To the excellent list already growing here, I'd add more complex challenges - ie find the one burnout
gel in the hang and replace it as quickly and safely as possible. Scoring on that one would be on speed of finding the burnout, and
safety and speed in replacement. I'd also add gelling-up challenges for quick and accurate cutting and framing of colours, and a "sort the
gobo" race to put the
stock back into order by
gobo number. Patching and DMX-control challenges would also be interesting, but I'm not sure how one would set them up.
I also think fast and accurate set and
strike of sound instruments is a good idea, especially for techs headed towards live music. Being able to ID the Fender Bassman in the
stock, for example, match it to its
spike, and place the appropriate Mic, then cable and
plug everything in, quickly and accurately, is a great asset to live music
stage crews.
And if you've got a fly
gallery, a challenge to hang draperies correctly and properly balance a pipe would be a good idea, too, with points going to the team that does this in the correct manner, the fastest and safest.
In a more fun angle, there could be challenges to rig a confetti
cannon so that it could be controlled via the lighting board to synch up with an lx
cue, or things of that type, with points for the most creative methods within
safety regulations.