Australia's Brainiest Kid is a television game show produced in Australia. A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ...

The first series was produced in May 2004 and was first broadcast by the Seven Network on Sundays, starting 28 November 2004. It was hosted by Anna Coren. The second series was produced in 2005 and was first broadcast on the Ten Network at 6.30pm on Sundays, starting September 25th. It was hosted by Ten newsreader Sandra Sully. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8(?) Nick Berg • 7 Waldemar Milewicz Other recent deaths Ongoing... It has been suggested that Advertising by the Seven Network be merged into this article or section. ... Anna Coren hosting True Stories Anna Coren is an Australian journalist for the Seven Network. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ten Network logo Network TEN so called because it broadcasts on Channel TEN in most cities, is Australias third but possibly most profitable television network. ... Sandra Sully on the set of Channel Tens Late News program. ...

The format was taken from the British series entitled Britain's Brainiest Kid. The show was publicised through Australian primary schools, with children sitting an online test, some of these taking a supervised written test, and some of these appearing on the show. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...

Currently Channel Ten no longer markets the show as "Australia's Brainiest Kid", but as "Australia's Brainiest" series.

Both series

The format of the show is the same in both series except for the numbers of shows and children - in the first, 4 heats and final, 12 children per show; in the second, 7 heats and final, 9 children per show.

First round

The first round contains twelve multiple choice general knowledge questions (four possibilities for each question). The children have five seconds to answer each question and earn one point for each correct answer. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... General knowledge is a term used, usually in quizzes, to describe a fact or question that does not fit into any proscribed topic (e. ... A question is any of several kinds of linguistic expressions normally used by a questioner to request the presentation of information back to the questioner, in the form of an answer, by the audience. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In the first series, there were twelve children; in the second, nine.

The highest six go through to the next round.

In the first series final, five children went on to the second round after this. The remaining seven played three more questions before the tiebreaker (see below).

Second and third rounds

Order of play: Code breaker

In the second and third rounds, the order of play is important. This game decided this order. A sequence of digits appear on the screen of 3 digits or more. Each digit corresponds to two or three letters, just as on a telephone keypad. The contestants are given a number code and a word clue. The order of play is the order in which the contestants find the answer. The broadcasts of this segment were significantly shortened as the contestants took a long time to answer. In mathematics and computer science, a numerical digit is a symbol, e. ... Look up letter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...

Second round

In the second round, the children have to choose two categories and had 45 seconds (60 seconds in the first series final) for each category to answer as many questions as possible, earning one point per correct answer. For Wikipedias categorization projects, see Wikipedia:Categorization. ...

There are twelve categories in all and each category could only be chosen once, making the order of play important.

The highest three go through to the next round.

Third round

In the third round, the children have to choose numbers from a 6x6 "memory board" (called that because the categories of questions behind the numbers are only revealed for 10 seconds). There are five (six in the first series final) questions in each child's special subject and 21 (18 in the first series final) general knowledge questions. The first child's special subject questions were highlighted in red, the second child's in gold, and the third child's in blue. The general knowledge questions are highlighted in silver.

Correct answers to general knowledge questions earned one point, questions from their special subject two, and questions from other the children's special subjects three. The children generally chose questions from their own special subject. In the first heat of the first series, one child consistently chose another questions from another's special subject.

Questions could only be attempted once.

The third round was sometimes stopped early because one child has such a large lead that they were guaranteed to win.

In the first series final, two (?) extra questions were answered by each child before a winner was found.

Tiebreaker game: Matching Pairs

Matching Pairs was the tiebreaker game. Two lists of four items were given. Each item in one list corresponded with exactly one item in the other list. The fastest children to match up the four pairs progressed to the next round.

Channel Seven series

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Everybody in the third round went on to the final; they were competing for an Apple Computer iBook. Apple Computer, Inc. ... The iBook is a line of laptop computers introduced by Apple Computer in 1999. ...

The winner of the first series final, Aaron Chong, won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Kid" and A$20 000 to be held in trust until he turns 18. The Australian dollar (currency code AUD) has been, since 1966, the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. ...

Channel Ten series

About 12000 children sat the online test, some of whom were selected to sit the supervised test. The seven winners of the heats plus two others who made it into the final rounds of the heats played in the final.

This series had considerably more children participating, mainly due to the popularity of the first series.

All contestants received a Mathemagic computer tutor from the Australian Mathematics and Literacy Institute as a "participation" prize. The heat winners received ASUS laptops. The winner won a AU$20 000 trust fund. A computer is a machine designed for manipulating data according to a list of instructions known as a program. ... // English secondary schools In English Secondary Schools the Form Tutor is similar to an American Home Room Teacher. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An Acer laptop with touchpad A laptop computer or simply laptop (also notebook computer or notebook) is a small mobile personal computer, usually weighing from one to three kilograms, depending on size, materials and other factors. ...

