The contestant cannot choose to use the Save it is automatically deployed on their first miss. Save: If the contestant misses a question and the classmate has answered correctly, the contestant is credited with a correct answer and allowed to continue in 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. The classmate must provide the correct answer in order for the contestant to advance to the next stage otherwise, the contestant flunks out. Copy: The contestant is locked into using their classmate's answer, without being able to see it first.When this cheat is used, the contestant may not "drop out" on the current question. Peek: The contestant is shown their classmate's answer, and may use it or give a different one.The contestant is also presented with two "cheats" and a "save" to use during the game that help the contestant but may only be used once throughout a game: If the contestant get it incorrect, unless if the student have the correct answer via a "Save" (see below), he or she "flunk out" and the contestant either leave the game with nothing or the last guaranteed amount if they reached a certain level in the game (in the Taiwanese version, the contestant's winnings are cut by half instead, as the version neither have a guaranteed sum not have an option to leave the game).ĭuring the game, the contestant also chooses one of the five students from the classroom who will assist the contestant on two questions. Throughout the game, the contestant can choose to "drop out", by ending the game and leave with the current accumulated winnings won up to the point. Each question is presented as either a multiple choice question of three answers, a true-or-false question, or a short-answered question, in which a contestant must answer it correctly in order to progress on to the next question. The contestant is presented and chooses from a set of subjects and grade level question topics, usually ten in most versions, with one or two subjects for each grade level. The show also derives its humor by occasionally displaying the contestant's educational attainment, implying that in spite of that, they struggle to answer some questions. Therefore, the show is essentially a test to see how much an adult has retained since graduating elementary school. The game relies on the premise that an adult would not know the information generally taught in elementary grade school because it is rarely used in adult life by the type of person chosen to be a contestant. version of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, though the general format applies to all international versions.
The following description of the show is based primarily on the U.S.
Each game is played by a single contestant who earns money incrementally based on a payout ladder by answering simple trivia questions, with the game themed as a school quiz.
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