"More skin residue than cap"
A warm welcome to Kongen Befaler.
It's getting tighter at the top, bottom and the middle,
now that we're getting closer to the end of the season.
Someone who is also tight at the top,
but surprisingly loose in the middle
and at the bottom: my own Olli Wermskog!
Thank you. Thank you.
It's a shame that we're almost at the end.
What prize do we have today?
Prize? I haven't really given it much thought.
But I suppose we can use this old bust in gold of me...
That should be fine. - Yes, it's fine.
And the balls of fun who have all been sitting
neatly in their seats for seven programmes are:
Stian Blipp!
Tuva Billing!
Tete Lidbom!
Christian Skolmen!
And Marte Stokstad!
Yes, let's start with the first task of the day.
Which is, of course, like you've guessed,
that's right, the prize task.
Yes, and today they are bringing something
that contains more than you'd think.
It contains more than you'd think.
That's quite interesting. It's a very open task.
It can be anything. - Yes, very open.
Who do you want to start with?
I want to start with Miss Østfold: Tuva. [Østfold = Tuva's home county]
After all, there is nothing that contains more than children's imaginations.
And I was no exception.
So I have brought a description of my everyday life,
which I wrote in primary school at some point.
"Every day I get up at four in the morning and wash the house outside and inside."
"I spend about an hour, and then it's three in the morning."
"And then I usually take a walk to Sweden."
"That takes about two hours."
I had a tough childhood.
It's impressive what you managed to do in that time.
And it's incredible that the clock went backwards.
What an adventure. Too bad it wasn't true.
You know nothing about that. - No no...
Tete. - Yes.
I have brought something that contains a lot more than you'd think.
It's kind of a representative.
Many of us are familiar with the concept of bloggers and influencers.
Here represented by Aurora Gude.
Lovely. Hello.
What often happens is that one thinks:
"All they have in them is a sponsored post,"
"and a plane ticket to Turkey."
They get a lot of stick.
Yes, they do.
Although you did just come back from Egypt.
But I don't know if it was sponsored. - Yes, Rome.
But Aurora, for example,
knows a lot about a lot of different things.
Like one of the most difficult things there is: philosophy.
Tell us something impressive about philosophy, Aurora.
Well, I wonder if "Cogito, ergo sum" means anything to you.
Yes, you could say that.
Yes, you wonder? Olli, you can answer.
Yes, no...
Yes, it means something to me. - It does? Do you know Latin?
Well, just a bit...
for normal... everyday use.
At least, for those of you who don't know Latin,
it means "I think, therefore I am".
One of our most important philosophers,
René Descartes, said that we can doubt everything
because a person who's, for example,
missing a leg, can have pain in a leg that doesn't exist.
But then he came to the conclusion that
one cannot doubt that one doubts.
And hence: "I think, therefore I am."
More than I thought.
More than you'd think.
But I don't dare to ask any follow-up questions.
Yes, you have definitely solved the task.
Stian?
I have brought my... favourite bag.
A fairly ordinary bag,
which looks like this.
It's nice and empty.
But what's fun about this bag is that not only does it...
Not only does it contain more than you'd think.
It contains everything you can think of.
So if you want to, for example,
order something for the King [Taskmaster], Olli...
What do you order nowadays? Beer?
Beer? Okay, then you say the magic words "beer, curl, butt bully". [random rhyming words]
Beer, curl, butt bully.
Okay, then you can take it out.
And you can have a beer.
Now we've got started.
It's beer, yes.
Oh, would you look at that?
Wow!
It was even quite cold.
Temperate and good beer.
Now you have worked well.
Very well.
Marte. - I don't want to.
Have you... It's okay to give up.
But no-one has done it before.
Come on, Marte. You can do it.
What I have brought...
But it's not very...
What contains more than I think, at least...
The Holy Bible.
The Bible, yes. Yes yes...
It contains more than you think?
More than many people think. I have only read…
I haven't read that much. - You haven't given it a chance.
I haven't, but it ends with a map here, after 1,510 pages.
I have heard certain stories that I unfortunately don't believe in,
but that might be because I haven't read them.
