- 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. - Back at it again with Mr Brain Buster, Mikey Falesiu. It's all about pure strength, speed and stamina when it comes to the Brain Buster. Today's top two contestants are about to find out what it takes to become a champion. I'm amped, Chris. - And so am I, Mikey. Don't forget, you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's Brain Busters. Captioned by Sally Harper 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 make our way 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, Trixie, welcome to the show. Now, you're right into politics. How did you get into that? - Well, during the first lockdown, I was just reading The Economist because I found it at home and I was really interested in El Salvador. So I did my speech on Nayib Bukele and I've just, kind of, gone on from there. - Awesome stuff. Will that knowledge pop up today in Brain Busters? We can only have our fingers crossed for you. Lara, great to have you on the show. 14 pets. How on earth do we have 14 pets? - Yes, I have nine fish. - OK, that explains a little bit of it. What else do we have, Lara? - Two cats and three rabbits. - Wow. How do you manage it all? - Don't know. - (LAUGHS) Crazy. Run around the house all the time, I bet. Great to have you here on the show, Lara. - Elijah, welcome to the show. Now, you are actually right into your backgammon, in fact, you have a club at school. How did you get into that? - Well, last year, when I had gone to chess club, like, later in the year, my` the chess teacher had pulled out a board game called backgammon and I was interested. So, then he taught me how to play and I just got drawn into it. - Nice. Pretty good at it as well. Fourth or fifth best in the school, I'm hearing? - Yes, I think so. - This guy. Well done, Elijah. And we've also got Aston. Welcome to the show. What do you like to do in your spare time, my friend? - Um, I like solving Rubik's Cubes, playing games with my friends. - Fastest time to solve a Rubik's Cube? - Thirty seconds. - That is impressive. Wow. A great bunch of contestants today on the show, I can't wait to get into it. So let's do it right now and play Mega Memory. First round of the day, 90 seconds on the clock, 10 points if you buzz in and get the answer right, but fail to do so, you will lose 10 points. Good luck to everyone. Your time starts now. Which is not a type of tree, pine or pasta? Aston. - Pasta. - What type of animal is a trout? Elijah? - A fish. Which movie hero was bitten by an eight legged radioactive creature? Aston. - Spiderman. - Who created the characters Thing One and Thing Two? Trixie. - Dr. Seuss. - Beginning with 'I', in which country would you find Mount Vesuvius? Trixie? - Iceland. - Italy. - What colour is the Grinch? Elijah. - Green. - Which singer's dad is a musician named Billy Ray? Aston. - Miley Cyrus. - In Paddington 2, which birthday is Aunt Lucy celebrating? Elijah. - Oh... pass. - 100. Beginning with 'G', what is Scotland's largest city? Glasgow. Does the 'E' in email stand for exciting or electronic? Elijah. - Electronic. - In the song, which way do the wheels on the bus go? Trixie. - Round and round. - Who is currently the lead singer for the band Queen? Aston. - Freddie Mercury. - Adam Lambert. Which animated movie introduced the villain Lord Farquaad? Lara. - Shrek. What is the current capital city of New Zealand? Elijah. - Wellington. That is the correct answer to our final question for Mega Memory. Really well played, guys. Thank you so much for a great start to the show. Let's take a look at the leaderboard after Mega Memory. Elijah has the lead with 30 points. Aston has 20 points. Trixie is on 10 points, and Lara is also on 10 points. So now we move into our specialist subject rounds and starting us off first today is Trixie. What would you like to play, Trixie? - Identifier. - Thank you very much. Let's play Identifier. Trixie, please step forward. I'm sure you're excellent at identifying political party policies, but can we identify the answers today? Trixie, can we do it? - I hope so. Let's get into it. Best of luck. That's more like it. Well done, Trixie. Trying to back it up here. Lovely stuff, Trixie. Confident here, Trixie? - Not too sure. Hopefully. - Nailed it. Unfortunately, had it round the wrong way with that one, Trixie. Correct. Big sigh, Trixie. - Not too sure. - Is it the right order? Yes, it is, for our final question there in Identifier. Well played, Trixie, a really great start for you. Thank you so much for taking on Identifier. Trixie has the lead now with 110 points. Elijah has 30 points. Aston is on 20 points. And Lara has 10 points. So, time for our second player to come forward now, and that player is Lara. What would you like to play, Lara? - Blueprinter. - Lovely, let's play Blueprinter. Lara, please step forward. Now, Lara, surely we've got a great memory. We've got 14 pets to remember, so, is it good? - Hopefully. - We'll put it to the test now. 30 seconds to have a look at what your Blueprinter is, 30 more seconds to put those answers in. Good luck. Here comes your Blueprinter. 