Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (U.S. game show)
| Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? | |
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| Created by | Barry Poznick John Stevens Mark Burnett |
| Directed by | Don Weiner |
| Presented by | Jeff Foxworthy |
| Theme music composer |
David Vanacore (Vanacore Music) with Blessed Kateri Children's Choir |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 (Fox) 2 (Syndication) |
| No. of episodes | 98 (as of September 8, 2015) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Mark Burnett Roy Bank Barry Poznick John Stevens |
| Location(s) |
CBS Television City Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 44 minutes (Fox) 22–26 minutes (Syndication) |
| Production company(s) |
United Artists Media Group Zoo Productions |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox (2007–09, 2015) Syndication (2009–11) |
| Original release |
Original primetime series: September 21, 2009 – March 24, 2011 |
| Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
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| 1 | $1,000 |
| 2 | $2,000 |
| 3 | $5,000 |
| 4 | $10,000 |
| 5 | $25,000 |
| 6 | $50,000 |
| 7 | $100,000 |
| 8 | $175,000 |
| 9 | $300,000 |
| 10 | $500,000 |
| 11 | $1,000,000 |
Original primetime series:
February 27, 2007 – September 18, 2009
Revived primetime series:
May 26, 2015 – September 8, 2015
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? is an American quiz game show on Fox. It is produced by Mark Burnett and is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The show premiered as a three-day special which began on February 27, 2007 with the first two shows each a half-hour in length. Regular one-hour episodes began airing Thursdays from March 1 through May 10, and the first season continued with new episodes beginning May 31. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? was picked up for the 2007–08 season, which began on September 6, 2007, and aired in the same timeslot. Following the end of the original run of the primetime version on September 18, 2009, a first-run syndicated version of the show ran from September 2009 to May 2011, with Foxworthy returning as host. On May 26, 2015, the program returned to Fox for a new, sixth season, with Foxworthy, again, returning as host. The show also airs internationally, and the format has been picked up for local versions in a number of other countries.
5th Grader games are played by a single contestant, who attempts to answer ten questions (plus a final bonus question). Content is taken from elementary school textbooks, two from each grade level from first to fifth. Each correct answer increases the amount of money the player banks; a maximum cash prize of $1,000,000 can be won. Along the way, contestants can be assisted by a "classmate", one of five school-age cast members, in answering the questions. Notably, upon getting an answer incorrect or deciding to prematurely end the game, contestants must state that they are "not smarter than a 5th grader."
Two people have won the $1,000,000 prize: Kathy Cox, superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia; and George Smoot, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics and professor at University of California, Berkeley.
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