Build the highest tower was a task featured on Series 7 of Taskmaster, as the third task in The mean bean. The task was won by Rhod Gilbert.
Setup[]
| Location | Woodrow High House |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Cardboard boxes, tape |
| Timing | 5 minutes from when the first box is assembled or 20 minutes maximum |
| Measurement | Highest tower |
Summary[]
The task was presented written inside of a cardboard box. The contestants had to build the highest tower using the cardboard boxes. After they assembled their first box, they would only have 5 minutes left.
Performance[]
James Acaster: James attached a roll of tape to a cardboard box and tried to hoist it up a tree, but failed to get the tape over a branch to use as a rope. He built a 1 box-tall tower, receiving 1 point.
Jessica Knappett: Jessica initially made a tower from flattened boxes, but it fell over, leading to her making boxes and stacking them in the last 4 minutes. She built a tower less than 3 metres tall (the actual height was not specified), receiving 3 points.
Kerry Godliman: Kerry assembled boxes and stacked them on top of each other, not realising there was tape. She built a 3 metre tall tower, receiving 4 points.
Phil Wang: Phil tried to claim that the boxes he had made were not boxes as they were open on one side, taping the boxes together before raising it up to form a tower. As Greg decided an open box was a box, Phil's tower was measured after 5 minutes, making his tower 75cm tall (a box with the flaps open), receiving 2 points.
Rhod Gilbert: Rhod taped flattened boxes together before raising it up to form a tower that was supported by a nearby tree. He built a 4.28 metre tall tower, receiving 5 points.
Other Appearances[]
Bast i Test[]
The task was featured on Season 2 of Bäst i Test.
Stormester[]
The task was featured on Season 3 of Stormester.
The task was won by Heino Hansen, who plastered up a crack in the Round Tower in Copenhagen, as the Danish word lave in the task can mean both "make" and "fix."
Kongen Befaler[]
The task was featured on Season 3 of Kongen Befaler.
Le maître du jeu[]
The task was featured on Season 2 of Le maître du jeu.
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