Episode 12 Beat the Brain

Hello, it's me, The Brain.

These are the kind of challenges our team will face today.

Have a go at home.

What is the common link between these four pictures?

Try one more.

How many times does each arrow pass its needle?

I'll relieve your anxiety by giving you the answers

at the end of the show.

Now, let's see if four brains are better than one. It's...

Beat The Brain.

Please, welcome the man who puts the C in Cranium, John Craven.

Well, thank you very much. Hello, welcome to Beat The Brain,

a show that tests your mind with challenging puzzles

and formidable games. So, let's meet the brainteaser herself.

-How are you today, Brain?

-Greetings to you, my silver-haired prince.

-Do you know, I feel truly unbeatable today. Unbeatable.

-Really?

Well, that's what you think. I know some people who are determined to prove you wrong.

Let's meet our team. Please introduce yourselves.

I'm Mary and I'm a solicitor.

I'm Amy and I'm a barrister.

I'm Emillie and I'm a retail buyer.

I'm Katie, I'm the team captain and I'm a security consultant.

APPLAUSE

Well, Katie, you're the team captain, have you got a name for your team?

-I have, yes. We're Ladies on the Ball.

-Ladies on the Ball.

-Indeed.

-Why is that?

-Well, we're a ladies football team from south London.

Why did you choose these three ladies out of the team?

Well, without being disrespectful to the rest of the team,

I think these three are certainly the most intelligent.

I think they'll be excellent at some of the Language and Logic rounds.

And I think together we have a very good team spirit.

You're physically fit, obviously, because you play a lot of football,

-but do you think you're going to score against The Brain?

-Definitely.

-I hope so, yeah.

We'll find out. So, here's how it works.

The show's Brain has divided into six Zones.

Logic, Memory, Orientation, Observation, Language

and Multi-tasking.

Now, The Brain will select four out of those six Zones for you to play today.

And, Katie, as the captain, you've got to decide

which of your team members you think will be best in each of the Zones. OK?

You'll be facing a series of questions in your Zone, with each

correct answer adding three seconds to what we call your Brain Bank.

The more time you build up, the better chance you have of beating The Brain

in today's final and walking away with our jackpot of £3,000.

-So, Ladies on the Ball, ready to play?

-ALL:

-Definitely.

Right, let's find out which Zone is coming first

and who will be facing it. Brain, the Zone, please.

It's Language. So, Katie, who are you going to nominate for the Language Zone?

We've got someone who should hopefully be excellent at Language,

-which is Mary.

-Why is that?

Well, Mary studied French at university.

So, hopefully her language skills will come into play in this round.

How about that, Mary? A lot of confidence in you.

-Come and join me in the Language Zone.

-Come on, Mary!

APPLAUSE

-And why did you join the team, Mary?

-The football team?

-Yeah.

I started playing football at university

and really enjoyed it, then I moved to London ten years ago

and found the club and I've been playing ever since.

-And do you play in an all-women's league?

-We do, yes.

-We play in a Greater London league.

-And how are you doing?

-Do you win any cups?

-We're in mid-table obscurity, as usual.

And we just got knocked out of the cup at the weekend,

but we'd had a good run.

-OK, well, I wonder how you're going to do when it comes to taking on The Brain.

-Let's see.

-Let's see.

You'll play two games in the Zone,

both games have three questions worth three seconds each.

So, Brain, what's the first game?

Salut, Mary. Comment vas tu?

-Salut, Brain. Ca va?

-Er, ca va. Oui.

Here's your first game.

Mary, find the hidden word using the sentence as your clue.

To help you out, have a trial run.

-(This film genre is welcomed year after year.)

-Year after year.

So, the big clue is in the wording.

A film genre of some type, isn't it?

-It's comedy, I think. I've just seen that.

-Oh, yes.

I think you could well be right. Let's see if you are.

It is.

-So, are you happy to play?

-Yeah, happy to play.

-OK, off we go, then.

You can have as many guesses as you like, but I will not move on to

the next question until you give me the correct answer or pass.

You only have 45 seconds to answer three questions.

Your game starts now.

This emotion is quite dangerous...

(Emotion is quite dangerous...)

(Emotion...)

