Episode 2 Ultimate Brain

How can you overcome a bad case of wind?

What will happen when you really do burn the candle at both ends?

And will the cast of The Dumping Ground create a masterpiece?

You'll need to run your brain at full power to become

the Ultimate Brain!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome to Ultimate Brain!

I am the Doctor...

# Wackety, wack! Wackety, wack! Oo-wee-ooh! # Here comes a Dalek!

No, not that Doctor you idiot. This Doctor!

-VOICE BOOMS:

-Dr Brain!

I am on a mission to seek out new brain forms,

to discover great new geniuses.

To boldly go where no monkey has boldly gone before.

So, what do we have over here?

Nine juicy brains for me to experiment with.

Shall we find out who they are?

Our first team, Abi, Ellie and Jack called themselves the Green Atoms.

Will they cause an atomic explosion in their bid to win? BOOM!

-Green Team, how are you?

-ALL: Hi. Fine.

-Where are you from Green Atoms?

-ALL: Bristol.

I like Bristol. Lovely place.

-What's your favourite subject?

-ALL: Maths.

Numbers, good. I like that. You'll need that.

Wonderful! Thank you! The Green Team!

Our next team, Dali, Poppy and Sophie have chosen

the Yellow Tang.

Can Yellow Tang make a bang and win the thang?

Who wants meringue?

-What's your team name?

-ALL: Yellow Tangs.

-Where are you from?

-ALL: London.

-COCKNEY ACCENT:

-Nice!

The East End of London or South or North?

-ALL: West.

-Nice! That's good.

What do you like to do? What's your favourite things?

-Science and maths.

-Yeah.

-What's the best experiment you've ever done?

-Made milk into plastic.

Milk into plastic? How did you do that?

With vinegar and milk and heat.

Vinegar, milk and heat? What's the process?

-You heat the milk and you add cold vinegar.

-Cold vinegar.

It's a chemical reaction.

A chemical reaction that takes over 10,000 years.

You don't look that old. Nice to meet you.

APPLAUSE

Finally our Blue Team, Kia, Joe and Amy-Leigh

starred in the CBBC show, The Dumping Ground.

Have they got enough brains to fill a beaker?

Get it? Beaker! Tracy Beaker? Come on!

Here's some faces you may recognise from your TV receiver sets.

Yes! It's the Blues! How are you, Blues?

Good, thanks. You?

Yeah, not bad. What's your team name?

We're Beaker's Blues.

BEAKER'S BLUES! Anything to do with Tracy Beaker?

Possibly.

I thought so. Now, are you young scientific minds? Are you geniuses?

-ALL: Um...

-We like to think so.

-Yeah!

You're going to look pretty stupid if you're not.

What's the cleverest thing you've ever done?

That's hard... because that's nothing.

-You've never done anything clever?!

-Not that I can remember.

You must have done well in the auditions for the TV shows

in which you've appeared? You must have been clever, then?

I suppose learning lines takes some kind of brains, maybe?

It takes up their whole brain learning lines.

There's nothing left of their brain to do anything else.

That's the Blue Team. That's ALL the teams!

They'll be fighting it out for the honour points

and they'll have to be sharp, they'll have to be clever.

They'll have to be on the ball to impress me.

Above all, folks, just do your blooming best,

do you know what I mean?

Let's start things gently with a nice, difficult question. Ha-ha!

Hey, guys! Get a load of this.

Look what I have here. A candle which I will burn at both ends.

And that's what we'll find out - I'll light this at both ends

and something magical will happen. What's it going to be?

Does it:

Your thinking time starts...now!

This has certainly caused a debate amongst our contestants.

Weight distribution is the key thing to remember here.

THEY CONFER

Well, teams, have you thunk it through?

Please, reveal your answers...now!

Look! Three different answers. Very curious.

The teams are split between B, A and D. Hey, that spells BAD!

The Green team, you've gone for A. Why?

-We think it will bend in the middle...

-Ah, yes.

..because the weight of the two lit candles on each side

will outweigh the middle of it.

Ah! You think by lighting the two ends, the flame

will make it heavier, is that right?

Is that your thinking? Ooh, curious! Good answer. Let's see.

What about the Yellow Tangs? You've gone for B.

You think it's going to spin like a wheel. Why?

Because the weight of one, when it flames, it will spin...

Yes...

..and so when the end is spinning, the other end will be brought up,

so it will spin continuously.

One gets heavier, the other gets lighter.

That makes that lighter and that gets heavier.

Good answer. Beaker's Blues, you've gone for D. Something else.

