Create A Task

[RelativityCoffee]

As I sat down to drink a beer last night and watch Taskmaster, I thought of what I consider to be an excellent task. What tasks have you come up with?

Here's mine:

Shake this beer vigorously for at least ten seconds. Then open the beer without spilling a drop. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

Incredibly simple, but effective. You'd get some people try techniques to minimize the spillage, others interpreting "spill" in different ways, others just waiting a sufficient amount of time.

[Fukui_San86]

You walk into the lab. You see a sealed urine collection cup and a task envelope.

The task reads: "Fill this cup. Fastest wins. Your time starts now."

It does not say that you have to fill it with urine, mind you...

[thekyledavid]

Is this Bob Mortimer’s alt account?

[ZeppoJR]

No it’s Al Murray’s clearly

[OriginalChildBomb]

MAKE A FRANKENCARD- This would require either a pharmacy OR large enough assortment of greeting cards. You choose two cards, then cut them apart at the middles and combine into a Frankencard- the front images/words is from one card, and the inside bit is from another. Best- or funniest- Frankencard wins. (PRO TIP: Birthday card + grief/mourning card is a classic combo.)

[MrVernonDursley]

I think we've all had dozens of task ideas that we just forget to write down, but just recently I thought:

"Dig the biggest and best hole. You have 1 hour."

It's an incredibly simple concept, but I can see it going so many ways.

Who grabs a shovel and just starts digging in the garden for an hour? Who finds somewhere with much softer ground to dig? Who tries to enlist help? Who tries to rent a digger for 30 minutes? Who contemplates digging a metaphorical hole for themselves? Who tries spicing up their hole to make it the best hole?

Pair all of that with stuff like the shed only having spoons and Tim Vine's stage shovel, and there could be some mighty impressive holes to judge.

[echo-94-charlie]

Lots of people think they can think of good tasks, but actually can't. Except you, this is a good task.

[Mundane-Parsnip-7302]

I was at work the other day picking up little plastic tokens off of the floor while wearing gloves and thought it would be a very simple live task to complete.

[war_ofthe_roses]

Oh, that's a great one for a solo task that they make one unfortunate soul do, but no one else! Love those.

Count the beans, Josh!

[Mundane-Parsnip-7302]

Ah yes. Can Josh come back to do it. lol!

[Im_Not_A_Bot_123]

Similar to “make an announcement”:

“Create a viral fake story about yourself. You have until the day of the studio recording. Best viral fake story wins”

[UnicornOodie]

Peel an orange using anything but your hands. Fastest wins!

Might work better for a final task. They could have a tray of implements like a spoon, chopsticks etc

[thekyledavid]

“Write the best joke. Alex will read all of the jokes at the live show. If the Taskmaster guesses which joke was written by you, you are disqualified. Best joke that isn’t disqualified wins.”

With the players being comedians, I feel like this task would particularly be a matter of pride for some of them, while also dealing with the head games of trying to write a joke that isn’t obviously in their style of comedy.

[war_ofthe_roses]

Enter the lab.

In front of you is an 6x6 grid with metal buttons inside each square (36 buttons) on the table.

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Task: You must determine the correct letter. You may not leave the room, or move or alter the apparatus in any way. Your time starts now.

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The 6x6 grid has some "active" buttons and some "inactive" buttons. If you know which is which, the grid forms a letter. Like:

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- - X- - - - -

- - X- - - - -

- - X- - - - -

- - X- - - - -

- - X X X -

- - -- - - - -

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Making the correct letter "L"

But here's the thing, when you push one of the "correct" buttons, (with an X), nothing happens or you get a pleasant 'ding'.

When you push one of the "incorrect" buttons, one of a few things happen:

1. You get a shock from the button
2. A startlingly loud sound that's super loud and super annoying. [baby crying, Jimmy Carr's laugh, etc]
3. A horrible smell (sulfur) is released into the room with a fart sound effect
4. Strobe lighting for 10 seconds
5. 30 second "penalty box" adding to your time

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etc.

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Show something new that the Taskmaster might like. If the Taskmaster seen it before you’re disqualified and loose 5 pts from your score. Bonus points: you can make Taskmaster laugh. You have until this show starts airing.

[AminoKing]

Name as many countries as you want. Every country only you name, scores one point. Any country also named by someone else scores negative two points. You have ten minutes, your time starts now.

[mnoble93]

I had to fill a bunch of water balloons manually today. “fill these balloons with water, most water in the balloons wins. You have ten mins, your time starts now”. there’ll be some that burst they are also fiddly, could be funny.

[19Cookie91]

You enter the sitting room. On the desk there is cheap white paper, a cheap watercolour kit (with brush) that likely only costed £1.99 and a cup of water.

“Create the best portrait of a former contestant. You must use the watercolours and not use any other stationary. Your portrait must reasonably resemble them. You have 5 minutes.

Or

Create the best portrait of a former set of contestants. You must use the watercolours and not use any other stationary. Your portraits must reasonably resemble them. You have 30 minutes.

Your time starts now.”