Comments on: Smarter than a fifth grader

By: Carolina

Carolina — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:25 +0000

Anita Says:
March 4th, 2007 at 02:38
Isn’t America archaic? The metric system just makes so much more sense!

About the cited comment, the answer is a gigantic YES!
I am an architect an the use of imperial system makes no sense, what-so-ever.
(Now I feel better…)

By: Carolina

Carolina — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:54:52 +0000

Another mistake:
When asking how many angles there is in perpendicular lines the answer should have been 4, which is what the contestant actually responded, but instead they said there should be none!!!! so I guess they were confused with parallel lines. No double checking on the questions… mmmm I wonder how much money this writers are making, I should have that job. hehe

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:36:53 +0000

I was just watching a re-run of 5th Grader, and Nancy was asked to define the prefix “aero.” She defined it correctly as “air.” However, she missed the question, as Jeff’s prompt card incorrectly read, “oxygen.”

By: Will

Will — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:14:46 +0000

I’m watching “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” right now. The question was “The Liberty Bell hangs in the tower of Independence Hall in which U.S. city?” If I’m not mistaken the Liberty Bell is no longer hanging in the tower. It seems that the people who write those questions don’t even take themselves seriously.

By: the kid

the kid — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:53:26 +0000

im am an 8th grader (in canada) all the questions asked are sooooo easy. and who doesnt know the factors of 16 r even numbers and the only even prime number is 2!!!!!

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:55:28 +0000

Sure, it’s easy enough if you’re not an idiot who gets scared of words like “prime” and “factor”. (It’s 2, by the way, frightened idiots out there.)

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:51:37 +0000

And then last night the contestant got to the million dollar question, and dropped out. The question was “What is the lowest prime number that is a factor of 16?”
Not only does that seem REALLY EASY for the million dollar question (which I know is picked by the contestant based off of what he’s already chosen throughout the show)? Even my mom, who hasn’t taken math since high school (33 years ago), knew the answer.
And yet the guy wouldn’t have even gotten it right! What in the hell?

By: GP

GP — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:04:35 +0000

I noticed a spike in traffic tonight, apparently due to someone finally getting to the million dollar question on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” this past evening (Thursday, April 19th).

I didn’t see it, but my friend David told me that the MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION was: “Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?” (in the USA, of course.) The answer is Alexander Hamilton. Unfortunately, the guy quit with half a million rather than risk getting a question he didn’t know the answer to. It’s unfortunate because, apparently, he did know it, and lost out on doubling his money.

I hope the people flooding in from Google scroll down and see this post, so their they get their click’s worth.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:42:40 +0000

I’m a fourth grade teacher and Michele should have spelled grammar correctly.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:22:26 +0000

I am a 6th grade English teacher and you are both correct. “a”, “an” and “the” are articles. Articles are adjectives!!! Of course, this in not a level of grammer that is discussed at a 5th grade level.