You've been thinking.

Oh, no! They've been thinking. What have you thunk?

-We were thinking...

-Yes.

-..that if you set the fire off at both ends...

-Yes.

-..they'll burn at an equal pace.

-Yes.

And they'll burn to the end of the candle

and balance each other out.

They will burn down till they get to the middle

and then just sort of disappear.

-Possibly.

-Possibly!

-It's part of the fun. We don't know.

-Of course.

-We'll find out when it gets there.

That's the fun of the game.

And that's what we'll do right now! Let's give it a go!

So, here we go.

I'm about to find out what is the result of this experiment.

If you should decide to try this at home,

don't do it, it's dangerous! Do you know what I mean?

Let's have a go!

You need a nice steady hand, like this.

Ugh!

One. Fire, fire, burning bright!

Two.

Another fire burning bright.

We have two fires.

What actually happens is, as the candle goes down,

it burns some of its wax which means it's shed

some of its weight, getting lighter

which means it goes up again and it just keeps happening,

keeps happening TO THE END OF TIME...

You'll have noticed wax dripping from the lower candle.

The falling wax alters its weight making the lower end

lighter and the opposite end heavier.

As this process repeats each time, there's a movement creating

a see-saw effect. Can you see?

Yes, so the correct answer is D, something else.

The Blue Team chose the right option, but they couldn't

describe what happens so they get five points.

Oh, they'll be so disappointed!

APPLAUSE

Time now to use a different part of the brain.

BEHOLDIFY!

# This place about to blo-o-o-ow

# Blo-o-o-ow

# This place about to blow! #

Sorry, little bit of wind!

GIGGLING

Which is what this next challenge is about. Yes, wind!

Nature's way of ruining celebrity hair. Isn't that right, Blue Team?

-It's a nightmare.

-Oh, it's horrible, innit? It's terrible!

How can you help somebody wearing a parachute,

to reach the goal line in spite of the wind

in the quickest possible time?

We gave our teams three days and a massive budget of £50

to come up with some answers.

So, who will be donning the parachute of pain?

Stunt men wouldn't do it and crash test dummies couldn't hack it,

but for the price of a luxury carrot, the Guinea Pig

is about to undertake the ultimate challenge.

And I've literally just told him.

Mr Guinea Pig!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Why is there a giant blender at the end of this carpet?

You'll be "blown away" by this challenge!

Not the first time I've walked into your wind!

PARP!

Blah! Let's see what happens when you try it without a plan.

-PARP!

-Ooh, he's right though.

The object is to reach the goal line in the quickest time possible.

Simple? No, because the Guinea Pig has to run along the carpet

with a parachute attached to him!

Against the force of this wind machine,

which can produce winds of up to 25 metres per second.

Three, two, one...

SWITCH IT ON!

The force of the wind, caught in his parachute,

makes it impossible for him to reach the line.

What can our teams devise to combat the effect of the wind?

That's what happens when you don't have a plan.

Let's see what the teams have concocted. First up, it's the Blues.

Kia, Amy-Leigh and Joe may be stars of the hit TV series,

The Dumping Ground,

but can they achieve glory and an award-winning result?

Or will they be dumpy-dumpy rubbish?

So, it's the turn of Beaker's Blues.

Now, what do we have here?

-This is ALAN.

-Alan?

Yes, it's the Aerodynamic, Lightweight, Anti-wind Neutraliser.

Ooh! This to go up against the wind machine? How's it meant to work?

OK, there's a shield up front, so the wind will blow into it

and that will deflect it, creating a slipstream for you to pass through.

What, you're a race car driver now? "Slipstream"?

Or a motorbike, they do it as well.

Ooooh! Look at you, Dr Joe.

We put some sandbags on it so you can throw the sand bags

out to sort of anchor it, so it doesn't blow backwards again.

So, let's see if it works.

Only one way to find out - let's try it.

So, the Beaker's Blues have designed an aerodynamic cart,

with a huge shield attached to the front to create a slipstream.

And sandbags which will be dropped to keep the cart steady.

They hope that by staying low

they will avoid the full force of the wind.

This design should move the Guinea Pig quickly towards the goal line.

Yeah, right, so they hope(!)

Three, two, one! Start the timer!

Oh, dear! It looks as if ALAN, the team's Aerodynamic, Lightweight,

Anti-wind Neutraliser isn't quite so dynamic after all.

Hasn't really got off to a very good start.

Oh, this seems to be taking for ever! Come on, ALAN!

I've got a plate of biscuits in my dressing room.

Oh, dear! This really is taking the wind out of its sails.

