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Legends of the Hidden Temple was a physical challenge game show for children. Hosted by Kirk Fogg,^[1] the show was produced by Nickelodeon in association with Stone Stanley Productions and was taped at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The show incorporated physical stunts, as well as questions based on topics related to history, mythology, and geography. Each episode featured six teams of two children (one boy and one girl) competing for prizes.^[1] Teams competed in various elimination contests until one team remained, who then earned the right to go through "the Hidden Temple" and retrieve a historical artifact to win a grand prize. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Kirk Fairbanks Fogg is an actor, writer, singer and director who was born in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1960. ... Dee Bradley Baker (b. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... For other uses, see Child (disambiguation). ... Kirk Fairbanks Fogg is an actor, writer, singer and director who was born in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1960. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... Stone Stanley Entertainment is an entertainment company that made programs such as Legends of the Hidden Temple, Celebrity Mole, and Shop Til You Drop. ... Nickelodeon Studios (opened June 7, 1990 â€“ closed April 30, 2005) was an operating television taping studio as well as an attraction at Universal Studios Florida. ... HIStory â€“ Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by American singer Michael Jackson released in June 1995 and remains Jacksons most conflicting and controversial release. ... For other uses, see Mythology (disambiguation). ...

Legends aired on Nickelodeon^[1] from 1993 to 1995 in first-run and through the late 1990s in reruns. Since 1999, reruns of the show have aired on Nick GAS. The series received positive acclaim, and, in 1995, the show won a CableACE award for Game Show Special or Series.^[4]^[5] This article is about the TV channel. ... The year 1993 in television involved some significant events. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1995. ... Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (commonly referred to as Nickelodeon GAS, Nick GAS or GAS), was a U.S. cable television network which was launched on March 1, 1999 as part of MTV Networks suite of digital cable channels. ... The CableACE Award (earlier known as the ACE awards) was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programing. ...

Broadcast history

Legends of the Hidden Temple began airing on Nickelodeon in 1993. The show aired interspersed first-run and rerun episodes until 1995, when the show went out of production and all the episodes became reruns. In the late 1990s, the show disappeared from Nickelodeon. However, in 1999, the show once again began airing in reruns on Nick GAS. In May 2007, the show appeared back on Nickelodeon's schedule, airing every weekday morning; however, it was unexpectedly taken off the schedule after its last Nickelodeon airing on June 7, 2007.^[6] On December 31, 2007, Nick GAS was slated to leave the digital cable channel lineup and was intended to become an online-only service on TurboNick.^[7] Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (commonly referred to as Nick GAS), is a U.S. cable television network which was launched on March 1, 1999 as part of MTV Networks suite of digital cable channels. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The TurboNick logo. ...

Theming and premise

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) at 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 (a replica of the actual artifact, if such an artifact existed in real life), and the winning team had to retrieve it. Some artifacts included "Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress," "The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman," "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great," and the "Broken Wing of Icarus." In addition to providing an artifact, the legend also was important to other aspects of the show: the Steps of Knowledge used questions based on the historical legend,^[8] and the theming of the Temple Games was also loosely based on the legend.^[8] For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ... For other uses, see Aztec (disambiguation). ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats (also known as a Fosse) were deep and wide water-filled trenches, excavated to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ... This article is about the mazelike structure from Greek mythology. ... Monument 1, one of the four Olmec colossal heads at La Venta. ... Dee Bradley Baker (b. ... In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... Look up replica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lawrence of Arabia redirects here. ... Harriet Tubman (c. ... Catherine the Great redirects here. ... Icarus and Daedalus by Frederic Leighton The Fall of Icarus (detail), by Pieter Brueghel, 1558: Icarus is seen flailing in the water, but is ignored Daedalus launches Icarus off the ledge. ...

Main game

Teams

In each episode, six teams of two players (one boy and one girl) each competed in three rounds to get to the temple. Each team was designated a color and an animal, indicated on their uniform shirts:^[9]

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Round 1: The Moat

The first round of the show involved a stunt where the six teams had to get across a narrow 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 push a button, thus setting off the team's "gong."^[9] Typically, if a team member fell in the water, that partner (or occasionally both teammates) had to go back and try again until successful.^[8] The first four teams to cross the moat and hit their gongs advanced to the second round.^[9] For the 2003 film, see Swimming Pool (film). ... For other uses, see Raft (disambiguation). ... Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope (IPA: ) is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. ... This article is about the structure. ... A gong is one of a wide variety of metal percussion instruments. ...

Round 2: The Steps of Knowledge

Olmec began the Steps of Knowledge by telling the four remaining teams the episode's legend.^[9] After finishing, he asked the teams a series of questions to test their memories.^[9] Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers.^[9] A team that knew the answer buzzed in by stomping on the button on their step.^[9] (If Olmec was still in the middle of asking the question, he would stop talking immediately.^[8]) If a team answered correctly, they moved down to the next level.^[9] If a team answered incorrectly or went too long without an answer (three seconds after being called upon^[8]), the other teams had a chance to answer.^[9] A question was replaced when two of its three choices were eliminated by incorrect answers.^[9] The first two teams to step down to the bottom level by answering a total of three questions correctly moved on to the next round.^[8]

Round 3: The Temple Games

The Temple Games round was introduced as a turning point in the episode away from the unpredictable Moat and mind games of the Steps of Knowledge. Here, "the glory [went] to the fastest and the strongest" as the two remaining teams competed for as many pendants of life as possible in three physical challenges.^[9] Legends employed many types of Temple Games, with the day's legend serving as a theme for each.^[8] Temple Game challenges were either untimed or lasted for a maximum of 60 seconds (ending either when time expired or when a team completed the objective).^[8] 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.^[8] The first two challenges, which pitted single members from each team, awarded a half-pendant each, and the final challenge, involving both players on both teams, awarded a full pendant.^[9] If a Temple Game ended in a tie, both teams were awarded the pendant value of that game.^[8] After these rounds, the team with the greater number of pendants went on to the final round.^[9]

