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The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed
Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed
The mush pot hat on the lid of the camera-right snake jar.

Production Number

2-09 (49)

Airdate

September 26, 1994

Team

Orange Iguanas

Contestants

Chris & Angela

Artifact Location

The Viper's Nest

Pendants of Life

2

Temple Layout

XI

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The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed is the 49th episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple. It was the 76th episode to air.

Moat Crossing

Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed Moat Crossing

In this extraordinarily difficult moat crossing, one player holds a long wooden plank steady as the other crosses it. After one teammate is across, he or she holds the board for the other partner to do the same.

Moat Results
Finish Team Time
First Orange Iguanas 0:24
Second Silver Snakes 0:24
Third Green Monkeys 0:38
Fourth Blue Barracudas 0:58

Steps of Knowledge

On a hot summer's day in 1812, a strange-looking man walked into Mansfield, Ohio. His name was John Chapman. He wore a metal cook-pot, or mush-pot, for a hat, a coffee sack for a shirt, and was barefoot. He introduced himself as Johnny Appleseed.

"Why? 'Cause I just wander around the country plantin' apple seeds. Here, you want some?"

He reached into his sack, handed everyone some seeds, and went on his way.

About a week later, Johnny ran into town, shouting, "Trouble brewin' out there! Head for the hills!"

Indians and settlers were fighting in a nearby town, and Johnny had come back to Mansfield to warn them of the approaching danger. Some men wanted to stay and fight, but Johnny convinced them the best thing to do was hide. When the Indians came into town and found the place deserted, they rode on. Legend has it the grateful town gave Johnny a new mush-pot hat, and he threw his old one away.

Steps of Knowledge Results
Question Answers Team
Was Johnny Appleseed's real name
?
  • John Smith
  • John Chapman
Green Monkeys (Correct - 2 steps left)
According to our legend, did Johnny wear
?
  • A crock pot
  • A mush pot
Silver Snakes (Correct - 2 steps left)
Which of these towns in Ohio did Johnny warn of an Indian war?
  • Mansfield
Orange Iguanas (Correct - 2 steps left)
According to legend, how far did Johnny run in order to warn the settlers?
  • 30 miles
  • 300 days
  • 30 kilometers
Blue Barracudas (One week - Wrong Answer; Not one of the three choices)
Orange Iguanas (Wrong Answer)
Green Monkeys (Correct - 1 step left)
Is a grove of apple trees known as
?
  • An Orchard
  • An Oasis
Silver Snakes (Correct - 1 step left)
Would apple tree saplings normally be raised in
?
  • A Kindergarten
  • A Nursery
  • An Old-Growth Forest
Blue Barracudas (Correct - 2 steps left)
Is the act of growing an apple tree part of the field of
?
  • Horticulture
  • Aquaculture
  • Multiculture
Orange Iguanas (Correct - 1 step left)
What apple product is made at a mill?
  • Cider
  • Spumante
  • Snapple
Orange Iguanas (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games)
Which apple product was used to preserve food?
  • Apple Butter
  • Vinegar
  • Applesauce
Green Monkeys (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games)

Temple Games

The Orange Iguanas are Angela and Chris. The Green Monkeys are Jamaal and Andrea.

An-Apple-Picking We Will Go (Mountain)[]

An-Apple-Picking We Will Go Temple Game

Johnny Appleseed planted seeds all across America, and apple trees sprang up behind him wherever he went. Before Andrea and Angela stood a hillside with many holes, where they can make apple seeds by pushing pegs into them. Four of the spots were fertile, and once a peg is placed, an apple will spring up from the top of the mountain. The first player to make all four of their apples spring out from the top of the mountain or the player furthest along after 60 seconds won. Angela won the game and the half pendant of life after setting off three of her apples while Andrea was only able to set off two.

Massachusetts to the Midwest (Zip-line)[]

Johnny Appleseed brought many varieties of apples from his native Massachusetts to the Midwest. When Kirk gave the signal, Jamaal and Chris each had to place an apple in their bag, grab the hanger above their heads and swoop down to the opposite platform. Once there, they had to drop the apple into their bin, grab the next hanger, zip-line back to their starting point to transfer their next apple. The player with the most apples transferred in 60 seconds won. Both players tied with five apples each, awarding them a half pendant apiece.