But it certainly contains more than I think [believe].
Everything, right?
Damn it. I feel that this was... - It's too early to give points.
There was so much good.
We'll get back to the points later.
Christian, we're not done with you.
You're not done with me.
You'll never be done with me. - Never.
I...
Something that contains more than you'd think, yes.
It's something I have seen many times.
I've seen it on you, Atle.
Which contains more than... And it's this thing. Your cap.
Which I have got hold of.
I thought "this must contain more than you'd think".
I can see that it's not my new cap. - It's not the newest.
It's my garden cap.
I wanted to find out what it contained,
so I sent it to the lab.
And I've had it analysed.
I suspect there is some salt and sweat there, at least.
Here is some of what's in it.
Just to give an impression...
I don't get why I'm still holding this.
We can move on to the next picture.
The four dots there are skin residue.
One is pollen from spruce. - Spruce, yes.
And one is fabric-fibre. - That's probably not so strange. - That's from the cap itself.
So what's funny is that there is more skin residue than cap.
That's quite funny.
We have also received some answers and information.
It says here...
There are bacilli in the cap.
I won't read everything, but there are a lot of cocci.
Most likely staphylococci.
I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure you shouldn't have that on your head.
No. I am a carrier of illness. - Yes, there's a lot of fun here.
There are micrococci... A lot of cocci.
So I was the one who started the corona.
Yes, most likely.
These are life-threatening things. It's burning red wherever I go.
Here they have filmed what is inside.
There is a lot of skin residue here.
At the bottom there is something red.
I don't know if it's chili or blood.
Right there, it's a bit...
I don't know, but there's a lot of skin residue.
It contains more than you'd think, and more than it should.
Yes, so you can just keep it.
Yes, this was... - A lot of different things.
A lot different things. - There were four good solutions.
This is probably the first time I know what your 1 point will be.
You know that? - Yes, I think so.
You do? But I don't know. - Okay.
I don't think you know.
I'll be bold and give 1 point to the Bible.
Yes, that's what I expected.
You did? I thought you expected something else.
No, it was definitely that one.
Did you think I would give 1 point to the magic?
No. - Because the magic gets 3 points.
3 points to the magic.
Tuva, 2 points.
Good, but 2 points. There is a high level.
Tete, you get 4 points. Christian, you have to get 5 points.
I don't have to, but thank you.
Good work.
Now I think it's time for a task where the participants
can think about actions and consequences,
decide on time use, and pay attention to precision.
What could that be? - Maybe making a pizza timer?
That's exactly what I was thinking!
Making a pizza timer.
You're a great mindreader, Olli.
Hey. - Hey.
Oi, it's... Oh!
"Make the best and most precise pizza timer."
"You have 30 minutes to make a timer."
"After that, Olli will cook the pizza according to your pizza timer."
"You cannot use any existing timer tools."
No...
"The best cooked pizza wins. Full stop."
Okay, and this is...
A frozen pizza that should be in the oven...
6-8 minutes.
What is it that takes 6-8 minutes?
I need water, and we have that here.
And balls.
I can't figure out what the others have done here.
I know that it takes, for example,
two minutes to put the dishes in and out of the dishwasher.
I can... I have an internal clock
that has never failed me.
I'm going to puncture this [sugar].
And then I think, according to zero research,
that the time it will take to fizzle out
is the time it will take for the pizza to be ready.
I have now made a timer,
which is the dishwasher.
I will put the dishes in and out seven times.
This is how "The river of time" works.
The water rises...
And the first ball that ends up in there has won,
and also stopped the timer.
The pizza is ready.
30! Okay, that's four-and-a-half minutes on one can.
The timer is based on spray cans.
One first, and when that's empty, you start the other one.
Okay. - I am very happy with this one.
Yes...
Tuva, before we see your solution,
is there anything you would like to say
to all the children who will inherit this planet?
Don't make a timer like that,
because it's not so environmentally friendly.
No. But you are allowed. - I'm allowed.
And she has already done it,
so we can't do anything about that.
It's very diverse.
We have everything from "The river of time"
to putting dishes in and out of the dishwasher seven times.
So we can just take a look.
