Foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Sworthy and I want to give away a million dollars tonight if somebody can prove that they are Smarter Than A Fifth Grader money and this is my class Cody yeah our contestant Kailyn Godfrey has got five thousand dollars more about to play for 10. you still have both your cheeks
Left you have your copy and repeat thank you this next question is worth ten thousand dollars you selected second grade physical education McKenzie said that was cool with her here is the ten thousand dollar question okay in a standard baseball game how many defensive players are on the field at
Any given time in a standard baseball game how many defensive players are on the field at any given time McKenzie has locked in her answer are you a baseball fan I’m not not so much not so much I want to say let’s do this let’s let’s try to name the positions on the
Baseball field okay I’ll count them you name them okay um picture catcher first second third and then is there two outfielders or three I’m gonna you said pitcher catcher first second third and then people on The Outfield people in there so I don’t know okay I’m
Gonna go ahead I’m gonna because I’m not 100 sure I’m gonna go ahead and use my Peak okay the question standard baseball game how many defensive players are on the field at any given time your classmate Mackenzie said nine how’s that feel s good no um
You know what she’s in fifth grade she’s probably real smart so I’m gonna go ahead and say nine [Applause] I want to see how the sorority sisters feel about that answer I I kind of like my head and I thought it was nine yeah and again boy that’s a confidence bill [Laughter] Nathan
I know you’re a baseball fan name the positions for me let’s count them out Caitlyn picture catcher for space Second Face third base shortstop right field center field left field how many is that nine he knows his baseball nice the right answer yeah we have a smart class in here all right
Six subjects remain three classmates to choose from pick one of them [Applause] you like the blonde thing yeah I know there’s a lot of girls in the sorority are blind that’s right you could be an alpha fee when you grow up how about that yeah all right
Six subjects were made on the board okay we need to get this next one right because if you’d flunked out up to this point you would have left with nothing you get this one right you’re leaving with no less than twenty five thousand dollars you had to help Caitlyn with two
Subjects which ones would they be [Applause] go with um third grade Anatomy third grade Anatomy for twenty five thousand dollars the third grade Anatomy question is it’s a classroom Club question we love classroom Club questions Caitlin these questions were sent into us by actual viewers in this case it was Courtney from Canyon View Elementary
Because we used her question Courtney’s school is getting a computer lab courtesy of are You Smarter Than A Fifth right now how about that all right let’s see what Courtney has in store for us for twenty five thousand dollars the question is true or false the kidneys are part of the human
Digestive system true or false the kidneys are part of the human digestive system Sierra’s locked in her answer do you have your copy left which means you would have to take the answer that she had written down if you answer incorrectly you’re walking out of here with nothing
You answer correctly we keep playing and you’ve got at least twenty five thousand dollars okay well to be totally honest I’m not 100 sure and I really want to make it to twenty five thousand dollars so I’m gonna trust my fifth grade Helper and I am going to use my copy foreign
What would you have said true or false the kidneys are part of the human digestive system true if you had said true you would have been wrong oh good the answer is false the kidneys filter blood they have nothing to do with the digestive system for twenty five thousand dollars Sierra said
False you got it she she paints you out I know but she got you 25 000 can she be an honorary sorority assistant [Applause] you’re in the good news is you’re leaving here with no less than twenty five thousand dollars today how about that the bad news is your classmates can no
Longer help you because you have used your copy your peak in your save so it’s just you Caleb we are halfway to the million dollars five subjects remaining which one do you want [Applause] you want to do third grade measurements third grade measures all right Kayla I’m just working my way up I like your strategy start at the bottom work to the top the fifty thousand dollar question is going to be revealed when we come back [Applause] to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader
Our contestant Kailyn Godfrey the sophomore at San Diego State University has got twenty five thousand dollars we’re about to play for fifty thousand dollars you selected third grade measurements right this question there’s no reason not to answer it because you got twenty five thousand even if you
Miss it you got twenty five thousand for fifty thousand dollars can we see the third grade question please how many cups are in five U.S liquid courts how many cups are in five U.S liquid courts all right one quart there’s four cups pretty positive of that
So five quarts would be five times four so I’m gonna say I’m gonna say I can’t support 20. all right I think I’m ready okay um how many cups are in five U.S liquid quarts my answer is 20 cups [Applause] let’s read the question again how many cups are in five U.S liquid cords a liquid Court has four cups in it times five is twenty you
