Are you Smarter than a 5th grader?

: NASC
4 Edition

The title of this family game says it all:

Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? Test your
knowledge by answering questions. Not sure of
the answer? Find help along the way from one of
your classmates.
Just remember - if you can't answer the questions correctly - you may not be
Smarter than a Fifth Grader.

Make your way up the educational ladder and win a million dollars on your
way. This is a fun trivial game that doesn't take too much time to complete. Try
playing Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader with your friends today!

Objective:
Answer 11 Biology-related questions correctly. Prove that you are smarter
than a 5th grader and that you will pass NASC4 this semester!

In each game, the contestant is asked a series of eleven questions, spanning

topics related to Biology (such as Cell Division, Reproduction, Development or Birth,
Genetics, Gene Action, and Genetic Engineering) taken from various materials. Each
question is associated with a grade level; there are two questions per grade, from
first to fifth. The player can answer the questions in any order, and each correct
answer raises their cumulative amount of winnings to the next level (see table at
right); after answering the fifth question correctly, they are guaranteed to leave
with at least $25,000. If the player correctly answers the first ten questions, they
are given the opportunity to answer a fifth-grade bonus question (sixth-grade in the
2015 revival) worth $1,000,000.
Five fifth graders (some of whom are also professional child actors) [13] appear
on each show and play along on stage in general, each episode in a season has
the same cast of children. Prior to the show, the children are provided with
workbooks which contain a variety of material, some of which could be used in the
questions asked in the game.[14][15] The player chooses one member of the group to
be their "classmate", who stands at the adjacent podium and is called upon for
assistance in choosing a subject; the other four sit at desks off to the side. Each
member acts as the classmate for two consecutive questions, after which another
child is picked from those who have not yet played in that game.
Contestants have three forms of answer-assistance options (two cheats and a
Save), each available for use once per game (up to, but not including, the million
dollar subject).[16]The two cheats, Peek and Copy, can be invoked by the contestant
to aid in making a decision as follows:

Peek: The player is shown their classmate's answer and may choose whether
to go along with it or not; however, they must answer the question upon using
this cheat.
 Copy: The player is locked into using their classmate's answer, without being
able to see it first. If the classmate is correct, the contestant is correct and
advances up the money ladder. If the classmate is incorrect, the contestant loses
the game. When this cheat is used in the 2015 revival, the classmate is allowed
to discuss his/her answer with the other fifth graders and change it if desired.

However, the Save is simply a rule of the game:

Save: If the player answers incorrectly but their classmate is correct, they
are credited with a correct answer. Unlike the Peek or Copy, the contestant
cannot elect to use the Save, as it is used automatically on their first incorrect
response. However, if the classmate's answer is also incorrect (or the
classmate's answer is the same as the contestant's), the contestant loses.
Players could use the Save in tandem with the Peek to have two possible
answers, theirs and their classmate's. (The Save was removed in season 2 of the
syndicated version.)
Once all three forms of assistance are used, the children no longer play an
active role in the game.
If the contestant gets an answer wrong (and is not saved), they "flunk out",
and lose the chance to win the major goodies, if they surpassed the fifth question.
They may choose to "drop out" at any point during the game (with the exception of
the peek cheat noted above), which entitles them to leave the game with any
winnings they have accrued.
The rules change slightly for the million dollar subject. The player is only
shown the subject of the question before deciding if they will continue or drop out.
However, if they choose to see the question, they are no longer eligible to drop out
and must answer the question, with no assistance from the classmates or cheats.
An incorrect answer will cause the contestant to leave with the consolation prize.
If the contestant wins answers the million dollar question correctly, they will
have the opportunity to declare to the camera "I am smarter than a 5th grader! And
I will pass NASC4!!!" However, if at any point during the game the player drops out
or flunks out, they must face the camera, state their name, and declare "I
am not smarter than a 5th grader. But I will try again!

References/Sources:

Board Game Capital. (n.d). Are you smarter than a 5th grader game rules.
BoardGameCapital.com. Retrieved on 04 February 2017 from
http://www.boardgamecapital.com/smarter-than-a-fifth-grader-rules.htm

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (U.S. game show). (2016, December 14).
In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04 February 2017,
from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=Are_You_Smarter_than_a_5th_Grader
%3F_(U.S._game_show)&oldid=754691228