Episode 38 is the thirty-eighth episode of the first season of Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Summary[]
Jacqueline Hyde steals the sugar cane from South Asia around the year 3000 BC.
After a Data Boost at the time of the crime, Kevin and the time pilots overhear Jacqueline Hyde telling Carmen that she's in a time when sugar was involved in the slave trade, which clues them into the year 1757. There, Jacqueline Hyde neutralizes their 'fact fuel,' resulting in another Data Boost.
After the Data Boost, the time pilots meet Norbert Rillieux, a freeman who invented a new way to refine sugar and, in the 1850s, moved to Paris after having had enough of prejudice in his native Louisiana.
Following a Global Pursuit in the mid-1800's, the time pilots meet up with the Elephant Guy, whose clues relating to the artificial sweetener aspartame lead them to the year 1981, where they reclaim the sugar cane.
Ryan captures Jacqueline Hyde, but Carmen escapes after Ryan missed the question at the last portal.
Time Pilots[]
- Buisi
- Elizabeth Karas
- Ryan Soo
Sketches and Pit Stops[]
- VILE Villain Clue - 1757 (when sugar played a big part in the triangular trade)
- Cluefinder (Norbert Rillieux) - 1850s (when a sugar refinery machine was invented by Norbert Rillieux)
- Elephant Guy - 1981 (when the FDA approved NutraSweet, a form of aspartame)
History of Food and Sugar (Flight Plan)[]
- 1991: U.S. soldiers drink Kool-Aid during the Gulf War.
- 1955: Crest toothpaste is introduced.
- 1942: World War II combat rations include gum and chocolate.
- 1927: Pez candy is introduced.
- 1894: Hershey begins selling chocolate.
- 1846: Norbert Rillieux invents his sugar-refining process.
- 1630: Lemonade is invented in France.
- 3000 BC: South Asians make sugar crystals out of sugar cane.
Trail of Time Questions[]
Bold indicates correct answers.
Italics indicates the contestant's answers.
Underline indicates the contestant answered the question after time ran out.
- It's the 1200's. What is introduced in Germany?
- Chocolate cakes
- Birthday candles
- It's the 1840's. What does Norbert Rillieux's new machine do?
- Refine sugar
- Grind sugar
- It's the year 1912. What new cookie is now being introduced?
- Oreos
- Fig Newtons
- It's 1937. What is used to promote the new Sky Bar candy bar?
- A blimp
- Skywriting
- It's the year 1940. What ice cream stand has just opened?
- Baskin Robbins
- Dairy Queen
- It's 1992. How much candy does the average American eat per year?
- 11 pounds
- 22 pounds
Trivia[]
- During the second round, Ryan mispronounced Norbert Rillieux's name.
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