A Brief Obsessive Guide to the Mole
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We Have a Challenge For You: A Brief Obsessive Guide to The Mole 2nd Edition (January 2019) By David A. Bindley CONTENTS: Australia 2000 Season 1 (Tasmania) 113 2001 Season 2 (Victoria) 117 2002 Season 3 (Queensland) 111 2003 Season 4 (New Caledonia) 115 2005 Season 5 (New Zealand) 120 2013 Season 6 (New South Wales) 124 Belgium 1999 Season 1 (France, Monaco) 133 2000 Season 2 (Switzerland, Spain) 136 2003 Season 3 (Italy) 140 2016 Season 4 (Argentina) 144 2017 Season 5 (South Africa) 148 2018 Season 6 (Mexico) 153 France 2015 Season 1 (South Africa) 158 Netherlands 2000 Season 1 (Australia) 162 2001 Season 2 (Scotland) 166 2002 Season 3 (Portugal) 170 2003 Season 4 (Canada) 175 2005 Season 5 (Australia, Indonesia) 180 2006 Season 6 (Argentina) 184 2007 Season 7 (Thailand) 188 2008 Season 8 (Mexico) 192 2008 Junior Season 1 (Overijssel) 187 2009 Season 9 (Northern Ireland, Jordan) 199 2010 Season 10 (Japan) 104 2011 Season 11 (El Salvador, Nicaragua) 109 2012 Season 12 (Iceland, Spain) 114 2013 Season 13 (South Africa) 119 2014 Season 14 (China, Philippines) 124 2014 Junior Season 2 (Limburg, Zeeland) 129 2015 Season 15 (Sri Lanka) 132 2016 Season 16 (Dominican Republic) 136 2017 Season 17 (United States of America) 141 2018 Season 18 (Georgia) 146 United Kingdom 2001 Season 1 (Jersey) 150 2001 Season 2 (Canada) 154 United States of America 2001 Season 1 (France, Spain) 158 2001-2 Season 2 (Switzerland, Italy) 162 2003 Season 3 (Hawaii) 167 2004 Season 4 (Mexico) 169 2008 Season 5 (Chile, Argentina) 172 NOTES: Underlined challenge titles come from official sources. Grades given to challenges are wholly subjective. All entries are handled on a case-by-case basis and elements may be omitted or reinterpreted for the sake of clarity. Australia Season 1 (2000) MOAU0001. Skyfall B- Episode 1 Players must fly to Tasmania and 'land before the plane does', by each performing a tandem skydive with a professional from 10,000 feet above sea level. If all ten players complete the skydive, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0002. Pack Mentality B+ Episode 1 Five players are given a limited amount of time to repack their own luggage into a small backpack each, then must repeat the process with the other five players' luggage. Anything not repacked is confiscated for the entire game. Later, the other five will be told what happened and must each guess one item from their luggage that was not repacked, describing it in detail. If all five players guess correctly, the team wins $5000. MOAU0003. Air, Land, and Sea A- Episode 1 One player chosen via secret vote is kidnapped overnight and taken blindfolded to a mystery location. In the morning, the others must split into three groups and find them, travelling by helicopter, car, and speedboat. The three groups and the hostage are all given phones, but the hostage can not make calls; in addition, they are the only one told that each group of rescuers has a key in their vehicle, one of which will be needed to release them. If the hostage is released within two hours of the search starting, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0004. Targa Practice A Episode 2 Players must split into three groups, then complete a relay inspired by the Targa Tasmania driving rally. One group at a time, one member must use written instructions to guide a professional driver around two laps of a three-kilometre street course, pausing after the first lap for the other two group members to remove the back wheels, swap them with each other, and reattach them safely. If the team can complete all three legs within a combined total of 35 minutes, they win $10,000. MOAU0005. The Comedy Company C- Episode 2 Eight players are split into two groups, then must use professional film equipment to record bystanders laughing for a combined time of at least one minute. They have two hours to do so; later, they are told they must repeat the process, this time without the subjects knowing they are being recorded in any way. If they complete the second part successfully, the team wins $5000. MOAU0006. A Stroke of Genius A- Episode 2 One player is given a one-hour golf lesson, then is told the categories of five quiz questions and must decide which of the others would be most likely to answer the unknown question correctly, also assigning a number of strokes (from one to five) to each question. If a question is answered correctly, the golfer can take the assigned number of strokes; if they can finish a Par 4 hole within the number of strokes earned, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0007. The Chase A+ Episode 3 Six players must split into pairs, then take turns having one partner direct the other through a pitch-black maze, using a live overhead feed (with the walls and runners visible) to assist. As they do so, two hunters will try to catch the runner. If any runner reaches the exit without being caught, or if runners survive for a combined total of at least three minutes before their captures, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0008. