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Episode
3.29
September 18
In the three year history of "Are You
Smarter Than a 5th Grader", fourteen person have made it all the way to
the million dollar question. But so far, only one person has cracked the
code to win the money. Will the show's final contestant in primetime be
the second person to go all the way?
The final contestant is a Nobel
Prize-winning scientist who helped prove the Big Bang Theory. From
Palmer Elementary in Palmer, AK, here comes GEORGE FITZGERALD SMOOT III!
He looked like a scientist even then. And even now, he's got the Nobel
Prize in his pocket.
The board he's working from...
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5th Grade
Vocabulary |
5th Grade
Astronomy |
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4th Grade US History |
4th Grade Math |
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3rd Grade
Health |
3rd Grade
World Geography |
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2nd Grade Spelling |
2nd Grade Animal Science |
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1st Grade
Earth Science |
1st Grade
Music |
First to help is Jenna. And first to play is
Earth Science...
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1st Grade Measurements |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
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In the Northern
Hemisphere, the month of April is in which of the four
seasons? |
He goes with spring... and he's right for
$1000.
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2nd Grade
Spelling |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Which is the
correct spelling of the word that means "a person who
runs a school"?
a) Principal
b) Principle
c) Princepal |
George goes with A... Jenna said the same
thing... and they're right on for $2000!
Next up is Jonathan to help and this for
$5000...
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2nd Grade
Animal Science |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE or FALSE?
The porcupine is a type of rodent. |
George decides to PEEK at Jonathan's
paper. He went with TRUE. George decides to play strategy and go with
"FALSE".
Correct answer is "True"... SAVED, and we
move on.
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4th Grade Math |
$10,000 |
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COPY |
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How many degrees
are there in each angle of an equilateral triangle? |
George has it right on with 60, so he's
going to see a milestone question. Olivia's going to help...
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3rd Grade World Geography |
$25,000 |
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COPY |
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Scandinavia is
located on what continent? |
George locks in Europe, that's where he
collected his Nobel Prize... for the $25,000... IS RIGHT!
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4th Grade US
History |
$50,000 |
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COPY |
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CLASSROOM
CLUB QUESTION from Delayney from Orange City Elementary |
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There are two US
Presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
William Taft is one of them. Who’s the other? |
George tries out John F. Kennedy...
Olivia agreed... They're BOTH RIGHT!
Next up... Bryce.
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1st Grade Music |
$100,000 |
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COPY |
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TRUE or FALSE?
A conga is a type of musical instrument in the
percussion family. |
He tries true... It's TRUE!
George says that if he wins the money,
he's going to travel and buy and auto-lube shop in Vegas.
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3rd Grade Health |
$175,000 |
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COPY |
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In the human body,
the optic nerve sends signals from the eye to what other
organ? |
George decides to go with his gut and say
"brain". Everyone else said brain... and everyone else is right for
$175,000!
Time for Frankie to go to the head of the
class...
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5th Grade Astronomy |
$300,000 |
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COPY |
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What country was
the first to put a human in space? |
The man was Yuri Gagarin. That's not what
the question asked, but we do know that he's from the Soviet Union.
That's what George locks in... and he's nine for nine!
One question left on the board...
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5th Grade Vocabulary |
$500,000 |
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COPY |
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What two-word
phrase, derived from Italian, is a musical term meaning
to sing without accompaniment? |
(C-Note: I happen to know this from
experience)
George has got a cheat. He might as well
use it. He COPIES Francesca's answer. The answer is a cappella. That's
what George WOULD'VE said if he went out on his own.
Francesca said... A CAPPELLA! We're going
to the Million!
You know how this works, George, you can
see the subject and still walk away, but if you play the question, you
don't get any cheats, and you don't get any help from the class.
The Million Dollar Subject...
5TH GRADE US GEOGRAPHY
Now the question... Will George Smoot risk $475,000 to play for $1
million?
The answer... YES!
For $1 million... The question...
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5th Grade US Geography |
MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION |
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What US state is
home to Acadia National Park? |
He's thinking either one of the coasts...
Either Maine or California... All the kids can do now is watch. Maine
feels better... He's going with MAINE.
If it's Maine, George Smoot is a
millionaire.
He's made history with the Big Bang
Theory...
... as for 5th Grader...

CONGRATULATIONS, GEORGE FITZGERALD SMOOT
III, YOU ARE SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER!
So that'll do it for this series of "Are
You Smarter Than a 5th Grader". Next Monday is the series premiere of
"5th Grader" in syndication, CMT, and My Network TV, so check your
locals for that.
So until then for everyone at GSNN, I'm
Chico Alexander, hoping that you will always be... smarter than a 5th
grader.
To see this
episode in its entirety, or to apply to be a contestant on "Are You
Smarter Than a 5th Grader?", visit the official website at
www.fox.com/smarter.
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