The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin is the 55th episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple. It was the 43rd episode to air. Moat CrossingOne at a time, each contestant must hang from the rod from their hands and feet to shinny across the moat.
Steps of KnowledgeOne of the most important patriots of the American Revolution was a scientist named Benjamin Franklin. He was Ambassador to France during the Revolution and helped write the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But, his greatest contribution was the discovery of electricity. Legend has it, that his wife, Deborah, saw her husband flying a kite during a thunderstorm. "Are you mad?!", she shouted. "You'll catch your death in this rain!" But Ben just shook his head. "I've tied a key to the tail of this kite, and it should fly much better now. It's an experiment for a new flying machine." "Flying, schmying. Get your tail back in this house!" But just then, lightning hit the kite. She ran to him, terrified, and he gasped. "Deborah, that was electricity! Just think: Light bulbs! X-Rays! Blow dryers! Electric shavers!" She put her delirious husband to bed, and the electrified key disappeared.
Temple GamesThe Green Monkeys are Margaret and Ronnie. The Blue Barracudas are Peter and Michelle. One Handed Clock (Olmec Wheels)[] Among Benjamin Franklin's many inventions was the one-handed clock, which has one hand that makes a full rotation every four hours. Olmec hoped Michelle and Margaret's moved faster. When Kirk gave the signal, each player had to recreate the one-handed clock by climbing up onto her Olmec wheel, and adjusting her weight to make it spin. Each player won one full point for each full rotation clockwise. If either player fell off, she had to remount her Olmec wheel and spin it again. The player with the most rotations in 60 seconds won. Michelle won the game after completing twelve rotations over Margaret, who completed eight rotations. Kite Climb (Climbing Wall)[]Benjamin Franklin was a man of letters who according to legend, discovered electricity by tying a key to the end of a kite's tail. When Kirk gave the signal, Peter and Ronnie had to push in the correct bricks to create a hand- or foot-hold, and pull themselves up. Once at the top, they had to then grab the key and ride the kite tail back down. The player to land with the kite or the player furthest along in 60 seconds won. Peter made it down with the kite with twelve seconds of spare time, awarding him a half Pendant of Life. British Soldiers (Slingshot Bowling)[]Benjamin Franklin won French aid for America, which helped turn the tide for the Revolutionary War. Here, both teams had to knock down British soldiers. When Kirk gave the signal, one player had to load a cannonball into the slingshot, and launch it at the soldiers on the wall. Once the ball is launched, it was his/her partner's turn to do the same. The team to knock down all four of their British soldiers or the team with the most British soldiers knocked down in 60 seconds won. The Green Monkeys knocked down their fourth soldier with six seconds of spare time, awarding them a full pendant of life and therefore leading to a tie. Tiebreaker[] Olmec: "During the Revolutionary War, did Benjamin Franklin serve as Ambassador to Spain, Ireland or France?" Ronnie rang in prematurely and answered "Ambassador", giving the Blue Barracudas a chance to answer. Olmec then said the answers and Michelle correctly answered "France", sending her and Peter to Olmec's Temple in search of the electrified key.
Temple RunPeter decides to go into the temple first, moving at a good pace. With only one pendant in hand, the Blue Barracudas will need all the luck they can get. Starting off by heading down into The Cave of Sighs, and climbing down through the caverns like butter, Peter was able to enter to The Pit of Despair after unlocking the lower crawl path. Upon entering The Pit, Peter decides to go directly for the electrified key and tries to unlock the door to The Throne Room. But the door of course, was locked, so Peter quickly changes his path and instead headed up into The Observatory. And while he was able to align the stone column without any spikes on the road, Peter did not know that the door to The King's Storeroom had opened after he completed the objective. Because of this, Peter took a detour down into Medusa's Lair, but that's when the first temple guard jumped out and captured Peter. Thus, forcing him to trade in the only pendant he and Michelle have on them. After putting in the snakes into Medusa's hair, Peter at first attempted to go back into The Pit of Despair after noticing that the door was opened and even tried to unlock the door leading to The Throne Room. But eventually he does take notice that the door leading to The King's Storeroom was open, and he heads into their next. But just like a bolt of lightning, the second temple guard jumps out and seizes Peter as soon as he grabbed the first pot from the middle pedestal. Leading him to be taken out of the temple with 1:38 left on the clock. 
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