- We start with four, but in the end, there can be only one. Kia ora, I'm Chris Kirk, and this is Brain Busters. Who has the mind power to make it all the way through the rounds and end up at this ` the Brain Buster? - It's your boy, Mikey Falesiu. Only two out of four players will make it here to the ultimate obstacle course, but only one will go through to the Amygdala to turn their points into money. Can't wait to find out who. - Thanks, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's Brain Busters. 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 I'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 an elimination. So let's meet our players today. Firstly, Lucy, welcome to the show. Now, I hear you've just got into rowing. What's that like? - Quite intense. Very early mornings, so... - How early are we getting up? - About 5. - Oh, nice. Loving it though? - Yeah, it's very fun. - Good to hear, Lucy. All the best with Brain Busters today. Meg, quite sporty yourself, as well ` right into road cycling and mountain biking. Where do you like to go riding? - Like, the Port Hills are really nice. There's lots of great tracks, and they're, like, really nice rides with great views as well. - Awesome. Great to have you here on the show, Meg. Niki, great to have you here also. Bit of a young businesswoman yourself. Now, you've actually started making your own bracelets. How did you get into that? - I actually got quite bored in the holidays, so I had to entertain myself, and then my sister told me to sell them, so I started to sell them. - Awesome, Niki. Great having you here on the show, as well. Alfie, welcome to Brain Busters. - Thanks for having me. - You play the guitar? - Yeah. - So, have you got any, like, - favourite bands or anything? - Yeah. Queen, definitely. - Oh, right. So the question is, Alfie, will you be the 'champion of the world' today here on Brian Busters? - CHUCKLES: I sure hope so. - We will find out shortly. Let's start it right now as we play our first round of the day. It's Mega Memory. 90 seconds on the clock. Good luck to all of our players. Your time starts now. Does New Zealander Scott Dixon ride race horses or drive race cars? - Alfie. - Drive race cars. - (DING!) - What do you get cut at Just Cuts? - Alfie. - Hair. - (DING!) - Chocolate chippies are a type of what? - Alfie. - Biscuit. - (DING!) - Which game characters include Knuckles the Echidna? - Alfie. - Sonic. - (DING!) - In which movie does Lord Business plan to use the 'Kragle'? - Lucy. - The Lego Movie. - (DING!) - Which telecommunications company rhymes with 'whinny'? Alfie. - Oh, pass. - (BUZZ) - Skinny. What is the name of the toy horse appearing in the Toy Story series? - Lucy. - Bullseye. - (DING!) - What type of food is Cadbury Dairy Milk? - Niki. - Chocolate. - (DING!) - What Maori name meaning 'cloud piercer' is used for New Zealand's highest mountain? - Meg. - Aoraki. - (DING!) - How many people sing or play instruments and a quintet? - Lucy. - Five. - (DING!) - What is the most famous motor race held at the Brickyard? - Meg. - Indy 500. - (DING!) - What sport has a position called goal attack? - Lucy. - Netball. - (DING!) - What is tofu made from? Niki. - Uh... (MAKES GARBLED NOISES) - (BUZZ! SIREN WAILS) - Soybeans. (CHUCKLES) And that is time up for Mega Memory. Thanks, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look at our scores. Lucy has the early lead with 40 points. Alfie is on 30 points, Meg has 20 points, and Niki is on at zero points. So it's time now to move into our specialist subject rounds. I think we should get some points on the board for Niki. So what would you like to play? - Reo Rangatira. - Awesome. Let's play the Reo Rangatira. Niki, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So how's the business going? Are we making a little bit of money? - Yes, definitely. - Oh, very nice. Well, let's see if we can make a whole lot of points now, as we get into Reo Rangatira. Best of luck. Here comes your first question. How many is tekau ma toru? - 13. - (DING!) - Correct. What is a Maori way to say 'you'? As in, 'you and me'. - Koe. - (DING!) - Kia ora. - Does the word Pakeha refer to a non-Maori person or a Maori person? - Non-Maori? - (DING!) - Ae. H. M. Ngata, P. M. Ryan and H. W. Williams are all authors of what type of Maori language books? - Hmm... I would say... ...war? - (BUZZ!) - Dictionaries. - (CHUCKLES) - Ko te atua o te moana? - Tangaroa. - (DING!) - Correct. Spell 'haka'. - (DING!) - That is correct. Well done. Really well played, Niki. A great start to your specialist subject round. Thank you very much for taking on Reo Rangatira. Niki now has the lead with 100 points. Lucy is on 40 points, Alfie has 30 points, and Meg has 20 points. So time for our second player to come forward and that player is Meg. What would you like to play? - Spellbinder. - Thanks, Meg. Let's play Spellbinder. Meg, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So what's the furthest, like, bike ride you've ever done, Meg? - Like, 102km. - (EXHALES HEAVILY) That is a long way. - Yeah. (CHUCKLES) - Let's see if we can get more than 102 points here for Spellbinder, eh? - Yeah. Good luck. Your first word is... 