Four players, three rounds. Two players race, one winner takes it all. Kia ora. I'm Chris Kirk, and this is Brian Busters. Get ready for a series of escalating rounds where we test our players on a variety of topics before it all leads up to this ` the Brian Buster. - Mikey Falesiu, back at it again. Only two out of our four contestants get the chance to take on the Brain Buster, but only one will be cashing out. Who's it going to be? I'm pumped, Chris. Let's go. - Thank you very much, Mikey. And don't forget ` you can play from home as well. So, let's meet today's Brain Busters. Captions by Lillie Balfour. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to Brain Busters. Thank you so much for joining us. Today, four players are going to battle it out to see if they've got what it takes to be our ultimate Brain Buster. Now, first, they'll go through their specialist subject rounds. They have a choice of six options. Hopefully they can gather enough points to avoid elimination after that, and continue in the game. So, let's meet today's players. Firstly, Stella. Right into your sport? So, would you say you're pretty competitive? - Yes. - So is that competitiveness going to shine out, here on Brain Busters? - Definitely. - Good to hear, Stella. All the best to you. Next up, we have Billy. Billy, what are you doing when you're not at school? - Um, animating, gaming. - Epic. Right into Marvel as well? - Yeah. - Favourite Marvel superhero? - Spider-Man. - Nice choice. All the way from Auckland, as well. Thanks for coming down, Billy. Next up ` right beside Billy, we have Millie. Millie, what do you like to get up to when you're not at school? - I like to play hockey. - Nice. What position are you? - I'm centre mid. - Have you played any games in the season so far? - Not yet. - Not yet. Eager to play? - Yeah. - Good luck for when that does happen. And last but not least, we've got Hugh. Hugh, why do you want to be on Brain Busters? - I want to be able to win some money and showcase my knowledge. - Well, you've come to exactly the right place to do that. Best of luck to you, Hugh, and to all of our players. Let's get straight into our first round of the day. It's Mega Memory. Nice, easy general knowledge to start us off. 10 points for each correct answer. Buzz in and you get it wrong, though, you will lose 10 points. Here we go. Your time starts now. Did Charles Dickens write A Tale of Two Cities or a Tale of Two Bickies? Millie. - Tale of Two Cities. (POSITIVE CHIME) - A famous New Zealand soft drink. shares part of its name with a town. What is the name`? Hugh. - Lemon and Paeroa. (POSITIVE CHIME) - What is the most popular vegetable used for jack-o'-lanterns during Halloween? Millie. - Pumpkin. (POSITIVE CHIME) - What animated movie stars the character, Lightning McQueen? Hugh. - Cars. (POSITIVE CHIME) In basketball, how many players are allowed on court for each`? Stella. - Five. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Which food is often cooked up and served sunny side up? Stella. - Eggs. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Which country does pop singer Benee come from? Stella. - New Zealand. (POSITIVE CHIME) - What is the name of the sacred scripture of Islam? Hugh. - Holy Quran. (POSITIVE CHIME) What is the chemical symbol for Boron? Millie. - B. (POSITIVE CHIME) - What is the main ingredient of cheese? Stella. - Um... shoot, sorry. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Milk. How many colours are commonly recognised as visible on a rainbow? Stella. - Seven. (POSITIVE CHIME) Which sport do the White Ferns compete in? Hugh. - Cricket. (POSITIVE CHIME) (CLOCK CHIMES) What is the largest animal ever to have lived? Billy. - Great white shark. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Blue whale. In which country did the didgeridoo originate? Stella. - Australia. Just in the nick of time, Stella. Good job. Thank you so much for playing our first round. Let's take a look at the leaderboard. Stella and Hugh share the lead with 40 points. Millie has 30 points, and Billy is on zero. I think we should change that now for Billy, though. So, Billy, we move on to your specialist subject round. What are you going to play? - Identifier. - Thank you very much, Billy. Let's play Identifier. Time to get some points on the board. Billy, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) All right, Billy. Ready to get into it? - Yep. - 20 points for each correct answer. Best of luck. Here comes your first Identifier question. READS: Can we get off to a good start, Billy? Let's find out. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) Nice work, Billy. Happy about that one. - Yeah! - Here we go. Number two ` How you feel about this one? - I don't know. I just guessed. - LAUGHS: Just guessed? Is it a good guess? Let's find out. Got that one, that one. (NEGATIVE CHIME) No, needed to swap it out for Auditory canal. Identify which three of these can be classified as decomposers in the ecosystem. Billy, come on. Need some points. - Yep. - Yep, yep. (NEGATIVE CHIME) (GROANS) Missing out, again, on that last one. Just needed to swap it for bacteria. Come on, Billy. Been unlucky with a couple. Need this one. Need this one. - Yep. - Come on. Yes! There we go. - Let's go. - Nice work, Billy. Thank you very much. That does wrap up Identifier. How you think you went? - Good. - Good? - Yeah. - Happy? Still bumping around, still bubbly. That's the main thing. Thank you so much for playing Identifier. We currently have a three-way tie with Stella, Billy and Hugh all on 40 points. Millie is close behind on 30 points. And it is, in fact, Millie's turn to go next. So, what are you doing for your specialist subject round, Millie? - Blueprinter. - Thank you very much. Let's play Blueprinter. Millie, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) Best of luck, Millie. You're gonna have 30 seconds to have a look at where all the locations are, and then you're gonna have a further 30 seconds to input all your answers. Make sense? - Yep. - Perfect. All right. Let's take a look and see what our Blueprinter is today ` Caples and Greenstone Valleys. Your time starts now. A picturesque drive from Queenstown, and through Glenorchy, will take you to the Caples and Greenstone Valleys. Hidden within these valleys are beautiful tramps with several huts along the way. (CLOCK TICKS) Ten seconds left, Millie. (ALARM RINGS) And before you know it, time is up. Best of luck now, Millie, as you put in those answers. Your time for that starts now. (CLOCK TICKS) Ten seconds left, Millie. Not that you need it ` all of those answers put in. Happy with those answers, Millie? - Yep. - Excellent. All right. Let's take a look and see if we've got our first one right. (POSITIVE CHIME) Glenorchy ` that's the one. (POSITIVE CHIME) That makes two. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Didn't get Caples River, though. (POSITIVE CHIME) But we got Lake McKellar. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Missed out with the Greenstone Hut... (NEGATIVE CHIME) ...and Lake Gunn. Come on, last one. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Ahh, no. Couldn't quite get that one. That's OK, though. Great result. Thank you so much for playing Blueprinter, Millie. Millie now has the lead with 90 points. And then it is Stella, Billy and Hugh ` all on 40 points. Of course, Millie and Billy have already taken on their specialist subject round, so after the break, our two remaining players will have a go. And, of course, all of our players are wondering if they are going to be able to hang out with Mikey. - Here on the Brain Buster, our top two finalists will get the chance to go to the final round and turn their points into dollars. This is where champions are made, but only one will be leaving victorious. - Thanks for that, Mikey. And don't forget ` you can play from home as well. Just head online to ` Don't go anywhere. We'll see you amuri te whakata. * Welcome back to Brain Busters, and thank you so much for joining us. We still have two more players to go through their specialist subject. And next up, it is Stella. Stella, what round are you going to play today? - Spellbinder. - Thank you very much, Stella. Let's play Spellbinder. She's already proved that she is very competitive, but how will she go when she has to spell? Let's find out. Stella, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) Rate your spelling skills, Stella. - I reckon eight. - An eight out of 10? - Yep. - Nice. Here comes your first word. Each, of course, worth 20 points. Spell opposites. (POSITIVE CHIME) That's the start we want. Plummeting. (POSITIVE CHIME) Great job. Satchel. (POSITIVE CHIME) Really good spelling. Expensive. (POSITIVE CHIME) Nice work. Choir (POSITIVE CHIME) Very speedy with the spelling. Your final word is... Fluorescent. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Needed to swap the O and the U around. But still a really, really good job in Spellbinder ` had an absolute blinder of a start. So, great job, and thank you so much for playing Spellbinder. Stella has taken the lead with 140 points. Millie is on 90 points, and Billy and Hugh are on 40 points each. So it's just Hugh left to tackle his specialist subject round, and what will it be today, Hugh? - Sequencer. - Excellent choice, Hugh. Let's play Sequencer. Hugh, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) All right, Hugh. 20 points for each correct sequence. Reckon you got this? - Hopefully. - That's the attitude. Best of luck. Here comes your first one. Order these sports from most participants in a team to the least. Happy with that answer, Hugh? - Think so. - Let's take a look. (NEGATIVE CHIME) (POSITIVE CHIME) (NEGATIVE CHIME) Needed to swap around rugby and netball. In what order did Ed Sheeran release these albums? Locking in this one. Need some points here, Hugh. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) That will do it. In what order were these people the British prime minister? You're right into politics, right, Hugh? - Yep. - Think you got this one, then? - Pretty confident. Excellent. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) There we go. In which order were these Justin Bieber songs released? Would you call yourself a Belieber, Hugh? - I would not. - (LAUGHS) Let's take a look. (POSITIVE CHIME) (TWO NEGATIVE CHIMES) Obviously not quite a Belieber. Needed to swap Love Yourself and Yummy. In what order were these pests introduced to New Zealand, from first to last? All right, locked in for Hugh. Need some points. Let's see if we've got it. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) Lovely work, Hugh. Nice job. All right. Last sequence, Hugh. Let's do this. Sequence these famous New Zealanders in the order that they were born. All right. Our final sequence. Be really good to finish on a high. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) There we go, Hugh. Nice work. How do you think you went in Sequencer? - Ah, could have done better. - Could've done worse, though. - Yep. Hey, Hugh. Great job. Thank you for playing Sequencer. Everyone now has completed their specialist subject rounds, but where do they sit on the leaderboard? Let's take a look. Stella has 140 points. Hugh has 120 points. Millie is on 90 points, and Billy is on 40 points. So, Billy, my spider senses are tingling, and I think yours are too. You have been eliminated from Brain Busters, but it's been great having you on the show. Get to go home with a $100 bank account. So, what are you going to do with the money? - Probably just save it, to be honest. Yeah. - Smart move, Billy. Thanks for coming onto the show. As for our three remaining players ` it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - One down, three to go ` which means very soon our top two will take on the Brain Buster. Must be feeling the heat now. - We sure are, Mikey. Thank you very much for that. Of course, before we can go into the Brain Buster, we have our Brainteaser. Now, all of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds, and we are left with two for our remaining players to pick. So, our options today are Equaliser or Reo Rangatira. So Stella, Millie and Hugh, please vote for which one you would like to play now. Thank very much. All of our votes locked in. So, let's firstly start with Stella, who has chosen... Reo Rangatira. Millie has voted for... Equaliser. So it falls onto Hugh's shoulders ` who has picked... Equaliser. Thank you, everyone, for your votes. Let's play Equaliser. Relatively close scores between you all, so truly anyone's game at the moment, as well. Best of luck. Reminder ` 30 points if you get it correct, but buzz in and answer the equation wrong ` you will lose 30 points. Here comes your first equation. Hugh. - 81. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Is correct. Hugh. - 53. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Also correct. Hugh, taking the lead. Hugh. - 327. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Is correct. Hugh is three for three. Next up ` Millie. - 46. (NEGATIVE CHIME) 41. Sorry, Millie. Your final Brainteaser ` Hugh. - 110. (POSITIVE CHIME) That's correct. And just like that, that is the Brainteaser complete. Thank you so much for playing this round. Let's take a look at the leaderboard. Hugh ` very impressive in our Brainteaser ` has him top of the leaderboard with 240 points. Stella has 140 points, and Millie ends up on 60 points. Needed to go for it in the end there, Millie. Just couldn't quite get there. So, for you, your time on Brain Busters is up, but you get to go home with a $100 bank account. So, what are you going to do with the money, Millie? - I'm going to save up to buy a camera. - Nice choice. Good luck with all the photography. Thank you for coming on the show, and congratulations to Stella and to Hugh. You are both through to the Brain Buster. - This is where champions are made. Only the best of the best make it this far, but only one will be cashing out. Who's it going to be? Stay right there. Don't move a muscle. Be back. * We asked you the term for owing someone money. The word is debt. - Kia ora, and welcome back to Brain Busters. Our four players have gone through Mega Memory, they've tackled their specialist subject, and now it's on to the big one. It's the Brain Buster! - The moment of truth. I'm up here with our two finalists, Stella and Hugh. Now, Stella. Volleyball's your sport? - Yup. - Set, dig or spike? - Set. Well, let's hope you're ready set to go on the Brain Buster. And Hugh, sailing is your thing, right? - Yes, it is. - Ready to sail through the Brain Buster? - I definitely am. - All right. Let's go, yo. Less talk, more