Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

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July 10, 2009

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Synopsis

Adult contestants try to answer questions drawn from elementary school textbooks. Five actual fifth-grade ``classmates'' can help the adult player as he tries to reach the million-dollar jackp…

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Jeff Foxworthy
Host

Mark Burnett
Executive producer

Roy Bank
Executive producer

Barry Poznick
Executive producer

John Stevens
Executive producer

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Premiered: Feb 27, 2007

Next Episode: July 10, 2009

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