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1.	Occupationally speaking, which of these professions is NOT held by one of this season's teams?
		Snowboarder
		Former NFL player
		Flight attendant
		Ballet dancer

2.	Let's hope you didn't select 'former NFL player' because you apparently didn't pick up on Marcus' numerous football analogies. Which of these teams did he play for during his 10-year career?
		San Francisco 49ers
		Dallas Cowboys
		Indianapolis Colts
		Denver Broncos

3.	As the teams prepare to start the race in Los Angeles, Phil springs a challenge on them immediately. The teams must correctly find the letters "T A I" on a/an _______ to complete the name of their first destination - Taipei, Taiwan.
		billboard
		scroll
		flag
		umbrella

4.	Along with the incentive carrot of an Express Pass for the winners of the first leg, there is a new penalty task called a Hazard for the last team to find an umbrella with TAI on it. Which team 'earns' the Hazard?
		Liz & Marie
		Bill & Cathi
		Kaylani & Lisa
		Amani & Marcus

5.	Not only saddled with a Hazard, Kaylani adds stress to their leg by losing her passport. A good citizen finds it and with prodding from his contacts on what social media site heads to LAX to return it?
		Facebook
		Foursquare
		LinkedIn
		Twitter

6.	With a relatively tame first leg in Taiwan, the teams venture to Jakarta. For the season's first Detour, the choices are Money Maker or Ticket Taker. What role do the teams assume at the Ticket Taker task?
		scooter valet
		movie theater usher
		train ticket agent
		soccer stadium attendant

7.	One-by-one teams fail to read a sign at an orphanage to hand over all their money from the Detour and the first pitstop. Only three of the 11 teams comply with this act of charity. Those three teams are Andy & Tommy, Laurence & Zac and the ______.
		twins
		grandparents
		showgirls
		siblings

8.	With a nonelimination on the first leg, the second leg ends with Double Elimination. What is the correct combination of teams that fall victim to this new twist?
		Liz & Marie / Bill & Ron
		Bill & Cathi / Ethan & Jenna
		Bill & Ron / Kaylani & Lisa
		Ethan & Jenna / Bill & Ron

9.	Throughout the entire season, several teams were spared thanks to nonelimination legs, including the first leg. Which of these teams did NOT avoid elimination on such a leg?
		Bill & Cathi
		Liz & Marie
		Amani & Marcus
		Andy & Tommy

10.	Still in Indonesia, the teams kick off the third leg by participating in a Colonial bike ride. During the task, what part of Ernie & Cindy's bike breaks, thus delaying them?
		pedal
		handlebar
		seat
		tire

11.	While doing the Grass Fed task, ______ make the penalty-inducing mistake of using more than two buckets at a time to fill a trough.
		Andy & Tommy
		Bill & Cathi
		Ernie & Cindy
		Laurence & Zac

12.	During the third leg's arduous Roadblock at the Borobudor Temple, what was the correct number of Buddha statues they must count?
		28
		42
		69
		400

13.	Snowboarders Andy & Tommy attempt to give ______ the correct answer at the temple but they couldn't quite get it right.
		Kaylani & Lisa
		Amani & Marcus
		Laurence & Zac
		Bill & Cathi

14.	The fourth leg sends the teams to Phuket, Thailand, and they face a Detour offering Beach Preparation or _____ Reconstruction.
		Home
		Coral
		Road
		Sand castle

15.	Sticking around Thailand for the fifth leg, the teams have to have to use what form of 'local transportation' to reach their Roadblock at a waterfall in the jungle?
		zipline
		ostrich
		donkey
		elephant

16.	When faced with the reassembly task of the 'spirit house' as the second Roadblock on this leg, which team mate has the stroke of genius to borrow her cabbie's cellphone to take a photo of it for reference?
		Engaged Cindy
		Twin Marie
		Sibling Jennifer
		Married Amani

17.	The sixth leg takes the race to Malawi, Africa, where tobacco is a booming industry. For the Roadblock involving hauling 200-lb bales of tobacco, what's the gender blend of team mates performing the task?
		It is all males.
		It is half men and half women.
		The only woman doing the task is grandma Cathi.
		It is all females.

18.	In Malawi, which of these teams does NOT select the All Sewn Up tailor Detour task?
		Amani & Marcus
		Bill & Cathi
		Ernie & Cindy
		Jeremy & Sandy
		*By way of explanation.....* Sandy happily clarifies that she sews bodies and not clothes.

