Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?

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zexen_lowe said:

I knew the answers to all those questions except the Iowa one (after all, I don't live in the US). And who doesn't know the capital of which country is Copenhague? Hell, they aren't asking you for the capital of Malawi (sorry for any Malawian), just for the capital of Denmark!. I knew that answer before I was in 5th grade

But I agree (when I once saw the localized TV show here) that the questions are not in the level of a 5th grader but higher. Still, it's a marketing trick, it wouldn't be as marketable if it was called "Are you smarter than a 15y.o. nerd kid?"

To be fair, different countries have different curriculums in their grades, years or whatever you call it. 

But I do agree a lot of the questions are ridiculous and goes to show you that kids now are getting taught new stuff every day.  I sure as hell didn't learn half of that shit till I was in middle school.