0:00:06 > 0:00:09How can you make a guinea pig fall over again and again?
0:00:09 > 0:00:10HE LAUGHS
0:00:10 > 0:00:14What is this handsome monkey spinning a candle around on a table?
0:00:15 > 0:00:17And have the stars of Friday Download
0:00:17 > 0:00:18finally met their match?
0:00:18 > 0:00:21You'll need to run your mind at full power to win the title
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Ultimate Brain!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:31 > 0:00:36Ah welcome, welcome, welcome to Ultimate Brain.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40I have been scouring the Earth for the finest minds
0:00:40 > 0:00:42known to mankind,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44or at least to monkey kind.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Yes, my name is Dr Brain.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49These people over here reckon themselves
0:00:49 > 0:00:52to be among the finest brains in the country.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Let's find out if they're right, as they'll be playing for honour,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59and the title of Ultimate Brain.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02This team are Alex, Luke and Alex.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05They've called themselves the Green Dragons.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Will they breathe fire all over their opponents?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Well, I'm not clearing it up if they do.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- How are you Green Team? ALL:- Good, yeah.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Good, good. Where are you from? - Newcastle.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Oh, very nice.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Now then, Dr Alex, I happen to know you're rather musical.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Is that right?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Yes.- You play a few instruments? - Yes.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23What kind of instruments?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Piano and guitar.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Piano and guitar?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I think we should have an air piano and air guitar jam.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31You hit the piano, I'll hit the guitar,
0:01:31 > 0:01:32You get on the drums, let's go....
0:01:32 > 0:01:33ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:36 > 0:01:37# I love science
0:01:37 > 0:01:38# Yeah! #
0:01:38 > 0:01:40That was pretty good.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Good luck, Green Team.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The next team are Armin, Bethan and Kassir.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Collectively known as, The Yellow Blazers.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Can they blaze a trail to victory today?
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Hello, Yellow.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54- ALL:- Hello, Dr Brain.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Hi, how are ya?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Good.- Where are you from?
0:01:57 > 0:01:58- Manchester. - Very, very good.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Any sports you like?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Basketball.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Basketball. You good at basketball?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05BOUNCING BALL SOUND EFFECT What about football?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Yeah.- Are you good at football? - No.- No?!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Well, you could play for England then!
0:02:10 > 0:02:11THEY LAUGH
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Great, just what we need.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I wonder what manager Roy Hodgson would think about that.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17IMITATING ROY HODGSON: Yeah, I think she'll be great.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20We could do with someone like her. Put her up the front,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22she'll do really, really well. She's a good girl.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24She gets on well with all the rest of the lads,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I'm really pleased with that.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27NORMAL VOICE: So that's the yellow team!
0:02:27 > 0:02:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:28 > 0:02:31The final team are Shannon, Richard and George.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Stars of CBBC's Friday Download.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Now they might think they know all about pop music
0:02:35 > 0:02:38and looking cool, but do they know anything useful?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Well, do ya, eh?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42You may know these faces already.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It's Dr Richard, Dr George and Dr Shannon.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Shannooon!
0:02:46 > 0:02:48So how are you, actors?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49- ALL:- Very good.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Actors, are you in fine acting fettle today?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Of course.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Now, I happen to know, Dr Shannon... Shannooon!
0:02:57 > 0:03:01..that you quite like, er, blowing things up, is that right?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02It was an accident.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04It was an accident, Guv.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I didn't mean to do it.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Tell that to the judge.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Come on, what happened?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12OK. Basically I was making a hot chocolate.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Yes.- I was at my cousins, and my cousin didn't have a microwave.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18So I was like, "Have you got a kettle?"
0:03:18 > 0:03:20She said, "Yeah."
0:03:20 > 0:03:22We just put the milk in the kettle,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25cos then that will work and will heat it up, it will boil it quicker.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26- So...- Carry on!
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Basically I didn't realise at the time, I was quite young...
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Yes.- ..that milk has a lower boiling point then water.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33And that it would ruin the kettle.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37And I erm, broke the kettle and all the filament burnt out and...
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Oh, dear...
