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 people 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, Ujaan, welcome to the show. A keen cricketer? - Yeah. - Getting ready for the season? - Yeah, I've been playing since I was three. I'm just working on my fast bowling right now, and looking forward to it all. Yeah. - Oh, nice. Can't wait to get underway? - Yeah. - Very competitive then? - Definitely. - That's what we like to have here on Brain Busters. Hamza, basketball's your thing. How long have we been playing basketball for? - I've started taking it seriously this year, playing for school, but I've been playing for a few years, just casually. - Awesome. Miriam, great to have you on the show. What do you like to do? - I do a few sports, but I really enjoy cheer. - Oh, how long have you been doing that for? - I just started this year. - Love it? So, are we throwing people up or we being thrown up? - We're throwing people. - (LAUGHS) Much more safer on the ground. - Yeah. - Nice, Miriam. And Jess, great to have you here as well. Another sporty person. What sports do we play? - I play tennis, football, futsal and netball. - Oof. If we had to pick one, what would it be? - Probably tennis. - That nice big sweeping shot. - Yeah. - That` I don't think that's what it's called, but you know what I mean, Jess. Great to see we've got some very competitive players here today. I'm eager to get into it. Hopefully you are too. Let's play our first round on the day. It's Mega Memory. 90 seconds on the clock, as always. Best of luck to all four of you. Let's get straight into it. Your time starts now. On a table seating, what usually goes with salt? Jess. - Pepper. - Beginning with M, which petrol company's colours are red and blue? - Hamza. - Metro? - Mobil. Which animated movie has the characters Pumbaa and Timon? Jess. - Lion King. - According to the book title, how hungry was the caterpillar? Miriam. - The Very 'Hungy'` Hungry Caterpillar. - Which New Zealand city is home to the rugby team called the Crusaders? Ujaan. - Christchurch. - Beginning with N, what is Egypt's longest river? Miriam. - The Nile. - Do coconuts grow above or below the ground? Hamza. - Above. - In which country is Gallipoli? Ujaan. - Turkey. - The main asteroid belt lies between Mars and which planet? Ujaan. - Earth? - Jupiter. - Beginning with M, what 2020 Disney movie is set in China? - Ujaan. - Mulan. Is Dreamworld an Australian TV show or theme park? Jess. - Theme Park. - Which was released first, Nintendo Game Boy on Nintendo Switch? - Hamza. - Nintendo Game Boy. - Which city will host the 2022 Winter Olympics? Miriam. - Tokyo. - Beijing. What kind of animals are Lady and the Tramp? Ujaan. - Dogs. - In geometry, how many sides does a hexagon have? Jess. - Six. (KLAXON WAILS) - Well played everyone. Thank you very much for kicking it off. Let's see what our scores are after Mega Memory. Jess has the early lead with 40 points. Ujaan has 30 points, Hamza has 20 points, and Miriam has 10 points. So now we'll move into our specialist subject rounds and starting us off today is Miriam. What would you like to play, Miriam? - Spellbinder. - Thank you very much. Let's play Spellbinder. Miriam, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So, how well do we rate our spelling, Miriam? - Um, I'm all right, I guess. - All right. Hopefully a little bit than all right If you want to get a good score here for Spellbinder. Best of luck. Of course, 20 points for each word you spell right. Let's get into it. Here comes your first word. Ranger. Correct. Pickled. Well done. Your next word is ` scorched. Great job. Geyser. Tolerance. Quick spelling. Cosmonaut. Final word for a perfect score ` Hedge. Well, that's one way to put the pressure on everyone else. Miriam, a perfect score in Spellbinder. Thank you very much for playing. - Thank you. - Miriam shoots up to first place with 150 points. Jess has 40 points, Ujaan has 30 points and Hamza has 20 points. Time now for our second player to come forward to take on their specialist subject round. And that player is Hamza. What would you like to play? - Sequencer. - Awesome. Let's play Sequencer. Hamza, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So, we just saw Miriam with a perfect score. How are you feeling after that? - Oh, nervous. I don't think I'd do as good as that. - Well, hey, if she can do it, so can you, right? - Yeah. - Here we go. Good luck. In which order with these films first released from earliest to most recent? Not wasting any time with that first one there. Correct. In which order were these things invented from earliest to most recent? Missing out again, I'm afraid, Hamza. Crayons first followed by the Iron Lung, then the aqua lung. In what order did Nadia Lim achieve these career milestones? Hoping to get back into the points. Well played. In what order did these World War Two events occur. Now we've got some momentum. Well played. In what order were these U.S. presidents in office? Correct. In which order were these hit songs first released? A final Sequencer. Hamza, how are we feeling about it? - Oh, relatively confident. - I like it. Let's go. Three green. Well done, Hamza, a great way to finish it off. Thank you for taking on Sequencer. Miriam still has the lead with 150 points. Hamza now moves into second place with 120 points. Jess has 40 points and Ujaan has 30 points. So, an impressive start to Brain Busters today, but all four of our players are hoping they are going to have enough points to get to that Brain Buster. - It's not going to be easy for our final two players. They've got to keep a cool head when it comes to this bad boy. Focus and patience will be key. - Thank you very much, Mikey. 