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The Amazing Race: Design Challenge VIII - Final Round Design Show on Page 50!
Kamineko:
Design #5 - NELs
[Waskish, Minnesota]
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Kamineko:
Design #6 - Stone
[Black Hills, South Dakota]
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This is Haarlem, Netherlands. At one time, the pre-medieval center of North Holland. Haarlem’s status as a small, bedroom community allowed its medieval architecture to remain intact over centuries of development and war, including its towering cathedral of Grote Kerk, the 11th pitstop in a race around the world.
Teams depart between 4:30 am and 5:45 am.
Clue: Fly to Rapid City, South Dakota, the gateway to South Dakota’s famous Black Hills. You’ll find your next clue waiting for you in the marked cars outside the airport. You have $130 for this leg of the race.
Teams are provided tickets on Delta flights departing Amsterdam at 10:15 am, connecting in Detroit & Minneapolis, and arriving in Rapid City at 8:51 am the following morning.
Clue: Drive 52 miles to Lead-Deadwood, South Dakota and search for your next clue on Deadwood's Main Street.
Deadwood was a large boomtown of the Dakota territory gold rush of the 1870’s, attracting iconic wild west figures like Calamity Jane and Wild Bill. Deadwood is a National Historic Landmark District for its well-preserved Gold-Rush era frontier architecture.
Roadblock: Who wants to hoist down the mine?
Locate the town’s former gold mine: Sanford Underground Laboratory and locate the hoist room. This former mine produced 41 million ounces of gold before being converted into the United States’ deepest underground laboratory and has gone on to make numerous groundbreaking discoveries in physics. In this roadblock, one team member will have to construct a model hoist. The hoists here at the lab were built in the 1930’s for the mine and are vital to the lab’s mission today, allowing any material, equipment, and essentials to be transported 4,850 feet underground to the lab with simple mechanics built almost a century ago. Once they can successfully lift and lower a bucket with their model hoist, the researcher will give teams their next clue.
Clue: Drive yourselves 53 miles to the Cathedral of the Black Hills and search for your next clue. Teams need to figure out the Cathedral in question is the Cathedral Spires rock formation in Custer State Park.
Roadblock: who can handle the cat’s meow?
Cat’s meow is the name of one of the climbing routes here at the 75 peaks of the Cathedral Spires. The geological formations here in the Black Hills are considered the best granite climbing sites in the world and attract climbers from around the globe every year. In this roadblock, one team member will have to follow the Cat’s Meow route to the peak of Spire 3. At the summit, they can retrieve their next clue and the flag of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and repel down the other side of the spire to their partner. The team member who did not perform the last roadblock at the Sanford Lab must complete this one.
Clue: Drive 52 miles to the Red Shirt Community on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Once there, receive your next clue from Julian Bear Runner, the current chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe.
Task: Teams must now work together to set up and decorate an Oglala Lakota tipi. The tipi has become stereotypically and incorrectly associated with all Native Americans across North America but was traditionally and most notably used by the tribes of the Dakota’s including the Oglala Lakota. Pay respect to the heritage of the tribe by setting up a ceremonial tipi beside Red Shirt Creek according to the diagram. Once complete, plant your flag from Cathedral Spires outside your tipi and Julian Bear Runner will give teams their final clue.
Clue: Donate all your remaining money to the Pine Ridge Reservation and race 8 miles to the finish line: Red Shirt Table. This plateau is surrounded on all sides by the stunning buttes of South Dakota’s Badlands. The first team to cross the finish line here overlooking the Badlands will win $1 million!
Notes for judges
Good morning/afternoon/evening judges! Thank you for organizing the revival of the DC and allow me to flesh out and explain elements of my design further:
* Rapid City has a population of 67,000 but no tasks take place there, its just our arrival airport. The rest of the locations are positively rural with the largest city visited being Deadwood with a population of 1,270.
* The hoist roadblock is a nice bait and switch. Team's visit an old frontier town with gold mines, and instead of something more stereotypical like panning for gold, they're actually going to a groundbreaking physics laboratory. The lab was where neutrino particles were discovered, among other discoveries, and is in the process of becoming the receiving end of particles shot 800 miles underground from Fermilab in Illinois. Constructing hoists is a task performed by students on field trips to the lab so it should be plenty doable for our teams. Helps make the leg less stereotypical.
* The cat's meow climbing route is nearly a 200 foot climb, but with 3 points to stop and rest along the way it's quite manageable and should be doable for all teams. Also allows for strategy for the team member to decide how long they want to rest. The climbing task helps fills the quota for a TAR finale's obligatory extreme task but is relevant to the location as the Black Hills are said to have the best granite climbing in the world. It's stunningly beautiful as well.
