Are You Smarter Than a 10th Grader? Probably Not

[@kaitwhy8337]

I would like the writers to know that my husband (a teacher) laughed extremely hard at the "we qualify for a grant" joke.

[@bananascoaster1243]

I thought that was funny as well😂

[@carolinecagle3266]

Don't forget little expensive computer hats.

[@GoddexxJae]

I read this as "my husband, (a tractor)..." and just went with it 😂

[@MinnieandMickeyandSnips]

This segment is for every former gifted child to feel like it was all worth something 😂

[@Tonyhouse1168]

AP classes were so overrated

[@Darchias]

So many people in the comments section talking about algebra. This is a geometry question.... yes Algebra could be used to get the correct answer, but it is indeed a geometry question.

[@kyleellis1825]

Not if you had a detailed college plan you intended to follow. But aside from using the credits with a very specific plan, yeah it's a waste.@@Tonyhouse1168

[@kyleellis1825]

You know what, the grade proves you are correct. This is grade 7/8 algebra but grade 10 geometry. @@Darchias

[@seanloughran6714]

The cool S cracked me up!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

It's embarrassing that only one of them got it right!

[@jgodin312]

but none of them made the cool S chain where you link a bunch of them together

[@andynguyen6448]

Stussy for the win!

[@andrewklang809]

I drew the funky lower-case s that you find in the original Founding Father's documents, the one that looks like an f but so tall it goes underneath the line too. ... Well I don't WANT to be cool anyway!

[@barrettpickett5603]

A wow moment was they all got the math question right.

[@asterismos5451]

Beth was very wrong though about x=1, it =3, so she sort of stumbled into the answer.

[@Darchias]

If you actually looked at her math, you would see that she did get X=3. She just misspoke (intentional? Maybe.)

[@asterismos5451]

@@DarchiasOh, my bad OK

[@Peter_Cordes]

Fun fact: you don't need to solve for X, you can just subtract 10 from both sides. 2x+5 - 10 = 2x - 5. And 11-10 = 1. Half way to that shortcut would be just solving for 2x, since that term appears in both expressions.you can just treat it as the variable to solve for. But yeah, 2x = 6 so X = 3. Beth and Mo both had those numbers on their boards so they solved for X then plugged it into 2X-5. I also found it weird that Beth fumbled her explanation so completely. Like maybe she just left out some words between "solve for X" and "1". Zach didn't show his work so we don't know if that was a lucky guess on his part; he wasn't celebrating like the ladies were so maybe? Like maybe he just went for a joke instead of spending his time on solving it. I hoped they'd all get this right, since it's really not hard and they had a board to keep track of what they were doing so it wasn't just all in their heads where it's easy to lose track if you don't regularly think about number problems. Interesting choice of problem, though, that it's *not* just solving a single equation for one unknown like people are probably used to from basic algebra. And interesting choice to include a shortcut. It took me about 2 to 3 seconds to solve this, but I'm a computer programmer not a comedian. :P

[@lisadawne]

MITOCHONDRIA ARE THE POWERHOUSES OF THE CELL!

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Zach with full on 10th grade class clown vibes. That definitely came from experience.

[@knott2001]

Does anyone else find it kind of endearing that Taylor regularly does a little shoulder shuffle to the intro sting when they come back from the ad break?

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

It’s really sweet!

[@bdwon]

That is her secret superpower t0 get everybody exciting at her allure

[@nathanbinford5715]

I love the love between these three so much! Hugs are great. I imagine all 4 of them went for drinks and karaoke after @fter midnight

[@josephmorales652]

Why was I genuinely excited when she drew the cool s hahah 😂

[@davidlane256]

How DARE you ask me to turn my TV on. That’s how you let poltergeists in.

[@AH-te5gs]

And politicians

[@KurtMueller]

This is like a mini-episode of 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Taylor does Carrot In A Box? I’m in!

