Fantasy Amazing Race - Season 13

[Pekmboyd]

Stay tuned!

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Woo Hoo!!!

[giffordsaz]

omgoodness.. pek is back to play!!!!! oh thank you pekker

[minda07]

I CAN"T WAIT!!!!

[Cherie]

Oh Yay! I am so glad you are doing this again Pek!

[angiemarie]

The Philpackage and a fantasy game. I can't wait!

[BlueBee]

YIPPIE! thanks Pek!

[blazergirl]

I am so in! There is nothing I love more then the Amazing Race!

[LonnaSaur]

oh thank you pekker

The Philpackage and a fantasy game. I can't wait!

LOL!!! Can we re-name the Philpackage the Philpekker? Or the Pekkerpackage?

Pek, you are awesome! The only thing better than TAR is playing Fantasy TAR at the same time!

[Pekmboyd]

Here we go! I'll do my best to get questions up as early as possible, and keep in mind that I do not check for spoilers and Tivo past most commercials, so some questions might be "duh, that's in the preview" - consider them free points :)

Rules:
1. Send ONE email to fantasyamazingrace@gmail.com (your first email each week will be accepted, all others discarded). Deadline is 8:00 pm Eastern Time, regardless of time zone or long-running football games.

2. Use your TVGasm member name, and the week # as the Subject Line (example: Pekmboyd - Week 1)

3. Do not pester me about scores. I work full time and have a 2 year old. I will promise to do my best, but often my best isn't all that great.

4. While this isn't really enforceable, it's really more fun for everyone if you don't spend hours searching the Internet for spoiler answers - play along for the sake of fun, not your Googling ability.

5. My word is law.


And with that - GOOD LUCK!

Week 1 Questions
1. What will be the first mode of transportation the racers are instructed to use? (examples: train, plane, taxi, drive yourself, etc) - 10 points

2. What type of task will the first task be? Choose from:
A. Searching (Haystack) Task
B. Puzzle Task
C. Navigational Task
D. Physical Task (including any Fear-Conquering like skydiving),
E. Other Task
10 points

3. How many countries will tasks be performed in? - 10 points

4. Which team will come in first place at the Pit Stop? - 10 points

5. Which team will come in last at the Pit Stop? - 10 points

Bonus: Pick one team. This team will earn bonus points as follows:
2 points if they are first place
2 points if they are last place
2 points if they are leading the race at any point (as indicated by a "1st place" subtitle along the way)
2 points if either racer on that team cries at any point
2 points if either racer yells angrily at their partner at any point (and I mean YELLS)
2 points if either racer hugs or kisses Phil at the mat

[animalcrackers]

Yay my picks are in! thanks Pek!

[Wayne]

Ok my picks are in.

Looking forward to this years Race, getting in the mood for it by watching Seasons 4 and 9 at the moment. Season 9 ends on Saturday and Season 5 starts on Sunday on one channel or sometime next week when season 4 finishes on a different channel, so loads for me to watch at the moment.

[LonnaSaur]

I'm working on my picks now. Thanks, Pek!

[angiemarie]

It's on tonight, it's on tonight! (I'm a little excited to see the Philbrow and Philpackage.)

[chooch850]

"WARNING!!! WARNING!!!! CBS has football today so everything will most likely be running late. Remember that when setting your DVR's or VCR's.

[Jashba]

I got my picks in - thanks for doing this Pek!!

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Haha... dang it!! 25 minutes too late!
*sigh* there's always next week.

[Pekmboyd]

ALERT! Rules Addition - If you miss a week - KEEP PLAYING!

I will replace your zero score with the same score earned by the lowest place finisher that week. So you won't get a lot of points, but you'll get enough to keep you in the game.




Week 2 Questions:

1. How many clues will each team open this week? (10 points)

2. Which team will end up at the Pit Stop in first place? (10 points)

3. Which team will end up at the Pit Stop in last place? (10 points)

4. What continent will the episode end on? (10 points)

5. Choose one (10 points):
There will be a Detour AND a Roadblock
There will be a Detour, but no Roadblock
There will be a Roadblock, but no Detour
There will not be a Roadblock or a Detour

6. Pick a bonus team
2 points for last place
2 points for first place
2 points if they choose the 1st option announced at a Detour
2 points if they arrive at the Pit Stop in matching or coordinating clothing
2 points if they are the subject of a scary-editing-music-dramatic-commercial-break-somebody-made-a-mistake moment

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

ALERT! Rules Addition - If you miss a week - KEEP PLAYING!

