Are You Smarter Than.....?

For many years now, I thought that The Simpsons was plumbing the depths of stupidity on television but this has now been overtaken by another television programme which also airs on Sky One.

This television programme rejoices in the name of "Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?". Elsewhere in the world, including Australia, it's broadcast as "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?".

The Australian version is very watchable because the host is the very handsome and recently widowed Rove McManus.


I recently watched the US version as well and in the episode which I saw, the first contestant was an extremely handsome man, which most of us gay boys would kill for but had a very plain-looking girlfriend whom he proposed to (and she accepted - I would have too, if he proposed to me) after winning only $50,000 out of a possible $1 million.

The premise of the gameshow truly boggles the mind. Adult contestants are given money to answer questions which primary school children are expected to know the answers to without getting any money for!

I can't help but think that the children are being shortchanged.