Amazing Race 9 Trivia

1. For the first Detour of the race, teams needed to complete tasks in Sao Paolo, Brazil. How many teams completed the 'Motor Head' task?

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Two

In Sao Paolo, Brazil, teams inevitably made their way to Viaduto Santa Efigenia in the heart of the downtown area of the city. Here, they found their Detour task, a choice between 'Motor Head' and 'Rotor Head'. In 'Motor Head', teams needed to travel one mile to a nearby motorcycle shop, pick a frame, and assemble a bike using the tools provided and an example. Once the bike could be kickstarted, they would receive their next clue. Only Ray and Yolanda and Lake and Michelle finished this task. In 'Rotor Head', teams took a drive to an airport three miles away, took off in helicopters, and located one of three buildings listed for them in a guide. Once they picked and located their building, they had to land on top and search a designated area for their next clue. The remaining nine teams finished this one. After the Detour, teams headed to a residence in Santa Cecilia for their next clue.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [6]

Answer: Thailand

Teams departed from the Pit Stop at Lake Bennett in Northern Australia and were told to fly to Bangkok, Thailand. Once in Thailand, teams needed to take a taxi to the Mo Chit Bus Terminal and board a bus to Lopburi, a town 97 miles away. Once teams arrived at their destination, they needed to locate the Three Spire Pagoda to receive their next clue.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [5]

Answer: Tandem bikes

In the beginning of leg 9, teams departed from Jabreen Castle in Oman and had to catch a flight to Perth, Australia, more than nine thousand miles away. When the route to the airport is blocked due to a visit from the king, teams get bunched up at the airport and all make it onto the same flight. Once in Perth, teams had to take taxis to the State War Memorial in King's Park. After this, teams were told to travel to Fremantle and take a ferry to Rottnest Island.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [4]

Answer: Eric and Jeremy

In the beginning of leg 7, teams departed from Siracusa, Sicily and travelled 350 miles to Rome to the famous Trevi Fountain. Here, they had to go to the Spanish Steps and find a horse carriage containing their next clue and a puzzle. This puzzle contained Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, and the first team to bring the completed puzzle to the pit stop would win a prize. After this, teams had to fly to the Agora marketplace in Athens, Greece. Everyone arrived on the same plane and reached their clue early in the morning. This clue contained the first of only two Fast Forwards in the race. In order to obtain it, teams would need to break plates at a nearby bakery in order to find one with a route marker baked inside. They would then receive a clue taking them straight to the Pit Stop. Eric and Jeremy were the first to complete the task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [3]

Answer: BJ and Tyler

In the beginning of Leg 5, teams were told to leave Germany and find their clue outside the Teatro Massimo opera house in Palmero, Italy (on the island of Sicily). Teams needed to take a flight from Munich to Rome, then another flight to Sicily. Using a computer, BJ and Tyler were able to book the earliest flight and they got ahead of the others. Lake and Michelle, who also attempted to do this, ended up falling back to the last flight. The clue at the Teatro Massimo told teams to take a marked car and drive to the town of Castellammare del Golfo.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [2]

Answer: 7:00

Nine teams departed from the Pit Stop at a coffee plantation in Brotas, Brazil. They had to drive three miles to a nearby farm, then take a zipline across 300 feet of forest to receive their next clue. Once they arrived at the farm, they had to wait until 7:00am to start the task, so many teams caught up at this point. Their next clue told them to fly to Moscow, Russia. In order to do this, teams needed to take a one of three planned buses to Sao Paolo for a plane. Luckily, all teams got tickets on the same flight.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [1]

Answer: Denver, Colorado

Eleven teams departed from the starting line at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado. When they opened their clues, they were instructed to fly to Sao Paolo, Brazil, where they would find their first clue on the rooftop of the Hotel Unique. To arrive in Sao Paolo, teams needed to race to the Denver Airport and book one of three flights. Three teams took the first flight, and four teams went onto the final two flights. The first flight arrived second due to delays, while the second arrived five minutes earlier.

From Quiz Rocking The World, "The Amazing Race 09" Style

Answer: Colorado & co

This is the second time that "The Amazing Race" went to Brazil in the first leg of the race. The first time was in season 2.

From Quiz Road Blocks of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Russia

In Leg 3, teams made their way to the capital city of Russia, Moscow, where their Road Block clue could be found at the training center for Russian Olympic divers, Chaika Bassein. Here, one member of each team needed to don swimming gear and perform a ten meter jump from the high diving board of the pool. After splashing into the water, that team member needed to reach the other end of the pool to claim their next clue telling them to head to Novodevichiy Monastery. Tyler, Barry, Yolanda, Lake, Eric, Monica, Lori, Dani, and Wanda finished this Road Block task.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Sugar cane to make ethanol