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I still drank the hot chocolate and it tasted like burnt metal.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Please, don't try that at home.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47So that's all of our teams, you've met them all now. Now let's see.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Come on, you've got to impress me, use every part of your brains,
0:03:51 > 0:03:52but above all...
0:03:52 > 0:03:53do your flipping best.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Now let us tickle the little grey cells with a nice simple question.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Come and see what I've found.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Yes, this may look like a giant piece of cheese
0:04:07 > 0:04:10but in fact it's a table, a spinning table.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And inside here, we have a little candle
0:04:13 > 0:04:16which is made out of the Guinea Pig's ear wax,
0:04:16 > 0:04:17isn't that lovely?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20It's sitting inside a little glass jar here,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24so that when this table spins around thus wise,
0:04:24 > 0:04:25the wind won't blow it out, you see?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Now the question is,
0:04:27 > 0:04:32what will happen to the flame of the candle as it goes around and around?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Does it A, bend outwards?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Does it B, bend backwards away from the direction of travel?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Does it C, bend inwards?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Or does it D, something else?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Time to have a little think. Now.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47TEAMS DELIBERATE
0:04:47 > 0:04:50'The thing to remember is that as the table spins,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52'it's as if there's a centrifugal force
0:04:52 > 0:04:55'throwing everything outwards, but will the contestants know it?'
0:04:55 > 0:04:57THEY CONTINUE DELIBERATING
0:04:59 > 0:05:02So you've all had a little think, a little confer,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04do we have your answers?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05- ALL:- Yep.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Let's see em.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10It's a unanimous decision. Each of our teams have opted for B,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12it bends backwards.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Everybody's gone for B.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Everybody thinks that the flame is going to go backwards.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Well, why do you think that?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Cos when it's like going round the wind won't push it back,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23but the glass will move faster
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and the gravity will pull it backwards.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I see, so this is going to go quicker than the flame.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Was that your thinking as well, Yellow Team?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Yeah.- Exactly the same?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Yep.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36What about you, Blues, what was your thinking?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38We thought that the candle, the wax bit,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41is going to be moving quite quick round,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44so the flames going to sort of lag, and it will stay behind it...
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Ah, almost like it's hanging off the candle?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Kind of, yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49I see, very good.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Well, will they be right, will they be wrong?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Only one way to find out.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Off you go little flame...
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Let's see what happens, get it up to a nice speed, then let it go.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03What's happening, what's happening?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Oh, look, it's bending inwards.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Answer C.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12- I did not see that coming. - Neither did I.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You didn't see that coming, did you?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16So why do we think that happened?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17- G-Force. - G-force?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Yeah, gravity.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Well, let me tell you why that happened.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Now, if you put water into a bucket and spin it around,
0:06:25 > 0:06:26it doesn't come out.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28This is because the apparent centrifugal force
0:06:28 > 0:06:31throws it outwards and into the bottom of the bucket.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Now the same thing happens with the air too.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Cool air inside the glass cylinder pushes towards the outside
0:06:36 > 0:06:39more than the hot flame, so the flame gets pushed inwards.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Well, it's simple when you put it like that, isn't it?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46So unfortunately nobody got that question right.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48That means that everybody got it wrong,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51which means no points for anybody. Well done, all of you.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Time now to use a different part of the brain.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04BEHOLD!
0:07:05 > 0:07:08So how can we climb from here, base camp,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11to the top of this slippery, slushy slope,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15all the way to press the button there at the top in the fastest time?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Well, we gave our contestants three days
0:07:17 > 0:07:21and a massive budget of FIFTY POUNDS to come up with some ideas.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28But who...who I say will be ascending this mighty, mighty mountain?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Well, I tell you something for nothing,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31it ain't going to be me, is it?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34MUSIC: "You're The Best Around" by Joe Esposito
0:07:37 > 0:07:40It's your good friend Guinea Pig!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42CHEERING
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Here he is, what do you think?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52What have you got me doing today?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Ah, you've got a little bit of climbing to do today.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59First of all, let's see what happens when he tries to get up there
0:07:59 > 0:08:00without a plan.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02DR BRAIN LAUGHS
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- ALL:- Three, two, one... - Go Guinea Pig!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Yes! Oh, look!
