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TAR 18 Ep 6 "I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade" (Kolkata, India)
Chateau d If:
This looks like a good question to ask the racers!
Lots of possibilities going on:
1) Maybe Luke complained that there were no more good teacups on the tables. In response, production may have been compelled to check the empties to be sure. Did they find one and then then have to refill it and refill some more to mask the winning cup?
2) Luke was able, in the end, to bring a tray full of teacups to sit before the judge. He drank one, tipped the cup so the judge could see the number, waited for the determination, and repeated with the next cup. This was a far more efficient routine. Why was this not done earlier?
There was a similar situation in TAR6 where Hayden and Rebecca were trying to match their keys to specific padlocks out of thousands. It was so hopeless that production, twice, narrowed the field to guide them to the correct locks (learned on an RFF podcast, thanks Rob!).
:hearts: Hayden :hearts:
Prophet:
I think that key and lock task in TAR6 was probably the hardest task in TAR history. TAR6 may be the hardest season as well considering that it also included the first haybale task (which was harder than the Switchback version, imo).
Coutzy:
--- Quote from: The Prophet on April 03, 2011, 11:08:43 AM ---I think that key and lock task in TAR6 was probably the hardest task in TAR history. TAR6 may be the hardest season as well considering that it also included the first haybale task (which was harder than the Switchback version, imo).
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On a pure numbers standpoint, the Switchback was harder.
Prophet:
--- Quote from: Coutzy on April 03, 2011, 12:08:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Prophet on April 03, 2011, 11:08:43 AM ---I think that key and lock task in TAR6 was probably the hardest task in TAR history. TAR6 may be the hardest season as well considering that it also included the first haybale task (which was harder than the Switchback version, imo).
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On a pure numbers standpoint, the Switchback was harder.
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True, but another factor that must be counted when considering the two tasks is that the teams had a definite time limit in searching for the correct lock because of the gondola. When the gondola finally did leave the location, it stranded one team and forced them to quit the task.
However, the hay bales task was physically strenuous. It truly is a tossup between the two. :tup:
Slowhatch:
K/J's lucky break:
This puzzled me for a bit. Thakur Bari has absolutely nothing to do with tea: it's a family estate turned into a museum--inside a college campus. There was no way a helpful stranger could connect the dots and steer K/J in the right direction, so I looked around and found him in a cap with R/C when they were hiring a cab. My guess is that he's the taxi manager (or whatever title is appropriate for directing a cab rank) and he just sent them off to the same place as the others (regardless of the tea). At least, I hope that's the explanation. :(
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