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 maths, memory, Te Reo, spelling and more before it all leads up to this ` the Brain Buster. - What's up, everybody? It's Mr Brain Buster, Mikey Falesiu. Will today's final two players be ready to tackle the ultimate obstacle course? There can only be one winner. So Chris, let's get ready to rumble. - Sounds good, Mikey. Thanks for that. And don't forget ` you can play from home as well. So, let's meet today's Brain Busters. Captions by Lillie Balfour. 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, Mackenzie, welcome to the show. Now, you want to be a paramedic when you're older. - Yes. - Why do you want to do that? - Um, I just love the idea of helping people and getting them to understand what's going on, and telling their family, as well, that it's going to be OK cos they also need reassurance. - Go you. I'm sure you will be fantastic at that. I'm sure you're going to be just as good at Brain Busters today. Good luck to you. Connie, great to have you on the show. Surfing's your passion. What do we love about it? - Love the beach, the sun, the waves. Just feels so good to be there, you know? - Yeah. And then that occasional wipe-out. - Yeah, that sucks, but it's just part of it. - All part of it. All right. Hopefully we don't wipeout too bad here on Brain Busters, eh, Connie? - (GIGGLES) Yeah. - Sure we'll do fine. Alex, welcome to the show. Now, you have a favourite game called My Summer Car. What on earth is that? - It's a game based in Finland where you're like a teenager, and your parents have gone away on holiday. Your told to fix up your dad's old car, and you do jobs and stuff for people in the community. - So how did you come across a game from Finland? - One of my friends from Australia told me about it, and it's fun. - Oh, there you go. I'm sure Brain Buster's is just gonna be just as much fun, right? - Hopefully. See how it goes. - We will we will find out, Alex. Jack, great to have you here on the show as well. Mountain biking's your thing. Best place to go mountain biking? - I love riding at the adventure park. It's really fun. I often ride with my friends. - Nice. Had any crazy spills or crashes? Oh, I've had a crash. It wasn't that bad, but I took my fingernail off. - That sounds pretty bad enough to me. OK, we won't picture that too much. In fact, I think we should move right along. Let's get into our first round of the day. Good luck to everyone. Let's play Mega Memory. As always, 90 seconds on the clock. How many points can we get today to start off? Let's find out. Best of luck. Your time starts now. In which sport can you score a home run? Mackenzie. - Cricket. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Baseball. The evil Dr Doofenshmirtz appears in the show Phineas and who? Alex. - Ferb. (POSITIVE CHIME) What liquid is usually contained in a pond? Mackenzie. - Water. (POSITIVE CHIME) - What is the first prime number after 10? Mackenzie. - 11. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Which New Zealand mobile network rhymes with bark? Mackenzie. - Spark. (POSITIVE CHIME) In which Olympic swimming discipline would you face upwards? Jack. - Backstroke. (POSITIVE CHIME) In what decade was Elvis Presley born? Mackenzie. - 1960s... CHIME) - '30s. In which sport do contestants face backwards in a boat? Mackenzie. - Rowing. (POSITIVE CHIME) Through which country does the Yangtze River flow? Connie. - China. (POSITIVE CHIME) - In which country are the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu located? (ALARM SOUNDS) Connie. - Japan. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Peru was the answer to our final memory question. Thanks, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look at that leaderboard. Mackenzie has the lead with 30 points. Then we have Alex and Jack ` both on 10 points, and Connie on zero points. So, now it's time to move into our specialist subject rounds. And I think we should get some points on the board for Connie. What would you like to play? - Equaliser. - Thanks, Connie. Let's play Equaliser. Connie, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) Now, Connie, I'm sure we have no problem calculating that perfect wave to hit, but how will we go in Equaliser? Best of luck. Let's find out now. Here's your first equation. READS: (POSITIVE CHIME) Correct. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - 5. (POSITIVE CHIME) That is correct. Well done. Finally,... (POSITIVE CHIME) - Well done. That is the correct answer, Connie. Thank you very much for playing Equaliser. - Thank you. - Connie is now in the lead with 60 points. Mackenzie has 30 points. Then we have Alex and Jack, both on 10 points. So, because Alex and Jack are currently tied, we'll just go from left to right, which means Alex is next to go. What would you like to play? - Identifier, please. - Thanks, Alex. Let's play Identifier. Alex, please step forward. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) How are we feeling? What are we thinking at the moment, Alex? - Well, I'm a bit nervous. We'll see how it goes. - Best of luck to you, my friend. Let's get into it. Always good to get off to a correct start. Can we do it? (TWO POSITIVE CHIMES) (NEGATIVE CHIME) Almost. Just need to swap that last one out. Eliminate the three organs of the human body. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) There's the three green we're after. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) Now we're on a roll. Eliminate three terms associated with nocturnal animals. (TWO POSITIVE CHIMES) (NEGATIVE CHIME) Yeah, needed to add scent marking, there. That does wrap up Identifier. Alex, thank you very much for playing. - Thank you. - Connie still has the lead with 60 points. Then we have Alex on 50 points. Mackenzie has 30 points, and Jack has 10 points. So, already halfway through our specialist subject rounds, but all four of our players are hoping they can head to the Brain Buster. - Getting closer to that time when our top two players will go head to head to be today's Brain Buster champ. If they think this is going to be easy, then they better think again. - Kia ora, Mikey. And don't forget ` you can play from home as well. Simply head online to HEIHEI games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see you a muri i te whakata. * Nau mai hoki mai. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break we had Connie and Alex take on their specialist subject round. And coming forward now is Jack. What would you like to play, Jack? - Can I please play Sequencer? - Absolutely. Let's play Sequencer. Jack, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) How are the nails at the moment, Jack? All still intact? - Yes. - Ready to go? - Mm-hmm. - Excellent. Let's get into it. Best of luck for Sequencer. In which order were these songs released? (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) Nice start, Jack. In which order were these gaming consoles released? Much of a gamer, Jack? - Mm. I like to, but not much. (THREE POSITIVE CHIMES) - Correct. Put these items into the order in which they were first sold, from earliest to most recent. (POSITIVE CHIME) (TWO NEGATIVE CHIMES) Tricky one there, Jack. Unfortunately not correct. Teabags, then ballpoint pen. then Velcro. Last one, Jack. In which order were these famous artists born? - I have no idea. - If in doubt, just push 'done' and hope for the best. (NEGATIVE CHIME) (POSITIVE CHIME) (NEGATIVE CHIME) It was actually in the reverse order. LAUGHS: Needed Leonardo da Vinci first, then Pablo Picasso, and then Frida Kahlo. Thank you very much, Jack. That is Sequencer completed. Connie has 60 points. Alex has 50 points. Jack also has 50 points. Then we have Mackenzie on 30 points. So, just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round, and that player is Mackenzie. What would you like to play? - Blueprinter. - Thank you very much, Mackenzie. Let's play Blueprinter. McKenzie, please step forward. (INTENSE MUSIC) Walks forward with determination. How are we feeling, Mackenzie? - Really nervous. - Last to go. I mean, you had the lead after Mega Memory. Question is, can we take it back? - Maybe. Hopefully. - 30 seconds to have a look at your Blueprinter, Mackenzie, then 30 seconds to put in your answers. Here comes your Blueprinter. It's Hyde Park. Good luck. Your time starts now. Inside England's famous Hyde Park is the country's first ever artificially-lit highway, Rotten Row. The road stretches across the park's south side, and was the place to ride horses and be seen by the most fashionable of the British elite in the 18th century. (CLOCK TICKS) 10 seconds left. (ALARM SOUNDS) That's 30 seconds. You'll now have a further 30 seconds to put in your answers, which starts now. (INTENSE MUSIC) Halfway, Mackenzie. (CLOCK TICKS) Finished, there. Are we 'I don't know', as well? Not too confident? - No, not really. - Fingers crossed. First one, please. (POSITIVE CHIME) Speakers Corner is correct. Nice start. (NEGATIVE CHIME) The Meadow was incorrect, though, sorry. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Neither was that one. