"The Amazing Race 39" [3] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mullet

Teams departed from the gardens outside of Marrakech's Medina Quarter with the instruction to fly from Morocco to the European nation of Albania, all of them taking the same flights to this not-before-seen "Race" destination. Landing here, racers found their vehicles waiting for them outside of the airport terminal, and on the windshield, their next clue.

To kick off the day, racers proceeded to the town of Mullet where they could get directions to Turtle Farm and locate their next clue box at the entrance.

Answer: Raki

Racers arrived at Turtle Farm with the news that the Driver's Seat would be ahead, and that's why, when teams arrived and found a Road Block, they were prepared to 'crush'.

For this task, the selected team member was required to join the local vintners in making raki, a liqueur made of grape must. After harvesting bunches of grapes from the vines, teams had to use a hand-cranked grape-crusher to create said must, but the amount they had to make varied from team to team due to the Driver's Seat.

For arriving first to this challenge, Michelle and Matt determined if teams would be making must from fifty pounds of grapes, seventy-five pounds, or one hundred pounds. The could choose three teams for each quantity (and they chose the least for themselves).

Matt, Dalton, Riley, Anuar, Dylan, Conner, Javi, Dafina, and Joanna were selected for this challenge though Ali and Joanna used their Express Pass on this task, leaning into Michelle and Matt's plan to flush it out and avoiding a need to crush one hundred pounds of grapes.

Answer: Michelle and Matt

Completing the raki-making Road Block, teams had to drive across Tirana to the town of Kashar to locate the Instituti i Artit Kulinar Royal, and here they found another Road Block and another Driver's Seat, making the first time a double of both had featured on "The Amazing Race". This time, the member of the team that did not complete the first task was allowed to do the second if they so chose.

At this Road Block, one member of each team needed to 'roll it out' by making traditional breakfast pastries, known as byrek, to the approval of a local chef, rolling out the dough, filling it, and folding it to be put in the oven.

Michelle and Matt managed to make it to this task first as well, giving them control over the Driver's Seat and allowing them to choose which teams made eight pastries, twelve pastries, or sixteen pastries. Michelle made eight while Riley, Doug, and Saran made twelve and Andrea, Garrett, Erin, Dalton, and Ali made sixteen.

Answer: Listening to a recorded conversation

Leaving the second Road block, racers had to make their way to one final task waiting for them in a clue box at Bunk'Art 1, deeper into Tirana. In this challenge, teams headed into one of the city's unique concrete bunkers, descending into the nearby art gallery to find a marked room, amongst hundreds, marked with a race flag.

Inside, they would listen to a recorded conversation paying careful attention to every seventh word. This would give them eleven words which, if listed in order, would spell out their next destination with their first letters: DOWNTOWN ONE.

They could drive to that location next for one last clue box.

Answer: Dafina and Saran

Once they got to their decoded destination, Downtown One, teams could leave their vehicles parked at that skyscraper and proceed on foot to the fifth Pit Stop of the race at nearby Skanderbeg Square. Michelle and Matt took their second win in a row in this leg, managing to stay at the front of the pack and leveraging the Driver's Seat on both occasions. This time, the couple won themselves a five-night Expedia trip for two to Cusco, Peru.

Although Erin and Javi fell behind at the second Road Block, the confusing streets of Albania got a number of teams lost en route to the final clue box. It meant that they could slip in in eighth place despite losing the rest of the teams while friends Dafina and Saran, driving too far in the wrong direction, arrived in last. They were eliminated this leg.

Answer: Pyramid of Tirana

Teams started Leg 6 with the instruction to head on foot from Skanderbeg Square to the Pyramid of Tirana in Albania's capital city and, when they arrived, they had to run to the top of the seventy-foot-high pyramid to find their next clue from a group of cultural performers.

From here, teams would need to drive across Tirana and into the hills to find Jurgen Resort for their next clue, but they were cautioned that they would be facing an Intersection ahead, implying they would be working together with another team in the future.

Answer: Wedding

At Jurgen Resort, racers encountered the Intersection, which meant that before they could continue racing and opening their next clue, they would need to mutually partner with another team to proceed. In this case, teams ended up diving into a Road Block, which meant that they would choose individuals to complete the task at hand, but those racers would work in tandem with a partner from their Intersected team.

In this task, team members needed to 'impress the father of the bride", learning the steps to a complex Albanian wedding dance and performing it together with their Intersected partner. This meant that the task was completed by Michelle paired with Daisha, Andrea with Garrett, Joanna with Riley, and Dylan with Erin. Once they finished the challenge, teams could proceed un-Intersected.

Answer: Hats

Racers who escaped the wedding went back into the heart of Tirana to locate their next clue box next to the statue of Mother Teresa outside of St. Paul's Cathedral, and this one was the Detour.

The first options teams had was 'Heads', which sent them to Albanian Night where each member of the pair had to make a qeleshe by washing wool in soap and water and creating and stretching a suitable piece of felt. If they could get the approval of the traditional hat maker, they could keep racing.

Teams that selected this task included Michelle and Matt, Ann-Marie and Riley, Ali and Joanna, and Doug and Dylan.

Answer: Conner and Garrett

The 'Tales' Detour option, as a counterpoint to 'Heads', sent teams to the Resurrection Cathedral. There, racers needed to memorize a poem about , teams had to memorize and recite a famous poem about the Albanian historical figure Skanderbeg. If each team member could recite a verse, one in Albanian and one in English, they would get their next clue.

Daisha and Dalton, Anuar and Andrea, Conner and Garrett, and Erin and Javi went to this task though Conner and Garrett used their Express Pass skip it. Michelle and Matt used theirs on the other Detour task.

Answer: Doug and Dylan

Racers who completed their Detour tasks in Leg 6 could proceed to their next Pit Stop, effectively the halfway point of the race, in front of the statue of Mother Albania overlooking the city of Tirana. Because of their shrewd decision-making throughout the leg, partnering for the Intersection early and then leveraging their Express Pass at the last possible opportunity, Michelle and Matt coasted into their third win in a row, claiming the hat trick and an Expedia prize package sending them to Alberta, Canada.

Although Doug and Dylan stepped on the mat in last place, staying near the back of the pack the entire leg, this Pit Stop proved to be non-elimination, allowing all eight teams to continue into the second half of the competition. The grandfather and grandson would be penalized at some point in their next leg.