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Is Andy Smarter Than a Child Genius?

Feb 20, 2020
- I want to ask you if you are watching any program that I have become obsessed with. It's called "Boy Genius." Have you seen this on Lifetime? Anyone, yes? Oh... And if you haven't, find a way to start watching from the beginning. It's a competition and it's about, get this, kid

genius

es. Kids are amazing and watching them makes me feel silly and stupid at the same time. They all have IQs over 150. I don't even know what IQ means, no... I know "DQ" is Dairy Queen, I know. I don't know, most of them are like 12 years old. That's the average age.
is andy smarter than a child genius
One of them is already taking college classes. I'm 57 years old, I haven't started taking college classes yet. They are intelligent in all areas. They have... They interrogate them... every week it's something different. Mathematics, geography, memorization. In one episode, they shuffle a deck of cards and the kids have to memorize the order of each of the cards in the deck. And they do it. They remember 52 cards. Amazing: If I walk from the living room to the kitchen looking for a pair of scissors, I forget what I was doing there. I've been telling everyone on my staff to watch this show and Andy, have you seen it yet?
is andy smarter than a child genius

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You've seen? - Uh, no, I recorded it. I haven't seen it. - Okay, well, that's the important thing. I told you four weeks ago to watch it and you recorded it, so it's fine. Alright, uh... Here it is... here it is... Come here, Andy. I'm going to punish you, come here. We're going to have a little competition and we're going to... We're going to play a game... Look, there are two podiums. Who do you think you're going to play against? - A kind of

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. - Yes, you will play against one of the genius kids on the show.
is andy smarter than a child genius
Ryan! Come here, Ryan. - Hello Ryan. - Hello. - How are you? - Ryan, hello. - Hello. - Hello, I'm a big fan. I know who you are because I watch the show. How old are you? - I'm 12 years old... - You're 12. - And I'm in seventh grade. - You are in seventh grade and what is your IQ? - MMM good. My parents told my brother and I that one of our IQs is 153 and the other is 156, but they won't tell us exactly whose IQ is whose, because otherwise we'll fight over who's

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, so... - Good.
is andy smarter than a child genius
And what are the...? Obviously, there are many benefits, but aside from the obvious ones, what is the benefit of being really smart? - Oh, well, one thing I really like is that I can prove my parents wrong. - They must love that. both: yes. -What's your IQ, Andy? - - I haven't had it tested. - No? - Not well. I just want to show it to everyone. This is one of... this is a mathematical equation that Ryan was doing on the show. - Ryan, what is 39,553 + 2,302? - 41,855. - Correct. 39x7? - 273. - Correct. 203 divided by 7. - 29. - Correct, pencil.
Calculate 14 x 2 - 11, and finally multiply by 2. - 34. - Correct. - Awesome. Alright. Here it is... Ryan, look at this. This is a clip of Andy trying to walk. announcer: Here it is now, Ellen DeGeneres! - Okay, then... - It's not nice. - Here we go. - Okay let's go. - Okay, you have a notebook and a pen, you may not need them. Okay, ready? - Yes. - Let us know when you know the answer. What is 7 x 7? - 49. - That's right! - Wow. Alright. This Friday is Friday the 13th. How do you spell... (probing) Tricks...a...phobia? (saying it wrong) Tricksadeckaphobia? - That's right! - That's how it is.
That's how it is. Good job! You saw that. Alright, here we go. Mathematical equation. - Well. - Ready? - Yes. - 412. - Yes. - 316 - Yes. - He didn't even do anything! - Good. - He just said that, that's right. Alright. Good guess, Andy. - Well. - Very well, if 3 to the power of x times 9 is equal to 81, what is the value of x? - 2. - That's right. - Yes. - Andy, I'm going to ask you something that's more in your world-- You're a big Los Angeles Kings fan, right? - Am. - Okay, what is the Chinese word for "king"? - Wang? - Wa--Wáng?
He should know, Wang. How do you spell that, Andy? - I don't know, but... I got the first one. - Well. - Everyone knows that pi is the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, but what are the first 10 digits of pi? 3.141592653589793-- - Okay, yeah, I got it. - The score is 5 to 1. - Yes. I have 17 Emmy Awards. -Andy? - Yes, go ahead. - I really want you to be right, okay? Do not call. Name 10 types of cake. - Apple, pumpkin, blueberry, cherry, rhubarb, pineapple, hash... - Pineapple pie? - Uh... - Plum, lime, banana and raspberry cream. - Alright. - Two. - Pineapple? - Two... uh, yeah. - I have never eaten a pineapple cake in my life. - Me neither.
Me neither. Here we go: If a groundhog could drop 60 pounds of wood in 1.5 days, how many pounds of wood would a groundhog drop in 6 days? - 600. - 240. - That's right. - Well. That seems fine to me. - Alright. - Alright. - Name-- Name three Kardashians and Jenners don't count. Kim, Khloé and Kendall. - (laughing) That's right. Ah... - Oh, oh... - Do you know who the Kardashians are? - Yes, good. The sum of three consecutive prime numbers is 173. What is the largest of these numbers? - 61? - That's right. - I do not know what that means. - Me neither. - - Alright. - Good for you.
The score is 7-3 and I don't even know how you got 3 there, but anyway... You were the winner. Congratulations, Ryan. For winning, you'll get a 55-inch TCR Roku TV and a $1,000 and $1,000 Game Stop game card. - What do I get? - You get nothing! - What do I get? "Child Geniuses," Tuesday nights at 10:00 on Lifetime. And now, we all dance. Give that back!

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