What did they have to do?

OM teams had to come up with a creative presentation to the following problems:

Problem 2: The Not-So-Haunted House

The team's problem is to create and present an original performance that includes a "pop-up-style" not-so-haunted "house" where four special effects take place. The intent of the special effects will be to scare others, but they will produce a different result instead. The performance will include at least one character that experiences the special effects and a narrator who relays the experiences to the audience. It will also include a surprise ending. The special effects will be scored for originality and engineering. They had a total budget of $145 for their presentation.

Problem 3: “It’s How We Rule”
In this Classics problem, team is to re-create a King's Court from history and make its own Royal Court set in an original kingdom at a different time and place. The Historic Court will issue a decree that fits in with its history, while the team-created Royal Court will issue a decree that changes an everyday behavior for the people in the kingdom. The Historic Court will be composed as the team wishes, but the original Royal Court will be made up of a leader, a minstrel that performs a song while playing a team-created instrument and a jester that makes fun of the leader. The performance will include puppets and a “Peoplet” (a person portrayed as a puppet), and will be scored for humor. The team had a $125 budget for this project.