NTN Encore Question of August 25th, 2012.
Played at The Frog & Firkin in North York, Ontario.
Headliner:...STAR DRUMMERS over Best Guitar Riffs and Piano/Keyboard Players
Encore Question:...Tony Williams played drums for the famous jazz quintet led by:
Tonight I'm playing on my own so chose the closest location to me.
Here's how my game went and my comments: Tune Up...ROCKET...4500/5000..1st/4. .............LITBOX...4500/5000...1st/4...my two boards and PAPAD win. The Line Up...ROCKET...9500/15000...1st/5. ...........LITBOX...9500/15000...1st/5...WAGNER wins round. He just arrived for this round. This week I only could get 5 right and 5 wrong for one of my worst scores at this round. Triviaoke...ROCKET...13910/25000...2nd/5. ............LITBOX...13950/25000...1st/5. I take four -250s this round. WAGNER wins round. Opening Act...ROCKET...19910/35000...2nd/5. ...........LITBOX...19950/35000...1st/5...my two boards win round. 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. Headliner...ROCKET...41160/56250...2nd/5. ............LITBOX...41200/56250...1st/5...I go 10 for 10 to help build my score to quite good recovering from some poor earlier rounds. STAR DRUMMERS: 1. He was the most famous Big Band drummer of the 1930s/40s:--Gene Krupa...2. Stewart Copeland was the drummer for the rock band:--The Police...3. For which legendary rock band was Jon Bonham the drummer?--Led Zeppelin...4. Which jazz musician had a vaudeville act called 'Traps-The Drum Wonder'?--Buddy Rich...5. For which rock band was Keith Moon the drummer?-- Keith Moon...6. Cindy Blackman started playing drums in 1993 for the rock group led by:--Lenny Kravitz...7. He is the drummer for the famous rock band Deep Purple:--Ian Paice...8. Which punk rock band was Travis Barker the drummer for?--Blink 182... 9. Neil Peart plays drums for this famous Canadian rock band:--Rush...10. Which rock drummer and percussionist is famous for her work with Prince and Ringo Starr?--Sheila E
For Q1 and Q4, from the list of choices they were the only names I recognized as drummers (I knew some weren't). Q2, Q3, Q5 were basic rock questions. Q6 and Q7 I could eliminate the other choices. Q8 easy enough. Q9 at least the other choices were Canadian bands. Q10 knew it and was glad as it was the only choice I recognized.
Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual.
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I don't know this. It could be any of the five choices. I decide on Charlie Parker when I hear the other two players at the bar mention his name.
Correct Answer:....4. Miles Davis
[NTN Extra Fact:...In 1969 Williams formed his own jazz band named Lifetime.]
Afterward I was thinking that Tony Williams was one of the grandparents in The Cosby Show but later looked it up to find it was Joe Williams, a jazz singer (not drummer). Nope I'm not three times lucky tonight on jazz questions.
I'm wrong and fall to second place as LITBOX with 20600. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 312th in the
Playback East district.
(ntn.com listed the bar finishing 102nd out of 1024 bars with an 11844 average as only three boards were P+ players.)
I gave a thumbs up to PAPAD for winning. He bet 0 for the final question so didn't lose any points.
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank LITBOX 41200 5 20600 312 412 ROCKET 41160 5 20580 312 413 WAGNER 30480 5 15240 483 --- PAPAD 25910 5 25910 208 --- MRBOBO 18040 5 18040 387 519 (ntn.com listed 2234 Players Plus players with 2093 having a positive score in the Playback East district).
Other games:
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...9782/15000...2nd/4...1000+ points...I'm 400th in NA.
...............LITBOX...9776/15000...3rd/4...1000+ points...I'm 401st in NA.
8:00pm...Playback...(see above)
9:00pm...Tuned In...ROCKET...7088/10000...2nd/4...I earn 1000+ points...I'm 153rd in Playback East.
.........LITBOX...7094/10000...1st/4...I earn 1000+ points...I'm 152nd in Playback East.
Wow same rank as my last time out.
9:15pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...7000/26000...1st/5...900+ points...I miss seeing the rankings.
...........LITBOX...2750/26000...4th/5...900+ points.
No one I know here and every other TV switched to NFL pre-season football so I decided to leave early.
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