-_- I mean c'mon adults are NOT that dumb. Yes, it was very enojoyable last night of it's premiere but it seemed set up =P
2007-02-28 07:00:06 · 19 answers · asked by JAMES 1 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Im SO glad someone else noticed this and that we are not as dumb as FOX would think we are. This show looked totally scripted, with very bad actors...
They got the white collar, glasses wearing nerdy history major guy kicked of in 2 or 3 ?'s--"ironically" about history, and then "Lakisha" who claimed to go to the "li-berry" often, appeared to pull all the answers out of her ***. Looked TOTALLY rigged. Im glad someone else noticed.
Its a shame too, i thought that was a really good i dea for a show, but it ended up being difficult to watch due to the poor acting on the part of the actor that played the contestant...
2007-02-28 14:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by Peck C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I wonder how they pick the adults. Do they give a quiz and only take those who fail it? I mean, Jeopardy takes only those who do well on a quiz right?? I can believe that there are plenty of adults who don't remember this stuff. I knew most of the answers, but I have a photographic memory that just stores useless trivia. I didn't know the math question.
My question is, do the kids get money - they're the only ones that seem to be able to answer anything.
And how 'bout the message to kids. All this stuff you're learning will not be necessary in your life.
2007-02-28 07:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by BaseballGrrl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And yes it's true. Don't know how old you are, but it's amazing the amount of seemingly simple things you forget as you get older... (like, way, pre-senior, I'm meaning). Eg. I'm from Canada, but just guessed that Columbus Day was in October; knew what REM was ( I don't think the majority of people can do the acronym correctly, even if they might know its definition ); didn't know the first impeached president; guessed at the triangle and got it right...
When I was teaching elementary school, it was amazing the amount and kinds of things we were teaching - and the kids just soak it all up. Grade Three is when kids really start learning a lot of content, so from there for the next few years, they are all a bunch of smarties --- it's all fresh for them.
2007-02-28 09:06:35 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's funny, but I think it's that most people forget the basics. I mean come on, that guy who went to UCLA and then to law school and he hadn't a clue about ANYTHING!!! but I guess from 5th grade to law school is a long time and lots of other knowledge is absorbed into your brain within that time. and don't forget, the brain can only hold so much information before it starts dumping stuff out as by example of extremely smart people or genius ones, have you ever noticed that though they may be smart about some things, they're kinda off about others?
but seriously, how many times do we actually need to use the area of a triangle
2007-02-28 07:06:00 · answer #4 · answered by ´¯0())))»·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's real. Most of the questions were such that an adult wouldn't have seen them since grade school. Logic questions could be figured by an adult but the questions they asked mostly relied on specific memory. Fifth graders didn't have to dig back so deep into their memory banks as the adult did.
2007-02-28 07:10:59 · answer #5 · answered by Toeless_Joe_Jackson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its a bit fake as well.. More played out then real. I guess its a good way to get people hooked on a show and laugh at the questions that the adults can't answer.
2007-02-28 07:04:14 · answer #6 · answered by ompie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't see it. But if you get a lot of really smart fifth graders, they could beat the adults. My nephew, who is a fifth grader, is really smart. He does math that I wouldn't have had until ninth grade. Even if it is fake (like a lot of "reality tv") it still might br fun to watch.
2007-02-28 07:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by Nagaraja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i didn't know a lot of those questions either....
And i can imagine that people on TV in front of an audience etc.. would probably be nerve racking and make you forget even the simple things .. add that to the fact the Jeff Foxworthy doesn't seem to shut up and give the contestants time to think.....
2007-02-28 07:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Kookie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched part of it last night and my only thought was that the adults probably had to fail some sort of intelligence quiz to qualify.
2007-02-28 07:48:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A setup, and I think there is an age limit of 24 or older to compete against the kids.
2007-02-28 07:05:01 · answer #10 · answered by Cenaposermobile3254 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