- 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. - The one and only Mikey Falesiu. Hopefully today's top two players will be ready to take on the ultimate obstacle course. It won't be a walk in the park, but I'm sure they're ready. - Thanks for that, Mikey. And don't forget ` you can play from home as well. So, let's meet today's Brain Busters! (ENERGETIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Captions by Steffi Dryden 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 our 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 today, or hope to gain enough points to stay in this game and avoid elimination. So let's meet our players now. Firstly, Layla, great to have you here on the show. Now I hear you're a trampolinist ` what's the coolest trampolining trick we can do? - So right now I'm working on my double backs and...yeah. - How do you do that and not be absolutely terrified? - So really, I actually am, but my coach just tells me to land on my back if I'm gonna fall. - Ah, right. So always gonna be safe. - Yeah. - And actually, got first in a competition? - Yeah, so I've had two competitions lately this year. And so far I've got four gold medals. So pretty proud of myself. - Can we get first in Brain Busters? - (SUCKS AIR IN THROUGH TEETH) Hopefully. - That's the plan. Good luck, Layla. Annabelle, welcome to the show. Right into your skiing? - Yes. - Where do we like to go skiing? - I like to go skiing at Mt Hutt and Wanaka with my cousins. - Are we up to that black diamond stage yet? - (STUTTERS) Well, yes. - Shredding the snow. Awesome, Annabelle. Great to have you on the show as well. Lucas, welcome to Brain Busters. Have you got what it takes to beat the Brain Buster today? - I hope so. - Fair enough. Right into your tennis as well. Favourite tennis player? - Ah, Rafael Nadal. - Why's that? - Well, my mum's Spanish and we like him because he's got a good work ethic as well and he's got good mentality. - Oh, I like that Lucas. Great having you here, man. - And we've also got Zinzan. Right into your rugby. Favourite player? - Probably Zinzan Brooke. Named after the man himself. - Well, there you go. So obviously a little bit before your time, but have you seen some footage of the great man? - Yeah, yeah, I have. He's a beast. - He is a beast. - So good. - You a beast on the field as well? - Oh, I think so. - (LAUGHS) Can you be a beast on Brain Busters today? We'll find out in a little bit. In fact, let's get straight into it right now. Best of luck to all of you. And let's play Mega Memory. Ninety seconds on the clock, as always, for Mega Memory. Let's not waste any time. Good luck, everyone. Your time starts now. What do you heat to make toast? Annabelle? - Ah, bread. - Is the Colosseum in Rome or Rotorua? Lucas. - Rome. - A brontosaurus was a type of what? Lucas. - Dinosaur. - Which is bigger, a violin or a double bass? Annabelle. - Double bass. - Set in Africa, which movie's main character is called Simba? Annabelle. - Lion King. - What colour is the inside of a pineapple? Annabelle. - Yellow. - Which building in Washington, D.C. is named for its five sides? Zinzan. - Pentagon? - What name is given to the fear of being alone? Zinzan. - Ah... Oh, I forgot. - Autophobia. Would you bake a banana cake in a fridge or an oven? Annabelle. - Oven. - Which country is home to the car makers Fiat and Ferrari. Lucas. - Italy. - In soccer, which colour means a warning? Lucas. - Yellow. - Was Lady Gaga born in New York or New Plymouth? Zinzan. - New York. - What is the name of New Zealand's five-time IndyCar champion? - (ALARM RINGS) - Zinzan. - Scott McLaughlin? - (GROANS) Ah, so close. Scott Dixon... - (GROANS) ...is the answer there. And that does wrap up Mega Memory. Thank you very much for playing. Let's take a look at our leaderboard. Annabelle has the early lead with 50 points. Lucas has 40 points, Layla is on zero and Zinzan is also on zero. So now we move into our specialist subject rounds and starting us off today will be Layla. What would you like to play, Layla? - Um, Reo Rangatira. - Thank you very much. Let's play Reo Rangatira. Layla, please step forward. