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Draw the contents of the box

Task types:

Solo

Live

Creative

Mental

Subjective

Single brief

Original

Locations:

Pinewood Studios

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

Draw the most accurate picture of the contents of the box.

If you answer Greg’s question correctly, you may look at the box for 0.1 seconds.

If you answer Greg’s question incorrectly, you must start your picture again.

You may only answer Greg’s question if you are the first to shout your surname.

You have until 20 seconds after Greg runs out of questions.

Task notes

The contestants are seated side-by-side along the right-hand side of the stage, each equipped with an A3 sketchbook and a cup full of marker pens in various colours.
At the left-hand side of the stage, there is a large box with a peephole at its front-right corner.
The questions Greg asks are as follows:
1. Who is older, Andy Murray or Jamie Murray? (Jamie)
2. Who is older, Andy Murray or Colin Murray? (Colin)
3. Who is taller, Andy Murray or Bill Murray? (Andy)
4. Who is taller, Bill Nighy or Bill Bailey? (Nighy)
5. Who is older, Bill Bailey or Bill Gates? (Gates)
6. Who is older, Gareth Gates or Gareth Southgate? (Southgate)
7. Who is taller, Gareth Southgate or Gareth Bale? (Bale)
8. Who is taller, Christian Bale or Christian Slater? (Bale)
9. Who is taller, Kat Slater or Judy Murray? (Judy)
10. [Again] Who is taller, Kat Slater or Judy Murray? (Judy)
11. Who is older, Judy Murray or Andy Murray? (Judy)
When contestants answer a question correctly and look through the peephole, a light inside is flashed on for a fraction of a second, briefly illuminating the contents of the box.
If they answer incorrectly, Alex rips their drawing out of their sketchpad, and they have to start again from scratch.
Inside the box, there is a female boxer (named Melanie) with tattoos all over her body, wearing a conical party hat and black-out goggles. She is standing with her boxing-gloved fists held up in front of her, and her foot up on top of a microwave. The door of the microwave is open, and there is a cake inside of it. Perched on the top rope of the corner of the boxing ring she is stood in, there is a taxidermy chicken.