action. Let's jump up on our seats, and let's get ready to rock and roll. All set? Here we go. Three, two, one, go! Hugh and Stella sail across the Brain Stem zip line and in to the Brain Buster. They both seem ready, but there can only be one winner here today. Off to a quick start, speeding across these molecule steps. Stella getting her code and heading through the Corpus Callosum. Hugh does the same. I don't think either player has an advantage yet. This could come down to who makes the first mistake. No mistakes on the Hippocampus, though, as both codes have been entered successfully. Now onto the Parietal Lobe. Who's going to make it to the top first? Looks like Stella, but just by a hair. Hugh knows he's got to make up for lost time now. Both players going through the tunnel. This is a close one. And Hugh makes it out first onto the Frontal Lobe. Both in a hurry to get to the DNA Molecule switchers. Usually the first one to the correct combination ends up winning the race. Who's going to make it there first? It's Stella. But Hugh was right there too. Ooh, the tension. Whoa, they both activated at the same time. Hugh and Stella down the ladder and through the Basal Ganglia ` Stella slightly ahead. Chris, that was crazy! - (EXCLAIMS) What a race, there! Bring it across, Stella. Firstly, Hugh, that was so close ` just got caught on the last part of the obstacle. How was the race? - It was a pretty fun race. - Pretty fun race. You've done an amazing job. So, so close at the end. Second, today, on Brain Busters. Get to go home with a $100 bank account. What are you going to do with the money, Hugh? - Think I'll set aside mine till international travel is back. - Nice work, Hugh. Good luck with all those international travels. Fingers crossed we can get there sooner rather than later. As we go across, now, to you, Stella. Brain Busters champion, there. Did you think you had it all the way through? - Yep. - You did. I love the confidence. I think it was such a close race from both of you. How does it feel to be our winner, and champion of Brain Busters today? - Really good. - Excellent. So, for Stella, it is now on to Amygdala. Stella, welcome to the Amygdala, and what a journey you've had to get here. Now, of course, Hugh also had a really good round today, as well. In fact, he picked up 240 points, and you get to claim all of those. Add that with your 140 points ` you are now playing for $380. A lot of money, Stella. - Yep. - Want to win it all? - Yes. - That's what I like to hear. All right. Each question is worth $38. Best of luck. Here's the first one. What is the name of the popular plant that a monarch butterfly will feed on? - Swan plant. (POSITIVE CHIME) Great start. While male New Zealand artist released the single Welcome Home in 2005? - I'm not sure. - Give it a guess. - Um, Bob Dylan. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Dave Dobbyn. What is the name given to a glass gardening structure with walls and a roof? - A greenhouse. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Correct. How many sides does a hexagon have? - Six. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Also correct. Nice start. Which two celebrities formerly made up the couple who were labelled Brangelina? - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Yes. Nice work. What is the name given to the chemical reaction that takes place inside a plant producing food for the plant to survive? - Photosynthesis. (POSITIVE CHIME) - That's correct. Consisting of membrane, shell and yolk, what do we normally call this food? - An egg. - Confident with that answer. - Yep. - It'll take us past $200. (POSITIVE CHIME) And you've got it. Where in Australia would you find the world famous cricket ground, the MCG? - Melbourne. - Melbourne locked in. Didn't seem too sure on that answer, Stella. Heard of it before? - Yeah. - MCG is correct, yes ` Melbourne Cricket Ground. The band six60 is named after the street number of the flat where they lived in which New Zealand city? - Dunedin. - Quick to answer that one, as well. Is it Dunedin? (POSITIVE CHIME) Yes, it is. Incredible job here, Stella. Here comes your last one ` in which region of New Zealand would you find the Abel Tasman National Park? - Tasman. - Tasman locked in as our final Amygdala answer. Some good money already. Can we add to it? (POSITIVE CHIME) Absolutely, we can. Stella, congratulations. Let's take a look. $342. What a round of Amygdala. What are you going to do with the money? - I'm going to save it cos I wanna buy a new phone. - Nice choice, Stella. Hey, thank you so much for coming on the show. And really, really strong finish there. - Well done, Stella. If you think you can take on the Brain Buster just like Stella did, jump online and head to: - Thank you so much for joining us today. Join us next time for more Brain Busters. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020