- 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, aka Mr Brain Buster. One out of today's four players will be going home as the champion with that the cash prize. Who will it be? Here we go, Chris. - Let's go, Mikey. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's Brain Busters. Captions by Joshua Tait Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021 Nau mai, haere mai and 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 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 make our players now. Firstly, Tyler, welcome to the show. When we're not at school, Tyler, what do we like to do? - Recently I've been playing Dungeons & Dragons. - Nice. So, uh, what kind of character are you for Dungeons & Dragons? - So, I'm a rogue. So that's like stealth and, yeah. - And I know exactly what that means (!) I do know they take a long time to play the game, so how long is the longest game you've played? - (SIGHS) Maybe four hours? - That is a long, long time. Tyler, good to see you've got the endurance here ready for Brain Busters. Lau'rel, welcome to the show. What do you like to do in your spare time? - I like to play touch and read. - Nice. What are we reading? - Just anything I can find, mainly. - Awesome. And what do you want to be when you're older? - A pilot. - Why is that? - Well, it just fascinates me how planes work, and just travel the world, see new places. - Yeah, best way to do it. Lau'rel, great to have you here. Zoe, welcome to the show. Quite sporty ` into water polo. How did we get into that? - Well, when I first came to school, I just saw a ton of other people playing it, and it looked really cool in the water. and now this year I've been interested in going to Canterbury Water Polo, and I'm going to my national competitions in a week. - Oh, well, congratulations on making that, Zoe, and best of luck. We also have Melody. Welcome, Melody. Now, you are right into your dancing. - Yeah. - A lot of different dance styles. List them off for me, Melody. - I do jazz, contemporary, ballet, lyrical, um, musical theatre, and, yeah. - Heaps of them. And we've done any dance comps recently? - Um, yes, I actually came down to Christchurch in the holidays, and I went to New Zealand Dance Awards, and that was very fun. - Great to hear it, Melody. Well, I'm glad I've got all of you here. I think we've got four very competitive people as well, which is always great to see. So let's get straight into the competition now and play Mega Memory. 10 points for each correct answer, but buzz in and give the wrong answer, our players will lose 10 points. Good luck to all of our players. Your time starts now. Beginning with R, which country once formed most of the Soviet Union? Lau'rel. - Russia. - On which part of your body would you wear a beanie? Tyler. - Head. - What type of food treat is made by Pascall? Lau'rel? - Lollies. - In the Shrek movies, whose dad turns into a frog? Lau'rel. - Princess Fiona. - What would you put out with an extinguisher? Lau'rel. - Fire. - What gas that humans absorb when breathing has the symbol O? Lau'rel? - Oxygen. - Which New Zealand artist sang the song 'Something in the Water'? Lau'rel. - Six60? - Brooke Fraser. Dr Watson is the friend of which fictional English` Tyler. - Sherlock Holmes. - What push along grass-cutting device are made by Masport? Lau'rel. - Lawnmowers. - What is measured in parsecs? Tyler. - Time. - Distance. Is broadband a singing group or an Internet service to service? Lau'rel. - Internet service. - According to his name, what shape are Spongebob's pants? Tyler. - Square. - Which 2019 movie starred the voice of Snoop Dogg as Cousin It? Lau'rel. - Cousin It? Uh, don't know. - The Addams Family. Which Selena sings Lose You To love Me? Melody. - Selena Gomez? That was the answer there to our final Mega Memory question. Thanks, everyone, for playing. Let's take a look at the leader board. Lau'rel has the lead with 50 points. Tyler is on 20 points, Melody has 10 points and Zoe is on zero points So now we move into our specialist subject rounds, and I think we should get some points on the board for Zoe. What would you like to play? - Blueprinter. - Sounds good, Zoe. Let's play Blueprinter. Zoe, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) How's the memory, Zoe? - All right. - We will put it to the test now. You'll have 30 seconds to have a look at what your Blueprinter is, 30 more seconds to put in your answers. Here comes your Blueprinter. Petra. Your time starts now. One of the world's oldest cities, the iconic Petra in Jordan, is believed to have been built and 312 BC and was the capital city of the Nabateans. The ancient Nabateans were extremely skilled engineers and carvers who even constructed a water system to support the 30,000 people who lived there. 