Got 55 . there it is four cups equal to four four times five is twenty eighteen it’s made I just gave you fifty thousand dollars now four subjects remain between you and the million dollar question how about that it’s up to you and the cool thing is you
Can see the question and still drop out you got 50 000. [Applause] fourth grade social studies fourth grade social studies all right social studies listen carefully do not hit the button too quickly for 100 000 the fourth grade social studies question is who was the very first U.S Secretary of State
Who was the very first U.S Secretary of State Okay do you know who the first president was George Washington do you know who is Secretary of State was John Adams I don’t know okay so I think I’m gonna have to say I need to drop out of school You’re a smart young lady because sometimes it pays to know what you don’t know right question was who was the very first U.S Secretary of State do you ever hear of a man named Thomas Jefferson no in fact that’s what four out of five of
Them said and four out of five of them are absolutely right it was Thomas Jefferson but you’re still walking out of here with 50 000. how about that [Applause] one thing you need to do before you head back to San Diego State remember what it is
There’s the camera say it loud and say it proud because you got fifty thousand dollars all right my name is Kaley Gottfried and although I may be a college student definitely not smarter than a fifth grader we’ll be right back don’t go away Welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader are you guys ready to meet your new classmates he is a 25 year old retail clothing store manager Elementary in Louisville Kentucky welcome promise oh you guys make me look good you make me look good Travis how are you
Hey thank you thank you very much whoo that’s pretty fancy footwork there Travis I’m impressed thank you oh wow now let’s talk about this glamor shot right here are those the acid washed parachute pants or uh no wait tight rolled at the bottom early 90s style just perfect you
Had it going on and you’re you’re an identical twin uh yeah yeah yeah so please tell me he was not dressed the same way no no look at this oh wow you guys I mean I I try not to look like it’s hard to be genetics we know it
What’s your brother’s name Ryan Ryan oh win it for me oh yeah now when you were attending Lowell Elementary what kind of student were you I was pretty good what was your best subject math math always has been yeah worst subject uh social studies really yeah okay well we got some people here
To help you out today these fifth graders we’re gonna let you cheat off of them there’s some good news pick one of them let’s get started oh Olivia Olivia come on up here ‘s a good positive vibe in the room today I like this do you know that we have yet to give away a million dollars this could be the day today you know I think it I think it might be I think it might be
This could be the day now if the test gets to be too difficult you can take the money and drop out of school but before you leave us one little thing you have to promise me you’ll do yes like everyone that has stood here before you
You must look into the camera and say I am not smarter than a fifth grader Theo and neither is my identical twin brother definitely not hey all right let’s find out as Travis Trump is smarter than a fifth grader the math was your best subject that’s a third great question what about you
Olivia which one would you pick for him I think I would go a second grade grammar second grade grammar all right for one thousand dollars here is the second grade grammar question true or false a sentence cannot contain both a past tense and a future tense verb true or false a sentence cannot contain
Both the past tense and a future tense verb Olivia has locked in her answer he’s ready for it you know what if I have to use a say a cheat on this I’d want to punch myself well it’s it’s 50 50. so if you think you know the answer there’s a there’s a good chance she could save you um All right Jeff all right true or false a sentence cannot contain both the past tense and a future tense verb I’m gonna log in false okay [Applause] oh that’s cool isn’t it I don’t know now when you went to Lockheed I noticed you have a rubber band around your wrist what is that for this is my good luck charm ever since I was a child at 13 like we played basketball and when you
Screw up the coach would just snap it and if you did something wrong right if I’m about to snap it Jeff pull it back Don’t Let It Go you’re right yes can’t contain both yes here’s an example on the board Travis I went to the store last week and I will
Go to a different store next week nothing to it hey yeah what a woman nothing current ly all right nine subjects remain let’s turn a thousand into two thousand pick another one I think I’m going to go with I’m really good with math I know you don’t love math
I’m going to go with third grade math third grade math all right all right for two thousand dollars the third grade math question is classroom Club questions we love these this means one of our viewers William from Heritage Academy sent us in this question and we loved it so much we
Decided to put it on the show and because you did that William Heritage Academy is getting a computer lab courtesy of are you foreign looks like a cool guy doesn’t he looks like I know you’re going to get it wrong yeah let’s see what William had for us
For two thousand dollars here’s the question Olivia has three marbles Sierra has 50 times as many marbles as Olivia Cody has five times as many marbles as Sierra how many marbles does Cody have wow so let me talk this out Olivia has three marbles Sierra has 50 times as many marbles as Olivia
