Moat CrossingEach team is to swing on a vine without touching the water, grab onto the abandoned fishing net, climb over it and drop down in order to swim to the other side. Once the first member is out of the water, it is the second member's turn to do the same.
Steps of KnowledgeOne of the greatest rulers of all time was Catherine the Great, Czarina of Russia. During her reign, she unified all of Russia and conquered Eastern Europe. A German Princess, she was brought to Russia to marry Peter, the heir to the throne of Russia, in 1745. But her new husband was cruel and did not love her. When he became the Czar, he decided to do away with Catherine. "You must leave the court. I am sending you to your villa outside St. Petersburg." But Catherine had many friends at court. And the Czar had many enemies who were tired of his tyrannical ways. Catherine's closest friend, Grigory Orlov, began to plot for her. One morning at dawn, a handsome Cavalry man appeared with a carriage waiting to take her to the palace. "Everything is ready to proclaim you Empress!" Poor Catherine was terrified. It might be just a trap to accuse her of treason. She rode the whole way in worried silence. But at the palace, Grigory Orlov was waiting. "What's going on?" "Czar Peter has abdicated; you are to be the Empress of Russia— long live our beloved mother Catherine!" In gratitude, Catherine gave Orlov a jewel-encrusted golden egg, which later found its way to The Temple.
Temple GamesThe Red Jaguars are Kristin, who enjoys softball and wants to be a fashion designer, and Kris, who swims and wants to be a marine biologist. The Orange Iguanas are Rachel, who enjoys tennis and wants to be a journalist, and Bryan, who enjoys baseball and wants to be a computer technologist. Matching Art (Pop-Up Tunnel)[]Catherine the Great bought many of the great art treasures of Europe, and encouraged artists, writers and composers to join her court; before Kristin and Rachel lie an assortment of books, paintings, and sheet music in a variety of colors. When Kirk gave the signal, each girl would crawl underneath, pop up through a hole, grab the artwork, and go on to the next hole. If the artwork matches the one they already have, the players were to bring both back and drop it in the basket. Otherwise, exchange the art and go on to the next hole. The player with the most sets of matched artwork within 60 seconds would win; both teams had one pair of artwork, resulting in a tie. Smashing Peter the Great's Statues (Rolling Hollow Drums)[]When Catherine became Czarina of Russia, she said about destroying the statues of her hated husband, Peter. The teams tasks was to smash Peter's statues. When Kirk gave the signal, Bryan and Kris were to roll their carriage to the far end of their path, get out, smash the statue, roll back to the other end, get out and smash the statue there, and finally, roll the carriage to the halfway point of the path, get out and smash the statue there. Whoever smashed all three statues, or was furthest along in 60 seconds would win; Kris managed to smash all three of his statues with 33 seconds left, giving the Red Jaguars the full Pendant over the Orange Iguanas' half-Pendant. Overthrowing Czars (Bowling Slingshot)[]To make Catherine their Czarina, the Russian people first had to get rid of the Czar, Peter; before the teams stood four czars. When Kirk gave the signal, one player from each team was to load their slingshot to shoot a cannonball at the czars, hoping to knock them down. Then, it would be their teammate's turn to knock the next czar down. Whoever got all four czars down, or was furthest along within 60 seconds would win. The game ended with both teams knocking down two czars, but the Red Jaguars would go to Temple with two pendants over the Orange Iguanas' 1½ pendants.
 Kirk dives into the pit. Temple RunKris decided to go into the temple first, and while he moved at a fast pace, he would encounter a lot of bad luck during his run. Kris decided to start off by heading up into The Crypt, but he immediately encounters the first temple guard just after he pulled on one of the books from the skeletons. After giving up his pendant, Kris pulled on the other two books and unlocks the door The Pit of the Pendulum. Immediately grabbing onto the rope swing and side kicking the column, Kris was able to use the ropes to pull himself back onto the platform. Unfortunately, the doors to The King's Storeroom and The Chamber of the Sacred Markers did not open, as the only one that did was the one leading to The Tomb of the Headless Kings. Quickly taking notice of this, Kris jumps back down and enters The Tomb, but before he could do anything, the second temple guard captures Kris with 2:27 left. Removing him from the temple after only being in there for 33 seconds! Now it was Kristin's turn to try her luck. Moving at a similar pace as Kris, Kristin followed his direct path and even make an amazing dive into the bottom of The Pit of the Pendulum before making her way into The Tomb of the Headless Kings with 2:12 left. In there, Kristin was fast and furious while pulling on all the ropes to find the missing skull for the right king. Once done, Kristin quickly finds the skull and ends up placing it on both of the kings, with the one on the left being the correct one. And with that out of the way, Kristin progresses into The Jester's Court, where after trying two of the wall paintings, (the middle being the correct one), she then moves into The Dark Forest. Still with plenty of time, Kristin searches for the key within the trees and finds it in the tree on the left, and luckily enough, she was able to unlock the door to The Shrine of the Silver Monkey and is now one room away from the Jewel-Encrusted Egg! With Kris cheering her on, Kristin grabs the base of the monkey first but puts it on the pedestal backwards. She quickly fixes her mistake and grabs the other two pieces at the same time. And while Kristin also had problems with the middle piece, Kirk was able to guide her on how to assemble the rest of the monkey statue. And with 48 seconds left, Kristin finishes the monkey statue and quickly makes her way into The Room of the Ancient Warriors and grabs the egg with 45 seconds remaining! Now with all the doors opened, Kristin can finally make her way out of the temple. Moving up into The King's Storeroom and carefully crossing the platforms in The Pit of the Pendulum, Kristin then jolts through The Crypt and makes it back to the temple gates with 24 seconds left! Not only earning herself and Kris the three prizes, including the trip to Mexico. But also, being the last team to win the temple run for both Season 3, and the original franchise. While most two pendant runs would normally have the contestants work very hard in order to get to the artifact on time. But Kris and Kristen were given an easy, and somewhat time-consuming route. And the two of them rose to the occasion, making absolutely little to no mistakes or hesitations whatsoever. In the end, this was an awesome run for the two Red Jaguars. And it was a great way to close out the original franchise with one final victory.
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