10 seconds left. That's 30 seconds up. You'll now have 30 more seconds to put in your answers, which starts now. Here we go. Last one placed in there. The question is, are they all in the right place? Let's find out now. First one, please. The museum is correct. City Wall is also right. Al Siq is correct as well. So is the Palace. SING-SONGY: Looking very good here. And again. Can we get a perfect score? Yes, we can. Zoe, very well played there. Did you think he had them all right when you were putting them in? - I didn't think I had the last one. No. - But there it is. A perfect score. What a way to kick off our specialist subject rounds. Thank you very much for playing. Blueprinter. Zoe jumped straight into first place with 140 points. Lau'rel has 50 points, Tyler is on 20 points, and Melody has 10 points. So, our second player to come forward today will be Melody. What would you like to play? - Sequencer. - Excellent, Melody. Let's play Sequencer. Melody, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) Big smile on your face. Ready to take on your specialist subjects? - Yeah. - Sequencer ` changing up those dance sequences for our Brain Buster sequence. Good luck. Let's get into it. Order these running distances from shortest to longest. Lovely start, Melody. In what order were these toys first created? Confident here, Melody? - Mmm, kind of, not really. - LAUGHS: 'Kind of, not really'. Well, let's see. - Oh. - Kind of, not really ` right! (CHUCKLES) In what order were these games first invented? How's the order here? Unlucky. Needed to swap around Risk and Uno. Of course, Monopoly there in 1935, Risk in 1957 and Uno most recently in 1971. Arrange these New Zealand cities from north to south. Slowly hitting that 'Done' button. - Yeah. - Should we have moved it? Should we have kept it? Let's see. Well done. In which chronological order were these keyboard instruments invented? - (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) - I think your finger hovered over that 'Done' button about three times there... - Mm-hmm. - Before swapping back and forth. - Yeah. Should we have swapped it or should we have kept it though? Really well played again. Finally, for Sequencer, In what order were these songs released from earliest to most recent? Know all the songs? - Um, yes. But I don't know when they were released. So,... (CHUCKLES) - Bit of a guess... - Yeah. - ...for a final Sequencer. And it is a very good guess indeed. Melody, well played. Some really, really good answers in there. Thank you for taking on Sequencer. - Thank you. Zoe still has the lead with 140 points. Melody now his 110 points. Lau'rel has 50 points and Tyler has 20 points. So an excellent start here for our specialist subject grounds. But, of course, all four of our players are hoping they can go hang out with Mikey. - Here on the Brain Buster, one mistake could cost you. Hopefully today's top two players got their game faces on. - Thanks for that, Mikey. And you can put your game face on as well by hopping on line to Hei Hei Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back i muri i te whakata. * Hoki mai ano, welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Zoe and Melody, take on their specialist subject rounds, and coming up to the front now it is Tyler's turn. What would you like to play, Tyler? - Spellbinder. - Great choice. Let's play Spellbinder. Tyler, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So, playing Dungeons & Dragons, I'm sure there's some big, unique words that you've got to familiarise yourself with. Let's see if they can transition over on to Spellbinder. 20 points for each word you spell correct. Good luck. Gradient. That is correct. Tweezers. Well played. Debt. Well done. Random. Nice. Analysing. Y-S-I-N-G for analysing. Your next word is ` Superstitious. Well spelled. And your final word is ` debate. That is the correct way to spell debate. Well done, Tyler. Very impressive stuff. Thanks for taking on Spellbinder. Tyler now joins Zoe on 140 points. Melody has 110 points. Then we have Lau'rel on 50 points. So there is just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round today, and that player is Lau'rel. What have we chosen. Identifier. - Thanks Lau'rel. Let's play Identifier. Lau'rel, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) It's like you put your game face on now, Lau'rel. - (CHUCKLES) Yep. - All serious mode. - Yep. - Ready for the challenge? - Certainly. - Can