This emotion is quite dangerous...

-Anger.

-Anger, you're saying.

Well done. Yes.

You'll want to do this if you climb all of the stairs

of the Empire State building.

You'll want to do this if you...

15 seconds.

-Rest.

-Rest.

Yes, absolutely correct. One to go and nine seconds left.

This type of monkey eats fresh owl erroneously.

-Howler?

-Howler.

Well done. Just in time, two seconds to spare.

-That was tough.

-Yeah, it was tough.

Especially the second one, there were so many words with just a short word hidden amongst it, yeah.

Well, let's see what game two has in store.

Here's your second game.

Find the word that fits between the other two.

Each dash represents a letter. To get your eye in, Mary, have a trial run.

Shoe something curtain. Lace?

Lace, you say. Is that right?

-Yes, you are right. Well done. Ready to roll?

-Ready.

-Off we go.

You can have as many guesses as you like, but I will not move on

to the next question until you give me the correct answer or pass.

You'll only have 45 seconds to answer three questions.

Your game starts now.

Buried...

treasure. Buried treasure. Treasure chest.

Yes, well done. Next one, please.

Eternal flame. Flame thrower.

Flame, that was quick. Well done. Next one - last one.

Flight something chair. Flight path?

Flight...

-Deck? Flight deck. Deck chair.

-Flight deck and deck chair.

Well done. Wow.

-Yes, a clean sweep and that was in only one third of the time that you were allowed.

-Excellent.

Well done. Maximum number of seconds. A full house.

-Well done, mate.

-Feeling good about that, Katie?

-Perfect start.

Absolutely perfect start. She's proper put the pressure on us all, now.

I think she really has, yes.

Pressure on Brain, as well. Hasn't she?

Absolutely.

Don't take this the wrong way, Mary, but I don't like you.

-I don't like you, at all.

-Feeling's mutual, Brain.

How dare you!

Mary, you added 18 seconds in that Zone.

This means, in total,

Ladies on the Ball

have 18 seconds in their Brain Bank.

Really on the ball! So, well done, Mary. Please go and rejoin the team.

And we'll find out what the next Zone is going to be

and who is going to take it on.

So, Brain, the Zone, please.

Multi-tasking. So, Katie, who are you nominating for that?

I think I'm going to delegate this one to Emillie.

To Emillie. Why is that?

She's a buyer for a retailer, as she's already said,

so she's always balancing lots of things and trying to get lots of stuff done.

Sounds a pretty good reason to me. So, Emillie, come and join me.

-Hi, Emillie.

-Hi, John. Are you all right?

-Nice to see you.

What sort of things do you buy, then, for your retailer?

-Well, at the moment, I'm buying berries and currants.

-Ah.

-Yeah.

-Strawberries, raspberries and things like that?

-Absolutely, yes. Very seasonal.

So, where are your strawberries coming from, at the moment?

At the moment they're coming from Spain and Morocco, with a little bit of British.

And do you think Katie's right, you are good at Multi-tasking?

Well, it's debatable. So, I think if you were to ask my fiance,

-multi-tasking's probably the one thing I'm not very good at.

-Oh, right.

-So, we'll have to see.

-Yes.

-Well, we'll find out what The Brain has got lined up for you.

-Absolutely.

Brain, please reveal the first game that Emillie will be playing.

-Hello, Emillie.

-Hello, Brain.

-Are you going to be as brilliant as Mary?

I'll try my hardest, although she did set the bar very high.

Oh, she did.

Here's your first game.

Emillie, count the number of times the named object appears

in the spinning wheels. To give you some practice, have a trial run.

Count the yellow cups.

So, how many cups did you make that?

-I think it was 13.

-13, you think.

Let's have a look and see if you're correct.

You are, indeed.

The dodgy thing with this game is that the middle one is going

-in the opposite direction to the other two.

-It's very confusing. Yes.

-She's determined to try and confuse you.

-Yes.

-Will she do that?

Let's find out as we play the game.

Your game starts now.

Count the green woolly hats.

How many woolly hats?

-I think it was ten, John.

-Ten?

-Yes.

-Is Emillie right?

Yes, you are. Well done. Onto the next one.

Count the white trainers.

