Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a television game show where adult contestants answer elementary school-level questions to win cash prizes, often revealing humorous gaps in their basic knowledge.

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Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? 1

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instanceOf television game show
aim to test adults on elementary school knowledge
basedOn elementary school-level academic subjects
catchphrase I am not smarter than a 5th grader
contestantType adults
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Mark Burnett NERFINISHED
distributedBy 20th Television NERFINISHED
features elementary school student classmates
firstAired 2007
format quiz show
franchiseType international game show franchise
gameMechanic contestants can copy a classmate’s answer
contestants can peek at a classmate’s answer
contestants can save themselves with a classmate’s correct answer
genre game show
hasInternationalVersions yes
hasSpinOff Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Nickelodeon revival) NERFINISHED
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (syndicated version) NERFINISHED
host Jeff Foxworthy NERFINISHED
knownFor highlighting humorous gaps in adult knowledge
nickelodeonRevivalPremiere 2019
notableElement questions from grades 1 through 5
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Fox NERFINISHED
originalRunEnd 2011
originalRunStart February 27, 2007
presenter Jeff Foxworthy NERFINISHED
prizeType cash prize
productionCompany MGM Television NERFINISHED
Mark Burnett Productions NERFINISHED
questionCategories English
geography
history
math
science
social studies
revivalHost John Cena NERFINISHED
revivalNetwork Nickelodeon NERFINISHED
revivalPremiere 2015
subjectMatter elementary school curriculum
syndicatedRunStart 2009
typicalTopPrize $1,000,000

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Noel Edmonds presented Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
this entity surface form: Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?
Mark Burnett produced Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?