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1. Who hosted the show?
2. The show started with six teams and quickly narrowed them down to four. What type of "body of water" did teams have to cross in the first elimination round?
3. What was the name of the large stone head who imparted advice to the teams?
4. The four teams that made it through the first round went on to a question-and-answer round. Only two teams would go on to the next round, and they had to answer three questions correctly to advance. What was the name of this question-and-answer round?
5. Immediately before the question round began, the show's resident stone head would tell the teams what artifact would be looked for in the temple, and tell the legend behind that object. Other than the story behind the object, what was the only advice/information that the stone head would give to the teams AT THIS POINT?
6. After the first two elimination rounds, the final two teams would compete in three short contests to determine a winner. Each time a team won one of the contests they'd receive a pendant (or half of one). What was the name given to this series of three physical competitions?
7. If there was a tie after the three games were over, how was the winner determined?
8. After the two elimination rounds and the main three-stunt round, the winning team got the chance to enter the temple and try to get the artifact out of the temple. The show's endgame was officially known as the Temple Run.
9. Upon encountering them, players who had a pendant had to give it up; those who didn't got taken out of the temple. What's the term given to the three "enemies" who reside in the temple?
10. To win the grand prize, how long did teams have to grab the artifact and make it out of the temple?
11. What was special about the episode whose artifact was the Mask of Shaka Zulu?
12. The center of the temple was sometimes called the Heart Room. Which of these temple rooms is not located in the center of the temple?
13. During one episode, a contestant in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey accidentally dropped the statue base onto the ground below. It was tossed back up to the contestant. Whom did Kirk say threw it back up to the player?
14. Which of these rooms is one of the only ones where a Temple Guard has never appeared?
15. What was the artifact in the show's very first episode?
16. In one episode's Temple Run, the girl manages to grab the artifact -- and then proceeds to leave it behind, thinking she only had to touch it (rather than bring it back out of the temple). Which item was this?
17. The stories that Olmec tells are historically very accurate.
18. On at least one occasion, a team member has lost their pendant in the temple before even being caught by a Temple Guard.
19. Which of these is the most common outcome of the Temple Runs?
20. At the end of each episode, when the Stone-Stanley logo is shown, what is Olmec heard to say in the background?
21. According to the credits, the show's music was composed by someone (or a group of people) known as "The Music Machine."
22. Talking about things like Olmec, the temple and the artwork/designs inside the temple, the show is obviously based on more than one ancient culture.
23. Over the course of which three years did the show run?
24. The show received the Best Game Show Series award at the 16th Annual CableAce Awards.
25. How many total different layouts were there for the temple maze?
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