-How many white trainers?

-That was going a bit faster.

-I think it was 17.

-17, you think.

Is Emillie right?

-Ooh.

-18, one out.

-You were close. Close.

-They were going faster, yeah.

-Let me warn you, they're probably going to go faster still.

-Are they? Oh, goodness.

-OK.

Count the apples.

How many apples?

-I think it was 12.

-12.

Yes, it was.

So, two out of three fruits, there.

-So, you proved your merit as a fruit buyer.

-Well, there we go, yeah.

The fruit one was definitely the one I knew I was going to get.

Yeah, yeah. Right, well, let's see what's in store with game two.

Here's your second game.

Count the number of times each arrow passes its needle.

To get you in the groove, have a trial run.

How many times?

I think it was three on the left and six on the right.

Three and six. Let's see if that is right?

Yeah, well done.

-Well, you made that test look easy, let's see how you do with the real thing.

-OK, let's go.

Please remember, I can only accept your first answer.

Your game starts now.

-I think it was one on the left and four on the right.

-One and four.

Is that right?

Correct, well done. Next one.

-I think it was five and five.

-Five and five, you are saying.

Let's see if you're right.

-Yes, you are. Good.

-Well done.

-Next one, please - and last one.

-Ooh, that one caught me out a bit.

-It went a lot faster.

Yeah, I think the left one was five and the right one was three.

Five and three. Let's see if that's right.

-It didn't catch you out.

-I thought it did. It was a lot faster.

-Was it a bit of a guess at the end, or not?

No, I was just making the game a bit more interesting.

THEY LAUGH

Well, very well done. You got an awful lot of seconds in your Zone.

-Didn't she, Brain?

-Absolutely.

Emillie, as a buyer of berries, you will understand it when I say,

I am very concerned about my CURRANT position.

THEY LAUGH

You've just boosted your chances of winning today's final

by adding 15 seconds in that Zone.

This means, Ladies on the Ball have 33 seconds in their Brain Bank.

33, that's a pretty good halfway score. So, well done, Emillie.

-Thank you.

-Rejoin your football team.

OK, let's find out which Zone is coming next and who is going to play it.

Brain, the Zone, please.

-It's Logic. So, Katie?

-This is a pretty easy one. I think...

Is it going to be you or Amy?

It's going to be Amy. She's a very logical person, her mind is, yeah,

a myriad of amazing things. She should do us proud.

Come and join me, Amy, in the Logic Zone.

APPLAUSE

-So, your captain thinks you're very capable.

-Well, apparently so.

A myriad of amazing things?

That's quite something to live up to, Katie. Thank you.

What would you say was the best day of your life?

I think, probably, being called to the Bar. Not the drinking kind...

-No.

-So, when I finally qualified as a barrister,

because a lot of hard work had gone into that, obviously my parents

were there and it was just a really good day.

-Good days when you score, isn't it, at football?

-Yes, that doesn't happen to me very often.

-I did score last week.

-Did you?

Yes. Someone asked me if I meant to shoot and I definitely did.

So, yeah, that was a good day, as well.

Well, let's find out how logically you play now, shall we?

And don't forget there's another 18 precious seconds on offer in this Zone.

That's three seconds for every correct answer.

Brain, please reveal to me what game Amy is going to be playing first.

Here's your first game.

You must pick up the sticks in the correct order from top to bottom.

You can warm up by having a trial run.

Blue, yellow, green, red, white, black.

Let's see if that's correct.

Yes, it is. Well done.

Did you used to play that game in the playground?

Yeah, I've picked up sticks.

LAUGHTER

-Are you ready to play for real?

-Yes.

-Off we go.

You have 45 seconds to answer three questions correctly.

Your game starts now.

Green, white,

yellow, red, black, blue.

Are you right?

Yes, you are. Next one, please.

Blue, black, white, red, yellow, green.

Yes. Well done. 20 seconds left for the last one.

Red, black, yellow,

blue, white, green.

Yes. A clean sweep with some seconds left.

-You didn't find that too hard, then, did you?

-It was OK. It was OK.

-I wonder if she's going to make it more difficult for you in the second one?

-I hope not.

Let's find out what game number two is.

Here's your second game.

