The Golden Chains of Zenobia is the 22nd episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple. It was the tenth episode to air. Moat CrossingOne player of each team paddled across the moat on a raft. Once across, he would tie the rope (which was connected to the raft) off to a post; the second player would then use that rope and the higher, knotted rope to traverse the moat. Once both players were across, they could hit the gong.
Steps of KnowledgeLong ago, in the ancient city of Palmyra, there lived a very rich and very beautiful queen named Zenobia. Caravans from the East traded silks, ivory and spices in Palmyra. With the wealth of its trade, Zenobía built powerful armies and conquered Egypt, the home of her beautiful ancestor Cleopatra. The pharaohs who became her subjects sent her fantastic gifts of gold and marble. The Roman Emperor was afraid she was becoming too powerful, so he attacked Palmyra. As the city was crumbling, Zenobía secretly escaped on a camel, but she was captured by the Romans. Like all defeated leaders, she was brought back as a slave to Rome, but because of her great beauty, the emperor had her bound in golden chains. She lived out her days as a captive in a villa near Rome. The city of Palmyra, without its queen, was abandoned, and soon was buried in the desert sands, but Zenobía's chains survived.
Temple GamesThe Orange Iguanas are 11-year-old Justin, who likes to play the piano ever since he saw his sister playing it, and 13-year-old Jennifer, who has ten cats. The Purple Parrots are 12-year-old Chad (aka "Chadwick"), who plays baseball, and 11-year-old Tiffany, who dances ballet. Wrap the Golden Chains (Climbing Wall)[]The Romans wrapped beautiful Zenobia in golden chains. Since Zenobia was unavailable due to her still being in her era, they decided to let the teams wrap their wall instead. At the base of each wall were four golden chains, each of which were fastened to the floor. When Kirk said "Go," one player from each team climbed up and fastened the chains to the clasps on the top of their walls. Then they climbed back down, grabbed the next chain, and did it again. The first one to fasten all four chains and climb back down, or the player who's furthest along in 60 seconds, won. At first the boys were both even, but with just under 20 seconds to go, Chadwick dropped his second chain and had to go down to retrieve it; on the other hand, Justin managed to properly fasten two chains instead of one, earning the Orange Iguanas a half Pendant of Life. Gift of Gold (Bungee Soap Ramp)[]Zenobia was so powerful that her people sent her gifts from all over the ancient world. Fortunately, the players didn't have to go that far. All they had to do was climb up the ramps and take one of the gifts. Then they slid back down, dumped the gifts into Zenobia's buckets. The team with the most gifts in their basket in 60 seconds won. Tiffany kept slipping before she could grab anything, but eventually got just a crown from the top. On the other hand, Jennifer's strategy of only using the loops on one side of the ramp served her well, and she managed to get three pieces of treasure from the top, earning the Orange Iguanas another half Pendant. Rebuild Palmyra (Pulley Pillar)[]When the Romans invaded Palmyra, Zenobia was captured and the city was destroyed. It took years to rebuild it; the teams got one minute. When Kirk said "Go," one player from each team grabbed pieces of the columns and placed them up on their poles. Then, it was their partners turn to jump up and slide piece of the columns onto their poles. They kept alternating like that, and the first team to rebuild the column, or the team that's furthest along in 60 seconds, won. This game was infamous because the rope connecting the two players would often get caught, stranding both players on a team in the middle, and this did happen to the Purple Parrots for the final third of the game. However, it did not matter much, because Tiffany spent the first half of the game trying to drop the first ring on the pole— she tried to just place in on the pole, but she never managed to; in a last ditch effort, Tiffany tried to toss it on the pole with 27 seconds left, and ended up losing it. A spotter put it back on top of her stack, but then Chadwick had to try placing the first ring on the column and the Purple Parrots, having completely run out of momentum, were both stuck. They lost humiliatingly, having failed to even start while Justin placed the eighth and final ring for the Orange Iguanas' column with three seconds to go, earning them the full Pendant of Life and a sending the.
Temple RunJennifer seemed a lot more confident now that she would have made it to the final round, and she volunteered to go first. She immediately hit a Temple Guard in the Cave of Sighs, but continued up into the Room of the Three Gargoyles, then made it across the topmost rooms at a fairly quick pace for a Season 1 contestant until she hit the second Temple Guard in the Treasure Room with 2:09 on the clock. Justin headed in when Jennifer was taken out, and at first, he was even quicker than his partner. However, when he reached the Treasure Room with 1:40 to go, he completely stalled. The door into the Shrine of the Silver Monkey did not open, nor was going through the treasure chest and down into the Bamboo Forest a viable option (of course, it did not help that Kirk was telling him to press an actuator inside the treasure chest, when that was not the case). He tried retreating to the Observatory after hitting the Heart Room actuator, then headed back into the Treasure Room and eventually left for the Observatory once again, with only 1:04 left at this point. Justin finally climbed down into the Heart Room, but then completed the loop— he crawled left, back into the Treasure Room before quickly realizing his mistake, reentering the Heart Room and going down into the Room of Harmonic Convergence, at which point he only had thirty-seven seconds. After a bit more hesitancy, he found the correct switch combination and passed through the Bamboo Forest (though, he would have tried to pass through the rock slab in the Wheel Room had Kirk not said anything!), but time ran out right after he found the key in the Tomb of the Ancient Kings, but before he could test it on the doors.
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