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Get the most ducks in Alex's basket

Task types:

Solo

Filmed

Physical

Objective

Single brief

Original

Mastertasks:

Get the most ducks in the Taskmaster’s assistant’s basket

Locations:

Chiltern Open Air Museum

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

Get the most ducks in Alex's basket.

You may only hold one duck at a time.

If Alex rings his backwards bell, you must walk backwards until he honks his forwards horn.

Alex will pedal as fast as he can unless you say one of the magic words.

If you say a magic word, Alex will rest for 10 seconds.

All the magic words are single-use magic words.

Alex will cycle round the circuit for 10 minutes.

Your time starts when Alex honks his horn.

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Task stats

Points

12

Disquals

2

Attempts

Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!

Ardal just ran after the bike, saying 45 random words in the hope that it would be a magic word, including: "shazam", "abracadabra", "monkey", "duck", "duckling", "goose", "headboy", "architect", "blazers", "trouble", "shoes", and "sausages". He got 48 ducks in the basket, receiving 3 points.
Bridget started slow but took the basket off Alex's bike to put the ducks in. Despite getting 148 ducks, Bridget carried more than one duck at a time several times, so was disqualified.
Chris just ran after the bike, saying random words before finding two ("annoying" and "ducky") on the ducks. He got 65 ducks in the basket, receiving 5 points.
Judi kept stopping the bike, breaking the chain several times, with both Judi and Alex sat on the bike at one point trying to get it off the other one. Despite getting 90 ducks, Judi carried more than one duck at a time several times, so was disqualified.
Sophie initially started slow, but realised Alex had to follow the arrows, turning the arrows so they faced each, making Alex ride in a small circle near the table of ducks. She got 61 ducks in the basket, receiving 4 points.

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