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[edit] Final Leg in Toronto?

In the preview of the finale, if you play it slow, you can actually see when the Linzs get out of the bus, on that bus it clearly label Grand Toronto and the airport scene they shown is mostly likely taken from Person Int'l of Toronto mouselmm 03:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

No, it's at a state park/golf course in NY state. --Madchester 08:13, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] LINDA'S A LESBIAN???

what is this comment i'm seeing in the "in-race" about lesbian engagements and linda weaver?? a prank, or something verifiable? -hans

She's marrying another guy. She could be closet lez for all I know, but there's no evidence to suggest that she is. Just someone taking shots at Mama Weaver. --Madchester 06:20, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Godlewskis' Performance

Before this season Linda & Karen were the top female team ever, followed by Kami & Karli then Nancy & Emily. how would the Godlewskis' performance rank as far as when they are compared to these teams?

Unfair comparison due to many factors: the other teams were not that competitive because some have children, and because of that, the challenges are also somewhat watered down. Then there's the whole being out of your comfort zone factor(being stuck in an American airport is way different than having to spend 20 hours in an Indian one).--Chicbicyclist 14:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] States/Provinces vs. Countries

Since this race was mostly in the United States, should we recognize states and provinces instead of countries? It isn't fair that we use states but not Panamanian, Costa Rican anmd Canadian provinces (there are, I checked). Or we could recognize countries like: Leg 1- United States Leg 2- United States Leg 3- United States

What do you think? 69.37.53.136 13:59, 2 January 2006 (UTC)\

It's okay. This race, unlike others, went by a state-by-state scale rather than a country-by-country scale; listing countries for every leg is unnecessary. Royboycrashfan 12:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

At every pitstop there is a mat and a small monitor, the monitor shows the Location of the leg for example China/Italy/India, For this season however, they shown States like Montana/Utah/Arizona. I think it will be most suitable if we use the offical "monitor" version mouselmm 16:52, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

On the same topic, would anyone object to provincial flags for Quebec and Ontario to be listed, much as the state flags are for the US? Radagast 22:02, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

The problem with that is that you'll also need to add the appropriate flags for the states/provinces in Costa Rica, Panama, etc. I don't think it's necessary to add Canadian provincial flags. The race actually placed emphasis on individual US states in their advertising and finish mats, but not for any other local jurisdiction in other countries. --Madchester 22:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
True enough. My only argument in return would be that we have given the names of the Canadian provinces, but not the Panamanian or Costa Rican ones; that indicates a different level of cultural understanding in that way. But the Race didn't mention it (though there were no formal pit stops on Canadian soil), so it's best to leave it be. Radagast 13:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Weaver Roadblocks

In an interview, the Weavers said that they didn't do the final map puzzle Roadblock (can't remember the exact link, but it was that Reality Reel website). So should the article still say they did the same amount of roadblocks as the Bransens and Linzes? --HansTAR 04:54, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] South america?

just to be pedantic, but since they went to Panama City does that mean they went to South America since it is on the south/east side of the canal? -- Astrokey44|talk 13:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Well in the South America article it says: "Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America." So, they only stayed in 1 continent that season. --Madchester 15:00, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] THE FINAL LEG TITLE

Before anybody deletes the title of the last leg, let me say something. In season 9, it was a double length leg of three countries Brazil - Russia - Germany. In this season we should do the same. States in this race are kind of treated like countries, so I think it should be Montana, USA - Canada - New York, USA. Anchorage 11:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Someone died in the race?

I thought Weaver family's dad died at the Talladega Superspeedway after the party bike. Or maybe because I skipped the commericals and partially skipped what happened in between. OhanaUnited 07:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

He died in some racing accident prior to the amazing race appearence of the Weavers; he died due to an accident at Daytona [1]. This would have been about a year prior, roughly. But best we know, no primary or secondary relatives to any of the racers died durng the race. --Masem 14:02, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article about the Moab, Utah incident

Is there any link to the article about where the producers stopped at the Utah diner and left the full leg text? - Patricknoddy 4:27pm, January 8, 2007 (EST)

  • Yeah. Twice the article says to look at the External Links, but there is no longer a link down there. Could we please use references? They work better...This is for the cancelled leg in Belieze and the clue information in Utah. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.233.150 (talk) 02:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rolly Weaver & Linz brother wrestling, final episode?

I saw on the previews that there was an incident at an airport between Rolly Weaver and one of the Linz brothers in the final episode, but I had to tape it and subsequently missed the event. Can someone please enlighten me as to what happened? - Starpossum 07:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

They were apparently running to the AirLine counter and both of them wanted to be the first in line. It wasn't an intentional fight. It was kinda exaggerated by their team members though. DanielTAR

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:21, 12 February 2008 (UTC)