Dan Tweyman

**Dan Tweyman** was a contestant on Season 2.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Dan is one of those people who wears many hats: a former Mensa member and athlete (including triathlon, rugby, and wrestling), Dan has also travelled the world and is currently undertaking the craft of winemaking in Ontario’s beautiful Prince Edward County region. As if those multiple talents weren’t enough, Dan is also a talented musician who plays piano, violin, double bass, and percussion. Dan is the first non-binary participant on Canada’s Smartest Person, as they do not identify with the male or female gender. In the event of a victory, Dan is ready to celebrate with a great bottle of wine!

Dan is a person who wears many hats. A former Mensa member, former varsity tri-athlete, rugby player, wrestler, and fencer, Dan has also been a blog writer, a world traveler, and currently Dan’s passion is winemaking, dabbling in the craft in beautiful Prince Edward County, Ontario.

Dan is a talented musician who practices piano, violin, double bass, and percussion. Dan is non-binary, which means Dan does not associate with the male or female gender. They are the first non-binary participant on Canada’s Smartest Person.

Dan is ready for Canada’s Smartest Person. Not only does Dan already have the smarts, but also the wine to celebrate the big victory with.

## Episode 203

Before Dan was summoned to the stage, a clip of them and the other three contestants, Chris Harris, Heather Whittaker, and Denise Yuen, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, apart from introducing themselves, Dan stated that they need to be curious and that they need to understand business in order to be successful at their job. In the first challenge, Cranium Crash, Dan got 8 correct answers. As a result, Dan finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points.

In the second challenge, Twitterverse, Dan was the third contestant to present their tweet based upon the theme of **Saturday night regrets** and they had composed, "HAPPINESS IS WINE, ZEAL, AND LOATHSOME TATTOOS. #NOMEMORY." Guest judge Perez Hilton commented that this was an interesting use of the word "loathsome." Perez ranked Dan in 2nd place for their tweet and Dan was awarded 3 overall points as a result.

In the third challenge, Model Mayhem, Dan selected 13 out of the 15 correct items for their model. They selected the incorrect jacket and shoes. As a result, Dan finished in 2nd place and was awarded 3 overall points. In the fourth challenge, Faces, Dan got 5 correct answers. As a result, Dan finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points.

In the fifth challenge, Twisty Tune, Dan received an initial time of 1 minute and 11 seconds, but due to making 33 errors, received 2 minutes and 45 seconds of added time. With a total time of 3 minutes and 56 seconds, Dan finished in 3rd place and was awarded 4 overall points. After the first five challenges, Dan had received a total of 20 overall points. As a result, they finished in 2nd place and were congratulated by Jessi, along with Heather, for qualifying for the Gauntlet.

In the sixth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, Dan gained the early lead on Heather as the former breezed through the linguistic section. Heather, though, was able to gain momentum after unscrambling her first word at the linguistic section and remained not too far behind Dan for the next few sections. At the physical section, Dan failed on their first attempt at transporting four bricks back across their teeter-totter, which allowed Heather to catch up to them. However, Heather ended up having a couple of mishaps with the four blocks herself, which allowed Dan to complete the last two tasks at the physical section before her and proceed to the logical section, which they completed fairly quickly. Ultimately, Heather stopped at the physical section as Dan hit the buzzer, which signalled their victory and their spot in the season finale. After the challenge ended and Dan was declared the third finalist of the season, Dan and the other three contestants celebrated onstage with Jessi.

### Summary of Results

 5

  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.

## Episode 208

Before Dan was summoned to the stage, a clip of them and the other six finalists, Tim Blais, Anthony Craparotta, Marco Iannuzzi, Alex Manea, Jason Vander-Hoek, and Katy Warren, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, Dan stated that they feel that people sometimes take them for granted because they don't look like a typical genius. A narration also recapped in this clip that Dan surprised their competition in almost every category in their preliminary episode. Jessi greeted the contestants and made them take notice of an empty eighth podium to the left of Jason's. She then announced that it is a wildcard spot that would be taken by the contestant who had earned the highest total overall score without winning their preliminary episode's Gauntlet. This additional finalist was revealed to be the contestant who had lost against Dan in the third episode's Gauntlet, Heather Whittaker, who joined the other finalists on stage. In the first challenge, the Speed Round, Dan received a percentage score of 100% during the **Human Calculator** mini-challenge and received an unknown overall percentage score, however, it was between 65% and 79%. As a result, they finished somewhere between 3rd and 6th place along with Anthony, Jason, and Heather and the four had to compete in the second challenge in which two of them would be eliminated from the competition.

In the second challenge, Ultimate Face-Off, Dan competed against Anthony. Dan lost the **Old School Math** mini-challenge, lost the **Stack of Shapes** mini-challenge, and lost the **Ping Tac Toe** mini-challenge, losing to Anthony 0-3. As a result, Dan tied with Heather for 3rd place and both were eliminated. Jessi prompted applause for Dan and Heather in spite of their shared elimination.

After the ninth and final challenge, the Super Gauntlet, ended and Katy was crowned Canada's Smartest Person, Dan and the other finalists, except for Marco, celebrated onstage with Katy's mother and Jessi.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://web.archive.org/web/20151219233809/http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/dan
2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/meet-episode-3s-competitors