[TV] Are you smarter than a 5th grader? [Archive]

AttackMan17

02-28-2007, 08:34 PM

Anyone else watch this on fox?

Its pretty funny seeing that some people ranging in age...usually 30-40's. Dont know general elementary school stuff. :roll:

It is also hosted by my bud, Jeff Foxworthy. (well, not my 'bud' But, I know him and his kids and stuff...So, acquaintance more so.)

Discuss things that you find interesting/funny about that show.

egrlax10

02-28-2007, 08:35 PM

i saw previews for it an it looked funny. when is it on?

AttackMan17

02-28-2007, 08:36 PM

i saw previews for it an it looked funny. when is it on?

Right now Eastern time on fox.

L i LaXbOy11

02-28-2007, 08:37 PM

im watcing it right now... its pretty stupid IMO. some of the questions are pretty hard (if you didnt remember it)

mnlax9

02-28-2007, 08:39 PM

im watching now too, this is hard for me

MainLax28

02-28-2007, 08:39 PM

It is funny how people don't know some of the stuff. If you didn't win a million on that show, you should seriously reevaluate your life. Is the sun a star?

Hooligan

02-28-2007, 08:42 PM

They should give the money to the kids, and take the contestants who can't get past the $5000 question, and lock 'em up.

cavgoalie7

02-28-2007, 08:42 PM

i tivo'ed it last ngiht, and I was disapointed. First there was only like 6 questions asked in the whole 30 minutes. I also got tired of the kids constantly giggling. They obviosuly edited out of the people who actually got them right. How do 4/4 5th grader actors know that andrew johnson was the 1st prez to be impeached?

AttackMan17

02-28-2007, 08:43 PM

I went to elementary/a year of middle school with his daughter/niece, and have met him, and been to his house numerous times.

wolfie8914

02-28-2007, 08:46 PM

AttackMan17

02-28-2007, 08:47 PM

you know you're a redneck when...you actually know jeff foxworthy.

Yup.

Although I'm one of those not at all southern (except for saying "y'all" occasionally) southerners.
Southern accents bug the crap out of me.

But my gun rack does have a gun rack on it.

:runaway:

QnzLaxStatz

02-28-2007, 08:51 PM

i wish it was an hour long....theres like a commercial after every question...great concept though and i do still watch it..its pretty funny and i like no all the answers..

blckout20

02-28-2007, 08:56 PM

I am not sure how sold I am on the show. Definately like the concept behind it but I don't really think the question that Andrew Johnson being the first impeached president is an elementary school problem or that all of those kids would've known it. I didn't know the answer. Some of them though are really easy, I would definately want to go on this show.

Also, what if a 5th grade teacher was on the show? Would they just not allow that?

ShermanLax607

02-28-2007, 09:01 PM

They should give the money to the kids, and take the contestants who can't get past the $5000 question, and lock 'em up.

Not only this hooligan, but they should take anyone who cannot get past any of the questions and shoot them for being a disgrace to the American Society.

OK maybe not shoot them but force school them again or somethign like that.

But anyways, I watch this show and it is just a disgrace how stupid people are these days. It is right out of a 5th grade text book, most questions are at lower levels, and people, including a UCLA LAW STUDENT didn't know the first impeached president.

I mean, I didn't either, but then again I'm not a graduate of a prestegious law school.

lslaxer

02-28-2007, 09:21 PM

Yeah I watched it, it was ok, but i agree with whoever said there were too many commercials, i mean only six questions in 30 minutes? I knew most of the questions, but I also think some weren't elementary school, but the adults still should have known them.

laxgoalieguy123

02-28-2007, 09:30 PM

i watched that, it is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than who wants to be a millionare

cali feeder

02-28-2007, 11:49 PM

marflax33

03-01-2007, 12:21 AM

Since when do they learn Astronomy before High School?

CSlax06

03-01-2007, 05:14 AM

A=1/2BH is indeed late 5th grade math. I remember learning it.

faceofflax15

03-01-2007, 02:20 PM

I couldn't watch it. I almost puked. That is the most rediculous show EVER to grace the screen of my television. Please, I encourage everyone on these forums to write a letter to the producer saying:

"Dear Mr. Producer,

You suck at life, please go kill yourself. Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Cali feeder"

Honestly. That was a disgrace to television. Just the overall quality of the show, the fake laugh the kids had, and how a problem involving the equation A = 1/2BH is a fourth grade math problem. Absolutely rediculous.

A=1/2BH is indeed late 5th grade math. I remember learning it.
I don't know for sure, but unless your very advanced, I doubt you learned it in 5th grade. Think about it, a lot of questions involving A=1/2bh [Area of a triangle for you slow people] give you H and the area and ask you to find B, how is a fifth grader going to know that before he even learns algebra..

I gaurentee that the average/slightly advanced fifth graders are not learning that.
That is high school geometry.

Mike21

03-01-2007, 02:29 PM

I saw it last night. That Lakisha lady thought Mexico had a bigger border with the U.S. than Canada, how dumb can you be?

Matt Larkin

03-01-2007, 02:44 PM

this show is so ghetto. its like a ghetto who wants to be a millionaire...there budget must be really low.

