taskmaster: task_briefs: 819 rows

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id ▲	task	brief
1	The most unusual item 1	Bring in the most unusual item.
2	Eat as much watermelon as possible 2	In the lab there is a watermelon. Eat as much watermelon as possible. You have one minute. Your time starts when you open the door to the lab.
3	Paint a horse while riding a horse 3	Paint the best picture of a horse, whilst riding a horse.
4	Empty the bathtub 4	Completely empty this bathtub. Fastest wins. You must not remove the plug, tip or damage the bath. Your time starts now.
5	Pop up a tent and pop on a onesie 5	Pop up a tent. Get in the tent. Zip up the tent. Pop on a onesie in the tent, and emerge from the tent wearing the onesie. Fastest wins.
6	Find Alex 6	Find Alex. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
7	The most impressive item 7	Bring in your most impressive item.
8	High-five a 55-year-old 8	High-five a 55-year-old. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
9	Identify the contents of the pies 9	Identify the contents of these pies. You may touch the pies but you may not breach their pastry.
10	Do something that will look impressive in reverse 10	Do something that will look impressive in reverse. The Taskmaster will see whatever act you perform played backwards. You must therefore do something backwards that will look impressive when the footage is played in reverse.
11	Unshackle yourself and sprint one metre 11	Crack the code, unshackle yourself, and sprint one metre. Fastest wins.
12	The most meaningful item 12	Bring in your most meaningful item.
13	Throw a teabag into a mug 13	Throw a teabag into a mug from the furthest distance. You have exactly one hour. Your time starts now.
14	Draw an image using a GPS device 14	Using this device to track your route, create the best image for Taskmaster. You have one hour. Your time starts when you take your first step. Pop a balloon to signal that you have finished your image.
15	Buy a gift for the Taskmaster 15	Buy the best present for the Taskmaster. Here’s £20. You have 10 weeks. Your time starts now.
16	Get an egg as high as possible 16	Using only the items currently on this table, get this egg as high as possible. Highest wins. The egg must not break. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
17	Stand up after 100 seconds 17	Stand up after 100 seconds.
18	Guess Frank’s age in minutes 18	Please give me Frank Skinner’s age, in minutes.
19	The most beautiful item 19	Bring in your most beautiful item.
20	Make a block of ice disappear 20	Make this ice block disappear as fast as possible. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
21	Count the baked beans 21	Count the beans in the baked bean tin. Your time starts now.
22	Count the spaghetti hoops 22	Count the hoops in this tin of spaghetti hoops
23	Score 11 points 23	Get to 11 points as fast as possible. Your time starts now.
24	Fill an eggcup with tears 24	Fill an egg cup with as many tears as possible. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
25	Count the grains of rice 25	Count the grains of rice in this bag of rice.
26	Memorise an Australian Rules Football team 26	Memorise the names of an Australian Rules Football team. Most accurate wins.
27	The most valuable item 27	Bring in your most valuable item.
28	Move the boulder as far as possible 28	Get this boulder as far from this place as possible. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
29	Grow the longest nail 29	Grow the longest nail. You have 10 weeks. Your time starts now.
30	Make a bed while holding hands 30	Make this bed to a hotel standard while holding hands. Your time ends when you get into the bed. Fastest wins. Hold hands now. Your time starts now.
31	Make a Swedish person blush 31	Make this Swedish person blush as deeply as possible. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.
32	Inflate the largest balloon while blindfolded 32	Blow up the biggest balloon whilst blindfolded. You have 100 seconds and one balloon.
33	The most satisfying item 33	Bring in the most satisfying item.
34	Play mini golf with eggs 34	Get the lowest golf score using eggs. You must complete the five holes using chickens eggs. Your score will be calculated as follows: shots times eggs times minutes. Your time starts now.
35	Stage a realistic home movie blooper 35	Stage a realistic blooper from a home movie. The Taskmaster will give points to the best filmmakers. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
36	Make an alphabet meal 36	Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet. You have a total of two hours. Your time starts now.
37	Separate the blue sweets 37	Wearing boxing gloves, put the blue sweets in the empty bowl. Most blue sweets wins. Non-blue sweets will be subtracted from your total. You have 100 seconds.