[@Drnaynay]

I'm shipping Taylor and Joe ❤

[@MrJimheeren]

Ah yes. You mean the good panel show

[@KurtMueller]

@@MrJimheeren it’s early days

[@FanFicnic]

The instant trauma that came screaming back to me

[@uninvincibleete]

"Did anyone get that right?" Me, at home: I DIDDDDD lololol I thought I wouldn't get any of these, this was a nice little confidence boost. Thanks, After Midnight haha

[@lilian1987]

It's pretty funny that all of us millennials instantly knew what the cool S was (although I wouldn't be able to draw it for the life of me) 😂😂

[@TabethaAurochs]

Heyyy I'm Gen X and I used to draw the Stussy logo in sharpie and spray paint! Sorry about that-I felt a little left out 😳

[@kyleellis1825]

It's from like the 50's.

[@thirstbasket]

Immediately pictured it in my head. Is the cool S not cool anymore? 🥺

[@suzettehenderson9278]

$1500 for a Serger? Is it a Husqvarna?

[@elimgarak7330]

Or a Babylock?

[@godnoble]

Taylor Tomlinson and Beth Stelling on stage at the same time is like a comedy dream come true. Add Josh Johnson and it would be my millennial comic trifecta.

[@grankmisguided]

Well, TIL that the Battle of Thermopylae was not during the Peloponnesian War. I was like "it's Sparta and Persia isn't it? That's not even up there! It can't be Athens and Sparta, or whytf were the Persians the enemy in 300?" but that's a totally different war 🤣 In my defense though they're only like 20 years apart. I'm sure that if there are still people 2500 years from now they'll confuse bits of WW1 with WW2... Hell, we already do that today 😂

[@andrewklang809]

WW1's the one where Hitler was beaten by Napoleon, but then both were beaten by Braveheart, right?

[@grankmisguided]

@@andrewklang809 they fought for our freedommmmm

[@christiannoellecharles1205]

If Conan and/or Colbert get on this show, give them this game.

[@JesgateOnDown]

@christiannoellecharles1205 Colbert is the executive producer of this show.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@JesgateOnDown So he should know how much more viewers he'd get on the season finale if he makes an appearance.

[@kelli217]

Harvard vs. Northwestern? Cool.

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

A surger is $1500 jeezus! I guess I will stick to zigzag stitching the edges with my $85 sewing machine.

[@chilaou]

"My brother's Twitter has naughty furries!" y'all, tony the tiger blocked me

[@Tonyhouse1168]

My bad

[@wiredforstereo]

I love it how this channel serves me with the elimination round first with no way of knowing without watching the video which segment of the show it is. Come on CBS, just label the damn segments. I promise you'll get more views. 1/6, 2/6, etc. We will watch them all. I miss one almost every day.

[@MatchingHat]

They compile them into playlists by episode

[@Tonyhouse1168]

This playlist was all out of order

[@wiredforstereo]

@@MatchingHat Yeah, out of order.

[@SailorGreenTea]

2:45, i paused it and did the math, it is C.

[@swimnut314]

Since when was the cool S 3-D?!

[@deviljon]

The coolest "S" is Trogdor though.

[@Qarl23]

Consummate Vs.

[@talldude1412]

Thatched roof cottages!!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

The Burninator!

[@hey_niki_]

That's exactly what I thought. It's a more different s

[@Azamra18]

I said consummate Vs!

[@thesnowbold1632]

These guests were so much better than most. Worked great with Taylor!

[@chrisbarry9345]

Wait, that was 10th grade math?!? Not 6th

[@mitsumeeshi]

I know, right? I learned that in middle school. FFS!

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

I thought it was 7th grade, lol. And like. Easy 7th grade math. I could figure it out, and I'm an idiot

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Oh, wait. But in "are you smarter than a fifth grader?" they ask some 1st grade questions, is it like that?

