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#350737 - Fri Mar 09 2007 03:11 AM Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
PurpleFan Multiloquent Registered: Fri Oct 22 1999 Posts: 2249 Loc: New Westminster BC Canada	Has anyone here watched this show with the adults having to answer all sorts of questions that a grade 2to 5th grade student would know the answers to. Its actually amusing to watch the adults struggle to answer these questions at times.The adults can win up to a Million dollars if they get all the questions correct and so far I have only seen one guy go to 300,00.000. I am finding it very entertaining. Anyone else watch it? And what do you think of the show? PF _________________________ All Things Purple Are Relative!
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#350738 - Fri Mar 09 2007 04:00 AM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
Gatsby722 Pure Diamond Registered: Fri May 18 2001 Posts: 123698 Loc: Canton Ohio USA	Yes, PF, I have to admit that I watch (and really enjoy) the show. It's almost embarrassing for me to do that - honestly, I'd probably lose money on that program . Those kids are so fresh and bright...while that's entirely encouraging to see, it IS a bit daunting to notice how much smarter a child not even ten years old is than you happen to be (at least that's how it applies to me...I KNOW I learned all that stuff but, whoops, I forget 85% of it). Smart, energetic kids, though, and I like that. And, I have to say, adults who are extremely good sports when it comes to public humiliation . _________________________ "The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful." ... H. L. Mencken
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#350739 - Fri Mar 09 2007 06:11 AM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
PurpleFan Multiloquent Registered: Fri Oct 22 1999 Posts: 2249 Loc: New Westminster BC Canada	I enjoy it and I am ashamed to say I can't answer some of those questions either. Have you ever seen the Tonight Show when Jay Leno goes out and asks people on the street questions that most people should know like who is the Vice President of the United States or what do you celebrate on the 4th of July. I am always in stitches on the floor laughing. I have a feeling that's where they got the idea for this show from. Next time I watch I will think of you watching it too and not feel so bad if I can't answer a question. PF _________________________ All Things Purple Are Relative!
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#350740 - Fri Mar 09 2007 04:01 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	I've watched it too, although haven't watched eysterday's episode yet. The only two questions, so far, that I wouldn't have been able to get were the Ursa Major and the Femur questions... I'm still trying to get over the woman who thought the US's longest land border was with Mexico! _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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#350741 - Mon Mar 12 2007 06:39 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
SRSTrekker Enthusiast Registered: Tue Sep 14 2004 Posts: 202 Loc: Arizona USA	Yep, seen it and love it. I can't believe those questions. You would think you would know them, and then you go "huh?". I guess that's the whole point, but still. _________________________ SRSTrekker --"Fate protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise." ~ Riker
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#350742 - Wed Mar 14 2007 06:34 AM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
funlover2001 Explorer Registered: Wed Jan 03 2007 Posts: 55 Loc: Toledo, Ohio United States	I really want to go on the show! I could be winning some major bucks just answering those questions! I maybe could have gotten farther that some of the contestants because they were using their cheats for what I thought were super easy questions. I love the show, never missed it yet. I also love Jeff Foxworthy as host! _________________________ I could never get by without my cheat codes to life.
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#350743 - Wed Mar 14 2007 03:07 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	Yes, but how to get on? My husband and I think you'd have to act like an idiot in order to be chosen! _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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#350744 - Tue Mar 27 2007 06:52 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
niale Enthusiast Registered: Tue Aug 08 2006 Posts: 241 Loc: British Columbia Canada	I've watched glmipses of the show. Some of the questions I didn't remember learning in grade 5. Most of the questions are very minute, unimportant tidbits that you'd likely forget. That's what makes it challanging.
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#350745 - Tue Mar 27 2007 09:22 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
lothruin Multiloquent Registered: Wed Nov 12 2003 Posts: 2165 Loc: Nebraska USA	My husband suggested that you'd have to do POORLY on a test in order to get chosen for the show. I have to admit, I've been really entertained by it, but I have yet to see a single question to which I didn't know the answer. I would, however, note that I don't think any of them are "unimportant" tidbits. Obviously they're a part of school curriculum for a reason. OK, so maybe MOST adults don't need a lot of that stuff in their daily lives, but it isn't unimportant to know minutia of the world around you. That's why we're all members of a trivia site, right? _________________________ Goodbye Ruth & Betty, my beautiful grandmothers. Betty Kuzara 1921 - April 5, 2008 Ruth Kellison 1925 - Dec 27, 2007
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#350746 - Tue Mar 27 2007 09:40 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
niale Enthusiast Registered: Tue Aug 08 2006 Posts: 241 Loc: British Columbia Canada	Well, I do enjoy learning new unrelated trivial stuff, but it doesn't mean it's important. I never will need to know what time period we are currently living in for my job. I'm sure the average person will not answer all the questions correctly. People will inevitablely forget some of the stuff from grade 5 years after graduating. Not all of it is related to logic, but some memory.
