Speed Round

The **Speed Round** is a universal challenge on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

The contestants will be tested in a series of rapid-fire challenges that cover all of the intelligences. They'll be graded based on their performance. If they score perfectly, they'll get 100%, if they only get half right, they'll get 50%.

## Episode 208

The Speed Round was the first of the three universal challenges and the first challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and that the bottom two finishers would be eliminated from the competition, the middle four finishers would compete in the second challenge in which two more contestants would be eliminated, and the top two finishers would advance automatically to the third challenge. Jessi informed the viewers that they would not be able to participate in the challenge on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

The first intelligence tested was logical intelligence with **Human Calculator** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The problems and their correct answers, in order, were 289+153=442, ???=65, 14X13=182, and (4^3)+81=145. Dan Tweyman received a percentage score of 100%.

The second intelligence tested was visual intelligence with **Double Take** being the corresponding mini-challenge. For the first set of images, the second and fifth images were the matching pair. For the second set of images, the first and sixth images were the matching pair. For the final set of images, the fourth and sixth images were the matching pair. Jason Vander-Hoek received a percentage score of 33%.

The third intelligence tested was musical intelligence with **Beat It** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first, second, and final sets of beats were the same, different, and different, respectively. Alex Manea received a percentage score of 33%.

The fourth intelligence tested was physical intelligence with **Wing Nuts** being the corresponding mini-challenge. Heather Whittaker received a percentage score of 50%.

The fifth intelligence tested was social intelligence with **Faces** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The four choices for the first set of eyes were 'ashamed', 'shocked', 'sorrow', and 'fear', with 'sorrow' being the correct answer. The four choices for the second set of eyes were 'angry', 'bored', 'shocked', and 'pleased', with 'pleased' being the correct answer. The four choices for the final set of eyes were 'surprised', 'dismayed', 'furious', and 'ecstatic', with 'ecstatic' being the correct answer. Tim Blais received a percentage score of 66%.

The final intelligence tested was linguistic intelligence with **Word Master** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The words had to have both an 'L' and an 'M'.

Jessi revealed that the bottom two finishers were Marco Iannuzzi and Alex with overall percentage scores of 54% and 64%, respectively, and that the top two finishers were Katy Warren and Tim with overall percentage scores of 83% and 80%, respectively. Therefore, Alex and Marco were eliminated from the competition and Katy and Tim automatically advanced to the third challenge. The overall percentage scores of Anthony Craparotta, Dan, Jason, and Heather remained unknown and were each between 65% and 79%, but they were the middle four finishers regardless. Therefore, they had to compete in the second challenge in which two of them would be eliminated from the competition.

### Notes

1. ↑ The overall percentage scores of Anthony, Dan, Jason, and Heather remained unknown. Therefore, it is unknown what their placements for this challenge are.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The overall percentage scores of Anthony, Dan, Jason, and Heather remained unknown, however, it can be deduced that each was between 65% and 79% due to the scores of Alex and Tim being 64% and 80%, respectively.

## Episode 301

The Speed Round was the first of the two universal challenges and the first challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and 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, the contestant in 4th place would earn 1, and the bottom two finishers would be eliminated from the competition.

The first intelligence tested was musical intelligence with **Beat It** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first and final sets of beats were different and the same, respectively.

The second intelligence tested was visual intelligence with **Lone Shape** being the corresponding mini-challenge. For the first set of moving shapes, the green square was the lone shape without any matches. For the final set of moving shapes, the blue triangle was the lone shape without any matches.

The third intelligence tested was physical intelligence with **Balancing Stack** being the corresponding mini-challenge.

The fourth intelligence tested was social intelligence with **What's My Age?** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The four ages for the first set of people were '21', '26', '45', and '50', with the corresponding correct ages for the people from left to right being 50, 26, 21, and 45, respectively. The four ages for the final set of people were '16', '18', '27', and '44', with the corresponding correct ages for the people from left to right being 18, 44, 16, and 27, respectively.

The fifth intelligence tested was linguistic intelligence with **Spell Check** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first incomplete word was 'nec\_\_\_ry', with the four choices for the missing segment being 'cessa', 'esse', 'cesse', and 'essa'. The correct answer was 'essa' to form the word 'necessary'. The final incomplete word was '\_\_\_ant', with the four choices for the missing segment being 'sicoph', 'sycof', 'sycoph', and 'sycof'. The correct answer was 'sycoph' to form the word 'sycophant'.

