Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? A scarier question than it sounds.
Tony Hawk is NOT smarter than a 5th grader! But neither are the adults that go on FOX's new show to win some money and show the world just how smart (or not) they are. Tony Hawk won $175,000.00 for his Tony Hawk Foundation. Are You Smarter than 5th Grader? I apparently am not!
There's a new game show on the horizon from FOX - the people who brought you the short-lived gamers "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?", "The Chamber" and "The Rich List."
Simply one episode of the new show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" was enough to confirm that fact. It's a suspicion that haunts every adult who is intelligent ...
FOX's "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader" debuted a few months ago and was conveniently located after "American Idol." Audiences could watch Simon and the other "Idol" judges praise or criticize how much or little talent people have on "Idol" and then move on to watch grown adults try to match wits with 10- and 11-year-olds while host Jeff Foxworthy cracked some jokes.
Here's how the show works: One adult contestant has to answer questions in subjects such as reading, math, physical science, animal science and astronomy. These questions range in difficulty from first to fifth grade, and as in "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire," answering questions correctly moves the prize winnings up a money ladder.
The contestant also gets to choose one of the show's 5th grade kids as a classmate for two questions each and, if need be, either "copy" (copy the kid's answer to the question and hope it's right) or "peek" (look at the kid's answer and decide whether to use it). If the adult gives a wrong answer and the classmate gives a right one, the kid can also save the adult once, but all three of these aides are just available once.
If all else fails, the adult can also drop out of the game, but has to say directly into the camera, "I am not smarter than a 5th grader."
Last week's round of adults didn't have a chance against the precocious kids. The first contestant, a UCLA grad who went on to law school, couldn't even answer one question correctly without the aid of his 5th grade classmates. Since that poor soul broke the ice, the show's contestants have done a little better, but no one has even come close to the $1 million goal on top of the money ladder.
So what gives? Are the majority of adults truly less book smart than a bunch of 5th graders?
I don't think so. It's a little suspicious that the kids have so far not gotten one answer wrong. Even "Jeopardy" whizzes screw up some times. How well the kids are doing raises a lot of questions about the show. Are the kids given booklets to study ahead of time, while the adults just have to wing it? Are the questions really at the grade level they're listed as?
I don't have the answer to those questions and, even if the whole show is a big joke, I don't care. "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader" is entertaining and also a fun way to test just how much you know.
Sometimes you might be surprised at how much (or little) you know. I certainly was. I had a 3.9 GPA in college and yet couldn't answer some easy questions that I'm sure I learned in elementary school. For example, I couldn't remember the name of the ship that the pilgrims sailed here on. I could remember the name of where they landed and even remember quite a few Puritan authors, but I couldn't remember the name Mayflower.
I think part of the problem is that, as we get older, we become more specialized. When you're in elementary school, you learn a little about a lot - astronomy, history, children's books, animal science - you name it. By the time you go through college, you start learning a lot about whatever areas you major and minor in and just a little "general education" about all the other subjects.
Once you enter the workforce, you become even more specialized and a lot of time don't remember whether polar bears live in the North or South Pole unless it's part of your job to know about polar bears or you're just interested in them.
And so, FYI, based on my new favorite TV show, I am not smarter than a 5th grader when it comes to animal science, astronomy ect.
But I never liked those subjects anyway! so there.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? THEME SONG
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Card Game
There's a new game show on the horizon from FOX - the people who brought you the short-lived gamers "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?", "The Chamber" and "The Rich List."
Simply one episode of the new show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" was enough to confirm that fact. It's a suspicion that haunts every adult who is intelligent ...
FOX's "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader" debuted a few months ago and was conveniently located after "American Idol." Audiences could watch Simon and the other "Idol" judges praise or criticize how much or little talent people have on "Idol" and then move on to watch grown adults try to match wits with 10- and 11-year-olds while host Jeff Foxworthy cracked some jokes.
Here's how the show works: One adult contestant has to answer questions in subjects such as reading, math, physical science, animal science and astronomy. These questions range in difficulty from first to fifth grade, and as in "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire," answering questions correctly moves the prize winnings up a money ladder.
