Legends of the Hidden Temple

Legends of the Hidden Temple
Legends of the Hidden Temple title card
Created by	David G. Stanley Scott A. Stone Stephen Brown
Starring	Kirk Fogg Dee Baker
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	120
Production
Running time	30 minutes (incl. commercials)
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	September, 1993 – 1995

Legends of the Hidden Temple was a physical challenge game show hosted by Kirk Fogg that aired on Nickelodeon from 1993 to 1995.

The show was produced by Nickelodeon in association with Stone Stanley Productions. Each episode featured six teams of two children (one boy and one girl) competing for prizes. The show incorporated physical stunts, as well as questions based on topics related to history, mythology, and geography. The series won a CableACE award for Best Game Show Series in 1995 [1].

Reruns currently air weekday mornings at 7:30am ET on Nickelodeon and daily on Nickelodeon GAS.

Theming and premise

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Kirk Fogg (left) and Olmec (right)

The set design resembled various Ancient Central American iconographies, especially Mayan and to some extent Aztec. It included areas for different types of physical challenges: a large pool of water (The Moat), a set of steps (The Steps of Knowledge), and a large, two-floor vertical labyrinth (The Hidden Temple) in the back of the stage. At the labyrinth's gate was a giant animatronic talking Olmec head simply named Olmec (voiced by Dee Baker). Every episode had a theme: a particular legend was picked (written), regarding a certain artifact from around the world that found its way to the Temple (actually a replica of the actual artifact), and the winning team had to retrieve it. Some artifacts included "Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress," "The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman," and "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great," and the "Broken Wing of Icarus." The physical challenges would then be loosely themed after the legend.

Main game

Teams

In each game, six teams of two members each competed in three rounds to get to the temple. Each team was designated a color and an animal, indicated on their uniform shirts:

• Red Jaguars
• Blue Barracudas
• Green Monkeys
• Orange Iguanas
• Purple Parrots
• Silver Snakes

Round 1: The Moat

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Round 1

The first round of the show involved a stunt where the six teams had to get across a small swimming pool known as the "moat". Some of the commonly used methods included rafts, ropes, and bridges. All six teams attempted to get both members across according to the rules and punch a button, thus setting off the team's "gong". Typically, if a team member fell in the water, that partner (or occasionally both teammates) would have to go back and try again until they could get across. The first four teams to hit their gongs would move on to round two.

Round 2: The Steps of Knowledge

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Round 2

To start round two, Olmec told a story about the artifact of the day. The story was always quite detailed and after it was told, Olmec asked the teams a series of questions to test their memories. A team that knew the answer buzzed in by hitting the button on their step with their feet (if Olmec was still in the middle of asking the question, he would stop talking immediately). Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers. If the team answered correctly, they moved down to the next level. If a team answered incorrectly or went too long without an answer (approximately 4 seconds), the other teams would have a chance to answer. A question would be replaced if two of its three choices were eliminated by an incorrect answer. The first two teams to step down to the bottom level by answering three questions correctly moved on to the next round.

Round 3: The Temple Games

Physical challenges employed on Legends were many and varied. The first season featured more of an emphasis on teams climbing/crossing ramps to retrieve objects, while hindered by bungee cords attached to them. Most times the ramps were covered with soap or water to make it more difficult. The second and third seasons introduced more physical activities such as climbing, riding moving or spinning objects, or spinning a giant wheel. Temple Game challenges were either not timed or lasted for a maximum of 60 seconds (ending either when time expired or when a team completed the objective). After each challenge, the winning team (the team who completed the objective first, or, failing that, the team who made the most progress) was awarded some portion of a protective Pendant of Life. The first two challenges awarded a half-pendant each, and the final challenge awarded a full pendant. If a Temple Game ended in a tie, both teams were awarded the pendant value of that game. After these rounds, the team with the greater number of pendants went on to the final round. The first two Temple Games were one-on-one, and were not restricted to gender, meaning that both individual Temple Games could be (and occasionally were) boy-versus-girl. Both members of both teams took part in the final Temple Game.

In the event of a tie concerning the number of pendants each team was awarded, Fogg (or, later in seasons 2 and 3, Olmec) asked a tiebreaker question to determine the winner. A "tiebreaker pedestal" was brought out, and the first team to hit the button on top of their gong earned the chance to answer the question. A correct answer would allow the team to go to the Temple. In Season 1, an incorrect answer would automatically award the other team passage to the Temple, but in later seasons, the other team would simply get an opportunity to answer the question correctly.

