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    Amazing Race 5

    How many all male teams are there in this season?"The Amazing Race 5"

      1. Marshall and Lance are brothers from Dallas, Texas. For the first time, there is just one all male team on "The Amazing Race".

    Which of the participants had earlier won the Miss Texas title?"The Amazing Race 5"

      Nicole. "She had won the Miss Texas USA 2003 pageant and was the second runner up at Miss USA 2003." Source: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/teams/brandon/bio.shtml

    What do Linda and Karen call themselves?"The Amazing Race 5"

      Bowling Moms. "Linda and Karen are from Palmdale, California. They won the California State Bowling Doubles Tournament in 1999." Source: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/teams/linda/bio.shtml

    Who fell down and hurt his knee at the start of the race ending up with 25 stitches?"The Amazing Race 5"

      Jim. Jim tripped and fell at the beginning of the race. He almost missed his flight while he had his knee treated. He is an ex-military man running the race with his daughter, Marsha.

    What was the detour choice on the first leg?"The Amazing Race 5"

      Chips or Zips. Kami/Karli, Chip/Kim, Charla/Mirna and Marshall/Lance opted for Chips which involved playing a game of roulette. The rest of the teams had to take a zip line to the pool from a height of 18 floors.

    Which team used the Fast Forward in the first leg?"The Amazing Race 5"

      None of these. There was no Fast Forward in this leg. Instead there was ‘The Yield’ where a team can force another team to stop for a period of time. However each team can use it just once during the race.

    Which country was the pit stop for the first leg?"The Amazing Race 5"

      Uruguay. Casa del Pueblo at Punta Ballena, Uruguay was the pit stop for the first leg. Chip and Kim arrived first but had to go back to collect a clue they had missed.

    As the winners of the first leg, what did Alison/Donny win?"The Amazing Race 5"

      A trip to Hawaii. Alison was a runner up on CBS’s reality show "Big Brother 4". They won a trip to Hawaii courtesy the American Airlines website.

    Which team was eliminated in the first episode?"The Amazing Race 5"

      Dennis/Erika. Even though Chip/Kim and Kami/Karli had to go back to pick up a clue that they had missed, they managed to stay in the race. Dennis and Erika lost because they took a long time to find a cab.

    Episode 1: How many stitches did Jim require for his wounded knee?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      25. Jim needed to go to a nearby emergency medical clinic and managed to make his flight by a mere 3 minutes.

    Episode 2: Which team checked in first at the pit-stop?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Brandon and Nicole. Teams were told to go to Buenos Aires, Argentina for this leg of the race.

    Episode 3: What were teams told to find during the road block?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Chocolate with a white center. There were only 20 of chocolates with white centers out of 11,000 chocolates!

    Episode 4: What were teams told to eat at the road block?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Caviar. Teams made their way to St. Petersburg, Russia, where Internet dating couple Bob and Joyce were eliminated.

    Episode 5: Which team went for the fast-forward in this leg of the race?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Colin and Christie. This fast forward was one of only two fast forwards found in the entire race, a change from the earlier seasons when there was a fast forward in every leg.

    Episode 6: Which team decided to quit in this 6th leg of the race?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Marshall and Lance. Marshall and Lance was the first team ever to quit midway through the race.

    Episode 7: Which team chose to use the yield and who was yielded in the 7th leg of the race?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Nobody used the yield. The rivalry between Charla and Mirna and Colin and Christie got really heated up and at one point of the race, Christie even blocked the airport gates to prevent Charla and Mirna from entering.

    Episode 8: Which team was spared elimination during this eighth leg of the race?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Kami and Karli. The new twist of the game was that if one finished last at a non-elimination leg, that team would have to be stripped of all their cash and not receive any amount of money for the next leg.

    Episode 9: Who came in first for this leg of the race?The Amazing 'Amazing Race' Quiz 2

      Colin and Christie. In one of the most shocking events ever in the race, teams had to shave their head bald if they wanted to claim the fast forward, which of course, nobody went for it.

    In episode one, teams departed from the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles and travelled to Punta Ballena in which South American Country?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Uruguay. The first clue of the race tells teams to fly from Los Angeles to Montevideo in Uruguay, and they must travel to Punta Ballena in Uruguay so that they can find their clue at "The Hand in the Sand". The hand represents the last thing you see of a person before they drown.

    Which team was eliminated in leg 1?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Dennis and Erika. After choosing to let other teams ahead of them, Dennis and Erika were eliminated at the first pit stop of this installment of "The Amazing Race" in Casa del Pueblo.

    After receiving their clues from "Shake Mega Disco" in Montevideo, teams had to travel by ferry to which city?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Buenos Aires. The teams receive a clue to go to a graveyard in Buenos Aires and find the grave of Evita Peron to find their next clue.

    In the Detour, teams chose between the tasks "Tango" and "Perro". What task did Charla and Mirna participate in?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Tango. In "Tango", teams needed to match a photo with a tango dancer in a Buenos Aires theatre. In "Perro", teams needed to bring dogs on a marked trail to a statue called "La Flor".

    From sixty miles outside Buenos Aires, teams raced to San Carlos de Bariloche in which country?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Argentina. The teams remain in Argentina for the second consectutive leg of the race. San Carlos de Bariloche is a picturesque village at the base of the Andes Mountains.

    In the "Road Block" in San Carlos de Bariloche, did Kami complete the task instead of Karli?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Yes. In this "Road Block" the member chosen had to find a white-centred chocolate within the tables of almost eleven thousand chocolate. There were only twenty chocolate with white centers.

    How many teams completed the "Smooth Sailing" Detour choice for the San Carlos de Bariloche leg of the race?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Nine. All of the nine teams paraglided to their clue rather than choose the other Detour option called "Rough Riding" where teams biked to their clue.

    How many teams remained in the game after Jim and Marsha were eliminated in leg three?"The Amazing Race" 5.1

      Eight. There were eleven teams to begin the race, and three were eliminated leaving eight teams. The pit stop was in Bahia Lopez fourteen miles from San Carlos de Bariloche.

    What team used the yield in the St. Petersburg leg of the race?"The Amazing Race" 5.2

      No team used it. The yield was on the Battleship Aurora in this leg of the race. Only one team chose to use the yield in this game, and not until further into the game.

    Which person listed was last to finish the road block of the St. Petersburg leg of the race?"The Amazing Race" 5.2

      Nicole. The road block for this leg of the race was to eat a kilogram of caviar. Chip finished first and he and Kim finished the leg first.

    Who was eliminated in the fourth leg of the race?"The Amazing Race" 5.2

      Bob and Joyce. After getting a horrible plane to St. Petersburg, Bob and Joyce couldn't catch up to the other teams and were eliminated.

    Where did the teams find their first clue, starting leg five in St. Petersburg?"The Amazing Race" 5.2

      The Hermitage. The Hermitage was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great. Teams had to direct a tour guide to the painting "Return of the Prodigal Son" by Rembrandt to receive the clue.

    Who took the Egyptian Fast Forward?"The Amazing Race" 5.2

      Colin and Christie. Colin and Christie were the only people to do the fast forward in this race, which included carrying a sarcophagus through a park. Only two Fast Forwards are in this race.

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