Balance the Taskmaster’s assistant on a see-saw
- In this task the contestants are instructed to balance the Taskmaster’s assistant on a see-saw by adding objects with a combined equal weight to a box on the other end. The Taskmaster’s assistant does not get onto their end of the see-saw until the contestant has finished adding items.
Original version
Adaptations
In this version of the task, Olli is sat on the see-saw throughout the contestant’s attempt, but the see-saw is locked in a horizontal position until the contestants utter the phrase ‘release the spirit level’. They then immediately get to see how accurate their estimate of Olli’s weight was. There is no container on the other end of the see-saw for them to load up with items – they must balance or attach all of their weight on the beam of the see-saw itself. Also, the task is judged based on the length of time it takes between the contestants uttering the key phrase and when one of the balloons fastened beneath each end of the see-saw bursts.