Round 4: The Temple

A contestant assembling the Silver Monkey.

In the final round, often known as the Temple Run, the winning team took whatever Pendants of Life they had into the temple, and attempted to retrieve the day's ancient artifact and bring it to back to the temple gate successfully. A player designated to go into the temple first would receive one pendant, and the second player would receive the remainder of what the team had won in the temple games.

The temple consisted of 12 or 13 rooms, depending on the layout, each connected to adjacent rooms by randomly locked or unlocked doorways. These unlocked doors could be opened either by completing a specific task or puzzle within each room, or by simply pressing a button on the wall near the door (known as an "actuator"). One room in the labyrinth contained the themed artifact; three rooms other than the artifact room held Temple Guards (spotters in lavish Mayan sentinel costumes). If the winning team had 1½ pendants, the remaining half-pendant would be in a room as well. If the room with the artifact was close to the entrance, then doors were often locked so that contestants were forced to take a longer route.

When a player encountered a Temple Guard, the player was forced to give up a full pendant in order to continue or, if caught without a pendant, be removed from the temple. The second player now had the chance to enter, with all opened doors remaining such. Further, each Temple Guard would only show himself once per run, leaving the second player with a clear route to where the first player was eliminated. If the second player did not have a full Pendant upon capture, the run would end at that moment. This placed pressure on the second player to search for the hidden half pendant to avoid such a situation.

The team had three minutes to complete the temple in its entirety. If either player reached the artifact (being defined as actually grabbing onto the artifact, instead of merely being in the same room with it), all remaining Guards disappeared and all locked doors instantly opened, allowing the player to escape unhindered. Just for getting into the temple, the team would win a prize. If they retrieved the artifact, they would win another prize of slightly higher value. If they escaped with the artifact before time ran out, they would win a vacation, often to another country.

Episodes

Since there aren't any DVDs out for this show, the only way to determine the production numbers for episodes is when they air on Nickelodeon; the channel started re-airing the show in May 2007. All the episode titles are below, but only those with known production numbers are listed with episode numbers. The rest are just in alphabetical order and listed by layout.

Season 1

1x01 Galileo's Cannonball
1x02 Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand
1x03 Elizabeth I's Golden Ship
1x04 John Henry's Lost Hammer
1x05 The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan
1x06 John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine
1x07 The Helmet of Genghis Khan
1x08 The Keys to the Alhambra
1x09 The Pendant of Kamehameha
1x10 The Star of Sultan Saladin
1x11 The Trojan Horseshoe
1x12 Henry VIII's Great Seal
1x13 The Lost Logbooks of Magellan
1x14 The Lucky Pig of Amelia Earhart
1x15 The Moccasins of Geronimo
1x16 Blackbeard's Treasure Map
1x17 Ponce de León and the Lost Fountain of Youth
1x18 The Golden Cup of Belshazzar
1x19 The Oracle Bowl of Delphi
1x20 The Paintbrush of Leonardo da Vinci
1x21 The Treasure Map of Jean Lafitte
1x22 The Belly Button of Buddha (the legend focused on the Shwedagon Pagoda)
1x23 The Golden Chains of Zenobia
1x24 The Helmet of Joan of Arc
1x25 The Stolen Arm of Shiva
1x26 The Stone Marker of Leif Ericson
1x27 The Golden Jaguar of Atahualpa
1x28 Alexander and the Gordian Knot
1x29 The Mask of Shaka Zulu
1x30 The Medal of Sir Edmund Hillary
1x31 The Silver Saddle Horn of Hannibal
1x32 King Tut's Cobra Staff
1x33 Pecos Bill's Lost Lariat
1x34 Robin Hood and Marian's Ladder
1x35 The Dragon Lady and the Blue Pearl
1x36 The Codebook of Mata Hari
1x37 Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress
1x38 The Collar of Davy Crockett
1x39 The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra
1x40 The Treasure of Anne Bonny

Season 2

2x31 - The Leopard-Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley
2x32 - The Snakeskin Boots of Billy the Kid
2x33 - The Golden Pepperoni of Catherine de' Medici
2x34 - The Golden Earring of Henry Morgan
2x35 - The Milk Bucket of Freydís
2x36 - The Missing Weathermaps of Charles Lindbergh
2x37 - The Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus
2x38 - The Broken Wing of Icarus
2x39 - The Bonnet of Dolley Madison
2x40 - The Priceless Portrait of the Polynesian Girl

