Detours of "The Amazing Race 14" Quiz

Answer: 'Austrian Folly'

Arriving in Schonau am Konigsee, teams found their first Detour task of the race, a choice between 'Balancing Dolly' and 'Austrian Folly'. In 'Balancing Dolly', completed by Mel and Mike, Kisha and Jen, Jaime and Cara, and Mark and Michael, teams needed to ride Segways along a two mile obstacle course and through a finish line to collect their next clue. Those completing 'Austrian Folly' headed to a nearby tent to throw pies at one another's faces until they found one with a cherry filling. After the Detour, teams headed through the town to the Holzsager go get their next clue.

Answer: Kisha and Jen

In Leg 3, teams headed by plane to Romania and then by train through the countryside to the town of Brasov in Transylvania. Here, teams located a Detour task at Biserica Neagra requiring the choice between 'Gypsy Move' and 'Vampire Remains'. In the former task, completed by Mike and Mel, Kisha and Jen, Amanda and Kris, and Mark and Michael, teams headed to a gypsy encampment and loaded belongings onto a horse-drawn cart to transport them to a nearby field.

In 'Vampire Remains', the other five teams headed to a forest near Bran Castle to open coffins and stake wooden frames hidden inside to find race flags to trade for their next clue.

After this, teams headed to the third Pit Stop at Vila Panoramic.

Answer: Amanda and Kris

In Leg 4, teams made their way to Siberia, Russia and teams completed a series of tasks relating to the locals' way of life. In the Detour, found at the Church of Saint Innokenty in Ovsyanka, teams chose between 'Stack' and 'Construct'. In 'Stack', teams needed to properly stack a wall of firewood next to a given example. If this wall (or the example) fell over, teams would need to build up both. Christie and Jodi, Kisha and Jen, Margie and Luke, Jaime and Cara, and Tammy and Victor finished 'Stack'.

In 'Construct', teams needed to head to a nearby village and construct and mount a set of window shutters. Mike and Mel, Mark and Michael, and Amanda and Kris finished this. After the Detour, Margie and Luke used a 'Blind U-Turn' to anonymously force Amanda and Kris to return and complete the other Detour task causing their elimination.

Answer: A church

Heading across Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway, teams found a Detour task at the Punkt Tekhnicheskogo Osmotra in Novosibirsk and chose between 'Russian Bride' and 'Russian Snowplow'. In 'Russian Bride', teams needed to locate the apartment of a Russian bride in a complex in Novosibirsk, then drive her to her groom at a city chapel. Mel and Mike, Kisha and Jen, and Christie and Jodi finished this Detour task.

In 'Russian Snowplow', teams needed to go to a city lot and drive a large Russian snowplow along a marked course to receive their clue. Tammy and Victor, Margie and Luke, Jaime and Cara, and Mark and Michael completed this one.

Answer: India

In Leg 6, teams headed to Jaipur, India for a series of tasks. Here, teams found a Detour task at a puppet store and they needed to choose between 'Movers' and 'Shakers'. In 'Movers', teams needed to ride cycle rickshaws one and a half miles through the city of Jaipur to a location where they would need to empty the contents they carried, ten large barrels filled with hay, to find a small, metal elephant to trade for their next clue. Only Mark and Michael finished this task.

In 'Shakers', teams donned horse costumes and danced for money in the streets of Jaipur.

When teams earned one hundred rupees, they traded them for the next clue directing them to the Pit Stop at Jaigarh Fort. All of the other teams finished this task.

Answer: False

In Leg 7, teams flew to Phuket, Thailand for tasks revolving around the city, its zoo, and its harbour. In the Detour task, teams chose between '100 Barrels' and '2 Miles'. In '100 Barrels', Kisha and Jen and Mel and Mike headed to a harbour to deal with one hundred barrels on a fishing boat. Over fifty barrels needed to be hauled to the top of the boat for fish and the remaining barrels on the bottom half of the boat needed to be filled with fresh water (from a hose) for the teams to get their clue.

In '2 Miles', teams pushed rickshaws along a two mile course to their next clue box. During this time, one team member needed to sit in the cart while the other pushed and teams could not ask their taxis to lead them. Jaime and Cara, Mark and Michael, Margie and Luke, and Tammy and Victor finished this task.

Answer: 'Broken Record'

Teams continued through Thailand in Leg 8 of the race, this time heading to the city of Bangkok. Once they completed the Road Block, teams had to choose their Detour task, either 'Broken Teeth' or 'Broken Record'. In 'Broken Teeth', which Margie and Luke completed, teams needed to go to the 'Street of Happy Smiles' to insert dentures into five peoples' mouths and correctly fit them to receive their next clue.

In 'Broken Record', completed by the other four remaining teams, they needed to hire a party taxi at a certain location and travel with three 'women' (actually transsexual men...welcome to Thailand) five miles to their next destination while singing Thai karaoke.

After this, teams went to the Pit Stop at Phaya Thai Palace.

Answer: Jaime and Cara

In Leg 9, teams arrived at the Ancient South Gate in Guilin, China to find their Detour, a choice between 'Choreography' and 'Calligraphy'. Jaime and Cara and Mark and Michael completed 'Choreography' which involved teams learning a dance and performing it for the duration of a song to the approval of two dance judges to receive their clue. Kisha and Jen, Tammy and Victor, and Margie and Luke completed 'Calligraphy' in which the teams had to transcribe Chinese characters onto pads of paper to the approval of their judges at four different calligraphy stations around the nearby park.

After this task, teams ran to the next Pit Stop overlooking the Sun and Moon Pagodas.

Answer: 'Swim'

Teams found their Detour task at the Guangcai Natatorium in Beijing and were confronted with a choice between 'Sync' and 'Swim'. In 'Sync', teams needed to dive off three-meter high diving boards into an Olympic pool to receive their next clue. However, teams needed to be in sync, hitting the water at the same time and receiving a score of 5 from both judges.

In 'Swim', teams needed to complete a relay in an Olympic pool alternating between 100m laps for a total of 400m. While Tammy and Victor and Kisha and Jen initially chose 'Sync', all four teams completed 'Swim' before heading to Phil and the mat at the Beijing Drum Tower.

Answer: Kisha and Jen

In the final Detour, teams found themselves at Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing completing a final Detour task. In 'Beijing Opera', teams needed to go backstage at a local opera house and complete their teammate's makeup to match one of two models. When they dressed up as their models, complete with makeup, they would receive their next clue. Jaime and Cara, Margie and Luke, and Kisha and Jen completed this task.

In 'Chinese Waiter', teams needed to take five orders from patrons at a local restaurant, in Mandarin, and recite them to the waiter.

When this food was made, they would then need to serve it to the proper customers to get their clue. Tammy and Victor chose this task before U-Turning Kisha and Jen, thus forcing them to complete the task as well.