Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Premier 2/27

[voidptr]

Anyone else watching this? Kinda funny, but I think the novelty factor's gonna burn out kinda quick. I don't think I'd want to be that first guy in the office tomorrow.

[Tivohud]

With a bit faster pacing it would be enjoyable.

[Martha]

Took us less than 15 minutes to watch, but we saved it to watch with our own 5th grader this weekend - comes on at 9:30 here - past his bedtime. :)

[DancnDude]

Pretty fun show. I love the interaction with the kids, and how the kids actually did know most of the answers even though the grownups didn't.

[innocentfreak]

I watched it also and it was ok. It definitely should be a little bit faster.

I must have gone to special schools though since a lot of those subjects I was never taught in grade school or high school. I never had a US history class, grade school science, animal studies, or health.

[thebigmo]

Definitely way too slow. Got bored when it took soooooo long to say she was correct on the Mayflower question so I went channel surfing for a while, stopped several places, and when I finally got back they were just revealing the answer to the next question. Half hour show and they only got in six questions? YAWN

[ahartman]

I'm happy (relieved) to say I didn't miss a single question. Having said that, I won't watch again. Takes too long - 5 or 6 questions the entire show? C'mon.

Also, all the kids irritated me.

[IndyTom]

I agree with the others here that the pacing was excruciating.

Plus, the format of the show seemed to be "borrowed" from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

[kjnorman]

So they asked what, 7 questions in 1/2 hour? Way too slow.

We fast forwarded though it and only focused on the questions. This show too me would only be bearable using the Fast Forward.

I don't think I'll watch again.

The premise of the show is interesting, as after all most adults have forgotten what they learned in school where as the kids selected are obviously smart and have sponges for brains at that age. But the pacing, and formula/style of the show needs a total rework.

[TAsunder]

I haven't caught this yet, but it looked to have borrowed the idea right out of Jaywalking on the tonight show. Is it similar to that bit?

[DancnDude]

I haven't caught this yet, but it looked to have borrowed the idea right out of Jaywalking on the tonight show. Is it similar to that bit?
Maybe a little. There are 10 questions with 2 from each grade, 1 through 5. Each has a subject (ie. Art, Phy Ed, Science, History, etc) and the contestant can pick any of the categories. They get 3 "helps" like any question show on TV these days it seems, but the helps come from real 5th graders :) The questions were not nearly as easy as the ones on Jaywalking.

[johnperkins21]

It is "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" with a different host and they pick your lifelines. The only problem is that they take too long to ask and answer questions. There was one particular segment towards the end, where after coming back from commercial they asked a question, the lady himed and hawed, until she finally gave her answer. It went to commercial before seeing if she was correct.

They asked a total of 6 questions on the show, which is about 12 too few for me to watch. As with all game shows, it is impossible for me to care less about the contestants, I want to play along at home not learn about some idiot who doesn't know that polar bears don't eat penguins.

[TAsunder]

I actually don't always know the ones on jaywalking. Every once in a while they throw a curveball and ask about political figures from the 70s, which I am too young to remember and which weren't covered in history classes when I grew up for some reason.

[DevdogAZ]

I liked the format, hated the pacing, and thought the kids were totally overacting. They kept showing shots of them forcing laughs and it just made it more irritating. I don't want to see kids that are coached to act, I want to see real kids who are smart and awkward.

That first guy came off like a total buffoon.

[Vito the TiVo]

The kids are definitely actors, by the way. The girl Laura who was used first on the show was just seen playing Sarah Silverman's "daughter" on The Sarah Silverman show.

I mean, it's not like she's not really a kid, but non-actor children might have been better.

[barrettd]

I thought the contestants would be competing against kids, like a version of Jeopardy or something. One adult, one kid, all 1-5 grade questions.

I agree that it was quite drawn out and dull. Jeff Foxworthy doesn't do much for me as a game show host, either.

[danterner]

I like the concept. The execution, not so much.

[ChickenCheese]

I like the Howard Stern version a lot better! Same thing with Jaywalking.

[marksman]

With a bit faster pacing it would be enjoyable.

Pacing was the biggest problem for me. The pacing was awful.

I can't believe Mark Burnett made this show. Honestly, the concept is fundamentally sound, the execution was god-awful.

