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The Golden Jaguar of Atahualpa
Episode Number: 29 (129)Temple Layout: 1-7

The Moat
moat1moat2moat4Jaguars: 4th
Barracudas: 1st
Monkeys: DNQ
Iguanas: 2nd
Parrots: 3rd
Snakes: DNQ
Summary
In the moat, the first player had to swim across with a rope. When the first player got across, he had to pull the rope tight around the pole and had to brace himself with his feet. That was the second player's signal to walk on the upper rope and walk across the bottom rope.
The Steps of Knowledge
legend2steps3steps4Jaguars: 1 correct
Barracudas: 2nd
Iguanas: 0 correct
Parrots: 1st
Legend
Huascar and Atahualpa argued about who should be the next Inca. Their argument turned into a Civil War that lasted 5 years. Atahualpa won that war, but the war continued. Francisco Pizarro then came into the picture and captured Atahualpa. Pizarro would let Atahualpa free if he could have a room filled with golden objects and two rooms filled with silver objects. Even though he got his ransom, Pizarro did not let Atahualpa free. The Spaniards then took all of the gold and silver objects back to Spain, except for a golden jaguar which was lost. The Golden Jaguar could be found in The Treasure Room.
The Temple Games
game1game2game3Barracudas: 1 pdt
Lost-Lost-Won
(Tracy & Chris)
Parrots: 1 pdt
Won-Won-Lost
(Kelly & Greg)
Summary
In the first game, Chris and Greg each had to climb the palace with a gold brick on their head and drop the brick off at the top. In the second game, Tracy and Kelly each had to slide down the river as far as they could. In the final game, each team had to throw a ball onto their partner's shirt.
The Tiebreaker
tie1tie2tie3Barracudas: Won
(Tracy & Chris)
Parrots: Lost
(Kelly & Greg)
Question:
Was the Inca Empire located in: North America, South America, --? (Answer was South America)
Summary:
Tracy of the Blue Barracudas rang in and answered correctly, sending her team to the temple.
Olmec's Temple
temple2temple5temple6Barracudas:
Out of Time!
(Tracy & Chris)
Temple DiagramArtifact Location: The Treasure Room
Outcome: Out of Time!
Rooms Entered: 8
Guard Locations: The Heart Room, The Shrine of the Silver Monkey
Half-Pendant Location: None
Contributed Summaries and Notes
Nicklegends:
This episode felt unique from the others with its unusual Temple Games, funny commentary, and overall quirkiness. The funniest moment, though, was at the first seconds of the Temple Run. The player ran into the tunnel on Olmec's right (presumably leading to the back of the temple), before Kirk had to tell him that that "wasn't the Cave of Sighs." The team made it to the artifact, but was not able to bring it out successfully.
Der Kommissar:
Chris was a fast runner, but he made two wrong turns that cost the team dearly. First of all, he tried entering the Cave of Sighs the wrong way (he tried running into the alcove between the cave entrance and Olmec), and then he took a detour from his bottom path to the Heart Room, where a Temple Guard took his pendant. After reaching the Shrine of the Silver Monkey via the ladder in the Well, a second Temple Guard took him out of the temple. Tracy managed to make up for some lost time, and got the monkey together and even managed to get the Golden Jaguar, but she had no prayer of getting out in time.
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