We should just get to the results now.
Yes, let's see all of them.
...with the pizza now.
And start.
I think I should be some kind of clock,
like a cuckoo clock that 'ticks' and 'tocks',
and signals when one minute has passed.
And then I'll do that seven times.
And then…
Then we start... now.
There you go.
Thank you very much.
I guess we'll set the timer, then. - Mhmm.
The speed should have been a bit more modest.
And now we're off!
I can't believe that I'm doing this voluntarily. So many times.
It's what you try to avoid as an adult.
17, 18...
28, 29...
30, 31...
You can just go and put the pizza in the oven.
Then you can set the timer.
If I'm smarter than Christian here,
then I have won, in a way.
Now it's ready.
Sweaty and good. It's not so bad.
That was good. - Thank you.
Look now.
My god, it's like the start of...
It's the Creation.
This is how the world was created.
Now. New, new, new!
You must be on your toes, Olli.
There.
Last round.
Let's go.
It must be possible to go that way!
That way, people! That way!
Nice waltz.
Look there, yes.
That sausage is well-cooked.
Finished!
It's just the way I like it!
What a super good pizza.
It must be empty soon. I don't understand...
It's time for food!
Then we'll go inside.
Oh, it's perfect!
I think it's absolutely perfect.
Come on! Come on!
Come on. Come on!
Come on!
And I won.
Now the pizza is ready.
I said it should be golden. A bit like you after a holiday.
Yes...
There is a lot to deal with here, Tete.
First of all, you're probably the first person who has
managed to set off the fire alarm while causing water damage.
Yes, and like I said, I compared it to Creation.
There was fire,
there was explosiveness from me,
and lots of water.
And I suppose you would also argue that the pizza was perfect?
I ate over half of it, and I rarely do that.
It was very good.
Christian, are you claiming that you made a pizza timer?
Yes, I would say that. Absolutely.
Elaborate.
I walked in seconds.
Put down a book after half a minute,
like a kind of cuckoo clock.
And then... That's it.
You mean I should've made something physical [concrete]?
I had a chicken glove on top.
Yes, that's the point. I think that...
I used myself as an instrument.
Since when is that not allowed?
I had different expectations for a pizza timer
than just a glove on your head.
Yes...
So is that a disqualification for Christian?
Isn't it a disqualification? - Is it?
I think it's a disqualification.
It's only between zero and 1 point.
So the difference isn't that significant.
But let's disqualify him! Let's do that. We'll do that.
Tuva?
I am very happy now.
You're eating pizza while the earth is being destroyed.
Yes, yes, but...
There was something wrong there.
Yes, but that doesn't matter here.
No, except to the one who owns the lawn.
I have some results here.
You have both tasted, smelled and looked at the pizzas.
And you came to the following conclusion:
Christian, you are at the bottom with a disqualification.
Tete, you get 2 points,
but the pizza was in the oven for 32 minutes.
I felt like we could see that.
Stian, a sweaty pizza isn't a good enough pizza.
Third place.
Then it's between the last two,
and you have been clear about
Marte being in second place, and Tuva in first.
5 points for Tuva.
Then we'll see how things are overall today.
Tuva on first, and then Stian...
But there's almost no point in ranking you so far.
It's more or less dead even.
Let's have a little ad break.
This is going to be so good. See you in a bit.
Now I want M&M.
The chocolate? - No.
Marcus & Martinus? [pop duo] - No.
Music and food? ['musikk og mat']
Yes. - Yes, it was that one. Okay.
Hi. - Hello.
Welcome. - Likewise.
"Make an edible instrument."
"Buy what you need."
"May the best instrument win."
You can make a horn, a trumpet, out of sausages.
You know what my first thought was? - No.
Meat flute.
Now I get...
I'll admit, it's very easy to think 'meat flute' in this context.
But the fact that you were the one who came up with it, Marte...
I saw that coming!
Didn't more people make that?
Maybe. We'll see.
But you were quick with the thought.
We will see what kind of instruments you have managed to serve us.
Shall we start with the whole band?
Yes, feel free to take them all.
Now the instruments are, or the instrument is, in place.
I have been shopping.