I will replace your zero score with the same score earned by the lowest place finisher that week. So you won't get a lot of points, but you'll get enough to keep you in the game.

Good to know Pek! Thanks :)

[MelBell]

Does anyone know for question 6 do we choose just one team or a team for each scenario? For some reason I can't remember. Thanks

[TinkerbellAPixie]

You choose one team and get points each time they apply to any of those scenarios.

[MelBell]

You choose one team and get points each time they apply to any of those scenarios.

Great. That's what I thought. Thanks for the reminder. :)

[LonnaSaur]

My picks are IN (and I think I just barely made it in time). For some reason, I have been confused about what day it is ALL day today. Realizing it's Sunday, and thus TAR day, made me psyched and excited, and then freaked out when I wondered if I could still play this week. I can't wait for the episode! I saw a commercial that seems to hint at some airport drama!

[Jashba]

I totally forgot about doing my picks - until I heard the show starting on the tv! I'm glad that I don't lose out on points (thanks Pek!) and will obviously have to put a reminder in my calendar to get them in for next week. I'm such a doufus....

[Pekmboyd]

Week 3 Questions:

1. What team arrives at the Pit Stop in 1st place?

2. What team arrives at the Pit Stop in last place?

3. How will airplane travel take place this episode?
There will be none
There will be a charter flight or small arranged flight
They will fly commercial, but direct - no stops
They will fly commercial with stops

4. How many clues will the teams open?
Less than five
Exactly five
More than five

5. Name one team that will give a "confessional" together (both members will be sitting next to each other and talking to the camera outside of the race)

No bonus this week due to Pek's laziness.

[LonnaSaur]

My picks are in for week three. I am really looking forward to tonight's episode!

[Clair]

I was watching the show last night thinking to myself, "Did I get my picks in??? I think I did. I must have."

I just checked. I did not. :(

[Wayne]

I nearly forgot to send mine this week, only remembered during Britains Got the Pop Factor and possibly a new Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice that the show was on.

Thanks for doing this again Pek.

[blazergirl]

I forgot to send mine in too. Bummer :(

[Pekmboyd]

I know - I was a little late this week. I'll definitely have them up sooner this week to avoid that problem.

[Pekmboyd]

This is sooner, right?

Week 4 Questions -

1. Which team will arrive at the Pit Stop in first place?

2. Which team will arrive at the Pit Stop in last place?

3. Will this be a Non-Elimination leg?

4. Choose one:
Teams will stay in Brazil this entire episode
Teams will leave Brazil for another continent this episode
Teams will leave Brazil but stay in South America this episode

5. How many clues will be "Signpost" clues - Detours, Roadblocks, UTurns, Fast Forwards, Intersections, etc?

Bonus - Choose ONE event - 2 points each time it happens:
Somebody mentions Mr. McCheaterson's affair
A team does not follow clue directions
The divorcees mention their ex-husbands
Pek hits her forehead at any racer's (Terence's) stupidity

[Pekmboyd]

And I should be able to get scores up for the first three episodes sometime tomorrow afternoon.

[blazergirl]

Thanks Pek!

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Thanks muchly Pek :)

[Pekmboyd]

Did I say tomorrow? I meant tomorrow.

[LonnaSaur]

My peks-I mean my picks, are in!

[Pekmboyd]

SCORES

Player - Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 = current Total

Tinkerbell - 22 - 24 - 20 - 10 = 76
animalcrackers - 24 - 26 - 10 - 10 = 70
Blazergirl - 24 - 32 - 10 - 26 = 92
Wayne - 32 - 30 - 20 - 32 = 114
Clair - 34 - 14 - 10 - 32 = 90
SLEEG - 22 - 10 - 10 - 10 = 52
LonnaSaur - 22 - 24 - 10 - 32 = 88
angiemarie - 10 - 34 - 20 - 32 = 96
Jashba - 32 - 10 - 10 - 26 = 78
MelBell - 22 - 44 - 20 - 10 = 96
el.eh.you.are.eh - 10 - 34 - 10 - 16 = 70
MissToo - 10 - 22 - 10 - 32 = 74
lokest75 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 = 40

[Pekmboyd]

Week 5 Questions

1. Teams head to Cambodia, and previews show Andrew & Dan struggling to make a flight - do they make it?

2. Previews show Tina struggling to find a clue - how many teams will pass her at this task - arriving after her but leaving before?

