Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? (UK)
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| Also known as | Noel's Are You Smarter Than a/Your 10 Year Old? (primetime) Dick & Dom's Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old?/Damian's Are You Smarter Than Your 10 Year Old? (daytime) |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
| Presented by |
Primetime Noel Edmonds Daytime Dick and Dom (2007-9) Damian Williams (2009-10) |
| Voices of | Dave Kelly |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 (primetime) 3 (daytime) |
| No. of episodes | 66 (primetime) 120 (daytime) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Mark Burnett Productions and Twofour |
| Distributor |
United Artists Media Group ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky 1 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 7 October 2007 – 24 April 2010 |
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| Related shows | Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? |
Are You Smarter than a/Your 10 Year Old? is a British quiz show which aired on Sky 1. There were two editions, one broadcast weekly in primetime, hosted by Noel Edmonds and a daily version, originally hosted by Dick and Dom and later by Damian Williams. The show welcomes adult contestants, who attempt to answer ten questions (plus a final bonus question) taken from primary school textbooks, two from each school year from ages 6 to 10. Each correct answer increases the amount of money the player banks; a maximum cash prize of £250,000 (or £500,000 in series three) in primetime and £50,000 in daytime can be won. The show was recorded usually through the summer holiday months of July and at the beginning of August at the Elstree Studios with series 3 recorded at BBC Television Centre.
The programme is based on the American television game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.
In each game, the contestant (an adult) is asked a series of up to eleven questions, spanning ten subjects (such as History, Maths or Science) taken from textbooks for 6 to 10 year-old students. Each question is associated with an age level; there are two questions per age group, from 6 to 10. The player can answer the questions in any order, and each correct answer raises their cumulative amount of winnings to the next level (see table). There is a safe point after 5 correct answers, guaranteeing the player the value of the fifth question, and after ten questions players may take a jackpot question for the top prize.
Along the way, the player can be assisted by a "classmate", one of five ten-year-old children, in answering the questions. The classmate, chosen for two questions at a time, attempts to answer the question at the same time as the contestant, writing their answer on a virtual blackboard hidden from the contestant's view. The player picks a child to come and stand on the podium beside them and they answer the question at the same time as the adult. They lock in their answer and the adult is given the option of copying the child's answer or peeking at it, and if they lock in their own answer and get the question wrong, they can be saved by the child's answer providing it is correct.
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