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Skim something

  • In this task, the contestants must skim something (e.g. a biscuit or stone) across a body of water, with the winner being the one whose item skims across the surface the most times.
  • The contestants may have one or multiple attempts, depending on the situation.

Original version

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In this unaired version of the task, the contestants were provided with a range of different biscuits, and had to pick one of them to skim across a body of water. Each contestant had three attempts with their chosen type of biscuit.

Adaptations

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In this tie-breaker version of the task, the contestants get just one attempt to skim a stone across the lake, and the one with the most skims wins.