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1. In London, your first task is to purchase a universal local travel card, which will enable you to use any form of mass public transport in the Greater London area. Given that it opens a world of transport options to you, what is this card called?
2. You now need to use your travel card to go to a central location in London where you will find, among other attractions, the National Gallery and Nelson's Column. What is the name of this location?
3. Your task complete, what is most likely the quickest way to reach Heathrow Airport from central London?
4. From Heathrow you fly to Bangkok, Thailand. At the airport you pick up route information: you need to get into Bangkok by bus, and then find 'Khlong Chak Pra'. This seems to be an address, but the name matches none of the roads on your city map. What is a 'Khlong'?
5. Your task is to sell 20 durian fruits in Bangkok. What would be the ideal location to which to take your vehicle - a sampan - in order to accomplish your sales quickly? (The race instructions say you may not leave your sampan until you have sold all the breadfruit!)
6. From Bangkok you must fly to Hong Kong. (It is 1997.) In final descent towards the airport, the Jumbo jet flies between skyscrapers on one side and a steep mountainside on the other. Suddenly the jet banks very steeply to the right, and then levels out just higher than the roof of the terminal building. The pilot drops the jet onto a runway pointing out into the harbour and jams on every braking device he has. You stop about 50 yards short of getting wet. At what famous airport have you just experienced a *normal* landing?
7. Your task takes place in Hong Kong harbour. Piloting a small fishing boat, you have to get the 'tail' of spirits or devils, which are traditionally believed to accumulate behind all vessels, 'cut off' from behind yours. How do you do this?
8. Your next task is an eating challenge, which is set to take place at the Jumbo Restaurant, Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong. What is unusual about this restaurant, which looks like a Chinese palace?
9. From Hong Kong you fly to Singapore. You are directed to a small cafe in Boogie Street. You have a roaring thirst - what beer do you expect you will be offered here?
10. From Singapore you fly southwest to South Africa, landing at Johannesburg. You drive out into the countryside. At a remote and very rustic location your task is to participate in something called a "koedoedrolspoegkompetisie", involving small dark brown round things and tots of mampoer. What is this unbelievable activity?
11. The next task takes place near a small South African town called Oudtshoorn, far to the south, and once upon a time significant to circuses, showgirls and horse-drawn hearses. The task is a detour: You have a choice between 'Crawl it' and 'Ride it'. The 'Crawl it' option is the Kango Caves, but you suffer from claustrophobia, so that is out. The 'Ride it' option means that you have to successfully complete one circuit of a short race course - riding what?
12. You head for your next country, but this time it's by bus, not by airliner. After a day's journey, you cross into Lesotho, the Mountain Kingdom, at the main border post and stay overnight in the capital, next to a serum laboratory. What is the name of this city?
13. Crossing Lesotho takes an entire day, and includes six hours spent in covering 25 miles of earthshakingly rough 4x4 challenge route. After staying overnight at a famous hostelry on the crest of the Drakensberg, you plunge about 3 500 feet down an unbelievable gravel road pass, advancing less than 7 miles toward Underberg in the process. What is this pass called?
14. Leaving Southern Africa, you fly north to Venice, where you have a brief layover and an unexpected small task which determines your order of departure. By all appearances, this should be simple: Who is the 18th century artist most closely associated with painting views of Venice?
15. The following morning you continue to Copenhagen, Denmark. The first challenge is a thrill-ride in the world famous funfair. What is this entertainment centre called?
16. The next challenge relates to the most popular form of personal transport in Copenhagen, the bicycle. Copenhagen's many tourist offerings include something called a 'City Bike' - a standard bicycle which anyone can borrow for a 20 kronor deposit. (Cycling skills are not tested.) You are given a hint that your next task parallels a *very* unofficial winter activity of some of the cycling citizens of Copenhagen. What is this unlikely task most likely to be?
17. From Copenhagen you travel by train to the south of France. You have a choice of two routes. Route A is Denmark - Germany - France, and Route B is Denmark - Germany - Netherlands - Belgium - France. Route B appears to be faster, but here is something else to consider: how many times will you have to pass through passport control along the way on Route B?
18. In southern France you drive across this amazing suspension bridge which flies up to nearly 900 feet over the Tarn Valley floor below. Can you name this bridge?
19. You're heading for the finish line, and the tests of your knowledge and skills are ever more demanding. In a Marseilles restaurant you are handed a French language menu and told that, in order to advance, you have to order the speciality of the house. If you get it wrong, you have to consume your order entirely before you can try again! What do you think is the right answer?
20. The finish line is in London's Trafalgar Square. You are at Waterloo Station, and it is 11:20 on a weekday morning. You have no cash remaining. What is likely to be the quickest way to get to the foot of Nelson's Column? (I told you your knowledge and skills were going to be tested!)
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