- 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. - It's Mr Brain Buster, Mikey Falesiu. Our final two players gotta be ready for the ultimate obstacle course because getting up that parietal lobe ain't going to be easy. Let's hope they're up for it. - Mikey, they got this. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's brain busters. 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 them now. And first up, Jaylen. Pretty handy at hockey, I hear. - Yes, I am, Chris. I actually got picked for Canterbury, which is like the top 20, 30 handful of people throughout the South Island. And yeah, it was just an amazing experience. And I love it so much. - Congratulations. Jaylen, I also hear you actually have Tourette's. - Yes, I do. Tourette's is, like... it's a disadvantage where the person who has it just makes some, I guess, random noises, actions, sounds and, yeah. But I just want people to know that it's not a bad thing at all and just don't let it put you down. - Absolutely. Not going to stop you from winning Brain Busters. - No, of course not. - Excellent, Jaylen. We also have Abbey, a future fashion designer extraordinaire, I hear. What do we love about fashion, Abbey? - I like designing clothes like skirts, dresses and pretty stuff like that. - Awesome. So, have that huge fashion label when we're older? - Yes. - Nice, Abbey. Fenella, great to have you here on the show. Right into your sports. What sports do we play? - Netball, basketball, cross-country and athletics. - So going to be pretty competitive today? - Yeah. - Excellent. And, Will, great to have you here. Kart racing's your thing. - Yeah. Chris, I guess you could say that I like to take my chances at 100km/h. The rush you get when you're on that kart track is like no other, really. It's incredible. The competition is so great and I suggest everyone should try it out. - Should give it a go. So what about the competition and the rush that we've got here on Brain Busters today, Will? - Oh, I think it'll compare, but in a different sort of way. - Absolutely. Well, let's get straight into that rush and competition right now as we play our first game of the day. It's Mega Memory. 10 points for each correct answer, but if our players buzz in and give the incorrect answer, they will lose 10 points. 90 seconds on the clock, as always. Good luck. Your time starts now. On Shortland Street, Eddie's job includes driving a what? Will. - Ambulance. - Which of the following is not a book in the Bible ` Matthew, Mark or Elton? Will. - Elton. - Is Hasbro a rapper or a toy company? Jaylen. - A toy company. - Which is commonly served with sushi ` tomato sauce or soy sauce? Fenella. - Soy sauce. - What does a tadpole become? Will. - A frog. - What is the name of the second Paddington Bear movie? Will. - Paddington 2. - Which type of food is produced by Sealord? Will. - Seafood. Did the New Zealand Army Band start off as a brass band or a heavy metal band? Will. - Brass band. - Complete the book title ` One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish... Will. - Blue Fish. What is the tallest mountain in Japan? Jaylen. - Mt Fiji. - What type of food uses the name Anzac? Abbey. - Cookie. Name the bridge joining Auckland City to the North Shore. Will. - Auckland Harbour Bridge. Where is Farewell Spit located? - Fenella. - Uh, bottom of the South Island? (BUZZER SOUNDS) - The top of the South Island. Unlucky there, Fenella. And that is Mega Memory done and dusted. Thanks, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look at the leaderboard. So now we move into our specialist subject rounds, and starting us off today will be Fenella. What would you like to play? - Sequencer. - Thank you, Fenella. Let's play Sequencer. Fenella, please step forward. First up today for our specialist subject round. How are we feeling? - A bit nervous. - Ready to take on the challenge? - Yeah. - Excellent. Good luck. Here comes your first sequence, Fenella. In which order were these technologies released? 20 points just like that. In which order were these books first published? Nicely done. In which order with these gaming consoles released? Pretty sporty in real life, but what about a gamer? - No, no. - That's a great guess, though. Well done. Arrange these New Zealand rugby stars into the order in which they were born. Right into your sport here. Surely we've got the sporty one. Nice. Put these traditional anniversary gifts into order by a number of years of marriage. Needed to swap around china and silver there. Last up for Sequencer. In which order did these animated movies or TV shows first appear on screen? The final Sequencer. And that is the three green we always love to see. Well done there, Fenella. Thank you very much for playing Sequencer. So time for our second player to come forward now. And that player is Abbey. What would you like to play? - Blueprinter. - Excellent, Abbey. Let's play Blueprinter. Abbey, please step forward. So, Abbey, what are the chances of you designing a cool new suit for me? - Maybe. - Maybe? - Yeah. - See how we go with the Blueprinter first. - Yeah. - Excellent. All right. You have 30 seconds to have a look at what your Blueprinter is, and 30 more seconds to put in your answers. Here comes your Blueprinter. Good luck. Your time starts now. From 1868, the Eureka gold claim and settlement near Thames in the North Island had roughly 100 people living there who were all making the most of a gold bonanza. At the time of the gold rush, the town of Thames had about 15,000 residents and almost rivalled Auckland city in population. Five seconds. That's time up, Abbey. You now have 30 seconds to put in your answers, which starts now. Halfway. There