In Leg 2, teams found their Detour in the town of Brotas in Brazil. Upon reaching their Volkswagen Beetles at the bus terminal in Brotas, they found their Detour task, a choice between 'Press It' and 'Climb It'. In 'Press It', teams needed to drive to Campina Bela Vista and crush fifteen stalks of sugar cane into their distilled juices. They would then need to create half a liter of ethanol, then fill their car's gas tank with it to receive their clue and carry on. In 'Climb It', teams traveled to Usina do Jacare, and using ascenders team members needed to climb ninety feet into a waterfall. Dave and Lori, Wanda and Desiree, and Lisa and Joni completed 'Press It' while the others took 'Climb It'. After the Detour, teams went to the Pit Stop at Fazenda Primavera da Serra in Brotas.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [6]

Answer: BJ and Tyler

Once teams arrived at the Three Spire Pagoda, they had the choice of continuing on the main tasks of the race, or heading two mile to a local restaurant to obtain the Fast Forward. In the Fast Forward, teams needed to perform a task common in Thailand. In this case, team members needed to eat one bowl of stir-fried crickets and grasshoppers each. Both Ray and Yolanda and BJ and Tyler went for the Fast Forward, but Ray and Yolanda left and allowed the hippies to sneak ahead. Since they received the second of two Fast Forwards in the race, they were able to go directly to the Pit Stop in Bangkok.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [5]

Answer: Two

Once at Rottnest Island, teams boarded their tandem bikes and traveled three miles to a lighthouse for their next clue. This clue, the Detour, told teams to bike to Salmon Bay and choose between 'Sand' or 'Sea'. In 'Sea', both team members needed to change into swimsuits and both needed to collect a crayfish from underwater traps in the ocean. Teams could search more than fifty potential traps, but only a certain amount contained crayfish. Jeremy and Eric and Joseph and Monica completed this task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [2]

Answer: 10m

Once in Moscow, teams needed to find Chaika Bassein, a pool used to train Olympic athletes. Once there, teams received their Road Block. Teams needed to put on a bathing suit and dive off the ten meter diving board. Then, they had to swim to the bottom of the pool to receive their clue. Teams then needed to travel by taxi to Novodevichiy Monastery and find the Smolensk Cathedral to find their next clue; the Detour.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [1]

Answer: Wanda and Desiree

Teams arrived at the Hotel Unique to find their first clue. Teams were then instructed to travel by taxi for three miles to find a clue on the Viaduto Santa Efigenia. Wanda and Desiree were the first to arrive at the Hotel due to the delayed first flight, and Lisa and Joni arrived last. Once at their next destination, they would have to search the street for their clue.

From Quiz Rocking The World, "The Amazing Race 09" Style

Answer: Italy

In the fifth leg of the race, Danielle and Dani were eliminated. David and Lori were eliminated in leg six.

From Quiz Road Blocks of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Travelocity

Known for product placement in many seasons of the race, Travelocity made its first non-prize appearance in the second half of Leg 3. In this leg, teams needed to find Ellbach Field in Bad Tölz, Germany for the Road Block. In this field, racers would find over a hundred large gnome hats and feet scattered around. Under eleven of these would be gnomes which players could pull from the ground and retrieve their clue. Teams needed to bring the Travelocity Roaming Gnome to the Pit Stop (intact) to win a prize. Eric and Jeremey were the first to do so and (go figure) they won a Travelocity trip to Africa.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Bus

Arriving at Novodevichiy Monastery, racers located their third Detour clue of the race: 'Scour' and 'Scrub'. In 'Scour', attempted by Ray and Yolanda, Eric and Jeremy, Fran and Barry, Lake and Michelle, and BJ and Tyler, teams needed to visit Dubrovka Theatre and search through over one thousand Russian nesting dolls for one of only a few containing a tiny clue. 'Scrub', completed by Wanda and Desiree, Dave and Lori, Dani and Danielle, and Joseph and Monica, involved finding a trolley park where they had to scrub and wash an entire trolley bus, inside and out, to claim their clue. After the Detour, teams met with Phil at Moscow's Red Square to find that the leg was not quite over.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [6]

Answer: Monkeys

In order to obtain their clue, team members needed to prepare a monkey feast at the Three Spire Pagoda for monkeys, which are considered sacred. Teams needed to create a table full of fruits and other foods that mimicked a completed feast, then they had to carry the table over to the monkeys. Jeremy, Joseph, and Yolanda each completed this task. After this, teams needed to head by taxi 90 miles to reach a ferry that would take them to Koh Kret Island for their next clue. The clue box was located in the Buddha Garden on this island.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [5]

Answer: Joseph and Monica

In the 'Sand' Detour task, teams needed to transport forty large branches one hundred and twenty-six yards to a marked sand dune down the beach. Once the teams finished 'brushing the beach', they would receive their next clue. Three teams completed this task while two completed the 'Sea' Detour task. After this, teams were instructed to travel back to Fremantle by ferry and find their clue at Fremantle Prison.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [3]

Answer: Lake and Michelle

After the Detour, teams needed to drive to an archaeological zone, then hike uphill one mile to the Teatro di Segesta. Once at the top, teams had the choice to use the first of two Yields in the race. Lake and Michelle managed to head to the Pit Stop before this and thought that they were in last place. When they saw Dani and Danielle following them, they used the Yield to prevent themselves from arriving last.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [2]

