Open the golden present

Task notes

• The task takes place in the lab, where there are a small Christmas tree and five wrapped Christmas presents on the table.
• Each present contains a plastic-lined wooden box with a hinged lid, and has different contents to provide clues to lead the contestants to the golden present.
• Present 1 contains a jigsaw puzzle, which tells the contestants to look under the table, where there is a magnet (which can be used to help find the needle in present 4).
• Present 2 contains a bowl of soup, within which are the letters (S, A, N, T, A) needed for the combination lock on present 4.
• Present 3 contains red jelly, within which a smartphone and SIM card are hidden, inside a bag. To insert the SIM card, the contestants need the needle from present 4. When they turn the phone on, they see an instruction on the screen to call a specific number, which results in them hearing an answering machine message from 'Santa's Workshop'. The message instructs them to tell Tom three ways in which they have been good this year, in order to receive the golden present.
• Present 4, which is locked with a combination lock (code: SANTA) contains hay, within which a needle is hidden.
• Present 5 contains sand, within which there is a small sieve for extracting the letters from the soup in present 2.
• Tom Cashman is wearing an elf's hat and ears.
• The golden present is actually hidden under Tom's hat, and contains a blue stress ball.
• For those contestants who cannot remember any carols, a binder containing the lyrics to some royalty-free ones is available.