Cody has five times as many marbles as Sierra how many marbles does Cody have Olivia has locked in her answer you said math was your best subject talk this one out all right so if Olivia has three marbles and then Sierra has 50 times that would
Be 50 times three so I feel like that pulls us up to 150 Marbles and you’ve got my man Cody who has five times as many marbles as Sierra so the way I see it that if Sierra has 150 then that must be 5 times 150. so if I count that out
That’s 150 300. 450 600 I come up with 750 marbles that’s the way I do my math there five times 150 so I’m going to log on to 750 marbles [Applause] let’s see what the rest of your class said that’s my team guess what everybody’s rights you got two thousand dollars there it is three times fifteen times five is seven fifty all right we have two thousand dollars the classmates can only help you a couple of questions at a
Time so you need to pick another one I’m gonna go with Sierra Sierra come on up here eight subjects up there which one do you want I feel like I want to go with second grade spelling second grade spelling all right the second grade spelling question worth five thousand dollars will be revealed when we come back [Applause]
Up next Travis is in big trouble scared and he needs help we need it desperately we’ll Brotherly Love bail out this baffled twin or will he flunk out your brother looks humiliated right now bringing Travis to his knees get up get up get up get up don’t miss
It next on are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader [Applause] welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader a contestant Travis profit from Louisville Kentucky has two thousand dollars we’re about to play for five now he’s elected second grade spelling for your five thousand dollar question
Take a look at the board for five thousand dollars here it is what word is the following sentence comes first alphabetically and Antelope and an ant already ate all the apples what word in the following sentence comes first alphabetically an antelope and an ant already ate all the apples
Sierra has locked in her answer with authority that sounded confident to me okay so obviously alphabetically a is the first letter in the alphabet um so you’re looking at the second letters on the top they all have in second and Antelope and and ant so and then we’ve got already and all
And apples on the bottom so the L is the second letter and the next two so that would come before the ends on top uh already eight all the apples so obviously L becomes for the T and eight a becomes 14 and the and L becomes for
The p in Apple so we’re looking at all ready and all and so a-l-a-l then ALR and a-l-l I think L comes for R if I do my alphabet again so I’m getting dizzy Travis I gotta sit down hey so I think I’m going to select the word all and log in all
[Applause] I’m scared all is correct you’ve got five thousand dollars high fives foreign subjects before the million dollar question the next one is worth ten thousand dollars you have both first grade questions you got a third two fourth and two fifth which one would you like so I’m gonna go
With third grade animal science third grade animal science all right Travis for ten thousand dollars the third grade animal Science question is in terms of average weight what is the largest species of snake in the world in terms of average weight what is the largest species of snake in the world Sierra locked in Sierra does not mess around at all she’s not playing that’s my teammate that’s my partner that is my partner uh well I mean there’s a really famous horror movie called Anaconda and that thing was huge I know that Python and like boa constrictors are all pretty big but I
Mean so far as I know uh worldwide and anaconda’s the biggest snake there ever was so well and you still have your save left you’ve still got your Peak you still got your copy I think I’m gonna trust that she’ll save me and I’m going to lock in Anaconda foreign [Applause]
I love that we’re basing answering questions on a movie that starred Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube this Anaconda you got ten thousand dollars thank you thank you good job you guys are awesome thank you thank you Travis yes sir up until this point if you had flunked out
Of this class you would have left with nothing you get this next question right you’re walking out of here with at least twenty five thousand dollars we need this next question desperately you have three classmates left pick one of them [Applause] I’m gonna go with a boy this time I’m
Gonna go with Nathan Nathan come on up here six subjects left which one would you like Travis I think are you good at English I’m gonna have to go first grade English for 25 000 Travis here is the first great question true or false the plural form of the word roof is roofs
True or false the plural form of the word roof is rude Nathan has slapped in his answer uh Santa lands on a lot of roofs on Christmas Eve night I don’t think he lands on a lot of roof or a lot of Rufus well and I think Nathan could save me
Some going to go with I’m gonna lock in truth [Applause] your brother looks humiliated right now no and I know what your fear is Ryan you’re going to be walking around tomorrow and somebody’s going to go you were the guy that said rooms you were right when you said that the
Plural form was not rufuses but it’s not roofs either it’s roofs it’s rough r-o-o -f-s Nathan don’t make that face you’re scaring me to death if this nine-year-old said false you have twenty five thousand dollars if Nathan said true you have zero Travis pretty big difference take a look at the board
