Tasked

Case in point: Tasked with finding Ghana — the country they were in — on a map, most teams failed multiple times before succeeding, including leg winners and Princeton grads Connor Diemand-Yauman and Jonathan Schwartz.

Top Moments: Pairs of Aces on Amazing Race, 30 Rock and The View 2010

Tasked with proving or busting the myth that you can harness power from cow poop, show regulars Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara collected a day's worth of cow manure and put it in a methane digester.

MythBusters give new meaning to 'cooking with gas' 2011

Tasked with expanding business across the region, Ms. Whelan faces a tough battle as international investment-banking rivals UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG and Nomura Holdings increasingly target merger-and-acquisition activity linked to the mining and resources boom.

Barclays Capital Taps New Australia, New Zealand Chief Enda Curran 2011

Tasked with interrogating the ineffable Viper, she tag-teams him with Jordan in Season 4's "52 Pickup," flirting up a storm right into his wheelhouse before shrewdly deflating his ego.

Criminal Minds: Top 8 Prentiss Moments 2011

Tasked with ending the logjam, PTO Commissioner David Kappos unveiled an innovative idea: the "Track One" expedited patent examination pilot program.

Sen. Chris Coons: Shortchanging Our Inventors Is Slowing Our Economic Recovery Sen. Chris Coons 2011

Tasked with transforming the journal into the "Financial Times of America", he was parachuted in to take over the running of Dow Jones and integrate it into Murdoch's global media empire.

Les Hinton: the rise and fall of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenant 2011

Tasked with protecting the Democratic House majority in the Autumn of Democratic Discontent, he talks about the "difficult political environment resulting from the economy" and lamented "some statements made by economic advisers of the White House that created a sort of benchmark that was -- difficult to achieve."

Maryland's Chris Van Hollen works to keep the House in Democrats' hands Jason Horowitz 2010

Tasked with re-telling this story, Duarte Design's solution is shown in the slides that follow.

Combining the Right Words and Visuals 2011

Tasked with creating an environment where women and minorities can flourish, CDOs generally have a hybrid job description that includes recruitment, human resources, marketing, ethics and legal compliance.

Firms Hail New Chiefs (of Diversity) Leslie Kwoh 2012

Tasked with ending the logjam, PTO Commissioner David Kappos unveiled an innovative idea: the "Track One" expedited patent examination pilot program.

Sen. Chris Coons: Shortchanging Our Inventors Is Slowing Our Economic Recovery Sen. Chris Coons 2011