Amazing Race Contest: LEG 7 QUESTIONS

This week's questions are now online!

Deadline to reply to the questions is noon (Eastern time) prior to the airing of the show (April 5th)

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Good Luck!!!

GRAND PRIZE THIS SEASON IS A $200 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO DISH DEPOT
2nd Place prize is a $50 Gift Certificate to an online retailer of your choice.

 

QUESTION 1: Which team comes in first for this leg of the race?Lose a day if correct. One day added for incorrect.
Brian/Greg - brothers
Lynn/Alex - boyfriends
Meredith/Gretchen - grandparents
Rob/Amber - engaged
Ron/Kelly - dating
Uchenna/Joyce - married

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QUESTION 2: Which team comes in last place for this leg of the race?
Lose a day if correct. One day added for incorrect.
Brian/Greg - brothers
Lynn/Alex - boyfriends
Meredith/Gretchen - grandparents
Rob/Amber - engaged
Ron/Kelly - dating
Uchenna/Joyce - married

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QUESTION 3: Which team members will take the roadblock for this leg?
One day added for each member you incorrectly or fail to correctly select.
Brian - brothers
Greg - brothers
Lynn - boyfriends
Alex - boyfriends
Meredith - grandparents
Gretchen - grandparents
Rob - engaged
Amber - engaged
Ron - dating
Kelly - dating
Uchenna - married
Joyce - married
There is no roadblock for this leg.

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QUESTION 4: Which teams will be the first to arrive at the roadblock and detours?First is defined as the team pulling the clue from the box first. One day added for each incorrect and missing answer.
Brian/Greg - brothers
Lynn/Alex - boyfriends
Meredith/Gretchen - grandparents
Rob/Amber - engaged
Ron/Kelly - dating
Uchenna/Joyce - married


Someone asked for clarification on how this is ruled. This will not be treated as two separate questions, but a cumulative result. If one team comes in first for the detour and another comes in first for the roadblock, the answer will both both those teams.

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QUESTION 5: What is the time difference between the 1st and last team at the start of this leg?
All but closest answer gains a day. Closest answer wins a Yield, and subtracts a day from their time. They also win the chance to yield another player, adding an additional day.

53 minutes
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QUESTION 6: Will the 1st place finishers of this leg win an additional prize?Get the question right and lose a day. Wrong and gain a day.
Yes - they win a trip
Yes - they win cash
Yes - they win something else
No - they just have the satisfaction of coming in first
No - there is no pitstop for this hour

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DETOURS:
Pick one of the following detours to answer. You may choose to not answer a detour if you wish and simple leave both blank. You will be graded against others who likewise choose that option. If you answer more than one, you will be graded only on the one that the majority of other players also pick, resulting in a possibly worse score.

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DETOUR 1: Our teams begin driving through Africa and find all manner of animals. Of course, if I wanted to see a giraffe or elephant I'd need to go to a zoo. Which US zoo has the most elephants? Provide link.


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DETOUR 2: Kelly, of the Ron/Kelly team, is not the only one in her family to succeed. What prestigeous school does her next younger brother attend?

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PRE-CONTEST POLL OPTION
I believe my candidate will be eliminated this leg and wish to opt out now.

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The following questions apply only for the recap episode airing on Wednesday. They serve as bonus questions allowing folks to better their score.

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QUESTION 7 - Recap episode: How many times do we hear the word "Survivor"?
Closest answer loses two days. No penalty for others.




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QUESTION 8 - Recrap episode: How many times do we hear the world "Iraq"?
Closest answer loses two days. No penalty for others.




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QUESTION 9 - Recap episode: How many total clue boxes do we see in the recap episode?
Closest answer loses two days. No penalty for others.

Someone asked for clarification on how this will be scored. If the same cluebox is shown multiple times, it counts only once.

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QUESTION 10 - Recap episode: How many times do we see a team reach a pit stop"?
Closest answer loses two days. No penalty for others.

Clarification on how I'll score: Simply running toward the pit stop won't count (as they haven't yet reached it). Otherwise no real requirements of seeing the mat, Phil or whatnot.

Results:
THIS WEEKS RESULTS

CUMULATIVE RESULTS

 

D'oh!

Tommorrow noon.

 

Too late of course for you, but the bonus questions are not all that complex. Probably just add a minute or two at most if you give them some serious thought. Just a few seconds if you give a quick top of the head answer.

They are the same sort of questions as a yield (but without the penalties), and only one person will likely get the bonus points for each one.

 

FYI: I've been saving a pic of Amanda that I plan on using as my avatar this July.

 

I'm presuming though that you meant to say "or", so that I would gain 2 days, 1 day for the incorrect and 1 day for the missing.

Ok, confused a bit by the semantics thing, but the double penatly above is the way it will be judged. If you check previous answers I've ruled the same way in the past.

If you want to avoid getting double penalized for having wrong answers, the solution is to not give anything but the answers you are sure of. Thus you only get penalized for missing the team.

 

Nope, unfortunately I haven't had time to process it yet. I'll have it up before tommorrow's episode.

FYI: Monday was my 13th wedding anniversary, and I'm on vacation all week, so access has been limited.

 

FYI: I posted the raw data in the excel file above. I've not yet had time to finish grading. The zoo question is requiring some further research on my end.

I do agree however with one poster who noted that sanctuaries are not the same as zoos.