RockStar

03-01-2007, 03:25 PM

.......there was only like 6 questions asked in the whole 30 minutes........

Regardless of how painfully dumb the contestants were made to look, this was by far the worst part. I mean every time they finished asking a question, it was just about time for a commercial break.

For whatever it's worth, I scored perfect except for that impeachment question, but hey, I have never taken an American history course and the only stuff I know well is where it crosses my own country's history.

Geez though, when you get down to it, even I should have gotten Johnson - After I heard the answer, I remembered that they kept mentioning his name when the Clinton nonsense was going on a few years ago.

DpMurf

03-01-2007, 03:26 PM

That game isnt really fair. i mean if you were in school learning this stuff of course you would know it better then someone who hasnt learned that in 20ish years. The adults most likely knew it at one time.
anyways. this is just more evidence to support the fact that the things you learn in school, you'll never use again. :thumbsup:

crusaderslax09

03-01-2007, 03:32 PM

I don't know for sure, but unless your very advanced, I doubt you learned it in 5th grade. Think about it, a lot of questions involving A=1/2bh [Area of a triangle for you slow people] give you H and the area and ask you to find B, how is a fifth grader going to know that before he even learns algebra..

I gaurentee that the average/slightly advanced fifth graders are not learning that.
That is high school geometry.

What algebra do you need to solve that problem? If you are given the base and height all you have to do is PEMDAS, which I definitely learned if 5th grade if not 4th. Also, remember the numbers are going to be really easy, like the base is 2 and the height is 3.

EricL

03-01-2007, 03:49 PM

One word - Rigged

faceofflax15

03-01-2007, 03:57 PM

What algebra do you need to solve that problem? If you are given the base and height all you have to do is PEMDAS, which I definitely learned if 5th grade if not 4th. Also, remember the numbers are going to be really easy, like the base is 2 and the height is 3.
Well, think of it like this, Say they give you The area=25, then at which point they give you the base=5.

The problem would be
A=1/2BH
25=1/2[5]H

How are you going to get H by itself without algebra. You have to solve for H, doing what you do to one side, to the other, which is what algebra is..

JLax3

03-01-2007, 04:07 PM

...How are you going to get H by itself without algebra. You have to solve for H, doing what you do to one side, to the other, which is what algebra is..
I did an intro to algebra when I was in 5th grade. It was like an advanced thing though.

Anyways I missed the show, I was watching Duke lose instead (I'm a UNC fan so that was pretty sweet watching). I'll try to remember the next time it's on. Is it always on at the same time and on Wednesdays?

CHSLAX22x

03-01-2007, 04:08 PM

The answer is 10!

i have been in highest level math since 6th grade and i know that we either learned that geometry in either 7th or 8th

crusaderslax09

03-01-2007, 06:00 PM

Well, think of it like this, Say they give you The area=25, then at which point they give you the base=5.

The problem would be
A=1/2BH
25=1/2[5]H

How are you going to get H by itself without algebra. You have to solve for H, doing what you do to one side, to the other, which is what algebra is..

Which is why I said if you are given base and height you are not using algebra......

AttackMan17

03-01-2007, 07:54 PM

Its supposed to be an hour long tonight.

bkenwell23

03-01-2007, 07:59 PM

alot of this stuff noone ever uses in life...some do but alot of people dont.

windsurfer2191

03-01-2007, 10:01 PM

Oh my god. These people are so dumb. This woman last night had to use one of her hints to figure out how many sides a trapezoid had. I told my friend that to get on a show you must take a test and the lowest scores get in.

Hooligan

03-02-2007, 04:51 AM

...if I win the million, I'll take my lovely wife on a shopping spree and I wanted to get that new Lamborghini. But I'll get that camoflage paint job for it
I think I figured out this show's appeal. They're getting the people who aren't even smart enough to compete in "Deal or No Deal".

RockStar

03-02-2007, 06:03 AM

I took the quiz.

Less than 30 seconds later, I'm sitting here wondering how smart today's fifth graders really are. I do know for sure none are going to score higher than me.

Anyway, looks like we have a quiz show designed to let morons playing along at home feel good about themselves when they "score" higher than the fool who is actually playing.

AttackMan17

03-02-2007, 05:58 PM

...if I win the million, I'll take my lovely wife on a shopping spree and I wanted to get that new Lamborghini. But I'll get that camoflage paint job for it

You might be a redneck if you want your lambo camouflaged. :monkey:

laxfirebird3435

03-02-2007, 09:05 PM

...if I win the million, I'll take my lovely wife on a shopping spree and I wanted to get that new Lamborghini. But I'll get that camoflage paint job for it

that guy was such a moron. One no one would sell you a lamborghini if they knew u were gonna do a como paint job on it. And anyone that would should be smacked upside the head. And then he was trying to figure out howmany teaspoons are in 5 tablespoons. and he's all like well i'm gonna say there are two in each tablespoon. So 2 x 5 = ((pause with a stupid look on his face)) oh 10. OMGosh!!!!!!! but still funny. but slow.