Scrapheap Challenge and a month to build a vehicle to compete in a varied set of trials, such as auto "bowling", a race through a flooded course, a "car coaster", car "sumo" and other tests. The winners were the Aquaholics from the UK. Hosted by Cathy Rogers and Henry Rollins, it lasted one season. Another spin-off series was instituted from 2004 to 2006 and was broadcast following the main series. It was also presented by Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers. It involved several teams being allocated a budget and several weeks to construct a road-legal vehicle which, if classified as a car,
Challenge coin film director Jon Favreau notes that he had "Iron Man 2" challenge coins made to distribute to United States Air Force personnel as a gesture of thanks for their cooperation while the production (and its predecessor, "Iron Man") filmed on location at Edwards Air Force Base. Bill Prady, executive producer of "The Big Bang Theory", recently gave the "Big Bang Theory" "executive producer's challenge coin" to the crew of the last space shuttle. On the "Rockets" episode of "Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey", R. Lee (Gunny) Ermey presents a challenge coin to 2nd Lt. Carr as a reward