Welcome to Leg 7! Last time, on Tuk-Tuk-A-Palooza, teams continued to race through Sri
Lanks. Rachel failed at a
Roadblock. The Afghanimals and the
Cowboys battled for first place in a footrace to the mat. And Caroline and Jennifer found themselves in
last place on the second non-elimination leg of the race. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)
Arrival at the pit stop last
episode:
1st – Leo/Jamal, The
Afghanimals
2nd – Jet/Cord, The Cowboys
3rd – Jessica/John, Cocky YDC
4th – Dave/Connor, Team
LIVESTRONG
5th – Brendon/Rachel, Team
Brenchel
6th – Flight Time/Big Easy, The
Globetrotters
7th – Caroline/Jennifer, The
Country Singers
Colombo Rowing
Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2:41 PM Leo/Jamal (1st)
Clue: Fly to the Eternal City:
Rome, Italy! Once there, find the Ponte Sant’Angelo, or
Hadrian’s Bridge.
2:42 PM Jet/Cord (2nd)
3:01 PM Jessica/John (3rd)
3:02 PM Dave/Connor (4th)
3:05 PM Brendon/Rachel (5th) – (Toyouke: “The Eternal City = "Ethiopian, Africa!"
Jesus Christ Rachel.”)
3:09 PM Flight Time/Big Easy
(6th)
3:26 PM Caroline/Jennifer (7th)
Teams made their way to the
travel agent in the following order:
1- Leo/Jamal
2- Jet/Cord
3- Jessica/John
4- Dave/Connor
5- Brendon/Rachel
6- Flight Time/Big Easy
7- Caroline/Jennifer
Once there, teams discover that
the only flight to Rome is a Sri Lankan Airlines
flight at 1:20 AM direct to Rome,
arriving at 7:50 AM. So, all the teams
make their way to the airport, and take the Amazing Red Line to Rome. Teams
arrive in the following order:
1- Jessica/John – who benefit from sitting the front of the plane,
as do. . .
2- Brandon/Rachel – and. . .
3- Leo/Jamal – and . . .
4- Caroline/Jennifer – who are the last team on the first bus to the
terminal.
5- Flight Time/ Big Easy
6- Dave/Connor
7- Jet/Cord
Teams now make their way to
Hadrian’s Bridge.
When they arrive, we find that Caroline
and Jennifer have their Speed Bump.
SPEED BUMP:
A Speed Bump is a task that
must be performed by the last place team on a non-elimination leg. Once they
complete this task, they may return to the place where the Speed Bump occurred
and continue the leg. In this speed bump, teams must travel to the Pantheon and
pick up a Olivetti typewriter. They must then carry it to the building it
resembled, the Altare della Patria. Once
they place the typewriter on a pedestal, they may continue racing.
(Toyouke: “This is the most insane Speed Bump! You
actually have to figure things out? Wow.”)
Teams complete the Speed Bump
in the following order:
1- Caroline/Jennifer
After much typewriter carrying,
they continue with the rest of the teams in getting the next clue in the
following order:
1- Jessica/John
2- Brandon/Rachel
3- Leo/Jamal
4- Flight Time/ Big Easy
5- Dave/Connor
6- Jet/Cord
7- Caroline/Jennifer
And we get the Detour
Clue.
DETOUR:
Gladiator OR Charioteer
*Gladiator: Teams must get into
ancient Roman costumes and learn a swordfighting routine which must be
performed correctly by both team members.
Once the emperor approves of both fights, teams get their next clue.
*Charioteer: Teams get into
ancient Roman costumes and race a remote controlled chariot around a track five
times while one person controls speed and the other controls turns in 1:30 or
less. Once complete, teams get their
next clue.
1- Jessica/John choose Gladiator – John: "I've done martial arts." (Toyouke:
“Oh, please, You
are learning a series of moves, not actual swordfighting. You are basically
learning dance steps.”)
2- Brendon/Rachel choose Charioteer
3- Leo/Jamal choose Charioteer – but realize that as teams arrive, the track gets
crowded, so they Bald Snark to Gladiator.
4- Dave/Connor choose Charioteer
5- Flight Time/Big Easy choose Charioteer
6- Jet/Cord choose Charioteer
7- Caroline/Jennifer choose Charioteer
Teams complete the detour in
the following order:
1- Jessica/John
2- Brendon/Rachel
3- Jet/Cord
4- Dave/Connor
5- Flight Time/Big Easy
6- Caroline/Jennifer
7- Leo/Jamal
Teams are now instructed to
travel to the “piazza of John Keats’ unhappy Roman Holiday”, which is the
Piazza di Spagna, more famously known as the Spanish Steps, where he died, to
get their next clue. Teams get their
clues in the following order:
1- Brendon/Rachel
2- Dave/Connor
3- Caroline/Jennifer
4- Jet/Cord
5- Flight Time/Big Easy – who accidently go to the Via John Keats.
6- Leo/Jamal – who accidently go to the Via John Keats.
7- Jessica/John – who accidently go to the Via John Keats.
And teams get the seventh
roadblock clue.
ROADBLOCK:
Who can sum up the Spanish
Steps?
In this roadblock, roadblockers
must pick up a postcard from the chestnut vendor, walk the Spanish Steps and count them (135),
find the obelisk at the top and note its year of construction (1789) and then
add the two numbers and convert the answer to Roman numerals (MCMXXIV). They then deliver the postcard to the Roman
Holiday scooter couple to get their next clue.
The following teammates take
the Roadblock:
1- Brandon
2- Dave
3- Jennifer
4- Jet
5- Flight Time
6- Jamal
7- John
After much stair climbing and
obelisk reading, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:
1- Brendon/Rachel
2- Caroline/Jennifer
3- Dave/Connor
4- Jet/Cord
5- Leo/Jamal – who decide to give their info to the last two
teams and let them battle it out.
6- Flight Time/Big Easy
7- Jessica/John
Teams find now that they must
travel on foot to the Piazza del Popolo, the PIT STOP of the seventh leg of
this racearoundtheworld. The
last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!
1- Brandon/Rachel – who win a trip for two
to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
2- Caroline/Jennifer
3- Dave/Connor
4- Jet/Cord – who still have their Express Pass
that they must use next leg.
5- Leo/Jamal
6- Flight Time/Big Easy
7- Jessica/John
And Jessica and John lose the
foot race to the mat and are eliminated.
ORDER NOW:
1st – Brandon/Rachel
2nd – Caroline/Jennifer
3rd – Dave/Connor
4th – Jet/Cord
5th – Leo/Jamal
6th – Flight Time/Big Easy
Next week: More Italy. There is a double U-Turn, donkeys and
apparently dirty tricks. Until next
time!
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