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Are You Smarter Than the Person Who Writes Questions for "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"
Posted Aug 22,2007

The card game version of this TV show just arrived in my office. Naturally, I wanted to embarrass my colleagues (and myself), so we sampled a few questions that any good National Geographic staffer should be able to handle, even a fourth grade dropout. Here they are.

1. A fox calls a den home, but what animal lives in a holt? Hint: It's a good swimmer. (My hint: It's not a walrus or a whale).
2. Count the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds and add 40 to it to determine what?
3. An octopus has 8 arms, but how many arms does a squid have?
4. What's the name of a baby that has a zebra for a dad and a horse for a mom?
5. True or False? Another name for a meteor is a shooting star.
6. True or False? Only the male turkey gobbles, not the female turkey.
7. Name the only two countries in South America that Brazil does not share a border with.

Okay, Pop Omnivorists -- start guessing (or googling). Or wait until Friday morning when the answers are Officially Posted.

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