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Or Kensington Gardens. (NEGATIVE CHIME) Or the Stone Yard. Come on, give me some green. (NEGATIVE CHIME) No, that's not right either. Last one. (POSITIVE CHIME) There we go! Nice way to finish. Thank you very much for playing Blueprinter, Mackenzie. And just like that, our specialist subject rounds are complete. So let's take a look at the leaderboard. Mackenzie is on 70 points. Connie has 60 points. Alex has 50 points, and Jack also has 50 points. So, we have a tie between Jack and Alex which means we go now to our tie breaker round. I will ask a question. The first one of you to buzz in and give me the correct answer will go through to the next round. But if you give me the incorrect answer, your opponent will go through. Best of luck. Here comes the tiebreaker question. Which female superhero has golden bracelets and a lasso? - Wonder Woman. (POSITIVE CHIME) That is the correct answer, Jack. Well done. You are through. Alex, I'm sorry to say you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. And you get to go home with a $100 bank account. What do you want to do with that money, Alex? - Probably save up for something for myself. - Very nice, Alex. Great having you here. Thanks for playing. - Thank you for having me. - And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Only three players remaining, which means very soon the top two will be flying, climbing and racing their way through the ultimate obstacle course to see who will be today's Brain Buster champion. - And to help work out who that champion will be, we have the Brainteaser now. All of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds. We are left with two options for our players to choose from. Today those options are Reo Rangatira and Spellbinder. So, Mackenzie, Connie and Jack, please vote for which one you would like to play now. Thank you all for voting. We will start with Mackenzie, who would like to play Spellbinder. Connie has voted for Reo Rangatira, and Jack has voted for Spellbinder. Thank you, everyone, for voting. Let's play Spellbinder. Pretty close scores here at the moment. Let's see if we can boost some more points for our players. Good luck, everyone. Here comes your first word - influenza. Connie. - SPELLS: (POSITIVE CHIME) - That is correct. Connie goes into the lead. Offensive. Mackenzie. - SPELLS: (POSITIVE CHIME) - Mackenzie takes the lead back. Broil. Jack. - SPELLS: (NEGATIVE CHIME) - B-R-O-I-L. Sorry, Jack. Sketch. Mackenzie. SPELLS: (POSITIVE CHIME) - Correct. And your final word for the Brainteaser is... limb. Mackenzie. - SPELLS: (POSITIVE CHIME) - That's correct again. Thank you, everyone, for taking on the Brainteaser. Let's have a look now at our final leaderboard. Mackenzie now has 160 points. Connie has 90 points, and Jack has 30 points. So I'm sorry to say, Jack, you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. A $100 bank account is yours. And what will you be doing with that money? - I'll probably buy some new biking gear. - Awesome. All the best up on the mountain as well, Jack. Thanks for coming on the show. And congratulations to Mackenzie and Connie. For them, it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Our final two players are about to show us what it takes to become a champion. There can only be one winner, though. Can't wait. * What are New Zealand banknotes recycled into after shredding? Hoki mai ano. We've gone through Mega Memory, our specialist subject rounds, the Brainteaser, and now it's time for the big one ` the Brain Buster! - Here we are on the ultimate obstacle course with our top two players, Mackenzie and Connie. Shot, girls, on making it this far. Now, Mackenzie, I know you were really nervous during that Blueprinter round ` you were telling me because of your memory. Yet here you are at the final. How are you feeling? - Nervous, but also really happy. I didn't think I'd make it this far. - Well, here you are. You ready to take on the Brain Buster? - Definitely. - Shot, Mackenzie. And Connie, I know piano is one of your skills, your instruments. What got you into playing the piano? - I just did it when I was 5, and here we are. - You reckon your piano skills can help you out with that console? - Maybe. - Hopefully. Best of luck to you both, girls. It's now time to jump onto our zip lines, and let's get ready to do this. Here we go. Three, two, one. Be free! Mackenzie has a 70 point lead over Connie, but will she be able to hold on to that lead by winning this race? Down the Neurotransmitters they go, and on to the molecule steps. Then they can retrieve their code for the next part of the race. Both on form so far. Oops, Mackenzie slipped. She's gone back to try again. Ka pai! Connie at the Hippocampus with her code. (MACHINE BEEPS) And success! She has a solid advantage now, but Mackenzie's caught up. It's looking pretty even now, but the Parietal Lobe climbing wall might change that. Come on, use that upper body strength! Mackenzie's out in front now, and heading through the tunnel. She wants to be a paramedic one day, but there's no emergency, only urgency to stay ahead of Connie. The Frontal Lobe is up. Mackenzie nearly reaching the DNA Molecule