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. 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 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 our players now. Firstly, Hugh, welcome to the show. - Thank you. - Now, we're right into drama. Have you been in productions recently? - Yes, I've actually been in Grease. - A favourite of mine. Who did we play? - I played Vince Fontaine. - Of course you did. I can just tell that you play that character by your personality right now. Hugh, great to have you here on the show. Aimee, you're right into netball. Favourite netball player? - Jane Watson, yeah. - Why is that? - She plays defence, and I really look up to her, as in, like, all her tactics and stuff. - Yeah, she's a superstar, eh? My favourite player as well actually. And we've also got Travis on the show. Travis, you got a shout out to make? - Uh, yes, to my science teacher, Ms Zonneveld. Yay! Whoo! - (LAUGHS) - Yay, indeed. Travis, were you excited to be on Brian Busters? - Yes, I am. - Can you win Brian Busters? - Maybe. Depends. - We will find out. Very mysterious, Travis. Awesome work. We've got Sahara as well, a dancer. Sahara, what kind of dance do we do? - I do five different styles of dance. I do ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical and musical theatre. - That is five more than I do, Sahara. Very impressive indeed. And you also would love to be a music producer when you're older. - Yeah, that's my dream. I love music, so... - Awesome. And we love Brian Buster? - 100%. - That was the correct answer. - And I'm sure we all do, right? - ALL: Yeah. Perfect. Well, in that case, we better get in. Let's play Mega Memory. 90 seconds on the clock for our players today. Best of luck to everyone. Let's get straight into it. Your time starts now. Do Glassons sell clothing or kitchens? - Sahara. - Clothing. - (DING!) - Which came first, Skype or Zoom? - Travis. - Skype. - (DING!) - A baseball diamond has how many bases? - Sahara. - Four. - (BUZZ!) - Just out of time. Four was correct though. Which country is heading to nachos? - Travis. - Mexico. - (DING!) - The Hits and Newstalk ZB are both what? - Hugh. - Radio stations. - (DING!) What is measured in decibels? - Travis. - Sound. - (DING!) - The Highland Games are associated with which country? - Hugh. - Scotland. - (DING!) - In football, which play can stop the boat with their hands? - Travis. - The goalie. - (DING!) - Which is not a web browser ` Chrome, Firefox or Photoshop? - Travis. - Photoshop. - (DING!) - What year did the Titanic sink? - Hugh. - Wait, no. Um... - (BUZZ!) 1912. Beginning with C, what is the main ingredient of falafel? - Hugh. - Chickpeas. - (DING!) Which former One Directioner's first name starts with Z? - Hugh. - Zayn. - (DING!) - What is the one letter symbol for nitrogen? - Travis. - N. - (DING!) - How many movies have you been in the Cars franchise? - Aimee. - Three. - (DING!) - Which country's red, white and blue flag is called the Union Jack. - Hugh. - Oh, it is... Great Britain. - Or England. - (DING!) - Is the correct answer. Well done to everyone. Thank you so much for taking on Mega Memory. Let's have a look at the scores. Travis has the early lead with 60 points. Hugh has 40 points, Aimee is on 10 and Sahara has zero points. So now we move into our specialist subject rounds and starting us off today will be Sahara. What would you like to play? - Blueprinter. - Awesome, Sahara. Let's play Blueprinter. Sahara, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So, Sahara, surely the memory's gotta be pretty good, right? We must be memorising all these different dance moves and whatnot? - Oh, hopefully. I sure hope so, yeah. - Let's see how we go. 30 seconds to have a look at what the Blueprinter. 30 more seconds to put in your answers. He comes to Blueprinter It's Mount Panorama. Good luck. Your time starts now. Since the 1930s, this circuit has been winding its way into car racing history. The Bathurst 1000 is the iconic spot to see the traditional rival teams, Ford and Holden, face off. 10 seconds left, Sahara. That's time. 30 seconds now to put in your answers, which starts now. - (SIGHS) (TENSE MUSIC) - Halfway. Five seconds. Just missing out putting that final one in. Sorry, Sahara, but hopefully we're still gonna see a whole lot of green. Let's take a look at our first one. - (DING!) - The dipper is correct. - (BUZZ!) - Reid Park is not correct, sorry. - (BUZZ!) - Neither is The Cutting. - (BUZZ!) - Or