The contestant also gets to choose one of the show's 5th grade kids as a classmate for two questions each and, if need be, either "copy" (copy the kid's answer to the question and hope it's right) or "peek" (look at the kid's answer and decide whether to use it). If the adult gives a wrong answer and the classmate gives a right one, the kid can also save the adult once, but all three of these aides are just available once.
If all else fails, the adult can also drop out of the game, but has to say directly into the camera, "I am not smarter than a 5th grader."
Last week's round of adults didn't have a chance against the precocious kids. The first contestant, a UCLA grad who went on to law school, couldn't even answer one question correctly without the aid of his 5th grade classmates. Since that poor soul broke the ice, the show's contestants have done a little better, but no one has even come close to the $1 million goal on top of the money ladder.
So what gives? Are the majority of adults truly less book smart than a bunch of 5th graders?
I don't think so. It's a little suspicious that the kids have so far not gotten one answer wrong. Even "Jeopardy" whizzes screw up some times. How well the kids are doing raises a lot of questions about the show. Are the kids given booklets to study ahead of time, while the adults just have to wing it? Are the questions really at the grade level they're listed as?
I don't have the answer to those questions and, even if the whole show is a big joke, I don't care. "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader" is entertaining and also a fun way to test just how much you know.
Sometimes you might be surprised at how much (or little) you know. I certainly was. I had a 3.9 GPA in college and yet couldn't answer some easy questions that I'm sure I learned in elementary school. For example, I couldn't remember the name of the ship that the pilgrims sailed here on. I could remember the name of where they landed and even remember quite a few Puritan authors, but I couldn't remember the name Mayflower.
I think part of the problem is that, as we get older, we become more specialized. When you're in elementary school, you learn a little about a lot - astronomy, history, children's books, animal science - you name it. By the time you go through college, you start learning a lot about whatever areas you major and minor in and just a little "general education" about all the other subjects.
Once you enter the workforce, you become even more specialized and a lot of time don't remember whether polar bears live in the North or South Pole unless it's part of your job to know about polar bears or you're just interested in them.
And so, FYI, based on my new favorite TV show, I am not smarter than a 5th grader when it comes to animal science, astronomy ect.
But I never liked those subjects anyway! so there.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? THEME SONG
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Card Game
Now you can be part of the game show where every question will help you make the grade and the answers are elementary! Comes with 500 grade school questions and a CD that lets you play the game on your CD player, on your MP3 and in the car too! For 2 or more players. Ages 7 years and up.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Card Game
Video Game Based on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Online Game
According to Gamefly, a video game based on the popular game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" is set to be released for the Nintendo DS. All that's revealed from the listing though is that the game will be developed by THQ and be released on November 15th.
The game is also listed under the "Kids/Family" category, which makes me wonder: does that mean this game is going to be marketed to actual 5th graders? And if so, doesn't that mean one of them beating the game would just make them average?
More importantly though, will Jeff Foxworthy make an appearance and can the processing power of the DS actually handle all his "You might be a redneck if," jokes? GameFly delivers the best video games to your door!
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The game is also listed under the "Kids/Family" category, which makes me wonder: does that mean this game is going to be marketed to actual 5th graders? And if so, doesn't that mean one of them beating the game would just make them average?
More importantly though, will Jeff Foxworthy make an appearance and can the processing power of the DS actually handle all his "You might be a redneck if," jokes? GameFly delivers the best video games to your door!
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Mensa member is NOT Smarter than a 5th Grader
Jason Ramsey, a Mensa member is not smarter than a 5th grader!
* Q1 (1st Grade Music): "What is the 5th word in the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner"? A. Light, B. See, C. Red" He answers "B" and is correct.
* Q2 (1st Grade Grammar): "How many singular nouns are in the following sentence? "The girls were mad at the boys because the boys threw snowballs at them." It's a trick question because the answer is 0. He's correct for $2,000.