* The Pine Ridge Reservation is the most impoverished area in the U.S. with 99% of people living in poverty, hence donating money. I would've liked the teams to donate their time rather than money, but volunteer projects on the reservation are all based around construction of items like beds, wheelchair ramps, and homes and would be redundant with the hoist building roadblock. Instead, I decided to educate and help reclaim a symbol of the Oglala Lakota that has become mistakenly generalized to all native people. In my episode, I'd also have a card come up at the end informing viewers how they can donate their time and money to the Oglala Lakota tribe.
* I intentionally steered far clear of Mount Rushmore. It's an affront to the native people who's land it was seized and carved upon and has a problematic and racist history. No need to feature that on the race. Also steered clear of the Crazy Horse memorial, a similar mountain carving to Mount Rushmore. Many native people consider it an affront to their beliefs as well and the beliefs of Crazy Horse.
* $130 for the leg= $20 for admission to Custer's State Park, home of the Cathedral Spires + $60, the price of two full tanks of gas in SD ($2.50/gal) + $50 a little extra to sweeten the pot for the Pine Ridge donations.
* Lots of self driving, a big plus in my book. Also sets up for the teams to reach the finish line around sunset over the Badlands, absolutely beautiful.
Leg Map
Kamineko:
Design #7 - Lemontail
[Mackinac Island, Michigan]
Show contentLeg 12: Easter Island, Chile → Mackinac Island, United States
This is Easter Island, Chile. A Chilean island in middle of Southern Pacific Ocean, this island is famous for its moai statues scattered around the island and its isolation, with the island being hundreds of miles away from any nearest land.
This is Anakena, a white coral sand beach in northern Easter Island. This beach is famous for its beauty and has two ahu stone plaftorms containing moai statues. This beach now serves as the eleventh Pit Stop of the race.
The finalists are: Lara & Anaya, Nathan & Elena, and Nick & Ellis.
The first team to check in, archaeologists and friends Lara & Anaya, will depart at 9:09 am.
Married treasure hunters Nathan & Elena will depart at 9:23 am.
Newlyweds Nick & Ellis will depart at 9:47 am.
Route Info: Fly to the fudge capital of the world
Teams have to figure out that they have to fly 5,300 miles (8,500 km) to the fudge capital of the world, Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States.
Mackinac Island is an island, a small city, and a resort area located in the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and it is famous for its history, architecture, beauty, fudges, and almost-absence of motor vehicles, with the island residents and visitors being dependent on bikes, horse carriages, and other non-motor vehicles to get around the island.
All teams flew on the same flight to Mackinac Island via Santiago, Miami, Detroit, and Pellston. After arriving in Pellston, teams traveled by taxi to St. Ignace for an overnight stay. The next morning, teams eventually boarded a ferry to Mackinac Island.
Once there, teams must make their way by foot to Mackinac Island State Harbor. You have US$146 for this leg.
Mackinac Island State Harbor is a marina serving Mackinac Island. It is one of the designated Clear Marinas, a voluntary compliance program that stresses good environmental and management practices that exceed minimum regulatory requirements in marinas.
Roadblock: Who’s the tier?
Boating is the primary way to get in or out of Mackinac Island, due to its nature of being an island, aside from a small airport that’s barely used. Thus, boats are well-woven into the culture of Mackinac Island.
In this Roadblock, a team member must hop on into a group of 12 small rowboats representing legs visited on the race with the colors representing the flags of the countries visited on the race. The boats are connected together via a rope, but are ordered incorrectly, so they must rearrange the boats according to the order of the leg represented. A sailor will assess the entire task. If the sailor judges that their order are correct, they may receive their next clue.
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Show contentThe boats are in different colors, representing the flag colors of the countries they’ve visited. There are 12 rowboats just off coast the island and they’re in a straight line. They must re-tie the boats in order of the legs represented, after that they may jump into another boat to retie another boat again by rowing the boat to get to the desired boat, similar to doing a U-Turn on sea. Retying the boat are done by removing the tie from a mooring pole on the boat, and retying the mooring tie with another tie connected to origin boat, then they can use the removed tie to tie another boat. All boats are ordered incorrectly in the same way, so no one has a clear advantage. This task tests a person’s stamina, fitness, and memory.
Route Info: Make your way by foot to May’s Candy Shop
May’s Candy Shop is a candy store that also specializes in making fudges and is the oldest fudge shop in Mackinac Island, having been operated by four generations. It is only the fudge shop in Mackinac Island that has been visited by an American president.
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Show contentThere are two locations of May's Candy Shop. These locations are near each other, on same street (Main Street), and visible to each other. Visit the one that doesn't sit in a street corner.
Active Route Info: Make and deliver fudges to several historic hotels in Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island is famous for its fudges. Fudge is a type of sugar candy that is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk. Fudge shops in Mackinac Island make roughly 10,000 pounds of fudge each season.
In this Active Route Info, teams must witness fudge-making process, then proceed to make their own fudge to be delivered to their next clue location. Once they have successfully made their fudge, they have to deliver pre-made fudges to several historic hotels in Mackinac Island via bikes. If done successfully, they may receive their next clue from a baker once they return to the shop, but they also must deliver their own self-made fudges to their next clue location.
