What is Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader??
{{italictitle}} '''''Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?''''' is a [[television]] [[game show]] based on asking grade-school level questions to adults. The format started with the [[United States]] version, which first aired on [[FOX Broadcasting Company|FOX]] in February 2007. The show was created by [[Mark Burnett]], the same person behind the hit show ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader | title=Are you smarter than a 5th grader? | publisher=TV Squad | first=Julia | last=Ward | date=2006-12-14 }}</ref> The show has since been made in many other countries; some use the same title, and some use different titles. In [[Australia]], the show is on the [[Ten Network]]. The top prize is [[Australian dollar|AU$]]500,000. A [[syndicated]] version of the show aired in the United States from September 2009 to March 2011. Contestants answer eight questions (ten in Season 1), and can answer a 5th grade bonus question for ten times the amount they earned from those questions. Unlike other versions of the show, the game does not end after a wrong answer. Instead, the contestant loses their earnings up to that point. ==References== {{reflist}} {{tv-stub}} [[Category:2007 television series debuts]] [[Category:Fox television series]] [[Category:First run syndicated television programs]] [[Category:Television game shows]]