Newsbrain! Ultimate Brain

What on Earth will happen when a violin bow plays a plate of salt?

Can the teams stick Guinea Pig to the Ultimate Wall?

And we let coconuts go to our heads in our inspiration challenge.

Set your brains to genius, turn the fun dial to 11

and have your most thinking thoughts at the ready for...

-HE CHUCKLES

-Welcome, welcome, welcome.

My mission is simple,

to seek out and discover

the brainiest brain boxes in the universe,

record their knowledge levels,

investigate their inspiring inventions

and test their quick thinking.

My name is Dr Brain.

Ooh, ow!

And this is Ultimate Brain. Make it so.

Let's meet the magnificent minds

hoping to excel in today's experiments.

It's the lean, green science machine from Liverpool.

From Manchester, yes they're two girls and a fella dressed in yella.

And our celebrity team in brilliant blue, from Newsround...

Today's terrific teams will be playing for honour and,

more importantly, hoping to impress a very clever monkey.

Let's find out who they are.

-Look at you! It's the Green team, how are you doing?

-Good!

-Now, do you like your science?

-Yes.

-Yes, are you good at it?

-Yes.

-How about physics?

-Yes.

-Chemistry?

-Yes.

-Biology?

-Yes.

-Full set!

Now, what's your team name?

Love it!

You're looking cool there, Yellows. Are you feeling cool?

-Yes.

-Are you up for it?

-Yes.

-Now then, do you like your science?

-Best subject.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Good, I like you.

What is your team name?

# Blue, blue, blue, blue, I got the Blues. #

It's the Blues, how are you?

-Good, thank you.

-Good to meet you.

Now, of course, I know

but just tell our friends at home what show you're from.

-We are from Newsround!

-Newsround!

-Newsround!

-We're the brainboxes of CBBC. Allegedly.

-Supposedly.

Yes. Now, Dr Ricky,

I hear you had a bit of a problem with bzzzzzzzzz...

with a fly.

I did. A couple of months ago, I was presenting Newsround.

I took in some breath, like that,

getting ready to read my next item and I swallowed a fly.

And for the rest of the bulletin, I couldn't talk!

Well, Blues, what's your team name?

I like it! It's simple and to the point.

But of course, only brains of truly mind-bending brilliance

will succeed on this show.

So, everybody, set your think boxes to awesome

and prepare to get clever.

It's time for the first round!

Ah, here we are, here we are, here we are. Hey, look at that.

Well, as your cunning eyes will have spotted,

on the table is a violin and a little pot of salt.

That must be exciting, is it? No? Ah.

Ah, but wait! What will happen when I spread some of the salt

onto the metal plate

and then I run the violin bow down the edge of the plate?

Aaah, now you're interested!

Ooh, now it's fascinating!

Look at the confusion on their faces.

I'm going to give you all four choices. Count them, four.

So, will the salt...

..something that perhaps even I, Dr Brain, haven't thought of but

you, or maybe you, have thought of.

I can see you're all crackling with cleverness.

Good! Now, it's time for you all to have a little chat

and decide amongst yourselves. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Your thinking time starts now!

I'm going for a little play.

-ROCK MUSIC

-Lovely.

THEY ALL WHISPER

So, four choices.

Our teams need to think carefully to solve this salty conundrum.

Have you thought of your answer?

So what's it going to do? Is it going to bounce?

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-OK, that's it.

That is it, time is up. No more thinking, folks.

Your thinking time is done. OK, everybody, reveal your answers now!

Let's have a look what we've got.

-Oh, two As and a B.

-We're either brilliant or stupid.

-Yeah.

ABA...

my favourite band.

Right then, let's start with an A over here, the Green team.

Why have you gone for A?

Why do you think it is going to move to the edges of the plate?

-You're moving it on the side, it's making vibrations.

-Vibrations.

But we were stuck between D

because we knew they were either going to move to the edge

or to the middle.

Vibrations, though. Could be a key word in this.

Yellows, you've gone for the same thing. Same thinking?

-More or less.

-Sort of.

-More or less the same thinking.

That's pretty good. Keeps things nice and simple!

-Now then, Blues, you've gone for B.

-Yeah, B.

-Well, we think the vibrations...

-Definitely vibrations.

..will create movement.

Movement across the table, meaning

-bits of sand will...

-Creating static movement.

And it'll be pretty.

It will be arty AND scientific?

-Yes.

-Lovely, lovely!

Two in one, you see.