Your friend Nathan said folks you got 25 000 yes yes Nathan Nathan you’re not the smartest win anymore you are off the hook look at Ryan yeah look you’re off the hook Nathan you’re my boy for now oh we are going to be playing for 50 000 right after this [Applause] Welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader our contestant Travis profit has got 25 000 how about that you’re leaving here with no less than 25 Grand today Travis you are halfway to the million dollar question right now we have five subjects on the board two
Fifth grade two fourth grade and still have a first grade question left which one would you like I’ll go with fourth grade Anatomy fourth grade Anatomy this is a cool question no reason not to go for it because even if you miss it you’re not giving any money back okay
For fifty thousand dollars the fourth grade Anatomy question is this the pituitary gland is part of what system in the human body circulatory endocrine or digestive the pituitary gland is part of what system in the human body the circulatory the endocrine or the digestive Nathan’s locked in
What do we know about the pituitary gland uh I I want to say that it’s responsible uh something to do with sweat so I know endocrine is your glands circulatory a blows blood to your body digestive one thing we all know what that does um my gut tells me endocrine I really want
To lean towards endocrine fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money um I think just to be safe I’m gonna lock in a peak and see when compare answers okay if you had not had a peek and you had to answer this yourself what would you have said I would have definitely said
Endocrine something you would have said endocrine all right let’s see what this fifth grade guy said Nathan said be endocrine you and me best friends best friends ever since that last question um that makes me feel pretty confident I think I’m going to I can’t lose on the
Question anyway I gotta log in an answer he says it I said I think I’m going to luck in endocrine [Applause] we all says it endocrine you got 50 000. good job Nathan thank you Nathan Travis there’s only four questions before the million dollar question I still have a first grade question left
On the board we don’t usually season this deep into the game you have two classmates left pick one of them I got a gut feeling I’m gonna go with the boy again I got to go with my man Cody Cody come on up here four questions Cody
Which one would you like to tackle for the one hundred thousand dollar question music music I think I’m gonna start I have to go with that first great question to get out of the way it’s time all right first grade music do not hit the button too quickly
Because you can see the question and still walk away you have fifty thousand dollars right now you get this one right you have one hundred thousand dollars the first grade music question worth 100 000 is this what is the name of the following musical instrument what is the name of the following
Musical instrument Cody has locked in his answer um you’re locked in I that that looks a lot like a tuba to me fifty thousand dollars is so much money for me I think I’m at the drop down oh give me a second the drop down to 50 000 to 20. I keep 25
No matter what 25 no matter what so is it worth guessing that that’s a tuba to bump 50 up to 100 in risk of going down to 25. what would you do with a hundred thousand dollars with a hundred thousand dollars I think I would definitely have
To invest in a new car at this point um a redneck truck probably most likely lifted lifted that’s what I’m talking about yeah that’s not even might be a redneck that’s you’re in the club right now that sounds so good you got me hyped on the right on the redneck lifted truck
I’m going to lock in tuba this kind of nerve-wracking when it gets up to a hundred thousand dollars doesn’t it yes sir and you know what’s weird there’s two of you and there’s a tube on the board dollars Travis you got a hundred thousand dollars yeah
Thank you for a ride in your truck how about that wow hold me up yeah hold me up there are only three subjects remaining this next question is worth 175 thousand dollars the student fifth grade U.S history fifth grade U.S history now remember you can see the question you still walk
Away okay okay okay did you ever dream of playing for 175 000 not in my wildest dreams well you’re gonna do it when we come back don’t go away y’all [Applause] [Applause] welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader or contestant Travis private is about to play for 175 thousand dollars all right Travis the fifth grade U.S history question is this what U.S Revolutionary War hero is credited with saying I have not yet begun to fight
What U.S Revolutionary War hero is credited with saying I have not yet begun to fight Cody has locked in his answer do not hit that button yet what are you thinking to be honest in that I I would it would almost be a blind guess and I know I have a copy
The copy left and Cody’s a smart dude well let’s talk about this if you miss it you’re giving back 75 000. if you get it right you’re adding 75 000. that’s a hundred and fifty thousand dollar swing I’m not gonna lie to you Jeff I’m a I’m a simple man
Uh that’s more money than most people I know ever would make in a while so I’m gonna lock in dropping out of school what U.S Revolutionary War hero is credited with saying I have not yet begun to fight Washington on three yell it out together one two three