It's time for "Project ukulele".
My aim is that the ukulele won't be playable,
but it will look damn good.
Now it would've been tempting to just make a drum.
I can imagine that Tete will make a drum set.
He'll go all in.
Marte might make a flute. A small flute.
"Today daddy has stapled spaghetti to a 'fenalår' [lamb leg]."
"What did you do in kindergarten today?"
Now I'll just smear it with love.
It has become damp.
The last thing I need is for the chicken to get wet.
Isn't this very Peru?
Voila!
Olli, I'm ready.
I have made a Fena Stratocaster. [wordplay on 'Fender Stratocaster' guitar]
Guitar. [imitating Tete's dialect]
It's a percussion instrument.
The meat flute.
I have made an instrument
that comes from the bagpipe tradition.
It's a lying [horizontal] bagpipe.
Here is a small ukulele.
It's ready for a party.
I'm very happy. - Then you can take this.
No...
I was happy with that.
Are you sick in the head?
"Play your instrument."
"Most authentic sound wins."
"If you choose not to play..."
"...you have to eat it within 3 minutes."
"If you manage to do that, you get 3 points."
Yes.
You were completely shocked, Stian.
Who would have thought that a task
that involves making an edible instrument,
would include an element of either eating or playing?
I agree with you!
How can that possibly be?
I am as shocked as you.
A perfect reaction.
I feel there's a lot to look forward to here.
They were given two options.
Either eating it...
But I liked the wordplay on "Fena Stratocaster".
I'll give you that.
They could either eat it and get 3 points,
or play it and get ranked.
So we can watch...
Can't we continue where we left off? - Yes, please.
I think I'll play it.
Okay.
Then I'll take out...
...a meter that measures the authenticity.
How...?
That picks up the sound?
It's in here.
It's so much. It's five packages of marzipan.
I can't eat a lamb leg in 3 minutes! Are you insane?
I'm getting upset now.
I did some tremendous craftsmanship,
while others have probably just taken a banana and played drums with it.
[imitates Tete] "This is a banana drum stick."
Thank you.
Then I'll start this set with the bagpipe classic "Danny Boy".
♪ Oh, Danny Boy... ♪
Yes.
You're going for it.
This sausage is way too heavy.
There's no chance I'll eat this in 3 minutes.
I have eaten a flute.
I made three flutes, I have eaten one.
So I've eaten the flute I made.
Not all of it.
But most of it. No... One third.
Well, that went to shit.
As usual.
Bye. - Bye.
You were a bit upset there. - Yes, I was. It went to shit as usual.
"It went to shit as usual."
"No-one believes in me."
Should we say something about that authenticity meter of yours,
or should we just leave it?
Sure, I can talk more about it.
No. Don't do that.
We'll just say that it works.
Stian, "Fena Stratocaster".
And up until that point, it was good. - Yes, it was.
But then that last task came out of nowhere.
You claim that you have put in tremendous craftsmanship.
That says a bit about how much of a handyman I am.
Do you want to say anything to those watching
who do tremendous craftsmanship every single day?
Yes, I can do that.
Be glad you don't have to eat it.
Christian, you were close to bringing that chicken back to life.
It looked like a very tiring instrument.
Eh, it wasn't that bad.
There was a tiny squeaking sound there.
But not many keys. - No.
No, but it had the whirring sound that is in a bagpipe.
It's strange that he got so little sound
when he had an actual instrument inside the chicken.
I just have one little question...
I'm just wondering,
because he had an instrument that was put inside the food.
Is that allowed?
Competitive Marte. - I understand that you're asking.
We just have to keep him in suspense. [literally: 'on the torture bench']
This is a torture bench, in case you were unsure of that. - I'm just so tired of it.
But even with all that doubt, you're leading the competition.
Yes?
We'll disqualify him.
Let's hear it, Olli.
Zero points for Christian. Disqualified.
1 point for Stian and Tuva, because they're at the very bottom.
Except for Christian.
Marte, you ate one third of a meat flute.
Three minus two is...? One.
And then it's Tete: 5 points!
We will have some advertisements, but we'll be right back.
Life is full of choices, Olli.
Yes.
Anything in particular you have in mind?
Yes. When you have to choose a weapon
without knowing what you will use it for.
Right. I'm not very familiar with that. Does it happen often?
No. Maybe once a month.
But it's incredibly annoying, either way.
Yes. And these guys know all about that.
Hello. - Hey.
Oi oi oi.
What a wonderful selection of weapons.
Okay. I don't dare to touch them, since I haven't read the letter yet.
Here you go. - Maybe I've lost already.
"Choose a weapon, and choose a room."
There will be another letter.
It won't just be choosing an object and then choosing a room.
I get that. I'm not that stupid.
"Choose a weapon, and choose a room."
That sounds awesome.
I'm going for the samurai sword.
The caravan and the samurai sword.
Uma Thurman can 'go to bed'. [idiom: 'I'll show her how it's done.']
Do we have a balloon room?
A what? - A balloon room.
Do we have a balloon room?
No, we don't.
I can smash a lot with an axe.
Something tells me I should take
the needle to the bathroom, but I don't know.
Then I'll go to the bathroom.
The office.
This and the shed.
I'll take the axe and the caravan.
Okay.
If there's a balloon room now...
Oh damn!
You heard me say that.
Yes, you were talking about balloons.
I asked, "Is there a balloon room here?"
Look at that, yes.
"Burst 99 balloons."
"You can only burst the balloons with the weapon of your choice."
"If you burst fewer or more than 99 balloons..."
"you get added an extra hour per balloon."
"Fastest wins."
No.
I chose the wrong weapon.
This might be the dumbest thing…
Yes, weapons are fun.
Stian and Tete, you are both following your childhood dream.
Uma Thurman.
Just holding a samurai sword brings me joy.
I also followed my dream.
Yes, a needle in the bathroom.
That's the dream.
Already as a little boy.
"I was never allowed to bring a needle to the bathroom."
After 52 years.
You finally got to bring a needle to the bathroom.
The participants were given the task to choose a weapon and a room
before they knew the purpose of the task.
Marte, you were on to it,
and it was the correct assumption.
Part two of the task is to burst exactly 99 balloons with their weapon of choice.
And there were more than 99 balloons in the room.
Yes, of course.
Here comes Samurai-Tete, Axe-Tuva and Axe-Marte.
99...
Your time starts now.
"Burst 99 balloons."
One, two, three, four...
One, two, three, four, five, six...
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
How many do I have now? - I don't know.
Do I have to count them myself?
Two, three, four, five...
Are there 99 in here?
Is it that?
58, 59, 60, 61, 62...
36, 37...
91, 92...
86. No. 86, 87...
How many are you up to now? - 48.
99!
97, 98, 99!
Stop the time? - Yes.
93! Damn! 94... Crap!
I'll stop at 97, because I think I counted wrong.
One more.
I'm satisfied with that.
Goodbye.
"Do I have to count them myself?"
I see that from the outside.
You're used to having people for that.
What you were doing didn't look very effective.
There was probably some anger over the fact that there was a balloon room
and that I didn't choose the needle.
Olli, you've counted the balloons, haven't you?
Absolutely, I have.
Everyone started with 111 balloons in total.
Tuva, you spent 3 minutes and 12 seconds,
but you missed one balloon.
So you get an extra hour.
Tete, you thought you spent 6-7 minutes.
You spent 1 minute and 23 seconds.
That's very good.
But the counting might have been bad.
You also missed one.
Then it's you, Marte.
You spent 7 minutes and 56 seconds.
And you missed, let's see...
zero balloons.
Oi. - That was lucky.
In a clear lead. - That was lucky.
I agree that it was lucky. - Pure luck.
But it worked. The luck worked. - But... Two left.
Shall we take a look right away?
Needle against balloons is known to be an effective method.
Yes, it should be really good.
Christian, this should be damn good.
That's our report from here.
I go for shooting a couple and then I'll count the balloon corpses.
That was a couple.
Okay. Now it's time to count.
Is this one?
No, these belong together.
Fuck.
I have to count the balloon knots.
That's the trick.
One, two, three, four...
22.
34.
48!
