Leg 7 (Turkey → Russia)
Is Leg 7 synchronized?
The Amazing Race 21
Leg 7 (Turkey → Russia). Airdate: November 11, 2012  Istanbul (Istanbul Atatürk Airport) to Moscow, Russia (Sheremetyevo International Airport) Moscow (Zurab Tsereteli Sculpture Park)  Moscow (Moskvoretsky Bridge)  Moscow (Russian State Library "or" Trud sports complex) Moscow (Luzhkov Bridge – Trees of Love)  Moscow (Bolshoi Theatre)  The Leg's Detour options were Alphabetized and Synchronized. In Alphabetized, teams went to the Russian State Library and were given a list of books by author, title, and year. They had to use the paper card catalog system, in Russian, to locate four of the books on the list. Once they thought they had the correct location in the stacks, a librarian would direct them to the proper room to allow the team to get the books. Teams then checked their retrieved books with the head librarian to get their next clue. In Synchronized, teams participated in a synchronized swimming routine with six other swimmers of the Russian national developmental team. After practicing the routine, they performed it for a judge – who would either pass them and give them their next clue, or would require the teams to practice more. In both detours, there was a time limit depending on the operating hours of each facility; if they were unable to complete either task before the facilities closed, they would incur a 4 hour penalty (with the Synchronize detour operating longer than the Alphabetize Detour). In the Roadblock, one team member had to select one of the marked Trees of Love – trees covered in padlocks – and unlock 10 of the locks with the provided set of keys to free a banner held to the tree. Once they freed the banner and unfolded it, they would find the next clue concealed inside. Additional tasks The clue from the Zurab Tsereteli Sculpture Park directed teams to obtain their next clue from Ivan the Terrible's two guards at the Moskvoretsky Most, neighboring the Kremlin. The clue given to teams at the end of the Roadblock was a 100 ruble banknote; teams were left to figure out that their next destination was the building depicted on the reverse of the note: the Bolshoi Theatre.