'swagger'. - (DING!) - Correct. Devastation. - (DING!) - Well done. Bleach. - (DING!) - Correct. Spell 'veins.' - (DING!) - Awesome job. Contemplate. - (DING!) - Great stuff. Laxative. (BUZZ!) - (CHUCKLES) - A-T-I-V-E there. And your final word is... 'focus'. - (DING!) - Is correct. Very, very well done there, Meg. A great effort. And I think we were just one off letter off getting that perfect score. Still well played. Thank you for taking on Spellbinder. - Thank you. Now Meg has the lead with 140 points. Niki is on 100 points, Lucy has 40 and Alfie has 30 points. So two of our players have already competed in their specialist subject rounds, but all four are wondering if they can go hang out with Mikey. - Here on the Brain Buster, one wrong move and it could be see ya later, alligator. Let's hope today's top two players are ready for whatever comes their way. - Kia ora, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Just head online to HEIHEI Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see e muri i te whakata. * - Hoki mai ano. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Niki and Meg take on their specialist subject rounds. And coming up now, it is Alfie's turn. What would you like to play? - Sequencer. - Thanks, Alfie. Let's play Sequencer. Alfie, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) How long have we been playing the guitar for, Alfie? - Uh, about three years. - Nice. Do we sing along as well? - Uh, not the best, but I give it a crack. - That's all that matters! Well, hey, let's give Sequencer a crack now as well. Good luck. Here comes your first Sequence. In which order did these events occur? Need to get some points on the board, eh, Alfie? Can we do it here? - (DING! DING! DING!) - Yeah, nice work. In which order were these animated movies released? Think you've got this one right? - I'm pretty sure. - (DING! DING! DING!) - Pretty sure is good enough for me. Order these words by their location in a Maori dictionary, from first to last. (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) Unlucky there, Alfie. Tikanga first, Wairoa second, then Whakatauki. Place these prominent people in chronological order by birth. (DING! DING! DING!) Nice, Aflie. And finally,... In which order were these books first released? That slow move to the middle. Unsure, but we'll put it there anyway... - (DING! DING! DING!) - ...because it might just be right. Alfie, well played there. Congratulations. Thank you very much for taking on Sequencer. - Thanks, Chris. It's Meg still in front with 140 points. Alfie has 110 points, Niki has 100 points, then Lucy has 40 points. So there is just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round, and that player is Lucy. What would you like to play, Lucy? - Identifier. - Let's do it. Lucy, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So what made us start rowing, Lucy? - Mostly my friends just got me into it and said it was really fun, so I just started doing it, yeah. ` Nice. No arguments early in the morning? - No. -Not yet, anyway. (CHUCKLES) All right, Lucy. Good luck. Let's get into Identifier. - (DING! DING! DING!) - Lovely start, Lucy. - (DING! BUZZ! BUZZ!) - Unlucky. Sorry, Lucy. Needed porcelain and wax there. Need to get back on track here, Lucy. Can we do it? - (DING! DING! DING!) - Sure thing. Thoughts on this one, Lucy? - A little unsure, but take a guess. (DING! BUZZ! BUZZ!) (SIGHS) Always gonna be tricky with those bottom two. Yeah, emperor first, then chinstrap, finally rockhopper. Really unlucky there, but that does wrap up Identifier. Lucy, thank you for playing. So all of our specialist subject rounds are complete. Let's take a look at the leaderboard. Meg has 140 points, Alfie has 110 points, Niki is on 100, and Lucy is on 80. So unfortunately, we do need to eliminate our first player today on Brain Busters, and I'm sorry to say, Lucy, it will be you. Great start with Mega Memory, just Identifier a little bit tricky, but still, you've got