The winner of the second series final, William Xi, won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Kid" and A$20 000 to be held in trust until he turns 18.

Series Two experienced lower ratings than the first series.

Australia's Brainiest Specials

Channel 10 have made several specials for the show starring celebrities including

• Australia's Brainiest Comedian
• Australia's Brainiest TV Star
• Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master
• Australia's Brainiest Housemate
• Australia's Brainiest Radio Star
• Australia's Brainiest Olympian
• Australia's Brainiest Musician
• Australia's Brainiest Neighbour
• Australia's Brainiest Footballer
• Australia's Brainiest Cricketer

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Australia's Brainiest Comedian

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The winner was Mikey Robins with Red Symons and Bob Downe running up. Other contestants were Peter Berner, Hamish Blake, Greg Fleet, Libbi Gorr, Colin Lane and Andy Lee. Red Symons (born June 13, 1949 in Brighton, England) is an Australian musician, writer, and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with the Skyhooks and as the snide judge of Red Faces, a The Gong Show-esque segment of the long-running Hey Hey Its Saturday variety... Mark Trevorrow is an Australian comedian, television host and media personality. ... Peter Berner, Australian comedian. ... Hamish Blake is an Australian comedian. ... Libbi Gorr, Australian comedian, best known for the character she created, Elle McFeast. ... Colin Lane is an Australian comedian, usually alongside Frank Woodley, forming the comedic duo, Lano and Woodley. ... People named Andy Lee include: Andy Lee (musician), Basist and founding member of Young Lust, English Rock Band Andy Lee (musician), member of Korean group Shinhwa Andy Lee (boxer), Irish boxer Andy Lee (comedian), Australian comedian This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the...

Note : The only episode to date which has been rated PG (for 'mild coarse language').

Australia's Brainiest TV Star

Aired on February 12, 2006 February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The winner was Julia Zemiro with Andrew G and Gary Sweet running up. Other contestants include James Mathison, Axle Whitehead, Kate Kendall, Paul Mercurio, Mark Holden and Ann-Maree Biggar. Julia Zemiro Julia Zemiro is an Australian television presenter and comedian. ... Andrew G Andrew G (Andrew Jonas Günsberg) is an Australian television and radio presenter. ... Sweet playing in movie Alexandras Project Gary Sweet (born May 22, 1957 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian film and television actor. ... Not to be confused with the Scottish baronet, James Matheson. ... Paul Joseph Mercurio (born March 31, 1963) is an Australian actor and dancer who was the star of Baz Luhrmanns, Strictly Ballroom (1992). ... Mark Holden is an Australian singer and television personality, who is one of three judges on Australian Idol and The X Factor. ...

Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master

Aired on February 19, 2006 February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Biggest winners from Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Sale of the Century and Temptation join to see who is the greatest of the quiz winners. Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions. ... Sale of the Century is an international television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969, but is most reknown in Australia, where it aired for 21 years and has returned under a new title, Temptation, in mid-2005. ... $ale of the Century was a television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. ...

The winner was Stephen Hall with Rob Fulton and William Laing runners-up. Other quiz master contestants included: Martin Flood, Maria McCabe, Virginia Noel, Brigid O'Connor, Trevor Sauer and Cary Young. Rob Coach Fulton became the first person ever to win $1,000,000 on any Australian television show. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Australia's Brainiest Housemate

Aired on February 26, 2006 February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Featured various housemates over the five series of Big Brother which had been previously aired at the time. Big Brother (Australia) is a reality show shown on on the Ten Network in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. ...

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Australia's Brainiest Radio Star

Aired on March 5, 2006 March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Featuring radio announcers from the major FM networks such as DMG, Macquarie Radio Network and Austereo.

The winner was Tom Gleeson with Jo Stanley and Matt Parkinson runners-up. Other contestants included: Barry Bissell, John Blackman, Brigitte Duclos, Biance Dye, Samuel Johnson and Amanda Keller. John Blackman is an Australian radio and television presenter. ... Samuel Johnson is an Australian actor. ... Amanda Keller (born 1962) is the name of the host of ABC (Australia)s Mondo Thingo. ...