Even before the end, I said if they carry this lady over there will be no reason for anyone to watch the next show.. just a big waste. Plus they asked like 6 questions in 30 minutes. The questions are the draw, not the suspense to see how stupid adults are...

[Havana Brown]

This show was HORRRRRRRIBLE!

The kid couldn't wait until it was over. Yeah, 5 question in 30 minutes, ridiculous! Total suck fest.

[Dssturbo1]

the kid got the REM question right but spelled it out wrong, he wrote rapid eye movment. jeff seemed to pronounce it a little wrong because he saw it but they barely showed it long enough to see it.
first contestant went to ucla and then law school but had to use up all the helps right outta the box.

[jerobi]

Not bad. They clearly wanted the first episode to be in the "let's laugh at the total idiots" realm. It will probably be a little better in the future with people that can actually string together a few correct answers.

I wonder if anyone will actually win out to the last question, let alone get everything right without help for that extra money (maybe I heard the rules wrong - I was only listening to it). While the math wouldn't be a problem for me, there are plenty of little history nuggets from any grade that would trip me up. The writers could easily insert some tough questions in there to prevent nearly anyone from winning if they wanted to.

[DevdogAZ]

Does anyone think the kids actually know all the answers just on their own? The questions we saw so far weren't that difficult, but I say there's no way the kids haven't been given the answers to the questions in advance.

[johnperkins21]

Is Geometry really a 4th grade math subject? It's been a while since I was in 4th grade, but I don't remember learning how to calculate the area of a triangle that early. Of course, I did go to public school, so that may have something to do with it.

[tivoboyjr]

Does anyone think the kids actually know all the answers just on their own? The questions we saw so far weren't that difficult, but I say there's no way the kids haven't been given the answers to the questions in advance.

Maybe the kids' aren't even giving the answers. It could be someone off-stage writing them out and showing them up on the board.

[ParadiseDave]

My kids are in 4th and 6th grade. Both were bored with this show. Like the previous people stated, they liked the questions but we ended up FF through most of the show.

We then watched Jeopardy, which has as many as 61 questions in 30 minutes. By FF through the commercials and interviews, that's 61 questions in about 13 minutes!

"5th Grader" is slow and dull. No SP here.

[Langree]

My bet would be that they go over the questions and answers with the kid's prior to the taping and they then recall the answers. If this is the case, at some point a kid will get one wrong.

[bruinfan]

I would so win a million dollars.

the math question.. there's no way a 5th grader could answer that, unless they were going to college in 2 years. first you have to know that Area of a triangle =1/2bh. Then, you'd have to use some algebra to solve the problem. now this isn't just 5+x=10. you have to know where to put the numbers, and know all the rules of basic algebra, not to mention fractions. My graduate degree having brain took a shortcut, but it took me about 10 seconds to make sure i had the right answer, doing it all in my head, not on paper. a 5th grader, assuming he knows how to do it, would have to do it longhand...

i say impossible for 90%of the 5th graders in this country to answer that question

[Langree]

I would so win a million dollars.

the math question.. there's no way a 5th grader could answer that, unless they were going to college in 2 years. first you have to know that Area of a triangle =1/2bh. Then, you'd have to use some algebra to solve the problem. now this isn't just 5+x=10. you have to know where to put the numbers, and know all the rules of basic algebra, not to mention fractions. My graduate degree having brain took a shortcut, but it took me about 10 seconds to make sure i had the right answer, doing it all in my head, not on paper. a 5th grader, assuming he knows how to do it, would have to do it longhand...

i say impossible for 90%of the 5th graders in this country to answer that question

You're over thinking it.

They are taught pretty simply that the area = the sum of all the sides, and if they know the base (which they were given) they just had to figure out the other two sides.

They were given a very simple example which is in elementary school math books.

[rich]

From the opener: "What's two times five?" ... "Oh wow, that's a tough one!"

So I knew right off the bat that we weren't dealing with Brainiacs here.

[danterner]

i say impossible for 90%of the 5th graders in this country to answer that question

Ah, but the show's title is "are you smarter than a fifth grader?" -- they haven't specified which fifth grader. Maybe there's a really smart one out there somewhere that can do this type of calculation in their sleep, and it is that fifth grader that they mean... :-)

[bruinfan]

You're over thinking it.

They are taught pretty simply that the area = the sum of all the sides, and if they know the base (which they were given) they just had to figure out the other two sides.

