- 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 in Maths, memory, Te Reo, spelling and more before it all leads up to this ` the Brain Buster. - Chilling out with your man, Mikey Falesiu. Will today's top two contestants be ready to take on the ultimate obstacle course? I hope so, because it's about to go down. Let's go! - Sure is, Mikey, thanks for that. And don't forget you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's Brain Busters. (ELECTRONIC POP MUSIC) Captions by Starsha Samarasinghe. 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 moving into our specialist subject round, 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. So let's meet today's players. Firstly, Toby, great to have you on the show. Pretty handy swimmer, I hear. You've gone to Nationals. - Yes. - What was that experience like? - It was a big competition, and I got a lot of PBs, which was good. - Absolutely. Congratulations on that. Let's see how well we can do here on Brain Busters, Toby. Rhiannon, welcome to the show. You've been to badminton regionals 10 years in a row with the same team, right? - Uh, no, my school's been and they've won 10 years in the running, so I have a lot to live up to for the next few years. - Right. A lot of pressure then. - Yeah. - Can you live up to the pressure? - I hope so. - And what about the pressure here on Brain Busters? - I hope I can live up to that as well. I think you can, Rhiannon. Great to have you here. Alice, welcome to the show. What do you like to do in your spare time? - I like to go horse riding and I also like to ski. - Ooh, how's the season been skiing so far? - It's pretty good. I usually go to Porters, which is just fun. - Yeah. Nice place. Awesome to have you here on the show, Alice. And we also have James. In a band? - Yeah. - What's your favourite part about being in a band, James? - Just like everyone playing together. - Do you have any like rock and roll icons? - I like ACDC. - Can't go wrong with a bit of ACDC. But how are your ABCD's? Let's find out on the show today, eh, James? - Yep. All right, let's get straight into it with our first round of the day. It's Mega Memory. First points up for grabs here today in Mega Memory. Good luck to all of our players. 90 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now. What is the name given to the first meal of the day? - Breakfast. Beginning with P, what fuel was sold by BP`? - Petrol. - Revlon, MAC and Maybelline are all` - Make-up brands. - According to the tongue twister, where did she sell seashells? - By the seashore. - Which country does a person called a Spaniard come from? - Spain. - Who did New Zealand face in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final? - England. A herbivore is an animal that eats only`? - Plants. In the song by the White Stripes, how many nation army is it? - Seven. What is the top left letter on a QWERTY keyboard? - Q. Name the largest city on New Zealand's South Island. - Christchurch. The Aegean Sea lies between Turkey and one other country? - Egypt. - Greece. How many strings does a standard banjo have? - Four. - Five. Which electric car maker shares its name with a Serbian-American inventor? - Tesla. In which country did the wooden shoes known as clogs originate? - Turkey. - Holland. (TIMER BLARES, BUZZER) And that is it for Mega Memory. Thank you very much for playing our first round. Let's take a look now at the scores. It's James who has the early lead with 50 points beside his name. Rhiannon has 20 points, Toby has 10 points and Alice is on zero points. So now we move into our specialist subject rounds, and starting us off today is Alice. So, what will you be playing? - Spellbinder. - Thank you very much. Let's play Spellbinder. Alice, please step forward. You answered a lot in Mega Memory, Alice, unfortunately, the score doesn't quite show the result we're after. Time to change that now, though, right? - Yeah. - Let's do it. Best of luck, Alice. Here comes your first word for Spellbinder. Singular. Correct. Questionnaire. Needed another 'N' at the end - A-I-R-E. Majestic. Here we go. Salmonella. Very well done. And your final word is vision. Awesome job, Alice, well done. Thanks very much for playing Spellbinder. - Thank you. Alice has taken the lead with 80 points. James is on 50 points, Rhiannon has 20 points, and Toby has 10 points. So let's move on to our next player now, and that player is Toby. What will you be playing, Toby? - Blueprinter. Thank you very much. Let's play Blueprinter. Toby, please step forward. What makes you think you've got a good memory, Toby? I've just remembered stuff from, like, when I was 2. - Oh, that's pretty impressive. I don't even know what I had or breakfast. Hopefully that's a good sign heading into Blueprinter. 30 seconds on the clock to have a look at what our Blueprinter is. You're gonna then have 30 seconds to put in your answers. Best of luck, Toby. Let's take a look at the Blueprinter now. It's Tiritiri Matanga Island. Best of luck. Your time starts now. A protected haven for wildlife, the island is a nature lover's paradise, especially if you're a bird watcher. As well as that, you'll find about 150-year-old lighthouse, beautiful beaches, lush forests and miles of walking tracks. Five seconds left. (TENSE MUSIC) Well, that is time out. Time now to test your memory. 