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Snow everywhere!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Look at him. Down he goes. He tries to get up.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14He's doing very well and his legs are flailing and he's on his elbows now.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20He's crawling up, he's crawling like a ninja, like a commando.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I think that's enough. Back you come, Guinea Pig.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24You've tried your best, you've done very well.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25THEY LAUGH
0:08:25 > 0:08:29There you go. Well done, Mr Guinea Pig, unlucky.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Now you see what he has to contend with.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- My pants are wet again. - Oh, dear. Where are you hurt?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Everywhere.- Oh, good.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Are you going to go back to your hutch now?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Yeah, I'm going to go. I'm going to curl up in it.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I don't think so, you're going to do it again, but this time with a plan!
0:08:42 > 0:08:46The Yellow Blazers, Armin, Bethan and Kisaa.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48If Armin could invent anything in the world
0:08:48 > 0:08:50it would be an anti-gravity motorbike.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52They'll need something just as impressive here.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Do you have a name for this plan?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Operation Octopus.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Operation Octopus, now is that because of these,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59sort of sucker things here?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Yep.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04The plan is, that these are going to help him stick to the slope,
0:09:04 > 0:09:05is that right?
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Yeah, and then he can like, erm...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10That squeegee is going to move some of the slime out of the way.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12And climb higher.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- So he's going to be wiping... - In a way, yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16And then he can grab on with his fingers,
0:09:16 > 0:09:17and then let go of his body,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and then do the exact same thing again.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22What monkey brain idea is this? It's never going to work.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Well, if you get it right, if it works, you get ten honour points.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27So let's hope it does. Are you confident?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- Yes.- Feeling good about it?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Well, I think there's only one way to find out
0:09:30 > 0:09:32if this is going to work or not.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Off you go, Mr Guinea Pig. Courage, mon bruv.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37So the Yellow Blazers hope the suction pads will help the guinea pig
0:09:37 > 0:09:40stick to the ramp, enabling him to wipe away the slippery slime
0:09:40 > 0:09:42with the squeegee as he makes his way to the top.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Easy peasy lemon squeegee.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48He's in place, are you ready, shall we count him down together?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- ALL:- Three, two, one...
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Go on, Guinea Pig!
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And off he goes, and he's down.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Now he's got to deploy the suckers here.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Yeah, use the squeegee to move everything out of the way.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02SHANNON LAUGHS
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Upwards, not sideways!
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Upwards. Yes, come on, Guinea Pig!
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- More effort.- Wipe upwards! - More effort. That's it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Oh, look, now the suckers are working, aren't they?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Oh, but he has no suckers on his feet!
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Use your body, use your body, use your body.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Don't stand up.- Use the squeegee!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Ah, yes, they want you to use the squeegee and use the suckers!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22He seems to be sort of stuck, doesn't he?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Do it side-to-side. Like that, yeah.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- GUINEA PIG:- Side-to-side, up and down, make your mind up!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Move forward.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31You're not going anywhere!
0:10:31 > 0:10:34He's stuck now. He's stuck. Oh, no, his un-stuck again.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Get moving. Use your fingers, your fingers as well!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Well, one thing is certainly working, isn't it?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41The sucker pads are certainly working.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43That's it come on, keep moving.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Scrape forwards and backwards!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Forwards and backwards!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- He's slightly stuck, isn't he? That's it, that's it.- Keep moving!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51How's he going to get up this last bit?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55He's gone backwards. Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
0:10:55 > 0:10:59I'm sorry we have to abandon plan. Abandon plan.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03He's gone backwards, which means unfortunately the plan hasn't worked,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06so unlucky, Guinea Pig, and unlucky, Yellow Team.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09You did very well, there. It was working for a while, wasn't it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11What do you think went wrong?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13It was the suction pads. They started coming off.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15They had too much of that squidgy stuff on them.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Ahh.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Mr Guinea Pig, you did quite well, but you didn't win.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21You're still a loser.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Ah, never mind.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26That was the Yellow Team's plan, it didn't quite work.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Let's find out... BOOMING VOICE: ..the next plan.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32The Blue Jets are Shannon, Richard and George,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34stars of Friday Download among other things.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Can they upload the Guinea Pig to the top of the ramp?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38See what I did there?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Who's been throwing cheese at my guinea pig?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Oh, no, wait. It's not cheese.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Ah, this must be the Blue Team's plan.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Now what do you call this plan?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47This is Operation Sponge and Plunge.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48- Sponge and Plunge? - Yes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50So what have we got now, let's see Guinea Pig.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- What have you got? - Well, we've got sponges...