* Q3 (2nd Grade U.S. Geography): "Yosemite National Park is located in what U.S. State?" He guesses California and is correct for $5,000.
* Q4 (3rd Grade Astronomy): "True or False? The Milky Way Galaxy contains more than one billion stars." He guesses true and is correct again.
* Q5 (2nd Grade Animal Science): "True or False? The humpback whale is cold-blooded." He's pretty sure it has to be false and is correct for $25,000.
* Q6 (3rd Grade Social Studies): "The U.S. Declaration of Independence was written and signed in what year?" He answers 1776 and is correct again.
* Q7 (4th Grade U.S. History): "U.S. President Hayes was elected into office in 1876. What was his first name?" He locks in with Rutherford and is correct for $100,000.
* Q8 (5th Grade Science): "What precious metal has the symbol "AG" on the periodic table of the elements?" He locks in with silver and now has $175,000.
* Q9 (4th Grade World Geography): "What is the capital of Brazil?" He has an idea but peeks at Mackenzie's paper. She writes Brasillia which was his thought as well so he locks in with it. They were both correct.
* Q10 (5th Grade Drama): "Two households, both alike in dignity" is the opening line to what Shakespearean play?" He's pretty sure its "Romeo & Juliet" and locks in with that answer. Mackenzie wrote "Midsummers Night Dream." He's correct for $500,000.
* Million Dollar Question (5th Grade World Geography): He drops out of school with his $500,000. The question would have been "Russia's longest land border is with what other country?" He would have guessed China and would have been wrong (the answer was Kazakhstan).
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Tabletop
* Q1 (1st Grade Music): "What is the 5th word in the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner"? A. Light, B. See, C. Red" He answers "B" and is correct.
* Q2 (1st Grade Grammar): "How many singular nouns are in the following sentence? "The girls were mad at the boys because the boys threw snowballs at them." It's a trick question because the answer is 0. He's correct for $2,000.
* Q3 (2nd Grade U.S. Geography): "Yosemite National Park is located in what U.S. State?" He guesses California and is correct for $5,000.
* Q4 (3rd Grade Astronomy): "True or False? The Milky Way Galaxy contains more than one billion stars." He guesses true and is correct again.
* Q5 (2nd Grade Animal Science): "True or False? The humpback whale is cold-blooded." He's pretty sure it has to be false and is correct for $25,000.
* Q6 (3rd Grade Social Studies): "The U.S. Declaration of Independence was written and signed in what year?" He answers 1776 and is correct again.
* Q7 (4th Grade U.S. History): "U.S. President Hayes was elected into office in 1876. What was his first name?" He locks in with Rutherford and is correct for $100,000.
* Q8 (5th Grade Science): "What precious metal has the symbol "AG" on the periodic table of the elements?" He locks in with silver and now has $175,000.
* Q9 (4th Grade World Geography): "What is the capital of Brazil?" He has an idea but peeks at Mackenzie's paper. She writes Brasillia which was his thought as well so he locks in with it. They were both correct.
* Q10 (5th Grade Drama): "Two households, both alike in dignity" is the opening line to what Shakespearean play?" He's pretty sure its "Romeo & Juliet" and locks in with that answer. Mackenzie wrote "Midsummers Night Dream." He's correct for $500,000.
* Million Dollar Question (5th Grade World Geography): He drops out of school with his $500,000. The question would have been "Russia's longest land border is with what other country?" He would have guessed China and would have been wrong (the answer was Kazakhstan).
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Tabletop
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Tabletop
Now you can play the hit TV show with your family! The Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? tabletop game can be played with 1 to 4 players. Styled to look like a chalkboard, the game contains 13 subjects and over 2,500 questions! Cheat off your classmates just like on the show and lock your answers in on the eraser styled and save remote control! Includes TV show theme music and sounds! Requires 5 "AA" batteries (not included). For ages 8 years and up.