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Show contentOne thing, is that they aren’t provided hotel names nor their addresses, only the pictures of a small detail of their architecture, as Mackinac Island is known for its Victorian architecture (and other architectural styles like Colonial and Federalist) adorned into its buildings. This forces teams to look into buildings and note their architecture, as they cannot ask other people for help.
Route Info: Make your way by bike to Grand Hotel Stables
Grand Hotel Stables is a stable used to house horse carriages for tours and also functions as a museum detailing about horse carriages, the primary means of transport in Mackinac Island until 20th century. It is owned by the Grand Hotel, which is around 440 yards (400 m) away from here.
Active Route Info: Assemble and disassemble horse carriages
Horse carriages were the primary means of transport in Mackinac Island for most of their existence until 20th century, where they were outnumbered by bikes. They still remain as one of the modes of transport in Mackinac Island.
In this Active Route Info, teams must assemble a horse carriage, built exactly according to a provided manual. One thing, is that they also must disassemble another horse carriage exactly according to a provided manual. Once they have completed the steps to assembling and disassembling a horse carriage correctly and the coachman is satisfied, they may receive their next clue.
Route Info: Make your way by bike to British Landing
British Landing is a historical place where the British and Indian forces made their way into Mackinac Island during the war of 1812, when a war broke out between the United States and United Kingdom. During the war, Lt. Porter Hanks, commander of the American garrison of 57 soldiers, had no known that war had been declared and then realized that resistance was hopeless, so Hanks capitulated without a fight.
Roadblock: Who’s the spotter?
Mackinac Island is the bicycle capital of the world, with 85,000 bicycles licensed despite its small population of less than 500 people. That means there are 170 bikes for every year-round resident, with other bikes reserved for the visitors. It is also a primary means of transport in Mackinac Island, with horse carriages and other types of transport being outnumbered by bikes.
In this Roadblock, a team member must bike their bicycle around northern Mackinac Island starting and ending in British Landing to spot flags of Mackinac Island and the former or historical flags of countries they visited on the race. Once done, they must arrange the flags they encountered on the bike journey on order of the legs they appeared on by moving the flags on their assigned bulletin board and then type a passcode on a safe box below their assigned bulletin board that corresponds to the number of flags spotted so they can unlock the safe box which contains their next clue.
NOTE: For whose did not perform the first Roadblock, MUST perform this Roadblock.
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Show contentThe flags have been noted in every first clue in every leg that doesn’t start in same country detailing about where are they going, shown in the bottom of the clue. Teams will be given a route map for them to follow on to search and spot flags via their bikes. They are very obscurely hidden, and sometimes hidden in plain sight, and there are several numbers of the same flags. One thing, is that they have a 20-minute limit to search and spot, as passing over the limit results in a 5-minute penalty, so they must return to British Landing as soon as possible before the time limit ends and then they can restart the search again. After they’ve completed the bike journey, they must go to their assigned bulletin board to arrange the flags in order of the country they visited and also answer how many former flags of each countries they’ve encountered on the bike journey by typing a passcode in a safe box below the bulletin board. If they’re not sure about the amount, they can search and spot again. A soldier will oversee the task. If they successfully unlock the safe box, they will find their next clue in there. This task tests a person's stamina, fitness, detail-spotting, and memory ability.
Route Info: Make your way by bike to the Finish Line at Fort Holmes
Fort Holmes is a fort that was built after the British and their allies captured Fort Mackinac during the War of 1812, and they quickly built a small outpost and called it Fort George. When the Americans regained the Fort by treaty at the end of the War of 1812, it was renamed Fort Holmes after the American Major Andrew Hunter Holmes who succumbed to wounds during a futile attempt to retake the Fort from the British in 1814.
This fort will now serve as the Finish Line of The Amazing Race. The first team to check in here will win US$1 million and The Amazing Race. Everyone is awaiting for you!
The outcome:
Show content3:46 PM - Nick & Ellis, 11 teams, 7 continents, 10 countries, 14 cities, and more than 53,000 kilometers and 33,000 miles, you are the winner of The Amazing Race and thus, you have won one million dollars. Congratulations! You have done well on the race!
Lara & Anaya finished in second place (4:41 PM) and Nathan & Elena in third place (5:23 PM).
Route (for task purposes):
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Leg 1: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States to Casablanca, Morocco
Leg 2: Casablanca, Morocco to Bari, Italy
Leg 3: Bari, Italy to Venice, Italy
Leg 4: Venice, Italy to Marmaris, Turkey
Leg 5: Marmaris, Turkey to Beirut, Lebanon
Leg 6: Beirut, Lebanon to Male, Maldives
Leg 7: Male, Maldives to Perth, Australia
Leg 8: Perth, Australia to Mendoza, Argentina
Leg 9: Mendoza, Argentina to Puno, Peru
Leg 10: Puno, Peru to Puerto Montt, Chile
Leg 11: Puerto Montt, Chile to Easter Island, Chile
Leg 12: Easter Island, Chile to Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States
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Show content• All teams departed Pit Start on July 22 and flew on July 22 and 23 via Santiago, Miami, Detroit, and Pellston.