I will show you a series of four pictures

and your challenge is to find the common link.

Here's a trial run.

-Bridge...

-What do you see there?

I see bridge, hearts,

erm...clicking, and...

-a walking stick, I think.

-Mm-hm.

(Bridge, hearts...)

A bridge. A heart. A click.

-Could it be?

-Or a hand?

-That looks like a walking stick.

-It does look like a walking stick.

-This is difficult, Brain.

-It is, isn't it?

-Would you like to see the answer?

-Yeah, I think I would.

What is it, please, Brain?

-Oh, they're card games.

-All card games. Yeah, yeah.

-OK, snap, hearts, poker... OK.

-Got that?

-Yeah.

-So, ready?

-Yes.

-Can we have the game, please?

You only has 45 seconds to answer three questions.

Your game starts now.

OK. So, that's a beach, that's a foot, that's painting

and that's meat.

I think. Or beef.

Erm... (A foot, beef, painting...)

Erm...

-What could that be?

-Foot...

-Paint...

-30 seconds left.

-Pass.

Pass. Next one, please.

-Oh, my God.

-Ball, yes.

OK. There's a pool, a picnic,

coffee and a bat.

Pool...

Sandwich, lunch...

-Why don't you pass?

-Pass.

-Yes, next one.

-Oh!

-Table. OK. Quickly.

Flag, phone...

Have a guess, have a guess.

Pole. Telephone pole. Fireman's pole...

-Yeah, pole!

-Oh, my God.

-Just in time. They are very difficult, aren't they?

-Yes.

Especially when it's against the clock.

It's the clock that foxed me!

-The Brain...

-The Brain foxed me!

-..is really mean in this game, don't you think?

Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

-You're a mean queen, Brain.

-I was harsh there, Amy.

But I want to stop your team from taking all my money in today's final.

Still, you did add 12 seconds in that Zone, which means

Ladies on the Ball have 45 seconds in their Brain Bank.

That's very good indeed.

-So, well done, Amy.

-Thank you very much.

-Join the team again.

So, Captain Katie, you're the last remaining player,

so why don't you come and join me and we'll find out which one

of the three remaining Zones that you will be taking on.

-Good to see you, Katie.

-And you.

So, tell me a bit more about your football team.

We've got a great football team.

It's, you know, we are a competitive side, we like to win,

but we also have a big social side to the club, as well. So, we...

What sort of things do you do socially, then?

We have socials every month. So, we'll do various activities.

-Don't you go on team trips, as well?

-We do. We do a tour every year.

So, we've done Wales the last couple years.

There was talk of Spain this year,

but I think we're going to Nottingham, instead.

-A bit different!

-Indeed.

Well, by my reckoning, we've got Memory, Orientation

and Observation left in the Zones.

So, which one of those three would you like?

To be honest, as long as it's not Memory, I'm not too fussed.

I think we were all quite scared of Memory,

so I've left myself till last in the hope that Memory doesn't come up.

OK, let's find out which the Zone The Brain is going to choose for you.

Would you believe it?

-She is wicked, that Brain, at times.

-Thanks, Brain. I appreciate that.

So, Brain, what game will Katie be playing first?

-Hello, Captain Katie.

-Hello, Brain.

Here's your first game.

Identify the winning line in this game of noughts and crosses.

Here's your trial run.

So, are you a noughts and crosses player?

I am, but not when half the lines are taken away.

Oh, jeez. This is not going to be a good one.

I will go for, I don't think it was...

I'm going to go B.

Right, let's see if you're right.

-I was not right.

-No, no.

-This is a difficult one.

-Ready to play?

-Yes, let's go for it.

-The game, please.

Your game starts now.

-So, what do you think?

-I'm going to go C.

-C?

I don't think it was B or D. I'm going to go C.

You're going for C. Are you right?

You are! Well done. Onto the next one.

Which one there?

I'm going to go C, again, but I think that's wrong.

C, again, but you think it's wrong. Let's check.

It was D. Yeah.

Final one coming up.

OK, it's definitely not A.

-B.

-B, you're saying.

-Ah.

-It was C.

-It's not easy.

-You think, "Oh, noughts and crosses, that's going to be easy."

-Yeah.