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. * Hi! Activated almonds occur when you soak walnut in sea salt solution overnight. Wanna race? Oh, nice! (LAUGHS) (ALL CHEER) VOICEOVER: Nintendo Switch. Play. Connect. * Nau mai, hoki mai, and welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Miriam and Hamza take on their specialist subject rounds, and playing next is Ujaan. So, what would we like to play? - Equaliser. - Awesome. Let's play Equaliser. Ujaan, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) How're we feeling, Ujaan? Currently in that elimination position. Are we going to be safe? - Hopefully. - Let's get into it. Best of luck, Ujaan. Great start. Fast answering these equations. Final equation for a perfect score also. Wow, that was quick. As we see a smile come on to Ujaan's face. Very impressive as well. A perfect score for you, my friend. Thank you for playing Equaliser. Ujaan now has the lead with 170 points. Miriam has 150 points. Hamza his 120 points and Jess has 40 points. So, we have just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round. That player is Jess. What would you like to play, Jess? - Identifier. - Thank you very much. Let's play Identifier. Jess, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) Now, Jess, usually when someone's in the lead after Mega Memory, they'll be feeling pretty good, but you've had three fantastic scores. So what's going through your head at the moment? - I'm really nervous. (LAUGHS) - If I can do it, so can you. - Hopefully. - Best of luck, Jess. Here comes your first Identifier. Definitely the start we want. Well done, Jess. Nice work. Correct, again, for Jess. Great so far, Jess. Can we continue it here? Just needed to swap around potato then cow's milk. Hovering over that done button for a wee while. Have you made the right choices? Yeah, you had pomegranate as well. Just needed to swap it for blackberry. Finally for Identifier ` There we go. Nice way to finish, Jess. Awesome stuff. Thank you for taking on Identifier. Another great round as well from Jess. So let's take a look at the leaderboard. Ujaan has 170 points. Miriam has 150 points. Hamza is on 120 points and Jess is also on 120 points. So after some fantastic results in our specialist subject rounds, we find ourselves with a tie ` Jess and Hamza. So now we go to our tie break round. I will ask a question, the first person to give me the correct answer will go through to the next round, but if you fail to give me the correct answer, then your opponent will go through. Best of luck to each of you. Here comes your tiebreaker question. What was Shakespeare's first name? Hamza. - William. - William is the correct answer, Hamza. Congratulations, you are through to the Brainteaser. Jess, I'm sorry to say you've been eliminated from Brain Busters. A really great showing here as well. First place after Mega Memory, and really not a bad score at all, but a $100 bank account is now all yours. So what will you be doing with the money? - I'll probably save it for something bigger, like a new tennis racket. - Nice. Best of luck with tennis coming up as well, Jess. - Thank you. - And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, that's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - With one gone, our three remaining players have got to keep their eyes on the prize. They're gonna need determination if they want to go through to The Amygdala. - 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 ` Blueprinter and Reo Rangatira. So, Ujaan, Hamza and Miriam, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We'll start with Ujaan, who has selected... Blueprinter. Hamza would like to play... Blueprinter as well. And Miriam has chosen... Blueprinter. Can't argue with that. Let's play Blueprinter. It's already been a high point scoring game, how many more can we add? Let's find out now. Good luck as we head into Blueprinter. 30 seconds to have a look at what it is, and then buzz in when you think you know the answers when they pop up on your screen. Here is your Blueprinter ` Your time starts now. The basin encompasses large parts of both the United States and Canada, and about 37 million people live inside it. The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system in the world, with more than 20% of the planet's surface freshwater being stored in them. 10 seconds left. Time's up. Please buzz in when you think you know the answer. First one, please. Hamza. - Uh, Thunder Bay. - Unfortunately not Thunder Bay, sorry. The correct answer was Lake Superior. Next ` Hamza, again. - Thunder Bay. - Second time's the charm. This? Miriam. - Lake Michigan. - It is like Michigan. Miriam now has the lead. Hamza. - Uh,... Lake... Huron? Well done, Hamza. Finally ` Hamza, again. Lake Erie. Lake Erie is correct. That concludes a quick round of Blueprinter for our Brainteaser. Thank you all for playing. Let's take a look at our final leaderboard. Hamza now has the lead with 190 points. Miriam has 180 points and Ujaan has 170 points. So, Ujaan, I'm sorry to say they just didn't let you buzz in, but that's OK. You get to go home with $100 bank account. Really well played, Ujaan. What are you going to do with the money? - Probably buy a cricket bat later on. Just save it for now. - Save it up. Nice