Syllable Switch

**Syllable Switch** is a challenge of linguistic intelligence on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

On the screen, you'll see a sentence and nine syllable options. You'll use them to construct a three or four syllable word to fill in the blank. Select the correct syllables to complete the most sentences and you win the challenge.

## Episode 208

Syllable Switch was the sole challenge of linguistic intelligence and the third challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 4 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

With three syllables forming the missing word, the sentence for the first round was "The order is coming direct from the \_\_\_\_\_." The available syllables were 'trib', 'fac', 'don', 'ry', 'sup', 'nom', 'dis', 'to', and 'er', with 'fac', 'to', and 'ry' being the correct syllables to form the correct word 'factory'. Tim Blais, Jason Vander-Hoek, and Katy Warren correctly filled in the blank while Anthony Craparotta failed to do so.

With three syllables forming the missing word, the sentence for the second round was "He said the \_\_\_\_\_ was not his fault." The available syllables were 'dent', 'er', 'ci', 'ver', 'dis', 'ter', 'mis', 'ac', and 'o', with 'ac', 'ci', and 'dent' being the correct syllables to form the correct word 'accident'. Anthony correctly filled in the blank while Tim, Jason, and Katy failed to do so.

With three syllables forming the missing word, the sentence for the third round was "His favourite movies are \_\_\_\_\_." The available syllables were 'ted', 'mys', 'act', 'ies', 'dies', 'dram', 'com', 'anin', and 'ter', with 'mys', 'ter', and 'ies' being the correct syllables to form the correct word 'mysteries'. Tim, Anthony, and Katy correctly filled in the blank while Jason failed to do so.

With four syllables forming the missing word, the sentence for the fourth round was "Can you \_\_\_\_\_ all the matching symbols?" The available syllables were 'cate', 'ate', 'ti', 'i', 'ol', 'fy', 'lim', 'e', and 'den', with 'i', 'den', 'ti', and 'fy' being the correct syllables to form the correct word 'identify'. Jason and Katy correctly filled in the blank while Tim and Anthony failed to do so.

With four syllables forming the missing word, the sentence for the fifth round was "She is in charge of \_\_\_\_\_ the supplies." The available syllables were 'dis', 'o', 'ut', 'der', 'ing', 're', 'plac', 'ade', and 'trib', with 'dis', 'trib', 'ut', and 'ing' being the correct syllables to form the correct word 'distributing'. Again, Jason and Katy correctly filled in the blank while Tim and Anthony failed to do so.

With four syllables forming the missing word, the sentence for the final round was "The nations will \_\_\_\_\_ to determine the appropriate protocol." The available syllables were 'col', 'cuss', 'i', 'o', 'bate', 'lab', 'neg', 'den', and 'rate', with 'col', 'lab', 'o', and 'rate' being the correct syllables to form the correct word 'collaborate'. Anthony, Jason, and Katy correctly filled in the blank while Tim failed to do so.

In total, Tim got 2 correct answers, Anthony got 3, Jason got 4, and Katy got 5. Therefore, Katy was awarded 4 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Jason was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Anthony was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Tim was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Matthew Dobson of Boundary Creek, New Brunswick, with 88%, Trudy Kelly of Red Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 84%, Jambrod of Back Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 73%, Kim Clancey Ryan Gould of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 71%, Stacey Merrigan of Sackville, New Brunswick, with 71%, and Laura Hermanna Boertien of Souris, Prince Edward Island, with 69%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Katy Warren** | 5
 **2nd** | **Jason Vander-Hoek** | 4
 **3rd** | **Anthony Craparotta** | 3
 **4th** | **Tim Blais** | 2
 Maximum Possible