Answer These ‘Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader’ Questions To See How Much You Remember From Elementary School
If you live in the US, you have surely watched the Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader game at least once. If you are not familiar with the concept of the show though, it is based on adult participants answering questions from different 5th grade textbooks. While this may seem simple enough, you would be surprised to see how many 5th grade questions had grown-up professionals scratching their heads in confusion.
The game aired from 2007 to 2011, then was shortly revived in 2015, and then again in 2019, with this latest edition still running. The new Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader host is none other than professional wrestler and actor John Cena. The success of the show resulted in many countries launching their own versions.
The entire premise of the game is to show how little adults usually remember of the stuff they learned in elementary school. Even though most of these people are well educated, they often have no answers to the 5th grade trivia questions.
We in no way assume that trivia questions for 5th graders can define your level of intelligence. Things a fifth grader has to learn at school sometimes have very little connection with practical, useful knowledge, and as we don’t use these things a lot, we tend to simply forget most of them. But if you feel like having some fun and playing a quiz game with your friends, we have collected a bunch of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader questions you can try to answer. Don’t forget to let us know in the comments how many questions you actually scored!
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Do you know the name of the planet where one year equals to 88 days on Earth?
In which country was the first fireworks invented?
How many countries are in Africa?
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
Name the fastest flying insect?
How many nouns are in the following sentence: "The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad"?
What is the area of a right triangle with a height of 4 and a width of 4?
What is the group of bees usually referred to?
Who walked on the moon along with Neil Armstrong?
Before hearing thunder, why do you often see lightning first?
To which country does Elton John belong?
Do ffth graders regularly get asked questions about Elton John?
The first atomic bomb attack was on which city?
Which one of these is a mammal: a seahorse, a sea lion, or a sea urchin?
What type of animal can live on both water and land?
What color in the visible light spectrum does chlorophyll absorb the least?
What is the color of the spot in the middle of a Japanese flag?
Name the fastest human sense?
Name the galaxy where Earth is located?
What is the general term used to explain all kinds of harmful programs in a computer?
Name a famous emperor of the Roman Empire?
What unit of measurement is abbreviated "oz"?
Which continent is the least populated?
What force pulls objects toward Earth’s core and keeps humans from floating in the sky?
How many syllables are in the word “creation”?
Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 1/3: 9/27, 10/40, or 3/1?
What are the three types of rock?
How many compound words are in the following sentence? "Someone from the classroom was playing baseball in the cafeteria."
The Great Sphinx in Egypt has the head of a man and the body of which species of animal?
The bassoon is a member of what musical family?
How many faces are there on a cube?
If a shopping cart contains one apple, two bananas, three oranges, and four hot dogs, what percentage of the cart's total contents is fruit?
You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for eight shoes. How many pairs of shoes do you have to get rid of?
Which African country has Addis Ababa as the capital city?
In the initials of the federal agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?
In the sentence, “Sally is a very good person,” what part of speech is the word “very”?
The flag of the European Union features a circle of how many stars?
What was the original name of the city that was renamed Constantinople in the fourth century AD by Constantine the Great?
A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled. There are 1,024 pigeons in the field today, and there were two pigeons there the first day. How many pigeons were there yesterday?
If Barbara is facing north and turns 90 degrees to her left, what direction is she facing now?
In which country the War of the Roses took place?
Which clouds are also referred as ‘Fair weather’ clouds?
Which is the homophone for the word ‘one’?
Where is Valley Forge located?
Name the capital of Egypt?
What is a group of puppies known as?
What sentence ends with a question mark?
Who wrote the play "Othello"?
Name the country with four letters and last one in n?
What is the other name of Hwang Ho River?
Where are the beautiful islands of Seychelles located?
Name the sea that separates Europe and Africa?
What was the name of the first satellite pulled into orbit by the United States?
What was the most widely grown crop in the Middle Colonies?
What was the name of the last Queen of France?
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
If Pablo divides 111,111 by 11, what number does he get?
Solve the following equation: 3 + 2/1 =
Which huge waterfalls separate the United States and Canada?
What is the capital of Utah?
Name the two major inland seas of the world?
On which sea is the city of Venice located?
Which is the longest natural beach on Earth?
What is the number above the vinculum in a fraction known as?
Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web?
Which state in the USA is also known as the cheese state?
What will be the value of 340*75?
Which is the 19th letter of the English Alphabet?
A decade equals how many years?
How many bones does a human body have?
Depends on the human. Tiny humans have roughly 300, which fuse as the child grows.
Which is the longest bone in our body?
Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
How many human players are there on each side in a polo match?
What is the other name for the ancient Egyptian writing system?
If 1/10 is 10%, then what is the value of 1/4?
Can you name the fastest swimming bird?
Can you tell me about the four great inventions made in ancient China?
What is the next number in the sequence 7, 14, 21, 28…….?
How many minutes make 7 hours?
When asking your partner if they are ready yet and they say "A couple of minutes"
What is an angle more than 90 degrees known as?
