Is A Doctor Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader is one of the most successful game shows of all time, so I thought I’d take a swing at the questions to see if my years of medical school and higher education would give me an edge. Honestly, some of these questions were extremely difficult. I answered questions about teeth, the planets, Connecticut, prime numbers, US Presidents, lungs, the 20th century, Red Square, Dwight D. Eisenhower, color theory, roman numerals, how to read a clock, calcium in your bones, grammar, flags, 100 yards, hartford, Mars, blood cells, stapes, The Statue of Liberty, Tamarins, REM cycles, the periodic table, Acadia National Park, and tooth enamel with my friend Dr. Daniel Rubenshtein. We may not have Jeff Foxworthy, but this quiz is brutal. How did you do?

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[blazingfire]

Mike got almost all of the medical questions right. That’s pretty impressive. He should consider becoming a doctor

[ShortHax]

Dr Mike is like that friend who constantly says that he is gonna fail but ends up getting the best score in the class

[rasmusjoensen]

I love how when it’s not a medical question he’s so confused but when it’s medical he like explains the entire Wikipedia

[CartyCreative]

8:40 Dr. Mike's editors are great. They add so much to the pacing and humor

[TheMulToyVerse]

I loved that he called his dentist as if to call him out for lying to him all these years, hahaha

[DonnEStarside]

06:46
Mike: "It's not the crust, that's the deep"
Me: "Imagine the earth is a loaf of bread Mike. What do we call the outer shell?"

[shitpostshorts]

As a year 11 this greatly boosted my confidence watching a fully qualified doctor struggle with such basic questions

Edit: Ratio

[Alyse]

His dentist answering the phone saying “Yo” made my day 😂😂

[selors]

As an aspiring astronomer, when he said Mars was closer to the sun than Earth, I almost cried, then when he got it right I looked up in the sky in happiness.

[jenniferweber]

As an artist, it baffles me that mixing colors isn't a common knowledge as adults, my cousin who is an engineer also does not know colors so don't feel bad about that hesitation mike.

[nyssiaeiko]

On the adjectives one, Mike was basically that picture of "I don't know how, but you used the wrong formula and got the right result"

[trynna]

On the grammar, sometimes would be an adverb telling when. Bear is a proper noun as the subject. Gets and drools are the compound verbs. And is a coordinating conjunction. Really and super are adverbs telling how much. All over is an adverb telling where. Hungry is an adjective describing bear. Crunchy is an adjective describing food. Food is a direct object telling what. Lastly, his is a possessive pronoun.

Nobody cares, but I really enjoy grammar and wanted to do a breakdown of the sentence. If I have anything wrong, please let me know. I’m always excited to learn more.

[lenaelisabeth]

Doctor Mike calling a dentist to confirm and the dentist immediately proving him wrong is hilarious 😂

[Nerdfighter]

Mike: “first grade will be easy!”
Also Mike: “God I HATE these questions”

[Randie]

"Remember, I'm an immigrant, so I'm allowed to struggle with this!"
As an immigrant myself, I wish that I had know that line when I was in school. That way, I could had use it during English class. 💯

[notnamed]

3:49
My instant reaction was "HOW WOULD METERS BE CONFUSING!?" As soon as i heard him say that.

[rachl]

The fact that his dentist answered the phone "yo" is all we need to know about this guy 😂

[GLGC]

This honestly makes me feel better that even a doctor struggles with some basic academic stuff. But also a little worrying that a doctor doesn't know some of this. But then again, maybe his brain dumped all the "useless" early academic info in favor of keeping all the good medical info.

[possessedcheese]

When he said "It's definitely not the crust" I died inside.

[Tanya_Maria]

These videos are so fun. Makes you realize doctors are human too and don't know everything! It's comforting. Mike has a huge knowledge of medicin though! 😊