Answer the cheese phone was a task featured on Series 19 of Taskmaster, as the second task in My presumably scrotum. The task was won by Stevie Martin.
Setup[]
| Location | Taskmaster House |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Cellphones (decoys), French horn, blindfold, earmuffs, gloves, a pack of sweets |
| Measurement | Fastest wins |
Summary[]
The task was presented in the lab. The contestants had to find and answer the "cheese phone". They could either walk around, having Alex follow them whilst playing the French horn, or had themselves covered in blindfold, earmuffs, gloves and a pack of sweet to dull all but their sense of smell for a time discount.
The "cheese phone" was hidden inside the grate under the bookshelves. There were other cellphone decoys all over the Taskmaster House. Also, there were hints written in the posters "Cheese is great", "Do you find the horn grating?" and "With great power comes great responsibility", as well as a cheese trail that led from the lab to the "cheese phone".
Performance[]
Fatiha El-Ghorri: Fatiha chose to listen to the French horn. At first, she was fooled by the cellphone decoys, until she listened and found the phone in 17 minutes and 30 seconds, receiving 3 points.
Jason Mantzoukas: Jason chose to listen to the French horn. He was fooled by the cellphone decoys, and was further delayed when he found the hidden task which he had to read out in full. He then also found a fake moustache which he had to wear, eventually finding the phone in 26 minutes, receiving 1 point.
Mathew Baynton: Mathew chose to use his sense of smell throughout. He crawled toward the living room throughout and spent a lot of time looking and found the phone in about 10 minutes and 30 seconds after time discount, receiving 4 points.
Rosie Ramsey: Rosie chose to listen to the French horn. She was fooled by the cellphone decoys and keep calling to those decoys 22 times, thinking the call would be different. She eventually found the cheese trail and the phone in 24 minutes and 22 seconds, receiving 2 points.
Stevie Martin: Stevie chose to use her sense of smell throughout. She instantly sensed the cheese in the living room and found the phone in 3 minutes and 22 seconds after her time discount, receiving 5 points.
Trivia[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- When Mathew was crawling, his gym shorts had exposed his crotch and he responded that it wasn't on purpose that "My presumably scrotum" had overshadowed Stevie's more efficient attempt, the episode's name.
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