Are you smarter than a 7th grader?
Emma Fieni, 7th grader, and challenger, Mr. Hallahan, were the first two contestants on our spin-off show.
I’m sure some of you have seen or heard of the show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this quiz show game, contestants attempt to answer questions taken from elementary school textbooks, two from each grade level from first to fifth, to try to win money.
Well, we decided to put our own touch on this popular game and came up with a new version: Are You Smarter than a 7th Grader?. We interviewed substitute teacher Mr. Hallahan and 7th grader Emma Fieni for our spin-off of the show.
Q: What is the absolute value of -2354?
A: 2354.
Mr. Hallahan got this question correct.
Q: What is the climax of a story?
A: The major turning point of a story.
Emma got this question correct.
Q: What is the difference between a prokaryotic and an eukaryotic cell?
A: A eukaryotic cell has a nucleus, but a prokaryotic cell does not.
Emma got this question correct.
Q: What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? The plane landed on the runway.
A: On the runway.
Emma got this question correct.
Q: What are the two types of government in the United States?
A: Federal and Representative Democracy.
Neither got this question correct.
We then asked 4 trivia questions.
Q: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
A: SpongeBob SquarePants.
Emma got this question correct.
Q: What are the five types of government?
A: Authoritarian, Dictatorship, Constitutional Monarchy, Federal and Representative Democracy.
Neither got this question correct.
Q: What is Michael Scott’s famous catch phrase?
A: That’s What She Said.
Neither got this question correct.
Q: Who won Artist of the Decade for the 2010’s?
A: Taylor Swift.
Mr. Hallahan got this question correct
The final score was Emma: 4 and Mr. Hallahan: 2. Congratulations Emma!
Tune in again soon for another version of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?…