0:11:52 > 0:11:53and plunges.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Right so that's £2 of the £50 budget spent.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Where's the other 48. Did you spend it on hair gel?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Yes, you did, I know it!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04So what is the plan, with your plan?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07We're hoping that these sponges will sort of act, you know,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09they'll sort of absorb all this...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- That's what a sponge does. - ..gooey stuff, you know?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Then we can use the plunges to sort of...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Yeah, it's sort of... - Like some Spider-man actions?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Yeah, exactly. That's, that's our inspiration.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- So you want this to absorb all the gunk...- Yeah.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21..and when that weighs me down having to use
0:12:21 > 0:12:24all my upper body strength to climb to the top just using my arms.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Yep, just like that.- Could you make this any more difficult?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- I think you can do it.- Do you think this will work? No? Not confident?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Well, maybe, maybe not. Maybe, maybe not.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33- Thanks, guys.- We believe in ourselves.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35# They believe in themselves. #
0:12:35 > 0:12:37That's all they need. Do you believe in yourself?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- No.- Nah!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41You look like a cheesy Dalek.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Operation Sponge and Plunge by Blue Jets.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47They think that the many sponges attached to the guinea pig's body
0:12:47 > 0:12:50will absorb the slime, making the ramp less slippery.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Then using the plunges our test dummy
0:12:52 > 0:12:54can haul himself to the top of the ramp!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57That's the plan anyway.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Are you ready? Let's count him in.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00OK.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Three, two, one...
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Go on, Guinea Pig! And he's off...
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Oh, and he's slipping, and down he goes again.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Come on, you can do this.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Right take your time, step by step. Nice and slow.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Get down! Get down!
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Oh, dear, I wonder how long all this has taken so far.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Now you go on your stomach. There you go.- He's trying again.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I don't want you to stand up, cos that's not working.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Snow angel your way up. - Oh, yes, that always works.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Believe you're Spider-Man, come on.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25That's it, that's it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26You can do this.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28He's still trying, he's still trying.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30We're going forward, we're going forward.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31It's not the end of the world.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34That's the thing about the guinea pig, he never gives up!
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- He never gives up.- He's a fool. - We should get somebody else in.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Oh, no, no, no! Nobody's stupid enough.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Come on, Guinea Pig, that's it!
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Take it easy.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Yes, he's nearly there!- Yes!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46No! He's down again.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48You're nearly there, you're nearly there.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50One more stand, one more sprint.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53One more stand, take it easy.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Take it...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Oh, dear, he's going backwards, he's going backwards.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00He's exhausted, he can do no more.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I think that's probably it.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Wait, he's up for one more.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Oh, he's trying for one more!
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Down he's gone!
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Down he goes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Well done, though. You tried your best.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Guinea Pig, how did that feel?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Humiliating.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Why do we think it didn't work?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Well, I don't think it was anything to do with our actual design...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- No, yeah...- I think it was the guinea pig himself.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Oh, you're blaming him?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Yeah, I think... - The design was flawless.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Who are you blaming, Guinea Pig? - You guys watch too much TV.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29These things won't stick to the floor, they slide....
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Whoa.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33And he's down again.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35You've tried, but once again...
0:14:35 > 0:14:37you've failed.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The Green Dragons are Alex, Alex, Luke,
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Alex, Alex, Alex and Alex.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42When Luke gets older he wants to be a scientist
0:14:42 > 0:14:44or a jet pilot.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Why not become a jet scientist?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Will his team ideas help the guinea pig fly
0:14:47 > 0:14:49to the top of the slope?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50I can't help but notice
0:14:50 > 0:14:52he's not wearing anything more stupid than usual.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55He only looks as dumb as he normally does. Why? What's your plan?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The Carpet Theory!
