Cold, hard statistics reveal the best team on Legends Of The Hidden Temple

Green Monkeys rule; Purple Parrots drool. As reported by Michael Walsh, these are among the findings of an exhaustive, math-based Nerdist study of Nickelodeon’s Legends Of The Hidden Temple. The bizarre 1993-1995 children’s program, a pseudo-historical action-adventure game show with a gauntlet of puzzles and obstacles to obfuscate and terrify young contestants, has lingered in the memories of ’90s kids and is about to get a live-action TV movie reboot. And the show’s genial host, Kirk Fogg has revealed that the show was nigh-unwinnable by design. But, of all six color-coded teams to compete on the original show, which was the most successful of all, the one most likely to conquer the show’s many pitfalls, including the Steps Of Knowledge and the Temple Run? Fortunately, when Walsh and his colleagues set out to find the answer to this question, they had plenty of raw data with which to work, thanks to a fan-curated site called Nickipedia that keeps tabs on these things.