- We start with four, but in the end, there can be only one. Kia ora, I'm Chris Kirk and this is Brain Busters. Who has the mind power to make it all the way through the rounds and end up at this ` the Brain Buster? - Chilling out with your boy, Mikey Falesiu. Will our top two players be up for today's challenge? I hope so, because this is the ultimate obstacle course. - 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 Sophie Pearce. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 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, 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 in this game to stay in it and hopefully not be eliminated. So let's make our players now. First up, we have Tony. Welcome to the show, Tony. - Thank you. - Were you not here on the awesome Brain Busters, what do you like to do at home? - Sometimes I practise basketball and sometimes I play video games. - Awesome. Well, let's see how good you are at Brain Busters a bit later on. We also have Lucy. Lucy, I hear you're right into baking. Favourite thing to bake? - Cake. - What type of cake would be your favourite? - Vanilla. - Vanilla. Couldn't convince you about chocolate? Not a fan of chocolate? - Disgusting! - CHUCKLES: OK, moving on. We also have Te Paea. Welcome to the show, Te Paea. You're right into your basketball as well ` in fact, you've represented Waikato, right? - Yeah, in Waikato Country. - That's got to be a pretty cool experience. - It's pretty cool. (CHUCKLES) - And now you here on Brain Busters representing Hamilton as well. Best of luck to you. And we also have Viraj. Welcome to the show, Viraj. Moved us from India when you were just 8 years old. - Yup. - So what's better ` India or New Zealand, Viraj? - New Zealand. - And also like cricket, so who's better ` India or New Zealand? - India. - Oh, OK. I'll let you say that one. Fair enough. So let's get into the first round of the day. It's Mega Memory. Let's get straight into it. 90 seconds on the clock. Best of luck. Your time starts now. What colour is Thomas the Tank Engine? - Tony. - Blue. - (DING!) - What type of tree is New Zealand's famous Tane Mahuta? - Viraj. - Kauri. - (DING!) - Dwayne The Rock Johnson first became famous through which sport? - Viraj. - Wrestling. - (DING!) In what year did man first walk on the moon? Viraj. - 1954. - (BUZZ!) - 1969. Name the cricket term used when a bowler takes three wickets in a row. - Viraj. - Hat-trick. - (DING!) - How many flat sides does a cube have? - Tony. - Six. - (DING!) - What is the name of the port suburb of Christchurch? - (BUZZ!) - Lyttelton. What is in the middle of a baked Alaska? Lucy. - (BUZZ!) - Sugar. - Ice cream. - Oh. - In which region of Aotearoa are the Waitangi treaty grounds? - Viraj. - Bay of Plenty. No! Bay of Islands. - (DING!) Which nation won the 2018 football World Cup? - Viraj. - France. - (DING! SIREN WAILS) - Is correct. Right on the buzzer there. Well done, everyone. Thank you so much for playing. Let's take a look at the scores. Viraj has 40 points, Tony has 20 points, Lucy is on zero, and Te Paea is also on zero. So time to bump those scores up now as we move into our specialist subject rounds, and first to play is Lucy. So what have you chosen, Lucy? - Sequencer. - Awesome. Let's play a Sequencer. Lucy, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So, Lucy, why don't you like chocolate? I like chocolate, just not chocolate cake. - Oh, OK, I can take that. That's understandable. All right, shall we ask you some questions? - OK. - 20 points for each one. Best of luck, Lucy. Here comes your first. In what order did these men first visit New Zealand? Not wasting any time with our first one. (BUZZ! BUZZ! DING!) - Doh. - Unfortunately needed to swap around Abel Tasman and Captain Cook. More questions though, Lucy. Don't worry. In what order with these movies first released? Seen all those movies, Lucy? Great movies as well. (DING! DING! DING!) And no surprise, you got the correct order! In what order were these toys invented ` earliest to latest? Back up the points again here. (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) - Doh. - Unable to do so. Lego bricks first, then Barbie, finally Hot Wheels. Order these Pokemon from first to last in their evolution line. Lucy didn't want to make any changes there. (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) - Huh? - But probably needed to. It was Pichu, then