Pit Straight. - (DING!) - We got The Chase though. - (BUZZ!) - But missed out on the Mountain Straight. Was actually the Conrod Straight there for the last one, but still, not bad, Sahara. Thank you very much for playing Blueprinter. Travis has 60 points. Hugh has 40 points. Sahara also has 40 points now, and Aimee has 10 points. Time for our second player to come up to the front and that player will be Aimee. What would you like to play, Aimee? - Spellbinder. - Thank you very much. Let's play Spellbinder. Aimee, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) What's the best thing about netball, Aimee? - Probably all the team sports and getting to know all the different people. Nice. All right, let's get into Spellbinder now. Of course, 20 points for each word you spelled correct. Good luck. Here comes your first word. Rudder. - (DING!) - Correct. Narration. - (DING!) - Well done. Relief. - (DING!) - That is correct. Decant. - (DING!) - Correct. Sapphire. (BUZZ!) No A, just I-R-E to finish that one off. And your final word is acoustic. - (DING!) - A really awesome effort there for Spellbinder. Thank you very much for playing, Aimee. - Thank you. Aimee now has the lead with 110 points. Travis is sitting on 60 points, Hugh has 40 points, and Sahara also has 40 points. So two of the players have already completed their specialist subject round, but all four are wondering if they've got what it takes to head to that Brain Buster. - I wonder if today's top two players have a strategy to take out the Brain Buster. Whatever it is, I hope it works out for them. - Yeah, they're definitely hoping so, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Simply hop online to HEIHEI Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see you i muri i te whakata. * - Hoki mai ano. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Sahara and Aimee take on their specialist subject round, and coming forward now it is Hugh's turn. What would you like to play? - I would like to play Sequencer. - Thank you, Hugh. Let's play Sequencer. Hugh, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So what are we feeling at the moment, Hugh? What kind of emotions going through the head? - Quite nervous, but also calm. - OK, good. Bit of both, bit of a seesaw, bit of a balancing act between the two. All right. Good luck, Hugh. Let's get to the Sequencer. Put these New Zealand flag events into their order of occurrence. Think we're right to start with, Hugh? - Yeah, I think so. - Calm, nervous energy. - (DING! DING! DING!) Is correct. In which order did these countries first host the FIFA World Cup? (SIGHS) (BUZZ! BUZZ! DING!) Needed to swap around Italy and Sweden there, Hugh. In which order did these cartoons first appear on screen? (DING! DING! DING!) Perfect. Well done. In which order with these dolls first released? (DING! DING! DING!) Now we're on a roll. Well done, Hugh. Place these English royals in order of oldest to youngest. Would we call ourself a royalist, Hugh? - Um... No, but Lorde might. - (LAUGHS) All right, how's our order looking? - (DING! DING! DING!) - Well done, Hugh. Place these sports and order from largest ball to smallest. - (DING! DING! DING!) - Great way to finish off there, Hugh. Nicely played, my friend. Thank you so much for taking on Sequencer. It's Hugh with the lead now sitting on 140 points. Aimee has 110 points, Travis has 60 points, and Sahara has 40 points. So we have just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round, and that player is Travis. What would you like to play, Travis? - I'd like to play Identifier, but hang on, I need to put my Identifier glasses on. OK, now I'm good to go. - Good to go? - Yup. - Excellent. Let's play Identifier. Travis, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) I can't help notice, Travis, but your Identifier glasses are invisible. - Well, they're Harry Potter glasses. Harry Potter has a cloak of invisibility. - That makes all the more sense now. Glad we got that covered. - Yes, we did. - Should we get into Identifier now then, Travis? - Yes, we should. - Excellent. Here we go. Good luck. - (DING! DING! DING!) - Correct. What do we think about these answers, Travis? - I know Rome and Athens, but I'm not sure about my third answer. I feel like it might be somewhere in the Scandinavian area. I don't know. - Let's have a look. (DING! DING! DING!) - (SIGHS) - Well played. Definitely three creatures you wouldn't want to mess with, but are they the