30 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now. When Kupe first landed in Aotearoa, his waka touched down on the shores of Doubtless Bay at Taipa. Doubtless Bay is still strongly tied to Maori, particularly Ngati Kahu, who have 21 marae existing in the area today. Five seconds left. That's time. 30 seconds now to put in your answers, which starts now. Halfway. Five seconds. Just missing out getting that last one on, but that's OK. Hopefully we're still going to see a whole lot of green, Lara. First one... is correct. Kupe Road is also correct. Missing out there, though. But we've got Whatuwhiwhi. Rangiputa is not correct, though, sorry. But Taipa Point is. So, a bit of a mixed bag, but still not too bad. Well done, Lara, and thank you for playing Blueprinter. Trixie has 110 points. Lara moves into second now with 90 points. Elijah has 30 points and Aston has 20 points. So two of our players have already completed their specialist subject rounds, but everyone is wondering who will be hanging out with Mikey at the Brain Buster. - It won't be easy for our top two players. If they really want to be today's champion, they've got to be 100% ready for anything that comes their way. - Thank you very much, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Simply hop online to ` 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 Trixie and Lara take on their special subject rounds and playing next is Aston. So, what would you like to play? - Equaliser. - Thank you, Aston. Let's play Equaliser. Aston, please step forward. How on earth do we solve a Rubik's Cube in 30 seconds? - Um, yeah, it does need a lot of maths and memory skills as well. So, yeah. - Well, there you go. Hence why we've picked Equaliser, obviously. - Yeah. Best of luck, Aston, let's get into it. - Thank you. - Ten is the answer. Correct. Well done. Correct again. Awesome stuff. Epic, Aston. Really good job. Quick one to finish. Aston, really solid effort there. Bit unlucky there, missing out on the perfect score, still, should be super stoked. Thank you very much for playing Equaliser. Aston now moves into first place with 140 points. Trixie has 110 points. Lara is on 90 and Elijah has 30 points. So we have just one more player remaining to take on their specialist subject, and that player is, of course, Elijah. What would you like to play? - Spellbinder. Awesome, Elijah, let's play Spellbinder. Elijah, please step forward. So, clearly been showing off your competitive side, Elijah. Obviously pretty good with backgammon. And also, here, first place after Mega Memory. Must be feeling pretty good. - Yes. - Can we get back to that top spot? - Oh, I'll try. - Let's go, Elijah. Here's your first word. Lentil. Correct. Pylon. Well done. Gluten. Awesome stuff. Stamina. Correct. Next up - viticulture. Again, an 'I' instead of an 'A'. And finally, classic. Awesome stuff, Elijah. Some really fast spelling there. Great job. Thank you very much for taking on Spellbinder. And another great round. Awesome stuff from all of our players for our specialist subject rounds. So let's take a look now at the scores. It's Aston still with the top spot sitting on 140 points. Elijah now moves into second place with 130 points. Trixie has 110 points. Then we have Lara on 90 points. So, really impressive from all of our players today. Unfortunately, we do have to eliminate someone now and that person is Lara. Sorry to see you go, Lara, but, of course, you do get a $100 bank account. What would you like to do with that money? - I'm going to go shopping for my pets. - I bet you are. Great job, Lara, and I'm sure they're all proud of you. All 14 of them, super proud of your performance here on Brain Busters. Thanks for coming and congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Our three remaining players must stay focussed if they want to go through to Amygdala. Getting to the Brain Buster won't be easy, but I'm confident they're ready. - Kia ora for that, Mikey. And before we can head to the Brain Buster, we have our brainteaser. 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 Reo Rangatira and Sequencer. So, Trixie, Elijah and Aston, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for your votes. We will start with Trixie, who has voted for Sequencer. Elijah has voted for Sequencer also and Aston has voted for Sequencer. Here we go, three for three. Let's play Sequencer. Now, of course, 30 points can be won and lost here, so it's still very, very close as we head into our brainteaser now. Best of luck to all three of our players. Let's get into it. Here's your first Sequence. In which order were these animated movies released? Elijah. - Toy Story 2, Tangled, Despicable Me 3. - Wee smile on Elijah's face, he thinks he has it, but does he? Yes, indeed. Elijah now with the lead. In which order do these days fall in the New Zealand annual calendar? Elijah. - April Fools, Mother's Day, Halloween. - Elijah trying to extend that lead even further. And does so. Finally ` Arrange these New Zealand sports stars into the order of when they were born. Trixie. - Mahe Drysdale, Sonny Bill Williams, Lisa Carrington. - This one very important for Trixie to get right. And Trixie, indeed, does that. Well played, what a great end to our brainteaser. Thank you all for playing. Let's take a look at our leaderboard. Elijah now has the lead with 190 points. Then we have a tie with Trixie and Aston, both on 140 points. Which means we now must go to our tiebreaker round. So this will be just between Trixie and Aston. I will simply ask a question. The first person to give me the correct answer will go through. But, if you buzz in and give the incorrect answer, your opponent will go through. A lot on the line. Let's get straight into it now. Best of luck. Here comes your tiebreaker question. In the movie Toy Story, to whom does Woody belong? Trixie. - Andy. - Is the correct answer. Well done, Trixie. You are through. Which means, Aston, I'm very sorry to say you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. What a game it was as well. So, so close today. Of course, a $100 bank account is coming your way. What would you like to do with that money? - I'm probably going to save it up for a new