3. Which team will be in first place at the Pit Stop?

4. Which team will be in last place at the Pit Stop?

5. Will any team or racer make a comment or observation about the standard of living in Cambodia?

Bonus
Pick a team - you will get 2 points for each place they fall or rise in the standings over last week (example - Ken & Tina were 1st last week - if they arrive 3rd this week you will get 4 points - they fell 2 places X 2 points each)

[LonnaSaur]

I wanna know Wayne's secret! What a great score!

[angiemarie]

OMG, I'm tied for second place. Woo-hoo!

[Wayne]

I wanna know Wayne's secret! What a great score!

Well i didn't expect to be top, didn't think i had done that well.

[Pekmboyd]

Revealing scores does not seem to have helped participation - I've only gotten 2 answers for this week!

[Wayne]

Ok entries sent.

[LonnaSaur]

I am SO mad at myself! I totally forgot to play this week. I saw the questions earlier in the week and thought, "Oh, I have plenty of time to do that," and then I forgot! I would have gotten a decent number correct, including that Aja and Ty were eliminated so I am really bummed!

[MelBell]

Any questions this week? Or is it not on tomorrow?

[Wayne]

I was wondering that as well, will probably miss this weeks questions unless they are up soon.

[Clair]

I'll probably miss them too. :(

[Pekmboyd]

I'm sorry guys - I suck. I procrastinated and procrastinated and then Halloween happened, so I figured I'd do it first thing Saturday morning, and then we lost Internet until about 30 minutes ago, because the universe likes to try to teach me a lesson.

I'll make it up with double questions for next week, and I'll have them up by Monday night.

[angiemarie]

Aw, that sucks about your internet. I hate when I don't have internet service, it drives me crazy!

[LonnaSaur]

We understand, Pek, and sympathize with the loss of internet. You're just so nice to do this for us in the first place!

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

No worries Pek. I was super busy this week too, in fact I didn't even realize until TAR started last night that I forgot to put in my answers!
So in actual fact, you saved me this week! Thanks Pek :)

[Pekmboyd]

Week Something Questions

1. Which team will be in 1st Place at the Pit Stop?

2. Which team will be in Last Place at the Pit Stop?

3. Will Ken & Tina's Speedbump take place in India?

The cbs.com description of the next episode reads:
My Nose Is On Fire
One racer conducts an overly-thorough, squirm-inducing search for a clue in a bird's home. A strict Indian shopkeeper leaves one team teary eyed with a crushing Detour. A colorful Roadblock is no party for one racer when they face plant into the ground and two unlikely teams join forces to crack a Detour that confounds teams who work alone.

4. Which team includes the racer who conducts the overly thorough search in a bird's home?

5. Which team is left teary-eyed by the shopkeeper?

6. Which team "face plants" at the Roadblock?

7. Name one of the two teams that join forces at the Detour.

8. We know there will be a Detour and a Roadblock - which will come first?


Bonus 1: Name that Issue!
Choose one team and their "issue" - 5 points if the issue or keyword is mentioned this episode.
Ken & Tina - their marriage issues
Andrew & Dan - frat life
Terence & Sarah - emotionally needy (not just BEING emotionally needy, they have to MENTION their emotional neediness)
Nick & Starr - flirtation with Dallas
Toni & Dallas - being proud of Mom for keeping up with the young racers
Kelly & Christy - ex-husbands


Bonus 2: Name one team - 5 bonus points if that team is the right answer to any of questions #1-8.

[Pekmboyd]

Don't forget! I've only gotten 2 responses - get your answers in!

[Wayne]

Email sent.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Sent! Thanks for the reminder Pek

[LonnaSaur]

Whew, I just got my picks in about 6:30 p.m. I almost forgot! My computer is so sloooooow tonight. Why? Can't wait for the episode!!

[MelBell]

The one week I don't pick Kelly & Christy to be eliminated they are! I should have known better.

[Pekmboyd]

Hey guys - sorry for the delay, my dog broke her leg (again) and we spent an evening at the emergency vet and another day at consultations with a couple different vets.

