The four contestants are a double honors graduate/amateur rock musician, an engineering student/comedy improviser, a software trainer/technical writer/wilderness tour guide, and a charity creator/extreme sports enthusiast. Challenge 1 called "Definition Dilemma", which tests linguistic, requires the contestants to choose which of four choices is either the definition of, a synonym for or an antonym of a given set of words. Challenge 2 called "Human Lie Detector", which tests social, requires the contestants to determine if guest
Alan Thicke is telling the truth or a lie in a series of stories about his life. Challenge 3 called "Pipe Fitter", which tests logic, has the contestants putting together a length of water piping through predetermined points along a wall. Challenge 4 called "Stack of Shapes", which tests visual, has the contestants choosing which three out of nine complex shapes are overlaid on a figure shown to them. And Challenge 5 called "Step Squad", which tests both musical and physical and worth double the points, has the contestants learning and performing a dance routine and additionally performing a dance solo, their performances judged by guest, choreographer
Sean Cheesman. The two contestants with the highest score move to the gauntlet, a race testing all six concepts in six individual puzzles.
—Huggo