What is: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is an American game show on FOX. It is produced by Mark Burnett, and is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The show premiered as a three-day special beginning on February 27, 2007 with the first two shows being a half-hour each in length. The regular episode length starting with the third episode is one hour, with episodes airing on Thursdays. Premiering after American Idol, the show averaged 26.6 million viewers and an 11.2 rating/27 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, making it the biggest television premiere in the United States in over eight years.[2] The show will also air in Canada on Global and in the Middle East on Dubai TV.
In addition, the format has been sold across the world for local versions in other countries. Deals have been signed for an Australian version on Channel Ten and a Brazilian version on SBT, among others.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Touch Screen
In addition, the format has been sold across the world for local versions in other countries. Deals have been signed for an Australian version on Channel Ten and a Brazilian version on SBT, among others.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Touch Screen
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Bring the hit Fox TV show home in this new Illuminated Touch Screen Handheld LCD Game. Designed just like the desks used on the show, use your pencil stylus to choose over 2,500 questions from 13 different subjects. You can partner up with classmates and use the Peek, Copy, and Save cheats just like on the show. The unit is fully illuminated, adjustable volume and contrast controls. Requires 2 "AAA" batteries (included). For ages 8 years and up.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Touch Screen
Gameplay -How To Play The Game
In each game, the contestant (an adult) is asked a series of eleven questions, taken from textbooks for first through fifth grade students. Before starting play, the contestant is given ten subjects (such as U.S. History, Math or Social Studies), each of which are associated with a grade level; there are two questions per grade, from first to fifth. Contestants can answer the questions in any order, and each correct answer raises their cumulative amount of winnings to the next level (see table on left).
Five actual fifth graders (who are also professional child actors) appear on each show and play along onstage. The contestant chooses one to be their "classmate" for two questions at a time, and often consults with the child as to their favorite subjects before choosing a topic. Each child may only be the contestant's classmate for two questions (done consecutively), after which the contestant picks another child, from those who have not yet played in that game.
Contestants have three forms of assistance (two "cheats" and a "save") available for use:
* Peek: The contestant can see what their classmate wrote down as the answer, and choose whether to go along with it or not.
* Copy: The contestant is locked into whatever answer their classmate wrote down, without being able to see it first.
* Save: If the contestant gets an answer incorrect, but their classmate does not, they are credited with a correct answer, and the game continues. However, if the classmate is also wrong, the contestant loses. This is only useable once per game.
If the contestant gets an answer wrong (and is not saved), they lose all their winnings. At any time, they may choose to "drop out" after seeing a question, which entitles them to leave the game with any winnings they have made. However, if they choose to drop out, or answer a question incorrectly and are not saved, they must face the camera and state, "I am not smarter than a fifth grader."
A contestant who survives through the first five questions is guaranteed to go home with at least $25,000.
Five actual fifth graders (who are also professional child actors) appear on each show and play along onstage. The contestant chooses one to be their "classmate" for two questions at a time, and often consults with the child as to their favorite subjects before choosing a topic. Each child may only be the contestant's classmate for two questions (done consecutively), after which the contestant picks another child, from those who have not yet played in that game.
Contestants have three forms of assistance (two "cheats" and a "save") available for use:
* Peek: The contestant can see what their classmate wrote down as the answer, and choose whether to go along with it or not.
* Copy: The contestant is locked into whatever answer their classmate wrote down, without being able to see it first.
* Save: If the contestant gets an answer incorrect, but their classmate does not, they are credited with a correct answer, and the game continues. However, if the classmate is also wrong, the contestant loses. This is only useable once per game.
If the contestant gets an answer wrong (and is not saved), they lose all their winnings. At any time, they may choose to "drop out" after seeing a question, which entitles them to leave the game with any winnings they have made. However, if they choose to drop out, or answer a question incorrectly and are not saved, they must face the camera and state, "I am not smarter than a fifth grader."
A contestant who survives through the first five questions is guaranteed to go home with at least $25,000.
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Continue Your Education Online
If you're right out of college, often the last thing you want to think about is more education. In many fields, though, continuing education is not only a good idea, but is necessary to keep up in your field. If you're not right out of college, there are probably fields you want to explore or items of knowledge you wish you had studied (or paid more attend to!) in school.