Time to put our Guinea Pig out of his misery.

Oh! So near and yet so far.

So what do you think went wrong?

I think if the sandbags were positioned at the side...

-Yes.

-Because at the back it was dragging you back.

At the side you could've pulled yourself along better.

-It's rubbish, it doesn't work!

-Oh, stop moaning, you!

Oh, well, unlucky, Beaker's Blues.

The Blue Team failed to get the Guinea Pig to the goal line in a

reasonable time because there was

not enough of a slipstream created with the design at the front.

And the fact that he was sitting down meant it was very hard

to push forward, making him extremely slow...and stupid.

Now, it's time to find out what is the plan of the Yellow Tang.

Poppy, Sophie and Dali

are from London. When Dali's older

he wants to become a sports psychologist.

Perhaps he'll be able to analyse the best way to win this challenge.

What do you think, Dr Dali? Is it possible?

Hey there, Yellow Tang, what is that thang?

Well, it's called the Suction Sledge

because you use the suckers to provide resistance to the wind.

I see. What's he actually go to do?

He's got to lie down and put one forward,

drag himself forward and then hopefully that's....

Hopefully? This is a science show, there is no hope involved!

Who came up with the umbrella idea?

It was meant to be a shield, but the umbrella's brilliant

because you can see through it.

A shield?! Great bit of spin doctoring there - shield(!)

Yes - extra visibility. Do you like it, Guinea Pig?

-Do you think it's going to work?

-Absolutely not! You just want to

use me as your test subject.

Well, you are a guinea pig!

Hey! What about you Blues and Greens?

Do you think this could work? Does it look good?

-Yeah.

-It's got some potential.

-IN SMALL VOICE:

-Yeah...maybe...not sure...

could do...might do...meh...yeah...

So! Guinea Pig, it's time to try this out.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Yellow plan!

Now, the Yellows are also trying to crawl beneath the full

force of the wind.

They're hoping these suction pads will help steady

the Guinea Pig as he pulls himself along the carpet.

The team hope that this, as well as his little umbrella will

overcome the resistance of the wind

and help him move quickly towards the finish line.

Well, that's the plan anyway.

Three, two, one!

Start the timer!

Come on, Guinea Pig!

He certainly has his work cut out for him in this challenge

Sucker!

Use your feet!

Ooh, these suction pads are proving to be very tricky to use.

Ohhhh! This is taking absolutely ages!

Life's too short, all right abandon plan, go on.

Ooh!

Unlucky there, Yellow Tang, didn't quite work.

Why do you think it didn't work? What went wrong?

-Not sure.

-The umbrella wasn't strong enough.

-The back...

-Ooh! Umbrella failure.

-And we needed a better guinea pig.

-Did you hear that?

-And the back wasn't strong enough.

Have you studied any science before?

-Yeah.

-Suction cups don't work on carpet.

So-o-o-o, didn't quite work. Unlucky, Yellow Tang.

The Yellow Tangs failed in their attempt

because the suction pads they hoped would pull the Guinea Pig along,

simply could not grip the carpet and instead they kept slipping.

Now, should the race have taken place on another surface this might

well have helped. But, as we're not doing it again, we'll never know.

Time to find out what's the plan of the Greens!

The Green Atoms are from Bristol,

they are Abi, Ellie and Jack.

Abi loves science and testing things out,

which should come in very

handy for this challenge.

What is it then? Explain, explain!

Well, the cone is going to deflect the wind off of it, and we're going

to hope that the Guinea Pig's going to have a safe travel.

And the wind doesn't really go into the parachute.

Oh, I see. Whose idea was this, Dr Jack?

-Abi's.

-Ah! Was it all your own?

-So, when it goes wrong, it's all your fault.

-Yeah. I have a lawyer.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Oh, oh, oh! She's sharp. You'd better watch yourself.

I don't think you can sue guinea pigs, we're exempt.

Oh! Stop arguing, you! Get on with it!

Right! Time to see if the Green plan works.

Now, they hope that by putting a massive

cone at the front of the cart

and a sand bag to hold it in place the wind will be deflected away

from the Guinea Pig creating a less turbulent force to fight against.

Well, it sounds good in theory, but will it work?

Three, two, one! Start the timer!

Keep going!

Keep going!

SHOUTING

-Go on!

-Keep going!

Go on!

He's done it I think!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What a resounding success!

Having the Guinea Pig in a standing position gave him

much more control, helping him move forward more easily.

This meant he was able to reach the goal in a reasonable time.

Oh! Good work, Green Atoms!

