'm 3061st in NA.
There's a lot of people push into this game. Answering fast is their fun. Folks clock answers at .01 seconds and finish
with negative points but are glad to see their names lit up. I'm too slow with my one second ahswers. I find more enjoyment
continuously muttering "Fuck you BO" to some Skaratings message board writer who doesn't like the way I usually play.
9:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...12245/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 219th in NA.
..................LITBOX...12245/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 219th in NA.
Ron BATMAN (was CHATZ) arrives to play so I stay a while longer.
10:00pm...Late Shift...ROCKET...9357/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 9th on the Network Top 20 for all NA.
.................LITBOX...9357/10000...1st/3...900+ points...I'm 9th on the Network Top 20 for all NA.
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