Work File
Name: _______________________
Class: __________
Information:
In the clip you will see clips from Episode 2 from Season 25 of “the Amazing
Race”. This will give you an idea how the show works. Keep in mind that a
regular episode lasts about 40 minutes, this clip only lasts 15 minutes. So, you
do not get to see the whole show. If you want, you can write down some notes
to help you when writing your own episode. (not obligatory)
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Assignment 1:
Match the pictures with the descriptions:
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1. Coloured flags that tell contestants where they need to go.
2. When contestants come across this symbol, they have to choose
between 2 tasks, each with its own pros and cons.
3. This symbols marks the end of an episode/leg.
4. If contestants come across this symbol they have the chance to make
another team stop for a while by placing the other team’s picture next to
it. If you find your picture next to this symbol, you have to stop for a
certain amount of time.
5. Contestants who earn this card can use it to skip any task they wish.
6. The team who comes in last is either eliminated from the race, or they
are given this card. It means that they have to perform an extra task in
the episode ahead.
7. This is a task which only one person of team can do. They only get a
cryptic description of the task. When the team decides which member is
going to do the task, they cannot go back on that decision.
8. Sometimes teams are given two tasks and they can choose which one
they would like to do. When they come across this symbol after they
have completed their chosen task, they have to go back and complete
the other task as well.
9. Each leg/episode begins with this card. It tells contestants where to go
and how to get there.
10.This is the most popular card in the race. It allows contestants to skip all
tasks ahead and go straight to the pit stop/finish line of the leg.
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Assignment 2:
Answer the questions. Do you know...
1. How many seasons of “The Amazing Race” are there?
2. When did the first episode of season 1 air?
3. Which countries have produced and broadcasted their own version of
“The Amazing Race”?
4. "The Amazing Race" has won many prizes. Which ones and when?
5. Who presents “The Amazing Race”?
6. Who are the contestants of season 26 of the “The Amazing Race”?
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Assignment 3:
Answer the questions. Do you know...
1. How many seasons of “Peking Express” are there?
2. When did the first episode of season 1 air?
3. Which countries have produced and broadcasted their own version of
“Peking Express”?
4. Did “Peking Express” ever win a prize?
5. Who presents “Peking Express”?
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Assignment 4:
Name 5 five rules from “The Amazing Race”. Take a look at the Wikipedia Page
to help you. You have to put the rules in your OWN words!
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Assignment 5:
When is Pancake Tuesday?
What is another name for Pancake Tuesday?
Why do the British only eat pancakes on that day?
When and where can you see the ‘Changing of the Guards’?
Every guard has to wear a big, black hat. What are those hats made off?
What is the city of Oxford known for?
What is punting?
Name two cities in which ‘punting’ is still very popular.
What is Christ Church College?
Who is Winston Churchill? Why was he so important for Britain?
Assignment 6:
In which countries do these tasks take place? Choose between:
USA, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Northern-Ireland, Australia,
New Zealand and Canada
Task
Complete the Olympic course on a two-man luge at speeds up to 40 miles
per hour and complete the course in 34 seconds or less to receive the next
clue.
The clue led them down a marked path in the Hakipuʻu Valley for the next
Roadblock, asking "Who wants to take a Papa Holua and an Ulu Maika?". The
team member who sat out the first Roadblock had to participate in
traditional Hawaiian games.
The Roadblock, asking "Who has the deep lungs and strong legs of a Royal
???". One team member had to dress in the uniform of the Royal ?? regiment
and learn to play a drone on a set of bagpipes while marching with the Royal
?? pipers in Gosford House's Marble Room for two minutes. When the
bagpipes instructor was pleased with their performance, he would award
them their next clue.
The clue instructed teams to find "The Thing With a Ring", leaving them to
figure out it referred to the Beacon of Hope sculpture in Thanksgiving Square
which had a clue for the Detour: Tray It or Spray it. In Tray It, teams had to go
to the drydock at Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built, where
they had to prepare and serve the ship's last five-course dinner to a group of
first-class passengers.
Detour clue: a choice of Spirit World and Natural World. In Spirit World,
teams made a traditional Aboriginal stone mosaic based on a model, and
then had to perform a dance that is traditionally done to honor ancestors on
top of the mosaic before receiving their clue from an Aboriginal elder. In
Natural World, teams made traditional Australian Aboriginal paintings by
spraying a mix of water and a clay-like pigment out of their mouths to make
four specific silhouette images on a piece of slate, before they could receive
their clue from an Aboriginal elder.
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Detour: Build it or Buggy It. In Build It, teams needed to find a scale model of
a watermill and use the materials provided to build a miniature working
watermill. They then got two buckets of water and proved their work by
filling the mill until receiving their next clue. In Buggy It, teams must
transport a traditional Amish buggy along a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) course with
two members pulling at the driver's seat and two members changing back
and forth while riding.
The clue sent teams to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct where they encountered
for the Roadblock, asking "Who gets a high water mark?". One team member
rode on one of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct's canal boats and worked with a
language instructor to learn a verse of the Welsh poem "Y Sipsi!".
Head to Mount Eden to find the next clue, the Roadblock that asked "Who
has an eye for detail?". One team member had to correctly match the tā
moko tattoo on a Māori warrior's face with one depicted in their clue,
amongst several hundred performing the traditional haka dance.
They were instructed to head next to the city of ??. Where they had to find a
Zebra Crossing made famous by The Beatles album cover upon arrival,
leaving them to figure out that the album Abbey Road and the location is at
the namesake street.
Teams then proceed where they received instructions and choose a donkey
and fill each of its baskets with 15 pieces of peat. Then, they had to walk the
donkey back to the entrance of the farm to receive their next clue, sending
them to the Pit Stop at Clifden's Connemara Heritage & History Centre.
Find 3 of your own:
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(cut&paste is allowed here)
Assignment 7:
Chosen location(s):
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What is characteristic about this location/What do you know about its culture?
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Final Assignment:
Please write down your description of your very own episode of “The Amazing
Race”. As a reminder, you will find all the rules below:
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You are only allowed to use locations which have English as the official
language
You have to have at least 2 game elements
Your episode has to take place in at least 2 locations (it is allowed to use
2 locations within 1 country).
If your contestants have to travel, be specific on how you want them to
travel
Use at least 4 of the symbols from lesson 1
All tasks need to have something to do with the characteristics or
cultural of the location they are taking place at.
For each task, write 2 or 3 sentences explaining why the task is
connected culturally to or is characteristic for the location.
You have 1 lesson to work on this.