Appleseed Orchards (Tilt Swing)[]

Some of the orchards that Johnny Appleseed planted are still bearing fruit today. The teams' task was to harvest some of that delicious fruit. When Kirk said go, each player had to run around, jump up, grab an apple and drop it in their bushel basket. While that happened, his/her partner jumped up, grabbed the next apple, and dropped it in the basket. The team to harvest the most apples in 60 seconds won. Both teams tied with four apples each, but the Orange Iguanas had two full pendants total while the Green Monkeys had 1œ, sending the Orange Iguanas to Olmec's Temple.

Temple Games Results
Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Pendants Won
Green Monkeys Lost Tied Tied 1œ Pendants
Orange Iguanas Won Tied Tied 2 Pendants

Temple Run

Chris volunteered to go first and ran into the temple at a fast pace. Upon immediately entering the Crypt, he encounters the first temple guard who charges at him just before he could pull on the first book from the skeleton. After forking over his pendant, Chris then pulls on the book he was going to pull before the temple guard appear and it luckily opened up the door to the Pit of Despair. Chris quickly jumps into the pit without hesitation and climbs up to open the door to the Observatory. After aligning the stone column, he heads into the King's Storeroom but is quickly met by the second temple guard just when he smashes the first pot. Thus, taking him out with 2:10 left.

Now, it was Angela's turn to try her luck. Just like with Chris, she also moved at a fast pace, however, she had a little trouble climbing up the foot holders in the Pit of Despair. But she makes it up the Observatory and goes into the King's Storeroom with 1:30 seconds left. Angela manages to find the key within the first pot she smashes and opens up the door to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey using the key on the pedestal that Chris smashed his pot. At the Shrine, Angela makes a smart move to grab the base and the middle piece before grabbing the head at the end. However, after completing the Statue, the door into the Viper's Nest did not open and Angela was forced into the Mine Shaft and rode the elevator up into the Viper's Nest. Angela quickly grabs the Mush Pot hat with 0:21 left on the clock and quickly tries to make it back to the entrance on time. Unfortunately, because she was forced to go up the elevator in the Mine Shaft. This was nowhere near enough time for her to escape as time ran out just as she made her way into the Ledges.
Angela Grabbing the Mush Pot Hat

Angela grabbing the mush pot hat.

While both players made good effort of their time and made no mistakes whatsoever, it was the layout that cost them the win.
Temple Run Results
Victory No
Grabbed the Artifact Yes
Reached the Artifact's Room Yes
Method of Loss Failed Escape
Temple Guard Locations The Crypt (gold mask)
The King's Storeroom (black mask)
Medusa's Lair (blue mask)

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Notes

  • This was the first episode since Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand to have a team of Green Monkeys and a team of Orange Iguanas compete against each other in the Temple Games.
  • This was the second of three episodes where a team of Orange Iguanas attempted to retrieved an artifact placed in the top corner room. The first was The Silver Horseshoe of Butch Cassidy and the third was The Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus.
    • Unlike the other two runs, Chris and Angela were not able to escape with their artifact before time expired.
  • In this episode, Kirk calls the King's Storeroom as "the Pottery Room".
  • This is the second of four episodes where the artifact was located in the top corner and its room denied access from the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, forcing the player into the bottom corner. The first was The Medal of Sir Edmund Hillary. This would be followed by The Mystical Spellbook of the Imperial Wizard and The Lost Taj Mahal Turban of Aurangzeb.
  • This is the only episode to have both the Green Monkeys and the Orange Iguanas compete in the Temple Games and one of the contestants was able to grab the artifact before time ran out.
  • Angela accidentally broke the pot while escaping.
  • This was the only time that an artifact that was placed in the Viper's Nest was not taken out of the Temple in time as time ran out when Angela was entering the Ledges.
  • This was the first of only two episodes where Olmec lets three teams at the Steps of Knowledge try to answer a question. The other episode was The Missing Eye of David.
  • Despite Kirk saying that Chris didn't smash any of the pots by the time he was taken out by the temple guard. In actuality, he did manage to smash the left most pot just as the guard popped out. (Though the sound effect of the pot breaking was still heard when Angela used the key on the pedestal Chris smashed).
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