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad C+ Episode 3 Players are told they have a rest day and split into three groups for tours of local food manufacturers. At dinner, they are told the rest day was a lie and that they must determine which of three presented items was not tasted during their respective tours. If all three groups can correctly identify the impostors, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0009. Doing It for the Kids D+ Episode 3 Two players are taken to Strahan ahead of the others and must organise a karaoke fundraiser at the town's pub, with proceeds to benefit the juvenile cancer charity CanTeen. The others will later assist at the fundraiser; if the team can raise at least $1000 for the charity by 8:00pm, they win $5000 for the kitty. MOAU0010. Gone; Fishin' C+ Episode 4 Five players must split into two groups and collect seafood, with two players taken to a trout farm to fish in the waters outside the trout pens, and the other three taken to rough waters offshore to catch crayfish and abalone with craypots. If they can return at least eight kilograms of seafood to Strahan Wharf by 3:00pm, the team wins $5000. MOAU0011. Temptation Island A+ Episode 4 Players who completed the above challenge must camp overnight on Sarah Island with only the clothes they were wearing during the day, their caught seafood, and limited camping gear to assist. A mobile phone is provided to call a yacht offshore and have one player rescued; if a player is rescued, they win an exemption but the others must still stay on the island. If all five players stay on the island until dawn, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0012. Riff Raft B Episode 4 Players who competed in the above two challenges are given a makeshift raft (built from provided items by the other two players during the fishing challenge the previous day) and must use it to reach the rescue yacht 100 metres offshore. If they arrive without anybody getting wet 'above the chest', the team wins $5000. This episode's odd structure seems specifically designed to eliminate a woman, after the first three eliminated players were all men – the team must pick two 'Girl Guides' to build the raft when 'Scouts' or another gender-neutral hint could have been used, then those two players basically sit out of the entire episode while the others complete all three tasks AND have the chance to win a free pass. MOAU0013. Over the Hill B Episode 5 Players are given 30 minutes to climb a grassy hill from separate starting points to reach a flag at the top, avoiding two paintball snipers on the ground and one in a helicopter. Each player and sniper is given a paintball gun, and anyone shot at any point is out. If anybody reaches the flag within 30 minutes, the team wins $10,000; if only one player does, they also win an exemption. MOAU0014. Mind Your Manors B+ Episode 5 Players must split into two groups. Starting simultaneously, groups must travel along set routes through a manor, pausing along the way to solve three puzzles. They start with a 45-minute time limit, but five minutes is removed each time either group submits an incorrect answer to a puzzle. If both groups solve all three puzzles and reach the manor's front door within the time limit, the team wins $5000. MOAU0015. Species B- Episode 5 Players are randomly split into pairs and taken to three different landscapes (Macquarie Harbour, the Teepookana Forest, or Ocean Beach), then must use a digital camera to photograph local wildlife. After two hours, each pair must choose four of their photos to show a wildlife expert; if they can clearly identify at least six different native species within the twelve submitted photos, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0016. Dam It A- Episode 6 One at a time, four players must choose one of three abseiling lines on the Gordon Dam (two 60 metres high and one 140 metres high), then abseil and traverse the dam to collect a hanging flag. Each player can only abseil once, and each line is only within reach of one flag. If at least two of the three flags are collected successfully, the team wins $10,000. MOAU0017. Do As We Say B- Episode 6 The player who sat out of the above challenge is given a day of training for the next challenge, unaware they are secretly being watched via hidden cameras and that the others must predict their behaviour in three staged situations (having a can thrown at them from a moving car, entering a 'haunted' cell during a tour of the town jail, and ordering alcohol with lunch).