yourself a $100 bank account. So what will you do with the money? - I think I'm going to save most of it, but maybe go and spend it on a bit of shopping. - Yeah, well deserved, Lucy. All the best with the rowing as well. - Thank you. - And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Three players left, two will race, but only one will go home with that big cash prize. Can't wait to find out who. - Kia ora, Mikey, and before we can get to that money, we now have our Brain Teaser. So 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 Equaliser. So Meg, Niki and Alfie, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you everyone for voting. We will start with Meg, who would like to play... Blueprinter. We'll head over to Alfie, who would like to play... Equaliser. So it comes down to Niki, who has chosen... Blueprinter. There we go. Thank you all for voting. Let's play Blueprinter. So will Meg cycle away with the points, or will our other players managed to catch up? Let's get into it now. You have 30 seconds to have a look at our Blueprinter, and then buzz in when you think you know the answers as they appear on screen. Good luck. Here comes your Blueprinter ` Your time starts now. Close to Wellington's Upper Hutt, at Staglands Wildlife Reserve, you can see all kinds of fantastic creatures, including lots of native birds like whio, kea and kaka, as well as loads of farmyard animals like piglets, ponies and deer. 10 seconds left. - (SIREN WAILS) - That's time. Buzz in when you think you know the answers. Good luck. First one, please. What's this? - Niki. - Tracey's Cave. - (DING!) - Correct. Next. Alfie. - Stables. - (BUZZ!) - Not the stables, sorry, Alfie. It is the Barn. Third. Alfie. - Stables. - (DING!) - Second time lucky. This one, please. Niki. - Whio Aviary. - (DING!) - Well done, Niki. Finally... - Secret Garden. - (DING!) - That is indeed the Secret Garden. Well played, Alfie. And well played to everyone. Thank you for taking on our Brain Teaser. Let's have a look at our final leaderboard. Niki has avoided elimination, jumping into the lead with 160 points. Meg now has 140 points and Alfie also has 140 points. So what a round that was, and it does mean we have a tie between Meg and Alfie. So now we will go to our tiebreaker round. I will simply ask a question. The first player to buzz in and give me the correct answer will go through. However, buzz in and give me the incorrect answer, your opponent will go through. Good luck to the both of you. Here comes your tiebreaker question. What kind of animal is Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia? - Alfie. - A lion. - (DING!) - Is the correct answer. Alfie, congratulations. You're making it through. Meg, I'm sorry to say, Just not quick enough for the buzzer there. You have been eliminated from Brain Busters. Well played today, Meg. You have a $100 bank account now, so what will you do with the money? - I think I'll put it towards my new cycling glasses that I'm gonna get. - I'm sure they'll let you go 10 times faster as well. Awesome having you on the show, Meg. And congratulations to Niki and to Alfie. For them, it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Our final two players are about to battle it out to see who will be crowned as the Brain Buster champion. You don't wanna miss this. Stay right there. crowned as the Brain Buster champion. You don't wanna miss this. Stay right there. * - Welcome back to the show. For our final two, it all comes down to this ` the Brain Buster. - Shining bright like diamonds, it's our final two contestants, Niki and Alfie. Well done on making it this far. Now, I know, Niki, you're into art. Tell us about that. - I like to draw about the stars, just like I like looking at the stars. - Nice. Well, are you ready for the Brain Buster? - Definitely. - Awesome. Loving that. Best of luck. Alfie, I know drawing is your thing. Tell us about that, man. - Yeah, I like doing doodles and stuff, and, yeah, just randomly. - Are you ready to sketch your way to victory? - I sure hope so. - Awesome. Best of luck to you both. It's gonna be a good race. It's now time to jump onto our zip lines, and let's get ready to fly. Here we go, three, two, one, fly. It's looking very yellow on the Brain Buster today, but hopefully not too mellow. Alfie and Niki have done well to get this far, and Alfie only just scraped through after winning the tiebreaker. The winner will be playing for $310. That amount could really help Niki's bracelet business, but she'll have to beat Alfie first. Both doing great so far. Each have their codes as they run