On the Hunt for Brains
By DHARM MAKWANA, 24 HOURS
By DHARM MAKWANA, 24 HOURS
Producers for a fresh TV quiz show were in Vancouver yesterday searching for energetic, clever, articulate and fun kids. They found Noa Gurvis.
The nine-year-old was one of 150 area children to audition for "Are You Smarter Than A Canadian Fifth Grader", debuting this fall.
For Gurvis, the game show's a chance to flex her intellectual muscle proving there isn't a subject that stumps her.
"I like spelling, geography and science," she says before quickly adding, "social studies and languages, a lot!"
Casting producer Aviva Frenkel says kids like Noa make her cross-country trek to find five final talents a joy.
Casting producer Aviva Frenkel says kids like Noa make her cross-country trek to find five final talents a joy.
"You get to meet really fantastic kids, who have a wide range of interests and are willing to share and help adults," she says.
Once on the air, the five fifth graders will act as lifelines to help adults with elementary level questions, like "Is skin an organ?" with the 10th correct answer netting $1 million.
Noa knows the answer but doesn't mind sharing.
When it comes to helping out she says, "I think it feels really awesome."
When it comes to helping out she says, "I think it feels really awesome."
QUESTIONS: (Can you answer them????)
1. Name the five human senses?
2. How many families of orchestral instruments are there?
3. What does the French word, "vouloir" mean?
4. A pig is an omnivore. True or false?
5. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
1. Name the five human senses?
2. How many families of orchestral instruments are there?
3. What does the French word, "vouloir" mean?
4. A pig is an omnivore. True or false?
5. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
ANSWERS:
1. Taste, touch, hearing, smell, sight
2. Four (strings, woodwinds, brass, precussion)
3. To want
4. True
5. Sir John A. Macdonald
1. Taste, touch, hearing, smell, sight
2. Four (strings, woodwinds, brass, precussion)
3. To want
4. True
5. Sir John A. Macdonald
