Jeff introduces the kids and executive assistant Sheila takes the stage. Sheila gets started right away and chooses Alana as her helper. With prompting from Alana she chooses 1st Grade Animal Science.
True or False: Some crocodiles are native to North America?
Jeff runs down how the cheats work before Sheila decides she has to use a cheat and peeks at Alana’s answer. Sheila locks in her answer, gets it right, and moves on.
She moves onto 4th Grade Astronomy and gets asked this question for $2,000.
Not counting Pluto, how many planets in
our solar system are smaller than Earth?
She can’t figure it out so she uses the copy cheat, and luckily, Alana picks the right answer garnering Sheila $2,000. Alana sits and Jeff introduces Sheila’s family. Spencer gets up to join Sheila. With some help from her family, Sheila chooses 1st Grade Vocabulary just before Jeff cuts to commercial.
How many times to the letter “A” appear in the word mastodon.
Sadly, Sheila picks 2, but is saved by good ole Spencer. Unfortunately, Sheila is out of cheats and has to go the rest of the way on her own. She chooses 2nd Grade US Geography.
In terms of land area what is the second biggest US state?
She goes back and forth between Texas, California and Alaska before dropping out and taking home $5,000.
Next contestant is Roy who works in package delivery. He picks Kyle and jumps right into 1st Grade Astronomy.
True or False: You can see the planet Saturn with the naked eye.
He uses the peek but Kyle has the wrong answer. Luckily, Roy has the right answer and gets $1,000. His next question is in 1st Grade Social Studies.
The month of November has how many Federal holidays?
Roy gets it wrong with the answer of 1 but gets saved by Kyle and gets $2,000. Kyle sits down and Alana is picked to be the next 5th grade helper. He moves onto 2nd Grade Animal Science.
What gender of mosquito bites humans?
Roy goes for the copy and gets through it with some help from Alana. Roy, out of cheats, must soldier on on his own. He goes for 2nd Grade Art.
Which color absorbs the most light?
A. Black
B. White
C. Yellow
He gets it right and earns $10,000. His next question is for $25,000 in 3rd Grade Earth Science.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox occurs in which month?
Roy decides to drop out and take $10,000. He admits to the world that he is not smarter than a 5th grader.
Next up is new mom Crystal. She picks Alana to help her out and picks 4th Grade US Geography. She gets asked this question for $1,000.
Two US rivers are over 2,000 miles long,
one is the Mississippi, what is the other?
Stumped, Crystal goes for a cheat and gets it right with some help from Alana.
She picks 3rd Grade Math for her next question and draws this doozy:
A triangle has 2 interior angles of 1 degree each.
How many degrees does its 3rd angle have?
She picks 1 degree but is wrong, and unfortunately drops out without winning anything.
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