- We start with four, but in the end, they 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 Mikey Falesiu, ready with today's action. The right attitude and determination is what today's top two will need to become the Brain Buster champion. Let's hope they're up for the challenge because this is the ultimate obstacle course. Kia ora, 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 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 players can choose from six of their options. They'll hope to gain enough points to stay in this game and avoid elimination. So let's meet our players now. Firstly, Kingi, welcome to the show. Heard you've got a quick shout out you wanna make. - Oh, I wanted just to make a shout out to my mum and dad. - Nice. I'm sure they're super proud of you for coming here on the show. Reckon you can take it out today, Kingi? - Oh... Yup. Maybe. - We will see. Good luck. Guyon, welcome to the show. What do you like to do in your spare time? - Fishing. - What's the coolest thing we've ever caught? - A thresher shark. - Wow, that would've been amazing! Where did you catch that? - In the Marlborough Sounds with my family. - Oh, that would have been beautiful there. Guyon, great to have you here on the show. Kate, welcome to you as well. What do you get up to? - I like playing sports. - Favourite sport? - Tennis and hockey. - Nice. Are we backhand or forehand? - Forehand. - Gotta be the forehand. Nice work, Kate. And we also have Charli. Hear you're right into your reading. - Yeah. - Favourite book? - Probably Harry Potter. - That is the correct answer. Favourite book within the Harry Potter series? - Goblet of Fire. - Nice choice as well. Well, it's great to have you all here. Let's get straight to our first round of the today. It's time to play Mega Memory. Ten points if our players buzz in and give the correct answer, but fail to do so, they will lose 10 points. Let's get into it. Good luck. Your time starts... now. Which is the name of a band, Purple 5 or Maroon 5? - Guyon. - Maroon 5. - (DING!) - What is the traditional colour of a golf ball? - Kate. - White. - (DING!) - Is cheesecake commonly eaten as breakfast or dessert? - Charli. - Dessert. - (DING!) - Which Roald Dahl book features a school teacher named Miss Honey? - Guyon. - Matilda. - (DING!) - Which is a film company, 19th Century Rabbit or 20th Century Fox? - Kate. - 20th Century Fox. - (DING!) - Where on a movie screen would you traditionally see subtitles? - Charli. - At the bottom. - (DING!) Which looks like is directly east of Lake Wanaka? - Guyon. - Lake Wakatipu. - (BUZZ!) - Lake Hawea. Which movie series introduced a sword fighting Puss in Boots? - Kate. - Shrek. - (DING!) - Haggis is a national dish of which country? - Charli. - Scotland. - (DING!) - Caramel is made by boiling which sweet substance? - Charli. - Sugar. - (DING!) Who was born first, Beethoven or Britney Spears? - Kate. - Beethoven. - (DING!) - The city of Tamaki Makaurau is also known as? - Kingi. - Auckland. - (DING!) Which New Zealand artist released the song Don't Worry About It? Kingi. - Bob Marley. Oh. (BUZZ!) - Kings. - Kings. Our final answer there for Mega Memory. Thanks, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look at our scores. Kate has 40 points. Charli also has 40 points. We have Guyon on 10 points and Kingi on zero points. So now we move into our specialist subject round and I think we should get some points on the board for my man, Kingi. What would you like to play, my friend? - Reo Rangatira. - Awesome. Let's play the Reo Rangatira. Kingi, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So actually representing Gisborne today on the show. What's the best thing about Gisborne, man? - Oh, it's not busy there compared to Christchurch. - Nice. All right. Well, let's get into Reo Rangatira now. Best of luck. 20 points for each question you get correct. Here is number one. Name the next number in this sequence of twos - rua, wha, ono... - Waru. - (DING!) - Correct. In English, how many is kotahi mano? - 1000. - (DING!) - Well done. What is the name of the ancient homeland of Maori? - Iwi. - (BUZZ!) - Hawaiki. - SOFTLY: Oh. - Spell 'rangatahi'. - (DING!) - Kia ora. Translate this: E hia nga ika kai roto e tau kete? - How much fish are in your basket? - (DING!) - Correct. Whakaoti te whakatauki nei: Kua hinga te totara i te wao nui a... wai? - A