The Golden Stallion of Ali Baba
The Silver Cannonball of Grandy Nanny
The Silver Horseshoe of Butch Cassidy
The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale
The Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata
The Bone Necklace of the Blackfeet Chief
The Cracked Crown of the Spanish King (derived from the legend of Simón Bolívar)
The Diary of Dr. Livingstone
The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin
The Imperial Purple Robe of Empress Theodora
The Lost Love Letter of Capt. John Smith
The Lucky Medallion of Atocha (derived from the legend of Pancho Villa)
The Lucky Pillow of Annie Taylor
The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed
The Stone Head of the Evil King (derived from the legend of Perseus and Medusa)
The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman
The Crown of Queen Nzinga
The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe
The Ivory Elephant of Scheherazade
The Jeweled Necklace of Montezuma
The Lost Lion Tail of Little John
The Mask of the Man in the Iron Mask
The Missing Eye of David
The Plumed Headdress of Cosarara (derived from the legend of Ludwig II of Bavaria)
The Sacred Ring of Sultan Suleiman
The Shriveled Hand of Efoua (derived from the legend of Mary Kingsley)
The Two-Cornered Hat of Napoleon
The Very Tall Turban of Ahmed Baba
The Golden Goblet of Attila the Hun
The Silk Sash of Múlàn

Season 3

3x01 - The Bifocal Monocle of One-Eyed Jack (Jack was the first mate of Bluebeard the pirate)
3x02 - The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain
3x03 - The War Fan of the Forty-Seven Ronin
3x04 - The Comet-Embroidered Battle Flag of William the Conqueror
3x05 - The Thornwood Gavel of Judge Roy Bean
3x06 - The Lion-Slashed Jacket of Sacagawea
3x12 - The Marble Armrest of Xerxes
3x13 - The Smashed Printing Plate of Frederick Douglass
3x16 - The Golden Spider Web of Robert the Bruce
3x17 - The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible
3x24 - The Enormous Feather of the Me Linh (the legend spoke of the Trung sisters)
3x25 - The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu
3x26 - The Broken Trident of Poseidon
3x27 - The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis I
3x28 - The Mussel Shell Armor of Apanupaq
3x29 - The Metal Beard of the Egyptian Queen
3x30 - The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King
3x31 - The Lost Taj Mahal Turban of Aurangzeb
3x32 - The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud
3x33 - The Pearl Necklace of Gwalior (the legend talked of Rani Lakshmibai)
3x34 - The Bullet-Riddled Handbag of Belle Boyd
3x35 - The Lost Whale Bone of Pytheas
3x36 - The Dried Ear of Corn of Sojourner Truth
3x37 - The Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza
3x38 - The Good-Luck Watch of Empress Eugénie
3x39 - The Ruby Earring of Benzibab (the legend talked of Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, and Benzibab was her biggest bodyguard who tried to kill her)
3x40 - The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great

(Note: 3x03 and 3x06 confirmed via tapes with title cards. 3x02 confirmed due to the interview of a player that appeared in it and due to having been taped on the same day as 3x03. Most of the first-half order determined by Nick GAS airing schedule.)

The Lion-Headed Bracelet of Chandragupta
The Secret Map of the Bandit Queen
The Bent Shaving Pan of Jedediah Smith
The Snow Cone of Mount Kilimanjaro
The Upside-Down Compass of Henry Hudson
The Mystical Spellbook of the Imperial Wizard (derived from the legend of Emperor Wu of Han)
The Useless Map of the Chibcha Chieftain
The Dried Apple Half of William Tell
The Missing Portrait of Hans Holbein
The Mysterious Manuscript of Mary Shelley
The Ivory Hunting Horn of Roland
The Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain
The Royal Torque of Queen Boadicea

Temple Layouts

Season 1

(Rooms listed starting with the upper-right room and going in a counter-clockwise direction)

Layout 1	Layout 2	Layout 3	Layout 4	Layout 5	Layout 6	Layout 7	Layout 8	Layout 9
The Room of the Three Gargoyles							The Room of the Royal Gongs
The Wall Climb				The Wheel Room/The Troubled Bridge
The Observatory- "sundial" (S1, 1–7)							The Observatory- "celestial lights" (S1, 8–9)
The Heart Room								The Room of Fallen Columns
The Room of the Golden Idols			The Treasure Room					The Treasury of Golden Orbs
The Shrine of the Silver Monkey
The Torch Room		The Pirates' Cove			The Room of the Three Torches
The Mine Shaft		The Dungeon			The Well
The Tomb of the Ancient Kings
The Swamp	The Spider's Lair		The Swamp		The Bamboo Forest	The Holes of Python
The Throne Room (S1)			The Room of Harmonic Convergence			The Throne Room (S1)
The Cave of Sighs

The Room of the Three Gargoyles: In this room, the player needed to push in the correct tongue of the three gargoyles to advance in the temple.

