- 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. - kicking it with your boy, Mikey Falesiu. It's all about pure strength, speed and resilience when it comes to the brain buster. Will today's top two contestants have what it takes? Let the games begin. - Thanks, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. So, let's meet today's brain busters. Captions by Joshua Tait 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. We'll start with Mega Memory, before we move into our specialist subject rounds where players will hope to gain enough points to stay in this game and avoid elimination. So let's meet our players now. Firstly, Ethan, welcome to the game. Right into your badminton? - Yep. - How long have you been playing that for? - I only just started this year. - Love it? - Yes. - So, do we prefer the wee soft shot, or that big spike thing? - The big spike. - (CHUCKLES) Is that what it's called? - It's called smash. - Oh, smash. Right. Close enough. - Yeah. (BOTH LAUGH) - Great to have you here, Ethan. Kanishka, welcome to the show. What do you like to do in your spare time? - I love rowing, actually. - How did we get into rowing? - I just decided to pick it up this year and become a cox. - Ah, so you get to boss everyone else around. - Mm, yes, actually. (GIGGLES) - Very nice. The power. - (GIGGLES) Heavenly, great having you here on the show. A future Silver Fern in the making is what I hear. What position are we? - I play middle court, centre, wing attack and wing defence. - Awesome. So, what'd be better, becoming a Silver Fern or winning Brain Busters? - Becoming a Silver Fern. - Not really a question, is it? But for the time being, Brain Busters is the focus. Then we also have George. Now, you want to get into digital design. Why is that? - It's because of the future opportunities that could appear for this job. - Awesome. I like the way you think, George. All right, let's get straight into our first round. It's great to have you here. It's time to play Mega Memory. Who will be on top after Mega Memory? Let's find out now. 90 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now. Are furniture and computers sold by Harvey Norman or Norman Gunston? Kanishka. - Harvey Norman. - In the Super Mario video games, what colour is Luigi's hat? George. - Green. - On what story was the Disney movie Tangled based? - Heavenly. - Rapunzel. - Who was the cartoon bird that went to bed every night on New Zealand TV? Heavenly. - Kiwi? (UNCERTAIN BEEPS) - Bit more info, please, Heavenly. - Pass. - Goodnight Kiwi. Is messenger connected to Facebook or MySpace? Heavenly. - Messenger. Oh, Facebook! - In the chemical formula for water, H2O, what element does the H stand for? Ethan. - Hydrogen. - Who did Ed Sheeran collaborate with for his 2019 song I Don't Care? Heavenly. - Justin Bieber. - How many people does tena korua refer to Heavenly. - Two. - What sport did Sarah Ulmer represent New Zealand in? (BUZZER BUZZES) Cycling. What board game is known in the United States as Clue? George. - Cluedo. - In the nursery rhyme ring-a-ring o' rosie, what does everyone do after sneezing? Kanishka. - Pass. - All fall down. Which New Zealand city is furthest away from Auckland, Hamilton or Dunedin? Ethan. - Dunedin. In an opera, what is the name given to the text or words that are song? (BUZZER BUZZES) Libretto was our final answer for Mega Memory. Thank you all very much for playing. Let's take a look at the scores. Heavenly has the lead with 30 points. Ethan is on 20 points. George also has 20 points, and Kanishka has zero points. Now we move into our specialist subject rounds, and I think we should definitely get some points on the board for Kanishka. So, what would you like to play. - Spellbinder. - Awesome. Let's play Spellbinder. Kanishka, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) So, as a cox, you're saying a lot of words ` shouting a lot of words at your rowers. The question is, can you spell them? - (CHUCKLES) - Let's find out. Best of luck. Your first word is ` rodent. Correct. Please spell spaghetti. Lovely. Mortified. Well done. Spell contour. Great spelling. Resolution. O before the U there. R-E-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N. The next word is ` grotesque. Q-U-E instead of the K, sorry, Kanishka. That is or final word for Spellbinder. Started off brilliantly. Just fell away a little bit in the end, but still really good job. Thank you for playing Spellbinder. Kanishka now has first place with 80 points. Heavenly has 30 points. Ethan is on 20 points and George is on 20 points. So, let's move on to our second player now for the specialist subject round. That player is Ethan. So, what will you be playing? - Equaliser. Thank you very much, Ethan. Let's play Equaliser. Ethan, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) Why did we pick Equaliser, Ethan? - Because I'm` Apparently I'm very good at math. - Apparently? - Yeah, apparently. - Let's put it to the test then. Here we go. Best of luck. Well done. 46. Correct. Great job. 416. Finally, Ethan ` Very quick on that final one. That is Equaliser complete. Ethan, Thank you very much for playing. Ethan is now in first place with 100 points. Kanishka has 80 points. Heavenly is on 30 points and George has 20 points. So, two of that players have already completed their specialist subject round, but all of our players are wondering if they've got what it takes to head to that brain buster. - It won't be easy for our top two players. If they really want to be crowned as today's champion, they've gotta bring their A game. Make sure they're ready, Chris. - Will do, Mikey. Thanks for that. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Simply head online to Hei Hei Games. Don't go anywhere, we'll be right back i muri i te whakata. * - Nau mai, hoki mai. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Kanishka and Ethan take on their specialist subject round. Playing next is George. So what will you be playing, George? - Identifier. - Thank you very much. Let's play Identifier. George, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) How have we been feeling so far, George? - Good. - Reckon we can go all the way? - Yes. - I like the confidence. Well, let's put it to the test now as we go into Identifier. Best of luck. Can we get off to a good start? Yes, we can. That was a quick answer! And also the correct one. George not wasting any time at all. It's correct. Terabyte, gigabyte, megabyte. George, really on a roll. Can we can continue? Awesome stuff, George. George is correct again. See if we can get our final Identifier question correct. Hit two, needed three. Filo was our last option that needed to be selected there. Great effort, George. Thank you very much for playing Identifier. George is now in first place with 120 points. Ethan has 100 points. Kanishka has 80 points. And Heavenly is on 30 points. So we have just one more player remaining to take on their specialist subject around. That player is Heavenly. So what would you like to play? - Reo Rangatira. - Awesome, Heavenly. Let's play the Reo Rangatira. Heavenly, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) First place after Mega Memory ` gotta be pretty happy with that, right? - Yes. - Wanna get back into that top spot? - Yup. - Let's get through this then. Best of luck. Here comes your first te reo focused question. What is a Maori word for house? - Whare. - Kia ora. Translate this ` horoia o ringaringa. - Wash your hands. Very important. Please spell ` rangatira. Ae, that is correct. What is a Maori word for wave, as in ocean? - Ngaru. - It sure is. - E hia nga ringa o te wheke? - Waru. - Quick on that! And finally, where is Kirikiriroa? - Wellington? - Sorry, the correct answer there was Hamilton. And that is Reo Rangatira complete. Great job. Really solid way to finish off our specialist subject rounds. Thank you very much for playing. - Thank you. - That is our specialist subject rounds complete. So let's take a look at the leaderboard. Heavenly reclaims top spot with 130 points. George has 120 points, Ethan has 100 points, and Kanishka has 80 points. So, unfortunately, we do need to eliminate our first player today on Brain Busters. It's you, sorry Kanishka! But you get to go home with a $100 bank account. So what will you be doing with that money, Kanishka? - I would like to fund my armadillo fan club. - Oh! Can you tell us a little bit about that? - Yeah, so I just have this really, really big` big love for armadillos, so I thought I'd make a little fan club for it, so... (CHUCKLES) - Very awesome, Kanishka. Great having you here on the show. And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to that brain buster. - Our three remaining players must stay focussed if they want to go to the final round. It's not going to be easy, but I'm sure they're up for it. - I'm sure they are Mikey, and before we can get to the brain buster, we have our Brain Teaser. Now, all of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds, and we are left with two options for our players to choose from. Today those options are Sequencer or Blueprinter. So, Ethan, Heavenly and George, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you all very much for voting. Let's firstly take a look at Ethan, who has chosen... Blueprinter. We'll jump across to George, who would like to play... Sequencer. And Heavenly has chosen... Blueprinter. Thank you everyone for your votes. Let's play Blueprinter. As we are playing Blueprinter for the Brainteaser, our players will have 30 seconds to take a look at what it is, and then you'll have to buzz in and give me your answers after that. Best of luck. Let's see what the Blueprinter is. Your time starts now. An invisible highway in the sky, birds use eight different routes while they migrate around the globe. The East Asian Australasian route, which passes through New Zealand, has approximately 55 species, or about five million birds travelling along it. (TENSE MUSIC) Five seconds left. (KLAXON WAILS) That's time. All right, hopefully you've got those locked in. First one coming your way now. What's this? Ethan? - Uh,... (CLEARS THROAT) Atlantic Americas. - Unfortunately, not correct, Ethan, it was East Atlantic. Number two. Heavenly. - Black Sea. - Black Sea is correct. Heavenly extending her lead. Next one, please. George. - Central Asian. - It is also Central Asian. This one ` Ethan. - East Asian Australasian. - Ethan gets those points back. Finally ` Ethan. - West Pacific. - The last one is, in fact, the West Pacific. Well done, Ethan. Well done to all of you. Thank you so much for taking on the Brainteaser. Let's take a look at our final leaderboard. Heavenly has 160 points. George is close behind on 150 points. Then we have Ethan on 130 points. So a very tight battle there for our Brainteaser. Unfortunately, though, we do need to eliminate our second player, Ethan, it's you, I'm afraid. A $100 bank account is coming your way, though. Well played today, my friend. What are you going to do with that money? - I'm going to give it to my parents so we can spend it on my school uniform next year. - That is a very great choice, Ethan. Good on you for thinking of your parents and your