Matchmaker

Matchmaker (Also known as The Mixer) is a recurring challenge in Survivor

Rules
Everyone is given a box with a certain number of select items. One at a time, each castaway will ask someone on either tribe for a certain item. If the person asked have the item, they score a point for their tribe. The tribe with most matches win. In All-Stars, Once someone's box is empty, that person is out of the game.

History
The challenge was appeared in Survivor: The Amazon as a reward challenge for various Toiletries. Every box had 5 items, which meant 35 pairs, meaning the tribe that reaches 18 wins. Joanna Ward started things off by asking Dave Johnson for a pumice stone, which he didn't had one. Daniel Lue scored the first point when he asked Shawna Mitchell for soap. Tambaqui had a initial lead over Jaburu. Jaburu gradually was able to catch up and eventually surpass Tambaqui when Daniel asked Heidi Strobel, something which Rob Cesternino asked her before and she said no. With a score of 14(Tambaqui) - 17(Jaburu), Dave asked Christy Smith for shampoo. She did not have it, allowing Jeanne Hebert to score the winning point for Jaburu.

The challenge was reused in Survivor: All-Stars. This time, the boxes had four items in them. The two tribes with the most matches will get a map too their hidden rice deposit, with the first place winner will receive a "Survivor Bathroom". Susan Hawk and Big Tom Buchanan for Chapera, while Colby Donaldson sat out for Mogo Mogo. Boston Rob Mariano was first and asked Ethan Zohn for a rock. The winner of Survivor: Africa did't had one, Which Richard Hatch used to score the first point of the game. Temporarily everyone was scoring points on the first try, leaving Jeff Probst amazed and wanting to e. Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien said that "No food makes you psychic". Ethan told Jeff to make the boxes thicker. This ended when Lex van den Berghe guessed wrong about Jenna Lewis having a feather, which Alicia Calaway used to her benefit. Eventully, Alicia won the game when gotten Jerri Manthey's seed. Saboga placed second. The final score was 9-8-5.

Trivia

 * Rob Cesternino is the only person to compete in this challenge both times.