30 seconds back on the clock to put those answers in. Good luck. That time starts now. (TENSE MUSIC) Halfway, Toby. Five seconds. Doesn't need the time, though. Awesome job, Toby. How do we think we've gone? - Good. - All right, let's take a look. First one, please. Fisherman's Bay is correct. That is two. Tiritiri Wharf makes it three. Unfortunately, East Coast Track wasn't correct. Sorry, Toby. Visitor's centre is correct. Missed out on Papakura Pa, though. And the Pohutukawa Cove is incorrect. Still not a bad effort, Toby. thank you very much for playing Blueprinter. Toby has managed to get himself into the lead just with 90 points. Alice is close behind on 80 points. Then we have James, who has 50 points and Rhiannon has 20 points. So it is very close at the top. But all of our players are wondering and hoping if they can head to Mikey with the Brain Buster. - It's getting closer to crunch time when our final two contestants will go head to head to be today's champion. Let's hope they've been doing some training because you don't want to miss this beast. - No, you don't, Mikey. Thanks very much for that. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Just head online to Heihei Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see you a muri i te whakata. (ELECTRONIC POP MUSIC) * Nau mai, hoki mai, welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Alice and Toby take on their specialist subject rounds, and coming up to the front next is Rhiannon. So, what have you chosen to play Rhiannon? - Identifier. Thank you very much. Let's play Identifier. Rhiannon, please step forward. So what is it that makes your school so good at badminton? - I think we just practise really hard and we've got a really good coach as well. Right. So we've been practising hard ahead of Brain Busters? - A little bit, but I've been very busy. - Fair enough. Well, we're here now, so best of luck. Let's get into your first Identifier question. (TENSE MUSIC) The start we want. Nicely done. (TENSE MUSIC) Correct again, Rhiannon. This is a great start. Identify three body parts found in the mouth. Quick locking in those first two. Rhiannon was hovering over that third one. You selected molar. Was that the right choice? There's the first two. Yes, well done. This is a really solid round, Rhiannon. Awesome stuff. Rhiannon goes right again. Eliminate the three examples of kinetic energy. Decided solar turbine, then switched to avalanche. Was that the right thing to do? Again, it was. Finally, Rhiannon, eliminate the three things that aren't ways that animals cool themselves down. Being right here, Rhiannon, will give you a perfect score. Can we do it? That's one, two, and... yes, Rhiannon. Well done. Congratulations ` a perfect score for Identifier. How does that feel? - It feels pretty good. You've absolutely nailed it. Awesome job, Rhiannon. Thank you very much for playing. - Thank you. After a perfect score, it's no surprise that Rhiannon is now on top with 160 points. Toby has 90 points, Alice is on 80 points, and James has 50 points. So, we just have one more play remaining to take on their special subject round, and that player is James. What will we be playing, James? - Sequencer? Thank you very much. Let's play Sequencer. James, please step forward. So I've heard you've been binge watching Brain Busters. - Yeah, mm. - Well, it's clearly helped. The lead after Mega Memory. Well done. The question is, can we take it back? Let's find out. Here we go, James. Put these means of communication into order of their invention from earliest to most recent. Great start there, James. In what order did these Super Rugby teams win their first competition from earliest to latest? Much of rugby fan, James? - Little bit, yeah. - Who do we support? - Crusaders. - Good lad. The correct answer as well. In what order were these Avengers films released? Moving it straight away, clearly a huge Avengers fan. All right, James? - Yeah. - And no surprise ` the correct answer. Arrange these sports in order from smallest number of players per team to the largest. Awesome work, James. In which order did these artists headline Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? Hoping that your band will be the fourth option, headlining Coachella one day. Let's see if you have that right order. Missed out, I'm afraid, James, for our final sequence. So Drake first in 2015, Lady Gaga 2017, Beyonce 2018. Still awesome work, James. Thank you very much for finishing off Sequencer. - Thank you. - So we are done now with our specialist subject rounds. With that in mind, let's take a look at the leaderboard. After our specialist subject rounds, it's Rhiannon in the lead with 160 points, James moves into second with 130 points, Toby has 90 points and Alice is 80 points. So, unfortunately, we do need to eliminate our first player today on Brain Busters. Sorry, Alice. It will be you. Sad to see you go, but a $100 bank account is all yours. What will you be doing with that money, Alice? - I'll probably put it towards some more horse gear. - Nice choice, Alice. Great having you on the show. Thank you so much for coming. And congratulations to our three remaining players. It's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Only three players remaining, which means very soon our top two will be flying, racing and climbing their way through the ultimate obstacle course to see who will be crowned in today's Brain Buster champion. - Thanks, Mikey. And to help find their Brain Buster champion, 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 Reo Rangatira or Equaliser. So, Toby, Rhiannon and James, please select which one he would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We'll start with Toby, who has chosen Reo Rangatira. Rhiannon has voted for the Equaliser, which means it comes down to James who has decided we are playing... Equaliser. There you go. Let's play Equaliser. (UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) This is where the game can definitely be won and lost. Who will go through, who will be eliminated? Let's find out now. Best of luck. Here comes your first Brainteaser Equaliser. - 231. Is correct. Rhiannon extending that lead. James. - 144. Correct. - 11. The answer to our final equation. That is our