New Season, New Blog

Hello everyone,

The new season of The Amazing Race is set to start on November 4th, 2007. A new season, a new pool, which means a new blog. See you over there!

Scrappy

Bonus Question: Week Eight (Nine?)

The teams took a staggering leap all the way to Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is famous for a few reasons, but one is something that Harry Potter would totally love.

What famous landmark in Kuala Lumpur would Harry Potter be a fan of, and why?

[hint: there's a word in the first couple sentences that's a clue]

Good luck!

Week Seven: Bonus Question

So the teams went to Auschwitz, and all seemed fairly shaken up and moved by the experience. Maybe Charla will be inspired to write a book about a dwarf with a mentally ill relative living in Nazi Germany and observing the atrocities.

Well, if she did, she'd be denied 'cause someone already wrote that book.

What is the title and author of the book described above?

Week Seven: Caption THIS!

Week Six and Week Seven Team Scores

Week Six

1. Charla and Mirna 140
2. Danny and Oswald 110
3. Uchenna and Joyce 80
   
4. Dustin and Kandice 70
5. Eric and Danielle 60
6. Joe and Bill 50

Week Seven

1. Danny and Oswald 310
2. Uchenna and Joyce 300
3. Dustin and Kandice 220
4. Charla and Mirna 110
5. Eric and Danielle 80
6. Joe and Bill -110
   

Scores after Week Seven

1. Tracy 2710
   
2. Caitlin G 2590
3. Terry 2460
   
4. Allegra 2390
5. Amy, Janis 2250
6. Michelle L 2230
   
7. Adam 2140
8. Joanna 2050
   
9. Ami, Caitlin S 2010
10. Anton, Peter 2000
11. Curt 1940
12. Les 1900
    
13. Eric 1880
    
14. Chris H, Scott 1850
15. Zoe 1780
    
16. Willow 1760
    
17. Staci 1720
    
18. Chris M 1650
19. Ty 1630
    
20. Sarah 1570
    
21. Mark D 1560
22. Mary 1530
    
23. Kristin 1460
24. Robyn 1450
    
25. June 1340
    
26. Agnes 1240
27. Courtney W 1160
28. Mark A 1110
    
29. Judy 1100
    
30. Courtney M 1070
31. Jay 1060
    
32. Andy, Bari 1020
33. Lacey 990
    
34. Ben 940
35. PB 930
36. Stephanie 920
    
37. Linda 870
    
38. Laura -40
    

Week Seven: MAX POINTS Bonus

When Charla and Mirna reached the boat dock, they were told they could not sail due to bad weather, even thought it was totally sunny outside.

1. How far away is Zanzibar City from Dar es Salaam?

2. How long would it have taken to get there in the dhau (I'm guessing on spelling)?

Good luck!

Week Seven: Bonus Question

According to Teri and Ian in an interview post-race, the reason flights were so booked to Dar es Salaam was due to 10,000 people headed to the city for a religious ceremony / pigrimage.

Since Danny told us during the Mozambique episode that it was World's AIDS Day, what religion ceremony caused our favorite cranky old military couple to get philiminated?

Good luck!

Team scores for Week Five

Here you go Sheryl! Sorry dude.

1. Charla and Mirna 80
2. Dustin and Kandice 80
   
3. Teri and Ian 70
   
4. Danny and Oswald 40
   
5. Eric and Danielle 40
   
6. Joe and Bill 150
   
7. Uchenna and Joyce 30
   

Week Five: Bonus Question

This week saw some rodents of Charla's Size (ROCS) being used to sniff out landmines (or, in this case, clues).

What type of rodent is used to perform these landmine duties? (20 points)
What is one drawback to using rodents for this work? (10 points)
What movie from the 1980s had some rodents that were actually Charla's size? (10 points)

Week Five: Caption THIS!

Pool Scores After Week Five

1. Terry 1820
   
2. Adam 1780
3. Caitlin G 1650
4. Tracy 1620
   
5. Anton 1540
6. Caitlin S 1500
7. Michelle L. 1420
   
8. Ami, Mark D. 1400
9. Amy, Chris M 1280
10. Eric 1260
11. Joanna 1240
    
12. Allegra 1230
13. Chris H 1210
14. Stacy 1200
    
15. Janis 1160
    
16. Curt 1140
17. Zoe 1090
    
18. Ty, Willow 1080
    
19. Scott 1050
    
20. Kristin 1030
    
21. Judy 970
22. Courtney W 930
23. Peter 920
24. Sarah 900
    
25. Mark A. 880
    
26. Lacey, Mary 860
    
27. Courtney M 850
    
28. Andy, Robyn, Jay 840
29. Les 810
    
30. Bari 800
    
31. Agnes 730
32. June 660
33. PB 640
    
34. Linda 610
    
35. Ben, Stephanie 560
36. Laura -290
    

The scores are late...

Because St. Patrick's Day nearly did me in.

Want proof? Click here.

But I'm doing them right now.

Week Five: Before and Afters

There were no entertaining pictures I could find for this week's episode, so this week I have a new challenge. Write me some Race related "Before and Afters".

Example: Question: Singing Diva's distress call in space Answer: Whitney Houston we have a problem.

Ten points for each one you send me via email.

Good luck! I will post all on the blog (and they might be the bonus question next week).

Bonus Question: Week Five

The teams have finally left Chile behind! And last week in Oregon, I left some chili behind I wish I had gotten. It was a container of hot sauce that you could control the temperature by twisting the cap one way or the other.

• Where could I buy this hot sauce on the internet? (20 points)
• Where could I find this hot sauce in Minneapolis so I don't have to pay shipping (I will MAX your bonus points for the week if you find me this one)
  

Week Three Bonus Answer

The Gauley River through the New River Gorge is the 8th best place in the world to white water raft, but only when the class V rapids are open for 22 days in September and October when the day is opened specifically to create these awesome rapids.

Oh, it's beautiful, too.





Pictures taken in November 2006 while on tour with Buckets and Tap Shoes.

Team Scores After Week Four

1. Danny and Oswald 150
2. Eric and Dani 110
3. Teri and Ian 90
4. Joe and Bill 50
5. Dustin and Kandice 40
6. Joyce and Uchenna 70
7. Charla and Mirna -90
8. Rob and Amber -90
   

Pool Scores After Week Four

1. Terry 1580
   
2. Adam, Caitlin G 1540
3. Tracy 1470
   
4. Anton, Caitlin 1320
5. Michelle L. 1250
   
6. Mark D. 1150
   
7. Ami 1140
8. Joanna 1090
   
9. Curt 1070
   
10. Amy, Stacey 1030
11. Scott 980
    
12. Allegra 930
13. Chris M., Eric, Janis, Kristin 910
    
14. Chris H., Willow 880
15. Ty 850
    
16. Judy, Zoe 820
17. Sarah 790
    
18. Courtney M., Mary 750
19. Jay 740
    
20. Lacey 710
    
21. Andy, Bari, Courtney W. 700
22. Les 660
23. Mark A. 650
24. Peter 630
25. Robyn 570
    
26. PB 560
    
27. June 460
    
28. Agnes 450
29. Linda 410
    
30. Ben 330
31. Stephanie 280
    
32. Laura -370
    

Week Four: Caption THIS!

Two pictures to choose from, because I found them both really funny.

Answer to Week Three Bonus

Jack London wrote about the Valley of the Moon in his book, titled Valley of the Moon. It is located in Sonoma Valley, California.