The Room of the Royal Gongs: In this room, the player needed to push in the correct base of the three gongs to advance in the temple.

The Wall Climb (The Pit of Despair): Players have a choice of climbing the walls, or just crawling through the pit, the hit an actuator. Several ropes were added later in the season to assist contestants.

The Pit of Despair (The Wheel Room) / The Troubled Bridge: If the player came from the bottom, he or she was required to turn a wheel to raise a stone slab covering the door and its actuator. At the top of the room was a bridge connecting the two doors and their actuators that partitioned the room into two pieces inaccessible from one another.

The Observatory (S1, 1–7): In this room, the player needed to spin a centrally-placed sundial to open the door(s).

The Observatory (S1, 8–9): In this room, the player needed to spin the central celestial lights to open the door(s).

The Heart Room: In this room, the player needed only to hit an actuator of the corresponding door to go through it.

The Room of Fallen Columns: Similar to the Heart Room, except that several large columns were strewn around the room to slow down contestants.

The Room of the Golden Idols: By pushing down on the base of the golden idols at the front of the room, the downward door(s) could open. No contestant in the show's history ever completed this objective. Otherwise, players only needed to hit an actuator to open its corresponding side door.

The Treasure Room: Players entering this room had a choice of opening the treasure chest and climbing down through it, if unlocked, or hitting actuators to open their corresponding side doors.

The Treasury of Golden Orbs: In this room, players needed to place a golden orb in one of three pedestals at the center of the room. If they had placed it in the correct pedestal, a door would open.

The Shrine of the Silver Monkey: Contestants were required to retrieve and correctly assemble three pieces of a monkey statue. The statue contained a base, a torso, and the head with a long vertical pole. The pieces needed to be assembled in this specific order. After assembling the silver monkey statue at the front of the room and pushing it down into the podium, a door would open. The shrine of the silver monkey is the only room in the temple used in every layout each season.

The Pirates' Cove: After a player entered this room from the Dungeon, he or she would need to take a torch placed on the outside walls of the room, and place it in one of three torch holders at the front of the room. After doing so, the door to the right would open. If the player entered from the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, he or she would need to spin the central ship's wheel to raise a rock slab covering the Dungeon ladder.

The Torch Room/The Room of the Three Torches: After a player entered this room from the Well or the Mine Shaft, he or she would need to take a torch placed on the outside walls of the room, and place it in one of three torch holders at the front of the room. After doing so, the door to the right would open. If the player entered from the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, he or she would only need to ride the elevator downwards into the Well or the Mine Shaft.

The Mine Shaft: If the player rode the elevator down to the room, they could take the ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, or bash through the wall and head to the Tomb of the Ancient Kings. If they entered from the Tomb of the Ancient Kings, they could ride the elevator up to the Torch Room, if available, or take the ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.

The Dungeon: If the player came from the Pirates' Cove, they could take the ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, or bash through the wall and head to the Tomb of the Ancient Kings. If they entered from the Tomb of the Ancient Kings, they could take the ladder up to the Pirate's Cove, or take the other ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.

The Well: If the player rode the bucket down to the room, they could take the ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, or bash through the wall and head to the Tomb of the Ancient Kings. If they entered from the Tomb of the Ancient Kings, they could ride the bucket up to the Room of the Three Torches, if it was available.

The Tomb of the Ancient Kings: If the player entered this room from the Mine Shaft, the Well, or the Dungeon, he or she would take a key found in the coffin at the center of the room and proceed either upward or to the right. If the player entered from The Swamp, The Spider's Lair, The Bamboo Forest, or The Holes of Python, he or she could either bash through the wall to The Mine Shaft, The Well, or The Dungeon, or find the key to go upwards into The Shrine of the Silver Monkey.

The Swamp: The Swamp was filled with lots of aged netting. Players hit actuators to open their corresponding doors.

The Spider's Lair: after the players navigated the spider web, they could hit actuators and open their corresponding doors.

