Series 14 / Episode 8
The one that bats do.
1 · Prize task
Best fancy dress
2 · Team task
Come up with a secret language that doesn't use words
Come up with a secret language that doesn't contain words. You have ten minutes, after which, one of you must go to the lab. Your time…
3
Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded
Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded. You have 15 minutes to find the alluring animal, make an alluring tail, put…
4
Find the back of your hand
Find the back of your hand. Fewest wrong guesses wins. You have a maximum of 20 minutes and your time starts when Alex does a hand pun.
5 · Live task · Team task
Guess the fully-extended length of the extendible objects
Guess the fully-extended lengths of the extendible objects. Closest to the fully-extended length wins.
Play this episode at home
All 5 tasks can be played at home, about 1 hour 10 minutes of play.
You’ll need
- anything from around the house
- instruction card
- animal picture
- craft bits
- blindfold
- printed hand photos
- extendable things: tape measure, selfie stick, telescope
- tape measure
Prepare beforehand
- Come up with a secret language that doesn't use words: Write a secret instruction card.
- Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded: Hide a picture of an animal somewhere in the house.
- Find the back of your hand: Photograph the backs of lots of hands (everyone's plus others) and lay the prints out.