In either case, never fear, the Internet is here! Seriously, educational opportunities abound on the Web, and not just for programmer, designer, entrepreneur types. Resources are available for everyone, and the ones I offer you here are only a smattering of what is available.
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Find free scholarships using our free scholarship search tool for college students looking for scholarship programs to pay for college. ScholarshipExperts.com has over two million college scholarships available including international scholarships.
In either case, never fear, the Internet is here! Seriously, educational opportunities abound on the Web, and not just for programmer, designer, entrepreneur types. Resources are available for everyone, and the ones I offer you here are only a smattering of what is available.
The Scholarship Experts
Find free scholarships using our free scholarship search tool for college students looking for scholarship programs to pay for college. ScholarshipExperts.com has over two million college scholarships available including international scholarships.
How To Avoid A Scholarship Scam
The best way to avoid being the victim of a scholarship scam is to remember the old adage: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. If a scholarship search service promises you a scholarship, run the other way. If someone insists that for $5 or $30 or $50, he will guarantee you a scholarship, it is definitely a scam.
Yes, there are lots of scholarship dollars available, but the truth is that no one can secure a scholarship for you but you. Only the prospective student can do the work of filling out forms, sending transcripts, and writing essays.
A legitimate scholarship search service provides information that is current and accurate; it is an information source. Take ScholarshipExperts.com for instance. They have invested the resources to explore and compile scholarship data from all over the map. A good scholarship search service has a team of research specialists that constantly updates award information.
What good is 2006 award information to a 2007 high school graduate? When looking for a valid, trustworthy scholarship search company, verify that the information you are getting is current. Look for a service like The Scholarship Experts that compiles their own database of awards and delivers up-to-date data.
Yes, there are lots of scholarship dollars available, but the truth is that no one can secure a scholarship for you but you. Only the prospective student can do the work of filling out forms, sending transcripts, and writing essays.
A legitimate scholarship search service provides information that is current and accurate; it is an information source. Take ScholarshipExperts.com for instance. They have invested the resources to explore and compile scholarship data from all over the map. A good scholarship search service has a team of research specialists that constantly updates award information.
What good is 2006 award information to a 2007 high school graduate? When looking for a valid, trustworthy scholarship search company, verify that the information you are getting is current. Look for a service like The Scholarship Experts that compiles their own database of awards and delivers up-to-date data.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Frustration!
The Challange
In what state is Mount Rushmore located?
What are the colors of a rainbow?
What are the names of the five Great Lakes?
Are you, or have you ever been, a doody-head?
According to a Fox press release, these are the kind of grade school textbook questions contestants on the upcoming game show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" will be expected to answer. Well, except for that last one.
But some people may be asking themselves that final question if they can't remember the book learnin' they absorbed between first and fifth grade. For the people who are going to be on this show, enough time has passed between the recess years and adulthood -- long enough to mistakenly think, for instance, that Roy G. Biv was a one-night stand in college.
Luckily they'll have real live children available to help them remember those tricky science, math, history and geography questions. Some of those those kids might be doody-heads though, so watch out.
Now, you may think it cruel to test people's stupidity as opposed to their intelligence, but unless Fox really screws up the presentation, this sounds like great television. Better than "Deal or No Deal," a game show that a chicken, a monkey or a horse could play as easily as a human.
Fox needs a game show to get them through the "Idol" off-months. The genre's worked well for NBC; why shouldn't Fox get a piece of that action?
According to the press release, the show will air half-hour episodes Tuesday, Feb. 27, and Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 9:30, expanding to one-hour episodes following "American Idol" on Thursdays, March 1 and 8, at 9:00. After that, the show will lead off Thursdays, March 15 and 22, at 8.
Lastly, in case those questions up top stumped you....
1. Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota.
2. The colors of a rainbow are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
3. Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
4. If you've been alive for longer than 5 years, then yes, you have probably behaved like a doody-head at some point, according to my grade-school aged niece.
What are the colors of a rainbow?
What are the names of the five Great Lakes?
Are you, or have you ever been, a doody-head?
