Episode
2.13: Celebrity 5th Grader 3
November 15
Last week in the classroom,
the Hawkman, Tony Hawk, that is, skated in and out with $175,000 for the
Tony Hawk Foundation. Tonight, perhaps the queen mum of all brain
moments in 2006...
... a 21-year-old
singer/songwriter who attended Badin Elementary in Albemarle, NC...
American Idol 5's KELLIE PICKLER! She says she was an "okay" student.
She prepared for this by playing the home game with fellow Idoler
Katharine McPhee. Hey, give her props for trying to study.
Kellie's playing for the
American Red Cross and "an organization that helps grandparents raise
their grand kids."
"I'll take the blonde."
We're starting this stack with Sierra in the back. Kellie may have found
out the hard way what calamari is... but is she smarter than a 5th
Grader?
"Hello. My name is Kellie
Pickler, and I am not smarter than a 5th grader."
That was quick. Okay, to the
game.
1st Grade Animal
Science |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE OR FALSE:
Roadrunners are birds. |
Yeah, that's the
same as the beep-beep. She guesses TRUE. Of course it's
true!
2nd Grade Foreign
Languages |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
"Bonjour" means
"good day" in what foreign language? |
Kellie gets this
from a really cute French guy. She's locked in... Beep-beep,
right again.
By the way, the other
charity: "The Grandparents Foundation of the AARP". Kellie's most
embarrassing moment in school: cutting one in 2nd grade.
Hopefully Olivia will cut it
in round 2.
1st Grade
Spelling |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
How many times
does the letter "E" appear in the following word? |
The word is...
"Watermelon."
Olivia locks in.
Kellie spells it out correctly. She tries two... and she's
right!
Before we get
the next question, we get a feed from the mayor of
Albemarle.
2nd Grade Music |
$10,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
CLASSROOM CLUB
QUESTION from Morgan from Heritage School |
The piccolo is a
member of what musical family?
a) Woodwind
b) Strings
c) Percussion |
First up, a
computer lab is heading to Heritage School courtesy of Fox
and 5th Grader.
"Oh God." Olivia is in.
Kellie doesn't know this one. She wants to go with B or C... because
"percussion" and "piccolo" both begin with a P. She goes with it... Not
even close. It's A, woodwind, a small flute.
So the only way she can play
on is if Olivia wrote A. She wrote... "A: Woodwind!" SAVED!
Okay, time for the milestone
question... and it's time for Mini-Gordon. Nathan, let's do this.
3rd Grade World
Geography |
$25,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Budapest is the
capital of what European country? |
She thought
Europe was a country. She copies Nathan's answer. She
would've said France. Sorry. Not even close. Correct:
Hungary.
Nathan... not smiling... he
said "Hungary!" He's got her the money. "He tricked me." No offense,
Kellie, but that's not even hard.
3rd Grade US
History |
$50,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Which of the
following people was a US President?
a) Johns Hopkins
b) Franklin Pierce
c) Brigham Young |
"I feel like an
idiot." She thinks it's Franklin Pierce... "'cause I have my
ears pierced. My last name starts with P. I have an E, and
R, and a C, too." Faulty logic, but correct answer.
"I made it farther than the
rocket scientist!" How is still a mystery.
Mackenzie is up.
4th Grade Anatomy |
$100,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
How many canine
teeth are in a typical adult human mouth? |
Insert joke
here.
Kellie thinks it's either 2
or 4. She decides to walk with the money, leaving the peek on the table.
The correct answer... WAS 4.
Kellie had it.
So I guess we get to hear it
again. "And apparently for some odd reason, I don't know why... but I'm
not smarter than a 5th grader."
We return to the civs with a
49-year-old tailor who attended Red Bird Elementary in Madison, OH, ROB
CLAWSON.
Rob is playing for...
himself. First up to help with that is Sierra.
1st Grade
Spelling |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
How many times
does the letter "E" appear in the following word? |
The word is
"mathematics". Rob is trying to work it out in his head. He
decides to COPY real quick.
Rob would've said 2. He
would've been going home with nothing. There's only one E. Sierra had
better have one to keep playing.
ONCE! That works!
1st Grade Animal
Science |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Which is the
largest species of cat?
a) Tiger
b) Puma
c) Jaguar |
Sierra is
locked. Rob goes with tigers, A.
He's got $2000.
Next up, Mackenzie.
2nd Grade World
Geography |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
The earth's
largest rain forest is located on what continent? |
Mackenzie was
quick.
Rob's sweating. He goes with
Africa.
Cody says "South America."
Olivia said "South America". Africa... is not right. Correct:
South America.
Mackenzie said... South
America! SAVED!
Next question...
He's got $2000.
Next up, Mackenzie.
Rob would've said 2. He
would've been going home with nothing. There's only one E. Sierra had
better have one to keep playing.
3rd Grade Math |
$10,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE OR FALSE? The
reciprocal of 5/6 is a whole number. |
Rob thinks that
... he'll PEEK. Mackenzie said TRUE. Rob goes with it...
They're both wrong. The
reciprocal is 6/5, which is 1.2, not a whole number, so Kellie Pickler
did better than the tailor. So Rob's going home with nothing.
New student next time. |