The Bamboo Forest: The Bamboo Forest was filled with long bamboo rods. After making his or her way through the room, the player could hit an actuator and progress through one of the doors.

The Holes of Python: The Holes of Python was a large room that featured wooden partitions extending from the front of the room to the back, and each had one or more holes carved into them. After making his or her way through the room, the player would hit an actuator to open a door.

The Throne Room (S1): In the Throne Room, the player needed to press the "Throne of the Pretender" placed at the front of the room, usually done by sitting on it, to open any doors.

The Room of Harmonic Convergence: In the Room of Harmonic Convergence, five red floor markings were placed around a central ladder. The player would have to press down on the correct two steps out of the five embedded in the ground to open the door(s).

The Cave of Sighs: The Cave of Sighs was a room of different ledges that the player had to navigate.

Season 2

(Rooms listed starting with the upper-right room and going in a counter-clockwise direction)

Layout 1	Layout 2	Layout 3	Layout 4	Layout 5
The Crypt
The Pit of Despair		The Rock Quarry/ The Troubled Bridge	The Pit
The Observatory (S2)
The Heart Room	Medusa's Lair			The Room of the Mandarin Hand
The King's Storeroom (S2)
The Shrine of the Silver Monkey
The Vipers' Nest		The Lightning [Ball] Room	The Room of the Secret Password
The Mine Shaft
The Dark Forest
The Swamp			The Jesters' Court
The Throne Room (S2)		The Laser Light Room
The Ledges

The Crypt: Three skeletons were placed at the edges of the room. By pulling the correct book from one of the skeletons, a door would open.

The Pit of Despair: As the name implies, the Pit of Despair was a large pit. In this room, the player would need to climb the outer walls in order to hit one of two actuators, or remain at the ground level and continue to the room on the left.

The Rock Quarry / The Troubled Bridge: This room was divided into two halves. When the player entered from either the Crypt or the Observatory he or she would only need to hit an actuator at the opposite side of the bridge to open the door. If the player entered from the Ledges, he or she would need to put five rocks into a large bucket to lift the stone slab covering the door to the Laser Light Room.

The Pit: The Pit was a very simple room. There were two rock slabs on either side of the room, with a rope hanging from the ceiling in the center. The contestant only needed to swing across the chasm to hit an actuator, and the corresponding door could open.

The Observatory (S2): In the Observatory, a stone column was placed at the front of the room. To open the door(s), the column needed to be arranged so that it formed a complete picture.

Medusa's Lair: A small "Medusa head" was placed at the front of the room. In order to open the door(s), the player had to place a number of snakes in Medusa's head. In earlier episodes players had to put four snakes into Medusa's head, but this was later reduced to two.

The Room of the Mandarin Hand: A large hand was placed at the center of this room, holding a globe with its thumb. The players needed to push the fingers of the hand around the globe to open the doors.

The King's Storeroom (S2): In this room, a pot was placed on each of three pedestals at the center of the room. The player entering this room needed to break open the pots in search of a key, and then place the key in the correct pedestal to open the door(s).

The Vipers' Nest: After a player entered this room from the Mine Shaft, he or she would need to open the pots placed at the front of the room, each containing rubber snakes. Once the player opened the wrong jar, the snakes would jump out of it, but the snake in the correct jar would not move. Once the unmoving snake is pulled out of its jar, the door to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey would open. This objective was rarely completed. If the player entered from the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, he or she would only need to ride the elevator downwards into the Mine Shaft.

The Lightning [Ball] Room: This room was rarely entered, but in here the player needed to connect four power cords into the pedestal holding the central "lightning ball" to "create their own lightning" and open the Shrine door. However, if they entered from the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, they could simply ride the elevator downwards.

The Room of the Secret Password: If the player entered from the Mine Shaft, he or she would need to open the cabinets placed on the outer walls, and shout out the inscription which was written inside the cabinet. (The three inscriptions were "Klaatu Barada Nikto," "Long live Olmec," and "Open Sesame.") If it was the correct passage, then the door to the right could open. If the player entered from the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, he or she would only need to ride the elevator downwards into the Mine Shaft.

The Mine Shaft: If the player rode the elevator down to the room, they could take the ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, or bash through the wall and head to the Dark Forest. If they entered from the Dark Forest, they could ride the elevator up to The Vipers' Nest, The Lightning Ball Room, or The Room of the Secret Password, or take the ladder up to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.

