Solve the riddle
Task types:
Team
Filmed
Mental
Social
Objective
Single brief
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Locations:
Bonus points?
Yes
Task briefs
The briefs for the task are as follows:
To Alan, Desiree, Guz & Victoria:
Solve the riddle.
You must all stay in your rooms.
Fastest wins.
Your time starts now.
To Morgana:
Solve the riddle.
You must all stay in your rooms.
Fastest wins.
Also, you will get two bonus points if you can make one of your teammates say the word 'submarine'.
You may not say 'submarine' at any point.
If they think you've tried to make them say 'submarine', you lose two points.
Your time starts now.
Task notes
- During her Reddit AMA on 5 December 2022, Desiree Burch revealed that an additional (unaired) element to Morgana's part of this task involved her having to smell a jar containing a liquid which smelled like farts. This activity ultimately had nothing whatsoever to do with solving the riddle, so just seems to have been a prank on her.
Task stats
Points
18
Disquals
0
Attempts
Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!
- Alan immediately found the hat and moustache and dressed himself as Charlie Chaplin whilst Victoria started the puzzle. After guiding Alan to his jigsaw pieces, Victoria began deciphering the coded riddle, including the letters she didn't have as they were on the back of Alan's jigsaw. Once Alan completed his jigsaw, the two deciphered the code and Victoria swiftly solved it. They solved the riddle in 33 minutes and 33 seconds, receiving 5 points each.
- Morgana immediately got Desiree to say the word 'submarine'. After dressing as Charlie Chaplin, Desiree became increasingly frustrated by Guz who kept saying he had a revelation, although he only found the riddle after 41 minutes. Morgana ended up suggesting Desiree and Guz stand in their doorways so they could both see the map and Desiree could find her jigsaw as Guz didn't think he could describe it. After an hour has passed and Guz struggled to tell Desiree and Morgana what the letters on the back of his jigsaw meant, Desiree requested Alex retrieve Guz's jigsaw so Desiree had a complete puzzle. Whilst she deciphered the riddle, Guz found a guitar and started singing about how much he hated the task. Desiree eventually deciphered the riddle and solved it herself. They solved the riddle in 1 hour and 33 minutes, receiving 2 points each. Morgana received a bonus 2 points for getting Desiree to say the word "submarine".
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