38	The most important document 38	Bring in the most important document.
39	Place the exercise balls on the yoga mat 39	Place these three exercise balls on the yoga mat on top of that hill. The task is complete when all three balls sit fully inflated and stationary on the mat. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
40	Get the potato into the hole 40	Get this potato into the golf hole. You may not touch the red green. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
41	Find out about the Swedish person 41	Find out the following information from this Swedish person. The Swedish person may not speak or write in English. Fastest and most accurate wins. Your time starts now.
42	Pack a suitcase 42	Pack for your holiday. All items must be packed in your hand luggage or worn on your body. Fastest wins.
43	The trendiest item of clothing 43	Bring in the trendiest item of clothing.
44	Quickly eat an egg 44	Eat me. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
45	Create a nursery rhyme video 45	Make the best music video for a nursery rhyme. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
46	A photo of an object that looks like you 46	Using this camera take a picture of an inanimate object that looks like you. Closest resemblance wins. Your time starts now.
47	Order a pizza without using certain words 47	Order the following pizza for the Taskmaster: an extra large vegetarian pizza with pepperoni and bacon, without tomato and cheese. You may not use the following words: extra; large; vegetarian; pizza; pepperoni; bacon; tomato; cheese. You get a bonus point if you can make the pizza person say the word “bubbles”.
48	Put potatoes in a basket 48	Using these big chopsticks, get these potatoes into your basket. You must only hold the chopsticks on the grips provided. The big chopsticks alone may touch the potatoes. Whoever has the most potatoes in their basket after 100 seconds wins.
49	The best dinner party guest 49	Bring in the best dinner party guest.
50	Impress the Mayor 50	Impress this mayor. You have a maximum of 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
51	Make an unexpected silhouette 51	Make the most unexpected silhouette on this screen. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
52	Buy a gift for the Taskmaster 52	Buy a gift for the Taskmaster. Here is £20. You have 20 weeks. Your time starts now.
53	See no potato, hear no potato, speak no potato 53	Put on this blindfold, then instruct only the person closest to you to open their task. Put the earplugs in your ears and the ear protectors over the earplugs, then continue reading. You must remain within your bandstand. Instruct the next person to open their task. Do not read this out loud. Bring a potato to your bandstand. You may not leave your bandstand. You may not speak. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
54	Throw rabbits into a hat 54	Throw the rabbits into your hat. The person with the most rabbits in their hat after 100 seconds wins.
55	The coolest blue item 55	Bring in the coolest blue item.
56	Rescue Patatas from the tree 56	Rescue the cat. Best rescue wins. Your time starts now. The cat answers to the name Patatas.
57	Conceal a pineapple on your person 57	Conceal this pineapple on your person. No part of the pineapple may be thrown away. You have 20 minutes, after which Alex will inspect you. Most incorrect guesses wins. Your time starts now.
58	Set a task / Guess who set the tasks 58	Set a fun task. Your task must take no more than one minute. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.
59	Construct something for the Taskmaster 59	Using only the items on the rug, construct the best thing for the Taskmaster. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
60	Build the tallest tower using potato products 60	Create the highest tower using only these potato-based items. Your potato tower must be self-standing. Your potato tower must be built on the table. Your potato tower will be measured from the table top to the highest potato point.
61	The best piece of memorabilia 61	Bring in the best piece of memorabilia.
62	Move items across a stream 62	Get all of this shopping into the shopping trolley. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
63	Create a stop-motion film starring a potato 63	Make the best stop-motion film starring this potato. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
64	Build a bridge for the potato 64	Make a bridge over the river using only the items on this table. Highest self-supporting bridge wins. The bridge alone must support the potato. You must not touch the Taskmaster's house. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
65	Put on gloves, eat a banana, put on a tie, and clap 65	Put on a pair of food-handling gloves, eat a whole banana correctly, put on a tie and clap as many times as possible. All tasks must be completed in 100 seconds. Most claps wins.
66	The most flamboyant clock 66	Bring in the most flamboyant clock.
67	Reach the microwave in the fewest steps 67	Get to the microwave in as few steps as possible and open the door before the microwave dings. There are five minutes on the clock. The microwave starts now.
68	Propel a pea along a red carpet 68	Propel this pea the furthest distance. Your pea must land and remain on the red carpet. Your time starts now.
69	Make the best snowman 69	Make the best snowman. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
70	Balance swedes on a Swede 70	Balance your swedes on your Swede. Your Swede must remain standing at all times. Your swedes may only balance on the exterior of your Swede. Most swedes resting on a Swede after 100 seconds wins.
