dtrab

Actually, the elimination was their fault, in my opinion. They told the bartender they were looking for the place where the item was created, e.g., a foundry, and the bartender answered their question. It's the difference between "was found" and "was founded." They didn't get bad directions, they asked for directions to the wrong place. No other team made this mistake, and the firefighters lost.

Good episode, but I disagree with many of the posters here. The firefighters did not receive poor directions, they asked the wrong question. The clue was to "Go where this was found." The firefighters assumed it meant where it was created, e.g., a foundry, but in that case, the clue would have been, "Go where this was founded." The bartender just answered the question asked. Apparently none of the other teams made this mistake.