Moat CrossingOne person on each team must push their partner, who is on top of an "ancient raft" to the other side. If the player on the raft fell off or touched their partner, they must start over.
Steps of KnowledgeOne of the greatest warriors of ancient India was Chandragupta, the first Indian emperor. In 323 B.C., he raised an army of over half a million men and conquered one of the largest empires in history. But Chandragupta never thought he'd be emperor. As a young man, he was a cattle herder, and legend has it that one night, as he slept in the fields with his friend, Jamba, and the herd, he felt a nudge. "Leave me alone, Jamba! Is not time to get up yet." "What're you talking about? I'm over here." Chandragupta felt warm breath on his cheek and the nuzzle of a moist nose. "Daisy, go away. It's too early for milking." But if it were Daisy, his favorite cow, he would've heard her cow bell. Suddenly he sat full upright, and found himself nose-to-nose with an enormous lion. Terrified, he whispered to Jamba: "Jamba, help me, quickly." But just then the lion bowed his head to Chandragupta, and strolled away. "It is a sign! He who the lion salutes is destined to be king!" Indeed, the prophecy came true. Chandragupta adopted the figure of a lion for his golden bracelet which, years later, found its way to the Temple.
Temple GamesThe Green Monkeys are Andrea, who wants to be an astronaut and enjoys swimming, and Shaun, who has a top three in sports consisting of rollerblading, swimming, and street hockey. The Silver Snakes are Katie, who plays the clarinet and has a guinea pig named Rascal, and Matthew, who plays ice hockey and wants to get a degree in law from the University of Michigan. Chandragupta's Empire (Olmec Wheels)[]Chandragupta built one of the largest empires in history by conquering neighboring countries. When Kirk gave the signal, Andrea and Katie each had to climb up onto their wheels and adjust their weight to make the wheels spin. Each full rotation would represent one country conquered. If either player fell off, the spotters would stop the wheel so she can get back on and start spinning again. The player who conquered the most countries in 60 seconds won. Katie beat Andrea 13-9, awarding Katie a half pendant of life. Rolling Across Asia (Rolling Hollow Wheels)[]  Chandragupta's armies rolled across most of Asia to curate the largest empires in history. Shaun and Matthew had to roll across Asia just like Chandragupta. When Kirk gave the signal, each player had to roll his wheel as quickly as possible to the first border of the empire and then roll back to the other border. The team to touch the most borders in 60 seconds won. Both players tied with seven borders touched, awarding each of them a half pendant of life. Chandragupta's Spies (Trampoline Web)[]To maintain control over the empire, Chandragupta started a complex network of spies who used to pass secret scrolls to each other. Before each team stood a secret web where the Indian spies would hide their scrolls. At the top, the blue scrolls are the most secretive and worth two points while the lower ones (which are brown) are worth one point. When Kirk gave the signal, each player had to run forward, launch him/herself toward the net, grab a scroll, drop down and place it in his/her team's bin. The team to gather all their scrolls or the team with the most points in 60 seconds won. Neither team gathered all their scrolls, so Kirk had to count up the teams' points. The Green Monkeys beat the Silver Snakes 8-7, awarding the Green Monkeys a full pendant of life, sending them to Olmec's Temple with 1½ pendants.
Temple Run  Andrea went into the temple first, moving at a great pace. She decided to start off by heading down into The Ledges and crawling up through the caverns and unlocks the upper crawl tube to enter The Pit of the Pendulum. Swinging down on the rope swing and karate-kicking the column down, Andrea was able to unlock the door to The King's Storeroom. However, she had to jump off the rope swing and climb back up the platform as she couldn't get the momentum to get back to grab the ropes. Once up, quick as a flash, Andrea then goes up to The King's Storeroom and smashes all three pots to find the key. Luckily, Andrea was able to find the other half of Shaun's pendant and waves it around in the air so Shaun knows where he can find it when it was his turn to go into the temple. After placing the other half of the pendant on a pedestal, Andrea grabbed the key and placed it within the pedestal on the left. Luckily, that pedestal was the one that unlocked the door to The Room of the Ancient Warriors. However, a production error occurred as the slab did not completely fall down which led Andrea to believe that she couldn't advance there. So, she kept looking down the ladder shaft to see if she can head down instead but she couldn't. But Andrea was a resourceful player as she figured that she could push the slab down with her foot, and sure enough, it worked! So, Andrea proceeds into The Room of the Ancient Warriors and first places herself in the armor on the right. While she did successfully unlock the door to The Shrine of the Silver Monkey, unfortunately the first temple guard was in that armor and grabs Andrea, which led her to scream loudly. After giving up her pendant, she moves onto the middle armor, not realizing that the door was opened already. But luckily, Andrea notices the already opened door without trying the third armor and moves into The Shrine of the Silver Monkey. In there, Andrea was able to assemble the monkey statue with no problem and completes it within 18 seconds! Now moving into The Room of the Secret Password and being one room away, Andrea started to shout the passwords to open up The Pharaoh's Secret Passage. And while she had to read all three passwords to open up the passageway, Andrea quickly makes her way down the slide and into The Quicksand Bog, where she grabs the lion-headed-bracelet with 44 seconds left! Now the only thing left for Andrea to do is to get back to the temple gates in time and she and Shaun win the trip to San Diego. With the time quickly ticking down, Andrea quickly busts through The Stone Wall and into The Dark Forest where she slightly stumbles for a bit but gets back up and continues through the bottom floor. Through The Jester's Court, and The Tomb of the Headless Kings, and then re-enters The Pit of the Pendulum with 18 seconds left. Andrea then continues through The Pit with now only very little time left and makes her way back to The Ledges. Quickly crawling through the dark caverns, Andrea makes it out in a flash and successfully makes it back to the temple gates with 6 seconds to spare with an amazing solo victory! Happy as lark, hugging both her partner and Kirk, happily knowing that they won themselves the trip to San Diego and winning the temple run!
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