71	The heaviest shoebox-sized item 71	Bring in the heaviest item that can fit in a shoebox.
72	Surprise Alex 72	Surprise Alex when he emerges from his shed in one hour. Your time starts now.
73	Release Alex 73	Release Alex. Fastest wins. Your time starts now. Look on the phone.
74	An upside-down condiment self-portrait 74	Create the best upside-down self-portrait using only the materials supplied. The Taskmaster will judge the picture when it has been rotated 180 degrees. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
75	Burst all of the balloons 75	Pop the balloons. Fastest wins. Your time starts when you pop the next balloon.
76	Unravel the tape 76	Unravel a whole roll of sticky tape, put the unravelled sticky tape in your lunch box, and close the lunch box. Fastest wins.
77	The best battery-operated item 77	Bring in the best battery-operated item.
78	Fill an eggcup with sweat 78	Fill this eggcup with your own sweat. Most sweat wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
79	Make the best domino rally 79	Make the best domino rally. Your time starts now.
80	Buy a gift for the Taskmaster 80	Buy a gift for the Taskmaster. You have 20 weeks. Your time starts now.
81	Create the best flag meal 81	Create the best flag meal. You have 10 minutes to choose your flag and plan your meal, then 30 minutes to prepare your meal. Best flag meal wins. Your time starts now.
82	Anchor balloons using bread 82	Anchor these balloons using only bread. The person with the most fully-inflated balloons resting on their mat, and held down by bread alone, after 100 seconds, wins.
83	The shiniest thing 83	Bring in the shiniest thing.
84	Spread your clothes far and wide 84	Spread your clothes as far and wide as possible at your own expense. You must discard four items of clothing that you are currently wearing. Farthest and widest wins. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
85	Find out the lying old man’s occupation 85	Find out what this gentleman did for a living. You can ask him any question, but you must whisper at all times. The gentleman can only nod or shake his head. The gentleman can only lie. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
86	Create an impressive special effect 86	Make the most special effect. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
87	Cover yourself in sticky notes 87	Wearing a blindfold, cover yourself in sticky notes. Sticky notes must be applied individually. The person with the most sticky notes still sticking to their body after 100 seconds wins.
88	Have fun on a bouncy castle 88	Have the most fun on this bouncy castle. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
89	The most handsome relative 89	Bring in a photo of the most handsome relative.
90	Move water from one bucket to another 90	Move the water from Bucket A to Bucket B. You must not move the buckets. Most water moved wins. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.
91	Play charades across a river 91	Wearing one of these hands on each of your hands at all times, communicate to your teammate(s) the names of these films, books, and TV programmes. You may not raise your voice. Most correct answers wins. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts when the whistle’s blown.
92	Create an impressive time-lapse or slow motion film 92	Do something that looks brilliant when sped up or slowed down. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
93	The lowest unique number of doughnuts 93	Place one or more doughnuts on your stick. You have 100 seconds, after which the person with the lowest unique whole number of doughnuts on their stick wins. In the event of there being no unique numbers, the task shall be replayed until there is a winner.
94	The most interesting vegetable autograph 94	Bring in the most interesting autograph on the most interesting vegetable.
95	Beautifully destroy a cake 95	Destroy this cake. Most beautiful destruction wins. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
96	Draw a blind portrait 96	Create the best caricature of the person on the other side of the curtain. You may not look at the person. The person may only say “Yes” and “No”. You will get a bonus point if you can find out the person’s full name. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.
97	Fell all the ducks 97	Fell all the rubber ducks. Fastest wins. Your time starts when the first rubber duck falls.
98	Make the most fruit juice 98	Make the most juice. You must pick one fruit and one tool. If you pick the same tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded. If you pick the same fruit as someone else, you must juice one-handed. If you pick the same fruit and tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded, one-handed, and bouncing up and down. You have one minute.
99	The most boastful item 99	Bring in your most boastful item.
100	Keep the basketball on the treadmill 100	Keep the basketball on the running machine for as long as possible. You may not touch the basketball or the running machine. The running machine will be turned on in two minutes.

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CREATE TABLE task_briefs (
   id     INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   task   INTEGER REFERENCES tasks(id),
   brief  TEXT
);