You get value for money on this channel, folks.

Hmm, now then, you seem to have confidence in your cleverness,

all of you,

but have you cracked the conundrum or have you cracked under pressure?

Well, let's see what actually happens

when we add a little bit of cool bow to some cool salt

in a cool science experiment.

Are you ready to see it?

-Yes.

-Shall we do it? Here we go then!

I am now going to pour some salt. There you go.

Beautiful seasoning, well done.

-Now, are ready?

-Yes.

-Let's do it!

-A pretty pattern!

-What's happening?

-Ricky, you're a genius!

-Look at that, you see?

Isn't it amazing?

So there we go, look at that! Isn't it extraordinary?

These beautiful patterns happen

because all sounds are actually just vibrations

and every object will naturally vibrate at a certain rate,

or frequency.

If this frequency is matched by sound,

it can cause strange things to happen.

When the violin bow matches

the natural frequency of the metal plate,

it causes uneven pockets of vibration,

making the salt into a pretty pattern.

Art, music, science, we've got it all on this show!

So, the amazing, incredible scientific answer is B!

Unlucky, Greens and Yellows, you didn't quite get it right.

But the Blues, you did.

You got it spot on and that gets you five points.

Well done.

So you've got to try and get some more now

as we go into the next round!

# Next up it's the creative challenge. #

That's right, now it's time

to turn the dials on your finely tuned brainboxes...

Doo-dee-doo-dly-do!

..to a different clever setting altogether.

Yes, we call the next challenge Superhero Sticky Ceiling.

# Dun-du-du-dun-du-dun-dun! #

Now, my superhero power is being the brainiest

and best looking talking monkey you ever saw.

Others want to fly through the air,

have awesome strength,

or stick to walls and ceilings, a bit like a spider.

So, our teams were given two days and a budget of £50

to design solutions to this challenge.

Ah, oui, c'est magnifique!

Our teams will be hoping to design

a way of sticking our superhero wannabe, Guinea Pig,

to our lab wall.

But the wall will be tilted at an angle of 50 degrees.

Now, their methods must consider weight distribution...

Weighing in at 66kg, there, the Guinea Pig.

..and, of course, the pulling power of gravity

if they are to avoid GP falling face first into the foam

and making me laugh!

GP must be suspended for at least ten seconds

for the team to win the points.

And now, he may not have superpowers,

or be as handsome as me,

but he sure is super keen when it comes to science.

Always completely focused on the task ahead,

nothing can divert his unshakeable, unbreakable concentration.

Yes, it is my good friend,

and my pet actually,

Guinea Pig!

Erm...

Ha-ha. Erm...

Guinea Pig, you're sort of facing the wrong way!

Sorry, Dr Brain, I was thinking about my tea.

Shall I put the kettle on?

No, GP.

Off you go, GP!

So here we have the yellow plan.

-And what's it called?

-Baction.

-Baction!

So what's that?

Is that backpack, action, suction all smooshed into one word,

-is it?

-Yeah.

-Oh, pretty good.

I guessed well there, didn't I? Now, tell me, how does it work?

-Well, he'll have the backpack on backwards.

-Oh, yes, I see that.

And then we have suction cups.

So you're creating suction?

Yes, the Whizz Kids have gone for suction power.

Two large rubber suckers are evenly distributed across GP's back.

Suction cups work because there's more air on the outside

than the inside.

This allows the air from the outside

to force the rubber against the smooth surface,

sticking it firm.

But can they hold GP's weight in the face of gravity?

Here we go!

Three, two, one, start tipping now!

Look, what's happened, he's still there.

He's still there. Oh, look!

It's working quite well, I think.

Now he's at maximum tipping.

He's still there.

-Feeling happy, GP?

-This is a great idea.

-Are you quite comfy?

-Very comfy.

-Can I stay here all day?

-Of course you can.

Can you bring me some banana...

There you go! That's ten! You've done it!

Yay!

Congratulations, Yellows.

Well, it worked.

Why do you think it worked?

-The suction holds 120kg.

-Oh, does it?

And I think he's only 66.

So you've done your mental calculations

and everything, you've got the mathematics right.

Wow, that Spiderman bloke ain't got nothing

on the Whizz Kids' Baction plan.

Their suction science worked splendidly!

Brilliant. I'm really, really pleased that went well.

-Are you pleased?

-Yeah.

-Nice one.

Well done, the Yellows. Let's see the next plan.

So, for the Yellows, suction was success.