The final intelligence tested was logical intelligence with **Layover** being the corresponding mini-challenge. In the first scenario, the traveler arrived from Calgary (YYC) at 13:50 and will be departing to Ottawa (YOW) at 16:25, with the correct layover being 2:35. In the final scenario, the traveler arrived from St. John's (YYT) at 17:30 and will be departing to Edmonton (YEG) at 00:10, with the correct layover being 6:40.

Jessi revealed that Susan Forgues finished in 1st place with an overall percentage score of 70%, Jonathan Gagnon finished in 2nd place with an overall percentage score of 67%, Steve Norn finished in 3rd place with an overall percentage score of 61%, and Stephanie Harvey finished in 4th place with an overall percentage score of 59%, leaving Vincent Law and Rup Magon as the bottom two finishers with each having received an overall percentage score of 49%. Therefore, Susan was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Jonathan was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Steve was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, Stephanie was awarded 1 for finishing in 4th place, and Vincent and Rup were eliminated from the competition for being the bottom two finishers.

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing an overall percentage score of 49%, it is presumed that Vincent answered faster on average than Rup did in the challenge. Therefore, Vincent and Rup placed 5th and 6th, respectively, for this challenge. The aforementioned presumption is based on Jessi calling out Vincent then Rup when stating that they were eliminated from the competition. In subsequent episodes, Jessi called out fifth-place finishers then sixth-place finishers when doing this.

## Episode 302

The Speed Round was the first of the two universal challenges and the first challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and 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, the contestant in 4th place would earn 1, and the bottom two finishers would be eliminated from the competition.

The first intelligence tested was visual intelligence with **Double Take** being the corresponding mini-challenge. For the first set of images, the first and sixth images were the matching pair. For the final set of images, the fourth and sixth images were the matching pair.

The second intelligence tested was logical intelligence with **Highest Value** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first pair of equations was 5X9 and 85-42, with the former of the two having the highest value because 45 is greater than 43. The final pair of equations was 13X8 and 11X12, with the latter of the two having the highest value because 132 is greater than 104.

The third intelligence tested was physical intelligence with **Wingnuts** being the corresponding mini-challenge.

The fourth intelligence tested was musical intelligence with **Note the Number** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first melody was fa#-fa#-fa#-fa#-la#-fa#-fa#, with fa# being the target note, which played 6 times. The final melody was mi-fa#-sol-fa#-mi-ré#-mi-fa#-si, with mi being the target note, which played 3 times.

The fifth intelligence tested was social intelligence with **Faces** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The four choices for the first set of eyes were 'elated', 'frustrated', 'ashamed', and 'excited', with 'frustrated' being the correct answer. The four choices for the final set of eyes were 'lonely', 'suspicious', 'sad', and 'joyful', with 'joyful' being the correct answer.

The final intelligence tested was linguistic intelligence with **Scrambled** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The letters were C, U, A, F, E, and T. The 28 acceptable words were 'ace', 'act', 'acute', 'aft', 'ate', 'cafe', 'cat', 'cate', 'cue', 'cut', 'cute', 'eat', 'ecu', 'eft', 'eta', 'face', 'facet', 'fact', 'fat', 'fate', 'faucet', 'feat', 'feta', 'tau', 'tea', 'tufa', 'uta', and 'ute'.

Jessi revealed that Jennifer Martin finished in 1st place with an overall percentage score of 86%, Joshua Williams finished in 2nd place with an overall percentage score of 72%, Donna Hartt finished in 3rd place with an overall percentage score of 71%, and Chris Williams finished in 4th place with an overall percentage score of 64%, leaving Christine Cho and Chad "CJ" Studer as the bottom two finishers with overall percentage scores of 45% and 59%, respectively. Therefore, Jennifer was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Joshua was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Chris was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, Donna was awarded 1 for finishing in 4th place, and CJ and Christine were eliminated from the competition for being the bottom two finishers.

## Episode 303

The Speed Round was the first of the two universal challenges and the first challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and 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, the contestant in 4th place would earn 1, and the bottom two finishers would be eliminated from the competition.

The first intelligence tested was visual intelligence with **Lone Shape** being the corresponding mini-challenge. For the first set of moving shapes, the yellow triangle was the lone shape without any matches. For the final set of moving shapes, the blue diamond was the lone shape without any matches.

