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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Primary Category: ADL Development

Subcategories: Academics, Life Skills, Long Term Memory, Concentration

Description of how the game can be used to fit the categories:

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Is a game that pits players against each other for ultimate bragging rights. You must claim victory by answering 11 questions that the average 5th grader knows. Players will have to use their academic knowledge to answer the questions that are based on a 1st through the 5th-grade level. Players will also need to count up their money based on how many questions they correctly answer. By using life skills, players are given the option to use tokens that reveal a “peek” at another player’s answer, “copy” another opponent, or “save” when not knowing an answer to a question. Furthermore, players will need to use their long-term memory of prior knowledge to answer the questions to be asked to successfully complete the answer. Lastly, players must also concentrate on the question be asked as well as the answer they will execute. In this game, you could win big or have to admit “I am not smarter than a 5th Grader”.