Amazing Race 10 Trivia

1. The first leg of the race took teams to a Road Block at the Gold House Restaurant in which country?

From Quiz Road Blocks of "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: China

Teams flew from Seattle, Washington to the city of Beijing, China in the beginning of the very first leg of the race. Upon their arrival, teams were required to travel to the Gold House Restaurant where one member of each team would complete the Road Block task (clearly an eating task). This selected member needed to receive a bowl of fish heads and eat only the eyes before receiving their clue. Karlyn, Duke, Peter, Mary, James, Jamie, Tom, Kandice, Rob, Vipul, Bilal, and Erwin finished this first task before teams headed to the leg's impromptu midway point at the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City. Here, in a surprising twist, Bilal and Sa'eed were eliminated from the race at a midway mat leaving only eleven teams in the race.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Kellie and Jamie

In Leg 1, eleven teams completed a Detour task at a specific intersection in Houhai in Beijing. Here, they chose between 'Labour', in which teams needed to use bricks to pave a section of intricate Chinese sidewalk, or they needed to complete 'Leisure' in which teams needed to perform Taiji Bailong, placing and balancing a ball upon a paddle. After the Detour, teams needed to go to Juyong Pass on the Great Wall of China and scale the side of the wall to reach the Pit Stop. While most teams completed 'Labour', Tom and Terry and Kellie and Jamie completed the 'Leisure' Detour task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: 12

Season 12 was the third season of "The Amazing Race" to have twelve teams of two on it.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [6]

Answer: Morocco

In Leg 10, teams departed from the Pit Stop in Kiev, Ukraine and headed thousands of miles to Ouarzazote, Morocco. Although a lot of the teams were on even grounds upon arrival in Morocco, Lyn and Karlyn were able to get ahead. At an antiques store in Kasbah, teams were told to obtain a good luck charm, which they needed to take with them to the Pit Stop. Teams were then told to head six miles to Atlas Studios, where a Yield would be ahead.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [5]

Answer: Frankfurt

Departing from the Cathedral Andohalo, teams were instructed to fly to Helsinki, Finland; this season's first European destination. Teams were given two tickets to Paris, which would reach Helsinki, but they were not restricted to use them. All of the teams took a flight to Johannesburg, and then to Frankfurt, Germany before reaching Helsinki. Once there, teams traveled to the Kappeli Café for a clue.

From Quiz Rocking The World, "The Amazing Race 10" Style

Answer: Kentucky

David and Mary became the first team to fall victim to a brand new twist. The last team that arrived at the pit stop was marked for elimination in the next leg.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [4]

Answer: Mauritius

Teams departed from the Pit Stop in Oman and were told to travel to the island country of Mauritius. Once there, teams would find their clues in their cars. David and Mary, who were first to arrive at the Kuwait City Pit Stop, departed at 12:37, while Tyler and James, who arrived last, left five hours later. All of the teams departed to Mauritius on the same flight.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [3]

Answer: Chennai

Teams departed from their Pit Stop in Halong Bay in the middle of the night, and they were instructed to go to Chennai, India. To do this, teams needed to take a train to Hanoi, then visit a travel agency for their tickets. Along the way, teams were split up arriving in different cities at different times for connecting flights. Peter and Sarah and Dustin and Kandice got the earliest flight, arriving at 7:20am, while four other teams got a flight at about 9:30am. David and Mary were not able to connect on this flight after taking the risk to fly to Delhi, so they took a flight set to arrive at 10:00am.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [2]

Answer: Hanoi

In the beginning of Leg 3, teams were instructed to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam. Here, they would need to travel to Hau Lau Prison (aka the Hanoi Hilton). Teams departed with no extra money and were told not to beg or sell items during the leg. Also, teams had to reserve seats on a flight at the travel agency in the Genghis Khan Hotel. On the way to the prison, teams had to avoid a car crash and Duke and Lauren were forced to hand over their last $11. Teams waited until 8:00am for their next clue.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [1]