Australia's Brainiest Olympian

Aired on March 12, 2006 March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The winner was Steve Moneghetti with Neil Brooks and Matt Welsh runners-up. Other contestants included: Steven Bradbury, Elka Graham, Shane Kelly, Tamsyn Lewis, Nova Peris and Kerri Pottharst. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Neil brooks was the olympic games for relay running Categories: Sports stubs ... Matthew (Matt) Welsh (born November 18, 1976 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian swimmer who is the world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. ... Steven Bradbury (born October 14, 1973 in Camden, Sydney) is a former Australian speed skater. ... Elka Graham (born October 20, 1981 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Shane Kelly is an Australian cyclist. ... Tamsyn Lewis (born July 20, 1978) is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner. ... Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone (born February 25, 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian athlete. ... Kerri Pottharst, OAM (born June 25, 1965) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. ...

Moneghetti chose to donate his prize money to K.I.D.S Foundation, a children's charity.

Australia's Brainiest Musician

Aired on March 19, 2006 March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The winner was Phil Burton with Toby Allen and Dave Graney runners-up. Other contestants included: Angry Anderson, James Blundell, Cosima De Vito, Leo Sayer, Melissa Tkautz and Katie Underwood. Toby Charles Allen (born 8 August 1973 in Papua New Guinea) is an Australian musician and singer most notable for his work with Australian boy band Human Nature. ... Dave Graney (born Mount Gambier, South Australia) is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter. ... Angry Anderson (born Gary Anderson, Melbourne, August 1947) is an Australian rock singer, television presenter/reporter and actor. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Cosima De Vito (born November 1, 1976), also known simply as Cosima, is an Australian singer-songwriter known for her powerful diva voice. ... Leo Sayer (born on May 21, 1948) is a performing artist whose singing career has spanned four decades. ... Melissa Tkautz is an Australian actress, singer and model. ... Bardot was an Australian pop group and winners of the first Australian series of Popstars in 2000. ...

Burton chose to donate his prize money to Club Friday.

Australia's Brainiest Neighbour

Aired on March 26, 2006 March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Featured actors from Neighbours. Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, running daily episodes of 22 minutes (excluding commercials). ...

The winner was Stephen Lovatt with Nell Feeney and Caitlin Stasey runners-up. Other contestants included: Stefan Dennis, Patrick Harvey, Blair McDonough, Ben Nicholas, Brett Swain, and Eliza Taylor-Cotter. Stephen Lovatt (born May 27, 1964) is an New Zealand actor known for his portrayal of the character Max Hoyland in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. ... Nell Feeney is an Australian actress who plays Janelle Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. ... Caitlin Stasey On Neighbours Caitlin Jean Stasey (born May 1, 1990) is an Australian actress who is most well known for her roles as Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club and Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. ... Stefan Dennis as Paul Robinson Stefan Dennis (born 30 October 1958 in Tawonga, VIC, Australia) is an Australian actor most famous for playing the role of Paul Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1985-1993. ... Harvey as Connor ONeill on Neighbours Patrick Harvey was born on 24th July, 1984 and is a Northern Irish actor, born in Melbourne, Australia. ... Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981 in Sydney Australia) was an amateur Australian Rules Football player before entering Big Brother Australia and becoming runner up in the shows first season (2001) and generating a cult following. ... Ben Nicholas as Scott Stingray Timmins in Neighbours. ... Brett Swain is an Australian actor who plays Kim Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. ... Eliza Jane Taylor-Cotter (b. ...

Lovatt chose to donate his prize money to Open Family Australia.

Australia's Brainiest Footballer

Aired on April 2, 2006 April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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The winner was Adam Kingsley with Michael Crocker and Nathan Buckley runners-up. Other contestants included: Andrew Ettinghausen, Peter Everitt, Josh Hannay, Jeremy Paul, Jade Rawlings and Paul Wade. Adam Kingsley (born August 20, 1975) is an Australian rules footballer. ... Nathan Buckley (born July 26, 1972) is an Australian Rules football player and captain of the Collingwood Football Club. ... Andrew Ettingshausen is an Australian rugby league footballer. ... Peter Spider Everitt (born May 3, 1974) is an Australian rules footballer. ... Josh Hannay Josh Hannay (born January 11, 1980 in Moranbah, Queensland) is a rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Jade Rawlings (born October 9, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing in the Australian Football League. ...

Kingsley donated his prize money to the McGuiness McDermott Foundation.

Australia's Brainiest Cricketer

Airing on April 9, 2006 April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Featuring Australian cricketers. Some of the contestents will be include Colin Miller, Damien Fleming, Geoff Lawson, Greg Blewett and Greg Matthews.

External links

• Australia's Brainiest Kid at The Internet Movie Database
• Australia's Brainiest Kid
• Australia's Brainiest TV Specials