Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

• Cordula Stratmann
• Matthieu (1st and 2nd season )
• Noah (1st and 2nd season )
• Luke M. (2nd season )
• Luca (2nd season )
• Celine (1st and 2nd season )
• Luke S. ( Season 2 )
• Stephanie (1st and 2nd season )
• Michelle ( Season 2 )
• Anne -Sophie (1st and 2nd season )
• Julian ( Season 3 )
• Eva ( Season 3 )
• Felix F. ( Season 3 )
• Niklas ( Season 3 )
• Felix P. ( Season 3 )
• Emily ( Season 3 )
• Luke ( Season 3 )
• Catherine ( Season 3 )
• Quynh Mai ( Season 3 )
• Leonie ( Season 3 )
• Marie -Ann ( Season 3 )
• Marius ( Season 3 )
• Lucas ( Season 3 )

The Everybody knows that! is a German Quiz Game Show Sat.1 based on the U.S. show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ( " Are you smarter than a fifth grader ?") Is based. The moderation of the German version was acquired by Cordula Stratmann.

The games will be played by a single candidate who tried ten questions (and a final bonus question ) to answer. The questions are asked on the basis of textbook content. Each correct answer increases the amount of money that the player receives. In answering the candidate may request the assistance of a "Classmates " at the age of ten or eleven years. If a candidate gives a wrong answer or decides to quit the game, he has to say out loud " I know that every child, but unfortunately not. "

International versions

In addition to the English version and the original American Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? are also planned for other international offshoots. A British version titled Are You Smarter than a 10 - Year-Old? ( "Are you smarter than a ten year old ?") Is aired since 2007 in the prime time on Sky One and includes 20 episodes, which will be hosted by Noel Edmonds. A further 50 episodes aired during the day and hosted by Dick and Dom. Offshoots exist in over 30 countries, including Hong Kong and Thailand.

Studio

The show is recorded in front of a studio audience. The main backdrop of the studio is not initially visible. As soon as the theme music is playing, slide two walls to the side to the backdrop, a classroom uncover.

On a screen in the " classroom" the question list, the question asked, the answers of the school children and the progress of the candidates are represented in the game; while a green background with white text is used to remember the blackboards. But are shown as a schoolchild photographs or video clips of the candidate.

The scenery also includes various theatrical props that are similar to things that might be found in a classroom.

Occupation

In the first season five children are known as " classmates ". Each selected child should be the American producer for " smart, funny and open-minded ." The children Stephanie (10 ), Celine (10 ), Matthieu (10 ), Anne -Sophie (11) and Noah (11 ) without the prior film or television experience were cast from different fifth classes in North Rhine -Westphalia.

Game play

In each game, the candidate should (one adult ) answer a series of eleven questions that were taken from textbooks of the first to the fifth grade. Before the game begins, the candidate gets ten compartments called ( such as mathematics, reading, or religion), all of which belong to a particular grade level; There are two questions per level, from the first to the fifth grade. Candidates may answer the questions in any order. All correct answers increase their profits ( see table, left); after a candidate has to answer the fifth question correctly, it must be at least € 10,000 safe. If a candidate answers all ten questions correctly, he gets the chance with the bonus question to earn € 200,000.

In every show there are five fifth graders as classmates. The candidate selects a child as " Bank neighbors ", which is available in the nearest podium and is often asked of the candidates by the favorite subject before a topic is chosen; the other four sit at tables on the side. Each child can only be for two ( consecutive ) Questions " classmate " of the candidate. Thereafter, the candidate needs to select a child with whom he has not played before.

Candidates have three " botch " options that can be used once each (from the first to the tenth question, but not in the bonus question ):

• Spiking: The candidate can see what his classmate written in response and to select whether he does have the answer or not. If the candidate chooses to use the option, he must answer the question and can not be kicked out.
• Copying: the candidate accepts the response of classmates without being able to see before.
• The Last Resort: If the candidate answers a question incorrectly, but his classmate knows the correct answer, the correct answer is one. If the classmate has, however, answered the question wrong, you lose the candidate. This option is automatically used when the first wrong answer the candidate.

Once all three options were used, the candidate can not have picked a more classmates.

If the candidate answers a question incorrectly ( and will not be saved ), "flies" and he loses all its profits (or fall back to € 10,000 if he has mastered the fifth question ). However, the candidate decides to volunteer for it, excrete, he can ( even after he has already seen the question ) leave the game with the profit already made.

For the bonus question, the rules change a bit. The candidate gets only the subject of the question to see before he decides whether he will continue or stop. If the candidate chooses to see the issue, he can not resign voluntarily and must be the question - without the help of classmates - answer. A wrong answer can the candidate then fall back to € 10,000.

If a candidate is at any time during the game to decide to abandon the match or if the employee leaves involuntarily, he must look into the camera and confess aloud: " I ​​know that every child, but unfortunately not. "

Some of the questions imprecise and the answers may not be accurate: Example: "Through which country flows the Rhine, when he leaves Germany? " The Rhine flows out of Germany several times. Answer would be " Switzerland The Netherlands " or the question would have to be supplemented "final" with.

New from the third season will ask questions from their current lessons in video Einspielern students from all over Germany.

In the broadcast from 1 August 2008, it is a candidate for the first time managed to earn € 200,000.

Celebrity Specials

At the beginning of Season 3 on 4 July 2008 was a celebrity special place in double length. Among them were actresses Andrea Sawatzki, Ann -Kathrin Kramer, the presenter Barbara Eligmann and the actor Hannes Jaenicke and Ingo Naujoks were.

Controversial

In the broadcast, which aired on 22 August 2008, resigned from a candidate to a particular question is not clearly identified. He called on the question " Which four voices are also vocal ranges for instruments? ", the tone soprano, alto, baritone and bass. Provided as a correct answer were soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Since it is mentioned in all five terms is vocal ranges which are also used for instruments - such as the soprano recorder, alto saxophone, tenor horn, baritone guitar and the bass clarinet - are both answers correct.