Tane. - (DING!) - Correct. What does 'kia kaha' mean? - Carry on. - (DING!) - Correct. Well done there. Some great answers there, Kingi. Thank you so much for playing Reo Rangatira. Kingi has 120 points. Kate has 40 points. Charli is on 40 points as well. Then we have Guyon on 10 points. So coming up to the front next will be Guyon. What do you want to play? - Identifier. - Thank you very much. Let's play Identifier. Guyon, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) Guyon, so this shark you caught, how big was it? - Roughly 2.5m to 3m. - Wow. How long did it take you to pull that one up? - Oh, 10 to 15 minutes. - Impressive stuff. Let's see if you can be just as impressive here for Identifier. Good luck. Let's get into the first one. (DING! DING! DING!) Nice work, Guyon. (DING! DING! DING!) Correct. A lot of swapping around there. (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) Yeah, I think you may have had the wrong idea. Smallest to greatest was, of course, the order ` 5ml, then 0.01 litres, and then finally 3 teaspoons. Wanna get back on track here, Guyon. - (DING! DING! DING!) - And you do it nicely. Well done. - (DING! DING! DING!) - Three green. Well done, Guyon. And finally,... (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) Yeah, it was great white shark, crocodile and dolphin there to finish off that round. Thank you, Guyon, very much for playing. Great job. That is Identifier. Kingi still has the lead with 120 points. Guyon now has 90 points. Kate has 40 points and Charli has 40 points. So just like that, we are halfway through our specialist subjects, but all four of our players are hoping they've got what it takes to head to the Brain Buster. - Our final two players must be 100% ready for action here on the Brain Buster. If they aren't, we all know what happens. One winner ` can't wait. - The only question is who, Mikey. We'll find it at a bit later on. In the meantime, though, you can play at home as well. Simply hop online to HEIHEI Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see you e muri i te whakata. * - Nau mai hoki mai. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Kingi and Guyon take on the specialist subject rounds. And coming up now it is Kate's turn. What would you like to play? - Equaliser. - Thanks, Kate. Let's play Equaliser. Kate, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) All right. Obviously we're pretty sporty, Kate, but how's our maths? - Uh, it's OK. (CHUCKLES) - We will find out now. 20 points for each question you get right. Let's see if we get a whole lot for you. Good luck. - (DING!) - Correct. (BUZZ!) - (DING!) - Awesome job. (BUZZ!) (BUZZ!) Finally for Equaliser, Kate... - (DING!) - Is correct. Well done there, Kate. Some tricky equations in there, but you've done really well. Thank you for playing Equaliser. It's still Kingi out in front with 120. Kate now has 100 points, Guyon is on 90, and Charli has 40. So there is just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round, and that player is Charli. What would you like to play? - Spellbinder. Awesome, Charli. Let's get into Spellbinder. Charli, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) No surprise, being an avid reader, that we've picked Spellbinder. But seriously, how good is Harry Potter, right? - Yeah. - Can't beat it. All right, let's see how we do now in Spellbinder. Good luck. Spiral. - (DING!) - Correct. Ballad. - (DING!) - Well done. Suspension. - (DING!) - Awesome work. Trout. - (DING!) - Lovely. Satire. - (DING!) - Great job. Ascent. - (DING!) - Correct. Finally for Spellbinder... biscuits. - (DING!) - Is correct. And if I'm not mistaken, that is a perfect score for Charli. Well done. All that reading clearly showing off. You've done a fantastic job. Thank you for playing Spellbinder. - Thank you. Charli ending our specialist subject rounds in style. So let's take a look now at the leaderboard. Charli now has the lead with 180 points. Kingi is on 120 points. Kate has 100 points and Guyon has 90 points. So unfortunately, we do need to eliminate our first play today on Brian Busters and, Guyon, sorry to say it is you, my friend, but the good news is you've got yourself a $100 bank account. So what are you going to do with that money? - Probably going to spend it on a fishing rod. - Yeah, nice. All the best with the fishing, man. You're clearly pretty handy at