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The winners of The Amazing Race 15 were:
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Married
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Brother and sister
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Dating
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Cousins
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What was different about the opening episode this year?
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Phil was sick and didn’t introduce the episode
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It took place at night
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There was a team eliminated even before the race got started
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The race didn’t start in the United States
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3.
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Two teammates are nicknamed Big Easy and Flight Time. What is their profession?
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Harlem Globetrotters
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Professional poker players
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Professional wrestlers
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Computer hackers
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4.
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What was the relationship between the teammates who were eliminated first?
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Sibling lawyers
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Father/daughter circus performers
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Married yoga instructors
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Divorced philanthropists
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Tiffany and Maria are professional poker players. What did they tell the teams they do for a living?
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They are professional poker players
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They work with homeless youth
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They are mechanics
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They are waitresses
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6.
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What was the name of the food that each team had to eat in Japan to continue the race?
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Sushi Roll-Up
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Wasabi Bomb
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Ramen Surprise
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Rice Patty Delight
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In Vietnam, the teams went to a puppet theater. What was unusual about the puppets?
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They were in water
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They were marionettes with 48 strings
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They took 4 people to operate them
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They spoke in French
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8.
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What was the name of the challenge where a team had to find letters on vehicles in traffic?
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Traffic Scramble
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Letters Letters Everywhere
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Fill In The Blank
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Word Play
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The word the teams had to spell out in Word Play was DOCLAP? What does that mean in Vietnamese?
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Freedom
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Independence
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Race
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Vietnam Rules!
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10.
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The team of Zev and Justin finished first in one leg of the race, but why were they eliminated?
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They lost their passports
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They forgot to carry their gnome around with them
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They took the wrong transportation to get to the checkpoint
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Justin had to go to the hospital for a serious injury
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11.
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The team’s visited the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building. What floor is the observation deck located on?
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20th floor
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99th floor
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124th floor
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376th floor
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In one of their Dubai challenges, the teams had to do what unusual activity for a desert?
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Swim in a pool
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Build a snowman
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Ride a polar bear
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Dance while wearing lederhosen
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During the second part of their time in Dubai, the teams had to make a pile of gold. How much was the pile worth?
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$500,000
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$1,000,000
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$2,000,000
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$1,000.50 (the current price of one ounce of gold)
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To finish up their time in Dubai, the teams had to go down a water slide into a shark tank. Why was this a scary task for Mika?
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She’s afraid of sharks
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She’s afraid of heights
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She’s afraid of water
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She's afraid of both water and heights
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In Martinitoren, the teams had to count the number of bells in the town’s carillon. How many bells were there?
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10
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27
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44
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62
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How many times did Tiffany and Maria try to “ring the bell” before they were eliminated?
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3
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71
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125
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222
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In Sweden, the teams visited Bogs Gard farm, the site of a difficult task from Season 6. What was the task?
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Unroll giant bales of hay
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Milk a cow
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Catch a greased pig
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Gather 1,000 eggs
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When traveling from Sweden to Estonia, what mode of transportation did the teams use?
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Rowboat
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Hydroplane
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Water bicycle
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Ferry
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One of the choices during the detour in Sweden was playing volleyball. What’s so hard about that?
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They were knee deep in a bog
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The ball weighed 5 pounds
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They were playing against the world champion beach volleyball team
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They had to do it blindfolded
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20.
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Father and son, Matt and Gary, had their first Speed Bump in Estonia. What was their “punishment”?
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Dinner at a fancy restaurant
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Scenic tour of the Estonian countryside by bicycle
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Sit in a sauna bus for 5 minutes
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Listen to Phil’s dad tell stories about New Zealand
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Early in the season, the show identified the Globetrotters by their actual names. Can you remember what they are?
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Nate and Herbert
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Anthony and Andrew
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Eugene and Horace
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Timothy and Michael
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22.
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Finalist Ericka had previously held this notable title:
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Director of Admissions for Penn State University
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UFC Octagon Girl
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2004 Miss America
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Mayor of Englewood, Colorado
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23.
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The first name of which prominent author spelled doom for Flight Time and Big Easy?
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Dostoevsky
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Hemingway
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Kafka
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Joyce
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24.
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Who won the only Fast Forward offered in the race?
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Flight Time & Big Easy
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Gary & Matt
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Meghan & Cheyne
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Mika & Canaan
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25.
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Which team incurred a two-hour penalty during a leg, but still survived to continue racing?
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Garrett & Jessica
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Maria & Tiffany
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Lance & Kerri
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Zev & Justin
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Here's a toughie: Which was the first team to be eliminated who had previously won a leg?
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Flight Time & Big Easy
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Gary & Matt
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Lance & Kerri
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Zev & Justin
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27.
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Which was not a country visited during this edition of the race?
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Vietnam
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Egypt
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Sweden
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Netherlands
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28.
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As Phil stated during at the finish line, the number of miles the winning teams raced was approximately:
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42,000
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19,000
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25,000
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32,000
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29.
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How many of the 12 teams in the race were married?
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Just one
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4
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5
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2
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30.
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The name of which race car driver, either real or fictitious, completes the title of fifth episode, "I'm like ___________"?
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Dale Earnhardt
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Ricky Bobby
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Dick Trickle
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Jeff Gordon
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