Bonus, bonus, bonus

Three chances. Try them all or pick and choose.

For 10 points:
Write me a short bio on our favorite host of The Amazing Race (TAR). Does he have siblings? How'd he start TAR? Does he have family? etc.

For 15 points:
Give me a short history on TAR. Facts and figures; number of episodes, locations, camera crews etc. I love numbers so dig deep

For 75 points:
Make me a short video that includes the following:

• A Phil Keoghan eyebrow raise
• The following phrases:
• "A roadblock is a task that only one team member may perform." (you make up the roadblock)
• and
• "(insert two of your competing teams), you are the last team to arrive. I’m sorry to say that you have been eliminated from the race"

Send me your bonus answers by race time Sunday night. I'll update the blog with some info and video next week. Remember, you can do some, all or none, but I need your answers by race time 10/26.

Good luck!

Week Four Scores!

I liked this week's episode. I don't like how often Ken and Tina are coming in first....hopefully they'll not come in first when it really matters.

You can read a review of the episode over at TV Squad.com.

How cute were Phil and his dad!

The wipe-out at the Blowcarts looked like it was pretty bad.

The teams visiting the warrior dudes in the morning seemed to have a better time than those teams visiting at night.

How come Christy and Kelly didn't get a penalty for walking to the summit when the clue said to drive?!

Scoring was pretty good. If your name is Linda Daley that is. She's the only person who has Ken and Tina and with their streak of good finishes, she's getting a hefty lead on the rest of us.


Here's how this week's scoring breaks down:

Bonus Picks: Marisa and Brooke were Philiminated. Mark, Linda and myself had them picked to go home, so we nabbed 50 points.

Here's the finish order:

Ken and Tina

Terrence and Sarah

Kelly and Christy

Toni and Dallas

Nick and Starr

Andrew and Dan

Aja and Ty

Marisa and Brooke - Philiminated

The Team Scores:

Ken and Tina - 240 (first place win and FF points)

Terrence and Sarah - 130
Kelly and Christy - 80
Toni and Dallas - 70
Nick and Starr - 60
Andrew and Dan - 60
Aja and Ty - 40
Marisa and Brooke - (-190) (they did get 10 points for saying the episode title though!)

Your scores:

Adam 290

Tracy 340

Linda 550

Mark 280

Amy O. 180

Tyson 250

Week-to-date Scores: No change in the overall standings.

Linda 1670

Tracy 1310

Tyson 1100

Adam 1060

Mark 960

Amy O. 700

Looking at our standings, 3 of us have all 4 teams, while the other 3 have 3 teams left. Pretty good so far. I think once Ken and Tina are out of the picture, we'll be able to reel Linda back in.

As far as picking who's off next week - I'll send a reminder before Friday, so do some research, watch vids on cbs.com or pull a random team out of a hat until then.

Later!