Comments on: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

By: Doug Ryan

Doug Ryan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:16 +0000

Am astounded at how many contestants, regardless of age, education or profession, know almost nothing about World History or World Geography. For a country so involved with/in the world this is a typical and sad American truth!

By: blue

blue — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:50:02 +0000

Seriously, these aren’t nearly 5th grade questions. If anything the “harder” questions are very specific questions concerning elementary topics. 4/5, in college, ok u can laugh, but can u blame me for not remembering the johnson incident. Anyway, seriously u don’t learn about rem sleep at this level, nor triangles, k maybe triangles. but the fertile crescent stuff and what not is global history in highschool. Its more of memory. I may not know about history but I do know about limits, and immunology, and chemistry.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:08:27 +0000

george is right.
Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to consider whether or not to forcibly remove a government official from office. The impeachment itself brings the charges against the government.
Impeachment does not necessarily result in removal from office; it is only a legal statement of charges

By: ken

ken — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:04:15 +0000

Andrew Johnson was never impeached. There was an impeachment trial, but a not guilty vote by Edmund Ross ended the procedure

By: George Zadorozny

George Zadorozny — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:51:48 +0000

With all respect, Mary is incorrect re Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Both were impeached (which is simply another way of saying they were “charged” or “accused” or “indicted” by a vote of the House of Representatives). Pursuant to the Constitution, both then endured a trial conducted by the U.S. Senate, with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding. Neither was convicted. Interestingly, Johnson avoided conviction by just one vote. If either had been convicted, he would have been removed from office immediately, and the Vice-President would then immediately have become President.

But that simply didn’t happen, because neither Johnson nor Clinton was convicted–although both were, in fact, impeached (“charged” or “accused” or “indicted”) by official vote of the House of Representatives. Both Johnson and Clinton went on to complete their full terms as President.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:18:37 +0000

FYI. the show and this site are wrong. Andrew Johnson was NEVER impeached. He was acquited by one vote! Bill Clinton was the first and only president to be impeached : )

By: im_a_baller.

im_a_baller. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:46:56 +0000

this quiz is really hard!

By: Jack Yan

Jack Yan — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:52:22 +0000

I knew the answers but my memory is a bit fuzzy and I could not remember (4) (but I am not an American, so I think I can be forgiven). However, to the poster above, surely the answer to (2) is four inches? If it were a rectangle, it would be two inches. As to (3), it was Andrew Johnson, the 17th president, not Andrew Jackson, the seventh president.

By: im_a_baller.

im_a_baller. — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:20:06 +0000

I’m in 5th grade and that was the easiest test I have ever taken. (I at least think my answers are right, I compared them to the ones in the comments.)
1. False
2. 2 inches
3. Andrew Jackson
4. The Mayflower.
5. Rapid Eye Movement

By: Mr. Owl

Mr. Owl — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:58:21 +0000

A reply to an earlier post: The Atlas Bear was the biggest bear to ever live and the Polar Bear is the biggest now.

The math and history questions are mostly 6th-8th grade and I haven’t even learned about half of the things that they ask about. I mean, come on, you can’t make a show called “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” when the questions aren’t 1st-5th grade and the questions are invalid. However, it is true that the sun is a star and 50% of Americans don’t know that.

And it takes 346 licks to get to the center TootsieRool of a TootsieRoll TootsiePop. Scientists once made a licking machine just to find out.