Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Hong Kong)

係咪小兒科
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Created by Fox
Starring Leo Ku
Country of origin Hong Kong
No. of episodes 26 (season 1)
30 (season 2)
Production
Running time 60 minutes per episode (episode 1-15)
45 minutes per episode (episode 16-26)
30 minutes per episode (season 2)
(inc. commercials)
Release
Original network TVB
Original release October 25, 2008 
November 16, 2009
External links
Website

The Hong Kong version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Traditional Chinese: 係咪小兒科, literally translated "is it child's play?") was produced by TVB from 2008 to 2009. This show was based on the American show of the same name. It is hosted by Leo Ku and narrated by Kevin So.

The first season started on October 25, 2008 and ended on April 25, 2009. The second season aired between October 5, 2009 and November 16, 2009.

Format

The format is based on the original 2007-09 United States version (not the level-based format adopted when the show switched to syndication).

The 3 "cheats" are called "參考隔籬" (Peek), "搬字過紙" (Copy) and "自動補答" (Save) respectively.

The question values are also the same as the American version, but in Hong Kong Dollars. The top prize, HK$1,000,000, is about US$129,000.

Question Values
11
$1,000,000
5 $25,000 10 $500,000
4 $10,000 9 $300,000
3 $5,000 8 $175,000
2 $2,000 7 $100,000
1 $1,000 6 $50,000

The subjects of the questions are:

However, unlike other versions, at the start of every episode, the host will ask an IQ question, which is just for fun, the answer will be announced at the end of that episode.

List of contestants

All the contestants are celebrities. "Drop out" means the contestant quits in the middle of the game, "Flunk out" means the contestant answers the question incorrectly.

Season 1

Episode Date Contestant Drop out/Flunk out Prize won
1 October 25, 2008 Sandra Ng Drop out HK$50,000
2 November 1, 2008 Roger Kwok Drop out HK$50,000
3 November 8, 2008 So Sze-wong Flunk out on the HK$100,000 question HK$25,000
4 November 15, 2008 Sammy Leung Flunk out on the HK$100,000 question HK$25,000
5 November 22, 2008 Eric Kot Drop out HK$100,000
6 November 29, 2008 Athena Chu Drop out HK$100,000
7 December 6, 2008 Bosco Wong Drop out HK$100,000
8 December 13, 2008 Edmond Leung Drop out HK$100,000
9 December 20, 2008 Eric Suen Drop out HK$175,000
10 December 27, 2008 Cheung Tat-Ming Drop out HK$100,000
11 January 3, 2009 Jessica Hsuan Drop out HK$175,000
12 January 10, 2009 Louis Yuen Drop out HK$100,000
13 January 17, 2009 Myolie Wu Drop out HK$100,000
14 January 24, 2009 Andrew Lam Drop out HK$100,000
15 January 31, 2009 Wong Cho Lam Drop out HK$100,000
16 February 7, 2009 Ha Yu Drop out HK$100,000
17 February 14, 2009 Kate Tsui Drop out HK$175,000
18 February 21, 2009 Law Kar-ying Flunk out on the HK$100,000 question HK$25,000
19 February 28, 2009 Amigo Choi Drop out HK$100,000
20 March 7, 2009 Mark Lui Drop out HK$50,000
21 March 14, 2009 Michael Miu Drop out HK$175,000
22 March 21, 2009 Ivan Ho Drop out HK$100,000
23 March 28, 2009 FAMA Drop out HK$175,000
24 April 4, 2009 Felix Wong, Carlo Ng Drop out HK$175,000
25 April 18, 2009 I Love You Boyz Drop out HK$175,000
26 April 25, 2009 Sammy Leung, Kitty Yuen Drop out HK$175,000

Season 2

Episode Date Contestant Drop out/Flunk out Prize won
1-2 October 5–6, 2009 Michael Tse Drop out HK$300,000
3-4 October 7–8, 2009 Sunny Chan Drop out HK$100,000
5-6 October 9 and 12, 2009 Charmaine Sheh Drop out HK$175,000
7-8 October 13–14, 2009 Kiki Sheung Drop out HK$100,000
9-10 October 15–16, 2009 Wayne Lai Drop out HK$175,000
11-12 October 20–21, 2009 Peter So Drop out HK$100,000
13-14 October 22–23, 2009 Shirley Yeung Drop out HK$300,000
15-16 October 26–27, 2009 Wong He Drop out HK$175,000
17-18 October 28–29, 2009 Chapman To, Yumiko Cheng Drop out HK$100,000
19-20 October 30 and November 2, 2009 Kenny Bee, Benette Pang Drop out HK$175,000
21-22 November 3–4, 2009 Nancy Sit, Lee Lik-Chi Drop out HK$175,000
23-24 November 5–6, 2009 Vincy Chan, Wong Cho Lam Drop out HK$300,000
25-26 November 9–10, 2009 Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Lorretta Chow Flunk out on the HK$500,000 question HK$25,000
27-28 November 11–12, 2009 Chow Chung, Andrew Lam Drop out HK$100,000
29-30 November 13 and 16, 2009 Sammy Leung, Kitty Yuen Drop out HK$175,000

Criticism

Since the "classmates" of every episode almost got all the questions correctly, many audience thought that they memorized all the answers already before the recording of the show. Some audience may even think that the actual purpose of the show is to bring out the message that children are smarter than adults.

External links

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