According to a Fox press release, these are the kind of grade school textbook questions contestants on the upcoming game show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" will be expected to answer. Well, except for that last one.
But some people may be asking themselves that final question if they can't remember the book learnin' they absorbed between first and fifth grade. For the people who are going to be on this show, enough time has passed between the recess years and adulthood -- long enough to mistakenly think, for instance, that Roy G. Biv was a one-night stand in college.
Luckily they'll have real live children available to help them remember those tricky science, math, history and geography questions. Some of those those kids might be doody-heads though, so watch out.
Now, you may think it cruel to test people's stupidity as opposed to their intelligence, but unless Fox really screws up the presentation, this sounds like great television. Better than "Deal or No Deal," a game show that a chicken, a monkey or a horse could play as easily as a human.
Fox needs a game show to get them through the "Idol" off-months. The genre's worked well for NBC; why shouldn't Fox get a piece of that action?
According to the press release, the show will air half-hour episodes Tuesday, Feb. 27, and Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 9:30, expanding to one-hour episodes following "American Idol" on Thursdays, March 1 and 8, at 9:00. After that, the show will lead off Thursdays, March 15 and 22, at 8.
Lastly, in case those questions up top stumped you....
1. Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota.
2. The colors of a rainbow are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
3. Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
4. If you've been alive for longer than 5 years, then yes, you have probably behaved like a doody-head at some point, according to my grade-school aged niece.
Introducing the New Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Class
After this summer's nationwide search, a new class of stellar students will assemble for the first time as classes resume on the second season of the hit game Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? beginning Thursday, Oct. 4 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). As previously announced, an all-new bonus episode with the new class will air Friday, Oct. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Now that former classmates Alana, Marki, Jacob, Kyle and Spencer have graduated to middle school, the bell rings for a new batch of 5th graders. The star scholars include:
Mackenzie, an 11-year-old from San Diego, CA, once won a contest for reading 30 books. She loves to sing and pretend she is a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance. When she grows up she wants to be a pop singer, actress or fashion designer.
Olivia,, 10, lives in Chicago, IL. Her favorite subject is writing and she is a Greek mythology enthusiast. As her idol is Eleanor Roosevelt, Olivia would love to be able to go back in time to visit the 1950s. Olivia hopes to visit France one day and wants to be a neurologist when she grows up.
Sierra, a 9-year-old Southern California native, is an honor student who likes to socialize and read the dictionary in her free time. This avid pizza lover wants to visit Tokyo one day and aspires to be a medical examiner. Her idols include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wonder Woman.
Cody, 10, a Southern California native and an identical twin, loves math and would dye his hair yellow if he could. When he is not break-dancing, Cody likes collecting rocks and coins. Cody would like to be a writer or professional soccer player.
Nathan, a 9-year-old Colorado native, loves math, reading and playing the piano. Because Nathan thinks Albert Einstein is the smartest person of all time, it is no surprise he wants to be an inventor when he grows up. When he's not playing competitive sports, Nathan's reading the latest "Harry Potter" book or watching his favorite team, the New York Yankees.
In addition to a new set of pupils, the second season of this atypical game show, hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, will also feature celebrity contestants Regis Philbin Live with Regis and Kelly), on-air personality Billy Bush (Access Hollywood), American Idol finalists Clay Aiken and Kellie Pickler, skateboarding icon Tony Hawk, and Miss America Lauren Nelson testing their knowledge for charity.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? measures adults' lack of knowledge - as revealed by how much they've forgotten since grammar school But there is a way to "cheat" in this classroom. Adults can get some elementary help by using a "peek," "copy" or "save" from actual 5th grade classmates to determine the correct a-n-s-w-e-r and graduate toward the top prize of $1 million.
Now that former classmates Alana, Marki, Jacob, Kyle and Spencer have graduated to middle school, the bell rings for a new batch of 5th graders. The star scholars include:
Mackenzie, an 11-year-old from San Diego, CA, once won a contest for reading 30 books. She loves to sing and pretend she is a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance. When she grows up she wants to be a pop singer, actress or fashion designer.