The Dark Forest: This room featured two large trees with long arms and holes in their trunks. The player that entered this room would look for a key in the holes of the trees. If they were unsuccessful, they could run through a breakaway stone wall to enter the Mine Shaft. In this room, the trees would sometimes grab the player with their arms, indicating that it was "possessed" by the spirit of a Temple Guard and needed to be paid with a Pendant of Life. (The Dark Forest took the place of the Tomb of the Ancient Kings in the Temple, but some of the objects in the room, namely the doors behind the trees, retained their previous look and were never updated.)

The Jesters' Court: In the Jesters' Court, players needed to align themselves with three wall paintings, while pressing three actuators. If they had aligned themselves with the correct painting, the doors would open.

The Throne Room (S2): The Throne of the Pretender was placed on a reversible wall that blocked access to the left. The players sat upon the throne and pushed down on two actuators placed on the armrests to swing around the wall, allowing access to open doors.

The Laser Light Room: In the center of this room, eight square tiles were placed on a wall, each covering a "laser". The player that entered this room would need to pull the tiles down to unleash the special white laser, which was the one and only among the other red lasers.

The Ledges: As the name implies, the Ledges was simply a series of ledges that the player had to climb through. Beginning in this season, contestants could no longer enter this room from the front, but had to pass behind Olmec or enter from the room above.

Season 3

(Rooms listed starting with the upper-right room and going in a counter-clockwise direction)

Layout 1
The Crypt
The Pit of the Pendulum
The King's Storeroom (S3)
The Chamber of the Sacred Markers
The Room of the Ancient Warriors
The Shrine of the Silver Monkey
The Room of the Secret Password
The Pharaoh's Secret Passage
The Quicksand Bog
The Dark Forest
The Jesters' Court
The Tomb of the Headless Kings
The Ledges

The King's Storeroom (S3): In this room, a pot was placed on each of three pedestals, at the center of the room. The player entering this room needed to break open the pots in search of a key, and then place the key in the hole of the correct pedestal to open the door(s).

The Chamber of the Sacred Markers: On the left side of the central ladder was a certain sequence of markers, and on the right was that same sequence of markers, with a few missing. Players entering this room had to find the missing markers on the outer walls of the room, and place them in their correct positions to open a door.

The Room of the Ancient Warriors: Three sets of armor were placed at the back of the room. In here, the player needed to place him or herself into the armor, and pull two levers downward. If they had done so with the correct set of armor, the door would open. If a Temple Guard was in the room, it would hide behind one of the sets of armor and grab the player when they climbed into that same set of armor. Unlike in Season 2, players could no longer climb downward after completing the objective— due to space constraints, the ladder downward had been removed.

The Pharaoh's Secret Passage: The Pharaoh's Secret Passage was nothing more than a narrow tunnel-slide connecting the Room of the Secret Password with the Quicksand Bog.

The Quicksand Bog: In the Quicksand Bog, players had the options of going up into the Room of the Secret Password, up into the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, or bashing through the wall and into the Dark Forest.

The Tomb of the Headless Kings: Two skeletons of kings with no heads were placed at the center of the room, surrounded by vines that hung from the ceiling. In here, players needed to pull the vines to release bones, in search for the skull. After finding the skull the players then needed to place it on the correct king to continue.

Current Air Times

Reruns of Legends of the Hidden Temple currently air on both Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon GAS. The air times (ET) are:

Nickelodeon (weekdays)

• 07:30 a.m.-08:00a.m.

Nickelodeon GAS (daily)

• 06:00-07:00 a.m.
• 10:00-11:00 a.m.
• 03:00-04:00 p.m.
• 07:00-08:00 p.m.
• 10:00-11:00 p.m.
• 02:00-03:00 a.m.

See also

• Nickelodeon GUTS
• Double Dare
• Figure It Out
• Get the Picture
• Finders Keepers
• Wild and Crazy Kids
• What Would You Do?

External links

Fan Sites

• The King's Storeroom - A fan site with an episode list, picture gallery, interactive game, and interviews with former contestants.
• The Room of the Mandarin Hand - A site with Temple Run Descriptions.
• Aaron's The Choices Are Yours - Sister site to the former fansite "The Shrine of the Silver Monkey", this site contains free desktop pictures, a PowerPoint explaining the show, quizzes, and a guide to the legends Olmec told in each episode.
• NICK Rewind - Legends of the Hidden Temple
• Phantom's Temple A fan-created forum for the show.

Shirt Stores

• Bygoneshirts.com
• Templeshirts.com
• Hiddentempletees.com
• Retroduck.com