Moat CrossingThe moat crossing required players to hang from a rope overhead and walking across two lower ropes which crisscross at the halfway mark. The Silver Snakes were easily the first team across, followed by the Purple Parrots, Blue Barracudas and Green Monkeys in that order. However, one of the funniest parts was the fact that the second player on the Orange Iguanas never even got his feet on either lower rope— he was hanging from the higher rope alone until he finally fell into the water almost halfway across and got sent back.
Steps of KnowledgeThe bravest young spy in the Revolutionary War was the American patriot, Nathan Hale, who was arrested trying to cross British lines. Legend has it that he was brought before General Howe, the leader of the British army. "My men tell me you are a spy for George Washington's Continental Army." "My name is Hans Hanson. I'm a Dutch schoolteacher," lied Nathan. "Oh, yeah?" said the general. "If you're a Dutchman, who put his finger in the dike?" "The little Dutch boy." "If you're Dutch, why did you have these secret battle plans hidden in your boot?" "Because my mother is…knitting socks for the soldiers and I wanted to tell her where to send them." "And what's your mother's name?" "Mrs. Hale— oops!" "Ah-HA! You ARE a spy! Take him away!" They took poor Nathan away, and the secret battle plan disappeared.
Temple GamesThe Silver Snakes are James and Christina. The Green Monkeys are Stacey and Kevin. Nathan Hale's Map (Swinging Sandbags)[]The first game pitted Stacey against James in a race to complete one of Nathan Hale's maps of British troop locations while avoiding enemy lines in the form of swinging sandbags. Stacy ended up getting hit quite a few times, while James managed to slither past the obstacles a lot more of the time, only getting hit once. The result was that Stacey grabbed two parts of the map, but James brought back three, so the Silver Snakes won the half Pendant of Life. British Plan: "ATTACK PHILADELPHIA" (Cubbyhole Web)[]The second game required Kevin and Christina to grab tiled portions of a coded message covering the cubbyholes around the edges of a net— they were not in the cubbyholes like items usually are in this game. Each tile contained two adjacent letters, and when put in the right order, the message revealed would be a British plan: "ATTACK PHILADELPHIA." The initial "AT" was already given, so the players had to grab the remaining eight tiles and place as many correctly as possible. When time ran out, Kevin placed five tiles on the board, four in the correct slot. Christina managed to retrieve four tiles, but one was discounted as it was placed on the upside down, despite being in the correct slot. As a result the Green Monkeys, won the half pendant of life. Secret Messages (Tilt Swing)[]The third game was a creative use of the rotating lever. The player who competed in the first Temple Game had to take a secret message from the velcro covering on their shirt and leave it on a pedestal; when the second player swung by, he or she had to take the message and stick it to their shirt. Whichever team made the most transfers in 60 seconds wins. The Silver Snakes just edged out the Green Monkeys 5-4 in order to win the game and the full pendant. Silver Snakes won the Temple Games and the chance to go to Olmec's Temple with 1½ Pendants over the Green Monkeys, who only scored a half pendant.
Temple RunJames went into the temple first, racing at an incredibly fast pace! Bolting into the temple, James decides to slide down into The Ledges as his starting point. He first tried to open the lower crawl tube door, but the door was locked. Not sure where to go, James then tried to head down into the old entrance of The Cave of Sighs. But after Kirk told him to head up, James does so and while he tried to unlock the upper crawl tube door, it was also locked, meaning that The Ledges was a dead end. With no other choice, James heads up and unlocks the door leading to The Crypt. But after pulling one of the books from the skeleton, the first temple guard jumped out and captured him with 2:33 left on the clock. Quickly surrendering over his pendant, James then rushes down the stairs and into The Pit. (Meaning that James opened the door into The Pit on the first try before being ambushed by the guard). In The Pit, James swiftly swung across to the other side and unlocks the door leading to The Observatory. But before he heads in there, he signals to Christina that the other half of her pendant was on The Observatory's actuator. Unfortunately, James couldn't do much within The Observatory, because it turns out, the second temple guard was in there. And just as James touched the stone column, the guard captured and took him out of the temple with 2:09 left on the clock. Cristina went in next, and while she was a tad slower than James, she managed to make a wise decision to not head down into The Ledges, and instead head up into The Crypt to save some time. And while Christina made a good decision starting out her run, she made a critical mistake that cost her and James a chance to go further. Upon swinging across The Pit, Christina heads up into The Observatory, and completely misses the half Pendant on the Observatory actuator. When Kirk commented that she missed it, Christina headed back down the stairwell and took another look. But unfortunately, she only checked the wall above The Room of the Mandarin Hand door, and still missed the other half of her pendant. No longer looking back, Christina heads up into The Observatory and starts aligning the stone column. While it took her a bit, she was able to complete the objective with 1:19 left on the clock. With James cheering her on, Christina makes her way into The King's Storeroom, but just like what The British did with Nathan Hale after giving them a wrong answer, (though a non-graphic way), the third and final Temple Guard emerged just as Christina smashed the middle pot with 1:11 remaining. Causing her to scream and was then grabbed and taken out of the temple. Thus, leading to a triple seizure.
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The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale
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