Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader Quiz

‘Are you smarter than a 5th grader?’ is a U. S. game show that aired first on Fox. Since then a lot of shows and channels have made versions of their own because of its success rate. This is a funny little segment on a lot of shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The objective of the game is self-explanatory, are you, in fact, smarter than a kid in fifth grade? The rules are pretty simple. An adult contestant is asked five questions from textbooks of grade one to five. He can answer in any order.

If he gets the first five answers correct he’ll be securing at least $25,000. He also gets a fifth-grade student as a partner. You can make it a competition by adding more contestants.

Here are subject-wise questions that you can ask in your own version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Geography Trivia Questions & Answers

Q. Which famous statue holds a torch in her hand and stands on New York harbor?

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Statue of Liberty

Q. What is the largest continent in the world?

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Asia

Q. Which river flows through London?

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The Thames

Q. What is the capital of Hawaii?

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Honolulu

Q. What is the first color (top) on a rainbow?

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Red

Q. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?

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Magma

Q. What do you call molten rock after its eruption?

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Lava

Q. What galaxy is Earth located in?

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The Milky Way

Q. Which is the largest city in Wales?

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Cardiff

Q. What is the highest mountain?

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Mount Everest

Q. What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Venus

Q. In which continent is Chile?

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South America

Q. What is the capital of Turkey?

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Ankara

Q. What is the closest star to earth?

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Sun.

Q. In which Italian city is the leaning tower?

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Pisa

History Trivia Questions & Answers

Q. When is Americans Independence Day celebrated?

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Fourth of July

Q. Pharaoh is the title given to the rulers of which ancient county?

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Egypt

Q. Who was the 41st President of the USA?

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George H. Bush.

Q. Which English king had six wives?

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Henry the Eighth

Q. Who was the first man to step on the moon?

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Neil Armstrong

Q. Which city was divided by a wall from 1961 to 1989?

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Berlin

Q. What is the name of the Greek god of music?

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Apollo

Q. In which year did the Titanic sink?

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1912

Q. When was the first atomic bomb dropped?

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On August 6, 1945

Q. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Q. During which war was the Battle of Gettysburg fought?

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 July 1–July 3, 1863

Q. In which year did the Boston Tea Party take place?

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1773

Science Trivia Questions & Answers

Q. What are the five human senses?

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Sight, smell, taste, hear and touch.

Q. What is the first element of the Periodic Table of Elements?

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Hydrogen

Q. Where is the humans’ biggest bone located?

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Thigh bone

Q. What is the largest bird on earth?

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Ostrich

Q. What is a young cat called?

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Kitten

Q. Which gas is essential for us to breathe?

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Oxygen

Q. What does the innermost part of the bone contain?

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Bone marrow

Q. What is the pH level of pure water?

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7

Q. What is the human body’s biggest organ?

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Skin

Q. Name the three states of matter.

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Solid, liquid, and gas

Q. Name the species that can live both on earth and water.

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Amphibians

Q. Which force causes things to fall?

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Gravity.

Q. What is the name of the process where plants convert oxygen into carbon dioxide?

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Photosynthesis

Q. In which matter does sound travel faster?

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Solid

Q. What is the symbol of gold?

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Au

Q. What is the chemical symbol of Oxygen?

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O.

Q. How many bones are there in a human body?

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206

Q. Which organ is used for taste?

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Tongue

English Literature Trivia Questions & Answers

Q. What is the name of the bear in The Jungle Book?

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Baloo

Q. What is the name of the female antagonist in Peter Pan?

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Wendy

Q. Which fictional character lived in 221B Bakers Street?

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Sherlock Holmes

Q. Who was the author of the famous book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”?

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Lewis Carroll

Q. How many lines are there in a sonnet?

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Fourteen

Q. What is the name of the first Harry Potter book?

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Q. Which Bronte sister was the author of the famous classic Jane Eyre?

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Charlotte

Q. In the book “The Lord of the Rings” what is Bilbo?

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A hobbit

Q. In which century was Gone with the Wind written?

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In the 20th century 

Mathematics Trivia Questions & Answers

Q. What is the square root of 196?

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14

Q. How many sides does a pentagon have?

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Five

Q. How many zeros are there in a million?

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Six

Q. Solve the problem: 5 + 5 x 5. Answer =

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30

Q. What is the next prime number after 7?

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11.

Q. What is the perimeter of a circle called?

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Circumference.

Q. What is a triangle with 2 equal sides called?

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Isosceles triangle

Q. What is seven times nine?

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Sixty-three.

Q. What is the bigger number, a billion or a googol?

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A googol.

Q. What is 5 to the power 0?

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1.

Q. What would the next number in this sequence be 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34?

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55

Q. What is the middle value of an arranged data called?

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The median

Q. What does seven squared equal?

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49

Q. True or false; -4 is a natural number?

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False

General Knowledge Trivia Questions & Answers

Q. How many colors are there in a rainbow?

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7

Q. How many days are there in a leap year?

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366

Q. What is the name of the toy cowboy in the Toy Story?

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Woody

Q. Where are Pandas found?

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China

Q. What color are smurfs?

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Blue

Q. What is the strongest known magnet in the Universe?

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A Neutron Star

Q. Who discovered the rubber?

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Charles Macintosh

Q. Is tomato a fruit or vegetable?

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Fruit.

Q. What is the fastest animal on earth?

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Cheetah

Q. Who was the inventor of the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

Q. What is Harry Potter’s middle name?

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James

Q. What color is an Oscar award?

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Gold

Q. How many days are there in a fortnight?

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Fourteen

Q. What was Mickey Mouse’s original name?

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Mortimer Mouse

Q. What is the name of the biggest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter

Q. How many days are there in the month of August?

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31 days.

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