In the event that the two teams' pendant totals were tied after the three games, the teams played a tiebreaker to determine which team would advance to the Temple. A "tiebreaker pedestal" was brought out, and Fogg (or, later in seasons 2 and 3, Olmec) asked a tiebreaker question to determine the winner.^[8] The first team to hit the button on top of their gong earned the chance to answer the question.^[8] The team had three seconds to answer, and their first response had to be accepted.^[10] A correct answer allowed the team to go to the Temple.^[8] In Season 1, an incorrect answer (or running out of time) automatically awarded the other team passage to the Temple, but in the second and third seasons, the other team simply received an opportunity to answer the question correctly.^[8]

Round 4: The Temple Run

In the final round, often known as the Temple Run,^[9] the winning team took whatever Pendants of Life they earned into the temple (1, 1½, or 2), and attempted to retrieve the day's ancient artifact and bring it back to the temple gate successfully.^[8] The player designated to go into the temple first would receive one pendant, and the second player received the remainder of what the team had won in the Temple Games (no pendant, a half pendant, or one pendant).^[9] Image File history File links Legends_of_the_Hidden_Temple_(assembling_monkey). ... Image File history File links Legends_of_the_Hidden_Temple_(assembling_monkey). ...

The temple consisted of 12^[8] or 13^[1] rooms, depending on the layout, each connected to adjacent rooms by doorways. The doors were either locked or unlocked; the pattern of locked and unlocked doors changed from episode to episode.^[9] Often, doors were locked to require teams to make a more indirect and longer path to the room with the artifact.^[9] The unlocked doors could be opened either by completing a specific task or puzzle within each room, or by simply pressing a button (or actuator).^[9] One room in the labyrinth contained the themed artifact;^[8] three specific rooms other than the artifact room held Temple Guards^[8] (spotters in lavish Mayan sentinel costumes). If the winning team had 1½ pendants, the remaining half-pendant would be somewhere in a room as well.^[9] However, if the team had only one pendant going into the temple, no extra pendants were hidden.^[9] Look up sentinel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

When a player encountered a Temple Guard, the player was forced to give up a full pendant in order to go on;^[9] however, if the first contestant was caught without a pendant, he or she was taken out of the temple^[9] and it would be the second player's turn to enter, with all opened doors remaining such.^[8] Furthermore, each Temple Guard only showed himself once per run,^[8] 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 ended at that moment.^[9] This placed pressure on the second player to search for the hidden half pendant (if he or she had a half pendant) in order to prevent this.^[9] If the team had two pendants, they were guaranteed not to have their run end due to the guards, as the first player would remove two (one with a pendant, one with being eliminated) and the second player would remove the third guard with their pendant. Thus, the only way they could lose was by running out of time.^[9]

The team had three minutes to complete the temple in its entirety.^[9] If either player reached the artifact (actually grabbing onto the artifact, not just merely being in the same room with it), all remaining Temple Guards "vanished" and all locked doors instantly opened, allowing the player to escape unhindered.^[9] Just for getting into the temple, the team automatically won a prize.^[8] If they picked up the artifact, they also would win another prize of slightly higher value.^[8] If they escaped with the artifact before time ran out, the team won a vacation (sometimes to another state or country),^[8] or a week at NASA's Space Camp,^[11] in addition to the two merchandise prizes. For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... Towering rockets in the Rocket Park are a daily sight for campers at U.S. Space Camp. ...

Episodes

In its three years of production, Legends produced 120 episodes (40 in each of the three seasons).^[2] Many historical and mythological figures were featured as subjects of legends during the show's run. The following is an episode list for the Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple. ...

Temple layouts

During the three seasons that the show was produced, the temple contained a wide variety of rooms that contestants had to conquer to win the grand prize.

One of the most identifiable rooms of the Hidden Temple was the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, which was the only room to remain in the Hidden Temple throughout the entirety of the show's run.^[12]^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Schwartz, David; Steve Ryan, and Fred Wostbrock (1999). "Legends of the Hidden Temple". The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd edition). Facts on File. 124. ISBN 0-8160-3847-3.
^ ^a ^b Episode Guide. The King's Storeroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
^ While Legends has been on air essentially since its premiere, no new episodes were produced after 1995. Furthermore, since reruns and first-run episodes were often mixed together, it is unclear when the last first-run episode aired. However, studio master evidence shows that new episodes were airing at least through July 1995.
^ "Legends of the Hidden Temple" (1993) - Awards. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
^ Schwartz, David; Steve Ryan, and Fred Wostbrock (1999). "Appendix E: Game Show Award Winners and Nominees". The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd edition). Facts on File. 305. ISBN 0-8160-3847-3.
^ Updates. The King's Storeroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
^ MTV Networks splits Noggin, the N channels. Yahoo!. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w What Is This "Legends of the Hidden Temple," Anyway?. The Room of the Ancient Warriors. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa Show Format. The King's Storeroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
^ This is according to Fogg's rundown of the rules before a tiebreaker occurred; it is probable that these are the same rules used in the Steps of Knowledge.
^ The Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata. The King's Storeroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. An episode with a trip to Space Camp as the grand prize.
^ Hidden Temple Rooms. The King's Storeroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
^ Hidden Temple Rooms. The King's Storeroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.

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