John Paul Jones is exactly right but you’re walking out of here with one hundred thousand dollars Travis great now that is a great day one hundred thousand dollars all right one little piece of business you and I have left all right sir yes sir and I don’t think
You’re gonna have any problems saying this today there’s the camera let them hear it uh I may be a Georgia Bulldog and graduated pre-med but I’m definitely not smarter than a fifth grader we’ll see you next time goodbye everybody three things [Applause] that’s my favorite class tonight hi I’m Jeff Foxworthy and we’re giving grown-ups the chance to win one million dollars if they can prove that they are Smarter Than A Fifth Grader let’s meet our class Cody McKenzie [Applause] all right guys you’re ready to meet your new classroom She’s a 28 year old youth group director and a graduate students who attended Lomita Elementary welcome to Megan miles thank you nice to have you here thank you and there’s a picture of Megan in the fifth grade what kind of student were you um I was a teacher’s pet I was a big
Nerd what are you majoring in in grad school I am studying Neuroscience nerd like brain yes oh wow yeah going for your PhD I understand yes I am you are smart that’s what they tell me speaking of brains we’ve got a few of them in our classroom yeah these guys
Are going to be taking the same test you’re taking and we’re going to let you cheat off here [Applause] how about that a PhD in Neuroscience that’s crazy that’s crazy all right let me tell you how this is going to work okay on the board you’re going to see 10
Subjects okay your first correct answer is going to be worth a thousand dollars your 10th correct answer is worth 500 000. Megan imagine you’ve aced a test or two right a few yeah you aced this one we’re going to give you one more question that will be worth one million dollars
And Megan we have yet to give away the million dollars on the show I would love to see you walk out of here with it tonight okay snap at any point you decide this Elementary School test is too difficult you can drop out and take the money that
You want and leave us but before you do there’s one thing you have to promise me and that is you will look into that camera right there until millions and millions of people I am not smarter than a fifth grader okay we have a deal we have a deal all right
Let’s find out is Megan miles Smarter Than A Fifth Grader all right when you were in elementary school what were your best subjects math was my best subject that’s in the second grade Cody what would you say your best subject is math [Applause] math it’s your choice pick one let’s go
For a thousand dollars well I think I think I’ll go with math second grade math all right for one thousand dollars the second grade math question is what number is exactly halfway between one and seven on a number line what number is exactly halfway between one and seven on a number line Your classmate Cody has locked in his answer you have a smile all right so exactly between one and seven so we’ve got one two three seven six five that only leaves four so I’m gonna lock in four Gotta be the easiest thousand dollars you ever made in your life there it is one two three four five six seven all right nothing to it that was all right all right let’s double it let’s pick another subject let’s turn it into two thousand dollars let’s go animal science animal science
Animal science you like animals Animal science all right for two thousand dollars Megan here is the first grade question by definition the term bovine refers to which of the following animals cow pig or dog by definition the term bovine refers to which of the following animals cow pig or dog
Classmate Cody has locked in his answer all right I am pretty sure that bovine is cow so I am going to lock in cow [Applause] I am pretty sure you have two thousand dollars Cody could have saved you too Cody had cow as well good job Cody all right eight subjects remained you’ve
Got four classmates to choose from pick another one Now Megan why don’t you introduce Mackenzie and the rest of us to your family I have my parents and my brother hey Mom Dad brother how are you what what does your dad do my dad is an Episcopal priest a priest oh wow okay good so we’ve got some help here today
Then yeah well you must be very proud of your daughter here very proud you’re doing great you’ve got all your cheats left you’ve got your shave you’ve got two thousand dollars you’ve got McKenzie up here that’s right Mackenzie if you had to help her what would you help her with definitely music
Um and world geography and social studies okay a first grade second grade and a fourth grade question it’s your choice though No science yet let’s go geography first grade first grade World Geography for five thousand dollars the first grade World Geography question is this more than 95 percent of which continent is covered by an ice sheet more than 95 percent of which continent is covered by an ice sheet
McKenzie has locked in her answer what do we know about ice sheets that they’re frozen so they definitely need to be in very cold temperatures um well the only continent that I can think of that is that covered by Ice has got to be Antarctica so I’m going to lock in Antarctica [Applause] [Applause] Olivia what continent did you say is 95 covered by an ice sheet I said Antarctica of course you did that’s the right answer you got five thousand s Mackenzie hit Antarctica as well all right seven subjects remain we’re playing for ten thousand dollars pick another one foreign social studies question worth ten