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#350747 - Wed Mar 28 2007 01:21 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
SRSTrekker Enthusiast Registered: Tue Sep 14 2004 Posts: 202 Loc: Arizona USA	Yes, but a geologist or a scientist may need to know what time period we are livng in. Since we don't make a career choice until high school, in elementary school, they need to teach us a little about everything. It's when we choose our career that it may become "unimportant" or "more important". _________________________ SRSTrekker --"Fate protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise." ~ Riker
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#350748 - Wed Mar 28 2007 02:56 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	I've only missed 6 questions so far. There have been 3 or so questions that a few of my colleagues and myself believe we were never taught in gradeschool (such as Ursa Major, femur...). _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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#350749 - Wed Mar 28 2007 03:23 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
Taesma Prolific Registered: Fri Jun 20 2003 Posts: 1179 Loc: Bay Area California USA	Quote: There have been 3 or so questions that a few of my colleagues and myself believe we were never taught in gradeschool (such as Ursa Major, femur...). Really? How interesting. I suppose it all depends on your location and what specific teachers choose to teach. I've only missed a couple questions, but there have been some that I've had to think about really hard. Some things just don't stick unless I need to use the knowledge often. Like geometry formulas. But these contestants really don't seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer, do they? Even taking into account the nerves/stage fright factor. Some of those questions are just so easy that I would think they'd come to one automatically without even stopping to think. Well, I enjoy the show anyway. On a side note, has anyone seen that "Identity" show? Now that's one silly game. Hey, let's spend our night judging a book by its cover, folks! And every time they've had a 'celebrity' on, I've spotted them the first time they show them. Don't these contestants ever watch tv? _________________________ "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." ~ Jerry Seinfeld
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#350750 - Wed Mar 28 2007 03:28 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
stephanie1982 Participant Registered: Wed Feb 14 2007 Posts: 13 Loc: Kentucky	My other younger sister is a fifth grader she's pretty smart. I can answer most of the questions and so can she!!
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#350751 - Wed Mar 28 2007 06:24 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
lothruin Multiloquent Registered: Wed Nov 12 2003 Posts: 2165 Loc: Nebraska USA	The ursa major question... that was a question about the constellation of which the big dipper is a part, yes? I think I learned that in 4th grade. We had quite a large astronomy unit. So, I really think it must be a difference of regions or something. Edited by Lothruin (Wed Mar 28 2007 06:25 PM) _________________________ Goodbye Ruth & Betty, my beautiful grandmothers. Betty Kuzara 1921 - April 5, 2008 Ruth Kellison 1925 - Dec 27, 2007
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#350752 - Wed Mar 28 2007 06:40 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	North star, I believe. We never learned constellations. Good thing - I can't fathom why most are called what they are or why they picked what stars they did! Edited by ladymacb29 (Wed Mar 28 2007 06:40 PM) _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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#350753 - Wed Mar 28 2007 08:14 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
milky54 Explorer Registered: Thu Mar 16 2006 Posts: 64 Loc: Massachusetts USA	I've seen only one episode, and I can tell you, I sometimes doubt that these fifth graders aren't being fed answers. The smartest fifth graders in my town are not nearly as intelligent as the kids they place on this show. _________________________ "I don't know Marge, trying is the first step towards failure."
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#350754 - Thu Mar 29 2007 09:07 AM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
cinnam0n Moderator Registered: Tue Nov 02 2004 Posts: 6750 Loc: Pennsylvania USA	I've only caught it a few times, and it seems to me that some of the questions are a little advanced. For example, the question was - How many e's in "Declaration of Independence"? That, of course, was easy for me, but it was classified as a FIRST GRADE question, and I seriously doubt that "independence" is on many first grade spelling lists.
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#350755 - Thu Mar 29 2007 03:10 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	Quote: I've only caught it a few times, and it seems to me that some of the questions are a little advanced. For example, the question was - How many e's in "Declaration of Independence"? That, of course, was easy for me, but it was classified as a FIRST GRADE question, and I seriously doubt that "independence" is on many first grade spelling lists. Ditto. In 2nd grade, we were each allowed to choose a word for a special spelling test. I chose chocolate and that was even a hard one. _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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#350756 - Fri Mar 30 2007 04:42 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
Diamondlance Enthusiast Registered: Mon Jul 28 2003 Posts: 407 Loc: Ohio USA	The first question I missed was the one about fiction books getting Dewey Decimal numbers. I said that fiction books don't get Dewey Decimal numbers, but then after they revealed the answer I realized my mistake. Some of those obscure animal facts and physical science questions (like the troposphere one from March 29th's show) throw me for a loop, though.
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#350757 - Sat Mar 31 2007 03:47 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	I got troposphere, but a few others on that episode tripped me up - I think I'm up to having missed 8 questions total from the series. _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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#350758 - Sun Apr 29 2007 11:45 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	I watched my first full episode Thursday night. The first one I saw was one my brother had DVR'd. All the questions I saw had a "cheat" used, then last Thursday, the gentleman who was playing got all the way to $500k and still had his "save" left. I knew the million dollar answer, too! _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#350759 - Sun May 06 2007 07:39 AM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
quizking92 Forum Adept Registered: Sat May 05 2007 Posts: 148 Loc: New York USA	I love this show and I think that some of the questions are hard even though I have been through 5th grade already! PS- Also, how can you get that signature at the end of everything that you write? _________________________ "Don't rain on my perfect day" Hoku
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#350760 - Sun May 06 2007 08:00 AM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
BigBrain99 Explorer Registered: Sun Nov 26 2006 Posts: 88 Loc: Boston Georgia USA	its really funny _________________________ WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU GIVES YOU LEMONS, YOU MAKE LEMONADE
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#350761 - Sun May 06 2007 02:48 PM Re: Are You As Smart As A 5th Grader
ladymacb29 Moderator Registered: Wed Mar 15 2000 Posts: 16214 Loc: The Delta Quadrant	Quote: PS- Also, how can you get that signature at the end of everything that you write? "My Home" -> Main Configuration -> "Personal information, email, password, etc. ". There's a field for signature. _________________________ "Without the darkness, how would we see the light?" ~ Tuvok Editor for Television Category
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