Brainbox Challenge - The Brainbox Challenge

The Brainbox Challenge

At the end of each show, the current "Brainbox" gets a chance to play "The Brainbox Challenge" round to try to win a bonus of up to £1,000. This money is safe, even if they lose the first show, when they return the next day. The object is to correctly recall a series of up to 16 shapes—stars, circles, squares, triangles and diamonds. The game ends after any incorrect answer. Each correct answer is worth £50, but if the contestant can correctly recall all 16 shapes, they will win a £200 bonus on top of the £800 for the 16 correct shapes, for a total of £1,000.

The Brainbox Challenge changes slightly from week to week. In the first week of shows, the object was simply to recall which shape appeared two before the shape on the screen (thereby beginning to name shapes when the third one appears). In the second week, numbers were added onto the shapes to add further confusion. The contestant had to remember both the shape and the number on it. Although the contestants appeared unaware of this, each shape had its own distinct number (stars were always 1s, circles 2s, squares 3s, triangles 4s and diamonds 5s). In the third week, the numbers were taken off, and the object became to recall what shape appeared three before the one on screen. For the fourth and final week (of the first series at least), the numbers were put back on the shapes and the object was to recall both the shape and number appearing three before the one on screen.