- Four players, three rounds. Two players race, one winner takes it all. Kia ora. I'm Chris Kirk, and this is Brain 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 Brain Buster. - It's your boy, Mikey Falesiu. Our top two finalists will have their work cut out for them. Solving that DNA molecule ladder combination isn't going to be easy. And getting across that Frontal Lobe will be a challenge, but I'm confident they're up for it, Chris. - They definitely are, Mikey. Thank you very much. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's Brain Busters. Captions by Faith Hamblyn. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020. - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Nau mai, haere mai, and welcome to Brain Busters. Today we have four players hoping they've got what it takes to be called the ultimate Brain Buster. Now, of course, we'll start with our specialist subject rounds, where our players can choose from six of our options. They'll hope to gain enough points to stay in this game and avoid elimination. Let's see if they can do that today. First up, we have Sid playing. Welcome, Sid. - Hello. - Now, I hear you have a cool way of learning pi and not the pie you eat. - Um, yeah, I've memorised the hundred digits of pi. - It's a song by AsapSCIENCE. - OK, can you, like, share with us a little bit of it? OK. # Three point one, four, one, five, nine. # This is pi followed by two, six, five, three, five, eight, nine, circumference over diameter. # - Yeah. - That's so impressive! OK, you have to teach me the full song or try to anyway. So great having you on the show. - Devon, welcome to the show as well. Hear you play the trumpet. - Yes. - What made you pick up the trumpet? - Well, my brothers both play the trombone, and I wanted to be a bit different, - so I decided to play the trumpet. - Awesome. A great instrument as well. Hopefully you're just as great here on Brain Busters. You also have Phoenix. Now, Phoenix, I hear that you can say the longest Maori place name. Give us a go. - Fast or slow? - We gotta go fast, right? - Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu. - OK, when I said fast, I did not think it would be that fast. Phoenix, great to have you here. And Joules, welcome to the show. Now, I hear you've actually got a bit of a bet going on with Devon. - What's the story? - Yeah, so basically, if I win, Devon has to buy me a pizza, - and if Devon wins, I have to buy him a pizza. - Friendly competition ` I like it. It's great to have all of you here on the show. Let's get straight into it, our first round, Mega Memory. - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - I think these four wanna get straight into it, so let's do just that ` 90 seconds on the clock. Best of luck. Your time starts... now. What common household pet is described as a canine? - Joules. - Dog. - (DING!) Which brand uses the tagline, 'Where Kiwis buy and sell'? Devon. - Trade Me. - (DING!) - Cottage, mascarpone and ricotta are all kinds of which`? - Joules. - Cheese. - (DING!) - The Samurai were ancient warriors from which country? - Sid. - Japan. - (DING!) - What is the date of Waitangi Day? Sid. - Uh, 24th of February 1840. - (BUZZ!) - 6th of February. What country does the rugby team known as the Springboks represent? Joules. - Africa. South Africa. - (DING!) - How long is an Olympic-sized swimming pool? Sid. - 50m. - (DING!) - Who are Leo, June, Quincy and Annie? - Sid. - The Little Einsteins. - (DING!) - What is the oldest national park in New Zealand? Time's up. I'll accept an answer from someone. No one wanting to buzz in there. Tongariro National Park was our final answer. Started off with a hiss and a roar, and then sort of slowed down a wee bit, but still, thank you so much for that first round. Let's take a look at the leader board. Joules has 30 points, Sid is on 20 points, Devon has 10 points, and Phoenix is on zero points. So as we move into our specialist subject rounds now, I think we should try and boost those points up for Phoenix. - So what have you chosen to play, Phoenix? - Reo Rangatira. - Thank you very much, Phoenix. Let's play Reo Rangatira. Phoenix, please step forward. - Phoenix, how on earth did you manage to say that that fast? - Um... - Lots of practice? - Not really. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) - You just can do it? - Yeah. - Well, let's hope you can answer a whole lot of Te Reo questions here. 20 points for each one. Best of luck. - What is arm or hand in Te Reo Maori? - Ringa. - Ka pai. What is a Maori word for 'love song'? - Waiata aroha. - Kia ora. Te Arikihui Dame Te Atairangikaahu died in what year, 2006 or 2000? - 2006. - (DING!) - Correct. - What is a Maori word for person? - Tangata. - (DING!) - Nailed that one. Tumatauenga is the deity or guardian of what? - Uh, food? - (BUZZ!) - War. - That's right. Wrong word. E hia nga kete o te wananga i riro i a Tane? - Three. - (DING!) - Kia ora. What is the Maori word for computer? - Rorohiko. - (DING!) - Rorohiko is correct. Awesome job. Six out of a possible seven, and I think it could have been seven as well. As soon as I said war, you knew