Beat It

**Beat It** is a challenge of musical intelligence on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

The band plays a series of two percussive rhythms. Using their musical smarts, competitors must determine if the beats are the same or different. The challenge requires a keen musical memory to recall subtle differences between the two rhythms.

## Episode 201

Beat It was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the first 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.

The first set of beats were the same. Maya Burhanpurkar, Anthony Craparotta, and Jessica Joy answered correctly while Richard Pinnock erroneously answered that they were different.

The second set of beats were different. Maya, Anthony, and Richard answered correctly while Jessica erroneously answered that they were the same.

The third set of beats were different. Again, Maya, Anthony, and Richard answered correctly while Jessica erroneously answered that they were the same.

The fourth set of beats were different. Maya, Jessica, and Richard answered correctly while Anthony erroneously answered that they were the same.

The final set of beats were different. Only Anthony answered correctly while Maya, Jessica, and Richard erroneously answered that they were the same.

In total, Maya got 4 correct answers, Anthony got 4, Jessica got 2, and Richard got 3. The tie between Maya and Anthony was settled by how quickly they answered. Since Maya answered faster on average than Anthony did in the challenge, the former finished in 1st place and the latter finished in 2nd place. Therefore, Maya was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Anthony was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Richard was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Jessica was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Wenlai Ll of Mississauga, Ontario, with 99%, Miguel Adam Magcalas Demonteverde of Scarborough, Ontario, with 99%, Elisha Ricci of Georgetown, Ontario, with 99%, and AnnMarie McMullen of Kingston, Ontario, with 98%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st**

 **2nd**

 **3rd** | **Richard Pinnock** | 3
 **4th** | **Jessica Joy** | 2
 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 4, Maya answered faster on average than Anthony did in the challenge. Therefore, Maya and Anthony placed 1st and 2nd, respectively, for this challenge.

## Episode 302

Beat It was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the third 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 using CSP SmartPlay as found on the show's Facebook page. Shawn Byfield and his tap dance crew produced the rhythms for the challenge.

The first set of rhythms were the same. Jennifer Martin and Joshua Williams answered correctly while Donna Hartt and Chris Williams erroneously answered that they were different.

The second set of rhythms were different. All four contestants answered correctly.

The third set of rhythms were the same. Donna and Joshua answered correctly while Jennifer and Chris erroneously answered that they were different.

The final set of beats were different. Donna and Chris answered correctly while Jennifer and Joshua erroneously answered that they were the same.

In total, Donna got 3 correct answers, Jennifer got 2, Chris got 2, and Joshua got 3. The ties between Donna and Joshua and Jennifer and Chris were settled by how quickly they answered. Since Joshua answered faster on average than Donna did in the challenge, the former finished in 1st place and the latter finished in 2nd place. Additionally, since Chris answered faster on average than Jennifer did in the challenge, the former finished in 3rd place and the latter finished in last place. Therefore, Joshua was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Donna was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Chris was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Jennifer was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

### Summary of Results

 **1st**

 **2nd**

 **3rd**

 **4th**

 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 3, Joshua answered faster on average than Donna did in the challenge. Therefore, Joshua and Donna placed 1st and 2nd, respectively, for this challenge.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Despite sharing a total score of 2, Chris answered faster on average than Jennifer did in the challenge. Therefore, Chris and Jennifer placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/testing-intelligences-episode-11