phone. - Nice choice, Aston. Great having you here on the show. And congratulations to Trixie and to Elijah. For them, it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Who, out of our top two players, will be today's Brain Buster champion? Don't move a muscle. We'll be right back. Don't move a muscle. We'll be right back. * - 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. - It's the moment of truth for our final two players, Trixie and Elijah. Shot, guys, on making it this far. Now, Trixie, you really enjoy running? Tell us about that. - I really like doing it with my dad because it's a bit of a challenge. - Oh, awesome. I'm sure Dad is proud that you made it this far. You ready to take on the Brain Buster? - Yeah. - Nice. Best of luck to you. And Elijah, rugby league is your thing. Tell us about that, what got you into it? - Well, I started when I was five years old. My dad had suggested it to me because he used to play rugby league and then I got used to it and I've been playing it since I was five. - Cool, man. - Well, do you think your skills can get you that dub today? - Oh, hopefully. - Nice. All the best to you both. It's now time to jump up on to our zip lines and get ready to fly. Here we go. Three, two, one, fly! Zip-lining their way into the Brain Buster, here comes Trixie and Elijah. It's Trixie political prowess against Elijah's backgammon wizardry. Hm, I'm not sure if those skills will help them here, but maybe Trixie's running and Elijah's rugby league background will pay off. Into the Corpus Callosum. Here's Elijah, did he memorise that code? Yes, nice one, man. Trixie's turn. Ka pai. It's looking pretty even as we head into the Parietal Lobe. Elijah's up, and so is Trixie, both players making their way through the tunnels. It's going to be $340 dollars on the line for whoever makes it to Amygdala. And it's still too close to call right now, as Elijah and Trixie race across the Frontal Lobe. The DNA Molecule switches await, and they are often the key to victory. Here they go. Who will activate first? Elijah's got it. And Trixie's not far behind. Both players now heading for the finish. Elijah was able to get down the ladder a little quicker. Will that be the difference maker? I think it will be, Chris. Elijah with the win! - What a close race that was. Well done, guys, neck-and-neck the whole way there. Trixie, second place today, but how much fun was that obstacle course? - It was really fun and I` I think Elijah did really well. - Yeah, you both did a fantastic job. Great sportsmanship there as well, Trixie. A $100 bank account is all yours. Now, what are you going to do with that money? - Probably spend it. - Fair enough, Trixie. You've definitely deserved it. Thanks again for coming on to the show. - Thank you. - Elijah. What a race. How does it feel to have taken out the Brain Buster, man? - It feels really good, but, um, Trixie tried her best and it was anybody's match. - Yeah, it really was. Great sportsmanship shown by both players. Of course, you are moving on, Elijah. One thing left to do and that is taking on Amygdala. Well, that backgammon competitive spirit has shone through. We're here at Amygdala. Congratulations, Elijah. How does it feel to be today's Brain Busters champion? - Oh, it feels really good. Yeah, just a big achievement. - Yeah. You've done an amazing job. Full congratulations to you. Playing for some good money as well. Excellent stuff. You scored 190 points. Trixie also did an awesome job. 150 points for her. We put it together and you're playing for $340. A lot of money, Elijah. - Yes. - How much are we going to try and win? - Oh, I'll try win all of it. - Right attitude to have. I wish you the best of luck. Let's play Amygdala. In a tennis doubles match, how many players are there? - Four. - Correct. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee is a quote by which famous boxer? - Muhammad Ali. - Well done. What is normally stored behind a dam? - Water. - Correct again. Is a caper a plant or an animal? - A plant. - Plant is correct. Which country was Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury born in? - England? - Not England, it's actually Tanzania. He did move to London, though, when he was 17 years old, where he would eventually go on to form Queen. All right, next one. What kind of animal is a budgerigar? - Is it a bird? - A bird. Well played, awesome job. How many eggs are in a dozen? - 12. - 12 has been locked in. And it is the right answer. The tango and samba are both types of what? - Dances. - Much of a dancer yourself, Elijah? - No, not really. - Known to break down a few moves? - No. - You sure? - Yeah, I'm all right, thanks. - Dance is right. Finally, for Amygdala. A traditional cheese roll has a cheesy mix wrapped in what? - Bread? - Hopeful look on your face. - Yes. - I know it's the final question, but is bread the final answer? Already at $238. That's locked in. Question is, can we add to that right now? We sure can, Elijah. Well done. Take a look at the board. $272. You absolutely smashed that one out of the park, my man. What are you going to do with all the money? - I'm gonna put it into saving for another time. - Smart decision, Elijah. It's been a pleasure having you on the show. Congratulations. $272. - Shot, Elijah. Just like the champ ` finish the quote after me ` floated like a butterfly and sting like a..? - Bee. - Bee. - Oh, man, and so you did. If you think you can take out the Brain Buster just like our man Elijah, jump online and head to ` - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's it for Brain Busters. Captioned by Sally Harper Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020