what the answer was, but amazing stuff, Phoenix. You can take a step back to your podium. Phoenix rockets up to first place with 120 points. Joules is on 30 points, Sid has 20 points and Devon has 10 points. - So now it is Devon's turn, and what have you chosen to play? - Spellbinder. - Great choice. Let's play Spellbinder. Devon, please step forward. So if you win, Devon, what pizza's Joules getting for you? - I dunno. A cheesy garlic? - Sounds pretty good to me. All right, let's get into Spellbinder. First word coming your way - Museum. - M-U-E-S-E` - (BUZZ!) - Didn't need an E for that first one there. M-U-S-E-U-M. Next word. Improvise. - I-M-P-R-O- - V-I-S-E. - (DING!) - There we go. Nicely done. Pasture. - P-A-S-T- U-R-E. - (DING!) - Now we're on a roll. Symbolic. - S-Y-M-B- O-L-I-C. - (DING!) - Great job. Stalagmite. - S-T-E-L-L-A` - (BUZZ!) - Argh. - Needed an 'A' intead of that 'E' there. Your final Spellbinder word is 'experience'. - E-X-P- E- R-I-E-N-C-E. - (DING!) - Nicely done there, Devon. Well spelled. Bit rocky at the start, but that middle section was really, really well done. Congratulations. - Thanks. - You can take a step back to your podium. Phoenix still has the lead with 120 points. Devon moves into second place with 90 points. Jules has 30 points, and Sid has 20 points. So Phoenix and Devon have done a great job so far. And of course, everyone is wondering who will be going on to the Brain Buster. - Here on the Brain Buster, one wrong move can be a game changer. Hopefully not with today's final two. I'm confident they got this. - I'm sure they do. Thanks for that, Mikey. And don't forget ` you can play from home as well. Don't go anywhere. We'll see you i muri o te whakata. * - Kia ora, and welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, Phoenix and Devon had an amazing turn at their specialist subject rounds, and now it is Sid's turn. So, what have we chosen to play, Sid? - I've chosen Equaliser. - Thank you very much. Let's play Equaliser. Sid, please step forward. No surprise that you've picked Equaliser after showing us that great performance about pi. - Best of luck. - Thank you. - 20 points for each equation. 41 multiplied by four equals? - A hundred and sixty four. - (DING!) - Well done. 54 minus eight... - (MOUTHS) ...times by two equals? - 92. - (DING!) - 85, subtract 13... - (MOUTHS) ...divided by four equals? - 18. - (DING!) - Got there. Nice work. The square root of 64... - (MOUTHS) - ...subtract 10 equals? - Negative-two. - (DING!) Well done. 62 times by four... - (MOUTHS) ...plus 59 equals? - (MOUTHS) - 307. - (DING!) - Incredible stuff. 75% of 88? - (MOUTHS) 66. Oh whoops. Sorry. - Divided by 10... subtract seven equals? - (MOUTHS) Negative-1.4. - (BUZZ!) - Negative 0.4. - (TUTS) Oh! - Very, very close. Final equation. 259 multiplied by two equals? - 548. - (BUZZ!) - 518. - OK. - Final answer there. An incredible start, and very close with those last two equations as well. You should be pretty happy with yourself. Sid, you can take a step back to your podium. - Thank you. - Sid and Phoenix now share the lead with 120 points. Devon is on 90 points, and Joules is on 30 points. So we just have Joules left to tackle her specialist subject round. And what have you chosen, Joules? - I've chosen Blueprinter. - Thank you very much, Joules. Let's play Blueprinter. Joules, please step forward. Last to go. Do you think you're gonna be buying the pizza or eating the pizza at this stage? - I think I might be buying the pizza, but I prefer not to think about that. (CHUCKLES) - Fair enough. Let's concentrate on Blueprinter. So now you're gonna have 30 seconds to have a look at what our Blueprinter is. And then we have a further 30 seconds to put in all your answers. Make sense? - Yeah. - Brilliant. Let's take a look and see what our Blueprinter is today. Godley Head. Best of luck. Your time starts now. The walk between Godley Head and Taylors Mistake is a great way to spend an afternoon out in the fresh air. Who Taylor was and when he made his mistake remains unclear. The name has been around since about 1853 and is commonly thought to refer to a ship's captain who mistook the bay for Lyttelton Harbour. 10 seconds left, Joules. - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Just like that, time is up. Best of luck. You now have 30 seconds to put in your answers. That time starts now. - (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Completed that. Thank you very - much, Joules. Happy with your answers? - I'm not completely sure, but I think I've done an OK job. - We'll take that. Let's have a look. First one please. Taylors Mistake absolutely correct. Harris Bay unfortunately not right. Neither is Boulder Bay... or Scarborough Farm Park. Mechanics Bay is correct, though, and Breeze Bay. Just missing out with Summit Rd, unfortunately. Still, great job, Jules. Thank you very much for playing. You can take a step back to your podium. All of our players have now completed their specialist subject round, so let's take a look at that leader board. Sid is on 120 points. Phoenix is also on 120 points. Devon is on 90 points, and Joules