Extra Tasks

In some episodes, the panellists are given an extra task to complete during the course of the game. Those who do the best are often awarded extra points. Past tasks have included drawing contests (in which John Sessions has shown a particular talent); or looking for a specific hidden thing over the course of the show, such as a squirrel or a cuttlefish. In series "B" panellists were given a metal sheet covered with magnetic letters with which to create words over the course of the game. Jimmy Carr successfully used all of his letters to create, "Put Smarties tubes on cats legs, make them walk like a robot." In the fifth series, Series "E", all the episodes have the same extra task – "The Elephant in the Room". In each episode, at least one of the answers is related to elephants, the panellists being required to wave an elephant on a stick when they believe it is the appropriate moment. Extra points may also be dependent upon the topic of the episode – for instance during the "France" episode of Series "F", panellists were informed that they would receive extra points for any answers given in French, though none did. Similarly, panellists were provided with a card to hold up when they thought they were being duped for the "Hoaxes" episode of Series "H". All of them duly played their card at some point but, unfortunately, the whole thing turned out to be a hoax as all material was factual.