Thousand dollars is gonna be revealed when we come back [Applause] welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader our contestant Megan miles is studying for her PhD in Neuroscience yes all right right before we went to break you selected second grade social studies for the ten thousand dollar
Question you ready to see it yes I am for ten thousand dollars the question is this what U.S city is known as the City of Brotherly Love what U.S city is known as the City of Brotherly Love McKenzie has locked in her answer have you traveled much I have
I hesitate to use a cheat on this because it’s early but I really want to get to that 25 000 level so even though I think it’s Philadelphia I’m gonna lock in a peek on a peak yeah all right the question what U.S city is known as
The City of Brotherly Love and I do love this the fact that the woman going for her PhD in Neuroscience wants to peek at a 10 year old’s paper I I do love that it happens your classmate Mackenzie said she thought it was Philadelphia okay all right well I’m pretty sure it’s Philadelphia
So I am going to go with you Mackenzie and lock in Philadelphia what U.S city is known as the City of Brotherly Love I think smart girls are so hot you’ve got ten thousand dollars all right three classmates yet to choose from hi guys I’m gonna go with Olivia Olivia
You’re my girl come on all right how you feeling good let’s give away a million dollars tonight yeah I’ve not done that now is is this true because it says on the card you said physical education was your least favorite subject but then it says you play on the flag football team
The Neuroscience flag football team that’s right intramural flag football I’ve bet you have to stop the game a lot to like for people to pick their glasses up and their calculators and that kind of stuff all right to third grade two fourth grade two fifth grade questions hit your poison
Spelling spelling all right and Megan I really want you to get this one because you get this one the worst thing that can happen today as you’re walking out of here were twenty five thousand dollars third grade spelling question worth twenty five thousand dollars is it’s a classrooms Club question okay
Okay you’re like this that means this was sent in by an actual viewer Hayden from Walter C Black Elementary School we have some smart kids that watch this show and when they send us a question and we choose to use it on the show we send their school a computer lab how
About that three so congratulations Hayden Walter C Black Elementary is getting a computer lab all right let’s see what Hayden has in store for us the 25 000 question is this how many times does the letter A appear in the following word abracadabra how many times does the letter A appear
In the word abracadabra Olivia has locked in her answer all right abracadabra abracadabra I’m pretty sure Abracadabra has five A’s so I’m gonna lock in five [Applause] Megan how many times in your life have you had to spell abracadabra ah none that I remember if you did win 25 000 what would you do with it I would probably go on an African safari
Yeah Africa is beautiful I’ve been to Africa love Africa you said the letter A appears five times in the word take a look at the board and we will show how to spell abracadabra a b r a c a d a b r a five you have 25 000 Megan
Megan we are halfway to the million dollar question you still have your property you still have your saved that’s right no reason not to answer the fifty thousand dollar question because even if you miss it you go home with 25. now you did tell me you came for a million
Dollars I did we have never given away a million dollars boy wouldn’t it be cool if tonight was the night everybody pick another subject let’s play for 50 000. all right let’s go for astronomy astronomy all right listen carefully the fifty thousand dollar question is true or false
An object’s mass is different on the moon than it is on Earth true or false an object’s mass is different on the moon than it is on Earth Olivia has locked in her answer An object’s Mass you study brains I do okay does mass come into play when you’re studying the brain occasionally depends on who the person is that’s true well I know that you you way less than the moon but I don’t think that your mass actually changes so I’m going to say false [Applause]
You do still have your save left let’s see if this fifth grader can save you take a look at the board Olivia said false okay an object’s weight is different on the moon and an object’s Mass is the same on the moon the answer is false you got fifty thousand dollars
All right you’ve got two classmates remaining pick another one Sierra Sierra coming up here see how the folks are doing check in over there excited dad’s a little quietly nervous here yes yes she’s doing great yeah she’s still got her copy left she’s still got her save left we are about to
Play for one hundred thousand dollars yes yes one hundred thousand dollars would you like to ask Sierra what she might like to help you with what are your best subjects Sierra what’s left on the board well I really like music and world history is good too so okay I
Think I should go with those all right with music music now you were in the marching band right yes yes so so you were a nerd and in the band that’s awesome the fourth grade music question worth one hundred thousand dollars will be revealed when we come back [Applause]
Welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader our contestant Megan miles has got fifty thousand dollars we’re about to play for a hundred thousand you selected fourth grade music for one hundred thousand dollars the question is this which of the following terms refers to