Pikachu, finally Raichu. - Oh. - In which order did these Queen's rule? - Think you got the right order, Lucy? - (DING! DING! DING!) - Oh, ha ha ha. - Well done. In which order did these sportspeople win their first Olympic gold medal? Fan of the Olympics, Lucy? - But I don't know the answer. - Let's see. - (DING! DING! DING!) - Oh, ha ha ha. - Well played again, Lucy. In what order did the following periods occur? Think you know this one? Another guess again. Let's see. (DING! DING! DING!) Lucy, very well played indeed. A really strong finish as well. Congratulations, and thank you for playing Sequencer. Lucy is in first place with 80 points. Viraj has 40 points, Tony is on 20 points, and Te Paea is on zero points. And it's now Te Paea's turn to go. So what have you chosen to play, Te Paea? - Reo Rangatira. - Awesome. Let's play Reo Rangatira. Te Paea, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) All right, Te Paea, 20 points for each correct te reo focused question. Best of luck. Here comes your first one. What is a Maori word for 'remember'? - Maumahara. - (DING!) - Correct. What is Te Waipounamu? - The South Island. (DING!) - What is the Maori name for a sweet potato? - Kumara. (DING!) Perfect start here. What is an English word for 'uira'? - Lightning. (DING!) Named Mahuru Maori, what month is Maori language month celebrated through the country? - March. - (BUZZ!) - September. He aha enei mea ` totara, kowhai, kauri? - Trees. (DING!) - And finally, what is a Maori word for 'explain'? - Whakamarama. (DING!) - That was so fast. - (CHUCKLES) All those answers, you were just banging them out and getting six right is 'wow'. Probably could have been seven,... - Yeah. - ...but awesome stuff. Congratulations. You can take a step back to your podium. Te Paea races to first place with 120 points. Lucy has 80 points, Viraj is on 40 points, and Tony has 20 points. So two of our players have already taken on the challenge of their specialist subject rounds and all of our players are wondering if they've got what it takes to head up to Mikey with the Brain Buster. - Only one will be crowned as today's Brain Buster. Who will be going home, and who will be making it to the Amygdala? Can't wait to find out. - Your guess is as good as mine, Mikey. Thank you very much for that. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Just get online to HEIHEI Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see i muri i te whakata. * Kia ora, and welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, Lucy and Te Paea took on the challenge that is their specialist subject rounds, and next to play now is Tony. So what have you chosen to play, Tony? - Equaliser. - Thank you very much. Let's play Equaliser. Tony, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) Think you're pretty handy at maths, Tony? - Hopefully. - Hopefully. Let's find out. 20 points for each correct equation. Best of luck. Here is number one. (DING!) (DING!) - (DING!) - Well done. - (DING!) - Correct. - (DING!) - Also correct. - (DING!) - Great job. Final equation for a perfect score. (DING!) Just like that. Thought you were pretty good at maths ` incredibly good at maths! Tony, congratulations, a perfect score for Equaliser. Well done. Tony now takes top spot with 160 points. Te Paea has 120 points. Lucy has 80 points, and Viraj is on 40 points. So we just had Viraj left to take on his specialist subject round, and what have you chosen to play? - Blueprinter. - Awesome. Let's play Blueprinter. Viraj, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So first question, Viraj. - Yup. - Kane Williamson or Virat Kohli? - Virat Kohli. - (SIGHS DEEPLY) OK. - (GIGGLES) - All right, moving on then. Let's get into Blueprinter now. So you're gonna have 30 seconds on the clock to memorise what our Blueprinter is, and then have a further 30 seconds to put in all those answers. Ready to go? - Yup. - Excellent. Let's see what our Blueprinter is. So, good luck. Your time starts now. Rotorua Skyline is the home of the world's first luge track not to be made with snow or ice and has been open to thrill seekers since 1985. In 2013, the 15 millionth luge rider barrelled down the track, and it's fair to say, it's one of New Zealand's coolest experiences. Five seconds left, Viraj. And that is time. A lot there. Hopefully you've got it all. You now have 30 seconds to put those answers in and it starts now. 