You got there, well done, Guinea Pig!

And well done, Green Atoms, it worked.

-How do you feel about that?

-I feel good. Luckily, he's still alive.

He's luckily... Yes, luckily.

It was my expert piloting of their useless contraption,

that's what it was.

So, why did it work do you think?

I think because it was on wheels and he has more control standing up.

-I see.

-And it's pushing the air as well.

It was pushing the air to either side,

so he was able to sort of cut through the wind, is that right?

-Yeah, very streamlined.

-Aerodynamic.

-Brute strength.

-"Brute strength"!

Rubbish! Well, there we go, 10 points for the Green Atoms.

So, at the end of that round, the Green Atoms are in the lead

with 10 points. Followed by Beaker's Blues on 5,

but the Yellow Tangs yet to score.

Come on, Yellows!

Time to find out what happens in the next round!

Now, it's a chance for our teams to get a little bit silly,

it's the Brainless Challenge.

Man is the most intelligent of animals

and the most silly - Diogenes.

Yes, this is the part of the show where we use the silly

part of the brain.

A one, a two, a one, two, three, four...

# Monkey, fish, banana, ping, pong! #

Thank you, choir.

Yes, as you can see, everybody here is dressed up as artists!

Because this is the part of the show where we challenge

the artistic part of the brain.

Two members of the team are going to paint a lovely picture - ah,

isn't that lovely?

And one member of the team is going to guess what that picture is.

"But surely that's too easy!" I hear you cry!

They'll be able to see it. Ha-ha, yes!

But what you don't know is the painters will be blindfolded.

Any moment now I am going to show the artists a little card

with the name of the thing I want you to paint.

No peeking, you lot!

The Green Atoms are to paint a giraffe.

The Yellow Tang have an elephant.

The Beaker's Blues gets a tiger.

Are you ready? And blindfolds on, teams!

So, my artists, you are now going to create a masterpiece

and your time starts...now!

That's it get some paint on, you haven't got much time,

get some paint on, get some paint on.

Start painting.

Quicker, quicker!

Yes, very curious and interesting forms shaping here.

Oh, interesting, very interesting.

Can you see what's going on? 10 seconds left.

That's it get something on, get something on. Keep painting.

Three seconds to go.

And there we are! Time is up.

OK, teams, you may remove your blindfolds.

Ah, again you can see the world.

You can see what you've done. Wonderful works of art.

Now, we're going to begin with the Green Team, Dr Abi.

Any ideas what your team-mates have painted for you, here?

No offence, but I might not have any clue. Erm...

Oh, what is it? I mean anything you can see on there?

It looks like, like a tall horse - maybe a giraffe?

You're right! It's a giraffe! Well done!

10 points for you.

Now, Dr Sophie, what do you think your team-mates have

painted for you here?

Again another curious form, any ideas?

-Is it a hippo?

-A hippo?

Not a hippo. I'm going to give you another little guess.

-Is it a zebra?

-No, it's not a zebra, you're wrong I'm afraid.

-Team, what is it?

-An elephant.

It's an elephant. Unlucky, Dr Sophie, I mean look at it,

it's obvious from here I can see it's got a...

blob. Now then, Blue Team.

Is it...is it a zebra?

It's not a zebra, I'm afraid.

What is it please?

It was a tiger.

It's a tiger, surely you could see that?

-It had stripes.

-It's got green stripes like ALL tigers have!

Yeah!

Oh, well. Unlucky, there.

So, Dr Abi, you showed some great cleverness there, well done.

That's 10 points to the Green Atoms. Congratulations!

Come and see what I've got over here.

Can you bend water?

I hope so. Have a look at this.

When I turn this tap here a nice stream of water falls

directly down, thanks to the power of gravity, into this jug here.

But what I want you to do is quickly

and efficiently divert the stream into this jug here.

How are we going to do that?

Well, using anyone or a combination of these items here - a little

white glove, a cheesy sponge glove,

an ostrich's bottom,

a snow shoe or tennis racket,

a coat hanger, toilet roll,

a bicycle pump.

and a banana-coloured cricket bat.

So, you have one minute to think of an answer.

Your thinking time starts now!

And I'm going to give 5 bonus points to anybody who can

think of a way of doing it without the objects actually touching

the stream of water.

But surely that's magic, isn't it?! Or is it?

And your time is up!

OK, it's time to reveal your scientific workings out now!

FANFARE

First of all let's go with the Green Atoms.

Can you explain, please?

So, the water is trickling down the bottle as planned.

-Yes.

-But we're going to use the banana coloured bat...