The relative speed of a piece of music staccato mezzo or tempo which of the following terms refers to the relative speed of a piece of music staccato mezzo or tempo your classmate Sierra has locked in her answer now I actually majored in music and undergrad so if I get this wrong I think
My teachers will kill me um but the term that refers to the relative speed of a piece of music is the tempo [Applause] okay I will tell you this your classmate Sierra has the exact same answer as the rest of the class great minds think alike you said that the answer was tempo Let’s see what the class said the class said tempo you’re all right and you got a hundred thousand dollars [Applause] you’ve got to be feeling good I feel great what are you going to do with a hundred thousand dollars well gosh well I’m definitely going on that Safari right yeah
What about Deb’s Church um I was thinking about maybe a little something in the offering plate I could donate Gotta Give a Little thanks all right we don’t get this far very often there are three subjects between this and the million dollar question you’ve got some coffee left you’ve got
Your save left you’re doing great what subjects would you like baby she said World histories are subjects so world history fourth grade world history okay and at this point in the game you can see the question and still drop out a hundred thousand dollars is a lot of
Money it’s great but I want to give away a million tonight okay so we got to get past this question okay the 175 000 question is foreign who became the first chairman of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. who became the first chairman of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Your classmate Sierra has locked in her answer so I’m not actually sure if I know the answer to this one um I’m going back and forth in my head with several people talk it out well the one who’s sticking in my head is Mao but I’m afraid that I might be wrong and if I’m wrong I know you could save me oh gosh you know what I’m here to have fun thank you
I am going to go with miles first instinct you’re a little bit of a gambler too oh today I am apparently not normally no no I’m a play it safe kind of girl you said you were going to take a chance because this was her subject and she
Could save you yep let’s see if that’s a possibility can Sierra save you if you’re wrong Sierra said Mal looks good to me it’s not a spelling question you have the same answer so she can’t save you who became the first chairman of the People’s Republic of China in 1949
Making the correct answer is Mao you’ve got 175 thousand dollars thank you thank you very good thank you very much we are down to your last classmate all right Nathan we’re gonna do this you’re in such great shape you’ve got 175 000 in your pocket right now you’ve
Got your copy left you’ve got your save left we are two questions away from the million dollar question all right America it looks like we might have our first millionaire tonight we’re going to be playing for 300 000 right after this Welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader our contestant Megan miles is doing great she has a 175 000 she has a copy left she has a save left she’s got Nathan at the podium wither Nathan science you like science without hesitation he said science Adrian in neuroscience
You can still see the question and drop out I know I’m really good at U.S history so I know I know you go for science but I think I’m actually going to go with us history because I’m really good at it [Applause] U.S history U.S history your family’s
Doing thumbs up they like that listen carefully the fifth grade U.S history question worth three hundred thousand dollars is during what war did British troops set the White House on fire [Laughter] it’s the only person that’s happy that the White House got set on fire during what war did British troops set
The White House on fire your classmate Nathan has locked in his answer so when I was younger I really loved the first ladies and I really loved Dolly Madison specifically because she saved portraits from the White House when it was set on fire by British troops in the war of 1812. [Applause]
I liked her too but because she makes great cupcakes Megan I don’t know how to tell you this because you were so confident you’re right you’ve got three hundred thousand dollars Megan all right we’re about to play for half a million dollars all right I don’t even have to ask you what subjects this is rare air on this show
We are down to the last question before the million dollar question don’t answer too quickly okay for five hundred thousand dollars the fifth grade science question is this at room temperature approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit two elements on the periodic table exist in a liquid state
Bromine is one of them what is the other at room temperature approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit two elements on the periodic table exist in a liquid state bromine is one of them what is the other Nathan has locked in his answer Why I was afraid of the science question Mercury is what we use in thermometers Mercury would not work in thermometers if it froze or if it wasn’t in a liquid state I don’t particularly want to walk away with 25 Grand when I have 300 already Oh wow this is very hard okay let’s talk about where we’re at you’ve got you’ve got 300 000 right now yes I do A lot of people talk about early in the game how they want to save their cheats and somehow it just never seems to work out that way you have managed to do that you still have your copy left I still have your save left and Nathan said that science did say