15 seconds left. Not that you needed the time. Viraj, pretty happy with those answers? - Yup. Excellent. That's the confidence we like to hear. So let's see what our first one is. - (DING!) - It is the Photo Booth. Nicely done. - (BUZZ!) - Sky Swing wasn't correct though. - (DING!) - But we got Intermediate Luge Track. - (DING!) - Make that three, with the Scenic Luge Track. - (BUZZ!) - Incorrect with Luge Entrance. - (BUZZ!) - Missed out on that one. Come on, Jelly Belly Store. (DING!) - Yes, well done, Viraj. Thank you so much for playing Blueprinter. - Thank you. - 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 the leaderboard. Tony has 160 points. Te Paea has 120 points. Viraj also has 120 points. Then we have Lucy on 80 points. So Lucy, I'm really sorry to tell you but you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. It's been an absolute pleasure having you on the show. And of course you get to go home with a $100 bank account. So what are you going to do with all that money, Lucy? - I'm saving up for a phone because I smashed mine by accident. - Oh, that's never ideal, but a good option indeed. Lucy, thanks again for coming on the show. And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Only three players remaining, which means the top two will be racing to see who will be crowned as today's Brain Buster champion. - Kia ora, Mikey. And before we can get to that, we have the Brain Teaser. Now, all of our players have gone through their specialist subject rounds and we are left with two options for our players to choose from. Today, those options are Spellbinder or Identifier. So Tony, Te Paea, and Viraj, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you very much for locking in those votes. Let's start with Tony, who has chosen... Identifier. Te Paea has voted for... Spellbinder. So it comes down to Viraj, who has picked... Spellbinder. Thank you very much, everyone. Let's play Spellbinder. Still very close at the moment, so let's get straight into it and see who will go through. Best of luck. Here comes your first word. 'Agriculture'. Te Paea. - (DING!) - That is correct. Well spelled, Te Paea. 'Tolerate'. Tony. - (DING!) - Well done, Tony. Your next word is... 'definite'. Viraj. - (BUZZ!) - (SIGHS) - He knew what Viraj did there. Next word ` 'international'. Viraj. - (DING!) - Nicely spelled, Viraj. Your final word is... 'jealous'. Te Paea. - (DING!) - Is correct. Thank you, everyone, for playing Spellbinder edition of Brain Teaser. Let's take a look at the leaderboard. Tony finishes on 190, Te Paea has 180, and Viraj has 120 points. So it was pretty close, but in the end, I'm sorry, Viraj, you have been eliminated from Brian Busters. Great having you on the show, and of course you get a $100 bank account. So what will you be doing with that money? - Probably save up for something. - Nice. Any idea of what you're gonna save up for? - Not sure yet. - Good to be smart with money like that though, Viraj. Thank you so much for coming on the show and can't wait to see you at the next Black Caps v India game. - Yup. And congratulations to Tony and Te Paea. For them, it's on to the Brain Buster. - Who out of our top two players will be leaving victorious as today's Brain Buster? Don't' move a muscle. We'll be right back. * - The answer is five. 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollar notes. Nau mai hoki mai, and welcome back to the show. We are down to our final two players who are waiting and are ready for the Brain Buster! (EXCITING MUSIC) - I'm joined here with our two finalist, Tony and Te Paea. Well done, guys, on making it this far. Now, Tony, coding is one of your things. What got you into coding, man? - I just saw it online and thought it might be fun to do, so I decided just to learn it. - Cool. You ready to crack the code of Brain Buster? - Yeah. Awesome. All the best to you. And Te Paea, I know you love your sports. Netball is one of your sports, what got you into netball? - Uh, it was an accident cos my mum forgot to pick me up, so I just went to trials. - Oh, well, you know what? I bet you Mum is watching now and she's real proud of you at making it this far. Best of luck to you both. It's now time to jump up to our zip lines, and let's get ready to fly. Here we go. Three, two, one. Fly! Te Paea and Tony are about to enter the Brain Buster. 