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) First up, Layla, how are the nerves? - Bad. Really bad. It's fine. - (LAUGHS) I like your honesty. Let's get straight into it. Of course, 20 points up for grabs for each question you get correct. Can't lose any points here. So let's give everything a go. Good luck. - (SIGHS) - What is a Maori word for lake? - Awa? (BUZZER SOUNDS) - Roto was the answer. Please spell Otautahi. - Kia ora. If we say it's a rangi mokopuna, is this a day of fine weather in winter or bad weather in winter? - Bad weather? (BUZZER SOUNDS) - Fine weather. Is Te Papa Tongarewa our museum in Wellington or the New Zealand parliament buildings? - The Wellington... Wellington Museum? Oh, the museum in Wellington. (CHUCKLES) - Well done. What is a Maori word for release, give up or send? - Tuku? (MUMBLES) Is it? No... (MUMBLES) Oh, yay. - There we go. Take that. Last one ` What is a Maori word for the number five? - Rima. - It sure is. There we go. Reo Rangatira ` done and dusted. Had a couple more in ya, I think, with that one. Still a great start. Never easy going first. Thank you so much for taking on Reo Rangatira. Layla finds herself in the lead with 80 points. Annabelle has 50 points. Lucas is on 40 points, and Zinzan has zero points. I think we should change that score for Zinzan now, though. What are you going to play, my friend? - I'll be playing Identifier. - Thank you very much, Zinzan. Let's play Identifier. Zinzan, please step forward. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) So what position are we in rugby, Zinzan? - Number eight. - Number eight. Run off the back all the time? - Yeah, sometimes. - (LAUGHS) - All right, let's see how well we're going to do in Identifier now. Best of luck to you, my friend. Here comes your first identifier. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Can always get a little bit confusing these ones, but have you managed to get it, first up? Ah, very close. - Oh. Just needed to swap it out for Kilobytes. There you go. First 20-point score for Zinzan. - Um. - How we feeling about this one, Zinzan? - Bit unsure, but give it a go. - Yeah, moved nasal cavity straight up to the top there, but really had to think about larynx and trachea. But we've put them right. Well done. Yeah, vegetables first, then seeds and nuts and finally meats. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Know the periodic table? - A bit. I'm trusting my senses on this one that I got this. - I like it. And I like the answers as well. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Well played there. And that does wrap up Identifier. Zinzan, great job. Thank you for playing. - Thank you. - Layla has 80 points. Zinzan now also has 80 points. Annabelle is on 50 points and Lucas has 40 points. So we're halfway through our specialist subject rounds. Some interesting points there as well. But of course, the question on all of our players' minds is can they get to that Brain Buster? - Our final two contestants will go head-to-head to be today's champion. Let's hope they've been doing some training, because the Brain Buster will test them. Let them know, Chris. - You can bet I will, Mikey. Thank you very much for that. 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 Layla and Zinzan take on their specialist subject rounds. And coming up to the front next is Lucas. So what will you be playing? - Spellbinder. - Thank you very much, Lucas. Let's play Spellbinder. Lucas, please step forward. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) See a big grin on your face, Lucas. Is it an excited grin or a nervous grin? - A bit of both. - (CHUCKLES) Both. I like that, Lucas. All right, best of luck. Spellbinder, coming your way. First word. Let's go. Please spell familiar. That's the start we want. Nervous. Correct. Resigned. Awesome work. Cease. - Can I please have it put in a sentence? - To cease a bad habit means to stop it. Well spelled. Turret. - ...e-n-t. (BUZZER SOUNDS) - r-r-e-t. - Oh yeah. - Obligatory. Correct. And your final word, Lucas, is... kingdom. There we go, the king spells the final word correct. Well done, Lucas, really well played there. Thanks for taking on Spellbinder. - Thank you. - Lucas takes the lead with 160 points. Layla has 80 points. Zinzan also has 80 points. Then we have Annabelle on 50 points. So we do just have one more player remaining to take on their specialist subject round. And that player is, of course, Annabelle. So what would you like to play, Annabelle? - Blueprinter, please. - Sure can. Let's play Blueprinter. Annabelle, please step forward. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) How's the memory, Annabelle? - Yep. All right. - (LAUGHS) That sounded confident. - (CHUCKLES) - Let's get into it. All right, you're gonna have 30 seconds to have a look at what the blueprint is, and then 30 more seconds to put in your answers. Good luck. Here comes your Blueprinter. Temple Mount. 30 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now. Around 3000 years old, Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites on Earth. