Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

2007-03-01 10:10:02

#1

topal63: . . .; +533|7168

OK, there is this show on FOX, "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" and I was watching it with my wife, and an easy question comes up.

In astronomy what Star is closet to the Earth? So I ask my wife and she says "the moon." I go "Huh? I said Star, it is the Sun that is the closet star." She says "I thought you said planet?" "Um a," I said, "The moon is not a planet it's a satellite, they orbit planets and planets orbit stars." She thinks for a moment and says "if a moon is not a planet then what orbits a moon?" ... And of course I mistakenly laughed at this logical question.

Then another question comes up "How many sides does a trapezoid have?" I ask her, "so how many(?)," and she says "6." I say "no it has 4," she then watches the show as 4 line segments start to move towards each other and as they get close she looks excited and says "see they will form a 6 sided shape!" Then the 4 pieces come together as a trapezoid (4-sides) and she sighs "oh." So I ask her what figure has six sides then? And she says "a sexagon!"

In her defense she is neither interested in geometry/math or astronomy, and English is her 3rd major language. She speaks Swedish (a native, Danish & Norwegian), German & English. Also the number 6 sounds like "sex" in Swedish.

Last edited by topal63 (2007-03-01 10:10:55)

2007-03-01 10:14:38

#2

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|7077|UK

To be honest, I would have had no idea what a trapezoid was either.

---
It would seem you are a science/maths person and your wife is a language person. Two very different skills that both require a sufficient level of intelligence -- just a different sort of intelligence, that's all.

2007-03-01 10:15:23

#3

HellHead: The fantastic Mr. Antichrist; +336|7159|Germany

...and for the sake of your marriage I really hope she will never see this thread.

2007-03-01 10:17:19

#4

224th R0ck3tpack: Hostile pansy spotted!; +8|6879|NH

Alright, then.

There was one question, I think it was, " which country shares the largest border with the U.S."?

And the woman answered, 'Mexico.....'.

Seriously? Come on....

2007-03-01 10:18:15

#5

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|7117

HellHead wrote:
...and for the sake of your marriage I really hope she will never see this thread.

Well, smarts aren't Swedish women's best traits.

But about the show, damn, missed it. I wanted to watch it. What station and time? I'll "Tivo" it for next week. Not fair matching the few smart 5th graders with the 90%+ dumb adults out there.

Last edited by Ilocano (2007-03-01 10:21:56)

2007-03-01 10:18:52

#6

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7186|Salt Lake City

Yeah, I watched the last little bit of that last night. The lady that was on there was at $100K and bailed out on how many decades are in two millennia. I mean that is just flat out scary that you don't know how many years are in a millennium, and use divisor like 10 just makes it gravy for a simple division question.

Last edited by Agent_Dung_Bomb (2007-03-01 10:19:32)

2007-03-01 10:21:17

#7

topal63: . . .; +533|7168

liquidat0r wrote:
To be honest, I would have had no idea what a trapezoid was either.

---
It would seem you are a science/maths person and your wife is a language person. Two very different skills that both require a sufficient level of intelligence -- just a different sort of intelligence, that's all.

I Googled it (sexagon) and got this (among other erotica):
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sexagon
1.) A sex god or goddess.
2.) A fairly erotic shape. Highly suggestive.

LOL, shit that is almost exactly what I thought when she said it~!

2007-03-01 10:26:17

#8

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|7117

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Yeah, I watched the last little bit of that last night. The lady that was on there was at $100K and bailed out on how many decades are in two millennia. I mean that is just flat out scary that you don't know how many years are in a millennium, and use divisor like 10 just makes it gravy for a simple division question.

Oh, you would be surprised just how many people don't even know the definition of millennium.

Last edited by Ilocano (2007-03-01 10:28:36)

2007-03-02 22:49:38

#9

Coolbeano: Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei; +378|7213

I'm already impressed that you both spelt it right, most just go with one 'n'. Including a lot of published book titles.

2007-03-02 22:58:25

#10

SGT_Dicklewicz: Member; +33|7075

The show should be called "Are you Dumber than a 5th grader" I never seen so much stupid in one place.
And they got Jeff Foxworthy hosting.
What a pile of steaming monkey dung.
I give it another 2 weeks and we will never see it again.

Quit watching bad TV and Bang the swedish broad more.

BF2S Forums Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

HellHead wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

Board footer