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Episode 5: Think like a tall man

Image of the title card at the start of this episode, showing a task brief with the show title, 'Kongen Befaler', and the episode title, 'Tenke som en lang mann' ['Think like a tall man'], on a wooden desk. At the edges of the image, part of a typewriter keyboard and a stack of leather-bound books can be seen.

Air date:

22/10/2020

Original title:

Tenke som en lang mann

Title coined by:

Mia Hundvin

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in something with which Atle won't be familiar, decorate a rotating cake, predict what the other contestants will do with an apple, get the highest darts score, and select the lowest unique number of doughnuts.

Title context

'Think like a tall man' was a phrase uttered by Mia Hundvin during the 'Predict what the other contestants will do with an apple' task.

Alternate Titles

On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Karuselltårta', which translates as 'Carousel cake'. This is a reference to the 'Decorate the rotating cake' task. [Translator credit: DANI]

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome to Kongen Befaler, the programme where I send five representatives from the Norwegian glaciers into the fire to solve tasks nobody asked for. After ten programmes, one of them will end up with a bust of gold of - yes, that's right - of me!