Predict how many portions of food will be eaten
- In this task, the contestants enter a room to find a large number of small portions of a particular type of food (e.g. meatballs, medister cakes, Brussels sprouts, marshmallows, or bowls of sauerkarut).
- The contestants are instructed to predict something about how many of the items the other contestants will eat (either as individuals, or collectively), and then eat a number of them themselves, in connection with their prediction.
Original version
In this version of the task, the contestants are presented with a plate piled with medister cakes, and are instructed to eat what they believe to be the second greatest number of them, compared to the other contestants.
Adaptations
In this version of the task, the contestants are presented with a plate piled with meatballs, and are instructed to eat what they believe to be a reasonable amount of them, and to predict how many will be eaten by all of the contestants, in total.
In this version of the task, the contestants are presented with a plate piled with Brussels sprouts, and are instructed to eat what they believe to be a reasonable amount of them, and to predict how many will be eaten by all of the contestants, in total.
In this version of the task, the contestants must attempt to eat above the average number of small portions of sauerkraut, with the one who eats closest to the average winning, and anyone eating below the average being disqualified.
In this version of the task, the contestants are presented with a bowl full of marshmallows, and are instructed to eat twice as many of them as they think the person who ate the fewest did.