Answer: Seattle

In this eleventh leg of the race, teams began at the starting line in Gas Works Park, the finish line for the third season of the show. Teams were told to head to the airport and take one of the two assigned planes to Beijing, China. Once there, teams needed to take a taxi to the Gold House Restaurant where they would obtain their next clue. Six teams were placed on each flight.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Four

After taking a two-and-a-half mile long horseback ride through the Mongolian countryside, teams found a Detour choice between 'Take It Down' and 'Fill It Up', both of which featured tasks common in nomadic Mongolian lives. In 'Take It Down', teams deconstructed the walls and roofs of nomadic shelters, gathered and tied the materials, and placed them on a donkey to receive their next clue. In 'Fill It Up', teams traveled with a cart to the nearby river, filled four canisters with water (using ladle devices), and brought the cart back to the nomad camp to fill a larger basin to a designated line to receive their clue. Duke and Lauren, Peter and Sarah, and Kellie and Jamie chose 'Take It Down' while the remaining seven teams chose 'Fill It Up'. After this, teams headed to Hotel Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar for the Road Block.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Bilal and Sa'eed

The teams were told to race to a spot to get their times for when they could leave for the next task. What Bilal and Sa'eed did not know was that the last team to get their time was eliminated prior to the pit stop.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [6]

Answer: Two

At the Atlas Studios, Teams evened out for a night-long wait and then competed in the Road Block. One team member was required to don traditional garb and ride a chariot around a stadium. At a point, team members needed to collect two flags matching the colours on their horse. Rob, Dustin, James, and Karlyn each completed this Moroccan task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [5]

Answer: Dustin and Kandice

At the Kappeli Café teams received a clue via an e-mail from loved ones and were told to take a train and taxi 125 miles to Tampere. Once there, teams traveled to the Soppeenharja School for the clue box. This is where the Detour was performed. In 'Swamp This' (completed by Dustin and Kandice and Lyn and Karlyn), teams had to cross country ski across a swamp. In 'Swamp That', teams crossed the swamp in an obstacle course. At the end of both, teams obtained their clues.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [4]

Answer: Model ships

Once teams found their cars in Mauritius, they found their clue in the form of a model ship. Teams needed to drive to Isla Mauritia in Grand Baie, and once there, they had to swim to the boat for their next clue. Once teams swam back to the shore, they could open the clue. This told teams to travel forty-nine miles to Case Noyale Post Office.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [3]

Answer: 2

In 'Wild Rice', teams were required to travel 200 yards to a nearby temple. Here, teams had to find a pattern painted on the ground an cover it with a fine powder made of rice to copy a design given to them. Once the design was completed properly, teams would receive their clue. Two teams completed this task during the race.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [2]

Answer: $5

At the prison, teams needed to find Senator John McCain's old flight suit amongst the maze-like passages. Here, teams were told to travel one and a half miles to a nearby intersection in Hanoi's Old Quarter Marketplace. Here they obtained the Road Block. During this task, teams needed to sell enough flowers for 80,000 Vietnamese Dollars (approx. $5 US dollars). After the task was complete, teams could keep the money they made.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [1]

Answer: Fish Eyes

At the Gold House Restaurant, teams had their first Road Block. Here, they had to choose one person who was hungry to stay in the race. Once the team member was chosen, they had to eat fish eyes from a bowl of cooked fish heads. Once all of their fish eyes were eaten they'd receive their next clue leading them to the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City of Beijing.