correct creatures? (DING! DING! BUZZ!) - (GROANS) - Missing out again. Sorry, Travis. Orangutan needed to be added in there. - (SIGHS) - Bit of swapping back and forth there, Travis. Swapped right? - Hopefully. (DING! DING! BUZZ!) - (GROANS) - You actually needed both of them, Travis. And finally for Identifier... (DING! DING! DING!) Almost misread that one. Thank you so much for taking on Identifier, Travis. All four of our players have now completed their specialist subject round, so let's take a look at the leaderboard. Hugh has 140 points. Travis moves into second place now with 120 points. Aimee has 110 points, then we have Sahara on 40 points. So unfortunately, we do need to eliminate our first player today on Brain Busters, and Sahara, I'm sorry to say that it will be you. The good news for you is you now have a $100 bank account. - Sweet. - What will you be doing with that money? - I will be buying tickets to Six60 Saturdays here in Christchurch. - Awesome. Great choice indeed, Sahara. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Ooh, three players left, two will race, but only one will go through to Amygdala to turn their points into money. - And before we have a chance of getting to that money, Mikey, we need to take on our Brainteaser. So, all of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds and we're left with two options for our players to choose from. Today those options are Equaliser and Reo Rangatira. So Hugh, Aimee and Travis, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We will start with Hugh, who has voted for... Reo Rangatira. Aimee would like to play... Equaliser. And Travis would like to play... Equaliser. There we go. Let's play Equaliser. Just 30 points separating our players, and of course, 30 points can be won and lost here on the Brainteaser. What will happen? Let's find out now. Good luck. Here comes your first equation. Hugh. Is correct. Travis. Correct. - Ooh. - Travis. (BUZZ!) - (GROANS) Sorry, Travis. Final equation for our Brainteaser. Travis. Is the correct answer for our final Brainteaser. - (SIGHS) Travis breathes a sigh of relief. And that is it. Thank you, everyone, for taking on that challenge. Let's have a look at our final leaderboard. Hugh moves up to 170 points. Travis now has 150 points, and Amy has 110 points. So, I'm sorry to say, Aimee, you just didn't get a chance to buzz in there for the Brainteaser, so you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. What will you do with your $100 bank account? - Probably save it, but I might shout my friends something from the tuck shop. - You're a great friend, Aimee. Thanks for coming on to the show. And congratulations to Hugh and Travis. For them, it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Only the best of the best make it this far. Who will be today's Brain Buster Champion? Don't move a muscle. Don't move a muscle. * - Nau mai hoki mai. It's all come down to this as two players take on the Brain Buster. - It's now the moment of truth for our final two players, Hugh and Travis. Shot, boys, on making it this far, but as we all know, there can only be one winner. Now, I know, Hugh, Dungeons & Dragons is one of your favourite board games. - Yeah, it is. - Tell us about that, man. - I just, sort of, picked it up last year and really enjoyed it, and I haven't been able to put down the dice since. - Awesome. Well, are you ready for the Brain Buster? - Course. - All the best. And Travis, I know video games is your thing. How did you get involved with that? - I just remember playing with my old stepbrothers and stepsister. We'd just play race car games and stuff like that, and it was really fun. - Oh, awesome. I'm sure your brother's happy that you made it this far. It's now time to jump onto our zip lines, and let's get ready to fly. Here we go. Three, two, one. Take off! Hugh and Travis, welcome to the Brain Buster. Get yourselves out of those harnesses. There we go, Travis. Hugh having a bit of trouble with his, giving Travis a head start. He'll have to catch up quickly before he falls further behind. Travis has see this code and moves on to the Corpus Callosum. It's too early to predict a winner ` they're only a third of the way through the course. Travis leading the way by successfully unlocking the Parietal Lobe. Hugh's not mucking around either. The race is on! Time to head up the Parietal Lobe, now. Who's going to make it up first? It's Travis, but Hugh's up now and now far behind. Neck and