it. And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to that Brain Buster. - Our three remaining players must stay focused now if they want to go to Amygdala. It won't be easy, but I'm confident they got this. - Thanks, Mikey. Yeah, they've definitely got this. And it all starts here with our Brain Teaser. Now, all that plays that I have gone through, their specialist subject rounds, and we're left with two options for our players to choose from. Today, those options are Blueprinter and Sequencer. So Kingi, Kate and Charli, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for your votes. We will start with Kingi, who has decided to play... Blueprinter. Kate wants to play... Sequencer. So it comes down to Charli's vote, and it is... Sequencer. There we go. Let's play Sequencer. Plenty of points up for grabs here, so let's get into it now. Good luck. Here comes your first Sequencer for our Brain Teaser. In which order with these New Zealand made movies first released? Charli. - Lord of the Rings, Hunt of the Wilderpeople, Boy. - Charli has the lead, would love to add a few more extra points to her tally though. (DING! BUZZ! BUZZ!) Can't do it here though. Needed to swap Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople around. Next up,... Put these video games into their order of release. Charli. - Tetris, Tekken 3, and Animal Crossing. - Wants the points back. - (DING! DING! DING!) - And gets them. Arrange these tennis stars into the order in which their careers began. Kate. - Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal. - Kate, keen tennis player. - (DING!) - Surely it's right for Kate. - (DING! DING!) - There we go. Nicely done. In which order did these events occur? Kingi. - Um... Captain James Cook. Uh... Treaty of Waitangi. And... Abel Tasman. - Kingi would like some points as well. - (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) - Unable to get them there though. - (SIGHS) Finally,... In which order did these innovations first successfully occur? Kingi. - Uh... Stem cell therapy. Uh... Artificial, and then Organ. Kingi, trying to finish strong here. (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!) - (CHUCKLES) - Missing out again, unfortunately. Organ transplants first, then stem cell therapy, and then most recently artificial intelligence. So that is it for our Brain Teaser. Thank you, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look now at our final leaderboard. Charli has 180. Kate has 130 points. And Kingi has 60 points. So, you had to go for it, Kingi, and I'm sorry to say you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. Great job, man. And a $100 bank account is all yours. So what will you do with the money? - Um, I might just save it for now. - Fair enough. Gonna share it with Mum and Dad? - Maybe. - (CHUCKLES) We'll see. Thanks for coming on the show, Kingi. And congratulations to Kate and to Charli. For them, it's now onto the Brain Buster. - Our final two contestants are about to take on the ultimate obstacle course. Who will be our winner? Don't move a muscle. Who will be our winner? Don't move a muscle. * Nau mai hoki mai. It's all come down to this as two players take on the Brain Buster. - Kate and Charli are our final two players that have made it here to the Brain Buster. Well done, girls, on making it this far. Now, I know, Kate, you like to spend time at your holiday home. What do you like to get up to? - I like to go boating with my family. - Nice. I'm sure your boating skills up for the Brain Buster challenge. - Yeah. (CHUCKLES) - You ready for this? - Yeah. - Nice, best of luck. And Charli, I know netball is one of your sports. Tell us about that. - Well, I kinda just got into it a few years ago when I went to my friend's practise, and then I kinda started playing for myself. - Well, I'm sure you're happy that you made the right decision, and your friend's happy that you made it this far. The question is, you ready to take on the Brain Buster? - Yeah. Awesome. Loving the confidence. Best of luck. It's now time to jump onto our zip lines and let's get ready to fly. Here we go. Three, two, one, fly. Kate and Charli, welcome to the Brain Buster. Only one will make it to Amygdala to play for that $310. Who will it be today? Both players are off to a good start. Let's see who gets the upper hand. Through the Corpus Callosum and now on to the Hippocampus. Were