But for the Greens, what's it going to be? What have you got here?

We call it the Net Theory.

The Net Theory, sounds like a movie starring Morgan Freeman.

-AS MORGAN FREEMAN:

-Nobody knows what the Net Theory was.

So, what actually happens here?

It's like a giant net and how's it held in place?

The hooks and the net to attach Guinea Pig to the board.

Ah, yes, so the net is nice and tight there,

which might just hold him in place.

The Supersonic Scientists have gone for a flexible net

stretched across the whole of GP's body,

with hooks around the edge and a bunch of little suckers in between.

Hopefully, suspending him like a fly in a spider's web.

But will he stay there or will he fall to his doom?!

-Shall we do it?

-Yes!

-Are you ready, Greens?

-Yes!

Are you ready, GP?

I'm never ready.

Three, two, one, go!

Let's have a look. Oooooooh!

He's still there.

He's still there, holding tight.

-Ah, now...

-Boing.

Oh. OH!

Oh, dear, down he goes!

Oh, unlucky.

He's got a face full of foam.

What do you think happened there? What went wrong?

-I think the weight was too much.

-The weight was too much, GP.

Oh, no, it nearly worked but GP's weight, and gravity,

were just too strong for their flimsy hooks

and them little tiny suckers.

In he goes!

Well, unlucky, Greens. Let's see how the Blues do.

Now then, you Blues, what is the name of your plan?

-This is Tapetastic!

-Tapetastic! I love it.

Now then, I can sort of see what the theory is but explain it anyway.

-Well, if you put enough tape down, he'll stay there.

-Fingers crossed...

-He'll be fine.

-..he'll stay there.

-Yeah, don't worry about it.

Bong! The headlines tonight:

Team Newsround have gone for an adhesive method,

Sticky Tapetastic evenly distributed all across GP's body.

But will the adhesive be strong enough to defy Graviton,

the evil master of the universe?

I mean gravity, sorry, I'm getting carried away. Silly me.

-I think we should see it in action, don't you?

-Yes.

-Definitely.

Let's do it! Three, two, one, go!

-There he goes.

-You're OK, GP. It's fine!

Is he at 50 degrees yet?

Oh, this is looking good.

-Oh, no, it's going.

-No, it's not!

One of them has gone.

Ten seconds starts now. He's got to stay on...

LAUGHTER

-Are you all right?

-It was looking promising!

-It was, wasn't it?

Right up until the time when it spectacularly failed.

Oh, dear, the sticky tape wasn't strong enough

to hold Guinea Pig's weight.

Yes, it was evenly spread but GP's weight wasn't.

No, no, they needed more tape at the top of his body,

where his heavy old head and his chest weighed him down.

As soon as one strip looses its sticky grip,

the weight becomes too much for the rest to take and off they come.

If only it said, "Do not stick people to the wall," on the packet.

Getting a bit stuck to the bits of foam, are you, Guinea Pig?!

Oh, dear, we got a bit of a mess here. Poor old GP!

Well, unlucky, Blues. Let's find out the scores.

So, at the end of that foamongously, falldowntastic round,

the Yellows were the only team

to keep GP at 50 degrees for ten seconds,

so they get ten points!

CHEERING

Now, destiny hangs in the balance.

Our incredible scientific challenges

have truly tested our super brainy teams

and plunged them into an almighty struggle for points,

pride and a glorious brainy victory.

But there is yet another twist in this tale.

Another turn for their story to take.

The time has come for the next round!

PYOW, PYOW, PYOW, PYOW!

It's the split second round.

Oh, I gave myself a headache doing that!

This round is all about quick reactions.

Zee, ka, bing, bang, boom!

Our super cool camera records in super very slow motion

to show us who has the fastest reactions of all.

On this show,

we like our super brainy scientific experiments to be neat and tidy

and never messy at all.

I'm kidding you!

One member of each team is stood in front of

our Ultimate Brain paddling puddles there,

in their welly boots.

And on the random sound of Dr Brain, "SPLASH!",

they must jump with two feet together

into their paddling puddle.

The winner is the first person to make impact with the puddle,

as judged by the super-duper Slowmonizer.

OK, you're in your positions.

Here we go now, then.

You're going to give it some welly, OK?

Ready?

SPLASH!

LAUGHTER

Well, teams, you really did jump to it.

Oh, a proper two-footed challenge from every team member, there.

But who was first to make a splashtastic splash?

It's impossible to tell!

We'll have to use the Slowmonizer.