19.	For their Speed Bump in Africa, Amani & Marcus have to solve a slide puzzle so it shows ______.
		their next clue
		the Malawi flag
		longitude and latitude of the next task
		a tribal design

20.	Even though they all have a chance to use the Double U-Turn in Malawi, the only team to do so was Laurence & Zac who U-Turned ________ in vain, as the target of said u-turn had already passed them up.
		Amani & Marcus
		Ernie & Cindy
		Andy & Tommy
		Justin & Jennifer

21.	As the teams depart the continent of Africa for Denmark on the eighth leg, they must go to a belltower and spot two banners to learn their next location. The banners sport the words: '______' and 'Borgslot'.
		Heinrich
		Hans
		Frederiks
		Billund

22.	To inspire his team mate during the Danish ballroom dancing challenge, _______ offers up the sage wisdom of George Lucas: "May the Force be with you."
		Laurence
		Marcus
		Ernie
		Andy

23.	With the Double U-Turn wasted on the previous leg, the Danish leg gives the teams another chance to levy the U-Turn on an opponent. Ernie & Cindy u-turn Bill & Cathi, who in turn u-turn _____, who are then eliminated.
		Justin & Jennifer
		Jeremy & Sandy
		Laurence & Zac
		Andy & Tommy

24.	As the teams wake up to ninth leg, it looks like Danish is still on the menu. Putting the 'amuse' in amusement park, the teams visit Legoland and must assemble a puzzle while on what spinning ride?
		Pirate Carousel
		Caterpillar
		Jungle Racers
		Frog Hopper

25.	Non sequitur alert! This European leg of the race features clue references to what literary figure and bodybuilder/action star?
		William Shakespeare and Arnold Schwarzenegger
		Bram Stoker and Jack LaLanne
		Theodor Geisel and Sylvester Stallone
		Hans Christian Anderson and Jean Claude Van Damme

26.	During the bodybuilding exhibition, the teams have to score a minimum of 12 points to get their clue. Jeremy & Sandy are the only ones to do better than the minimum. What was their score?
		13
		15
		16
		18

27.	The teams don't get a rest between the ninth and tenth legs as Phil hands them the next clue on the mat. At the Ford Proving Grounds, the Roadblock has a team member use a Mustang do all of the following except _______.
		Drive 100 mph and brake safely to a stop
		Complete a slalom course of cones in less than 15 seconds
		Complete a slalom course of cones in reverse
		Do a double donut

28.	The Belgium Detour gives the teams a choice between making breakfast foods or building a boat. What was the cutesy names for these tasks?
		Boater or Baker
		Water or Waffles
		Pancakes or Pontoons
		Crepes or Rafts

29.	The next to last leg gives homage to the famous Belgian comic hero Tintin. The teams dress up as hapless detectives from the comic and must correctly identify the the detectives by one of three easily confused pairs of names, including _____.
		Thomson and Thompson
		Jones and Joneses
		Phillip and Phillips
		Maxwell and Mackwell

30.	With a challenge in Panama that requires a very keen eye to spot embroidery on a skirt, it's understandable that several teams mistake the name of Panama's currency (which is also attached to the skirt) as the name of the pitstop. Said currency is named for which explorer?
		de Leon
		Balboa
		Vaca
		Magellen

31.	The country of Panama is the scene for the heartbreaking elimination of frontrunners Andy & Tommy. How many first place finishes did the snowboarders rack up during the season?
		3
		4
		5
		6

32.	Embarrassingly, it takes Amani & Marcus (mainly Marcus) a whopping __ attempts to successfully land his flight simulator.
		10
		12
		19
		27

33.	For their last hurrah, the race returns teams to the states and more specifically Atlanta, Georgia. Which of these notable locations is NOT a stop on this final leg?
		Turner Field
		Swan House
		Margaret Mitchell's home
		Delta Airlines headquarters

34.	Since you even took this quiz, you already know who won. But what is the relationship between winners Ernie & Cindy?
		Dating
		Engaged
		Married
		Siblings

35.	Which team did I want to win more than Ernie & Cindy?
		Andy & Tommy
		Amani & Marcus
		Bill & Cathi
		All of the above (This is the correct answer.)

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