I Hope We Don't Have to Wear a Crown of Thorns

I Hope We Don't Have to Wear a Crown of Thorns
Episode Information
Version:	Australia
Season:	The Amazing Race Australia 1
Episode Number:	10/12 (010)
First Broadcast:	July 18, 2011
Episode Chronology
Previous:	"When I Saw Everyone Freezing to Death"
Next:	"You the Nice Cowboy"
Subpages

I Hope We Don't Have to Wear a Crown of Thorns is tenth episode of The Amazing Race Australia 1.

Route Markers

• Pit Start
• Route Info 1
• Roadblock
• Route Info 2
• Detour
• Route Info 3
• Route Info 4 and Pit Stop

The order of departure from Masada are as follows:

1. Matt & Tom (6:31 am)
2. Jeff & Luke (7:15 am)
3. Tyler & Nathan (7:56 am)
4. Sam & Renae (8:28 am)

Teams must ride a cable car up to the ruins to find the Winter Palace of King Herod, where they found their next clue, instructed them to drive to the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, the Qumran.

"Who's not lost in translation?"

At Qumran, the team member assigned this Roadblock must translate a Hebrew message written from right-to-left on a scroll resembling the Dead Sea Scrolls using a translation guide and then transcribe the message left-to-right in order to receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

• Jeff & Luke
• Matt & Tom
• Sam & Renae
• Tyler & Nathan

Teams must travel to the Central Post Office in Jerusalem. During the mandatory rest period in the previous leg, teams had recorded messages to their loved ones at home and had to hold onto the memory cards until they reached the post office, where they had to mail their messages home in order to receive their next clue.

Choice A: Pilgrim's Trail

Teams must travel to the Old City, pick up an 80-kilogram wooden cross and carry it along the Via Dolorosa – the path Jesus is said to have taken to the site of his crucifixion – passing by the nine Stations of the Cross, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in order to receive their next clue.

Jeff & Luke, Matt & Tom and Tyler & Nathan chose this task.

Choice B: Holy Grail

Teams must travel to the Western Wall and enter an active archaeological dig site in the Kotel tunnels. There, teams had to unearth a clay pot and then walk through the tunnels to deliver it to an archaeologist in the City of David in order to receive their next clue.

Sam & Renae chose this task.

Teams must travel by foot along the Rampart Walk near the Dung Gate to find their next clue.

Teams must find a marked car and drive to Aish Hatorah World Centre to check in.

For coming in first place, Matt & Tom won A$10,000.

For coming in last place, Sam & Renae were subject for Marked for Elimination. If they do not arrive first in the next leg, they would be assessed a 30-minute penalty.

Leaderboard

Legend:
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• ⊂ Used the U-Turn • ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn

Matt & Tom  1st place  Matt & Tom Farmers

Jeff & Luke  2nd place  Jeff & Luke Father & Son

Tyler & Nathan  3rd place  Tyler & Nathan Surfers

Sam & Renae  4th place  Sam & Renae Models

Trivia

• This is the first The Amazing Race franchise episode to have teams not to drop or gain at least one placement.