Canada's Smartest Person Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 89 min | Game-Show

Canada's Smartest Person

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 89 min | Game-Show

Hosts Jessi and Jeff go through the concept of intelligence used for the show, that developed by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner. His theory is that intelligence is made up of six largely independent categories: linguistic, ...See moreHosts Jessi and Jeff go through the concept of intelligence used for the show, that developed by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner. His theory is that intelligence is made up of six largely independent categories: linguistic, logical, musical, physical, social and visual. They discuss each of the six with experts, and provide real life examples of people who possess this needed intelligence for their careers. They speak of the thousands of applications received and narrowing those down to thirty-two contestants. They discuss how the challenges for the competitive aspect of the show were devised. They discuss the interactive component of the show: how viewers at home can test their intelligence along with the contestants as the show airs. The four contestants are introduced, they who include a charity CEO, an actor/law student, a business student/arts administrator/stand-up comic, and a teacher/ninja. Challenge 1, testing logic, entails doing math with the numbers moving around in the process. Challenge 2, testing linguistics, requires the contestants to make a convincing 45 second speech on a randomly chosen topic using as many of 30 predetermined words as possible. Challenge 3, testing social, has the contestants judging the emotion conveyed by people only seeing their eyes. Challenge 4, testing visual, has the contestants recreating a 15 piece ensemble shown to them on a model. And challenge 5, testing both physical and musical and worth double the points, is a moving instrument, on which the contestant must play a seven note melody played to them. The two contestants with the highest score move to the mega-challenge, a race testing all six concepts in six individual puzzles. Written by Huggo See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Jessi Cruickshank Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Kirstie (2013)
Jeff Douglas Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002)
Howard Gardner Self - Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (archive footage) Self - Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (archive footage) See fewer	Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
Adrian Owen Self - Neuroscientist, Univerity of Western Ontario (as Dr. Adrian Owen) Self - Neuroscientist, Univerity of Western Ontario (as Dr. Adrian Owen) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Karyn Gordon Self - Careers Intelligence Expert (as Dr. Karyn Gordon) Self - Careers Intelligence Expert (as Dr. Karyn Gordon) See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
James Parker Self - Professor of Psychology, Trent University (as Dr. James Parker) Self - Professor of Psychology, Trent University (as Dr. James Parker) See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Ryan Wang Self - Piano Prodigy Self - Piano Prodigy See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Richelle Simpson Self - Cirque du Soleil Performer Self - Cirque du Soleil Performer See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Hina Kahn Self - Multiple Intelligences Expert Self - Multiple Intelligences Expert See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Rich Cohen Self - Captain, 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron Self - Captain, 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Alan l Bishop Self - Supervising Challenge Producer, Canada's Smartest Person (as Alan Bishop) Self - Supervising Challenge Producer, Canada's Smartest Person (as Alan Bishop) See fewer	Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge (2014)
Lynn Crawford Self - Chef Self - Chef See fewer	Pitchin' In (2009)
Brennin Jack Self - Auctioneer Self - Auctioneer See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Dave McCormick Self - Auctioneer Self - Auctioneer See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Brad Dezotell Self - Fireworks Spectaculars Self - Fireworks Spectaculars See fewer	Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
Yanick Roy Self - Royal Pyrotechnie Self - Royal Pyrotechnie See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Tova Sherman Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Roselyn Kelada-Sedra Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Fail Better (2018)
Albert Tam Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Kiel Lemmen Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
Colin Mochrie Self - Linguistic Judge Self - Linguistic Judge See fewer	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)