[@nitzeart]

You don’t learn algebra in primary school 😂 it’s probably 7th or 8th

[@Darchias]

It's the slope equation. They teach that in 10th grade geometry. Changing 2x+5 into 2x-5 would show up on one of those tests, but in the context of how it would effect the resultant line on a graph (it would move 10 spaces downward)

[@NatashaB-rw8bn]

I ❤ Ur comedian skills Taylor Tomlinson. 🎉🎉so happy you made it 😊 😅

[@twosidedoctoplushie22]

8:31 oh the Julius Caesar version of the meme is just so good, also one out to celebrate the Ides of March, a.k.a. March 15, every year in honour of such a wonderful not at all bad man who was very much perfect and never made any mistakes in his life absolutely not 😂😂😂😂 classics major and fever kid who read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare in high school, I'm so obsessed with this whole thing lmao 😂😂

[@JoaoPessoa86]

Zach coming in with the 10th grade humor

[@markusgeimer3099]

Caesar is by far the better reference because Jack died from freezing salt water. Ceasar was just killed lol

[@twosidedoctoplushie22]

4:15 I NEVER COULD, I NEVER COULD 🫠🫠😭😭

[@brandonnewby178]

Oooooohhhhhhhh The cool S is the one from Price is Right. 😁😁

[@chovue2363]

this whole episode just seemed like a family game night hosted by taylor. Oldest responsible sister: Mo Middle edgy sister: Beth Youngest wholesome sister: Taylor Youngest wildcard sibling: Zach 😅

[@davidwatts373]

I love this show!

[@maxrona137]

And to think that Zach could’ve been in Cabo with Grant O’Brien but instead ended up here

[@DandreaMBrady]

I studied algebra in High School, and I actually remembered this equation: If 2x + 5 equals 11, then the value of 2x - 5 is 1. This has stuck with me for years, apparently and I don’t know why. I did use to get all A’s and B’s in math from middle and high school. I actually got crystal award for my math skills. It’s weird but true, I guess?!? 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@traditionalnative]

It stuck with you so you could answer right here! Things pay off in the weirdest ways sometimes. I skipped a grade in math, but I've never been exceptional, and I honestly had to cheat my way through algebra 1, algebra 2 I got a tutor who taught piano and studied languages on the side - once she let me start seeing things like languages (I grew up with english as my third language, and I love learning, so I was fluent by then in 7, as of now, 14) and make comparisons to grammar, algebra actually started to make sense to me. Previous teachers were pissed I don't think linearly (my assignments showed this) a lot because I have ADHD and also grew up in a hunter-gatherer society and culture which benefited me where I'm from, but getting places outside of there to listen to me has always been a challenge 😅 I was excited when I got this question right

[@JustinHavelock]

For the record, the water didn't kill Jack. A lack of spatial awareness did.

[@willmendoza8498]

More of this one, please

[@andrewklang809]

Indeed. I want an even easier version of Celebrity Jeopardy!

[@BasiCitizen]

The cool S!!! Yesssss!

[@benchiaase]

An actual game! 😁

[@charmerci]

That math question wasn't a 10th grader question.

[@gabi2603]

You want me to stay home? The thing that almost killed Kevin McCallister?

[@annavale3971]

Kelsey is definitely in the audience cheering Zach

[@jtofgc]

Nobody noticed that Beth did the math completely wrong and still got the right answer lol. x=3, not 1 but the question wasn't about solving for x at all.

[@andrewklang809]

This is why teachers make you show your work. You can't luck your way into a correct answer and still get it right.

[@twosidedoctoplushie22]

1:14 never learned that in 10th grade but I learned that in university being a classics major ✨✨

[@crush3095]

beth so ate an edible on this taping

[@shuchinsk]

Go Hoosiers!

[@markusgeimer3099]

Did they retain anything other than saying: **Proceeds to FAIL Borat accent** "MY WIFE"

[@hourwagontoupeeferret6107]

I love that the youtube algorithm plays these clips out of order.

[@ZachsMind]

2:21 I WAS RIGHT!? My jaw literally just dropped! I wonder if I'm smarter than a college drop out cuz that's what I really am. I got this right I can't believe it, but no one was here to hear me say to myself "I'm gonna say B but I'm probably wrong." I don't get any points. I haz a sad nao.

[@ZachsMind]

3:47 I was wrong this time. I chose B by process of elimination. I did do the math using the positive numbers and for C I got 9 not 11. So. I chose B cuz A looked at me funny.

[@Phi1618033]

The funny thing about that algebra question is that it is literally the first thing you learn to solve in the first week of learning algebra.

