Ultimate Elimination

**Ultimate Elimination**, also known as *Ultimate Face-Off* in Season 1 and Season 2, is a universal challenge on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

Two at a time, the contestants will compete in a series of challenges, each testing different areas of intelligence. The first person to beat their opponent in three mini-challenges will advance to the third challenge. The other person will be eliminated.

## Episode 208

Ultimate Face-Off was the second of the three universal challenges and the second challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and that the losers of their heats would be eliminated from the competition while the winners of their heats would advance to the third challenge. Jessi informed the viewers that they would not be able to participate in the challenge on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

Jason Vander-Hoek and Heather Whittaker were the first contestants to compete against each other in this challenge.

The first mini-challenge they competed in was **Music Match**, which tested their musical intelligence. For the first set of chords, the first and fourth chords were the matching pair. Both contestants deduced the correct pair of chords. For the second set of chords, the second and fifth chords were the matching pair. Jason deduced the correct pair of chords while Heather failed to do so, which earned the former his first point of the challenge.

The second mini-challenge they competed in was **Unscrambled**, which tested their linguistic intelligence. The first five-letter word for the contestants unscramble was 'fudge', which was scrambled as 'ufegd'. Jason correctly unscrambled this word while Heather failed to do so, which earned the former his second point of the challenge.

The third mini-challenge they competed in was **Ping Tac Toe**, which tested their physical intelligence. Jason created a line before Heather did, which earned the former his third and decisive point of the challenge.

Anthony Craparotta and Dan Tweyman were the last contestants to compete against each other in this challenge.

The first mini-challenge they competed in was **Old School Math**, which tested their logical intelligence. The contestants had to solve for C, which is equal to (B-25)÷8, of which B=A+(3^2)^2, of which A=(1+7)^2÷4. The correct missing numbers for A, B, and C were 16, 97, and 9, respectively. Anthony solved for C before Dan did, which earned the former his first point of the challenge.

The second mini-challenge they competed in was **Stack of Shapes**, which tested their visual intelligence. For the first picture, the sixth, seventh, and eighth shapes formed the correct trio. Both contestants deduced the correct trio of shapes. For the second picture, the sixth, seventh, and ninth shapes formed the correct trio. Anthony deduced the correct trio of shapes while Dan failed to do so, which earned the former his second point of the challenge.

The third mini-challenge they competed in was **Ping Tac Toe**, which tested their physical intelligence. Anthony created a line before Dan did, which earned the former his third and decisive point of the challenge.

In summary, Jason defeated Heather 3-0 and Anthony defeated Dan 3-0. Therefore, Dan and Heather were eliminated from the competition and Anthony and Jason advanced to the third challenge, joining Tim Blais and Katy Warren.