up to the Hippocampus. But have they remembered the digits? Alfie's side looks good. Niki's up next... and smashes it. She better zoom up the Parietal Lobe quick. Alfie's already through the tunnel. Niki wants to become an astronomer one day, and her climbing skills are out of this world. Alfie still holds the lead. These two artists are drawing closer to the DNA Molecule Switches, but the Frontal Lobe can be a bit sketchy. Niki's out of the tunnel and fast to close the gap. It's a kind of magic when we have two Queen fans on the Brain Buster in one week. But Alfie's show must go on, and there goes Niki's side. Things are heating up now. It's a race to the finish. The Basal Ganglia is the final obstacle ` under and over. I think Alfie's got this, Chris. - There we go. What a race. Very close indeed. Niki, I'll get you to come across this way. Congratulations, both of you, on a fantastic race there. Niki, how was it for you? - It was fun. - Happy with the result? Maybe not quite, but still very, very close, like I mentioned. So you've got yourself a $100 bank account. Should be super proud of your efforts. What are you gonna do with the money? - I'm going to save it up. - Smart choice, Niki. It's been a pleasure having you here on the show. Alfie, congratulations. You've taken out the Brain Buster. What was going through your head during the race? - Gee, I did not` I did not know it was gonna finish like that. (BOTH CHUCKLE) - Got pretty close, didn't it? - Yeah. - But you've managed to come out on top. Alfie, congratulations. One thing left to do, and that is taking on Amygdala. Alfie, great to see you've still got that big smile on your face. Must be very happy to be here at Amygdala. - Yeah, of course. - Well done today, man. A really great effort on the show. Congratulations, once again, on making it all the way this far. Playing for some good money ` do you know how much? - No. - $310. What do you think about that? - That's quite a bit. (CHUCKLES) - CHUCKLES: It is quite a bit. Shall we try win you all of it? - Yes, please. - Let's get into it, then. Best of luck, Alfie. Is Copenhagen a city or a pasta dish? - A city. - (DING!) - It is. In the Hairy Maclary books, Bottomley Potts is all covered in what? - Spots. - (DING!) - Sure is. In which city is the sitcom Friends set? - New York. - (DING!) - Correct. Max and Duke are dogs in The Secret Life of...? - Pets. - (DING!) - Yes. In netball, which position, starting with C, can't go in either goal circle? - Oh. Centre. - Looking unsure there for a second. Realised... centre? That's it? - Yeah. - (DING!) - Good to hear. You got it right. Which kind of vessel fills its ballast tanks to dive? - Submarine. - Locking in submarine? Sure of that one? - Yup, pretty sure. - You say you're pretty sure, but your... - CHUCKLES: Yeah. - ...facial expression slightly suggests another thing, Alfie. - Bit of both. All right. - (DING!) - You got it right, Alfie. What sort of animals lived in the house Goldilocks fell asleep in? - Bears. - Bears. $186 in the bank. - (DING!) - It's just gone up again. Including thumbs, how many fingers does Bart Simpson have? - Eight. - Why eight? - Cos usually in cartoons, I think, they would have eight. - (DING!) - Well done. Yeah, most non-3D cartoons, as you mentioned, have four fingers as it's much easier for animators to draw. Beginning with V, which bones make up your spine. - Violins. - (CHUCKLES) Violins. Sure you wanna go with that? - I'm sure. - Nothing else it could be? - No. - So is this a guess? - CHUCKLES: Definitely. - (CHUCKLES) (BUZZ!) Vertebrae. - Oh yeah! - Just need to keep thinking of it! Moving on to our final Amygdala question. Which kind of desert food item is a trumpet? - Ice cream. - Good thing you didn't say food item is a violin. - (CHUCKLES) - Ice cream locked in for our final Amygdala answer. Is it right? (DING!) Of course, it's right. Alfie, very well played, my friend. $279 ` so, so close to a perfect score as well. But Alfie, you've done fantastic. Congratulations. What are you gonna do with the money? - I'm going to put most of it towards my computer for next year, and I'm shout my poppa an ice cream. - Well deserved. Hey, I'm sure he's gonna be very happy that. Don't wanna buy a violin? - Nope. - (LAUGHS) Alfie, it's been great to have you here. $279! - Outstanding performance, bro. I'm sure you'll never forget what your spine bones are now. - No, definitely will not forget. (ALL CHUCKLE) - My man. If you think you can take on the Brain Buster, just like our man Alfie, 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 in NZ On Air.