They were given a very simple example which is in elementary school math books.
NO!

circumference is the sum of all sides

the question was:

if the area of a triangle is 16 sq in, and the base is 8 inches, what is the height of the triangle

the area of shapes is different for each shape. rectangle=L*W; circle=pi*r squared; trapezoid=1/2H(B+W)ithink; cylinder 2*pi*r squared *h; triangle 1/2*b*h

so they had to recall the correct formula, plug in the numbers in the right place, and perform an intermediate (to a 5th grader) algebra function.

[alpacaboy]

NO!
circumference is the sum of all sides

With a triangle, I would have called that the perimeter. I associate "circumference" with circles.

[jerobi]

You're over thinking it.

They are taught pretty simply that the area = the sum of all the sides, and if they know the base (which they were given) they just had to figure out the other two sides.

They were given a very simple example which is in elementary school math books.

I'll do you one better - it's even easier than that.

Knowing that one side was 8 and the area was 16, you don't have to know how to calculate the area of a triangle. What you need to know is how to calculate the area of a rectangle (simple H x W) and that a right triangle would be half of that.

If 16 is the area of the triangle, then 16 x 2 is the area of the square. 32 / 8 = 4.

[bruinfan]

With a triangle, I would have called that the perimeter. I associate "circumference" with circles.
you're right... perimeter....

C=2*pi*R

[gschrock]

if the area of a triangle is 16 sq in, and the base is 8 inches, what is the height of the triangle


If that was the question (I have to admit, I meant to record the show but didn't), I'd have to say that it seems reasonable for a 5th grader. It's pretty easy to realize that since the formula is 1/2*bh that you take the base, divide it by two, and divide that into the area. While it's been a while, I'd have to say I could have done that in fifth grade.

[bruinfan]

If that was the question (I have to admit, I meant to record the show but didn't), I'd have to say that it seems reasonable for a 5th grader. It's pretty easy to realize that since the formula is 1/2*bh that you take the base, divide it by two, and divide that into the area. While it's been a while, I'd have to say I could have done that in fifth grade.
it's been awhile since 5th grade, but from what i recall:

i was learning what the heck x and n even were. i think in 4th grade, we did fractions. i KNOW in 4th grade we were doing times tables... cuz i distinctly remember having to do the same 100 problems every week, and we would get a prize for whoever finished first (and answered them all correctly).

i doubt education, especially public education, has advanced to where they are doing more than the most basic of basic algebraic equations in 5th grade. i mean, prealgebra for most people is 8th grade. maybe 7th.

of course it's easy to realize all that, NOW. 5th graders see fractions and they freak out. they are probably getting the hang of complex long division problems, decimals/fractions, multiplying double digit numbers, word problems... i doubt they are doing any kind of geometry.

[bruinfan]

AND, I would even say if you ask a 5th grader what the area of a rectangle was, they'd go:
huh??? what's an area?

btw, this show is lame, and the contestants are lamer. but i'm gonna keep watching to solidify the fact i could win 1 million dollars in this lame game.

they are destroying a perfectly good concept.

[gschrock]

AND, I would even say if you ask a 5th grader what the area of a rectangle was, they'd go:
huh??? what's an area?


Heh, I ran into that in a college chem lab class. Someone in there couldn't figure out the volume of a rectangular prism.

Guess I always had the benefit of good schools growing up. I will admit though that there are probably a fair number of schools that have fifth graders that wouldn't be able to do that type of problem.

[scsiguy72]

If that was the question (I have to admit, I meant to record the show but didn't), I'd have to say that it seems reasonable for a 5th grader. It's pretty easy to realize that since the formula is 1/2*bh that you take the base, divide it by two, and divide that into the area. While it's been a while, I'd have to say I could have done that in fifth grade.

and yet Mr. UCLA came up with the answer 1 inch

My split second thought was 8 inches, then with just a little thought I remembered I needed to /2

[bruinfan]

I'll do you one better - it's even easier than that.

Knowing that one side was 8 and the area was 16, you don't have to know how to calculate the area of a triangle. What you need to know is how to calculate the area of a rectangle (simple H x W) and that a right triangle would be half of that.

If 16 is the area of the triangle, then 16 x 2 is the area of the square. 32 / 8 = 4.
btw... this is the easiest solution... without paper...

if you know a=1/2bh...