Cricket bat.

..to guide the stream down there and into the correct jug.

And if, and if any excess water drips down we're going to

put our hand into the cheesy glove to catch any excess water.

That sounds pretty sound.

Time now to have a look at the Yellow plan.

What have you got for me?

Pretty much got the same as them but without the...comedy yellow glove.

Right, Beaker's Blues what have you got for me?

Let's have a little butcher's.

Well, we actually came up with the same idea as well.

With the same plan! It's a full house, ladies and gentlemen!

We have three plans exactly the same.

SPOOKY MUSIC

'Are they telepathic? this is an Ultimate Brain first, where

'all three teams have come up with exactly the same answer.

'What's going on?!

'I asked my uncle, who is also a monkey scientist

'if this has ever happened before...'

No!

We have three plans exactly the same.

Well, let's just see it.

Right, whose going to go where in your team?

Now, Dr Jack will be applying the cheesy glove and you're

observing and holding the plans.

Very good very good. Now, are you ready?

Switching on the tap... Now!

Ah! So you see,

incredibly simple, but effective.

The other teams did exactly the same thing.

Nobody got the bonus points but they did achieve what was asked

and the cricket bat creates a perfect surface to divert the water.

But is there an even cleverer way?

Each team won ten points there. Well done, teams!

Now, here's how they could have won those bonus points.

using static electricity.

Look at this!

Here is some handy toilet paper and here is the bicycle pump.

What I'm going to do is apply the two things together.

I'm going to cause friction which is going to make static like this.

SQUEAKING

Now, I'm going to deploy here, turn on the tap.

Now, the reason this works is very simple.

When the towel rubs against the bike pump, it produces

a static charge and the stream of water is then attracted to the

charge and bends towards it, just like that you see.

So, that's the scientific way.

Now, it's time for our final round.

BOOM!

With the Green Atoms slightly in the lead, the tension

is unbearable as we enter the final round, THE QUICK FIRE ROUND!

OK, teams, are you ready? Hands on your brains, please.

The questions start...now!

What's 23 + 27 + 50?

-'Beaker's Blues.'

-100.

Is the right answer.

What is the freezing point of water?

'Beaker's Blues.'

Is it zero degrees C.

Is the right answer!

Does an electron have a positive or negative charge?

-'Beaker's Blues.'

-Negative.

Is the right answer.

Blues storming ahead.

Do I like tomatoes?

-'Yellow Tang.'

-Yes.

Hmm, not really. Is this a pointless question, yes or no?

-'Green Atoms.'

-Yeah!

I like that answer.

What 2D shape has eight equal sides?

-'Beaker's Blues.'

-Say it again?

Octagon.

Is the right answer.

What kind of triangle has the same length on all sides.

-'Beaker's Blues.'

-Equilateral triangle.

Oh, look at those Blues, they're steaming ahead.

What's 2 x 2 x 2?

'Yellow Tang!'

-Eight.

-Is the right answer.

What do wild pandas mostly eat?

-'Beaker's Blues.'

-Bamboo.

Bamboo is right.

What kind of animals are koala bears and kangaroos beginning with....

-'Green Atoms.'

-Sorry.

I'll offer it over, I'm afraid.

-'Yellow Tang.'

-Marsupula?

We'll give you that. Marsupials in the right answer.

That was pretty good.

So, that's the end of the round and the end of the game.

-Have you had fun, teams?

-Yeah!

Great, I can now tell you the final results.

So, in third place,

with 14 points

are the Yellow Tangs!

APPLAUSE

Second place with 27 points...

Beaker's Blues.

You did well in the final round, but it wasn't quite enough

so that means our winners with 32 points are -

the Green Atoms!

CHEERING

Well done, you! Come on, give me five! Give me five!

That's five! That's ten! That's 15! That's a full set.

Bingo!

Well done, you! What a brilliant team you were!

What do you think was the secret to your success?

Being wrapped with flowers!

What made you so good, Dr Jack?

Erm, our skills.

Your skills? Anything else?

The fact that we were able to answer some questions.

Always a good thing in a questions round, being able to answer them.

Well done. Have you enjoyed yourself, Guinea Pig?

It's been fantabulous as always.

Commiserations to the Beaker's Blues and Yellow Tangs,

you did well but not quite well enough I'm afraid.

Come and join us and bow.

Bow, ye, to the almighty Green Atoms of Bristol.

So, there we go, it's all over for another show.

I can't bear it...!

If you liked it, tell your friends,

and come back next time for more,

ULTIMATE BRAIN!

Hey, let's do the face.