• All teams took off on foot (a 3-minute walk) from Hotel Oceania Rapa Nui, which is near to the airport.
• After arriving in Pellston, Michigan (a small village of 830 people, complete with a regional airport), all teams, per clue, were instructed to take a 35-minute taxi to Thunderbird Moter Inn in St. Ignace, Michigan (a small city of 2,400 people), for an overnight stay since ferries to Mackinac Island doesn’t usually depart much later than 8:30 PM, so they must wait until tomorrow on July 24. The taxi journey costs around $84.
• The next morning, teams take off on foot to the dock where Star Line Ferries are waiting to transport between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island. They took a 7:30 am ferry, arriving around 20-35 minutes later.
• The ferry from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island via Star Line costs around $29 per person.
• $146 should be enough to cover the costs of this leg. The teams all started the leg with no money, having donated all of their money to help cover the costs of restoring an Easter Island moai last leg.
• It took about 4 minutes for teams to walk from the ferry dock to the marina.
• For the first Roadblock, it goes like this: You row your origin boat to your desired boat, the ropes (connected to a small bollard in every bow and stern of each boat) are long enough to cover distance between 12 boats, then you remove the rope connecting the bow (front) of desired boat to the stern (back) of another boat, then using that rope to connect to the rope-less bow of your origin boat (so that it is connected to the stern of another boat), then remove the rope from the stern of your origin boat, then using that rope to connect the bow of your desired boat. After this, you may return to the most-front boat to do it all over again by hopping on these boats. I estimate this would take at least an hour or more. There are pictures below to help you give a detail on how this works.
• The boats are located in a bay off Mackinac Island State Harbor to protect them from currents.
• I chose May's Candy Shop because of its history, being the first fudge shop in Mackinac Island and former president Gerald Ford also once visited it in 1970s.
• It took about 5 minutes for teams to walk from the marina to May's Candy Shop.
• The bikes are provided by production at May’s Candy Shop.
• The fudge making took about 4 hours. Teams only witnessed essential portions of fudge making which took about twenty minutes. They are aided by a manual for further instructions, instead.
• With 3 hours (out of 4 hours at the shop) spent waiting fudges to cool, this time is used for teams to deliver pre-made fudges. Which still took at least an hour, since they also had to find and sort fudges to each box in a fudge storage room, which takes at least an hour.
• The hotels teams must find are: Hotel Iroquois, Chippewa Hotel, Island House Hotel, Main Street Inn, and Grand Hotel.
• Each team took five boxes of fudges, with each box containing 12 fudges.
• The teams should take about 6 minutes or so inside every hotel for every hotel to receive the fudges.
• The fudge delivering route takes about 12 minutes or so, if they already know every hotel to find, not including the return route (varies according to which the last hotels each team went to, 2-5 minutes on bike or so) and time spent inside each hotel.
• The delivering task should take about half an hour or more depending on how teams find the hotels.
• Teams aren’t given the hotels’ addresses nor their names for the fudge ARI. They are instead given a route map to follow and pictures of the details of their architecture. They have to note the hotels’ architecture to find them. The photos for them are listed below. This task would take at least half an hour or more for delivering.
• I chose British Landing because it is where foreign troops landed on Mackinac Island during the War of 1812, so it’d make sense to teams to search for Mackinac Island and the United States flags but also flags of foreign countries starting from there.
• Teams are given a route map to follow on to search and spot flags on their bikes, so they don't get lost easily and makes the task a bit easier.
• For the second Roadblock, the flags are mixed with present-day flags of some countries, which some of them look similar (like Australia, Maldives, Turkey, and the United States for example), so teams must spot the differences, making the task harder.
• The flags are from 10 countries visited on the race and is listed below (in spoilers). This is not definitely a luck-based task.
• The flags are noted on below of the first clue opened on every leg. The first leg had 2 flags, one for United States and one for Morocco. Every other leg had one picture of a flag on below of the first clue, with the last one having a picture of the flag of Mackinac Island. The last one had ‘Mackinac Island’ tagline removed from the flag to keep the destination cryptic.
• The flags are either hanged or put on trees, bushes, buildings, signs, and rocks.
• The biking route for the Roadblock takes about 15 minutes (including return to British Landing), so they have 5 minutes to intensively spot around. I estimate this would take about an hour or so.
• There are 50 correct flags to spot, representing 50 stars (and states of the United States) on the flag of the United States. The flags are: 3 for the United States, 5 for Morocco, 4 (each two representing Venice and Naples) for Italy, 6 for Turkey, 5 for Lebanon, 6 for Maldives, 5 for Australia, 3 for Argentina, 4 for Peru, 6 for Chile, and 3 for Mackinac Island. The 12-digit passcode is 3-5-2-2-6-5-6-5-3-4-6-3.
