Series 8 / Episode 5
Stay humble.
1 · Prize task
Best face
2
Divert the sand from bucket A into bucket B
Divert the sand from bucket A into bucket B. You may not touch the sand. You may not move the buckets. You may not leave the room. Most…
3
Make the most realistic injury using food
Make the most realistic injury using food. You have 5 minutes to choose your ingredients and 10 minutes to make your realistic injury. If…
4 · Team task
Have a long-distance game of catch with this beach ball
Have a long-distance game of catch with this beach ball. One team member must be filmed in one location throwing the ball out of shot.…
5
Herd the most ping-pong balls into the ping-pong pen
Herd the most ping-pong balls into the ping-pong pen. You may only touch the ping-pong balls with the basketball, the string or one little…
6 · Live task
Recreate the scene in the box
Recreate the scene in the box. You will parade past it once, and must be touching the person in front of you throughout the parade. Most…
Play this episode at home
All 6 tasks can be played at home, about 45 minutes of play, plus a challenge that runs over days.
You’ll need
- anything from around the house
- two plastic buckets
- sand
- household things
- food from the cupboard
- beach ball
- phones
- ping-pong balls
- basketball or football
- string
- box
- two sets of objects
Prepare beforehand
- Divert the sand from bucket A into bucket B: An adult makes a hole in the bottom of a plastic bucket, hangs it up and fills it with sand (finger over the hole until the start); put bucket B nearby.
- Herd the most ping-pong balls into the ping-pong pen: Make a pen from a box on its side, scatter ping-pong balls, and write 'Herd me and halve your total' on one.
- Recreate the scene in the box: Arrange a scene of objects in a box, with matching objects in a pile for each player.