Science was his favorite his favorite subject at room temperature approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit two elements on the periodic table exist in a liquid state bromine is one of them what is the other that is the half million dollar question well at the risk of being the laughing stock of my PhD program Mercury
[Applause] the answer to the question is coming up right after this [Applause] Welcome back are you smarter than a fifth grader our contestant Megan miles has three hundred thousand dollars the 500 000 question is that room temperature approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit two elements on the periodic table exist in a liquid state bromine is one of them what is the other
You elected to answer the question you said Mercury ah you’re going for your PhD in Neuroscience yes I am You both have the same answer he cannot save you you and Nathan think alike but he does not have half a million dollars thank you good job Nate oh my God Mom Mom’s crying mom you you’ve got to be proud of her she is so smart yes she is so smart
Who does she get her brains from they both say the other one you know your flag football teammates are all sitting at home right now like oh yeah yes oh yeah yes all right Megan this is the million dollar question knowing you were going to be on the show
You had to play this out in your mind a little bit if you’ve got to this point what you might do I did and what would that have been I said that there were very few categories that I would actually go for the million with because like I said I don’t like to
Gamble so music is a guarantee if you put music up there I will go for the question if you put well the questions are picked at random and they’re already locked in before the game begins I have no idea what the subject is going to be the rules change
Here just a little bit you still had your copy you still had your saved now they can do you no good because your classmates cannot help you on the million dollar question once you see the question you have to answer it if you answer correctly you walk out of
Here with a million dollars and you do not have to say the magic words you answer it incorrectly you drop down to 25 000. would you like to see the subject okay all right I’m ready deep breath the subject of the million dollar question is this U.S history [Applause] [Applause] foreign okay all right U.S history is one of my best subjects I’m here to have fun so let’s go for it really yeah I am good at the subject we’re going to be playing for a million dollars when we come back [Applause] welcome back to are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader
Can’t believe I’m saying this but we are about to play for one million dollars now you said before the categories came up that if the subject was music without a doubt you would go for it absolutely it was U.S history and you said earlier in the game that that was one of your
Favorite subjects I’m good at U.S history are you a million dollars good at it hopefully so because if you are we’re going to be making television history tonight how you doing Mom and Dad here we go Megan the U.S history question worth one million dollars is what American pilot was the first person
To exceed the speed of sound in an airplane what American pilot was the first person to exceed the speed of sound in an airplane well I am really good at U.S history but you may have picked the only question I can answer let me think about this
So Lindbergh was famous for being the first to cross the uh the Atlantic Ocean Earhart is the first woman to do so oh God take your time You know it’s funny because my favorite Smithsonian Museum is the um Air and Space Museum I love that one too that is the Natural History Museum have you been through the air and space museum yeah yeah many times I would imagine this person is in there this person is in there
Remember who it is let’s talk it out all right broke the sound barrier who broke the sound barrier there’s good old Howard Hughes who has the Spruce Goose foreign Question what American pilot was the first person to exceed the speed of sound on an airplane I’m thinking you would have seen this somewhere somebody probably has made a big deal about it many people have big deals about it oh This is one of those questions I really need to know the answer to especially right now I know because I just have this mental image of fifth graders all across the country screaming the answer at the TV right now Howard Hughes I mean you did say 25 000
Is still a good day and it is that’s a great day at work 25 000 that’s a great thing there’s no reason right not to guess I’m going to say Howard Hughes [Applause] mom and dad what do you think you don’t have a clue I know dad knows who was the first American pilot to exceed the speed of sound in an airplane Jaeger Chuck Yeager Chuck Yeager is exactly right it is Chuck Yeager I’m so sorry Megan that’s all right that is all right
That’s all right you have such a beautiful mind thank you Standing Ovation in the room is a good day that’s a good day for a college grad student that’s right Megan I hate to even make you do this but it’s kind of a tradition on here one
Last piece of business you have been delightful we have loved having you here there’s the camera my name is Megan miles and I may be studying for my PhD in neuroscience and I may have had the guts to go for the million dollar question but I am not smarter than a fifth grader
We’ll see you next time goodbye everybody
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