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The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale
Episode Number: 42 (202)Temple Layout: 2-5

The Moat
moat1moat2moat3Jaguars: DNQ
Barracudas: 3rd
Monkeys: 4th
Iguanas: DNQ
Parrots: 2nd
Snakes: 1st
Summary
In this Moat, one player from each team starts off by crossing the moat by walking across and holding onto a pair of ropes that intersected halfway across. After the first teammate finished, the second followed in exactly the same manner.
The Steps of Knowledge
legend1steps1steps2Barracudas: 2 correct
Monkeys: 1st
Parrots: 1 correct
Snakes: 2nd
Legend
The American patriot Nathan Hale was a brave spy during the Revolutionary War. One day, Nathan was arrested while trying to cross British lines and was brought before the leader of the British Army, General Howe, for questioning. Nathan tried to lie about his identity to Howe, but was eventually caught up in his lies and taken away. The Battle Plan that was on his person when he was arrested later disappeared. The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale could be found in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.
The Temple Games
game1game2game3Monkeys: 1/2 pdt
Lost-Won-Lost
(Stacey & Kevin)
Snakes: 1 1/2 pdts
Won-Lost-Won
(Christina & James)
Summary
In the first game, Stacey and James had to collect and assemble pieces of a map of enemy troop movements while avoiding swinging obstacles. In the second game, Christina and Kevin had to climb a net to gather and assemble pieces of the coded British battle plan "Attack Philadelphia". In the final game, the team’s members had to transfer scrolls of information by having one team member grab a scroll off their shirt, running around to a hiding spot, placing it there, and having the other member run around to the hiding spot, picking the scroll up, putting it on their shirt, and repeating the process.
Olmec's Temple
temple1temple2temple3Snakes:
Captured! 1:09 left
(Christina & James)
Temple DiagramArtifact Location: The Shrine of the Silver Monkey
Outcome: Captured! 1:09 left
Rooms Entered: 5
Guard Locations: The Crypt, The Observatory, The King's Storeroom
Half-Pendant Location: The Pit
Contributed Summaries and Notes
Nicklegends:
This episode absolutely baffled me. After telling the story of Nathan Hale and his Secret Battle plan, Olmec announced that the artifact was hidden in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, but it did not appear to be there when they showed the room. Strangely, during the temple games, the Secret Plan can be easily seen on top of the Throne of the Pretender. The Throne Room was accompanied by the Swamp and the Heart Room, indicating that the episode was Layout 1. However, after the Silver Snakes proved themselves worthy and Olmec was describing the temple, we see The Pit, the Laser Light Room, the Jester's Court, the Room of the Secret Password and the Room of the Mandarin Hand, indicating that it was suddenly Layout 5. How and why did that happen?! Anyway, the temple run was extremely quick. Although the frontrunner found the half pendant at the door of the Observatory and pointed it out, the second player went past it, went back for it, and couldn't find it. The team found their third and final temple guard in the King's Storeroom, with well over one minute to go.
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