[@Darchias]

Even funnier when you remember it was a question about the slope equation, one of the fundamental equations needed to learn 10th grade geometry. Of course they would ask about it, to make sure you understood it before they did anything else.

[@twosidedoctoplushie22]

2:41 oh lord linear algebra 😂😂 2x + 5 = 11 2x = 11 - 5 2x = 6 x = 6/2 x = 3 SO: 2x - 5 = ? 6 - 5 = 1 2x - 5 = 1 You know when you're multiple years out of high school but you feel the need to make sure that you can answer these math questions that pop up on the Internet that seems so complicated at the time but then shortly after they seemed easy compared to the other math you were learning but then after years of not learning any math it's hard again?

[@sedanylo]

I love Beth

[@kyleellis1825]

This is why I loved Cranium as a board game, it was only 1/4 math, 1/4 language, 1/4 drama/singing, and 1/4 art. It wasn't just designed for autistic people to be able to answer all the trivia questions.

[@andrewbarr4930]

Cranium is a favourite with my family as well

[@SheevX66XPalpatine]

Beth, ron funches, tom Lennon, doug benson are the mount rushmore of @/@fter midnight

[@surrendering2within]

I ship Mo & Beth, as my moms in another timeline

[@ace-of-bats]

Does Zach actually have a brother? Because if so, he might need to watch is back at the next family dinner! 😶

[@tonyshawley7536]

Beth for the win!!!

[@jtpotts617]

Love how Beth failed successfully on the math question.

[@secondconflict570]

The cool S is stupid easy. (we called it "the stoner's S" but idk why) Two sets of three lines. Make the roof over the middle line on the top, and make a basement the same way but on the bottom. Then two slides and the connecty bits. Done.

[@chrisarcher1146]

For someone who laments (sic?) their round, wholesome face, you're pulling off the leather jacket 🤷‍♂ Also, I could never do this. If someone told me there was gonna be a pop quiz I wouldn't remember that I was there to be funny, not get a hundred on the quiz.

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

I hope Beth wins!

[@ben3202]

is it wrong that i can't seem to un-notice that beth's swanky woollen green sweater is slightly see through ?:)

[@elimgarak7330]

What the hell was that "cool S" thing?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

The cool S is the one where you drew three vertical straight lines then underneath them you drew three more straight vertical lines then..

[@10-OSwords]

That was like 6th grade level math.

[@surrendering2within]

Bragging about basic algebra is, basic

[@R0bobb1e]

Did you notice that Beth actually wrote the correct answer, (B) on the first question, then crossed it out!? I thought she should get a point for that.

[@SpaceEngineerErich]

I know the cool S, but I never actually drew it. I was into counterculture at a very young age. 😅

[@BillAdams-fb3jm]

My braiin still always goes to the wrong place at the end of the show. Every time I see FTW, my mind does not go to "For The Win," it goes to Fuck The World. I'm surprised no one has ever said that, when they lose.

[@tonyshawley7536]

TEAM BETH!!!

[@pault151]

It's pretty messed up that they won't show us the final answer.

[@matthewhines9787]

How'd I get the first 2 answers right, but have no idea what "cool S" means.

[@dragonshadow1902]

The cool S is the dollar sign $

[@marynlyn]

We would not be confusing "intelligence" with "education" would be? They interact . . . but are not the same. Ask a 10th grader. : )

[@abramisme]

X=3 so 2(3)-5=1

[@mitsumeeshi]

Exactly. In middle school, we had to solve and write the variable first.

[@nitzeart]

2x=6 is easier in this case tho no need to find x alone

[@Darchias]

Except that's a geometry question. You didn't even need to solve for X to get it. Literally just subtract 10 (the distance between +5 and -5) from the first value (11). Basic 10th grade geometry. That's why the question shows up in 10th grade, to teach you finding X isn't even always necessary.

