Do not release the green egg was a studio team task featured on Series 8 of Taskmaster, as the fifth task in This is Trevor. The task was won by Joe Thomas and Sian Gibson.
Setup[]
| Location | Pinewood Studios |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Numbered string, green egg, pink ladies, hard hats, goggles |
| Measurement | Not releasing the green egg |
Summary[]
The teams took in turns to answer a question. If the contestants pulled the string with the correct answer attached to it, they would not release the green egg. The green egg was released by the team who pulled string number 9.
The questions were:
- How many months of the year have more than eight letters?
- How many G's are in the Taskmaster's full name?
- What is (100-19)/27?
- Citizens on Patrol of what number Police Academy film?
- How many points did Shirley Bassey's pop socks get in episode 2 of this series?
- What's left behind after a vomit party?
- Never asked.
- Droopy drawers minus triple dozen?
- The green egg.
- How many S's are in the following phrase: Assessing the assassin wasn't easy?
- Santa's German helper?
The questions for 4, 5, and 10 were incorrectly answered as 5, 4, and 9 respectively.
Performance[]
Iain Stirling, Lou Sanders & Paul Sinha: Iain, Lou and Paul pulled 4 correct strings, but ended up pulling number 9, releasing the green egg. They received 0 points.
Joe Thomas & Sian Gibson: Joe and Sian pulled 4 correct strings, but did not release the green egg. They received 5 points each.