The four contestants are a neuroscience student, a detective constable with the Saskatoon Police Department, a winemaker, and a competitive black belt in karate. Challenge 1 called "Cranium Crash", which tests logical, requires the contestants to complete a series of algebraic equations. Challenge 2 called "Twitterverse", which tests linguistic, entails the contestants to use up to one hundred thirty-one pre-selected words to come up with a tweet of one hundred forty characters or less on a pre-selected topic, with guest
Perez Hilton judging the resulting tweets. Challenge 3 called "Model Mayhem", which tests visual, has the contestants recreating a fifteen piece ensemble shown to them on a model. Challenge 4 called "Faces", which tests social, has the contestants judging the emotion conveyed by people only seeing their eyes. And Challenge 5 called "Twisty Tune", which tests both physical and musical and worth double the points, is a moving five note instrument, on which the contestant must play a seven note melody played to them without touching non-musical parts of the instrument itself or playing an incorrect note. The two contestants with the highest score move to the gauntlet, a race testing all six concepts in six individual puzzles.
—Huggo