• In case a team gets stuck in this task well into night, every flag has a light to illuminate them.
• The bulletin board (one for each team) is custom-made with a safe box below it.
• The Finish Line is located in the big grass behind Fort Holmes, intersecting with the V-shaped trail intersection, as seen on map below (in spoilers).
• Overall, this leg should take at least more than six hours and end in late afternoon.
• I chose Mackinac Island because it has significant culture and history (and beautiful in summer), so it’d make sense to showcase it.
• Mackinac Island is also a very small city that has a population of less than 500, so it fits the definition of a rural area.
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Show contentLeg 12 (Chile → United States)
• Easter Island (Mataveri International Airport) to Pellston, Michigan , United States (Pellston Regional Airport)
• Pellston (Pellston Regional Airport) to St. Ignace (Thunderbird Motor Inn) (overnight stay)
• St. Ignace (Star Line Ferry Dock – Dock #2) to Mackinac Island (Star Line Ferry Dock – Island Dock #1)
• Mackinac Island (Mackinac Island State Harbor)
• Mackinac Island (May’s Candy Shop)
• Mackinac Island (Grand Hotel Stables)
• Mackinac Island (British Landing)
• Mackinac Island (Fort Holmes)
In the first Roadblock, a team member had to hop on a small rowboat, then rearrange a group of 12 rowboats connected together via a rope that is installed on each boat’s bow and stern as each boats had a color that corresponds to a country’s flag, thus representing the leg where the color of the boat corresponded to the flag of the country visited on the Race. Once done, they would receive their next clue from a sailor.
In the final Roadblock of the Race, a team member had to bike around a predetermined route in northern Mackinac Island to search and spot flags of Mackinac Island and the former/historical flags of the countries visited on the Race, then return to type a passcode in their assigned bulletin board that corresponds to the number of flags spotted, on order of the countries (and legs for Italy) visited. If they aren’t sure about the amount, they can return to search and spot again. A soldier will oversee the task. Once done, they would have a 12-digit passcode needed to unlock the safe box, which contains their next clue.
The passcode for the safe box were: 3-5-2-2-6-5-6-5-3-4-6-3.
Additional tasks
• At May’s Candy Shop, teams had to witness the process of making fudges, then proceed to make their own fudges to be delivered to their next clue location. They also had to deliver pre-made fudges to several historic hotels located around Mackinac Island via bikes. They are only given a route map to follow and a picture detailing their architecture, therefore teams had to look at the buildings for a match. Once done, they must return to shop to receive their next clue from a baker.
• At Grand Hotel Stables, after delivering their own self-made fudges to a coachman, teams had to assemble a horse carriage and disassemble another horse carriage exactly according to a provided manual. Once done correctly, a coachman would give teams their next clue.
Task visualization:
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Red: rope; Grey: boat; Blue: water; Green: direction
Fudge delivery hotels:
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Corresponding to:
Chippewa Hotel, Island House Hotel, Main Street Inn, Hotel Iroquois, and Grand Hotel.
Flags (on order of appearance on first clue of every leg):
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These are (with years of use if applicable):
• United States (1795-1818)
• Morocco (1258-1659)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816–1848 and 1849–1860; its territory included Bari)
• Republic of Venice (1659-1675)
• Ottoman Empire (1844-1922)
• French Mandate of Lebanon (1920-1943)
• British Maldives (1954-1965)
• Australia (1903-1908)
• Argentine Confederation (1835-1850)
• Chile (1812-1814)
• Mackinac Island (the 'Mackinac Island' tagline on the flag was removed on the clue, but still appears on the flag used for the final Roadblock)
Flights:
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Maps:
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Ferry:
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Walking:
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Bike:
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Bike for first Active Route Info:
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Bike for final Roadblock:
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Finish Line:
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Kamineko:
Design #8 - BourkieBoy
[Superior National Forest, Minnesota]
Show contentPhil Keoghan: This is Winnipeg!
Phil Keoghan: It’s the capital and the largest city of the province of Manitoba. The city is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America.
Phil Keoghan: Winnipeg is well-known for being home to several professional sporting franchises including the Winnipeg Jets. Today, the Final Three teams will depart from Bell MTS Place, on their final leg of our race around the world and on their quest for $1,000,000!
Phil Keoghan: John & Tony won the last leg of the Race and so they’ll depart first at 12:45am.
Route Info: Drive yourselves to Lyncrest Airport and sign-up for individual charter flights to the Superior National Forest!
Phil Keoghan: Teams must now drive themselves to Lyncrest Airport, where they will sign-up for one of three individual charter flights to the Superior National Forest. The Superior National Forest is a part of the United States National Forest system and located in the Arrowhead Region of the state of Minnesota between the Canada–United States border. The Forest comprises over 3,900,000 acres of woods and waters, perfect for camping, boating and fishing, all tasks teams will experience, in the final leg of the Race!
