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!

Week Three Scores!

I've always loved it when the clues are specific about something. This week marked disastrous for Mark and Bill as the clue was specific about how to get to the Detour and they overlooked it and incurred a 30mn time penalty and were Philiminated. Which is too bad, because I was really enjoying them. Christy and Kelly were all over the place and may as well have been hit with a silly stick, cuz they couldn't do much of anything well. Except maybe wipe out.
Those bikes looked awesome! Do you think it was carved out of one piece of driftwood (Meet The Parents movie reference)?

When will teams learn that it's a race. For money. And that you might just happen to get Yielded or U Turned. That's part of racing! I'm sick of teams taking that part of the game seriously. If you're good or doing well in the race, there's a chance that you'll get slowed down by either of the above-mentioned tactics. It's not personal. Deal with it.

Anyway - I enjoyed the episode and was glad to see they had to deal with the altitude. I think that was the first time I've seen that happen to the teams.

On with the scores (if you haven't already checked them out - which by the way...it is possible for you to pretty much watch the scoring session LIVE. Assuming we're not watching it a tad later to skip commercials, but try it sometime it might be fun).

Bonus Picks: No one picked the correct team to be eliminated, so no points were awarded.

Here's the finish order:
Ken and Tina - I think they won a 7 night vacation
Toni and Dallas
Terrence and Sarah
Marisa and Brooke
Aja and Ty
Nick and Starr
Andrew and Dan
Kelly and Christy
Mark and Bill - Philiminated

The Team Scores:
Ken and Tina - 120
Mark and Bill - (-80)
Terrence and Sarah - 80
Aja and Ty - 60
Toni and Dallas - 70
Nick and Starr - 60
Kelly and Christy - 70
Andrew and Dan - 50
Marisa and Brooke - 70


Your scores:
Adam 240
Tracy 280
Linda 330
Mark 200
Amy O. 190
Tyson 130

Week-to-date Scores:
Linda 1120
Tracy 970
Tyson 850
Adam 770
Mark 680
Amy O. 520

I want to know...did they ever find out who pushed the sports bra over the ledge?!

Week Two Scores!

First off - sorry for not getting your picks to be Philiminated before the show. We'll start up with the bonus picks this week, so get thinking.

While the episode was pretty funny, there wasn't much to see in regards to the place they were. Sure they drove along a beach and pushed a sailboat on logs, but we didn't get to see much of the country/culture of where they were racing. Unless you count the wall of adverts....

Here's a recount of last night's episode here at http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/06/the-amazing-race-do-you-like-american-candy/.

Scoring was pretty straighforward. Terrence and Sarah were almost always shown in first place, while Anthony and Stephanie were lagging behind at the back. Kelly and Christie nabbed 10 points for saying the episode title "Do you like American candy?".

How funny was Kelly and Christy misreading the clue and trying to dig for a container!? And then letting their taxi go! Nick and Starr didn't spend as much time up front this week and Nick showed us that's able to lie to your face and keep going once he has what he needs. Mark and Bill are cool headed and know what they can and can't do and haven't expressed interest in living with each other just yet. Tina bugs me. A lot.

Two people lost a team this week: Amy and Mark

Here's the finish order:
Ken and Tina
Mark and Bill
Terrence and Sarah
Aja and Ty
Toni and Dallas
Nick and Starr
Kelly and Christy
Andrew and Dan
Marisa and Brooke
Anthony and Stephanie - Philiminated (at least he has his good looks!)

The Team Scores:

Ken and Tina - 100
Mark and Bill - 120
Terrence and Sarah - 120
Aja and Ty - 70
Toni and Dallas - 60
Nick and Starr - 50
Kelly and Christy - 50
Andrew and Dan - 30
Marisa and Brooke - 30
Anthony and Stephanie - (-160)

Your scores:

Adam 200
Tracy 280
Linda 330
Mark 80
Amy O. 10
Tyson 360

Week-to-date Scores:

Linda 790
Tyson 720
Tracy 690
Adam 530
Mark 480
Amy O. 330