When the bell rings for Season Two, a human resources coordinator from Los Angeles and a security consultant from Long Island, NY, head back to the classroom to test their elementary knowledge on ARE...
Class is in session with a new quiz show from producer Mark Burnett and host Jeff Foxworthy. Grownups reveal how much they've forgotten since elementary school as they answer math, geography and ...
The hit game show where adults have to answer grade-school level questions to win big is back. And this time, the kids play a bigger role as they help contestants prove that they're smarter than a 5th grader. Hosted by John Cena.
Hosted by Wayne Brady, this reboot of the classic game show features costumed contestants who are offered deals and must choose to keep what they have or trade for the possibility of winning big.
Stars:
Wayne Brady,
Jonathan Mangum,
Tiffany Coyne
Monty Hall hosts this hilarious half-hour gameshow in which audience contestants picked at random, dressed in ridiculous costumes, try to win cash or prizes by choosing curtain number 1, 2 ... See full summary »
The show has had only three $1,000,000 winners (as of April 2012), two women and one man. The first to succeed was a woman, televised on host Jeff Foxworthy's 50th birthday, on Saturday, September 6th, 2008. The other two won the $1,000,000 prize in 2009. See more »
Quotes
Jacob Hays:
I wanna win this guy some money because his kids are cute!
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I think all "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" really proves is how many worthless facts they make you memorize in the school system, only to have you forget it shortly after unless you have an interest in the subjects. Because, otherwise there is really no true use for it.
It would be one thing if these people couldn't answer questions from something like 5th Grade math. Because math skills are concepts that you add to through education, and use throughout your entire life. But, most of the questions in this show are made up from specific historic moments and the government. Things most people aren't going to remember, unless they have their own interest in these subjects.
I also agree with the other people who said that the show was slow, they delay answers, and Foxworthy babbles too much.
This show certainly did not deserve all the hype it got.
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I think all "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" really proves is how many worthless facts they make you memorize in the school system, only to have you forget it shortly after unless you have an interest in the subjects. Because, otherwise there is really no true use for it.
It would be one thing if these people couldn't answer questions from something like 5th Grade math. Because math skills are concepts that you add to through education, and use throughout your entire life. But, most of the questions in this show are made up from specific historic moments and the government. Things most people aren't going to remember, unless they have their own interest in these subjects.
I also agree with the other people who said that the show was slow, they delay answers, and Foxworthy babbles too much.
This show certainly did not deserve all the hype it got.