work, Ujaan. Best of luck with the cricket season. Bowl some sweet yorkers for me, all right? - Yup. - Good man. And congratulations to Hamza and to Miriam. For them it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Who out of our top two players has what it takes to be the Brain Buster champion? We'll find out after the break. We'll find out after the break. * Welcome back to Brain Busters. We've gone through Mega Memory, our specialist subject rounds, the Brainteaser, and for our final two, it's now time for the Brain Buster! - It's now crunch time for our final two players. Miriam and Hamza, well done on making it this far. But the question is, are you guys ready to take on the ultimate obstacle course? Awesome. Let's jump up on our zip lines, and let's get ready to fly. Here we go. Three, two, one, fly! Miriam and Hamza swoop into the Brain Buster with a combined 370 points. Both players make their way down the Neurotransmitters and on to the Molecule Steps. Balancing skills are a must in cheerleading, and Miriam's got skills. Got their codes, and they both sprint into the Corpus Callosum. Hamza's arrived at the Hippocampus only moments before Miriam. And the parietal lobe is unlocked for both our players. It's getting closer and closer for these two. Hard work getting up there, and Miriam charges ahead into the tunnel. She's in the lead now, but Hamza is right on her tail. They are both out and on to the Frontal Lobe. Being a basketballer, Hamza's long legs could help him reach the DNA switches faster. Miriam's nearly there. Her cheerleading mates will be cheering her on. Here we go. Miriam and Hamza, both trying to find the correct combination. Booyah! Miriam lights her side of the Brain Buster. And Hamza too. This is it. A dramatic finale ` diving over and under the Basal Ganglia. Who's done it, Chris? - Oh! (GASPS, LAUGHS) LAUGHS: Hamza, you all right, mate? Get on up, bud. LAUGHS: Well done. That was a spectacular finish, to say the least, from both of you. Hamza, we'll start with you. We'll check` We're all OK? - Yeah, I'm fine. (LAUGHS) - What a race. Put your body on the line. What was going through your head in the over-under bit there? - I didn't realise she was, like, right there. So I just had to gap. - Threw everything at it, Hamza. Well done, thank you so much for competing today on Brain Busters. You get yourself $100 bank account. What will you be doing with that money? - I'll just Save it and put it towards a new phone. - Awesome stuff, Hamza. (LAUGHS) Great job. Seriously impressive, my friend. Miriam, congratulations. You have taken it out. - (CHUCKLES) - What was going through your head there? - No, I couldn't tell where he was all the time, so I was just trying to keep going. - And then similar to Hamza, you just threw everything at it. Well done. Journey not over yet. One thing to do, and that is taking on Amygdala. Miriam, great to see that nice, big smile. Obviously very happy to be here at Amygdala. - Yeah. - You've done a fantastic job. How does it feel to be here? - It feels really good. Yeah. - Seriously, awesome work. You scored 180 points today. Hamza actually scored 10 points more than you. 190. We combine those two scores together and you are playing for $370. Good luck. Here comes your first Amygdala question. - OK. - Which team sport rhymes with jockey? - Hockey. (CHUCKLES) -Last time I checked it does. Who was not a scientist, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Elvis Presley? - Elvis Presley. - The sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet is Sherlock what? - Gnomes? - Well done. (GIGGLES) A bit of a guess? - Yeah, it sounds cheesy. (BOTH LAUGH) Are most podcasts something you watch or listen to? - Listen. - What is known as the Red Planet? - I know it's Mars or Jupiter. I'm gonna go with Mars. - Going with Mars. It is Mars. - OK. - Who is not a chaser on The Chase, the Governess or the Schoolteacher? - Schoolteacher. - Schoolteacher? - Mm-hmm. - And Schoolteacher is correct. - In Britain, what food are known as bangers? - I'll go with hamburgers? - Locking it in? - Yeah. - Hamburgers... - (CHUCKLES) - ...is not correct, sorry. The correct answer is actually sausages. Yeah, commonly known as bangers and mash, which should be sausages and potatoes. - Right (!) (CHUCKLES) - Next question ` which book series features the best friend Rowley Jefferson? - Oh, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Definitely. Yes. (CHUCKLES) - Much more confident with this one. - Yeah. - Well done. And finally, for Amygdala, at what time of day would you eat supper? - It depends, right? We eat at around seven to eight or nine. Yeah. (GIGGLES) PM. (SIGHS) - You are correct. of course, you could have simply said night or evening as well. - That makes more sense. I realised that after. - (LAUGHS) But still nailed it. Congratulations, Miriam. You have taken out Brain Busters today. Let's take a look. $296. Just shy of $300. Very impressive indeed. What are you going to do with the money? - Um,.. I might pay back my friends and family. (CHUCKLES) - That is a wise decision to make. I think I would very much appreciate that. Miriam, congratulations. $296. - Woo, awesome job, Miriam. Now you know what bangers and mash is. If you look on a menu it's ` - Sausages. - Eh! And ` - Potatoes. - Potatoes. - If you think you can take out the Brain Buster just like our girl, Miriam, 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. 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