EPISODE 101A
Airdate: 2/27/07

40-year-old Seth, UCLA American History graduate, takes the stage and picks Laura as the first 5th grader to help him out. She compliments him by commenting on how smart he looks, but Jeff Foxworthy tells her that looks can be deceiving. After a quick rundown of the rules, Seth picks First Grade Social Studies for his first question. The first question is:

In what month do we observe Columbus Day?

He incorrectly guesses September and with an assist in the form of the correct answer from his 5th grade helper, Laura, gets the question right. His next 5th grader helper is Spencer who helps him choose a 4th grade math question as his next question. Spencer saves him and he moves onto the next question, which is a question on US History. Despite his knowledge of US History, he doesn’t know the answer to this question:

Who was the first US President to be impeached?

He walks away with $5,000 and makes the admission that he is not smarter than a 5th grader.

Next, 27-year-old computer consultant, Lakisha comes to the stage. She chooses Kyle as her 5th grade companion and gets started in 2nd Grade History.
They ask her to name the ship the pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England to the Plymouth colony in America in 1620. She answers correctly and moves on to the next question, which is:

What does REM stand for in an REM cycle?

She doesn’t know what an REM cycle is so she copies off of Kyle. He knows the answer, and Lakisha moves on. Will Lakisha go on to win 1 million dollars? Her journey will continue on the next episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader!