Part Two of the Triple Firsts Double Episode of Are You Smarter…?

Part Two of the Triple Firsts Double Episode of “Are You Smarter…?” by Roxanne McDonald

The two-hour installment of “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?” opened with Steve, a Yalie with a 3.6, first time at question #7 without cheating, first time the million-dollar question was shown with a million dollars on the line, and first time anyone break-danced at reaching the $300,000 (or any other) level. In the second hour, Kerry Ann and Earl bring us back to “normalcy”. But still, fun and funny.

Here are the questions returning player Kerry Ann kind of zipped her way through:

1.Third Grade Spelling
The word balloon has two sets of double letters—double ‘l’ and double ‘o’. How many sets of double letters are in the following word? [Foxworthy says aloud the word ‘bookkeeper’.]

2.Third Grade Social Studies
The United Nations headquarters are in what city?

3.First Grade Measurement
True or false? In a leap year, there are more days in January and February combined than there are in November and December combined.

4.Second Grade Literature
Which is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson?
a.The Dutchess and the Door
b.The Princess and the Pea
c.The Lady and the Lion

5.Fourth Grade Science
Which subatomic particle is not contained within the nucleus of an atom?
a.proton
b.electron
c.neutron

Then, new player, Excited Earl, took over:

6.First Grade Animal Science
A group of wolves is called a pack. What do we call a group of lions?
a. prestige
b. pride
c. pint

7.Second Grade Earth Science
True or false? All snowflakes are ten-sided geometric figures.

8.First Grade Math
Kyle has two dollars in change in his pocket, consisting of

only nickels and dimes. If he has thirteen dimes, how many nickels does Kyle have?
9.Second Grade Spelling
How many times does the letter ‘l’ appear in the following phrase? [Foxworthy reads aloud “awfully full”]

10.Fourth Grade Geography
The majority of Yellowstone National Park is located in what U.S. state?

11.Fifth Grade Life Science
The adrenal glands are located directly above what organ?

12.Science/Geography (I missed the grade, sorry)
The Ring of Fire is an area of seismic activity around the edge of which ocean?

13.Fourth Grade Music
What is the first name of the legendary 18th –century German composer, Beethoven?

14.Fifth Grade History
During the U.S. Civil War, what city in Virginia was the capitol of the Confederacy?

1. 3 (Kerry Ann says 2, but Jacob saves her with a correct answer)

2.New York City (NYC) (Kerry Ann peeks at Jacob’s paper, which is right)

3. False (Kerry Ann has used up all her cheats and save, so goes it alone—just wings it, really, and is correct) January and February have 31 and 29 (during a leap year), and November and December have 30 and 31.

4.b. The Princess and the Pea (Kerry Ann right)
5.b. electron (Kerry Ann drops out of school, though she had guessed electron for the fun of it)

6.pride (Earl is right)

7.False (Earl peeks at Kyle’s paper; Kyle is right)

8. 14 (Earl and Marki both right)

9. 4 (both right)

10. Wyoming (Earl is right) 1% in Idaho; 3% in Montana; and 96% in Wyoming

11.kidneys (Earl is right)

12.Pacific Ocean (Earl copies Alana, who is right)

13.Ludwig (Earl is right)

14.Richmond (Earl says Roanoke; Jacob says Virginia City. Earl flunks out.)

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