we avoid elimination? - Probably. - (CHUCKLES) Good luck, Lau'rel. Here we go. You want first up? - Oh, it's just (SIGHS)` I don't really know there. Yeah. Yeah, I saw that one coming. - Ostrich first, then rhinoceros and then gecko. Correct. Eliminate the three things that are not part of the water cycle. Fossilisation, Lau'rel. Identify the three ecosystems that are wetlands. Last-minute decision to swap there. Was it the right thing to do? Yeah, nice, Lau'rel. Similar story, just missing by one. Needed to add a Little Spotted this time. And, finally, identify the three carnivores. Confident? - Yep. - Yeah, well played, Lau'rel. Got a little bit ahead of yourself on a couple of those questions there, but still a great score. Thank you very much for taking on Identifier. Tyler has 140 points. Zoe has 140 points as well. Lau'rel has 110 points and Melody has 110 points as well. So all of our players are currently tied, but the tie that matters right now is between Lau'rel and Melody. We go now to a tiebreak to see who will continue on in Brain Busters today. I'll simply ask a question. The first person to buzz in and give me the right answer will go through, however, if you buzz in and give the correct answer, your opponent will go through. Good luck to both of you. Here comes your tiebreaker question. Is Lady Penelope's car pink or purple? Lau'rel. - Pink. Yes! - Is correct. Well done, Lau'rel, you are through. I'm sorry to say, Melody, just not quite as quick as Lau'rel on that buzzer there, so you have been eliminated from Brain Busters. A great effort today, and the good news is you've got yourself a $100 bank account as well. What are you going to do with the money? - I'm probably going to put it towards dance. - Nice work. All the best with that as well, Melody. - Thank you. - And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them, it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Three players left, two race, but only one will get the chance to turn their points to money. - Kia ora, Mikey. And before they have a chance to turn those points into money, we have our Brainteaser. So all of our players today have going through their specialist subject rounds, and we are left with two options for our players to choose from. Today, those options are Reo Rangatira and Equaliser. So Tyler, Lau'rel and Zoe, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We will start with Tyler, who would like to play ` Reo Rangatira. Zoe voted for ` Equaliser. So it comes down to Lau'rel, who's decided we'll be playing ` Reo Rangatira. Thank you, everyone, for your votes. Let's play the Reo Rangatira. Super close as we go into Brainteaser. Definitely anyone's game, so let's get into it now. Good luck. Here comes your first te reo-focused question. Is Tititea a river or a mountain? Tyler. - Mountain. - Is correct. It is a maunga. What is a Maori way to say table? - Hmm. - Last one. What is the native bird whio known as in English? Lau'rel. - Um,... Tui? I dunno. - Blue Duck was the answer there, and that is our Brainteaser completed. Thanks, everyone, for playing. - Yes. Let's take a look now at the final scores. It's Tyler with the lead now on 170 points. Zoe has 140 points, and Lau'rel is now on 90 points. So, Lau'rel, I'm sorry to say you've been eliminated from Brain Busters. Had to go for it there on that last one. Unlucky, but still a $100 bank account is yours. What will you do with that money? - Probably just save it. - Smart choice, Lau'rel. It's been great having you on the show. And congratulations to Tyler and Zoe. 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 the Brain Buster champion. Stay right there. You don't want to miss this. * - The question was, which famous scientist's face appears on the $100 note? The answer is Ernest Rutherford. Welcome back to the show. Our players have been battling it out, and now for our final two, it's on to the Brain Buster! - Tyler and Zoe are our final two contestants here on the Brain Buster. Well done to you both for making it this far. Now, I know, Tyler, you love to read in your spare time. Tell us what you like about that, man. - Ah, well, I've always just liked reading from when I've been little, like five or six. And, yeah, it's just stuck with me. - You ready to take out the Brain Buster? - Yeah. - Best of luck to you. And Zoe, hockey is your sport. Tell us why you love hockey. - I love hockey cos it's really fun when you're on the field, especially playing with your team. I'd just like to make a shout out to my club, High School Old Boys. - Nice. Big shout out to them. You ready for the Brain