is also on 90 points. So a couple of ties there, but the tie that matters right now is between Devon and Joules. We need to go to sudden death. So for that we have our tie-breaker question. Now, only both of you will play this. Whoever buzzes in and gives me the right answer will go through to the next round. But if you buzz in and give me the incorrect answer, your opponent will go through. Best of luck to both of you. More than just points on the line, of course; pizza up for grabs as well. Good luck. Here comes our tiebreaker question. Complete the game name ` Super Mario 3D? - Devon, just. - Go-kart. - (BUZZ!) - Argh. - Incorrect. It was Super Mario 3D World. So I'm sorry to say, Devon, you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. A $100 bank account is all yours. So aside from potentially buying Joules a pizza, what are you going to do with that money? - I might buy something to cook with, maybe make my own pizza. Hey, that's a good way of doing it. Awesome stuff, Devon. Thanks for coming on to the show. And congratulations to our three remaining players. It's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - The heat just turned up for our three remaining players, but there can only be one winner that'll go through to Amygdala. Can't wait to see who it'll be, Chris. - Thanks, Mikey. Now, before we can get to the Brain Buster, we have our brain teaser. All of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds, and we are left with two for our players to choose from ` they are Identifier and Sequencer. So, Sid, Phoenix and Joules, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We'll start with Sid, who has chosen Identifier. Phoenix has locked in Sequencer. So it comes down to Jules, who has voted for Identifier. Thank you, everyone, for those votes. Let's play Identifier. Just 30 points in it ` still very much anyone's game. Best of luck. Here comes your first Identifier question. - (DING!) - Sid. - Plastic, rubber and dry wood. - Sid wants to take sole ownership of the lead... and does so. - Joules. - Quail, duck, ostrich. - Joules knows she needs these points. And gets them. - Sid. - Pasta, bread and potatoes. - (DING!) - Already has the lead. Can we get some more points to Sid? Yes, we can. An interesting round for our brainteaser indeed. So let's take a look at the leader board. Sid has 180 points. Then we have Phoenix on 120 points, and Joules also has 120 points. So we have another tie, this time between Phoenix and Joules. So just like before, we'll go to our sudden-death tie-breaker question. First person to buzz in and give me the correct answer will go through to the Brain Buster, but buzz and get it wrong, your opponent will go through. Best of luck to the both of you. Here comes your tiebreaker question. What term is given to someone who does not eat meat? - (BEEP!) - Joules. - Vegetarian. - (DING!) - Is correct. Well done, Joules. You are through to the next round. So I'm sorry to say, Phoenix, you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. It's been great having you on the show. It's been a lot of fun. You get to go home with a $100 bank account as well. So what are you going to do with that money, Phoenix? - Put it in the bank until another time. - That is the perfect answer, Phoenix. Congratulations on what was a very fun round of Brain Busters, and also congratulations to Sid and to Joules. For them, it is time for the Brain Buster. - Our top two players will race to the finish to be crowned as today's Brain Buster champion. Who will it be? In with the muscle. We'll be right back. Who will it be? In with the muscle. We'll be right back. * - Nau mai, hoki mai. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Our players have been battling it out, and now it's time for the big one, the Brain Buster! - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - I'm up here with our two finalists, Sid and Joules. Now, Sid, a bit of a whiz at the piano, are you? - Yeah, I've been playing for around five years now. - Nice one. So that should help you punch in that code at the Parietal Lobe, right? - Yeah, I hope I can deal with the nerves. - You got this, man. All the best to you, eh? And Jules, really good at the guitar? - Yeah, I've been playing for about five years as well. - Cool, cool. You ready to take on the Brain Buster? - I really hope so. - Nice. Hey, it's now that time to jump off on to our zip lines. Let's get ready to fly. Awesome. Here we go. Three, two, one. Fly! Sid and Joules, welcome to the Brain Buster. Get yourselves out of those harnesses. Here we go, and down the Neurotransmitters. You know, maybe when this is all over, youse two can start a band with Joules's guitar and Sid's piano skills. But right now they're opponents, and only one can make it through to the Amygdala. Both players through the Corpus Callosum. It looks like Joules is slightly ahead at this stage. And she punches in her code at the Hippocampus console, and the door comes crashing down ` just what we want. And the same for Sid. Time to head up the Parietal Lobe now. Who's going to make it up first? It's Joules. And Joules flies ahead into