Are you smarter than a fifth grader is FAKE!?

i thought the same and i thought that all the contestants were picked soley on how dumb they were rather than actually pick people who would easily get all these questions right. sigh,...tv has hit yet another all time low

No doubt! Most children who appear on television are quite scripted.

They need to have verifiable children from verifiable schools with their teachers appear on these shows to promote our schools in America. If a class or REAL students and their teacher come to perform in the show with no prior knowledge of the questions, the results would be quite different, I'm sure.

Jeff needs to make sure the students are all enrolled in either a private or public school and that several members of the same class are appearing at the same time. Professional actors don't usually go to school but have private tutors. That's not fair, is it?

I haven't seen the show yet so can't verify if what you say is true but if it is, it isn't a very good selection of students and Fifth Graders.

I dont think its totally scripted...its like a little reality/scripted game. The people who go on the show..go with the intention to have a 5th grader answer some of the questions. And i don't feel like..the director tells them what to do next...its all about "personal choice". to basically have fun, some of the questions are pretty puzzling though.

I wondered if the show was fake. I just could not believe these adults being so dumb. I hate the kids too. Smartasses!

When you start to see people you grew up with who are trying to get their acting careers up and running on show after reality after game show, you start to kind of go, ya know? Hollywood really is just Hollywood through and through - - what a pile of bollocks. (He he he! I always wanted to call something a pile of bollocks. Now I have.)

I know it's fake but it's fun answering the questions and laughing at the people 'faking' that they don't know the answer.

WOW!

never knew that before!

thanx 4 the info!!!!!!

That really shouldn't come as a suprise to anyone.

i figured it was cuz y would they say they had a 3.3 GPA in college and not know what REM is lol

It has to be. No one can be that dumb unless he is being paid to be..