family like that. Awesome stuff. And congratulations to Heavenly and to George. For them, it's on to the Brain Buster. - A test of resilience, perseverance and determination for our final two contestants. Who will be leaving as today's Brain Buster champion? Stay right there. We'll find out soon. Nina's friend Anahera says she'll sell her some PS4 games for a 50% discount. If they are usually $49 each, how much will two now cost her? * - We asked you how much it would cost Nina to buy two $49 PS4 games at a 50% discount. The answer is $49. Welcome back to the show, and what a show it's been. But now it's time for our final two players to take on the brain buster! - The moment of truth for our final two players, George and Heavenly. Are you guys ready for the brain buster? Awesome. Here we go. Feet up. Let's fly. Three, two, one, fly! Welcome to the ultimate obstacle course! George and Heavenly ` these two have been pretty evenly matched throughout today's episode, but only one can take out the brain buster. Down the Neurotransmitters and on to the Molecules Steps. No worry so far. How will we go memorising the codes? Make sure they stay in your head as you hop through the Corpus Callosum. Heavenly makes it over and wastes no time inputting the code. And she's got it. Here goes, George. Nice. It's always an uphill climb to conquer this next obstacle ` the Parietal Lobe. George and Heavenly both tackling it head on though. It's still anyone's race as they both speed through the Tunnel Web. Heavenly makes it out first. George, having a bit of trouble with the webbing. Come on, man, you can do it. There you go. And now we are on to the Frontal Lobe. Heavenly has a bit of an advantage now. She makes it to the DNA Molecule Switches first. Let's see how long it takes her to find the correct combination. Not long at all. Will George be as lucky? No, it doesn't look like it. Heavenly is on her way to the finish via the Basal Ganglia. George finds the correct combination, but Heavenly is today's Brain Buster champion. Nice one, George. Another awesome race today, Chris. - Buzzer is hit. That is our race complete. Heavenly, I'll get you to step across this way. George, we'll start with you. Well done on taking on the course. What do we love about doing that? - (SIGHS) It was tiring. - Good fun, though? - Yep. - That's the main thing, George. Congratulations on coming on Brain Busters today. Second place for you, which means you've got yourself a $100 bank account. What do you think you want to do with the money? - Probably... I'll just save it. - Smart move, George. Great having you here. Heavenly, great effort there. A solid performance. I'm sure the Silver Ferns selectors were definitely watching that one looking to the future. How did you feel when I went? - It went good. - Yeah, you've done an amazing job. One thing left to do though, Heavenly. And, of course, that is taking on Amygdala! - (GIGGLES) - Heavenly, a wee giggle there. Excited to be here on Brain Busters... - Yup. - ...and the Amygdala. That's what we're here for. You've done a fantastic job today. Congratulations on making it this far. You scored 160 points, and then you took out George on the brain buster. He had 150 points. You put that together and you're playing for $310. - OK. (SIGHS) Yes. - Big breaths. - EXHALES: Yeah. - 10 out of 10? - Yeah ` 10 out of 10. - Let's go for it. Which theme park in Anaheim, California, calls itself the happiest place on earth? - Oh... - The happiest place on earth. - Oh, what is it? Disneyland? Is it Disneyland? Oh! - It is Disneyland. - (CHUCKLES) - Nervous one out of the way. In a netball uniform, what does GS stand for? - Goal shoot. - No hesitation there. Of course, that was going to be correct. When Pinocchio tells a lie, what does his nose do? - Grow longer. - It does. - What vegetable is used to make French fries? - Potatoes. - That would be delicious and correct. Which is the highest mountain in the world? - Mount Everest? - Mount Everest? Pretty high. There's a couple up there that are also very, very high. Have you got the highest one though? - (SIGHS DEEPLY) - Mount Everest is correct. Do Huffer make clothing or inhalers? - Clothing. - Clothing is correct. According to the rhyme, where were the 10 green bottles sitting or hanging? - The kitchen? I'm just gonna guess. - Not the kitchen, I'm afraid. 'On the wall' is the answer. Next one ` in which movie series do vehicles change into robots? - Transformers. - Transformers. Is it what we're after? - Yeah. 100%. - Correct. - Whiskas pet food is made for which animal? - Cats. - Cats have whiskers. - (SIGHS) - Well done. Finally, name the movie ` Pies In Disguise or Spies In Disguise? - Spies In Disguise. - Another 50/50. (CORRECT CHIME) - 50/50. Look at you, you've got it right. Well done. Spies In Disguise was the answer, meaning you have scored $279. Brilliant effort there. Nine out of 10. So, so close to that perfect score as well. You've got to be really happy with yourself there. What are you going to do with the money? - I'm probably going to save half of it in my savings account, and then the other half, probably go, like, shopping and buy me food. (LAUGHS) - Great choices there. Awesome job. $279. - Phew, well done, Heavenly. I'm sure you're happy with that amount. - Yes. Nice. Awesome work. If you think you can take the brain buster on just like our girl, Heavenly, jump online and head to Hei Hei Games. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's it for Brain Busters. Captions by Joshua Tait Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 Than you, New Zealand On Air!