16=8x2
double the 2=4
and yet Mr. UCLA came up with the answer 1 inch
as an ucla alum, i had to shake my head. not only did he not get one right, he had a dopey look on his face as he was busy not getting questions right.

those north campus losers.... (ucla inside joke)

[dtivouser]

i was learning what the heck x and n even were. i think in 4th grade, we did fractions. i KNOW in 4th grade we were doing times tables...

i doubt education, especially public education, has advanced to where they are doing more than the most basic of basic algebraic equations in 5th grade. i mean, prealgebra for most people is 8th grade. maybe 7th.


I have to disagree with you.

My 8th grade son is taking Algebra I. Pre-algebra was 7th grade. In 5th grade, and earlier for extra credit, he was doing 5x + 6 = 16 type of equations. They didn't wait until algebra to do "solve for x" problems. This year he is factoring quadratic equations.

Times tables? Gosh, 3rd grade at the latest.

[ahartman]

I actually don't always know the ones on jaywalking. Every once in a while they throw a curveball and ask about political figures from the 70s, which I am too young to remember and which weren't covered in history classes when I grew up for some reason.

The only time I've seen that type of thing on Jaywalking is when they ask a question like "Who freed the slaves" while standing in front of a giant statue of Lincoln.

Those people are so dumb, the answer is usually obvious without needing any actual knowledge about the question...

[bruinfan]

I have to disagree with you.

My 8th grade son is taking Algebra I. Pre-algebra was 7th grade. In 5th grade, and earlier for extra credit, he was doing 5x + 6 = 16 type of equations. They didn't wait until algebra to do "solve for x" problems. This year he is factoring quadratic equations.

Times tables? Gosh, 3rd grade at the latest.
and that's fine... 5x+6=16 is still algebra.. and that's when you start learning that stuff.

my contention is i would be surprised if they were asked to complete multiple concept type problems at that age.
you have:
algebra: solve for x
geometry: memorizing the formulas for areas, which means they have to learn perimeters and other basic stuff as well... time for that??? don't think so
fractions: knowing rules of fractions with mult/div
word problems: we all know word problems were the hardest when we were coming up (and if it wasn't for 'you', you are the exception)... it's one thing to do the problem with a visual, it's an entirely different level when it's a word problem

and they have to integrate all of that, when in reality, they are practicing the basic algebra stuff and have to master that. I defy you to find 6 10 year olds that know the answer to : how do you find the area of a triangle?

i'm curious if your 8th grade son knows that... sincerely i am. :)

and times tables... 3rd/4th... whatever... maybe i learned them in the 3rd and reinforced them in the 4th. hey man, i went to private school K-8, dammit :p

[That Don Guy]

Did anyone else notice this at the end of the credits?

Members of the class were provided with workbooks that covered grade school level material in a variety of subjects. Some of the material could have formed the basis of questions used by producers on the show.

In other words, it's not, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" - it's, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Who May Have Been Told the Answer Already?"

(By the way...even when I was in fifth grade (in the 1970s), there was "geometry", but it was relatively simple stuff like finding the areas of shapes. We were even expected to know how to calculate square roots, using Newton's method (to take the square root of X, let N(0) be your first guess; N(1) = (N(0) + X/N(0)) / 2; N(2) = (N(1) + X/N(1)) / 2, and so on).)

-- Don

[tgmii]

Question was:

True or False:

Fiction books are not assigned numbers in the dewey decimal system.

She won the question with False.

Its true... they are assigned LETTERS, by author's last name! (worked in Library in HS)

I would have answered True, and apparently would have been judged wrong.

Are they assigned designations, yes.... numbers, no.

Arghhh....

[kdmorse]

According to Wikipedia...

It is a common misconception that all books in the DDC are non-fiction. However, the DDC has a number for all books, including those that generally become their own section of fiction. If DDC rules are strictly followed, American fiction is classified in 813. Most libraries create a separate fiction section because of the space that would be taken up in the 800s.

-Ken

[mattack]

I watched it also and it was ok. It definitely should be a little bit faster.

I actually watched this on my S3 Tivo, but these kinds of shows (game shows, except Jeopardy), I watch on my Toshiba XS32 and watch at 1.5x with sound. Then I get the "guts" without it being so slow paced.

But for some slow bits of this show, I turned on CC and put it in the first FF speed, so I still caught most of it when he was repeating stuff he'd said earlier.