ANYway - I'm working on trying to get current scores up before the end of the weekend, and hopefully enough of you are hanging around this weekend to get some picks in for this week's questions:

Episode 8:

1. Which team will be in 1st place at the Pit Stop?

2. Which team will be in last place at the Pit Stop?

3. Will the last place team be eliminated?

4. There is an eating challenge on this leg - will both team members be required to eat, or will this be a Roadblock where only one member of each team must eat?

5. Previews show all teams caught up, waiting to enter a gate and racing to get a clue. Which team was the first to arrive at that gate?

Bonus:
Name 5 individual racers (NOT TEAMS). For the challenge in which teams have to dress up as a cow - you will get 4 points for each racer that you've chosen who plays the "head" part of the cow.

[Wayne]

Thanks, i will email my answers tomorrow, looking forward to seeing the current scores when you get them up.

Hope your dog is ok.

[Wayne]

Sent my email.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Oh no Pek - is your dog ok?

[angiemarie]

Oh, Pek. Your poor puppy, i hope she's ok now.

[LonnaSaur]

Pek, that is pawsitively sad! I hope your puppy's paw is all better soon, poor little thing.

My picks are IN and I can't wait for tonight. I have been hoping for an eating challenge all season long. Here's hoping all the teams have to do it and it's not a Fast Forward. I like to see the drama and suffering! ;)

[Clair]

This is my new cuss word - Furk!!! (Twas a typo and I like it.) I forgot to get my answers in.

Hope your dog is feeling better.

[Wayne]

Wish i had forgot this week, don't think i scored a point.

[Pekmboyd]

SCORES
Player - Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 - Week 5 - Week 7 - Week 8 = current Total

Tinkerbell - 22 - 24 - 20 - 10 24 - 25 - 0 = 125
animalcrackers - 24 - 26 - 10 - 10 - 24 - 25 - 0 = 119
Blazergirl - 24 - 32 - 10 - 26 - 48- 65 - 26 = 231
Wayne - 32 - 30 - 20 - 32 - 34 - 25 - 0 = 173
Clair - 34 - 14 - 10 - 32 - 34 - 25 - 0 = 149
SLEEG - 22 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 24 - 25 - 0 = 101
LonnaSaur - 22 - 24 - 10 - 32 24 - 55 - 46 = 213
angiemarie - 10 - 34 - 20 - 32 - 24 - 45 - 32 = 197
Jashba - 32 - 10 - 10 - 26 - 24 - 25 - 0 = 127
MelBell - 22 - 44 - 20 - 10 - 34 - 55 - 30 = 215
el.eh.you.are.eh - 10 - 34 - 10 - 16 - 24 - 65 - 0 = 159
MissToo - 10 - 22 - 10 - 32 - 32 - 25 - 10 = 141
lokest75 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 24 - 25 - 0 = 89

[Pekmboyd]

Episode 9 Questions:

1. Which team arrives at the Pit Stop in 1st place?

2. Which team arrives last at the Pit Stop?

3. Is this an elimination leg?

4. Will all teams be on the same flight(s) to Moscow?

5. Previews show a Roadblock where Dallas and Ken are participating in some kind of challenge moving heavy bags - which member of the Dan/Andrew team will do this task? Dan or Andrew? (Dan is the more irritating one with glasses, Andrew is the one with kinda red hair)

Bonus: How many bags will each person be required to move during that task? (This will be scored like this: starting at 20 points for being exactly right, you lose one point for each 5 bags you are off. So if you guessed 95 and the answer was 100, you'd get 19 points. I know it's complicated but I want you to get lots of points!)

[Wayne]

So much for my good start to this, mind you it didn't help scoring 0 last week.

Email sent for this week.

[Wayne]

Much better for me this week, 4 out of the 5 questions right only got question 4 wrong.

Wish i had seen the preview though, would have guessed higher if i had seen the size of the bags they were moving for the bonus question.

[LonnaSaur]

Ooh, yeah I am making a decent showing! I wish I could do this well on Fantasy Survivor.

[blazergirl]

Ooh, yeah I am making a decent showing! I wish I could do this well on Fantasy Survivor.

Me too! I suck at Fantasy Survivor! I can't believe I am in first but Lonna and Mel are on my heels and I don't think I did too well this week.