370 combined points on the line here. An impressive spinning technique from Te Paea to get down the Neurotransmitter. Oh, I see she lost her footing on that first Molecule Step. Nice recovery though. Our two keen basketballers are off to a hot start. Through the Corpus Callosum with no problems and on to the Hippocampus. Our man Tony is into coding, but how did he go with this code? Nailed it! As did Te Paea. Both players now free to tackle the Parietal Lobe. Tony and Te Paea pulling themselves up ` who will make it to the top first? Nice one, Tony. Come on, Te Paea. Almost there. Tony makes short work of the Tunnel Web and Te Paea now has a bit of catching up to do. We're at the business end of the course now ` the Frontal Lobe. Te Paea just making her way across now as Tony is wrestling with the DNA switches. Switch activated for Tony and he's making a beeline for the finish. Can Te Paea activate hers? Nah, it's going to be too late. Tony makes it to the end and takes out today's Brain Buster. There you go, Te Paea. Just one more obstacle and you've made it to the end. A great competitive race from these two today, Chris. - There we go. Race completed. Tony, I'll get you to come across this way beside Te Paea. Te Paea, we'll start with you. How was it? - It was good. - Enjoyed it? - Yeah. - Unfortunately, couldn't quite take it out today. Second place, though, so should be pretty stoked with that. What are you going to do with your $100 bank account? - Probably just save it to go on a holiday with my friends. - Oh, nice choice, Te Paea. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. Tony, congratulations. You are today's Brain Buster champion. How does it feel to be the champion? - More than I expected. - Really? You didn't think you'd make it this far? - Not really. - Well, you proved that you could and did an awesome effort as well. Flew through that course, may I add. Congratulations. So, for Tony, one more thing left to do, and that is Amygdala. Tony, welcome to Amygdala. How are the nerves? - High. - High. Let's see if we can get a nice high total of money as well. A good effort today on Brain Busters. You scored a total of 190 points. Te Paea also did amazing, 180, so you are playing for a total of $370. Fair bit of money, right? - Yeah. Let's try win as much as we can. Here comes your first Amygdala question. Best of luck. What is the three letter name for the abdominal muscles? - Abs. - (DING!) - Correct. What is 5 squared? - 25. (DING!) - Correct. Which town was the original capital of New Zealand? - Wellington. - (BUZZ!) - Russell was the capital from 1840 to 1941. Rhyming with Robert, Bilbo Baggins is a what? - Hobbit. - (DING!) - He sure is. Name Wellington's International Test Cricket venue. - Don't know. - (BUZZ!) - Basin Reserve. Still, had a really great start. Keep it going. Which singer's real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. - (BUZZ!) - Bruno Mars. Beginning with B, what is the name for when a liquid is heated until it turns into a gas? - Boil. - (DING!) - Yes, well done. Which show lampoons the misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant. - SpongeBob SquarePants. - Big smile on your face for that one. Think you've got it? - I think so. - (DING!) - SpongeBob SquarePants is correct. How many days are there in the southern hemisphere's autumn season? - 92. - What made you say 92? - I know it starts in March, and March has 31, and I know it alternates between 31, 30, and 31, so I just added them together. - This to take us past $200. - (DING!) - Well done. - (SIGHS) Final Amygdala question. The current British national anthem is 'God Save' who? - Us. - 'Us', final answer for Amygdala. How we feeling about this one? - Not too confident. Heard the British national anthem much? - Nope. (BUZZ!) - Unfortunately it wasn't 'us'. The correct answer was 'the queen'. And as we turn around and have a look, $222 ` it is all yours. Congratulations. What are you gonna do with the money? - Save it or share with my family. - Nice. I think they're both fantastic options. Great job. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. - Well done, Tony. I'm sure you're happy with that amount, yeah? - Yeah. - Awesome, man. If you think you can take on the Brain Buster, just like our man Tony, jump online and head to HEIHEI Games. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's it for Brain Busters. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 Thank you NZ On Air.