Twitterverse

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

## Description

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Competitors are given a theme. They have to scan a collection of 131 words, and in just 30 seconds, craft the most clever and compelling tweet they can.

## Episode 203

Twitterverse was the sole challenge of linguistic intelligence and the second challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 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. Perez Hilton served as the guest judge for this challenge.

The theme that contestants had to base their tweets upon was **Saturday night regrets**.

Chris Harris was the first contestant to present his tweet and he had composed, "GREAT WOMAN, HORRIBLE TATTOO. #TEQUILAREGRET." Perez commented that anything that has "horrible" and "tattoo" in it is intriguing.

Heather Whittaker was the second contestant to present her tweet and she had composed, "WITH MY BOTTLE OF TEQUILA AND A BAWDY LIBIDO. #NOREGRETS." Perez commented that he was into it.

Dan Tweyman was the third contestant to present their tweet and they had composed, "HAPPINESS IS WINE, ZEAL, AND LOATHSOME TATTOOS. #NOMEMORY." Perez commented that this was an interesting use of the word "loathsome."

Denise Yuen was the last contestant to present her tweet and she had composed, "I LOVE BACON. #HAPPINESS." Perez commented that Denise may have taken the unexpected route a little too far, but that he loves bacon.

After Denise's turn, Jessi revealed that Perez would rank each of their tweets from weakest to strongest. Perez gave his final comments to the contestants and ranked Chris in 1st place, Dan in 2nd place, Heather in 3rd place, and Denise in last place. Therefore, Chris was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Dan was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Heather was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Denise was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with 98%, bruinsandblues of Waterloo, Ontario, with 98%, Kristy Jamieson of Dauphin, Manitoba, with 96%, and Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with 93%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Chris Harris** | 1st
 **2nd** | **Dan Tweyman** | 2nd
 **3rd** | **Heather Whittaker** | 3rd
 **4th** | **Denise Yuen** | 4th
 Maximum Possible

## Episode 206

Twitterverse was the sole challenge of linguistic intelligence and the second challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 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. Dan Levy served as the guest judge for this challenge.

The theme that contestants had to base their tweets upon was **blind date**.

Amanda Khan was the first contestant to present her tweet and she had composed, "HORRIBLE LAUGHTER, POISON BREATH, TROUBLE HANGOVER. #SLOPPYBOOTY." Dan commented that if Amanda's hashtag wasn't hashtagged again that night, then something would be wrong.

Marco Iannuzzi was the second contestant to present his tweet and he had composed, "WHOOPEE! DOING THE BOOTY DANCE. #WIN." Dan commented that it was short, concise, and to the point.

Margaret Fay was the third contestant to present her tweet and she had composed, "MYSTERY MAN HELL: TROUBLE DANCING. CAN'T SEE AS MY HUSBAND. #LIBIDODISASTER." Dan commented that Margaret's tweet just adds on to the collection of strong tweets he has heard that night.

Permadi Witjaksono was the last contestant to present his tweet and he had composed, "WE KISS, WINE. SHE DANCE, SCREAM. #MYSTERYWOMAN." Dan commented that he could imagine exactly how that date went.

After Permadi's turn, Jessi revealed that Dan would rank each of their tweets from weakest to strongest. Dan gave his final comments to the contestants and ranked Amanda in 1st place, Margaret in 2nd place, Permadi in 3rd place, and Marco in last place. Therefore, Amanda was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Margaret was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Permadi was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Marco was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Keval Tripathi of Waterloo, Ontario, with 100%, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with 99%, Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with 99%, Jeremy Grimes of Calgary, Alberta, with 99%, and Neil Barbour of Crow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 98%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Amanda Khan** | 1st
 **2nd** | **Margaret Fay** | 2nd
 **3rd** | **Permadi Witjaksono** | 3rd
 **4th** | **Marco Iannuzzi** | 4th
 Maximum Possible

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/testing-intelligences-season-2-episode-3