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The Duel 2
''Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II'' is the 17th season of the MTV reality game show, '' The Challenge'' (at the time known as ''Real World/Road Rules Challenge''). ''The Duel II'' is the sequel to the show's 13th season, '' The Duel''. It took place in Queenstown, New Zealand, with former cast members from MTV's ''The Real World'' and ''Road Rules'' competing along with several cast members from the '' Fresh Meat'' challenge. The season premiered on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, and concluded on June 17, 2009, with the reunion show. Format ''The Duel II'' follows the same format as the original ''Duel'' challenge, with the main difference being that each round of play features a male and female elimination. The specific differences are as follows following differences: * The male and female winners of the main challenge are both immune to entering the Duel. Together, the winners start the selection and must agree on one person (regardless of gender) to potentially save ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown () is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District. The town located on the northwestern edge of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak (New Zealand), Walter Peak and just above the town, Ben Lomond (Otago), Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill. Queenstown is known for its tourism businesses, especially adventure and ski tourism. Toponymy ''Tāhuna'', the Māori-language, ''te reo'' name for Queenstown, means 'shallow bay'. There are various Apocrypha (fiction), apocryphal accounts of how Queenstown gained its name, of which the following appears to be the most likely: There was then a public meeting to name the ''township on the lake'' in January 1863 (probably the weekend of the 3rd and 4th) in which the town was officially given the name of ''Queenstown'' in re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is evidence that Aboriginal Australians inhabited the Greater Sydney region at least 30,000 years ago, and their engravings and cultural sites a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shotover River
The Shotover River () is located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. The name correctly suggests that this long river is fast flowing, with numerous rapids. The river flows generally south from the Southern Alps on its journey running through the Skippers Canyon, draining the area between the Richardson Mountains and the Harris Mountains, before flowing into the Kawarau River east of Queenstown. The Edith Cavell bridge crosses the river at Arthurs Point. Tourist operations Gold mining featured in its early history and it was one of the richest gold-bearing rivers in the world. Beginning in 1862 when gold was first discovered on the river at Arthurs Point, the river has been panned, cradled, sluiced and dredged. Today small-time gold seekers still work the river and two of its tributaries, Moke and Moonlight Creeks, for gold. It is now a popular river for tourism. The river is used for commercial white water rafting trips and jet boating rides which o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quest
The Quest may refer to: Film * The Quest (1996 film), ''The Quest'' (1996 film), a martial-arts film * The Quest (1958 film), a Canadian short drama film * The Quest (1986 film), ''The Quest'' (1986 film), an Australian fantasy film * The Quest (1915 film), ''The Quest'' (1915 film), an American silent film written by F. McGrew Willis Publications * The Quest (DeMille novel), ''The Quest'' (DeMille novel), a novel by Nelson DeMille * The Quest (novel), ''The Quest'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Wilbur Smith * ''The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World'', a 2011 book by Daniel Yergin Television Episodes * "The Quest", List of Bering Sea Gold episodes#ep65, ''Bering Sea Gold'' season 5, episode 3 (2015) * "The Quest", Blackstar (TV series)#ep5, ''Blackstar'' episode 5 (1981) * "The Quest", Bonanza season 4#ep102, ''Bonanza'' season 4, episode 2 (1962) * "The Quest", Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4#ep69, ''Dallas'' season 4, episode 15 (1981) * "The Quest", Haw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that comprise almost the entire Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian archipelago (the exception, which is outside the state, is Midway Atoll). Spanning , the state is Physical geography, physiographically and Ethnology, ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the List of U.S. states and territories by coastline, fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Niihau, Kauai, Kauai, Oahu, Oahu, Molokai, Molokai, Lanai, Lānai, Kahoʻolawe, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii (island), Hawaii, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