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all have significant ties to the special spot. In fact, according to Jewish scripture, the foundation stone in Temple Mount is the exact place where God first created the world. Ten seconds left. Time's up. Annabelle, you'll now have 30 seconds to put in your answers. That time starts now. Ten seconds left, Annabelle. There we go. All placed. How we feeling? - Ah, confident on some, but not so confident on others. - (SUCKS AIR IN THROUGH TEETH) Let's find out. First one, please. Solomon's Stables is correct. You have two with that one. Solomon's Throne makes it three. Missed out on the Iron Gate, I'm sorry. But we got St. George's Dome. Again, just missing out. And couldn't quite get the last one there. Still, not a bad effort, Annabelle. Well done, and thank you for taking on Blueprinter. - Thank you. - So all of our players have now completed their specialist subject rounds. So let's take a look at those scores. Lucas has 160 points. Annabelle his 130 points now. Layla has 80 points and Zinzan also has 80 points. So we have a tie on our hands, which means we now go to our tie-breaker round. This one will be competed between Zinzan and Layla. I'll simply ask a question. The first person to buzz in and give me the correct answer will go through. But if you don't give me the correct answer, your opponent will go through. Best of luck to the both of you. Here comes your tiebreaker question. Maximus, the horse, and Pascal the chameleon are sidekick's from which Disney film? Layla. - Tangle? - Is the correct answer. Congratulations, Layla, you are through to the next round. Sorry, Zinzan. - (GROANS) - Couldn't quite get there, I'm afraid, which means you are our first player eliminated today on Brain Busters. But you get to go home with a $100 bank account. What will you be doing with that money? - I'll probably be buying some books for my little brother, and buying some video games. - Nice. Awesome, Zinzan. I love that you're doing that. Best of luck with the rugby as well, my friend. - Thank you. - And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to that Brain Buster. - Only three players remaining, which means very soon the top two will be crawling, flying and bracing their way through the ultimate obstacle course. But there can only be one winner that will make it through to Amygdala. Can't wait to find out who. - And to help work it out, Mikey, of course, we have the brain-teaser now. All of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds, and we're left with two options for our players to choose from. Today those options are Sequencer or Equaliser. So Layla, Annabelle and Lucas, please select which game you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for your votes. We'll start with Layla, who has chosen to play Sequencer. Annabelle would like to play Equaliser. So Lucas is the deciding vote. He has chosen Equaliser. There we go. Let's play Equaliser. A whole lot of points up for grabs, so let's get straight into our Equaliser round for the brain-teaser now. Good luck to everyone. (TENSE MUSIC) Lucas. - 196. - 276 was the answer there. Next one. Lucas. - 80. - Is the correct answer. - 140? - Sorry, Layla, that was incorrect. I didn't actually finish saying the equation either. Sorry about that. We'll move on to our next one. (TENSE MUSIC) Annabelle. - 175? Well done, Annabelle wanting to get into the points. That is Equaliser wrapped up for our brain-teaser. Thank you so much for playing. Let's take a look now at our final leaderboard. Annabelle has 160 points. Lucas also has 160 points. Then we have Layla on 60 points. So, Layla, I'm sorry to say you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. Unlucky, there ` just buzzing in a tad early. But still you get to go home with a $100 bank account. So what will you be doing with that money, Layla? - My brother's coming back tomorrow from Auckland so hopefully we can go and spend the day together. - Awesome. That's such a lovely choice, Layla. Best of luck with the rest of the trampolining as well. - Thanks. - And congratulations to Annabelle and Lucas. For them, it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Mana, confidence and the right attitude is what one of our top two contestants will need to be crowned as today's champ. Who will it be? Don't go anywhere. Who will it be? Don't go anywhere. * - Welcome back to the show. It all comes down to this. Get ready for the Brain Buster. - It's the moment of truth for our final two players, Lucas and Annabelle. Well