ladder. Connie surfing across. Last thing she needs now is a wipe out. Not far to go now. Mackenzie is the first to light her way to the end of the race and vaults for the Basal Ganglia. Connie yet to reach the ladder, giving Mackenzie a pretty clear run for the final push. Mackenzie for the win. (BUZZER SOUNDS) Hard luck, Connie. You had the lead from the start, but McKenzie managed to slowly overtake by the end of it. Top effort, though. Shaka! - Finishing off with a big smile on her face ` love to see that. We'll start with you, Connie. Well done, there. Tricky obstacle course, isn't it? - Yeah. - Good fun, though? - Yeah. - Great to hear. Hey, thank you so much for coming on the show today. Second place for you, which means you've got yourself a $100 bank account. What will you be doing with the money? - Get some food with it, maybe. - Get some food with it. Yeah, solid answer. Can't go wrong with that one. Thank you so much for coming on the show, Connie. Mackenzie, well done. Now, you said you didn't think you'd be here at the Brain Buster, but you've taken it one step further. Now what's going through your head? - Um, I'm really excited and puffed. That was hard. And congratulations, Connie. It was a good job. - Yeah, you both did fantastic. So, there is, as you mentioned, one thing left to do, Mackenzie, and that is taking on Amygdala. Mackenzie, congratulations once again, and welcome to Amygdala. Finally here ` the final round. How does it feel? - Um, pretty exciting. - Yeah, you've done an amazing job, Mackenzie. Great stuff all the way through. In fact, you scored 160 points. Connie, who you went up against in a great race on the Brain Buster, scored 90 points, which means you're playing for $250. $25 a question. Take that, right? - Yeah. It's pretty big money. - It absolutely is. Let's get into it. Here comes your first Amygdala question. In which hot liquid do you usually cook pasta? - Water. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Sure do. In basketball, if you make a shot from outside the big semi circle, how many points is it worth? - 30. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Need to take a zero off that. Three points is the answer. The word hamburger takes its name from which German city? - Hamburg. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Correct. What time on Sunday morning does What Now start? - 8:00am. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Great to see you know that one. Your oesophagus runs from behind your mouth, down to where? - Your chest. - You're saying chest? - Yeah. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Stomach was the answer. Tutankhamun was the boy king of which ancient country? - Ancient Greece. I really don't know. - Always worth guessing, though, isn't it? - Yeah. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Egypt is what we were after. Yeah, his tomb full of treasures was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. In the Three Billy Goats Gruff, where does the troll live? - Under the bridge. (POSITIVE CHIME) - And it is. On the official Olympic symbol, how many rings are there? - Five... I think. - Five ` our answer locked in? - Yeah. - Trying to picture it in your head, counting the rings. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Yay. - Five is correct. Well done, Mackenzie. Afghan biscuits are usually topped with which nut? - Oh! Um, oh, um... hazelnut, I think. I'm about 80% sure. Mum doesn't use the nuts because we don't like them. - 80% sure. - About 60% sure. - 60% now. So, what's the other 40% telling you? - Mmmm, no idea. Cos my mum uses cornflakes as a substitute. (NEGATIVE CHIME) - Walnuts. - Walnuts. (GROANS) - I know, so close! - I knew that. - All right. Next up, our final Amygdala question. RNZ Concert and Mai FM are both what? - Radios, like radio stations... I think. About 80% sure. - 80% ` bringing the percentages back. This will take us up to $150. - I have no idea. I'm panicking. (POSITIVE CHIME) - Take it up to 100%. Radio stations is correct, Mackenzie. Very well played. As we take a look, you've won yourself $150. Really awesome job, Mackenzie. What will you be doing with the money? - Spend half, save half probably. - Perfect answer. I love the way you think. Mackenzie, it's been great having you on the show. Congratulations once again. $150. - Shot, Mackenzie. Glad you got the hamburger question right? - Definitely. - Cos guess what ` you can buy a lot of hamburgers with that amount. If you think you can take out the Brain Buster just like our girl Mackenzie, jump online and head to HEIHEI games. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's it for Brain Busters. Captions by Lillie Balfour. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 - Thank you, New Zealand on Air.