9 of 10 for me, the heptagon threw me.
I got all of the questions right so I am at least as smart as a first grader. I couldn’t believe the UCLA graduate with a degree in US history didn’t get the impeachment question right. Heck it was mentioned a lot during Clinton’s impeachment trial.
I swear, they came back from a commercial asked a question and let the contestant hem and haw about an answer and then went to another commercial before giving the answer! 6 questions in half an hour? You’ve got to be kidding me. And could we also get a host who could pass for being smarter than a 5th grader?
I had better get the polar bear penguin question right since I complain about that dang Coke commercial with the p.bears and penguins every Christmas.
10/10, although I had to think about the turtle question and almost screwed up the autumnal equinox (was briefly confused with daylight savings time).
The Incas were in South America–mostly in the Andes (Machu Picchu being the most famous outpost).
Too fast. sigh
And the Mayans were in Central America? And wasn’t there a 3rd Indian nation?
Are you thinking Aztecs?
edit: There’s also the Olmec, and the Teotihuacán.
Aztec. They were located in what is now central mexico.
It looked like a dumb show, but I got confused by how it was played. I thought it was do you think a 5th grader believes X. The only one I saw was the penguin on polar bear one and thought, how am I supposed to know if kids think bears eat penguins or not. Guess I’m glad I didn’t watch it.
Wile E, you rock!
This show’s questions aren’t Jeopardy!-level trivia, it’s stuff that any self-respecting adult forgets 5 minutes after graduating high school, unless and until it’s relevant to their life or job.
I thought this show was rather interesting. The triangle one confused me- I suck at math. I think Mark Burnett has another hit on his hands.
Is the answer 4 for that one?
Aztec. D’oh! Of course.
The contestant picks one of five kids. The contestant then picks one of ten questions, with names like “3rd grade social studies.” Commercial break. The question is asked. Commercial break. The chosen kid writes down what he thinks is the answer. The contestant answers (in theory). If the contestant gets it right, he gets more money, Billionaire style. Commercial break. If not, he loses all of his money and leaves the show.
Commercial break.
There are three lifeline-style saves, called cheats. The contestant can “peek” at the kid’s answer, he can “copy” from the kid, or he can “save”, that is, get a wrong answer counted as right. He can also drop out at any time and keep the money he made so far.
Commercial break.
Any given kid only helps out with two questions. If all 10 questions are asked, this gives each kid a chance to play. I don’t see that actually happening before this show gets cancelled.
Yes. The area of a triangle is base times height divided by two. If we know the base is 8 and the area is 16, then the height must be 4.
Yep.
I haven’t thought about this in at least 30 years, but
The area of a triangle is half that of a corresponding rectangle. If the base is 8 and the area is 16, then the rectangle height must be 2, correct? But a triangle is half the area, so we need to imagine a rectangle twice as big, or 8*4=32. Half of that area is the required 16.
Dio, you explained it much better than I. My first question on hearing that was “What kind of triangle? Right? Equalateral?” Upon realizing that there was not enough information, I deduced that it didn’t matter – the answer would be the same no matter what. I then had to visualize a right triangle, and another on top of it. It’s easy to figure out area from there.
It would be a parallelogram but it wouldn’t necessarily be a rectangle
My wife got to hear me figuring this one out, using the same logic.
The base is 8 inches, so if it were a square, it’s area would be 64 square inches. Nope, make it a rectangle, 1/2 the height, which will be 32 square inches with a height of 4. Now, cut it in half for being a triangle, 16 square inches - that works, height is 4 inches.She also got to hear me rant about the Pilgrims’ rowboat and what I think of elementary school history.
I wonder why she doesn’t watch more TV with me? (Actually, she was watching this and called me in because she wants me on the show. She knows, however, that I’m too much a curmudgeon to ever make it past the screening.)
That’s how I got to the answer as well, by picturing a right triangle.
- No idea, we don’t celebrate Columbus Day
- got this one
- this one as well
- Not sure, think I know, and I would put my guess here, but don’t know how to do that spoiler thing. (NM, google is your friend, I was wrong)
- Easy
- Got this one as well
So what does that make me? Canadian?
I was taking a big swig of coke when the image of how my 10 yr old monkey was dressed when I dropped him off at school this morning. Thanks, I’m off to the Stupid “you owe me a new keyboard” comment thread now.