I realise now that I could've done this in a completely different way.
Why didn't I do this right away?!
Right.
But if someone fucked up, and I counted correctly, I can still win.
But I didn't count.
I just took it for granted that there were 99 balloons.
I was too eager, it was just so much fun.
Yes, Christian, you're just here to have fun.
I don't have long left,
so I have to enjoy myself while I can.
You came to the conclusion that it might have been a mistake
to burst all of them first and then count afterwards?
Should I answer that, or not?
The answer is-
I opened the door, saw a room with balloons.
I had a needle and thought, "I'll just have at it".
What everyone is wondering is, will he be disqualified?
No.
I can't find any good reason to disqualify you.
But it still might not go so well. - No, it might not.
We can check that now.
Christian was absolutely the worst,
so he's at the bottom.
You only spent 57 seconds,
but you burst all the balloons,
so it's 12 hours and 57 seconds.
Stian, you spent 8 minutes and 9 seconds.
Plus 4 hours. You burst 4 too many.
We already know the rest of you,
so it's Christian at the bottom, Stian fourth,
Tuva, Tete, and 5 points to you, Marte.
Then the standings are like this.
Then we'll see how things are overall today.
Tete has created a gap at the top, and the girls are evenly behind.
But now... it's time for the very last task.
As usual, it will take place here on the stage. Get up.
Yes!
It's time for the very last task of the evening.
I'll explain it now, so pay close attention.
One by one, you will sit on a chair, which you cannot see yet.
You will throw a chicken at the audience.
Whoever manages to throw it the farthest wins.
And you may only use a beach ball to throw it.
You can squeeze it, or whatever you want,
to get the chicken as far as possible.
Your order is based on who's in the lead.
Tete, you can come here.
Bring your chicken and get ready.
Good luck, Tete. - Thanks.
Let's see...
My tactics are pretty clear, I'd say.
And then I can just get going? - Please.
Oi! - Oi oi oi!
Yes!
Tete, you can sit down.
Marte.
No.
There was so much noise back there.
It sounded like a ping pong show.
Okay, you guys in the back…
What? What in the world?
Look now, Tuva. - Yes, I'm looking.
It's the effort that counts.
Is it?
Tuva. - Yes.
Are there that many ways to...?
Then I have to try to think again.
It's tempting to do this.
But I don't know if it's more effective to do this.
Yes?
Okay, then I'll trust you.
One, two, three!
Come here.
Very good!
That's awesome.
Stian, your turn.
Have you learned anything behind that wall?
Nothing at all.
There have been very different tactics so far.
Okay, there…
This goes out to those who are sitting in the bad seats up there.
Will you catch it?
Are you lying comfortably down there?
Okay, One... Everybody.
One... - Two, three!
What? Oi!
Damn...
What happened there?
Come on.
I didn't need to call your name. You just came by yourself.
You know that, Olli.
You realised whose turn it was? - I realised it was my turn.
Let's see... How will I not get disqualified here?
I choose to eat the chicken. Is that okay?
You can try playing it.
Yes... Whatever.
We'll sum it all up down in our seats.
Well then, I'd say that was fun.
Good job everyone.
In a way, we know the results.
I want to see something again.
I want to show you Tuva.
How that looked. - No.
We'll just take a little look.
It's fun, Tuva. Look at this.
Here you're concentrating.
Look how good you are.
In other words:
Tuva, you're at the bottom.
1 point.
Marte, you get 2 points.
It was very close from there.
Stian gets 3 points.
Tete gets 4 points.
Before you get your 5 points, you get to see yours in slow motion, Christian.
5 points to Christian!
Impressive. He's in a league of his own!
Then the points were like this in the last task,
and here we see the total today. This is exciting!
It's Tete who walks away with the prizes!
Congratulations!
There are lots of things that contain more than you'd think.
I look forward to seeing you wear my cap every single day.
We'll be back before you know it.
Thank you and goodbye.
Original Norwegian subs by: LinQ Media Group
English translation by: u/msbtvxq
Proofread by: u/taskmastermaster
Translation produced in association with: Taskmaster Worldwide Inc @tmworldwideinc