It was *slightly* less moronically easy than I thought it would be, since I didn't know a couple of the questions the poor first guy got. The rest were simple as hell.

(I REALLY liked the 1 vs 100 with kids. They didn't dumb down that show AT ALL, though the questions there are still pretty simple.)

[mattack]

i was learning what the heck x and n even were.

I think most kids are doing algebra in 3rd grade.. They just don't call it that, unfortunately.

3 + (box) = 10

and you fill in the box.

That's exactly the same as saying
3 + x = 10
solve for x

If they used x and the terminology of algebra, I think it would be good.

[madscientist]

My daughter, who is actually 10 and in 5th grade, got the right answer for the geometry question, and she got it right away, with no problem. So I don't think it's a big deal. I could not believe that guy guessed 1 inch. ONE INCH :eek: :eek: ! Even just visualizing a triangle with a base of 8 inches and a height of one inch and you can obviously see that there's no possible way to get an area of 16 square inches. Honestly!

That was only slightly worse than the second lady thinking Mexico has a longer border with the U.S. than Canada. Come on! That was just embarrassing. Thank goodness she at least got the closest star to Earth correct :rolleyes: And then she takes the money instead of going for it with one of the easiest questions of the evening... and when Foxworthy asks her what she would have said she says 20...!!! I could actually even forgive a 5th grader, maybe, for not knowing that--but this woman lived through the turn of the millenium for goodness sakes! She should know how many years there are in a millenium!

Now, the Dewey decimal one was trickier, mainly because of the double negative. I actually got that one right (I worked in a library computerizing their book selection back in high school) but my wife got it wrong, just as some others did here, saying that fiction is alphabetical. But for a second when they said the right answer was false I thought I had it wrong and was very confused, until I realized that the statement was that fiction was not assigned a number.

[avery]

I remember getting the beginnings of algebra/geometry starting in 6th grade, so it's reasonable to expect that today's kids are learning it by 5th grade now.

Yesterday's *triangle* question was the only one I got wrong from the 2 nights... and by wrong, I mean I had no clue. :o So I admit it, retaining math knowledge is not my thing but the other questions were ridiculous simply.

I agree with everyone else that the show is painfully slow, but it's an amusing 1/2 hour after American Idol, while waiting for Lost to start. :)

[Zzot]

it's been awhile since 5th grade, but from what i recall:

i was learning what the heck x and n even were. i think in 4th grade, we did fractions. i KNOW in 4th grade we were doing times tables... cuz i distinctly remember having to do the same 100 problems every week, and we would get a prize for whoever finished first (and answered them all correctly).

i doubt education, especially public education, has advanced to where they are doing more than the most basic of basic algebraic equations in 5th grade. i mean, prealgebra for most people is 8th grade. maybe 7th.

of course it's easy to realize all that, NOW. 5th graders see fractions and they freak out. they are probably getting the hang of complex long division problems, decimals/fractions, multiplying double digit numbers, word problems... i doubt they are doing any kind of geometry.

My 3rd grader had no problem with this question.
They have done area of rectangles and triangles this school year, although not always by doing the math. They started by counting the squares (and half squares in triangles).

[TIVO_GUY_HERE]

.....

I agree with everyone else that the show is painfully slow, but it's an amusing 1/2 hour after American Idol, while waiting for Lost to start. :)


Watching it on TiVo its an amusing 7 minutes :p

[cwoody222]

Too slow and Jeff Foxworthy is horrible.

Shouldn't they have a SMART adult hosting to make the stupid adult contestants feel even dumber?

[bruinfan]

argh, i forgot to record....

now i'll never know if i could easily win a million dollars on this lame show...

tonite...

[joeinma]

Watched the first episode and my first thought was that the adult contestants were in on the act. They were "playing dumb" so that people watching would be going nuts that these losers could not answer questions. Look at the first guy...college grad, US History major...doesn't know what month Columbus Day is in, or the first President to be impeached? I can see him not knowing the T/F on whether polar bears eat penguins, but even I knew they were at opposite ends of the earth. Then after using his 3 cheats he quits and takes the money?

I give this show 3 weeks.

[Havana Brown]

#1 new show?

WTF?

[bigpuma]

#1 new show?

WTF?