0:14:58 > 0:14:59The carpet theory!
0:14:59 > 0:15:01What does it involve?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Well, we were at school and we were thinking of different ideas.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06We came up with the idea to have a carpet
0:15:06 > 0:15:09that would stop the slip and then from there it evolved.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Ah, so it's not on him, he's going to be using a prop?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Yes, he's going to be using a prop. - Now what does this prop involve?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I'm fascinated to see if this works. You're going to bring it over to us.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- Why have I got a giant paint roller? - Right.- What am I painting?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Explain to him, what's he got to do?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27He's got to run up the slope with that so the carpet comes down,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29so he just runs on the carpet instead of the slime.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Oh! So he's got to deploy it, roll and walk at the same time?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Yes.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Let's hope your plan works. Are you feeling confident?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Yes! 12 out of 10! - 12 out of 10?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Yeah.- That's pretty good, those are good odds.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42The Carpet Theory.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The Green Dragons want the guinea pig to roll the carpet out
0:15:45 > 0:15:47in front of him as he runs along the ramp,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50placing the dry, non-slip carpet between his feet and the slime.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Will this plan hit the heights? Let's find out.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Here we are. - Let's go.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Three, two, one...
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Go, Guinea Pig!
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Oh, no, I see what you mean about the carpet.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Get on the carpet!
0:16:03 > 0:16:05He's got to get on it, he's got to get on it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Yes!- Oh, that's sort of working,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- but it's slipping a little bit underneath.- Yes! Go on! Come on!
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's sort of getting there. Can he get up the peak?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14That's the thing. He's got to get all the way up the peak. Oh!
0:16:14 > 0:16:15He's run out of carpet!
0:16:15 > 0:16:18He'll have to try another plan, he'll have to try another plan.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Sprint up. Sprint up! - He's going to try it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- Dive! Dive! - Hit the button and you've won.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27So clo-o-o-o-o-o-ose!
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Come on, surely one more go, you've got to try.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Got to try harder. - Pull the carpet, pull the carpet.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- That's it he says, "Pull the carpet." - Stand on the carpet.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37He's trying, this is a very good attempt.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40This is a very good attempt, it could work.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41NOOOO!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Oh, dear, I'm afraid that was the last attempt.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46That's it, plan over.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Unlucky, Green Team. That means that nobody won the challenge.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- So close, but so far. - So close and yet so far.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Ah, the Green Team's idea was actually a pretty good one.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Unfortunately, the carpet just didn't have enough traction.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Perhaps if they'd used a rolled up fluffy towel instead,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02and the guinea pig had just kept moving,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04rather than pausing before the steep incline
0:17:04 > 0:17:05this might have just worked.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Stupid Guinea Pig!
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Because he did get very, very close,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I'm going to actually award you five effort points.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13CHEERING
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Well done, Green Team.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Five effort points for the Greens there.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Very good and how are you feeling?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Bruised.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Time for the next challenge.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Now it's time for our teams to act on instinct.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's the Brainless Challenge.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30"Don't be afraid of silly ideas." Paul Arden.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Yes, it's time to use that bonkers part of the brain,
0:17:33 > 0:17:34known as the...
0:17:34 > 0:17:35HE BLOWS A RASPBERRY ..Area.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39What have we got here? Well, each team has designated one dummy,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41who's going to become their mummy.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43And the artists, the other two members of the team,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46have to cover your dummy
0:17:46 > 0:17:49in this wonderful Egyptian cotton here.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53And then they will become a mummy, we will then see them dance!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Ten points will be awarded to the team
0:17:55 > 0:17:58with the best mummy and the sweetest moves.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Are we ready for this?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01- ALL:- Yes!