they both able to remember the four digit code? Yes, ka pai. Will the Parietal Lobe put some distance between Kate and Charli? Charli's doing well here, but Kate has shot ahead. Come on, Charli. You got this! Kate moves on to the Frontal Lobe. If she's quick here, the race is all hers. Charli's coming through the tunnel now though, not far behind. Here's Kate. Can she find the combination? Nailed it. That was fast. Charli's on to the Hanging Disks now, but Kate advances through the Basal Ganglia. Awesome stuff from Kate, and she takes out the Brain Buster and will be heading to Amygdala. Unfortunately, Charli was just unable to fully catch up after falling behind at the Parietal Lobe, but still a great effort and an awesome race today on the Brain Buster. The ultimate obstacle course lives up to its name yet again. Chris, over to you. - Buzzer done! And that is our race complete. Great work. Kate, I'll get you to come across this way. Charli, we'll start with you. It's not called the ultimate obstacle for nothing. Bit of a challenge, but how much fun was that? - Really fun. - Really enjoyed it? Well, congratulations. Second place today on Brain Busters, meaning you've got yourself a $100 bank account. So what will you do with the money? - I'll probably just buy new clothes. - Fair enough. Hey, well played. Thank you for coming on to the show. - Thank you. - Kate, congratulations. You've beat the Brain Buster. A big smile on your face as well. How did the obstacle course go for you? - Yeah, it was really fun. - Great to hear it. One thing left to do, of course, for Kate, and that is taking on a Amygdala. Kate, congratulations once again on making it to the final round, Amygdala. Very happy to be here? - Yeah. Happy with your performance as well today? - Yeah, not too bad. (CHUCKLES) - You've done a fantastic job. You scored 130 points, which is a great effort. Charli, however, scored 180 points. The good news for you is you get to take all those points away from Charli, add them to your score, meaning you're playing for $310. Got some big plans for the money? - Uh, probably gonna save it. - All right. Well, let's see just how much we can save. - Yeah. Let's get into it. Was Peter Rabbit written by Beatrix Potter or Beatrix Otter? - Beatrix Potter. - (DING!) - Correct. Sparrows and fantails are types of what? - Birds. - (DING!) - Well done. Who played Jack in the 1997 movie Titanic? - I've no idea. - Seen Titanic? - Yeah... Um... - Picture the face. Who plays Jack? - I dunno. Robin Williams? (CHUCKLES) - Final answer? - Yeah. It's just a guess. (CHUCKLES) (BUZZ!) - Think Mum might be screaming at the television right now. Leonardo DiCaprio was the answer we were after there. Called 'ani souvlaki' in Greek and 'shish kebab' in Turkish, this dish consists of skewered and grilled cubes of what? - Meat. - Grilled cubes of meat, you think? - (DING!) - It's correct. A grand piano usually has how many pedals? - Two? - Unsure about the answer? - Yeah. It's a toss between two and three. (BUZZ!) - Should've gone with three! Is the capital of Argentina Buenas Noches or Buenos Aires? - Buenos Aires. - 50/50. - (DING!) - (SIGHS) - And on the right side of probability. Well done. What technology company's logo is a fruit with a bite out of it? - Apple. - More sure of this one? - Yeah. - Lots of fruits to choose from. Not a banana? - Don't think so. - Not an orange? - No. - Not a dragon fruit, maybe? - QUIETLY: Hmm, no. - You say Apple? - Yeah. - (DING!) - Definitely gonna be Apple. Ciabatta is a type of which food? - Bread. - Lot of confidence again in your voice. It's good to hear. - (DING!) - It's definitely bread. Well done. And finally for Amygdala, which electrical storage devices are made by Eveready and Energizer? - Batteries? - Batteries. Our final Amygdala answer. - (DING!) - Not so sure with this one, but no need to worry because batteries is absolutely right. Let's take a look! And you've won $217. Kate, well done. You're saving up that money. What are we gonna be saving it for, Kate? - Um... Probably a new phone. - Nice choice. Hey, Kate, it's been a pleasure having you here on the show. Thank you so much for coming. $217. - Awesome performance, Kate. You happy with your amount? - Yeah. - And so you should be. If you think you can take on the Brain Buster, just like our girl Kate, 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.