Olivia,, 10, lives in Chicago, IL. Her favorite subject is writing and she is a Greek mythology enthusiast. As her idol is Eleanor Roosevelt, Olivia would love to be able to go back in time to visit the 1950s. Olivia hopes to visit France one day and wants to be a neurologist when she grows up.
Sierra, a 9-year-old Southern California native, is an honor student who likes to socialize and read the dictionary in her free time. This avid pizza lover wants to visit Tokyo one day and aspires to be a medical examiner. Her idols include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wonder Woman.
Cody, 10, a Southern California native and an identical twin, loves math and would dye his hair yellow if he could. When he is not break-dancing, Cody likes collecting rocks and coins. Cody would like to be a writer or professional soccer player.
Nathan, a 9-year-old Colorado native, loves math, reading and playing the piano. Because Nathan thinks Albert Einstein is the smartest person of all time, it is no surprise he wants to be an inventor when he grows up. When he's not playing competitive sports, Nathan's reading the latest "Harry Potter" book or watching his favorite team, the New York Yankees.
In addition to a new set of pupils, the second season of this atypical game show, hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, will also feature celebrity contestants Regis Philbin Live with Regis and Kelly), on-air personality Billy Bush (Access Hollywood), American Idol finalists Clay Aiken and Kellie Pickler, skateboarding icon Tony Hawk, and Miss America Lauren Nelson testing their knowledge for charity.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? measures adults' lack of knowledge - as revealed by how much they've forgotten since grammar school But there is a way to "cheat" in this classroom. Adults can get some elementary help by using a "peek," "copy" or "save" from actual 5th grade classmates to determine the correct a-n-s-w-e-r and graduate toward the top prize of $1 million.
Do You Have To Be Smart To Be Rich? University Study Says No
Next time you complain about being poor, don't blame it on your intelligence.
"People don't become rich just because they are smart," said Jay Zagorsky, author of a recent nationwide study on wealth and intelligence and a researcher at Ohio State University.
"Your IQ has really no relationship to your wealth. And being very smart does not protect you from getting into financial difficulty," Zagorsky explained.
They key findings of the study include:
* People with higher IQs do earn a higher income. In fact, smarter people earn $202 to $616 per year for every additional IQ point they have.
* However, people with lower IQs are just as wealthy as people with higher IQs.
* There is no strong correlation between a person's IQ and his likelihood of experiencing financial problems such as maxing out credit cards, missing bill payments, or declaring bankruptcy. Source: Ohio State University Press Release.
The smartpants among you will pick up on this little incongruency: How can smarter people earn a higher income and not be wealthier?
Zargosky is still studying this puzzling question. His current working theory is that smarter people might not save as much money as their simpler counterparts.
I guess this doesn't come as a total shock. If smart people are all that, why are so many professors driving Pintos and why is the Apple store staffed with geniuses?
For those of us non-geniuses, it is comforting to know that even in the financial world, the race goes not always to the swift but to those who keep on running.
"People don't become rich just because they are smart," said Jay Zagorsky, author of a recent nationwide study on wealth and intelligence and a researcher at Ohio State University.
"Your IQ has really no relationship to your wealth. And being very smart does not protect you from getting into financial difficulty," Zagorsky explained.
They key findings of the study include:
* People with higher IQs do earn a higher income. In fact, smarter people earn $202 to $616 per year for every additional IQ point they have.
* However, people with lower IQs are just as wealthy as people with higher IQs.
* There is no strong correlation between a person's IQ and his likelihood of experiencing financial problems such as maxing out credit cards, missing bill payments, or declaring bankruptcy. Source: Ohio State University Press Release.
The smartpants among you will pick up on this little incongruency: How can smarter people earn a higher income and not be wealthier?
Zargosky is still studying this puzzling question. His current working theory is that smarter people might not save as much money as their simpler counterparts.
I guess this doesn't come as a total shock. If smart people are all that, why are so many professors driving Pintos and why is the Apple store staffed with geniuses?