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Here we go! Make your mummies! Go! Quick, quick, quick!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Get it all on. That's the best bit.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Remember, I want to see those mummies dance.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15But if it's too easy you won't get points.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Go for the face, go for the face. Get some on the head.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Oh, good work from the Blues, there.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20That's it. Doing well.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30What's that? That's it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31You've got three seconds left.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36KLAXON SOUNDS Ooh!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Step away from the mummies.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Step away, step away and let's have a look.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Ah, look at that.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Time to see some dancing.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48MUSIC PLAYS
0:19:14 > 0:19:15BREAKING WIND SOUND EFFECT
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Now the winners...
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I thought that was very good stuff you did there, Dr Armin.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26It was sort of exotic and slightly Egyptian,
0:19:26 > 0:19:27which was very good with the mummy.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30So I'm awarding ten points to the Yellow Team.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Time to turn off the silly part of the brain. Ready?
0:19:40 > 0:19:41THEY GURGLE
0:19:45 > 0:19:49And so with the Yellow team at this point an eencie-weencie, ickle-little
0:19:49 > 0:19:52bit, tiny bit in the lead, it's all to play for in the next round...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54BOOMING VOICE:..Inspiration!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Oh, I've done it again.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07We have here a bowl of ice in cold water.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Here we have a bowl of nothing in nothing.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15What you need to do is get the ice cubes out of the water
0:20:15 > 0:20:20and into the bowl full of nothing using only these props.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Salt, a scrubbing brush, a whisk, cotton wool, scissors, a pump,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28drinking straws, a feather duster, a roll of paper and two bananas.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Start thinking now.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33'We gave our teams just a couple of minutes to think about their answers.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36'Remember, the golden rule is you mustn't touch the ice
0:20:36 > 0:20:38'with your fingers, cos it's really cold, innit?'
0:20:38 > 0:20:43So thinking time is all up. Everybody, let's see your boards.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47The Yellow Team, would you like to explain to me what you've done there?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Well, we decided to get our cotton wool touching the ice slightly
0:20:52 > 0:20:56and sprinkle some salt on the ice.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Then if you put the cotton on the ice cube,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- the cotton will stick to the ice cube.- Why will that happen?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- I think it has some chemicals inside the salt...- Chemicals?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11..that reacts to the ice,
0:21:11 > 0:21:17and makes it stick with a material that is touching the ice.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21So, Green Team, let's hear your idea. How do you think you can do it?
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Our idea is very similar, but instead of using a slab
0:21:25 > 0:21:29of cotton wool, we're actually going to make it into string.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34We're going to put the salt on top of the string
0:21:34 > 0:21:36instead of putting it on before.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I see. Also using the salt.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40All thinking alike.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41I like this.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Ooh, the Yellows and Greens are on to something here.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47The salt, or sodium chloride as we scientists like to call it,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49will indeed melt the ice, which, given enough time,
0:21:49 > 0:21:54will refreeze over the cotton wool, attaching it firmly, hopefully.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Well, let's see it then. Let's try it.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- How do you sprinkle the salt? - Oh, that's up to you.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01On to the ice.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04It doesn't want to go on the ice.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Oh, now it's going on the ice.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09THEY LAUGH
0:22:12 > 0:22:14That worked really well, didn't it?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Well done, Yellow Team.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18That hasn't quite worked.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Carry on, now. This is what's called a setback.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24If at first we don't succeed, we try, try and we try again.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Let's see.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Oh. It's nearly... Now don't you touch it with your fingers.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Remember mustn't touch it with your fingers.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33OK, I'm going to give you five seconds to make it work.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Are you ready?- No. - Five...four...three...
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- two...one... - Make it work.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40KLAXON SOUNDS
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I'm afraid the cotton wool didn't quite work. Unlucky, Yellow Team.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I think the principle was pretty good, wasn't it,
0:22:46 > 0:22:47what they were trying to do, there.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51It started to work, and then it failed miserably at the end.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Unlucky, Yellow Team, back to your seats. But well done, good try.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Green Team, come on, let's try it.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Come, come. Come, come.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Let's try it. What have you got? - Cotton wool and salt.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Salt again.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Your time starts now.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Ah, now then.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- What's that doing? Why are you rubbing it?- It's making it thinner.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16It makes it thinner, I see.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Now here we go. Over to the bowl itself.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Pouring salt on to the ice there.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Dr Alex, you're holding the cotton wool on there
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and concentrating very hard.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31That'll be enough.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Ah, I see. What are you going to do now, then?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Dr Luke, what's going to happen? - We're going to leave it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Well, we're going to leave it in and then the chemical reaction
0:23:38 > 0:23:40should be able to stick it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That's their formula, but will it work?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46That's it. Do we think...? Oh! Oh, now something's happened there.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Some sort of reaction has happened.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Ah, now look, look, look.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53That's it. Now get it in the bowl. If you want ten points,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56you need to get it in the bowl. Quickly. You mustn't drop it.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57If it hits the floor...
