Taskmaster Tasks

Series 20 / Episode 5

Bats, bats, hang up.

  1. 1 · Prize task

    A possession that would most confuse a future archaeologist if you were buried holding it

    Play at home: ready · All ages · Indoors or garden · 10 min
  2. 2

    Pull something from that red green onto this red green using this string

    Pull something from that red green onto this red green using this string. Throughout your pull, you must remain on this red green. Your…

    Play at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Garden · 15 min
  3. 3 · Team task

    Make things genuinely awkward

    Make things genuinely awkward. Most genuine awkwardness wins. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now.

    Play at home: ready · All ages · Indoors or garden · 20 min
  4. 4

    Do the most accurate finger painting of the person on the other end of the phone

    Do the most accurate finger painting of the person on the other end of the phone. You may only use four-letter words when speaking to them…

    Play at home: with tweaks · 8+ · Indoors · 10 min
  5. 5 · Live task

    Eat the lamé duck or don't eat the lamé duck

    Eat the lamé duck or don't eat the lamé duck. If you are the only person to eat the lamé duck, you win five points and everybody else loses…

    Play at home: with tweaks · 8+ · Indoors · 2 min

Play this episode at home

All 5 tasks can be played at home, about 57 minutes of play.

You’ll need

  • anything from around the house
  • string
  • two mats
  • obstacles
  • phone
  • finger paint
  • paper
  • chocolate ducks

Prepare beforehand

Changes for playing at home

More tasks to play at home