the tunnel. Plus Sid's up now and not far behind. Joules is doing great here, about to enter the Frontal Lobe. Come on, Sid. Catch up, man. All right. Here we go. On the road to the DNA Molecule switches. Joules just about there already. But how long will it take to find the correct combination? Sid approaching. Joules could be about to lose her lead if she's not fast here. Oh, she gets it! Her side of the Brain Buster frame has been activated. Now it's just a matter of getting through the Basal Ganglia. Oh! You all good, Joules? Just tripped on one of those hurdles, but that's not going to stop her. Joules takes out the Brain Buster today. Awesome race from these two, Chris. - As Sid hits the buzzer as well, what a finish to the race! I'll get you to come across this way, Sid. Joules, we'll quickly start with you. - A little bit of trouble at the end there. We're all good? - Yeah. OK. That's the main thing. Sid, we'll head over to you now as well. Congratulations on competing here in Brain Busters. Joules was ahead of you for most of that race there, but at the end there, you were really catching up. - Did you think you were gonna catch her? - I thought so, - but oh, it was fine. - Couldn't quite get there. - Still had a lot of fun? - Yeah, a lot. - Good. And you get to go home with a $100 bank account as well. So what are you going to do with that money? - I'm just gonna save it and see what I should spend it on. Nice. Very wise of you to do that, Sid. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. Joules, I'll get you to come across. Come back up this way. Congratulations. You are today's Brain Busters champion. Did you think you were gonna be here at the start of the show? - No. I'll be honest ` no. - And here you are. One more challenge to go, Joules. And that, of course, is Amygdala. Joules, a big congratulations on making it this far to the Amygdala. And what a ride it's been! Not just one tiebreaker; two tiebreakers you had to go through to get here. Plus a phenomenal effort on the Brain Buster. You've done extremely well. So now that you're here, has it all soaked in yet? - Yeah, well, it was very stressful, but I'm glad that it's over, and now I have to do this. - It's just you now as well. So, you scored a hundred and 30 points today. Sid, your opponent on the Brain Buster scored a hundred and 80 points, and you get to take all of his points. We turn that into dollars. And the total you are playing for is $310. - A lot of money, Joules. - (GIGGLES) - Ready to try to win all of it? - I hope so. (CHUCKLES) - Let's do it. Here comes your first Amygdala question. What type of creatures are tuna, cod and terakihi? - Fish. - That's the start we want. Only the South Island gets snow ` true or false? - False. - It's correct. How many months have four letters in their name? - Three. - (BUZZ!) - Oh! - Just two ` June and July. - Oh, April's five! - (BOTH CHUCKLE) - All good. Reset. Focus. Meghan Trainor had hit a hit single in 2014 called All About That - what? - Bass. - If I asked you to sing it now, would you do it? - No. - (LAUGHS) All About That Bass. Does that make sense? All about that bass? Or would it be something else? - No, it is all about that bass. Nicely done. - (CHUCKLES) - Oranges are known for being high in which vitamin? - D, I think. - (CHUCKLES) - Looking that one in? - Yep. - Was it a guess or do we think that was it? - I was going between C and D, so... - Between C and D. You said D, and the answer is... - not D. It was, in fact, C. - (CHUCKLES) OK. - What nut does a Waldorf salad contain? - Um... - Walnut. - What made you say walnut? - Because you said Waldorf salad, and so I was thinking of a walnut. (CHUCKLES) I don't know. - Educated guess, you'd say? Guess you could call it that, right? - More of a guess guess. (CHUCKLES) - It is walnut. How many sides does a heptagon have? - Nine. Oh. (CHUCKLES) - You said nine. If you were to say another option, what would it have been? - I don't know. (CHUCKLES) - Gotta have the belief, the confidence that it could be right. Unfortunately not the case. Seven is the answer. Your final Amygdala question. Gotta get this one, Joules, all right? Believe in you. Is the well-known stationery and school gear shop known as Wriggle or Smiggle? - Smiggle. - No hesitation in that one. - No. - Not a guess? - No. - Confident? - Yeah. - Of course, it is Smiggle. Joules, congratulations. A hundred and 55 dollars is all yours. Amazing work. Some tricky questions in there, but some really good answers as well. So what are you going to do with that money? - I'm probably going to save up for a new guitar. - Nice choice. All the best with guitar as well. You're amazing at it, and I can't wait to hear it as well. Thank you so much, Joules` - Thank you. - ...for coming on the show. - Well done, Joules. - And also a nice colour T-shirt. Good choice. - (BOTH LAUGH) - If you think you can take on the Brain Buster, just like our girl Joules, jump online and head to Heihei games. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's us for Brain Busters. Captions by Faith Hamblyn. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.