Well, well, welly-well,

they all gave it some welly in their wellies, there,

but who is going to get the boot?

Oh, it's Dr April, who welly is the fastest, there,

and welly is the winner.

Welly done!

Well done! Fantastic!

Which wins you a massive ten points!

SCREECH!

Now, it's time for our teams to re-engage their brain.

It's the inspiration challenge.

We need something small and round and hollow in the middle.

Oh, I know, my head!

Well, nearly. GP, I'll give you a clue.

It's small and furry and rhymes with boconut.

Oh, oh, I know!

I give up.

All right, I'll give you another clue.

-It's a coconut.

-Wow!

What is it?

Your career, mate, get off!

Now, Ultimate Brain is all about using your 'ead, son.

In the studio, we have our Ultimate Brain coconut shy

in a semicircle around the orange zone. You see?

Now, one member of each team must stand in the orange zone

with their hands behind their back.

And when the timer starts,

one member of your team will have to knock over as many coconuts

without leaving the orange zone

and only using your head.

The other two team members

can attach various props to that person's head

to help them to reach the coconuts.

Now, the team to knock over the most coconuts will be the winners!

So, teams, you have three minutes

to design your coconut-felling contraptions.

-Are you ready?

-Yes!

Let's do it.

Your time starts now!

We could do it upside down on the hat...

And the stick out there...

Teams need to choose items that either push or knock

the coconuts off their perch...

-Look, guys.

-Yes, yes!

-This is the one.

..and a method of fixing the chosen item to their team member's head.

Not that easy when they haven't got any tape or glue,

cos I haven't given them any!

Go co-co-co-crazy for this one.

-Wait, Jaytee, wait.

-They're stealing our idea!

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-Time's up, teams.

So what have you got for me?

Come on, don't be shy. Or should I say, coconut shy.

OK, Greens, so you've made your design.

What does it involve?

-Tights and a stick.

-Tights and a stick. I like it!

What do you call your plan?

-Tights...

-Tightstick.

-Tightstick.

-That sounds pretty good. Shall we try it?

-Yes.

That's a good idea. Here we go, then.

Right, Dr Dylan, would you care to step into the orange zone.

Remember, you can't step outside the orange zone.

You must keep your hands behind your back at all times.

Your time starts... Three, two, one, now!

Oh. That is it, yeah, poke it. Poking it looks like a good idea.

Better than trying to swipe it. That's it.

It's all about having enough force to push the coconut over.

He's done one.

Well, the Supersonic Scientists' head-mounted flexible straw

is accurate and just sturdy enough

to push the coconut from its pedestal.

Have it!

Does he have enough force there? Perhaps it's...

Very good! When you pushed the bottom of the coconut,

that seemed to push the weight of it over, didn't it?

That's very good.

He's being very calm about it.

He's going about his job very calmly.

That's good.

That's it.

I'm quite surprised how well this is going,

actually, because it's a very flimsy stick.

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-That's the time up!

Well done! Well done, Greens.

That was a pretty good plan. What went right there, do you think?

What do you think you did right?

It worked on the low ones because the pressure pushed it off.

Something to do with the centre of gravity, wasn't it?

You managed to topple it over.

Well, it worked well enough to get you four coconuts!

Well done, the Greens!

Let's see how well the Yellows do.

Dr Jaytee, what have you got in your hand, mate?

We've got a tennis ball,

which has been inserted into one of the legs of the tights.

So what do you hope is going to happen here?

We're going to put one end on my head

and I'm going to try and swing it and knock off the coconuts.

Oh, I see.

So why don't you step into the orange zone.

Place your prop on your head.

-Here we go. Don't muck up your hair, will you? Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-In position, happy?

-Yeah.

-Let's start, then. Here we go.

Your time starts now!

Off you go, Dr Jaytee.

Now, he is trying to get momentum going, there.

That's it.

Try and see if you can really get it swinging.

Accuracy comes into play here. That was nearly one.

Try and get that one again. Get a good swing going.

As he wings at around,

centrifugal effect coming into play here.

Hey, nice idea, Whizz Kids,

but it's so difficult to be accurate

when you're swinging your head around

and you can't see where it's going.

Oh, a near miss there. Did you see that one?

"I ain't budging for no-one, get off!"

Oh, so close, so close.

Oh, it's so close!

Oh, he nearly had one! Yeah, you got one!

Well done! Let's see if you can get another.

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-I'm afraid that's time up!

Unlucky.