neck through the tunnel. They're both doing great here. But here comes the biggie ` the Frontal Lobe. Travis being very careful not to slip. Timing couldn't be worse for a mistake to be made. They're on the road to the DNA Molecule Switches. Hugh's just about there already, but how long will it take to find the correct combination? Not long at all. Travis gets it and activates his side of the Brain Buster. Whoo-wee, there goes Hugh. We're in for a close one. Now it's just a matter of getting through the Basal Ganglia. Who's it gonna be, Chris? - Oh! What a race! - Oh! - That was so close. Hugh, I'll get you to come across this way. We heard an 'oh no' from Travis, which I think you know what that means. Second place, Travis. Just! So, so close. You were leading for most of the race, as well. - I know. - What do you think, man? What's in your head? - A little bit disappointment, but Hugh did a great job. He was the best man and he won this race. - Yeah. Great sportsmanship there, Travis. Hey, congratulations. Second place today for you. Thank you so much for being a great competitor here on Brain Busters. You've got yourself a $100 bank account. So what will you be doing with that money? - I'll be buying games or going on a shopping spree. - Great choice, Travis. It's been an absolute blast having you here. And congratulations, Hugh. Playing catch up, and you did just that. Managed to catch up to Travis. - Yeah, I did. But thank you, Travis, for letting me win. - (LAUGHS) - I didn't let you win deliberately. - WHISPERS: The bribe worked off. - (LAUGHS) The bribe worked off apparently. Not sure about that, but hey. - I don't remember anything about a bribe. You never said` - Sure you don't, buddy. - (LAUGHS) Great sportsmanship from both of our players. Congratulations once again to the both of you. For Hugh, one thing left to do and that is taking on Amygdala. Well, if it isn't Mr Grease Lightning himself. Hugh, welcome to Amygdala. - Thank you. Happy to be here. - Just, as well. Only just. 139 milliseconds is all that separated you and Travis in what was a great Brain Buster battle. - Yeah. - And great sportsmanship from the both for you. Good to see you guys have become quite good mates over the course of the show, but now, here we are. It's just you and me left, mate. And you're playing for $320. Fair bit of money. - It is. - Let's see how much we can win. Best of luck to you. - Yeah. - Which Disney movie featured the song A Whole New World? - Aladdin. (DING!) - No way you weren't gonna get that one right. On a standard world map, is Greenland near the top or bottom? - Top. - (DING!) - Correct. Which part of an egg is used in making meringue? - The egg white. - (DING!) - Well done. Which Australian soap includes the character Ziggy Astoni? - The only one that I would know is Home and Away, so since that's the only one I do know, that's what I'll go. Home and Away. - Bit of a guess. - Yes. - (DING!) - And it's the right guess. Well done, Hugh. Next up... Which video chat software starts with the letter Z? - Zoom. - (DING!) - It is Zoom. Nicely done. Which is the closest New Zealand city to Rocket Lab's launch pad? - I'm just going to guess Hamilton. - Guessed pretty well before. - Yeah. - (BUZZ!) - Didn't think so. - Not Hamilton. The correct answer is actually Gisborne. Which country's capital city is Athens? - That would be Greece. - This definitely isn't any confusion with Grease the musical? - (CHUCKLES) Don't think so. - So, we're saying Greece the country here? - The country. - Not Grease the musical. - Definitely the country. - Just wanted to clarify. - Yeah. - (DING!) - Yeah, well done. Lastly for Amygdala, Hugh. What colour is tomato sauce normally? - Red. - Red. - (DING!) - Of course red is correct. - (CHUCKLES) - Very well played, Hugh. Let's take a look. You've won yourself $224. Hugh, it's been a great battle. Thank you so much for playing. What are you going to do with the money? - So much pizza. - (LAUGHS) A lot of pizza with red tomato sauce, right? - Yes. Hugh, thank you so much for coming on to the show. It's been great. $224. - Well done, Hugh. Now, I know you're a bit of a performer. Are you happy with your performance? - Yep. - Well done, man. And all the best with your performing arts career. Maybe we'll see you on the big screen one day? - Yeah. - All right. Nice stuff, man. If you think you can take out the Brain Buster, just like our man Hugh, 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.