we go. What do we think, Abbey? - Uh, I'm not sure about this. - See how we go. First one, please. Just in Time is correct. So is Valentine. Eureka is right as well. Golden Fleece, though, not correct. Or Golden Point. Or the Deep Lead. Come on, finish strong. No, couldn't quite get there. Golden Calf not correct as well. Bit tricky when they've got similar names, isn't it? - Yeah. - But still, Abbey, well played there. Thank you very much for taking on Blueprinter. So we are halfway through our specialist subject rounds, but all four of our players have their fingers crossed, hoping they can get to the Brain Buster. - It's almost that time for our final two players where they're about to take on the ultimate obstacle course. Let's hope they're up for the challenge because like I said, it ain't gon' be easy. Let 'em know, Chris. - You know I do, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Simply hop on line to... Don't go anywhere. We'll see you a muri i te whakata. * - Hoki mai ano. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Fenella and Abbey take on their specialist subject rounds. And coming up next, it will be Jaylen's turn. What would you like to play? - I would like to play Spellbinder, please. - Thanks very much, Jaylen. Let's play Spellbinder. Jaylen, please step forward. You look very excited take on your special subject round, Jaylen. - Yeah. (CHUCKLES) - Ready to go. How's your spelling? - Um, pretty good... Hopefully. - Shall we find out now, then? - Uh, sure. - 20 points for each word. Good luck, Jaylen. Complex. Correct. Guidance. Well done. Presentation. Lovely. Hexagon. Good run so far here, Jaylen. Your next word is cholera. - Can you use that in a sentence, please? - Cholera is a disease caused by drinking infected water. (BUZZER SOUNDS) Tricky one. Needed an H-O-L-E-R-A. And finally, volume. - Is correct. Jaylen, well done. Happy with your score? - Yeah. - Could've got one or two more, but still, really good effort. Jaylen, thank you for taking on Spellbinder. - Thank you. - So there is just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round today, and that player is Will. What would you like to play, Will? - Identifier. - Sure thing, Will. Let's play Identifier. Will, please step forward. So, how long have we been kart racing for, Will? - Since, I believe, I was 8 years old. - Wow. Live and breathe it? - Yeah, pretty much. - Absolutely. Great to hear, Will. Right, well, you've done a fantastic job so far, 80 points after Mega Memory. Let's see if we can continue it here. Here comes your first Identifier. Nice start, Will. Had a bit of a swap there, Will. - Yeah. It's... Found it quite interesting, that one. - You're correct. Correct. Quick to lock in there. And correct again, Will. Well done again, Will. Thoughts on this one, Will? - Uh, yeah, I got a little confused, but hopefully I'm right with this. - Hopefully, he's right with this, says Will. And he is. Sigh of relief there. Finally for Identifier... Confident? - Quite confident, yeah. - For a perfect score in Identifier. You've got it, Will. There we go. Big smile on your face as well. Well deserved. Thoughts on that round? - Really happy with it, yeah. - You did a fantastic job, Will. Thank you for taking on Identifier. Will finishing our special subject round in style. So let's take a look now at the leaderboard. Will retakes the lead. SO we do now need to eliminate the first player today on Brain Busters. And I'm sorry to say it is you, Abbey. The good news is you've got yourself a $100 bank account. So what will you do with the money, Abbey? - I'm going to put it towards a new Bible. - Nice, Abbey. And, hey, if you ever need a model for your fashion label, you let me know. - OK. - Thank you for coming, Abbey. And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Three players left, which means we're about to see our final two compete for the top spot. Only one will be cashing out that big prize, though. - Who will be cashing it out? We will find out later on, Mikey. In the meantime, we now have our Brain-Teaser. So 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 Equaliser or Reo Rangatira. So Jaylen, Fenella and Will, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We will start with Jaylen, who's decided to play Equaliser. Fenella would like to play Reo Rangatira. And Will would like to play... Reo Rangatira. There we go. Thank you all for voting. Let's play Reo Rangatira. Jaylen and Fenella have a little bit of catching up to do, but I'm sure they're up for it. So let's get into our Brain-Teaser now. Good luck. Here comes your first te reo-focused question. What is a Maori word for Tuesday? Will. - Ratu. - Is correct. Answer this equation in te reo Maori. 8 - 6 = Will. - Rua. - Well done. Spell Taranaki. Fenella. That is correct, and that is our Brain-Teaser complete. Thank you, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look now at our final leaderboard. So Jaylen, I'm sorry to say you've just missed out by 10 points. The good news for you, though, Jaylen, is that you now have a $100 bank account. What would you be doing with the money? - I might save it for maybe something later in time, or maybe just do something with my family. - Awesome, Jaylen. And all the best for the hockey as well. Thanks for coming on the show, Jaylen. And congratulations to Fenella and Will. For them it's now on to the Brain Buster. - Who will be today's Brain Buster champion? Find out soon. Don't go anywhere. Find out soon. Don't go anywhere. * - Welcome back to the show. For our final two, it all comes down to this ` the Brain Buster. - Fenella and Will are about to go head to head here on the Brain Buster. Well done to