Please please vote in my poll of who you would like to see booted off the Warriors Amazing Race for this leg. Thanks for your support! The Focault Pendulum route marker task was actually part of a Detour in the Amazing Race (USA) season 1. I been to this museum by the way and it is fabulous.
Now all teams were enroute to Paris. The first four teams shot out of the gate and ran through the terminal to the exit to look for taxis. "C'mon Bramblestar. Hurry up. Let's be first to this taxi", said Squirrelflight.
"I'm going as fast as I can", said Bramblestar. So Reedwhisker and Mallownose got the first taxi and they got the second. Squirrelflight read the clue again to the cabbie. "We need to find the Focault pendulum", said Squirrelflight.
Luckily they had a smart cabbie, because he asked, "Which one"?
"There's more than one"? said Bramblestar.
"Yes", said the cabbie.
"The one near the cat statue", said Bramblestar.
However Reedwhisker and Mallownose were not so lucky when they asked their cabbie. He said that he knew where it was but did not specify which one and they did not know to ask about it.
Tigerstar and Scourge hopped into a cab and Scourge said, "Do you know where the Focault pendulum is, the one with the cat statue"? Scourge was smart and picked up on the last part of the clue. And the cabbie realized there was a Focault pendulum with a statue next to do and took them to that one.
Finally the last team on the first flight, Crowfeather and Lionblaze made their way to a taxi. Lionblaze read the clue to the cabbie word for word. The cabbie said that he knew where it was.
Squirrelflight and Bramblestar arrived at the route marker and saw the box. They asked the cabbie to stay and ran out to grab their clue. It was a roadblock. Squirrelflight read it to Bramblestar but we see Tansy saying, "This is a roadblock. As you know the contestants on each team are supposed to take turns doing the roadblock as this is a challenge only one team member can do. To do this roadblock, you must find the landmark/building that was formerly a train station but now has a different purpose attractive to tourists. They went back to their cabbie to ask him about it and he thought it was the Musee D'Orsay.
"Are you sure"? said Squirrelflight.
"I'm sure he knows", said Bramblestar.
"Yes I am sure", said the cabbie.
Reedwhisker and Mallownose pulled up to the Focault pendulum and went out to look for the statue but didn't see one. They looked around for about another 10 minutes and still didn't see it. They went back to their cabbie and said, "Isn't there supposed to be a statute here"?
The cabbie said, "Oh you wanted the one with the statue? You didn't say".
Reedwhisker just shook his head in dismay and they hopped into the cab and went on the way.
Tigerstar and Scourge arrive at the route marker and grabbed the clue. They also read the clue and asked their cabbie about it. He wasn't sure but he said that they can borrow his phone to look it up. Scourge grabbed the phone and Tigerstar grabbed it out of his hand. "What are you doing? I was going to look it up", said Scourge.
"You are slow. I am faster", said Tigerstar.
"Listen guys, time is money. Just pick someone to look it up and tell me where to go. Unless you want a higher fare for this cab ride", said the cabbie.
Tigerstar reluctantly gave the phone to Scourge. Scourge quickly looked up the clue and found it was the Musee D'Orsay. They told the cabbie and they were on their way. 5 minutes later, Crowfeather and Lionblaze arrived at the same site. They read the clue and asked their cabbie about it and he said that it was the Musee D'Orsay. They were on their way.
Squirrelflight and Bramblestar arrived at the museum and found the clue box outside. They opened the clue and it explained the Roadblock. We see Tansy saying, "In this Roadblock, each team must see a short film about Monet and his paintings. They must remember the paintings depicted in the film and the order they were featured and find the posters with each painting and place them in order on their respective easels. They cannot write down the answers but they can go back to see the movie again. The movie is shown once every half an hour, so they must wait until the next one is shown if they want to see the film again.
"So who is going to do this one"? said Squirrelflight. "I think it's my turn right"?
"Yes it is", said Bramblestar. "Good luck". And he gave her a kiss. There was a movie starting in 10 minutes. She wondered if any teams would get there in that time.
Finally Reedwhisker and Mallownose arrived at the proper Focault Pendulum and quickly found the statue. They did not want to take any more chances, so instead of asking the cabbie where the place described in the clue for the route marker, they asked to borrow the cabbie's phone. They found the name of the museum and were on their way.
Squirrelflight thought she would see Reedwhisker and Mallownose show up but the team she saw show up with 4 minutes to spare was Tigerstar and Scourge. It was definitely not one of the teams she wanted to see. One was her wicked father in law and the other was her crazy uncle. Neither appealed to her. Scourge decided to do the task. Squirrelflight thought to herself, "that is the lesser of the two evils, maybe"? It appeared that Scourge looked uncomfortable too and did not say anything to her. Anyhow they were both really focused on the film and did not pay the other any attention. When the movie was done, they ran to find the easels and posters.
Squirrelflight felt confident about 4 of the 8 and Scourge felt confident about 6 of the 8. They decided to put out the ones they felt confident about. Squirrelflight looked at her watch and Scourge did too. They had 15 minutes until the next movie. When they got back to where the movie was, Bramblestar asked Squirrelflight, "How many did you think you got right"?
Squirrellflight replied, "4. Scourge had 6 and I think the two he had were right, but I want to double check to be sure".
Bramblestar replied, "Okay see the movie and make quick work of the other four".
Scourge said, "I think I got 6".
Tigerstar said, "If you figure out the other two before they do. Then we will be in first. Why did you let her see your answers"?
Scourge said, "Excuse me, I didn't but it is hard to hide". Lionblaze and Crowfeather arrived while they were talking. Lionblaze waved to Squirrelflight and Bramblestar and they waved back. Lionblaze just glared at Tigerstar and Scourge. Crowfeather was silent and had no expression on his face. They all went into the movie.
Then at the end, they raced to the easels. It turned out Scourge was right about the next 2 and Squirrelflight quickly added those two. Scourge finished his though just 2 minutes ahead of Squirrelflight. They both went to ask the person in charge if they were correct. Both of them were and Scourge got the clue first and then Squirrelflight.
It was Crowfeather who did this Roadblock and he thought he got 3 right. "Darn", he thought to himself. He has a bad memory. He went back to where they were showing the film and saw that Mallownose was also waiting to go in. They had only 5 minutes until the next movie.
The movie was done and Crowfeather realized he had only 2 right but he was able to figure the next two out. But he still had another half to do. Mallownose figured out 5. They were both pretty close at this point but this was already going to be Crowfeather's third try. Lionblaze tried to be encouraging as they waited for the next movie showing in 10 minutes.
Then they saw the movie and tried the easels again. Crowfeather thought he had 6 but he was having such a difficult time remembering the last two. Mallownose figured out two more. So they both had to see the movie again.
With the next try, Mallownose thought he got all 8. Crowfeather peeked over and put his last two as the same as Mallownose. Mallownose went to see if he was right and the guy said he was not. Mallownose realized he had the last two mixed up. Crowfeather discovered he had the same problem. So they did not have to see the movie again and were quickly able to fix it. Mallownose got up there first though and got his clue before Crowfeather.
At this time, the next group of teams arrived from their flight in Paris.
The next part will be the second half of the route marker/Roadblock