[@mitsumeeshi]

It's not geometry. Geometry is the study of shapes, sizes, distance, points, lines, etc. This equation is an introduction to pre-Algebra. It's a basic algebraic equation. You can solve it however you like. But kids learn this in middle school. @@Darchias

[@nitzeart]

@@mitsumeeshi It can be both... 😅 That's the beauty of math, there are many paths to the answer. (Agree that kids would probably be solving problems like these in 7th or 8th grade depending on the program. But kudos to them if they can think of the answer in geometry terms, in this case straight lines and distances. It's quicker and a very elegant solution!)

[@katherineksweet]

I watched a you tube video dispelling all the ways people think the cool s originated

[@mayuthedemon33]

I got none of these

[@sweetlorikeet]

Cannot believe none of them could draw the cool S properly, obviously they never learned the trick to it and wasted their formative educational years.

[@lufflyness]

Did anyone else think that was Spencer Pratt

[@bdwon]

B, C, ?

[@BetterLifeAhead35]

When I was a kid that was 6th/7th grade math...

[@Darchias]

If you were finding X, it would have been. You weren't finding X, you were transforming a line, which is 10th grade geometry.

[@dianewilliams1125]

Im 66 ! Cool "S"? Im afraid i don't get it!😮😮😮

[@spoilers9723]

It’s a millennial thing. Had to be in high school somewhere in the 2000’s or so

[@slake9727]

​@spoilers9723 Nope. Gen-x started it in the late 70's.

[@JesgateOnDown]

Mary & Zach both had 4050 points. How was Mary the one who "lost"?

[@thestingman2966]

Mary? Zach and Mo tied so there was a tie breaker which Mo lost.

[@Darchias]

Her gossip wasn't as hot as Zachs.

[@BygonesBeingBygones]

How is 2x+5=11 not 3? 😅

[@talldude1412]

11-5=6 , 6/2= 3. X=3. 2(3)-5=1

[@0HereForAGoodTime0]

It is. Then input 3 into the second equation. You get 1. Solve for x first. Then substitute the answer into the 2nd equation. Do they still teach this stuff anymore?

[@mitsumeeshi]

It is. 3 is the variable in that equation.

[@Darchias]

Gotta read the question! They weren't asking for what the variable was.

[@Arcturuseyes]

Ok so this is a huge nerd comment but, if the panelists had played Assassins Creed Odyssey, they would know that the war was between Athens and Sparta! (Im playing it now)

[@bigbluegpr]

Taylor is hot!

[@danjohnston9037]

Sparta Sucks Athens Rules

[@solvseus]

But this is Sparta

[@danjohnston9037]

@@solvseus No. We Are Rome. SPQR

[@andrewklang809]

Greece is the word.

[@TheAmorfus]

My name is Grant. Can I meet Beth and Taylor now?

[@keekers19]

Isn’t the S supposed to be the Stussey S???

[@elden6629]

That moment when some adults get ovations for solving a second grade level equation. Why does it say 10th grade?

[@spacemanx9595]

Of course zach is a little kwerbo

[@SquirefromtheShire]

Have you ever wanted a show to succeed so bad, and had to watch in pain week after week as you watch it stumble towards cancellation?

[@DrummerOnTheStorm]

I really wish they would have her do half talk show and half game. The comics are so iffy and for 4 days a week is a bit much.

[@DariusRoland]

Uhm, I'm pretty sure that 2x1+5=7. Not 11. The answer should 3. 2x3+5=11, right??

[@CESmith]

Third!

[@younghan3573]

Second!!!!

[@gFamWeb]

first?

[@ChadPerronWormC]

i just like to pretend this show is all the hot chick comics are there to challenge Taylor for my adorations and they always are so close but yet Taylor triumphs. Also they are perdy and its always funny. ps Beth Stelling can still get it. she don't want it but she can get it.

[@briantvstartrek]

that math quote made me hate this show...

[@massabranca]

this is actually so cringy. love taylor, deeply dislike the dumb-glamming

[@justaguy12345]

You love taylor but you publicly post how much you hate a thing that she has publicly said multiple times she loves? Make it make sense...

[@massabranca]

Buddy, you don't have to like everything people you like seem to enjoy. that's the nature of all relationships, but it is specially the case for the one-sided ones with people in the media. take care, much love! @@justaguy12345