Brainteaser complete. Thank you all very much for playing. Let's take a look now at the leaderboard. Rhiannon and James now share the lead with 190 points. Then we have Toby on 90 points. So, Toby, I'm sorry to say you have been eliminated from a Brain Busters. The vote just wasn't able to go your way, unfortunately. But, hey, you still get to go home with a $100 bank account. What will you be doing with that money, Toby? - I'm putting it towards a new phone. - Oh, nice. Any plans on what phone you're gonna get, Toby? - An iPhone. - Very flash indeed. Well deserved. And all the best with the swimming. - Yeah. - And congratulations to Rhiannon and James. For them, it's on to the Brain Buster. - The ultimate obstacle course where our final two players will battle it out to see who will be crowned as today's Brain Buster champion. Stay right there. It all goes down very soon. Stay right there. It all goes down very soon. * - Welcome back to the show. For our final two, it all comes down to this ` the Brain Buster. It's the moment of truth. I'm joined here with our final two players ` James and Rhiannon, who are ready to take on the ultimate obstacle course. Guys, are we set? Awesome. Here we go. Three, two, one, fly! Rhiannon and James, your brains have got you this far. Now you'll need to use your bodies to conquer the Brain Buster. Both of them each have 190 points, so let's see who can break that tie by the end of the race. James starts off with a small lead as he gets his code. Rhiannon just behind with hers, and straight through the Corpus Callosum. Shot, James! He's unlocked the Parietal Lobe. Rhiannon can't afford to fall further behind now. Aced it! James must have blown up the Parietal Lobe, cos he's already out of the tunnel. Oops. You're going to need that shoe for the next obstacle, James! Rhiannon makes it up and charges through the tunnel. Don't worry about what James is doing, you just need to focus on being fast. James is across the Frontal Lobe and climbs onto the DNA ladder to try the switches. He's definitely winning, but things can change very quickly, depending on how it goes with the switches. Great stuff by James, activating his side of the Brain Buster before Rhiannon has the chance to reach the ladder. You were once a rock star, James, but you can now call yourself a Brain Buster champion. Ka pai, Rhiannon! James was pretty speedy throughout the race, and he didn't make it easy for you to catch up. Tough race, Chris. - Rhiannon hits that buzzer, and our ultimate obstacle course is complete. Rhiannon, we'll start with you. Thank you so much for taking on the Brain Buster itself. How was it for you? - It was fun. - Really enjoyed it? - Yeah. Thank you so much for coming on to Brain Busters today. Second place, a $100 bank account is all yours. So what are you doing with that money, Rhiannon? - I think I'm going to buy some new music. - Nice. What kind of music we into? - Um, violin music to play. - Oh, absolutely. Great choice. Thanks for coming to the show, Rhiannon. James, you've beat the Brain Buster. You absolutely flew through the course. How did you manage to do that? - Oh, I dunno. My shoe came off at one point. - Didn't bother you, though. You still got through, managed to take it out. So for you, James, one thing left to do, and of course, that is Amygdala. (TENSE MUSIC) James, hello again and welcome to Amygdala. Did you think you were gonna be here at the start of the show? - No. Here you are, though, really solid effort for you on Brain Busters today. Really, really well played. In fact, you scored 190 points. Rhiannon also played beautifully, scoring the same as you ` 190. We combine those together and you're playing for a whopping $380. That's a lot of money, James. Can we win it all? - I hope so. Let's try. Best of luck to you, James. Here comes your first Amygdala question. On a map of the world, what colour is usually used for the sea? - Blue. - Sure is. Which has the larger population ` Wellington or Westport? - Wellington. - Correct. Beginning with E, which English queen lived in the time of Shakespeare? - Elizabeth. - It is Elizabeth. How many millilitres are there in one litre? - A thousand. - On fire at the moment, James. Which Pacific nation's towns include Nadi and Suva? - Fiji. Is Fiji what we're after? Yep, it sure is. Greg Heffley is the central character in the book 'Diary of a...' what? - Wimpy Kid. - Wimpy kid. Read the book? - Yeah. - Already at $190, this to take us past $200. Still more questions to go. And you've done it. Nicely done, James. Located in Central Asia, which is the world's largest landlocked country? - I'm going to go Mongolia. - Mongolia. Final answer? Uh, sure, yeah. - Unfortunately, not Mongolia. The correct answer was, in fact, Kazakhstan. - How many strings are usually on an acoustic guitar? - Six. Straightaway knew that one. In the band. - Yep. Definitely six? - Yes. - Six is correct. I'm sure the band I very happy you got that one right. Finally, for Amygdala, James ` really well played ` can we end with this one being correct? Here it is. Noel Leeming sells TVs and computers, but so does Harvey who? - Norman. Harvey Norman, James says. Final Amygdala answer. (DING!) And James is correct. Well played, my friend ` $304! So much money! Congratulations! What are we going to do with it? - Probably save up for a mountain bike. - Oh nice, right into your mountain biking? - Yep. Good to hear. Great sport as well. James, it's great having you here on the show. Good luck with the mountain biking. Good luck with the band. Congratulations. $304! Whoo-hoo! Well done, man. I'm sure you're happy with the performance. Well done, James. If you think you can jump on the Brain Buster and take it on just like our man, James, 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