Abby unnecessarily follows the clues
As Abby enters the room, she stated that Paul has arranged an intriguing group of things. When he asks her what intrigues her the most, she says “Probably the lamp.”
Having read the task brief, Abby asks “What’s the magic phrase?” as she looks around the room. She then picks up the key from the table and wanders around. When Paul asks her what she is thinking, she says “I’m thinking that there’s like a trick to finding the phrase.”
Abby spots the mp3 player in the room and notes that it’s not normally there. Paul shares with her that it contains his playlist of royalty-free jams.
Abby first plays the track ‘Sad Memories’, which causes Paul to cry. Abby apologises before changing the track to ‘Yay, let’s conga!’ and then ‘Tappin’ time’, which causes Paul to start tap-dancing.
Abby then plays ‘A relaxing breeze’, and Paul sits on the sofa, sipping an exotic looking cocktail. She then plays ‘Sultry nights’, prompting Paul to seductively remove a glove… revealing another glove beneath. Finally, Abby plays ‘Knock out punch’ and Paul starts punching the air.
Abby examines the lock on the bread bin, discovering that when she presses on it with her finger, it glows red. She asks Paul if she can use his finger instead, and when he presses his finger onto the lock, it opens.
After finding the bread herring and the message ‘You’re a red herring, right?’ and she uses the initial letters from the message to unlock the combination lock on the treasure chest.
Inside the chest, she finds the chocolate money and a note instructing her to ‘Look up”, which helps her spot the key to the box containing the lamp, dangling from the ceiling.
Having unlocked the box and removed the lamp, Abby looks at the task brief again, and says “Now I’ve got to say the magic phrase while rubbing the lamp.”, so Paul stops the clock after 8 minutes and 19 seconds.
In the studio, Abby says she’d thought that everyone would think she was so smart for working out the task. However, she earns just 1 point for being the slowest.
(Written by JoGo and proofread by Karl Craven)