Answer: Eric and Jeremy

The 'Scour' task required that teams search 1,500 Russian Nesting Dolls for one of ten miniature clues at a local theater. Teams completing this task didn't need to worry about physical work, but they had to search hundreds of dolls. Eric and Jeremy, Lake and Michelle, Ray and Yolanda, BJ and Tyler, and Fran and Barry participated in this task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [1]

Answer: Two

When teams reached their clue on the Viaduto Santa Efigenia, they received the Detour for this leg of the race. Teams could choose between 'Motorhead' and 'Rotorhead'. In 'Motorhead', teams needed to take a taxi half a mile to a local motorbike shop and assemble a motorcycle. Once they finish this, someone must be able to kickstart the bike. Teams choosing the 'Rotorhead' task had to go to a local hangar and locate a location that their helicopter could fly them to for a clue. Ray and Yolanda and Lake and Michelle were the only teams to complete the 'Motorhead' Detour task.

From Quiz Rocking The World, "The Amazing Race 09" Style

Answer: Lake and Michelle

Lisa and Joni were eliminated in Brazil. In Germany, the game ended for Wanda and Desiree. David and Lori lost "The Amazing Race" in Italy.

From Quiz Road Blocks of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Two

Teams arrived at Teatro di Segesta after completing their Detour task on the island of Sicily (in Italy) and found their Road Block task for this leg of the race. In this Road Block, one member of each team needed to construct a Greek statue using the provided pieces and no model in Segesta Ampitheatre. Once they fully constructed the statue, two parts would be left over and they would receive the clue instructing them to head to the Pit Stop, Tempio di Segesta. Tyler, Eric, Monica, Fran, Lori, Ray, Lake, and Dani completed this task. Lake and Michelle inevitably used the first Yield of the race right outside this task and Dani and Danielle were subsequently eliminated.

From Quiz Detours of "The Amazing Race 9"

Answer: Five

In the second half of Leg 3, racers made their way to the Bavaria Film Studios in Grünwald. Here, a choice between 'Break It' and 'Slap It' was proposed. In 'Slap It', teams needed to learn the steps in a specific German dance and properly perform it to complete their task. Fran and Barry, Joseph and Monica, Ray and Yolanda, Dani and Danielle, and Wanda and Desiree completed it and received their clue. 'Break It', a more popular task (completed by all other racers) involved smashing bottles on each others' heads only after the cuckoo of a clock until they found one with the word 'Prost' on the label. All teams needed to wear lederhosen during their task. After the Detour, teams found their way to the Pit Stop at the Siegestor in Munich.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [6]

Answer: Altar It

In Leg 11, teams could choose between the 'Move It' and 'Altar It' tasks. In 'Move It', teams had to carry clay pots a certain distance across Koh Kret Island to a boat, but to complete this, they had to carry the pots on wooden planks. Meanwhile, teams completing the 'Altar It' task had to paint and gold-leaf a Buddha statue and create a small shrine. Ray and Yolanda and Jeremy and Eric completed this task while Joseph and Monica completed the 'Move It' task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [5]

Answer: BJ

When teams arrived at Fremantle Prison, they found their Road Block for the ninth leg of the race. In this Road Block, one team member needed to go to Division 4 of the prison and find a flashlight. After this, they needed to find the entrance to an underground cave that connects the prison to underground tunnels. Underground, teams could either ride a canoe through the tunnels or walk through the dry tunnels. Once they found their hidden clue, they could resurface and return to their teammate. Jeremy, Joseph, Yolanda, Tyler, and Fran completed this task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [4]

Answer: Joseph and Monica

Since some teams didn't take a train all the way to Isthmos Station in Corinth, they were given a fifteen minute penalty at the Pit Stop at the Fortress of Rion in Rio, Greece. This penalty allowed Joseph and Monica to pass Ray and Yolanda at the Pit Stop, and it gave BJ and Tyler a scare when they arrived in fifth. Lake and Michelle never needed to wait through their penalty, but they would have needed to had they not arrived last.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [3]

Answer: Two

In the Road Block at the Teatro di Segesta, teams needed to choose one member who could successfully build a Greek statue. When the statue was complete, they could have someone inspect it and claim their clue. Many teams did not realize that there were two left-over pieces that weren't needed to complete the puzzle and spent more time. Tyler, Eric, Monica, Fran, Lori, Lake, Ray, and Dani completed this task.

From Quiz "The Amazing Race 9" [2]

Answer: Four

Teams participating in the 'Scrub' Detour task had to find a trolley park and completely wash the interior and exterior of a Moscow trolley. When the owner of the trolley thought they'd done a good enough job, they'd receive their clue. Although the task was physically demanding, teams didn't need to spend time searching forever for their clue. Joseph and Monica, Danielle and Dani, Wanda and Desiree, and Lori and David completed this task.

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