Buster? - Yep. - Awesome. It's now time to jump on to our zip lines, and let's get ready to fly. This way. Here we go. Three, two, one, fly! It's Tyler and Zoe's turn to tackle the Brain Buster. They both scored highly in their speciality rounds. Only one can move on to Amygdala. Zoe isn't shy when it comes to sports. So Tyler will have to bring his stealth rogue techniques from Dungeons & Dragons into play. Zoe has her code and is first through the Corpus Callosum. Tyler not far behind. Zoe's code is in. And it's good. She's gotta be happy with that. But Tyler could use his rogue sneak attack at any moment. Sorry, Tyler. I think she heard me. Zoe is lightning fast through the tunnel. Careful, though. We need you in one piece by the end of this, please. Tyler hasn't quite made it up the Parietal lobe yet, which gives Zoe more chances to activate her side of the Brain Buster. There he goes. He's up and ready for the Frontal Lobe. But Zoe has been trying her switches it for a while now, and activates her side just like that. Tyler's realised what's happened and won't be able to reach the finish in time. But Zoe gets a player of the day. Great stuff today, Tyler, you had tough competition to pulled through till the end. Your D&D buddies will be super proud, man. Ka pai to mahi. Not an easy race, Chris. - That's our race complete. Nice work. Tyler, you come across this way. Nice work. Nice work, Tyler. We'll start with you. The Brain Buster ` it's called the ultimate obstacle course for a reason. Pretty ultimate, right? - PUFFS: Yeah. - Enjoyed it, though? Awesome, Tyler, great effort, man, congratulations on competing in Brain Busters today. Second place, which means you've got yourself a $100 bank account. Should be super proud of yourself. What are you going to do with the money? - I'm saving up for the new Oculus Quest, which is a VR. - Nice work, Tyler. It's been great having you here on the show. Zoe, congratulations. You've taken out the Brain Buster. How does it feel? - It feels awesome. - I'm sure he had heaps of support from everyone in the hockey team watching at home, yeah? - Yeah. - Unreal. Well, they're going to support you a little bit further. One thing to do, and that is taking on Amygdala. Zoe, congratulations and welcome to Amygdala, the final round here on Brain Busters for today. Happy with how you've performed today? - Yeah, pretty much. - You should be considering it here in that last round. You've done really well also, scoring 140 points up to this moment. Tyler, who you went up against in the Brain Buster actually scored more points than you. He received 170 points. The good news for you is you get to take all of his points and add them to score. Meaning you're playing for $310. - Yeah. - A whole lot of money. You can do it. Good luck. Here comes your first question. Which country is home to the instrument called the didgeridoo? - Ireland? - Australia is the answer to our first one. If a book's sequel is set after the events of the book, when is a book's prequel set? - Before the book's released. - Correct. America's Cup races take place on which surface? - Water. - Well done. Which 2019 Disney movie features a genie in a lamp? - Aladdin. - Great movie. That is correct. Which indoor game, starting with P involves using a cue? - Pool. - That was the game we've got here. Well done. The Pied Piper of Hamelin was hired to get rid of which rodents? - Rats. - You seem more confident with this answer. - Yep. - Why is that? - Because I've read the book and seen the movie. (TENSE MUSIC) - Well, then, that's definitely going to be right, isn't it? Which country is home to the dish toad in the hole? - Japan? - Not Japan. It is England. Yeah, it's a traditional dish of sausages and Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy and veges. So, take that how you will. Finally for Amygdala, what shape is a dartboard? - Circle. - What shape is a dartboard? You say circle. For our final Amygdala question, is circle the answer we're after? (DING) Yes, it is. Zoe, congratulations. Let's take a look at the board you've won $186. Awesome work. What are you going to do with that money, Zoe? - I'll either save it up or buy a new pair of shoes. - Awesome, Zoe. It's been great having you on the show. Congratulations once again. $186. - Awesome performance, Zoe, remaining cool, calm and collected. You're happy with your result? - Yeah, definitely. - Glad you are. If you think you can take on the Brain Buster, just like our girl, Zoe, 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. Captions by Joshua Tait Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021