-But it's not.

Noughts and crosses blind is... yeah,

-not something I've played before.

-Never mind, you've got three seconds so far.

-It's better than none.

-So, are you ready to play the second game?

-Yes, thank you, John.

-Off we go.

-Here's your second game.

You will see four named pictures. The pictures will disappear,

one will come back. Tell me what its name is.

Here's a trial run to help you get a feel of the game.

I think it was a happy donkey.

You think it was a happy donkey? Is that right?

-It was, indeed.

-But if it'd have been the one at the end,

-I definitely wouldn't have got that.

-You hadn't got there in time.

-No.

-Ready to play?

-Yes, let's go for it.

-Off we go.

Your game starts now.

-Catwoman was the pig!

-Catwoman was the pig?

So, it was. Yeah, Next one, please.

-Q was the carrot.

-Q was the carrot? James Bond characters.

Yeah, you're right. And the last one.

Royals...

-Elizabeth, I think, was the dog.

-Elizabeth was the dog?

Is that correct?

-Yes! You couldn't have done better in that round.

-I couldn't. No.

For some reason that went better than noughts and crosses.

Brain, what do you think?

Every second counts in the final and you have just upped your chances

by adding 12 seconds in that Zone.

This means, Ladies on the Ball,

you have finished with a grand total of 57 seconds in your Brain Bank.

-Well, that is very useful, indeed.

-Thank you, John.

-That's equivalent to scoring about six goals.

-Yeah.

-We don't do that very often.

-Well done.

If you'd like to rejoin your team. Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we've finished the individual Zones now

and it's time for our team to try to Beat The Brain one last time

and take home some serious cash in today's final.

Ladies on the Ball, you've put 57 seconds into your Brain Bank

and now is your chance to put it to good use.

You each need to answer two questions correctly

within your 57 seconds to walk away with today's jackpot of £3,000.

If you can't do that, well, all is not lost,

because The Brain has generously provided an extra two minutes

for you to get the right answers.

But for every further second you take, £25 is lost from the total.

So, the longer you take, the less you win.

And when the time runs out - so does the money. OK?

Katie, as captain, you've chosen which order you're going to play in.

-What's your reasoning behind that?

-It's not actually anything to do with our mental capability,

-but the order we take penalties in.

-Oh, really?!

Right, it's time to get serious because let's start today's final.

Over to you, Brain.

You will only face questions from the games you've already seen today,

but for every game in the final, I will only accept your first answer.

Ladies on the Ball - beat me if you can.

Quite a challenge there. And, as usual, we'll start with the player on the left, that's you, Katie.

I need two correct answers from you before I can pass on to the next player

and so on down the line. All the very best.

Let's start the final.

Remember the image and name.

Schumacher.

-Yes.

-Count the cows.

Seven.

Yes. Amy, pick up the sticks in order.

Yellow, white, red, black, green, blue.

Yes.

What word in the middle?

-Sunday.

-Yes. Emillie.

Five and four.

No.

What's the connection?

Pass.

B.

Yes.

Find the hidden word.

You can pass.

Pass.

Count the umbrellas.

Four.

Yes. Mary.

Black, white,

red, blue, green, yellow.

Yes.

Colour.

Stop the clock!

APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations. Eight correct answers there in...

Well, with one minute 28 seconds still to spare.

So, you have won £2,200.

-That's brilliant!

-OK! Well done.

Well, congratulations, ladies. How do you feel, Katie, now?

Absolutely ecstatic. I think we all played a blinder in that final round.

-And you didn't get noughts and crosses?

-I didn't, fortunately.

-Emillie did and she got it right.

-Yeah. Well done, once again, girls

and thank you for watching at home, as well.

I hope you all enjoyed playing along.

But now it's goodbye from Ladies on the Ball.

-ALL:

-Goodbye.

-From The Brain.

-Goodbye.

-And from me. See you again next time.

Bye for now.

Before you go, let's see the answers to the questions

I set you at home at the start of the show.

What is the common link between these four pictures?

The answer is...

And what about the second game?

How many times does each arrow pass its needle?

The answer is...

Whether you got these right or wrong, you can always improve your intellect

by watching us next time on Beat The Brain.