It's called having American Idol as a lead in. I think they claimed 31 million viewers on Tuesday night. I am sure that was only during the first 5 minutes as people forgot to turn off their TVs after watching AI. :p

[willbhome]

I give this show 3 weeks.You're being too generous.
At least, I HOPE. I've deleted the SP for it. After the correct answer popped into my head immediately for each of the questions, it was torture to wait for the show to catch up.
DUULLL!

[TonyD79]

Horrible, horrible, horrible.

I got mad at the MORONs who were the contestants. A US History major at UCLA thinks John Quincy Adams was impeached???

The adults are stupid. The kids are too cutesy (especially laughing at jokes they really don't get). The editting was bad and the concept stinks.

It is a bad version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And there is no weighting of the questions. They all count the same, no matter how easy or tough.

And no odd things that kids learn that adults forget.

Horrible show. Never will watch it again.

[mattack]

Thank goodness she at least got the closest star to Earth correct

I was hoping for the contestant to say "Sol".


I could actually even forgive a 5th grader, maybe, for not knowing that--but this woman lived through the turn of the millenium for goodness sakes!

Though she said something like "it happened in 2000."

ARGH.. NO IT DIDN'T. It happened Jan 1, 2001.

[Krosis]

I'm still watching it and find it entertaining. They do take a long time for each question though. I did pretty good on the first episode's questions, but I did terrible on the last ones. I thought brown bears were the biggest, but maybe they are the meanest. I also thought the Big Dipper *was* a constellation :o

After watching Street Smarts I'm ready to believe anything can come out of some people's mouths :)

[dtivouser]

I defy you to find 6 10 year olds that know the answer to : how do you find the area of a triangle?

i'm curious if your 8th grade son knows that... sincerely i am. :)


I just asked him, and he came up with 1/2b*h after a minute or so. It definitely wasn't fresh on his mind, and he says he probably first did that in 5th or 6th grade FWIW.... :)

[madscientist]

I wasn't smarter than a 5th grader tonight; I didn't know that there were three teaspoons in a tablespoon (I thought there were 2). I also didn't know which constellation contained the Big Dipper, but BOTH my 5th grade daughter and 3rd grade son knew it was Ursa Major. Ouch!

But in my own defense, I don't think there's such a thing as "3rd grade astronomy". In fact I don't recall having astronomy even once in any of my long years of school. So there!

And I did know Na was sodium, and they didn't, so that was a minor comeback for me. In one of those weird coincidences, I was just explaining about the periodic table to my son in the car today. We all got the largest bone correct.

That's where we stopped for tonight... it was time for bed (actually it was past bedtime but ...)

BTW, to bruinfan; as I said earlier, my daughter knew the formula to use right away, and got the right answer within seconds. She's 10 and in the 5th grade.

[Marc]

This show is making me feel ever so smart! I got all of tonight's questions correct.

[TIVO_GUY_HERE]

Jeff " Read my lips.. Pledge of Allegiance" Contestant " Are you playing games?"
too funny.

[scooterboy]

I'm thinking they must give potential contestants a quiz - and if they pass they don't get on the show.

[MitchO]

I would have had trouble deciding between Grizzly and Polar. That was the only one I had trouble with.

+1 on the "slow process, dislike Foxworthy for the role" vote. The concept is great. My 4 year old can name all the planets, in a row. He's been telling everyone he knows, and at LEAST half the adults have said they couldn't do that.

(And yes, he includes Pluto~)

[Krosis]

My 4 year old can name all the planets, in a row. He's been telling everyone he knows, and at LEAST half the adults have said they couldn't do that.

(And yes, he includes Pluto~)

:up: :up: :up:

Smart Kid :D

[TonyD79]

I would have had trouble deciding between Grizzly and Polar. That was the only one I had trouble with.

+1 on the "slow process, dislike Foxworthy for the role" vote. The concept is great. My 4 year old can name all the planets, in a row. He's been telling everyone he knows, and at LEAST half the adults have said they couldn't do that.

(And yes, he includes Pluto~)

My Very Eager Mother Just Stays Up Nights Planning.

[TIVO_GUY_HERE]

So I'm thinking we wont see any 5-6th grade teachers as contestants?

[gschrock]

I didn't know that there were three teaspoons in a tablespoon (I thought there were 2).

I doubt I'd have known that as a 5th grader. I honestly don't remember any cooking classes until home ec in junior high. Heck, the only real reason I know it now is from the number of times I've asked my wife as I'm trying to make cookies :).