The second intelligence tested was musical intelligence with **Music Match** being the corresponding mini-challenge. In the first round, the first and fifth chords were the matching pair. In the final round, the second and fourth melodies were the matching pair.

The third intelligence tested was social intelligence with **Faces** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The four choices for the first set of eyes were 'afraid', 'astounded', 'repulsed', and 'hurt', with 'astounded' being the correct answer. The four choices for the final set of eyes were 'curious', 'depressed', 'amazed', and 'happy', with 'happy' being the correct answer.

The fourth intelligence tested was physical intelligence with **Marble Move** being the corresponding mini-challenge.

The fifth intelligence tested was logical intelligence with **Layover** being the corresponding mini-challenge. In the first scenario, the traveler arrived from Regina (YQR) at 14:40 and will be departing to Ottawa (YOW) at 16:05, with the correct layover being 1:25. In the final scenario, the traveler arrived from Moncton (YQM) at 16:35 and will be departing to Abbotsford (YXX) at 21:20, with the correct layover being 4:45.

The final intelligence tested was linguistic intelligence with **Letter Chaos** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The theme for the first round was **sports**. The four-letter word represented by green balls was 'puck', the five-letter word represented by red balls was 'boxer', and the six-letter word represented by blue balls was 'goalie'. The theme for the final round was **transportation**. The four-letter word represented by green balls was 'taxi', the five-letter word represented by red balls was 'truck', and the six-letter word represented by blue balls was 'subway'.

Jessi revealed that Maria Samson finished in 1st place with an overall percentage score of 72%, Ryan Coelho finished in 2nd place with an overall percentage score of 57%, Frankie Cena finished in 3rd place with an overall percentage score of 54%, and Vanessa Vakharia finished in 4th place with an overall percentage score of 51%, leaving Rebecca Bromwich and Gwyneth Foster as the bottom two finishers with both having received overall percentage scores between 45% and 50%. Therefore, Maria was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Ryan was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Frankie was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, Vanessa was awarded 1 for finishing in 4th place, and Gwyneth and Rebecca were eliminated from the competition for being the bottom two finishers.

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 It is presumed either that Gwyneth received a higher overall percentage score than Rebecca did or that Rebecca and Gwyneth received equal overall percentage scores but Gwyneth answered faster on average than Rebecca did. Therefore, Gwyneth and Rebecca placed 5th and 6th, respectively, for this challenge. The aforementioned presumption is based on Jessi calling out Gwyneth then Rebecca when stating that they were eliminated from the competition. In previous and subsequent episodes, Jessi called out fifth-place finishers then sixth-place finishers when doing this.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The overall percentage scores of Rebecca and Gwyneth were shown to the contestants and the live audience, but they were unintentionally cut from the episode. However, it can be deduced that each was between 45% and 50% due to the score of Vanessa being 51% and under the presumption that Frankie is correct in claiming that Rebecca and Gwyneth both received overall percentage scores between 45% and 60%.

## Episode 304

The Speed Round was the first of the two universal challenges and the first challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and 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, the contestant in 4th place would earn 1, and the bottom two finishers would be eliminated from the competition.

The first intelligence tested was logical intelligence with **Moving Sum** being the corresponding mini-challenge. In the first round, the contestants had to determine the correct sum of all the numbers that appeared on the screen. The set of numbers consisted of 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 15, which result in 42 as a sum of all the numbers (2+4+6+7+8+15=42). In the second round, the contestants had to determine the correct sum of all the odd numbers that appeared on the screen. The set of numbers consisted of 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 11, and 12, which result in 31 as a sum of all the odd numbers (1+5+7+7+11=31). In the final round, the contestants had to determine both the correct sum of all the even numbers that appeared on the screen and the correct sum of all the odd numbers that appeared on the screen and then correctly subtract the former sum by the latter sum. The set of numbers consisted of 3, 3, 7, 8, 8, and 8, which result in 11 as a difference of the sum of all the even numbers minus the sum of all the odd numbers ((8+8+8)-(3+3+7)=11).

The second intelligence tested was musical intelligence with **Music Match** being the corresponding mini-challenge. In the first round, the second and fourth chords were the matching pair. In the final round, the second and fifth melodies were the matching pair.

The third intelligence tested was social intelligence with **What's My Age?** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The four ages for the first set of people were '19', '29', '35', and '58', with the corresponding correct ages for the people from left to right being 29, 35, 58, and 19, respectively. The four ages for the final set of people were '23', '31', '33', and '36', with the corresponding correct ages for the people from left to right being 36, 33, 31, and 23, respectively.