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Oh, now don't forget, you mustn't touch it with your fingers.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02This is very good. This is very good.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Here they go.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06And there it is! Well done to the Green Team.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13You managed to get two. Well done, well done. Ten points to the Greens.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Now the Blue Team. Let's see your plan. Let's have a look.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Well, we've avoided the whole science approach.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- As you can see here, here's the two bowls.- Yes.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24That's the one with the ice in.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Looks like a smiley face.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32We are going to take some paper, double the paper over a few times.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33- Right.- To make it thick.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Yeah, and then scoop it under the ice.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Yes.- And just walk over with...
0:24:38 > 0:24:41So it will sort of sieve it out, if you see what I mean?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42- Fingers crossed.- Oh.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Oh, good. Well, let's have a look and see if your plan works.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50A bit of folding work.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52MUSIC: "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Don't you touch the bowl.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- It's all over my shoes. - You've got to sacrifice the shoes.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02It's worked!
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Yes!- Come on!
0:25:04 > 0:25:08You get ten points. Well done, Blue Team. Go and have a seat.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09We actually did it.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Who would have thought that would work? Not me.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15So for the right idea but a slightly clumsy execution,
0:25:15 > 0:25:17five points to the Yellow Blazers.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19For a rather inelegant but effective solution,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21ten points to the Blue Jets.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23For using great science in their answer,
0:25:23 > 0:25:24ten points to the Green Dragons.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28It really is all to play for in this...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30BOOMING VOICE:..the final round.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Shall we do it?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32- ALL:- Yes!
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Hands on your brains. What's the scientific name for carbon dioxide?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- ANNOUNCER:- The Yellow Blazers.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40CO2.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45CO2 is right. Name a planet in our solar system beginning with J.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- ANNOUNCER:- Green Dragons.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Jupiter.- Jupiter is right.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Why did I fall out with my neighbour Carl?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Cos the dog peed on your lawn. - Is the right answer.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59What material found in the centre of a pencil can you write with?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Lead.- Is the wrong answer. Pass it over.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- Graphite.- Is right.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09What is sodium chloride more commonly known as?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Salt.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- Yes, very good.- Thank you.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14What tree do conkers come from?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Conker trees.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20No.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Horse chestnut.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Horse chestnut is right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Chickens are descended from dinosaurs. True or false?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- False.- Nah, it's true. T-Rexes.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30I'm afraid it's true.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I have 60 banana muffins. Guinea Pig eats 33. How many do I have left?
0:26:36 > 0:26:3827.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Is the right answer.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41KLAXON SOUNDS
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Oh, that's it. Time is up. That's all the questions.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Now time to find out the scores.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52In third place with 14 points...
0:26:52 > 0:26:54it's the Blue Jets.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00In second place with 17 points...
0:27:00 > 0:27:01it's the Yellow Blazers.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Which means our winners with a magnificent 23 points
0:27:05 > 0:27:07are the Green Dragons!
0:27:08 > 0:27:10CHEERING
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Come on and join me.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Well done.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Magnificent work there, Green Dragons.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23What do you think was the secret of your triumph?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Our minds.- Your minds.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Well done, and commiserations to our other two teams.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32It's time now to come down and bow to your superiors.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38Yes, they are the Ultimate Brains. It is our Green Dragons.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Have you enjoyed yourselves?- Yes. - You've had fun?- Fantastic.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42You lot, have you had a good time?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Such a good time. Thanks for having us.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49I'm so glad. Join us next time for more Ultimate Brain!
0:27:49 > 0:27:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE