| Blackbeard's Treasure Map | |
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 The treasure map in the artificial skeleton's hand. | |
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Production Number |
1-01 (1) |
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Airdate |
December 18, 1993 |
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Team |
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Contestants |
Sabrina & James |
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Artifact Location |
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2 | |
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Temple Layout |
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Previous Episode |
The Golden Cup of Belshazzar (Broadcast Order) |
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Next Episode |
The Golden Cup of Belshazzar (Production/Completion Order) |
Blackbeard's Treasure Map is the first episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple. Despite being listed as the first episode, it was neither the first episode taped or aired. The reason it is listed as the first episode is because it was the first episode that Nickelodeon planned out.
Moat Crossing
Floating Ring moat
One player from each team sat on a floating ring. When Kirk said "go", that player pulled himself across the Moat as quickly as possible using an attached rope. Once across, he stepped off, grabbed the ring, and threw it back to his partner who proceeded to jump on and pull himself across. As soon as the second teammate stepped onto the deck, it was his job to run over and hit the gong.
| Moat Results | ||
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| Finish | Team | Time |
| 1st | Red Jaguars | 0:38 |
| 2nd | Blue Barracudas | 1:06 |
| 3rd | Silver Snakes | 1:20 |
| 4th | Orange Iguanas | 2:03 |
Steps of Knowledge
The meanest, ugliest, most ornery pirate who ever sailed the seven seas was Blackbeard. He went into battle with ribbons tied into his long, black beard and tucked long, smoking fuses under his hat to make him look more frightening. When things got dull, he would light fires on his own ship or shoot one of his own crew members just to keep them on their toes. Blackbeard liked to attack Spanish treasure ships and steal their jewels. If people took too long taking off their rings, Blackbeard would cut off their fingers. Once, he even made a man eat his own ears. When he gathered all the treasure, he would row ashore with just a few men and bury it in secret. Sometimes, the men who helped him never came back. According to legend, the last of his fourteen wives held a map to this treasure, and it eventually found its way to the temple.
| Steps of Knowledge Results | ||
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| Question | Answers | Team |
| Which of these did Blackbeard tie in his beard? |
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Orange Iguanas (Red Bows - Wrong Answer; Not one of the three choices) |
| Red Jaguars (Correct - 2 steps left) | ||
| Which of these would Blackbeard do to keep his men on their toes? |
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Orange Iguanas (Shoot them - Wrong Answer; Not one of the three choices) |
| Silver Snakes (Correct - 2 steps left) | ||
| Blackbeard's real name was Edward Teach. Was he originally from…? |
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Blue Barracudas (Correct - 2 steps left) |
| Which of these pirates is the only one known to make prisoners walk the plank? |
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Orange Iguanas (Correct - 2 steps left) |
| Blackbeard was defeated in battle near Cape Hatteras. Is this in…? |
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Silver Snakes (Correct - 1 step left) |
| According to our legend, did Blackbeard make a prisoner…? |
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Silver Snakes (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games) |
| Did Blackbeard have…? |
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Blue Barracudas (Correct - 1 step left) |
| A common pirate punishment was to be left on a deserted island. Is this called…? |
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Red Jaguars (Correct - 1 step left) |
| Did pirates terrorize…? |
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Orange Iguanas (Correct - 1 step left) |
| Treasure ships sailed in the current along the east coast of the United States. Is that current…? |
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Blue Barracudas (The Pacific Stream - Wrong Answer; Not one of the three choices) |
| Red Jaguars (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games) | ||
Temple Games
The Silver Snakes are 12-year-old Hector, who plays the trumpet in the Middlebrook Middle School Band, and 11-year-old Karissa, who wants to be a teacher. The Red Jaguars are 11-year-olds James and Sabrina, who both play soccer.
Cannonballs (Water Ramp)
At the base of each “loading ramp” was a “cannonball”. When Kirk said “go”, the players had to push a cannonball up to the top of the ramp. Then, they got a shot of water, slid back down, grabbed the next cannonball, and then climbed up again. The player with the most cannonballs at the top after sixty seconds won. James won the game after successfully pushing one cannonball up the ramp while Hector was unable to score.
Search for Blackbeard's Treasure (Peanut Shaft)
Each "treasure shaft" had pieces of treasure buried at the bottom. When Kirk said "go", each player had to start digging for treasure; once she found treasure, she had to climb to the top of the shaft and place it in the bin atop the shaft. This process repeated until all the treasure was found or sixty seconds had elapsed. The game ended in a tie, with both girls finding two pieces of treasure.
Hoist the Jolly Roger (Pulley Pillar)
When Kirk said "go", one partner had to grab a piece of the Jolly Roger (skull and crossbones flag). The second partner, elevated at this point, then pulled down on his end of the rope. This sent the first player up, after which he would place the piece of the flag in the correct, upright position. There were eight pieces of the flag to set up in sixty seconds; both teams managed to get four pieces of the Jolly Roger in place in the allotted time.
| Temple Games Results | ||||
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| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Pendants Won |
| Red Jaguars | Won | Tied | Tied | 2 Pendants |
| Silver Snakes | Lost | Tied | Tied | 1½ Pendants |
Temple Run
This temple run was a disaster from start to finish. Sabrina was dim-witted, slow-moving, and extremely unlucky. The team had won two pendants, but Sabrina wasted all of the team's time searching through five rooms and making no additional progress. James did not even get a chance to enter the temple! In conclusion, this temple run is one of many examples of why you never send the slow-witted player into the temple first.
| Temple Run Results | ||
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| Victory | No | |
| Reached the Artifact | No | |
| Method of Loss | Failed Acquisition (Solo) | |
| Temple Guard Locations | The Cave of Sighs | |
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Trivia
- This was the first episode to begin production. Kirk Fogg had mentioned in a radio interview for SUNY Albany that the first Legends episode filming took eighteen hours; since taping ran late, the whole episode was filmed on a day that featured Layout V of the temple.
- This episode and The Belly Button of Buddha are the only episodes in Season 1 to not show someone dressed as the historical figure.
- While Olmec was giving the Red Jaguars information about the Temple, the camera revealed that the Pirate's Cove's ship wheel had already been turned, indicating that the Dungeon was not to be entered from that room.
- The Room of Harmonic Convergence was supposed to open from the Wheel Room. The reason it did not is because Sabrina hit above the actuator five times.
- This was the first of three episodes where the first player fails to obtain the artifact but the second player does not enter the temple. The others are The Lucky Pig of Amelia Earhart and The Golden Goblet of Attila the Hun.