Strike poses to represent a cool hobby, a funny animal, and a famous event
Task types:
Solo
Live
Mental
Physical
Objective
Multiple brief
AdaptedLocations:
Winner takes all?
Yes
Task briefs
The briefs for the task are as follows:
Write the following on your board: a cool hobby, a funny animal, and a famous event.
You have 30 seconds.
Pose like the things you wrote on your board.
You must hold your pose throughout each round.
You may not move, make noises, or communicate in any other way.
You get one point for each pose the Taskmaster guesses correctly.
Task notes
- The first task brief is revealed from inside a locked wooden box, which Mark has to unlock using the huge bunch of keys he introduced at the start of the episode.
- The contestants are lined up on the stage, each with a small chalkboard and piece of chalk to write down their three things on.
- Mark pulls the second task brief out of his inside jacket pocket.
- Only those contestants with the most correct guesses from Lasse win any points.
Task stats
Points
10
Disquals
0
Attempts
Here's a description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to add later!
- In the first round, Eva poses as a kendama (a traditional Japanese skill toy), which Lasse incorrectly identifies as a sumo wrestler. In the second round, she poses as a mammoth, which Lasse incorrectly identities as a gorilla. In the third round, she poses as New Year's Eve, which Lasse incorrectly identifies as a former Prime Minister's election defeat. With no correct guesses, Eva earns no points.
- In the first round, Julie poses as a stamp-collector, which Lasse correctly identifies. In the second round, she poses as a guinea pig, which Lasse correctly identifies. In the third round, she poses as footballer Brian Laudrup, celebrating a goal by reclining on the ground, which Lasse correctly identifies. With three correct guesses, Julie earns joint first place in the task.
- In the first round, Martin poses as a table tennis player, and Lasse correctly identifies the pose. In the second round, he poses as a cat, which Lasse correctly identifies. In the third round, he poses as the Olympics (by forming interlinked rings with his fingers), which Lasse correctly identifies. With three correct guesses, Martin earns joint first place in the task.
- In the first round, Sebastian poses as a footballer, which Lasse incorrectly identifies as a figure-skater. In the second round, he poses as a kookaburra, which Lasse incorrectly identifies as an albatross. In the third round, he poses as World War 2 by impersonating Hitler, which Lasse correctly identifies. With just one correct guess, Sebastian earns no points.
- In the first round, Simon poses as a pearl-diver (by holding his breath, and pointing at something resembling a pearl on his costume), but Lasse incorrectly identifies the pose as someone pointing at their tattoo. In the second round, he poses as a gilled sea snail, which Lasse incorrectly identifies as an earwig. In the third round, he poses as the Copenhagen Pride Parade, which lasse incorrectly identifies as the opera singer Maria Callas. With no correct guesses, Simon earns no points.
(Source credit: Karl Craven)
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