[MelBell]

Me too! I suck at Fantasy Survivor! I can't believe I am in first but Lonna and Mel are on my heels and I don't think I did too well this week.

And I'm gonna catch ya...I think I got all my questions right last week and I was only off by 10 on the bag question. So, you better watch out! And I suck at Fantasy Survivor too.

[Miss_too]

will there be questions this week?

[Pekmboyd]

I'm so sorry guys - with the holiday I got all confused and pretty much forgot...and now it's too late to be fair, of course. We'll do doubles next week to make up.

[LonnaSaur]

I'm so sorry guys - with the holiday I got all confused and pretty much forgot...and now it's too late to be fair, of course. We'll do doubles next week to make up.

Don't apologize. This was a busy, hectic, and for some, I am sure a stressful weekend. We look forward to sending our guesses for the big finale!

[blazergirl]

I know I would have guessed Dan and Andrew were the ones to lose their passport and money had that been a question not to mention to be the ones eliminated had there been fantasy questions on that. So sad though about Toni and Dallas, I wish they weren't gone!

[Pekmboyd]

TRIPLE the fun!

1. Which team will WIN? (20 points - all other questions 10)
2. Which team will come in 2nd place?
3. Which team will come in 3rd place?
4. Will teams return to the US before or after the 30 minute halfway point of the show?
5. Will all teams be on the same flight on back to the US?
6. When teams arrive in the US, will they arrive at the same state that the race ends in?
7. How many clues will each team open this leg?
8. What country will the Detour take place in? ("no Detour" is an acceptable answer)
9. What country will the Roadblock take place in? ("no Detour" is an acceptable answer)
10. Will there be a "summary" task - any task that has to do with summarizing or revisiting the entire race?
11. Will Phil mention or explain why Toni & Dallas are not at the Finish Mat?
12. Will the race finish in daylight or at night? (this is obviously a judgment call - I'll determine this one by whether extra lights are there to light the Finish Mat area)
13.Will one team fall hopelessly behind the other two so that it is relatively obvious they are not in the running? (or at least, be edited that way?)
14. Will any team misread a clue or not follow directions this leg?
15. Will any team member or team proclaim the final city is "their hometown" or they "grew up here" or something to the effect that they should have some kind of advantage for having lived there?

[MelBell]

I sent in my answers. I can't believe it's already time for the finale. This season just went by so fast. I can't wait for tonights episode. It's too bad we won't see Toni & Dallas but it will be interesting to see how it all works out.

[Pekmboyd]

Don't forget folks! I've only gotten 3 responses for the finale!!

[LonnaSaur]

My picks are in and I am excited for the episode. I don't have high hopes that most of my answers are correct, though!

[Miss_too]

Pekmboyd are we going to get results?

[Pekmboyd]

Yes, definitely soon - I'm very close to finished with them. I'd have had them sooner, but Seattle got snowed in and iced over and it's been a crazy week.

[Pekmboyd]

Blazergirl!

Congratulations, and thanks for playing!

SCORES
Player - Old total - Week 9 - Finale = Total

Tinkerbell - 125 - 10 - 87 = 222
animalcrackers - 119 - 10 - 87 = 216
Blazergirl - 231 - 20 - 125 = 376
Wayne - 173 - 12 - 87 = 272
Clair - 149 - 16 - 87 = 252
SLEEG - 101 - 10 - 87 = 198
LonnaSaur - 213 - 15 - 105 = 333
angiemarie - 197 - 10 - 110 = 317
Jashba - 127 - 10 - 87 = 224
MelBell - 215 - 18 - 107 = 340
el.eh.you.are.eh - 159 - 10 - 123 = 292
MissToo - 141 - 20 - 125 = 286
lokest75 - 89 - 10 - 87 = 186

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Thanks Pek and Happy Holidays to everyone :)

[Miss_too]

Thanks it was fun. see everyone in Feb.09

[angiemarie]

Another fun season, thanks very much, Pek!!!1

[Clair]

Thanks Pek! It was a blast.

LOL - I thought I was in 5th place, but when I put the final scores in order, I found I was 8th.

[Christopher]

I love this show very much. It's one of my favorite all time tv show. Season 13 was good. I enjoyed it.

I catch up on most of the previous episodes on internet tv (http://tv.blinkx.com/).

[TinkerbellAPixie]

And so the links begin...lol