Smart Enough to Say When

Smart Enough to Say When by Roxanne McDonald

She was one question short of a million dollars, and it turned out she knew the answer, but marketing maven Stephanie smart enough to talk a half-million and walk.

So she had to flunk out in front of a zillion people. So she knew the answer to the 5th grade question she opted not to see or try before she flunked out. Stephanie W. was a whip, didn’t use all her cheats, and is now a half-million bucks

richer…for answering ten questions in under an hour. Pretty good day’s wages.

Following are her questions…, after the former pre-med student, Andy, finishes his brief visit to fifth grade:

Andy’s last few questions

First Grade U.S. Geography
1. The U.S. state of Hawaii is located in which ocean?

Second Grade Grammar
2. The following sentence contains how many possessive pronouns?
“Alana let Jacob ride her bike because his had a flat tire.”

Third Grade World Geography
3. What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

Stephanie’s questions

First Grade Animal Science
4. True or false? Brown bears can be found in the wild in North America.

First Grade Math
5. A rectangle has how many sides?

Second Grade Astronomy
6. True or false? Meteor showers can occur when the earth passes through the dust of a comet’s tail.

Third Grade Art
7. What U. S. city is home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

Second Grade U.S. Geography
8. Kyle and Jacob hop in a car in San Francisco, California, and start driving due East. What is the first state they will pass into?

Fifth Grade Health
9. In the 1950s, Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that would protect people from what disease?

Fourth Grade Life Science
10. In humans, bone marrow produces which of the following types of blood cells?
a. red blood cells
b. white blood cells
c. both red and white blood cells

Fourth Grade World Geography
11. Sweden’s longest land border is with what other country?

Fifth Grade World History
12. What Egyptian queen was the wife of Roman general Mark Antony?

Third Grade Cultural Studies
13. What building is the official London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?

Million-dollar Question: Fifth Grade Music
14. In the 1720s, what man composed a [set] of concertos known as The Four Seasons?

1. Pacific Ocean [Andy right]
2. 2 [Andy right]
3. London [Andy thought London out lout but went with copying Markie, who said Georgia.]
4. True [both Stephanie and Alana right]
5. 4 [Stephanie right]
6. True [both Stephanie and Spencer right]
7. New York City [Stephanie and Spencer both right]
8. Nevada [Everyone right]
9. polio [Stephanie right]

10. c. both red and white blood cells [Jacob saves her with her peeking at his paper]
11. Norway [Stephanie right]
12. Cleopatra [Stephanie and Kyle both right]
13. Buckingham Palace [Stephanie and Kyle both right, giving her 500k]
14. Vivaldi [Stephanie knows the answer, but has already opted to go home/flunk out/take the money and run out of that classroom.]

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