you both on making it this far. I know, Fenella, netballs is one of the sports you like to play. - Yeah. I play goal defence. - So you got to have good footwork for that, right? - Yeah. - You ready to apply that to the Brain Buster? - Yeah. - Best of luck to you. And Will, I know racing games is your thing. Why do you love racing? - I mean, I just love the high-octane action, and there's never really a dull moment, which I enjoy. - Nice, man. And I'm sure there's not going to be a dull moment for you here on the Brain Buster. You ready for this? - I hope so. - Best of luck to you both. It's now time to jump on to our zip lines and get ready to fly. Here we go. Three, two, one, fly! Fenella and Will have a big challenge ahead of them. The Brain Buster. Only one can go through to Amygdala, combine both scores and turn those points into dollars. Fenella starting off strong over the Molecule Steps. Will hasn't moved from the top of the leaderboard this whole episode. And with an impressive 280 points, he'll be feeling the pressure during this race. Fenella approaching the Hippocampus now as Will tries to keep up. Code is correct. Nice work, Fenella. Here comes Will. His kart-racing background should steer him in the right direction, but even 100km/h might not be fast enough to catch Fenella. He's free to climb the Parietal Lobe. But Fenella is already out of the tunnel and on to the Frontal Lobe. Come on, Will. Use all that willpower to get yourself up. His chances of winning are slowly fading, but it's not over yet. Go, Will, go! Fenella has a bit of time up her sleeve to try the combination for the switches. She better be quick. Will is on the way. Fenella's activated her side and ready for the Basal Ganglia. I know she plays goal defence in netball, but her only goal today is to defend the lead. Fenella for the win. (STEAM HISSES) Will, you did great, my man. A flawless run through the ultimate obstacle course, just not quite fast enough to catch Fenella. You've had an incredible journey on the show today with a perfect score for your speciality round. You should be extremely proud of yourself, Will. - Buzzer to finish that race. Great job to both of you. Will, we'll start with you. Congratulations today on what was a very impressive effort here on Brain Busters. How have you felt the whole thing's been for you? - It's just been a rush. I mean, the entire thing's been really exciting. I'm just so happy someone as great as Fenella could win. - Awesome. Well said, Will. Congratulations. And of course, you've won yourself a $100 bank account as well. What are you going to do with that money? - I think I'm going to give some of it to my teacher who referred me to the show. And the rest of it's going to go toward some karting equipment. - Awesome. Hey, you're a great student, Will. Thank you so much for coming on to the show. Fenella, congratulations. You have taken out the Brain Buster. How does that feel? - Pretty good. - Very happy with that result? - Yeah. - As you should be. One thing left for Fenella to do, and that is, of course, taking on Amygdala. Fenella, congratulations, you've done a fantastic job to get to this point here and the final round, Amygdala. Beat Will in a great race on the Brain Buster. And in fact, I think you might want to say something to Will because you scored 130 points. Will, however, scored 280 points, one of our highest individual scores here on the show. Anything to say to Will? - Thank you. (LAUGHS) - A big thank you indeed. So we combine both of those scores together and, Fenella, you're playing for $410. Super-sporty, used to the pressure. How does the pressure compare now? - Uh, not as bad. - Really? - Yeah. - Well, I think we're about to change that as we get into our questions. Good luck, Fenella. Here comes your first one. Which has two drumsticks ` roast beef or roast turkey? - Roast... turkey. - Correct. A bit of a nervous start there. Beginning with P, what in softball is a throw to the batter? - Pass. Like a pass to the batter. I'm not sure. - Final answer? - Pass. Not a pass, I'm afraid, Fenella. The correct answer was pitch. - Ohh! Yeah. - Next up, which petrol company's colours are green and yellow? - BP? - Correct. What kind of animal, beginning with B is the star of the movie Ferdinand? - Bull. A bull. - Correct. In 2020, which Kiwi pop star performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show? - Benee? - Locking that in? - Yeah. - Benee locked in. Well played. What is the highest number on standard dice? - Six. - Is correct. Back on track now. In Super Rugby, are the Highlanders' uniforms mostly red or blue? - Blue. - Do we support the Highlanders? - Dad does. - So who do you support, then? - Crusaders. - Bet Dad doesn't like that. But he'll like this question. - Yeah. - Especially if you get it right. - Yeah. - Which you have done. What are Dulux and Resene brands of? - Paint. - Sure. - Yeah. - You're correct with paint. Last question. Are Melting Moments a boy band or biscuits? - Biscuits? - This'll take us past $300. - Hopefully. - Hopefully? - Yeah. (CHIMING) - And it does. Just how far? Let's take a look. $328. Whoo! A lot of money, Fenella. Very well played indeed. What are you going to do with the money? - Uh, save it, I think. - All of it? - Yeah. - Smart choice. Thank you very much for coming on the show. $328. - Well done, Fenella. That's some amount of money. You happy with that? - Yeah. - Maybe you can shout us some melting moments after this. - Nah, maybe not. - (LAUGHS) If you think you can take out the Brain Buster, jump online and head to HeiHei games, just like our girl Fenella. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's it for Brain Busters.