done on making it this far. You guys ready to take on the ultimate obstacle course? Nice. Let's jump up on to our zip lines, and let's get ready to fly. Here we go ` three, two, one, fly. Lucas and Annabelle, welcome to the ultimate obstacle course. Each of them has 160 points, so they're all tied up before the race has even begun. Annabelle bursts on to the molecule steps, but Lucas is having trouble with his harness. He'll have to make up for that lost time, pronto. Annabelle is skiing through the Corpus Callosum. Lucas, a wee bit behind now, as he gets his code for the Hippocampus. But Annabelle is all over it. Smashed it! Lucas should be ready on his side of the Hippocampus. Whoops, forgot the hash. There it is. Ace! I'm assuming Annabelle flew up the Parietal Lobe because I completely missed it. Lucas carefully making his way up, while his opponent is shredding it across the Frontal Lobe. Lucas enters the Tunnel Web. Sliding in low to avoid those webs, but he's really gotta hustle. Annabelle's had a decent lead this whole race, but Lucas has emerged from his tunnel so Annabelle can't afford to slow down. There goes her side of the Brain Buster, activated by her switches. Not good news for Lucas, who's still scrambling for the ladder. Annabelle makes it out to the other side of the Basal Ganglia and takes the win. Impressive stuff! Lucas can head to the finish. An outstanding effort from both players today, but it'll be Annabelle moving on to Amygdala, Chris. Way to go. - And our race is complete. Nice work. Annabelle, step across this way, Lucas, we'll start with you. Tough race out there, but did we enjoy it? - Yeah. - Lucas, thank you so much for coming on to Brain Busters today. Second place, so you've got yourself a $100 bank account. What will you be doing with the money? - Probably take my family out for dinner or something. Nice choice. Shoutout to all your whanau. Thank you, Lucas, for coming on to the show. - Thank you. - Annabelle, congratulations. Today's Brain Buster champion. Did you think you were gonna be able to take out the Brain Buster? - No, but I'm very happy I did. - I can see that smile on your face. You absolutely whipped through that course. Awesome stuff. One thing left to do, Annabelle, though, and that is, of course, taking on Amygdala. Annabelle, congratulations once again and welcome to Amygdala. How's it feel to be here? The final round. - Feels great, thank you. - You've had an amazing show here on Brain Busters, congratulations. 160 points, you scored. Lucas also did fantastic. He scored 160 as well. The good thing for you, though, is you get to take those points, add them to yours, meaning you're playing for $320. Let's try and win you as much as we can. Good luck. Here comes question number one. Is the TV show Top Gear about cars or clothes? - Cars. - That's the start we want. Which of these has a pointy end ` discus or javelin? - Javelin. - Beginning with 'c', which chemical keeps swimming pools safe? - Chlorine. - Well done. Which children's author Margaret has a Christchurch playground named after her? - Margaret Mahy. - Doing really, really well, Annabelle. In 1755, Samuel Johnson published the first modern English what? - Dictionary. - You are correct. In which 2001 animated movie did best friends Sully and Mike scare people for a living? - I'm not too sure, so I might say Goosebumps. - Taking a guess, you never know. (BUZZER SOUNDS) It's a good guess, the correct answer, though, was Monsters Inc. Was New Zealand's first capital called Russell or Brian? - Russell. - Why not Brian? - Well, I've been to Russell and.... - Have you been to Brian? - Mm. I don't think so. - Russell is correct. Finally, for Amygdala, Annabelle, which dairy product rhymes with silk? - Milk. - Am I right saying you've been out on a farm a few times? - Yes, yep. - Helped Dad out? - Yeah, helped Dad milk the cows. - So surely this is right then? Let's hope so. Of course it is correct. Annabelle, congratulations. Let's take a look at the board. $224, Annabelle, well done. What are you going to do with the money? - I think I'm going to buy a flight to go up to either Hawke's Bay or Auckland to see my cousins. - Oh, awesome. Nothing like seeing the fam. Well, Annabelle, you've done fantastic. Thank you so much for playing. $224. - Woohoo, well done, Annabelle. You happy with that amount? - Yes. - You should be. And if you think you can take on the Brain Buster just like our girl, Annabelle jump online and head to HEIHEI Games. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time. That's it for Brain Busters. Thank you, NZ On Air.