The fourth intelligence tested was linguistic intelligence with **Spell Check** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first incomplete word was 'amat\_\_\_', with the four choices for the missing segment being 'ure', 'uer', 'eur', and 'rue'. The correct answer was 'eur' to form the word 'amateur'. The second incomplete word was 'da\_\_\_ri', with the four choices for the missing segment being 'iqui', 'que', 'cqui', and 'cque'. The correct answer was 'iqui' to form the word 'daiquiri'. The final incomplete word was 'sep\_\_\_', with the four choices for the missing segment being 'erate', 'arate', 'erete', and 'perate'. The correct answer was 'arate' to form the word 'separate'.

The fifth intelligence tested was visual intelligence with **Stack of Shapes** being the corresponding mini-challenge. In the first round, the second, fourth, and ninth shapes formed the correct trio. In the final round, the third, fourth, and eighth shapes formed the correct trio.

The final intelligence tested was physical intelligence with **Balancing Stack** being the corresponding mini-challenge.

Jessi revealed that Devon Jones finished in 1st place with an overall percentage score of 69%, Bruce Tsuji finished in 2nd place with an overall percentage score of 63%, Brittain Bancroft finished in 3rd place with an overall percentage score of 54%, and Michelle Zakrison finished in 4th place with an overall percentage score of 50%, leaving Siera Bearchell and Darryl Gidyk as the bottom two finishers with overall percentage scores of 33% and 49%, respectively. Therefore, Devon was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Bruce was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Brittain was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, Michelle was awarded 1 for finishing in 4th place, and Darryl and Siera were eliminated from the competition for being the bottom two finishers.

## Episode 305

The Speed Round was the first of the two universal challenges and the first challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants the instructions and 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, the contestant in 4th place would earn 1, and the bottom two finishers would be eliminated from the competition.

The first intelligence tested was visual intelligence with **Mirror Image** being the corresponding mini-challenge. For the first base image, the second image was its exact mirror image. For the second base image, the fourth image was its exact mirror image. For the final base image, the fifth image was its exact mirror image.

The second intelligence tested was social intelligence with **Faces** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The four choices for the first set of eyes were 'annoyed', 'sad', 'proud', and 'suspicious', with 'proud' being the correct answer. The four choices for the final set of eyes were 'confident', 'frightened', 'bored', and 'inspired', with 'frightened' being the correct answer.

The third intelligence tested was musical intelligence with **Note the Number** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first melody was do-ré-mi-ré-do, with do being the target note, which played 2 times. The second melody was ré#-ré#-ré#-fa-sol-ré#, with ré# being the target note, which played 4 times. The final melody was ré-mi-fa-sol-la-la#-do#-la#-la-sol-fa-mi-fa, with fa being the target note, which played 3 times.

The fourth intelligence tested was physical intelligence with **Wingnuts** being the corresponding mini-challenge.

The fifth intelligence tested was linguistic intelligence with **Scrambled** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The letters were A, B, E, V, R, and E. The 28 acceptable words were 'arb', 'are', 'ave', 'aver', 'bar', 'bare', 'bear', 'beaver', 'bee', 'beer', 'bra', 'brae', 'brave', 'breve', 'ear', 'eave', 'era', 'ere', 'eve', 'ever', 'rave', 'reave', 'reb', 'rev', 'var', 'vee', 'veer', and 'verb'.

The final intelligence tested was logical intelligence with **Highest Value** being the corresponding mini-challenge. The first pair of equations was 4+7 and 17-10, with the former of the two having the highest value because 11 is greater than 10. The second pair of equations was 62-41 and 12+18, with the latter of the two having the highest value because 30 is greater than 21. The final pair of equations was 97+48 and 13X11, with the former of the two having the highest value because 145 is greater than 143.

Jessi revealed that Eric Yue finished in 1st place with an overall percentage score of 81%, Dustin Herbison finished in 2nd place with an overall percentage score of 73%, Melissa DeCiantis finished in 3rd place with an overall percentage score of 71%, and Michelle Salt finished in 4th place with an overall percentage score of 56%, leaving Tristan Campus and Wali Shah as the bottom two finishers with overall percentage scores of 39% and 55%, respectively. Therefore, Eric was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Dustin was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Melissa was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, Michelle was awarded 1 for finishing in 4th place, and Wali and Tristan were eliminated from the competition for being the bottom two finishers.