Day 2 - A More Intellectual Side of Life

The mind is a powerful tool. And that was exactly what teams needed to use on day 2. The evening came and went almost as fast as a Little Ceasars pizza purchase. These contestants were hot and ready to get going with new challenges and clues!

Aside from Day 1's 1st place finishers (Team Orange), teams were allotted a time delay before the were able to start. Every minute thereafter the next team was able to receive their clue and commence the challenging evening. Little did they know that the challenges they would face would cause them more grief than the physical challenges from last Saturday...or their SAT tests back in middle school.

Challenge 1? A puzzle. But completing the 100 piece puzzle was the easy part. Teams had to carry the completed puzzle a quarter mile down the road to Bonneville Elementary School unscathed. A lot of interesting tactics were used to transport their puzzles, but the one that proved to NOT work was placing the puzzle on a shirt or jacket. Team Green was the first team to arrive and start the second challenge. The rest of the teams filtered in and finally:

Team Blue.

They were eliminated from the race at that time for arriving last. Congrats on making it this far.

The second challenged racked brains, geared up rotary skills and stumped the smartest of racers. 9 riddles and brain teasers mixed with a short distant run to provide answers which was then construed with a 1 min penalty for answering incorrectly and 10 min penalty for passing on a question created a competitive, demanding, difficult and annoying challenge. Teams met Nick Hanks, Pati and Carol (the old Team Pink) to help guide them though this challenge. For the next hour teams rushed back and forth to answer questions that were seemingly very difficult...until you hear the answer and the 'oh duh' moment slaps you right in the face. Intellectual titans turned to confused mice. But in the end, and many questions passed up, teams were able to overcome this mental challenge and race back to the finish line. Even though Team Black arrived first, many time penalties were given and in the end:

TEAM GREEN and TEAM WHITE tied for first place! Congratulations teams!

and unfortunately:

Team Red....arriving last to this challenge means you are the fourth team to be eliminated from the race. Thanks for you efforts.

Here were the final times in order of place:

1st: Team Green (Arrived at 8:47 plus a 33 min time  penalty : 9:20 pm final time)
1st: Team White (Arrived at 9:03 plus a 17 min time  penalty : 9:20 pm final time)
3rd: Team Grey (Arrived at 9:00 plus a 22 min time  penalty : 9:22 pm final time)
4th: Team Black (Arrived at 8:47 plus a 41 min time penalty: 9:28 pm final time)
5th: Team Orange (Arrived at 8:59 plus a 31 min time penalty: 9:30 pm final time)

Congrats again to Team White and Green for finishing first the leg of the race.
Team Blue and Red...this night just wasn't your night.

We are excited for Day 3 this Saturday! Prepare to get wet!!!!