[Movie] Are you dumber than a fifth grader? now televised to find out the results.

in the associated press today, this news story was announced:

PASADENA, Calif. - Every parent's nightmare _ being exposed for not knowing what's in your kid's school textbook _ will soon play out on national television.

Fox announced Saturday that it is making a new game show, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" that will air sometime later this year, perhaps as early as the spring.

Adults will compete in a quiz based on questions from elementary school textbooks. Actual elementary school students will be on hand as "experts" for the adults to consult with.

"While most game shows measure how smart you are, this is a show that will measure how dumb you are," said Peter Liguori, Fox entertainment president.

Fox won a competition with other networks to buy the idea from Mark Burnett, executive producer of "Survivor," perhaps because Liguori _ not too modestly _ said he was the only chief network television executive to answer all six questions from the show correctly.



now, we've seen people humiliate themselves on game shows before. how popular do you think this quiz show is going to get?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

it's kind of like the final questions of the old show You Bet Your Life with groucho marx, where the questions were "who's buried in Grant's tomb?" and "what color is the white house"

There's nowhere I can't reach.