Oh, you can really see the centrifugal force in action

there, pulling the ball far away from Dr Jaytee's head,

so much so that it's in the right place to loop around the coconut

and knock it into next Tuesday.

Well, on the floor!

Well, unlucky, Yellows.

You scored one but good plan, I liked it.

Let's see how the Blues do!

Well, time now to go over to our science correspondent,

Dr Brain, who is at the scene.

Yes, here I am and I am with the Blue team here

and they are going to show me their plan.

Blues, what is your plan?

-Our plan is Shocking Stocking!

-Shocking Stocking.

It is a double pronged attack.

Double pronged attack, I like that!

So one prong seems to be a tennis...

One comes out of them out and the other one goes on the head.

-Wrap it all around.

-You whip and you push.

-Hat goes on top.

# You whip and you push and the hat goes on top

# You whip and you push and the hat goes on top! #

I like this, this is pretty good.

Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it.

-In the orange zone, please. Here we go!

-Good luck, Hayley!

There you go.

-Are you ready?

-Hang on.

-In the orange zone.

Here we go, then, your time starts...

now!

A prodding, a prodding, there.

This is kind of a mixture of the Green and Yellows, isn't it?

Similar thoughts going on.

She's pushing, she's pushing.

-Has she learned the lessons from before?

-A bit lower, maybe.

A bit lower, mate.

Well, the straw worked for the Supersonic Scientists

but it's just not sturdy enough in Hayley's mouth,

bending and buckling to no effect.

-20 seconds to go.

-How many?

-20 seconds.

-Switch it up.

-Oh, well done!

-She hasn't deployed the tennis ball yet, has she?

I know, come on! What about the stocking? Go for it, go wild!

Five seconds to go,

having a little luck with the spin.

Oh, you've got one, two!

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-That's time!

-That's time.

-Oh, Hayley!

Well, well, well, she's a little bit dizzy.

Well, well, well, it was the last-minute attack,

the use of the tennis ball, there, that really did it, wasn't it?

Yowzer, there's that centrifugal force again,

creating a spinning whirlwind of coconut destruction. Much better.

If only they had done that from the beginning.

Well, you've got three coconuts, there, Blues. Well done.

Well done, all you boffins.

You all went pretty coconuts for that round.

You used your heads.

So, the Supersonic Scientists kept their eyes on the prize

and used their straw with devastating accuracy.

The Whizz Kids swung blindly and ineffectively.

And Team Newsround tried the best of both worlds,

but ended up being a bit rubbish at both of them,

until right at the very end.

In that round, the Yellows got one coconut,

the Blues got three coconuts

and the Greens got four, so they got ten points!

Yes, well done.

But what does it all mean?

It could mean nothing, as anything can happen in the quickfire round.

-GP, are you ready?

-Ready.

-Hands on your desks. Let's do this.

Two points for each correct answer. Absolutely none for a wrong answer.

-Are you ready?

-Yes!

Let's do it!

What does the S stand for in NASA?

-Blues?

-Space.

Is the right answer!

What is the name of the galaxy in which the Earth is located?

-Yellows.

-Milky Way.

Correct!

Gorilla gorilla gorilla is the scientific name for which animal?

-Blues?

-Gorilla.

Yeah!

In computing, what does "www" mean?

-Blues?

-World Wide Web!

World Wide Web, correct.

Which scientist, who supposedly invented the catflap,

is also famous for his three laws of motion?

-Blues?

-Sir Isaac Newton?

Is right!

In which organ of the human body do you find the retina and lens?

-Greens?

-Eyes.

Correct!

Which blue-tongued creature is the tallest land mammal on earth?

-Giraffe!

-Is right!

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-Time is up!

Orang-utan-a-ding-dong. What a round.

Brains buzzed and questions were taken down with amazing answers.

But who out of you brilliant boffins has done enough to win?

It's time for the results!

So, in third place...

..with 12 points...

it's the Greens!

Well done.

Well done! 12 points, that ain't bad.

In second place with 13 points,

it's the Blue team!

Which means our Ultimate Brain winners,

with a massive 24 honour points

is the good old Yellows!

CHEERING

Cracking clever bunch.

Only the best come onto this show, don't they, GP?

And a special well done, of course, to our winners,

who cleverly thought their way to victory.

If it's honour you're after,

then it's Ultimate Brain honour you've won.

Salute the victors, teams! Well done!

See you next time for more science capers on Ultimate Brain.

CHEERING

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