Phil Keoghan: Once teams land in the National Forest, they must search the Landing Area for a marked 2013 Ford Mustang, which contains their next clue!
You have $50 for the final Leg of the Race!
Note: Charter flights come first in, first serve!
Route Info: Follow the marked driving route to the Birch Lake Campground and search for your next clue!
Phil Keoghan: Teams must now follow the marked red and yellow flags to the Birch Lake Campground, where they will locate their next clue!
Route Info: It’s time to set up camp!
Phil Keoghan: Camping is a favourite pastime for many Americans! In this Active Route Marker, teams must follow the provided example and set up camp for the traditional American family of four!
Phil Keoghan: Teams must firstly make sure they pitch their tent on flat, dry ground, store the non-perishable food in a tightly sealed container, collect firewood from the nearby woods and finally, use the wood, the provided newspaper and provided matches to
Phil Keoghan: Only when the campground manager is satisfied that teams have set up the camp to his high standards, will he hand teams their next clue!
Route Info: Follow the marked route and drive yourselves to Crescent Lake!
Phil Keoghan: Teams must once again follow the yellow and red flags to Crescent Lake. This lake has a surface area of 774 acres and has a depth of 9 metres.
Phil Keoghan: Once teams arrive at the Lake, they must find the Boat Launching Area, where teams will search among the boats for a marked Race boat and then locate the skipper on-board the Deck, who has the team’s next clue!
Roadblock: Who has good balance?
Phil Keoghan: As with all Roadblocks, a Roadblock is a task which only team member can perform. In the penultimate Roadblock of the Race, one team member must learn how to waterski!
Phil Keoghan: Once the team member has managed to skim over the body of water for two straight minutes without falling into the water, they will receive their next clue.
Phil Keoghan: However, if team members do anything unsafe, which could present a possible danger to themselves or everyone else in the water, the challenge will immediately be stopped and the team will need to serve a 4-hour penalty at the Finish Line!
Route Info: Drive yourselves to the base of Eagle Mountain. When you arrive, hike to the top and collect pictures of the Race along the way!
Phil Keoghan: Teams must now drive themselves to the base of Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain, at 2,301 feet high, is the highest natural point in the state of Minnesota.
Phil Keoghan: While teams hike to the top, they will need to collect pictures of their eleven previous Pit Stops along the way in the Race, which one team member will use in the final challenge of the Race!
Roadblock:Who has an elephant’s memory?
NOTE: If you did the water-ski Road Block, then your partner MUST do this one!
Phil Keoghan: In the final Roadblock of the Race, one team member must use the photos they collected during the last Active Route Marker and place the pictures in order!
Phil Keoghan: Once teams have placed the pictures of their previous Pit Stops in the correct chronological order, a park ranger will give the team their final clue!
Route Info: This is it! Drive yourselves to the Finish Line, located at the Grand Portage National Monument!
Note: The first team to cross the Finish Line, will win $1,000,000
Phil Keoghan: Teams must now drive themselves to the Finish Line, located at the Grand Portage National Monument!
Phil Keoghan: This United States National Monument is located on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota and preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage. Today, it plays host to the Finish Line, of our most amazing race around the world!
Phil Keoghan: The first team to cross the Finish Line, will win the grand prize of $1,000,000 and The Amazing Race!
DESIGNER NOTES
Hello judges! I really hope you enjoyed this leg! Even though this leg was actually quite hard to make (it took me almost a full week to complete the leg!), I had a lot of fun designing this leg! I've included tasks that I have done myself, such as water-skiing and camping (which I will never do again)! I sincerely hope that this leg makes sense to y'all and don't be afaird to PM me if you have any questions about the leg! :)
This was great fun and I hope to be able to continue my designing journey in Round 2! :) :waves:
Kamineko:
Design #9 - MikeDodgers
[Talladega, Alabama]
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Previously on The Amazing Race…
Twelve new teams set off from the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte on race around the world for $1,000,000.
Phil: Welcome to The Amazing Race!
(Cheers from the teams)
At the starting line, two new twists surprised the teams.
Phil: This is a Hall of Fame, isn't it? People need to be voted in to a Hall of Fame, so where better than here to have....A YIELD VOTE!
Melissa: WHAT?
Camila: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Phil: This will be a secret ballot. The ballots were handed to you upon your arrival here alongside a #2 pencil. Once you've made your decision, place them in the ballot box behind me. And fittingly, since we're in the hub of all things NASCAR, the ballot box will take the shape of the car of current NASCAR champion Kyle Busch. Everyone, please cast your votes now.
(Everyone casts their votes)
Phil: There's something else. After this starting line task, you all gotta find a team to partner with because you'll all be....INTERSECTED for this first leg!
Along the way, teams went on a rollercoaster ride of highs...
(Leg 4 - Tangier, Morocco)
Shawn: AWESOMESAUCE, CAM!
...and lows.
(Leg 11 - Shanghai, China)
Milo: STOP THIS CAR, MELISSA! RIGHT NOW!
Melissa: NO!
Milo: I'm serious, I'm gonna jump out this car right now!
New York Mets teammates Pete & Jeff and dating singers Shawn & Camila got off to a fast start, winning 6 of the first 7 legs.
Phil: Pete & Jeff...
...Shawn & Camila....
YOU ARE TEAM #1!
Along the way, 9 teams were eliminated...
Phil: Toni & Dallas...
...Amani & Marcus...
....Tyler & Brian...
...Doyle & Todd...
...Amanda & Kris...
...Chester & Ephraim...
...Trey & Lexi...
...Laurie & Melanie...
...Shawn & Camila...
...I'm sorry to tell you you have been eliminated from the race.
Tonight, one team will win $1,000,000 and...THE AMAZING RACE!
Bopper: Show up and get it up and let's go win that money, honey!
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This is Nagoya, Japan. From the Japanese for 'peaceful', it is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world...
...and linking the important trade routes of Tokaido and Nakasendo...NAGOYA CASTLE.
This is the start of the 13th and final leg in a race around the world.
Bopper & Mark won the last leg of the race and will depart first at 4:16 AM.
DEPARTING TIMES:
Show contentBopper & Mark: 4:16 AM
Milo & Melissa: 4:30 AM
Pete & Jeff: 4:59 AM
“FLY TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.”
Teams must now fly nearly 7,000 miles to Alabama's largest city - Birmingham.
Once they land, they must make their way to the city of Talladega and travel by taxi or marked Ford Mustang to the Idlewild Plantation House...
…to pick up their next clue.
“You have 200 dollars for this leg of the race.”
“COTTON UP!”
Phil: Cotton was a valuable crop during the Civil War. In this Roadblock, one team member must dress as a cotton farmer, known in the south as a doffer, and use the provided 19th century mechanical cotton gins to mill enough cotton for one pound's worth. Once they've farmed enough cotton, the superintendent will hand them their next clue.
“TRAVEL BY TAXI OR MARKED CAR TO THE HALL OF HEROES...”
Teams must now travel by taxi or marked car and find Talladega's Hall of Heroes Museum. This celebration of heroes throughout history is where teams will find their next clue!
“FIND THE PEOPLE KEY IN MAKING SCHOOL SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL...”
The landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education laid the groundwork for the US Civil Rights Movement and began the integration of blacks in the United States educational system. This task requires teams to look through the Hall of Heroes museum and find the statues of the 5 key players in the landmark Supreme Court decision - McKinley Burnett, Lucinda Todd, Charles Scott, Oliver Brown and...Thurgood Marshall. They must use the provided digital cameras to take pictures of the people who made this Supreme Court decision possible. Once they've taken the pictures, they must then show them to the curator to get their next clue.
“MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE SILK STOCKING DISTRICT...”
Teams must now drive themselves to the Historic Silk Stocking District - home to many classic architectural styles throughout history - to pick up their next clue.
“1. DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW
2. KIM POSSIBLE'S HOMETOWN
3. 4 time NASCAR champion Jeff + President 42 + Lead singer of 'The Who'
4. Hall of Fame pitcher known as Tom Terrific.”
Teams must now figure out that the 4 riddles presented to them are leading them to the Fleetwood Home, Middleton House, the Gordon-Clinton-Townsend House and the Seavers Home - 4 historic homes in the Silk Stocking District. At each checkpoint, teams will receive a piece of a puzzle. When all 4 pieces are combined, they'll form a miniature tire that they can exchange at Talladega's first service station for their next clue.
“THE LAST MAJOR GENERAL OF UNION ARMY VOLUNTEERS WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR NEXT DESTINATION...”
Teams must now figure out that their clue is leading them to Talladega College's Swayne Hall. Named for a Union Army General, this historically black college is where teams will pick up their next clue!
“IT ALL STARTED WITH A SIMPLE 'NO'...”
The US Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s began right here in the state of Alabama when Rosa Parks took a stand and refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man. That simple 'no' sparked a decade long movement for equality between whites and blacks. To win the $1,000,000 and The Amazing Race, teams must now test their knowledge of a movement that began...with a simple 'no'. Teams must now head into Swayne Hall and sit in on a Civil Rights class. After watching a video on the Civil Rights Movement, teams will then be presented with a 20 question quiz about the US Civil Rights Movement. If they score a C or higher, they'll be presented with their next clue. If not, they must watch the video and take the test again.
“DRIVE YOURSELVES TO THE PLACE RICKY BOBBY SPENT HIS NIGHTS...”
Teams must now figure out that their clue is referring to the Talladega Superspeedway. This 2.6 mile track is home to many annual events, including NASCAR's GEICO 500. Teams must make their way to the Moss-Thornton Grandstands just past the start-finish line to pick up their next clue.
“WHO'S READY TO TAKE THE CHECKERED FLAG?”
Phil: Talladega Superspeedway has been home to many photo finishes throughout the 70 year history of NASCAR. Today, it'll be home to what is sure to be an Amazing Race classic. Teams must don a regulation NASCAR firesuit and climb aboard a Richard Petty Driving Experience racecar. They'll then take a lap around the 2.6 mile Talladega Superspeedway at race speed, taking note of the flags they see along the way - 9 of which are those of the teams that were eliminated on the race. After they park their car on pit lane, they must first remember the teams that were Intersected in the first leg by picking out sets of racing tires bearing team pictures, then from a field of over 200 flags scattered on the frontstretch grass, they must find the flags bearing the images of the 9 teams that were eliminated and arrange them in the proper order. If they're wrong, they must climb back aboard the car and try again. If they're correct, the NASCAR official on hand will wave the green flag, authorizing them to run along the marked path to the Finish Line at Gatorade Victory Lane. The first team to arrive here will win $1,000,000 and...THE AMAZING RACE!
Wiki-style:
- Nagoya, Japan (Chubu Centrair International Airport) to Birmingham, Alabama (Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport)
- Talladega, Alabama (Idlewild Plantation House) [ROADBLOCK: Cotton Up!]
- Talladega (Hall of Heroes Museum) [ACTIVE ROUTE INFO: Find The People Key In Making School Segregation Unconstitutional]
- Talladega (Silk Stocking District - Fleetwood Home, Middleton House, Gordon-Clinton-Townsend House, Seavers Home) [ACTIVE ROUTE INFO: Scavenger Hunt]
- Talladega (Silk Stocking District - Talladega's First Service Station)
- Talladega (Talladega College - Swayne Hall) [Active Route Info: It All Began With A Simple 'No'...]
- Talladega (Talladega Superspeedway) [ROADBLOCK: Who's Ready To Take The Checkered Flag?]
- Talladega (Talladega Superspeedway - Gatorade Victory Lane) [FINISH LINE]
In the leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to dress as a cotton farmer, known in the deep south as a doffer, and use the provided 19th century mechanical cotton gins to mill one pound of cotton to get their next clue. In the final Roadblock of the race, one team member had to don a regulation NASCAR firesuit and climb aboard a Richard Petty Driving Experience racecar. They then had to drive one lap at race speed (around 180 MPH) around the 2.6 mile Talladega Superspeedway, taking note of the flags they saw along the way - 9 of which bore pictures of the previously eliminated teams. First, using sets of racing tires, they had to remember the teams that were Intersected in the first leg. Then, from a field of 200 flags scattered along the frontstretch grass, they had to find the flags bearing pictures of the 9 eliminated teams and arrange them in the proper elimination order using the provided flagstands. If they were correct, the NASCAR official on hand would wave the green flag, clearing them to run to the Finish Line. If not, they would have to run another lap.
Additional tasks:
- At the Hall of Heroes Museum, teams had to find and take pictures of the 5 key people in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education - McKinley Burnett, Lucinda Todd, Charles Scott, Oliver Brown and Thurgood Marshall. Once the curator confirms the photos, teams would get their next clue.
- In the Silk Stocking District, teams were presented with a set of 4 riddles, leading to 4 places along the district: 1. DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW (Fleetwood Home)
2. KIM POSSIBLE'S HOMETOWN (Middleton House)
3. 4 time NASCAR champion Jeff + President 42 + Lead singer of 'The Who' (Gordon-Clinton-Townsend House)
4. Hall of Fame pitcher known as Tom Terrific (Seavers Home)
At each location, teams would find a puzzle piece. Once all 4 pieces were combined, they'd form a miniature tire that they would have to bring to Talladega's first service station to exchange for their next clue.
- At Talladega College's Swayne Hall, teams had to sit in on a Civil Rights Movement class and watch a video about the US Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s. Then, they had to take a 20 question quiz about the US Civil Rights Movement. If they scored a C or higher, they'd be presented with their next clue. If not, they'd have to watch the video and take the quiz again.
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Show contentNotes for the Judges:
- I'm going for a Civil Rights theme for the tasks other than the Finish Line memory task, showcasing the barriers African-Americans in the United States had to overcome to attain equality. In this finale, the tasks showcase the period of slavery leading to the Civil War on the first RB; the first ARI harkens back to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and the last ARI references Rosa Parks' iconic refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in the Alabama capital of Montgomery, which sparked the US Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.
- The final RB does take a cue from season 9's Denver finale task at Red Rocks, but their teammate can not guide them at all and there's something else for the teams to remember because there was an added twist in Leg 1. Also, instead of remembering countries they visited, they have to remember the elimination order of the teams. Among the 200 flags are flags bearing Amazing Race teams from past seasons as decoys to throw teams off.
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