For those of us non-geniuses, it is comforting to know that even in the financial world, the race goes not always to the swift but to those who keep on running.
One Readers Tirade
One viewer sounds off about Are You Smarter than 5th Grader?
Where should I even begin my little tirade? Let's start with the title: a misnomer. An adult *versus* one or more 5th graders played in a style closer (but certainly not identical) to that of Jeopardy would make a lot more sense and would also offer far more entertainment, accelerating the otherwise glacial pace of the program. In a Jeopardy-type format, adult contestants could truly claim that they were smarter than a 5th grader(s). Conversely, 5th graders would have the sublime pleasure in proclaiming to America that they indeed were smarter than an adult! As it stands, the current format is weak and the poor kids are background, merely serving as pawns, coming to the frequent rescue of the supremely idiotic adult contestants.
Let's move on to the host, Jeff Foxworthy. Another misnomer. Surely the viewer has asked himself: Is Foxworthy truly worthy of Fox? No! He has zero charisma, panders to the audience, displays no sense of timing or ability to create suspense, and clogs the show's flow with his distracting banter and vacuous comments. The producers need to quickly usher him through the backdoor and seek immediate backup! What about the contestants? Well, yes it's true you want to strangle them for being so conspicuously stupid, but now it's come to the point where their act has become tired, predictable, and transparent.
These folks are selected not just because they've lost touch with their grade school basics, but also because they are deemed to provide the most entertainment to the audience, patronizing the kids and acting out their profound forgetfulness or sheer inability to perform even the simplest calculations. What upsets me the most is that the producers seem to have temporarily struck gold playing off of adult Americans realizing how stupid other adult Americans are - and guess what: we are playing right into their greedy pandering hands! Thankfully, I've read hundreds of other posts on the FOX website echoing my concerns: this show's machinations most assuredly will be short-lived.
Suddenly I realize how long this diatribe has gotten and there's a whole host of other gripes I haven't even gotten to explore such as the awkwardly worded questions and the inability of the writers to produce bulletproof answers. Well, thankfully the FOX messageboard has a whole folder to sort that out.
Of course there's also the whole cheating gimmick to the show which is altogether reprehensible and a remarkably fantastic way to propagate the message to students all across America: "Hey kids! Sammy the dolt just won $50,000 and that's the reward he gets thanks to his copying off of another student's work!" What a sad state of affairs. It's unfortunate too, because the premise isn't half bad, but they botched it up in no uncertain terms.
Let's move on to the host, Jeff Foxworthy. Another misnomer. Surely the viewer has asked himself: Is Foxworthy truly worthy of Fox? No! He has zero charisma, panders to the audience, displays no sense of timing or ability to create suspense, and clogs the show's flow with his distracting banter and vacuous comments. The producers need to quickly usher him through the backdoor and seek immediate backup! What about the contestants? Well, yes it's true you want to strangle them for being so conspicuously stupid, but now it's come to the point where their act has become tired, predictable, and transparent.
These folks are selected not just because they've lost touch with their grade school basics, but also because they are deemed to provide the most entertainment to the audience, patronizing the kids and acting out their profound forgetfulness or sheer inability to perform even the simplest calculations. What upsets me the most is that the producers seem to have temporarily struck gold playing off of adult Americans realizing how stupid other adult Americans are - and guess what: we are playing right into their greedy pandering hands! Thankfully, I've read hundreds of other posts on the FOX website echoing my concerns: this show's machinations most assuredly will be short-lived.
Suddenly I realize how long this diatribe has gotten and there's a whole host of other gripes I haven't even gotten to explore such as the awkwardly worded questions and the inability of the writers to produce bulletproof answers. Well, thankfully the FOX messageboard has a whole folder to sort that out.
Of course there's also the whole cheating gimmick to the show which is altogether reprehensible and a remarkably fantastic way to propagate the message to students all across America: "Hey kids! Sammy the dolt just won $50,000 and that's the reward he gets thanks to his copying off of another student's work!" What a sad state of affairs. It's unfortunate too, because the premise isn't half bad, but they botched it up in no uncertain terms.
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