"The Amazing Race 20" [2] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Asunción

To begin Leg 3, teams departed from their second Pit Stop of the race from El Gomero in Recoleta, Buenos Aires. This clue directed them straight to the travel agency to pick up tickets to the nearby country of Paraguay. Once teams landed in the capital city on one of two flights, they needed to make their way by taxi to Metalurgica Punta de Rieles where they could search the intricate metalworks there for their next hidden clue.

The two flights were only two hours apart, so front-running teams needed to work fast to maintain a lead.

Answer: Watermelons

Upon arriving at the Metalurgica Punta de Rieles, teams located their Detour task, a choice between 'Stacked Up' and 'Strung Out'. 'Stacked Up' turned out to be the surprisingly difficult one. For this task, teams headed to the city's largest fruit market, Mercado Central de Abasto, to stack watermelons in a square pyramid with a ten by ten melon base. Art and JJ, Joey "Fitness" and Danny, and Vanessa and Ralph completed this task though many others attempted it and opted to switch options.

Answer: Express Pass

During the 'Strung Out' Detour task, teams were instructed to go to Universidad Nacional de Asunción to fully string a harp. This monotonous task proved difficult for teams as well with some stringing for several hours, but with careful attention teams were able to focus on their work. Brendon and Rachel, Bopper and Mark, Nary and Jamie, Kerri and Stacy, and Elliot and Andrew finished this task.
Rachel and Dave elected to use their Express Pass to avoid completing either Detour task. They proceeded with their next clue after attempting both options.

Answer: Rachel and Dave

After the Detour, teams needed to proceed to the Plaza de la Democracia to complete their Road Block task. For this challenge, one member of each team needed to balance a bottle on their head and perform a dance routine taught to them by a local dancer. Once they could complete the routine (including a position where they dropped to their stomachs) without breaking the bottle, they could receive their next clue. If they broke their entire table of two hundred bottles, they would be unable to complete the task and be forced to sit out a two hour penalty.

After having used their Express Pass, Rachel and Dave failed to complete the task, taking their two hours at the next Pit Stop. The task was attempted by Art, Dave, Joey "Fitness", Rachel, Mark, Nary, Kerri, Ralph, and Elliot.

Answer: Elliot and Andrew

After the Road Block, teams needed to proceed on foot to the next Pit Stop at the Escalinata de Antequera in Asunción. Here, Art and JJ arrived quite early-- a full seven hours before the penultimate team, Vanessa and Ralph. For their victory they won a trip for two to the Bahamas courtesy of Travelocity. Rachel and Dave, who stopped on the mat in second, dropped to sixth overall because of their penalty. Nonetheless, some teams couldn't complete the Detour fast enough. Vanessa and Ralph barely edged out Elliot and Andrew who, after several screw-ups during the Detour, couldn't keep up.

They were eliminated in ninth place.

Answer: Turin

Recommencing their race in Asunción, teams departed from the third Pit Stop and headed to the travel agencies to book flights across the Atlantic. Teams split up, heading from Paraguay to Italy, landing in Turin the next morning. Once they landed, teams needed to drive themselves in brand new Ford Focus vehicles to the Lingotto building, once the headquarters and test track for Fiat. Running around the parking garage to the top floor, teams would locate their next clues.

Answer: Art and JJ

At the top of the Lingotto Building, teams had the opportunity to attempt to claim the first Fast Forward clue of the race. For this, teams advanced to the helipad where they needed to land a helicopter. The catch? The helicopter was a remote-controlled toy; one would pilot the craft while the other would wear a helmet shaped like the Lingotto helipad.

The clue would only be received if the helicopter landed on the helmet helipad. Art and JJ received this special clue after an hour of piloting and headed directly to the Pit Stop.

Answer: Nary

At the Lingotto Building, teams received their Road Block tasks for this leg of the race requiring that one team member rappel down through the levels of the building to reach a dangling clue hanging 120 feet down. If the participating racer could not finish the task in two minutes they'd need to go down to the bottom, run back up, and start over. Rachel, Danny, Jamie, Vanessa, Rachel, Stacy, and Bopper finished this task.

After the Road Block, teams needed to drive to the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile and use their Ford car's automatic parking feature before heading inside to find a Tin Lizzie containing their next task.

Answer: Salami

After finding the Tin Lizzie, teams received a single two-cent Euro coin depicting their next destination: Mole Antonelliana in Turin. Once teams took the elevator up to the top, they received their Detour, a task between 'Clean That Statue' and 'Name That Salami'.

In 'Clean That Statue', teams drove to L'Arte Marmi to power wash a statue to a cleaner's specifications. Rachel and Dave, Vanessa and Ralph, Joey "Fitness" and Danny, Bopper and Mark, and Nary and Jamie did this task. In 'Name That Salami', teams traveled to the nearby Gastronomia Salumeria where they had to learn the names and tastes of fourteen different types of salami, travel through the market to a marked stall, and name them off properly to receive their clue. Brendon and Rachel and Kerri and Stacy finished this task.

Answer: None of these teams were eliminated

After the Detour, teams needed to race by car and then on foot to the fourth Pit Stop of the race-- Piazza Castello. Art and JJ, with the Fast Forward clue in their possession, showed at the Pit Stop early on and won $5,000 each. In the end, Bopper and Mark, who fell behind back in Paraguay by taking a later flight (accidentally neglecting to visit a travel agency in the beginning, arrived in last place.

This was, however, the first pre-determined non-elimination point of the race and they were spared. Because of their awareness of Bopper and Mark's family issues at home, Art and JJ gifted their prize to the last place duo. Bopper and Mark would also face a Speed Bump in Leg 5.