Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites Quiz

Answer: Ten

The game started in the Caramoan Islands with ten fans of the show landing on the beach to be told the news of this season's twist-- ten fans versus ten favourites, just like in "Survivor: Micronesia". While the ten fans would be combining to make the tribe Gota (with orange buffs), the ten returning Survivors spanning "Micronesia" to "Philippines" would become Bikal (in purple buffs).

Interestingly, Erik, who was part of the first "Fans Vs. Favorites" season, returned as a 'Favorite' this time.

The first Reward Challenge, for a flint and twenty pounds of beans, began immediately.

Answer: Shamar

On Day 8, Shamar scratched his eye with sand while lounging at camp, and while most of the Gota tribe sympathized with his injury, there was also a long-festering disdain for the tribesmate due to his lack of activity and poor attitude towards the game and survival in general.

The next day, after a fierce rainstorm, he was looked at by the "Survivor" medical team who determined that he scratched his cornea. It was on their recommendation that he was pulled from the game. The team went on to lose the next Immunity Challenge (on the same day) as well, continuing a losing streak for the orange buff.

Answer: Immunity Challenge

After several days of being on the fence about his being in the game, Brandon flip-flopped between wanting to compete and wanting to be voted out. On Night 10, he volunteered to be sent out, admitting that he would have peed in the beans and rice and set the shelter on fire.

The next several days, especially after the Reward Challenge, led to a tantrum back at the camp during which Brandon, upon discovering the tribe planned to throw a challenge to send him home, dumped Bikal's rice and beans into the sand.

At the next Immunity Challenge, Bikal forfeited before competing while Brandon went off about Phillip's strategy. Jeff asked if they wanted to vote then and there at the challenge-- they did-- and Brandon was sent out without the need for Tribal Council.

Answer: Coloured egg

On Day 14, the fans and favorites tribes were brought forth for what they believed to be a challenge, but they ended up surprised by a tribal swap. All fourteen castaways drew coloured eggs and divided out at random. The split worked out evenly, placing four favorites on each tribe with three fans. Both tribes were given rice and flint to replenish their stores and they went back to their respective camps. The split worked out poorly for Bikal; they received very few physical assets and, as a result, lost each challenge heading to the merge (though Phillip allegedly threw the Immunity Challenge on Day 19).

Answer: Enil Edam

Although the original tribe names, 'Gota' and 'Bikal', were derived from Caramoan towns, the merged tribe name was completely different. Gota and Bikal merged on Day 20 instead of having a Reward Challenge, convening on the Bikal beach, the home of the original Favorites tribe.

This season, the merged tribe consisted of twelve tribemates. The group took on green buffs and Malcolm proposed Enil Edam-- he took his mom's name, Madeline, and said it backwards.

Answer: Reynold

Taking severe nods from Boston Rob during the "Redemption Island" season, Phillip attempted to create a new 'Stealth R Us' alliance taking in a majority alliance in the original 'Favorites' tribe. Phillip was 'The Specialist', Corinne was 'The Dominatrix', Malcolm was 'The Enforcer', Cochran was 'The Intelligence Attache', Dawn was 'True Grit', and Andrea was 'The Eliminator'.
Over the course of the game, Phillip pretended to add several other tribe members to cater to them for the social game. Erik was 'The Silent One', Brandon was 'The Conquerer', Brenda was 'Serenity'.
Phillip also referred to Julia as 'Double Agent'. She was eliminated before seeing any use. After the merge, Sherri also took on the codename 'Tenacity'.

Answer: Three

Four Hidden Immunity Idols were found during this game-- two at the Gota camp and one at the Bikal camp-- and all of them ended up getting used.
Reynold found the first Hidden Immunity Idol at the Gota camp on Day 5, revealing it at Tribal Council on the same day and using it out of paranoia on Day 10 to negate a single vote against him. Laura went home instead.
Malcolm and Corinne found the Bikal idol on Day 6-- it went to Malcolm. He found another on Day 28 before the vote. Both were used at the Tribal Council on Day 28; Malcolm's first negated two votes against him while the other was used on Eddie to negate three more. It ultimately got Phillip sent home.
On Day 25, Malcolm convinced Reynold to use an idol on him at Tribal Council; it didn't negate any votes-- none were cast against him.
A fifth idol was hidden and a clue given to Malcolm at the Survivor Auction, but it wasn't found until the proceeding Reward/Immunity Challenge. Andrea took this one for herself, but neglected to use it.

Answer: Three

This season featured a number of complex votes and, as such, there were a number of ties and revotes at Tribal Council.
The first was on Day 7. In a scramble to flush out Reynold's idol, votes were split between Eddie, Hope, and Shamar. Hope went home on the revote.
The second was on Day 19 when, leading into the merge, the Gota tribe split the votes between Julia and Michael. On the revote, Julia was unanimously sent home.
The last was on Day 30 when, again, the tribe worried about a potential idol in Malcolm's pocket. The scramble led to a three-way tie between Malcolm, Reynold, and Andrea where, after determining there was no idol, the majority finally knocked Malcolm out to the jury.

Answer: Erik

Erik spent the last few days on the island struggling, referring to the island as a prison. On Day 34, his attention turned to the need for food. Day 36, after voting Brenda out at Tribal Council, Erik didn't make it back to camp. The starvation throughout the previous month led him to requiring an IV to bring his body back to normal levels.

This did mean, however, that he couldn't safely return to the game. Erik was the second-to-last person to leave the game this season, doing so in fifth place.

He also placed fifth in "Micronesia".

Answer: Cochran

After an eventful thirty-nine days, the final three turned out to be Cochran (who won the final Immunity), Sherri, and Dawn. The final Tribal Council turned out to be a grilling session. Ultimately, Sherri was written off for coasting to the finale, and her attitude towards the jury's questions wrote her off. Dawn was likewise criticized for not having a grip on her emotional game and for being too deceptive.

In the end, Cochrane was given all of the votes, winning the million dollar prize unanimously and taking the title of Sole Survivor. Malcolm went on to win the 'Sprint Player of the Season' award.