From Quiz Road Blocks of "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Peter

In Leg 4, teams needed to complete tasks in the Ha Long region of Vietnam with teams coming across their Road Block task at Hon Yen Ngua. Here, one member of each team was required to harness themselves into a mechanical ascender and ascend ninety feet up the side of a cliff face to receive their clue at the top. Once they completed this, they needed to rappel down with the clue to carry on to their Detour task at Sung Sot Cave. Dave, Terry, Rob, Sarah, Godwin, Karlyn, Tyler, and Dustin completed the task. Three team members could ascend at any one time, first come, first serve.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Coal

In Leg 3, teams found their way to the town of Phố Vác in Vietnam where they were given a Detour task consisting of 'Fuel' and 'Fowl'. In 'Fuel', teams needed to use a press to make thirty coal bricks from wet coal which could be used as a source of fuel. In 'Fowl', teams needed to craft birdcages in order to receive their clue. Every team except Duke and Lauren completed the Fuel Detour task; they were eliminated shortly after at the Pit Stop at the nearby Canh Dong Dia in Phố Vác.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Rob and Kimberly

David and Mary, Erwin and Godwin and Lyn and Karlyn were known as the "6 pack" Alliance. Rob and Kimberly enjoyed nothing more then to eliminate them all 1 by 1.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [6]

Answer: Lyn and Karlyn

Though they arrived first at the studios, the sisters were unable to keep up with the group and were Yielded by Dustin and Kandice before receiving their Road Block. Following the Road Block, teams drove twenty-two miles to the town of Idelssan and the Café Prigola where the could find their next clue. On the way, Rob and Kimberly got a flat tire, causing Lyn and Karlyn to sneak ahead despite the Yielding.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [5]

Answer: Two

After the Detour, teams were instructed to take a train 104 miles to Turku. Dustin and Kandice and Tyler and James caught the first train while the other three teams were stuck on the second leaving an hour later. At Turku's train station, teams took a marked Mercedes 78 miles to the town of Lohja where they had to find the Tytyrin Mine. Once teams descended into the mine, they could receive their clue.

From Quiz Rocking The World, "The Amazing Race 10" Style

Answer: San Francisco, California

Erwin and Godwin were brothers and made it to the final five before getting eliminated.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [3]

Answer: 16

In 'Wild Things', teams needed to travel thirty miles to the Madras Crocodile Bank and find pit 16. Here, they needed to tie up and carry a crocodile to a new pit. Once this was done, teams could receive their clue. Peter and Sarah, Dustin and Kandice, Erwin and Godwin, Lyn and Karlyn, and Rob and Kimberly completed this Detour task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [2]

Answer: Erwin and Godwin

After the Road Block, teams needed to travel by bus thirty miles to the town of Vac. Here, teams needed to travel by foot to a nearby Buddhist Temple called Din Vac. Once there, teams could find their clue. On the way, teams were scattered on five buses. When Tom and Terry arrived in Vac, they broke a rule stating that they could not ride a motorbike in Vietnam due to safety reasons. Because of this, they were penalized later in the leg.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10" [1]

Answer: Bilal and Sa'eed

Teams raced for a time at Meridian Gate that would tell them when they departed the following morning. The final team to arrive and pick their time was Bilal and Sa'eed, and although they didn't actually arrive at a Pit Stop, Phil told them that they were the first team to be eliminated during the race. This was the first of many surprises mentioned at the beginning of the race. The following morning, teams departed at 7:00, 7:15, and 7:30.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Wild Rice

Upon arriving in the city of Chennai, India, teams headed by taxi, then bus to the town of Mamallapuram to find Vallavar Arts and Crafts. Once there, teams chose between 'Wild Things' and 'Wild Rice'. In 'Wild Things', teams drove to the Madras Crocodile Bank and found a specific pit where they needed to wrangle a crocodile with professional wranglers and transport it to another pit to receive their next clue. In 'Wild Rice', teams used a reference picture and coloured rice powder to mimic a floral design on the ground in a very meticulous pattern. After the Detour, teams took a bus back to Chennai. 'Wild Things' participants included Dustin and Kandice, Peter and Sarah, Rob and Kimberly, Lyn and Karlyn, and Erwin and Godwin while Tyler and James and Mary and David finished 'Wild Rice'.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 10"

Answer: Sarah

During the race, Sarah suffered problems with her metal leg causing her and her partner to nearly get eliminated.

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