Host
Daniel Fathers introduces the ten people chosen out of the thousands of entries to compete to become Canada's Greatest Know-It-All Season 1:
Thomas Porter who lives off the grid; self-proclaimed Renaissance man
Cary Lucier who moves from career to career whenever he gets bored with the last one; former CFO
Sabina Dawson who gave up her boardroom life to sail around the world; former US naval engineer
Jennifer Salisbury who loves to hunt; retired schoolteacher
Stephen Drooker who does whatever he wants in his vast free time; oil rig boss
Ted Coffey who is used to being the boss in his own private world;
Nick Nelson, who professes to be better than perfect; carpenter
Wayne Skuhala who like to build things from start to finish; engineer
Dan Dicaire who, at age 26, still believes that anything is possible, especially with his brain; and millwright
Dave Spencer, who, unlike the others, shows signs of humility. The ten organize themselves into two teams of five for the first two challenges. The first challenge is to build a shelter made out of cardboard and rope within two hours to a minimum specification that can withstand a tropical wind storm, with one member of the losing team volunteering to go to the danger zone. The second challenge is to determine how far someone needs to be to survive a trailer blown up with nine pounds of dynamite, also with one member of the losing team volunteering to go to the danger zone. Because of the outcome of the two challenges, the choice of the two going into the danger zone is not quite as planned. The challenge those two must face in the danger zone is earning scouting merit badges, the loser who will be the first eliminated competitor. The danger zone competition begs the question if academics, strategic thinking or life experience is the most important factor for being a great know-it-all.
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