Fifth Grade: It’s not Rocket Science, It’s Harder!

Fifth Grade: It’s not Rocket Science, It’s Harder! by Roxanne McDonald

The financial whiz with the 3.5 college gpa couldn’t do it. The high school history teacher couldn’t do it. And, yes, the rocket scientist couldn’t say he was smarter than a fifth grader.

Granted, the history questions didn’t throw the history teacher, Levi L.; and the science questions didn’t contribute to the downfall of the rocket scientist, Karl S.. But neither they nor CFO Dennis could make it through the “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?” test.

Maybe these performances give testimony to how our schools are achieving higher standards than they used to?

Dennis’s questions:

1.First Grade Science
Which of the following foods has seeds inside?
a) orange
b) potato
c) carrot

2.Second Grade Animal Science
True or false? Chickens are cold-blooded animals.

3.Third Grade World History
True or false? Vikings, also known as Norsemen, originated in Scandinavia.

4.Fourth Grade World Geography
What country borders Spain to the west?

5.Second Grade Math
If Jacob always goes bowling three times a week, how many times does he go bowling in eleven weeks?

6.First Grade Spelling
How many times does the letter ‘n’ appear in the following word? “environment”?

7.Fifth Grade U.S. Geography

Completed in 1825, what manmade waterway in New York State connects the Hudson River to the Great Lakes?

Levi’s questions:

8.Third Grade Social Studies
What U.S. state was named after a king of England?

9.First Grade Animal Science
True or false? All birds are mammals.

10.Fourth Grade U.S. History
During what decade did James Marshall discover gold nuggets, sparking the famous California Gold Rush?

11.Fourth Grade World Geography
Mt. Kilimanjaro is located on what continent?

Karl’s questions:

12.Third Grade Social Studies
True or false? Vermont was one of the original thirteen colonies.

13.First Grade Geography
The U.S. state of Indiana borders on which Great Lake?

1. a) orange [both Dennis and Spencer got it right]
2. False [both got it right]
3. True [Dennis got it right]
4. Portugal [Dennis peeks at Kyle’s paper; Kyle is correct]
5. 33 [gets it right]
6. 3 [gets it right]
7. Erie Canal [Dennis copies Alana, who says Gradeson, so Dennis flunks out]
8. Georgia [Levi says New York; Kyle is correct and saves

him]
9. False [Levi wrong; Kyle right]
10. 1840s [Levi gets it right]
11. Africa [Levi uses peek, agreeing with Alana that it is Asia, so has to flunk out]
12. False (Vermont was the fourteenth state admitted to the union) [Karl says “true”, but Kyle is correct and saves him]
13. Lake Michigan [Karl opts to peek, but Kyle says Lake Erie, so Karl has to flunk out, too!]

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