Richard Pinnock

**Richard Pinnock** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Richard's got some keen business savvy that has taken him to the tops of a fortune 500 company. He's taking on this challenge for his daughters who encouraged him to apply and really want him to be Canada's Smartest Person.

## Episode 201

Before Richard was summoned to the stage, a clip of him and the other three contestants, Maya Burhanpurkar, Anthony Craparotta, and Jessica Joy, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing himself, Richard stated that he went from being the first in his family to graduate from university to being a senior leader in a Fortune 500 company. In the first challenge, Beat It, Richard got 3 correct answers. As a result, Richard finished in 3rd place and was awarded 2 overall points.

In the second challenge, Crosswalk, Richard got 1 correct answer in the first round and 1 in the second round. Anthony, Jessica, and Richard all got a total of 2 correct answers, but Anthony answered faster on average than the other two did and Jessica answered faster on average than Richard did. As a result, Richard finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the third challenge, Human Lie Detector, Richard was the second contestant to ask guest Amber Marshall his question about one of her stories. He asked how far she had been from Calgary in kilometres at the time. Amber replied that she had no idea. Richard got 3 correct answers. As a result, Richard finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Letter Chaos, Richard got 0 points. As a result, Richard finished in last place and was awarded 1 overall point.

In the fifth challenge, Balls of Fury, Richard, who tried to work on his grid as he was catching his red balls, finished catching his red balls 1 minute and 19 seconds into the challenge, but because he was unable to correctly complete his equation grid by the 1-minute-and-26-second mark, he was forced to stop before he could do so. As a result, Richard finished in last place and was awarded 2 overall points. After the first five challenges, Richard had received a total of 11 overall points. As a result, he finished in last place and was eliminated along with Jessica. Jessi prompted applause for Jessica and Richard in spite of their shared elimination.

After the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, ended and Anthony was declared the first finalist of the season, Richard and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

 2

  WON  This contestant won the final challenge and advanced to the finale.
  LOST  This contestant lost the final challenge and was eliminated from the competition.
  ELIMINATED  This contestant was already eliminated from the competition.
     This contestant qualified for the final challenge due to a sufficient total score.
     This contestant was eliminated from the competition due to an insufficient total score.
     Denotes a challenge that is based on linguistic intelligence.
     Denotes a challenge that is based on physical intelligence.
     Denotes a challenge that is based on musical intelligence.
     Denotes a challenge that is based on visual intelligence.
     Denotes a challenge that is based on social intelligence.
     Denotes a challenge that is based on logical intelligence.
### Notes

1. ↑ Despite sharing a total score of 2, Anthony answered faster on average than both Jessica and Richard did and Jessica answered faster on average than Richard did in the challenge. Therefore, Anthony, Jessica, and Richard placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/canadas-smartest-person-is-back-and-better-than-ever
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-the-first-four-competitors-for-season-two