Moat CrossingIn the Moat, teams must swing with a vine to an abandoned fishing net, then climb over it.
Steps of KnowledgeOne of the bravest, most gifted warriors of her time was Caterina Sforza. She ruled Forli, a city near Rome. She loved sports and hunting, and she was a natural leader. In the late 1400's, a hostile army of Venetians was spotted approaching the city. Legend has it that Caterina was enraged. "Do they think that they can conquer Forli just because I'm a woman? Never! Sound the alarm. Bring me my sword." "But, my lady, women cannot lead armies!" "Oh, yeah? Just watch me! Bring me my sword and the Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza!" Caterina set out to meet the Venetians at a gallop. The enemy soldiers were amazed when they saw Catarina at the head of her large army. In her gold satin gown with a vast train and a huge velvet hat with long plumes, she was a beautiful woman. But she wielded her curved sword as well as any man. Braving arrows and lances, she and her men charged again and again through the enemy lines and routed the foreigners. When the Venetians fled, a great cheer went up from the men. "Brave soldiers, Forli is safe again!" The exultant Catarina threw her jeweled scabbard into the crowd. Someone caught it, and, eventually, the jeweled scabbard ended up in the Temple.
Temple GamesThe Blue Barracudas are Rebecca, who has been in gymnastics for three years and is in the Red Cross Team Corps, and R.C., who is in the Boy Scouts and rides horses. The Green Monkeys are Lacey, who enjoys swimming and wants to be a cardiologist, and Asher, who practices kung-fu and has eleven pets. Forlìvese vs. Venetians (Trampoline/Rock Basketball)[]Just like Caterina Sforza against the Venetians, Asher and R.C. are about to square off in a decisive battle; when Kirk gave the signal, both boys would hurl the rocks over the net into a hole where the city was previously breached. Shots could be blocked from either side, but Asher could only shoot his red rocks, and R.C. could only shoot his golden rocks. Whoever scored the most in 60 seconds would win; Asher won 12-10, awarding the Green Monkeys a half Pendant. Ride to the Venetians (Bucking Horses)[]Upon hearing that the Venetians were underway with their siege, Caterina Sforza met with them at a gallop; when Kirk gave the signal, the horse would begin to gallop. If either Lacey or Rebecca fell off, their opponent would receive a point, and whoever had the most points within 60 seconds would win. Rebecca won 4-0, tying the score with a half Pendant apiece. Ready the Cannons! (Boulders and Chutes)[]In advance of the battle, the people of Forli gave the soldiers cannonballs for battle; when Kirk gave the signal, the boys would grab the cannonball and toss onto the overhead chute. When it rolled off the other side, the girls would catch it in order to place it in their bin; whoever got the most cannonballs in the bin within 60 seconds would win. Infamously, both teams had zero cannonballs in their bin! As a result, both teams now had 1½ pendants, leading to the Tiebreaker. Tiebreaker[]Olmec: "At the end of the battle, did Caterina Sforza throw her sca—"? The Green Monkeys rang in, with Lacey answering, "She threw her sword into the crowd, and now it's in the Temple..." With Asher adding that "someone caught it.". Despite it being the scabbard that she threw into the crowd. Olmec accepted it by saying: "That is absolutely correct", and thus sending the two of them to the Temple in search for the scabbard.
Temple RunThe energetic Lacey went into the temple first. Starting off at the Crypt and moving at a great pace, she immediately encounters the first temple guard just as she pulled a book from a skeleton. After her encounter, she pulled on another book from a skeleton but then got a bit confused on what to do as she noticed nothing opened. After a slight delay, she pulled on the last book and unlocked the door leading into the Pit of the Pendulum. After knocking over the column, Lacey headed down into the Tomb of the Headless Kings with 2:24 left. In the room, Lacey quickly completed the objective with ease and then headed up into the Chamber of the Sacred Markers after finding and placing the skull onto the king on the right. In the Sacred Markers, Lacey also completed the objective with ease, but she had to push the markers in harder as none of the doors opened. However, just as she did, Lacey encountered the second temple guard behind the central door leading to the King's Storeroom. And was taken out of the temple with 1:34 left on the clock. Asher then races into the temple to retrace Lacey's footsteps. Moving at a similar pace to that of his partner, Asher was able to find the other half of his Pendant within The Pit of Pendulum. Which was hanging on top of the door leading to The Tomb of the Headless Kings. Passing by the Tomb of the Headless Kings and climbing up to The Chamber of the Sacred Markers, Asher then arrives at The King's Storeroom with 1:06 left on the clock and quickly gets to work on smashing the pots. He finds the key within the second pot he smashes but quickly smashes the last pot to try the key on its pedestal, which works! Now with the door heading to the Room of the Ancient Warriors being open, Asher quickly races down into the room and grabs the scabbard with 47 seconds left. With Lacey cheering him on down below, Asher quickly made his way back up to The King's Storeroom and into The Pit of the Pendulum, almost nearly tripping in the process. Regardless, Asher makes it back to the temple gates on time, greeted by a very excited, and giddy Lacey in which they both celebrate their temple run victory with 29 seconds left to spare. Not only did this earn them the three prizes, including the trip to Jamaica, but also being the last Green Monkey team to win the temple run in both Season 3 and the franchise in general. The route that the two of them received was short but time consuming. But both Asher and Lacey did an amazing job performing the various tasks and made good use of their time to retrieve the scabbard and win the temple run.
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