[Langree]

I doubt I'd have known that as a 5th grader. I honestly don't remember any cooking classes until home ec in junior high. Heck, the only real reason I know it now is from the number of times I've asked my wife as I'm trying to make cookies :).

Actually it's taught as part of weights and measurement type stuff.

[Jerkymom]

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species webpage (http://www.fws.gov/species/species_accounts/bio_pola.html):

The polar bear is the largest member of the bear family, with the exception of Alaska's Kodiak brown bears, which equal polar bears in size. Males stand from 8 to 11 feet tall and generally weigh from 500 to 1,000 pounds, but may weigh as much as 1,400 pounds. Females usually stand 8 feet tall and weigh 400 to 600 pounds, but may reach 700 pounds. Part of the reason the polar bear weighs so much is that is stores about a 4-inch layer of fat to keep it warm.

Wonder what would have happened if the contestant had chosen brown bear and been booted from the show? ;)

[Krosis]

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species webpage (http://www.fws.gov/species/species_accounts/bio_pola.html):

The polar bear is the largest member of the bear family, with the exception of Alaska's Kodiak brown bears, which equal polar bears in size. Males stand from 8 to 11 feet tall and generally weigh from 500 to 1,000 pounds, but may weigh as much as 1,400 pounds. Females usually stand 8 feet tall and weigh 400 to 600 pounds, but may reach 700 pounds. Part of the reason the polar bear weighs so much is that is stores about a 4-inch layer of fat to keep it warm.

Wonder what would have happened if the contestant had chosen brown bear and been booted from the show? ;)So, I wasn't so wrong after all!!! Good for them I wasn't on the show.

[bruinfan]

I doubt I'd have known that as a 5th grader. I honestly don't remember any cooking classes until home ec in junior high. Heck, the only real reason I know it now is from the number of times I've asked my wife as I'm trying to make cookies :).
remember those Pee-Chee folders... the manilla ones with all the different sports pictures on them? and people would draw all over them...

anyways, they had that info on the inside of the folders, with all the measurements, alot of them obscure...

or was it trapper keepers... maybe both.

as far as everyone's 10 year old kids who knew the triangle question... i still contend they are the exceptions :p

i got all of them except the teaspoon... so i would still be alive (cuz the kids have all the answers and i could peek/copy/save)... and would still win a million dollars, easily.

this show is so lame... but i have to watch cuz i need to prove to myself the questions are ridiculous... and you know eventually someone will hit the final question, and i need to see how hard it is.

[MisterBubble]

Question was:

True or False:

Fiction books are not assigned numbers in the dewey decimal system.

She won the question with False.

Its true... they are assigned LETTERS, by author's last name! (worked in Library in HS)

I would have answered True, and apparently would have been judged wrong.

Are they assigned designations, yes.... numbers, no.

Arghhh....

I am glad you posted this, because I also work with school libraries as a book vendor - and in most cases Fiction are just labeled either "Fic" or "F" and then below that on the spine they are filed by author's last name. No numbers appear in the filing at all. I was watching while in the kitchen, so not paying the closest attention, but I was pretty sure I read that "NOT" part right in interpreting my response as true. When they revealed everyone had false and it was right, I thought "maybe I read the question wrong... this show may be trickier than it looks."

[JLucPicard]

My Very Eager Mother Just Stays Up Nights Planning.
It would be easier for me to remember Mercury-Venus-Earth-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Pluto than trying to remember the memory device that covers the planets.

I had to think long and hard about Grizzly versus Polar Bear for biggest - and I still thought Grizzlies were slightly bigger.

[laststarfighter]

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species webpage (http://www.fws.gov/species/species_accounts/bio_pola.html):

The polar bear is the largest member of the bear family, with the exception of Alaska's Kodiak brown bears, which equal polar bears in size. Males stand from 8 to 11 feet tall and generally weigh from 500 to 1,000 pounds, but may weigh as much as 1,400 pounds. Females usually stand 8 feet tall and weigh 400 to 600 pounds, but may reach 700 pounds. Part of the reason the polar bear weighs so much is that is stores about a 4-inch layer of fat to keep it warm.

Wonder what would have happened if the contestant had chosen brown bear and been booted from the show? ;)The judges would probably say their answer wasn't specific enough. The Kodiak is just one type of brown bear.