If I bought 7 dozen mangoes, how many mangoes would I have?
Name the sense organ that helps in maintaining body balance?
What is the scientific study of birds known as?
What is the chemical symbol of gold?
Can you tell me the number of pairs of chromosomes that human beings have?
What gives the blood its red color?
Name the hardest known material on Earth?
A person from a cold country going for a night out in just jeans and a t-shirt
Both wurzite boron nitrate and lonsdeleite are harder then diamond.
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What was published after Anne Frank’s death?
What is the original name of the civil rights activist popularly known as Malcolm X?
What is the nickname of Edward Teach?
Which community of people had invented the world’s first writing system?
What is the name of the coldest sea on Earth?
The Amundsen Sea (or some other sea washing Antarctica, the data on the Internet varies) The Arctic is the name of the ocean and the North of our planet in general
Mt. Fuji is the highest point located in which Asian country?
What are sets of words that are opposite in meaning called?
What is the "…" punctuation called?
Who wrote the play ’Romeo And Juliet’?
What is the past tense of cut?
How many bytes are in 1 Kilobyte?
What is the full form of GUI?
What is the full form of USB?
Name an input device?
Who wrote the poem ‘If’?
Who wrote ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
Name the author of the classic book characters ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’?
In which language was ‘The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo’ originally published?
If a football field is 100 yards long, how many feet long is the football field?
What continent are the Pyramids of Giza located in?
Ron saves $32 every day. How much will he save in a year of 365 days?
If a car is traveling at 40 mph, how long will it take to go 190 miles?
True or false? The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.
Since the late 1930s, what calendar date has been designated for the inauguration of a United States president?
What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?
If you need 1/2 cup of flour and you only have a 1/4 measuring cup, how many times do you need to use it to get the right amount of flour?
The interior angles of a triangle always sum to what degree?
Who is the author of the 1960 novel about social and racial inequality, To Kill a Mockingbird?
What's the capital of Connecticut?
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from where?
What is a hyperbole?
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What river forms the border between Indiana and Kentucky?
Which blood type is known as the universal recipient?
The Hundred Years War of the 14th and 15th centuries was primarily a conflict between England and what other country?
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
How many teaspoons are in 5 tablespoons?
In what US city do the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet and form the Ohio River?
In English, "lice" is the plural of what word?
Budapest is the capital of what European country?
Known as "The Conqueror," what was the first name of the king who won the throne of England in 1066?
You peer through a window into a room and count 20 eyes. If each person has a typical number of eyes, how many people are in the room?
On a class field trip, there are four buses taking 36 students to the zoo. Each bus carries the same number of students. How many students are on each bus?
How many congruent bases are present in a solid Prism?
Round the number 2650 to the nearest thousand?
How many consonants are there in the English alphabet?
What are the three articles commonly used in the English language?
Where do we see the Yukon River?
Can you say the name of the lead singer of Smash Mouth?
Who is the lyricist of the song ‘They gave me the key to the sky?
Name the capital of Nevada?
Where is Harvard University located?
Name the river that flows through Glasgow?
Can you name the river that flows through Paris?
Name Europe’s largest port?
Which is the largest strait of the world?
What is the chemical name of salt?
Name the largest country by population in the world?
What is a fable?
Can you name the mathematician who is known as the ‘Father of Trigonometry’?
Do you know the number of days in the month of October?
If a train was supposed to arrive at the railway station at 04:15 but arrived after 35 minutes, at what time did the train arrive at the railway station?
It didn't. It was in the UK and there was a rail replacement service by bus
If I read ¼ of a book and my friend read ¾ of the same book, how much of the book did we read in all?
Which number will this roman symbol represent: XXIV?
Which is the basic unit of all life forms on this planet?
What is the scientist who studies the soil known as?
Which organ of the body helps in cleansing blood and removing toxins from the body?
What is the boiling point of water?
In which group of people were the first ones to celebrate Thanksgiving?
In which year did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?
What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
Which of these words means sparkle: ‘dazzle’, ‘dangle’, or ‘jazzle’?
What would you call a character in a story that revolves around him or her?
What are similar sounding words called?
They're homophones (like: two/too; ate/eight; crews/cruise; no/know and so on).
Who is known as the queen of pop?
To which nation is Shakira originally from?
What is used in a computer device to reduce the heat generated due to running the machine?
What type of computer software is Chrome?
Name an output device?
Which is the second book in the ‘Harry Potter’ series?
Name the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
Who was the author of ‘The Jungle Book’?
If I have five apples and you have four apples, how many more apples do I have?
If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 miles per hour, how much time will have passed when it arrives at a station 300 miles away?
What is an antonym for beautiful?
Which tool is used to estimate the likelihood of certain genetic outcomes?
How many sides does a hexagon have?
Can you say the tense of this sentence “We ate a large pizza yesterday?
Who wrote ‘Gulliver’s Travels’?
What is the dot over the lowercase letter I in the English alphabet called?
