male narrator:
PREVIOUSLY THIS SEASON ON<i> CHILD GENIUS,</i> OUT OF THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONLY AN ELITE GROUP
OF 20 GIFTED CHILDREN WERE CHOSEN TO COME
TO LOS ANGELES AND BATTLE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS
CHILD GENIUS COMPETITION DEVISED IN COOPERATION
WITH AMERICAN MENSA. THEIR SPECIALTIES
RANGED FROM GEOGRAPHY... - THE CAPITAL OF ALGERIA
IS ALGIERS. narrator: TO MATH... - I DID HALF TIMES PI
TIMES RADIUS SQUARED... narrator: TO LITERATURE...
- I LIKE TO, LIKE, READ MAXIMUM, LIKE, TEN BOOKS A DAY.
I DON'T KNOW. narrator: AND EACH WAS
IMPRESSIVE IN THEIR OWN WAY. - SEE, HERE'S MY ACTUAL
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. - I KNOW THREE LANGUAGES
AND THEY ARE ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND CHINESE. narrator: THROUGH SEVEN WEEKS
OF GRUELING COMPETITION... - TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. narrator: THEY PERFORMED
ASTOUNDING FEATS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. - 6 OF CLUBS, 6 OF DIAMOND,
ACE OF DIAMOND. - THAT'S A PERFECT SCORE. narrator: BUT THE STRESS
OF COMPETITION... - I MEAN, HE KNOWS THE ANSWER
AND I THINK SO THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER
IN GIVING HIM THAT RIGHT. narrator: STRETCHED PARENTS'...
- PASS. narrator: AND CHILDREN'S NERVES
TO THE EDGE. - JUST MEMORIZE EVERYTHING
IN HERE! - [sobbing] - ONE, TWO... narrator: EACH FAMILY
HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH... - YEAH!
- DRINK SOME WATER. narrator: TOWARD KEEPING
THEIR CHILD IN THE GAME. - STARTS NOW! - A LOT OF THE FAMILIES
STUDY A TON. THAT'S TOO MUCH STRESS. narrator: BUT DESPITE
THEIR BEST EFFORTS, SOME OF THE MOST
FORMIDABLE CONTESTANTS... - TANISHQ, YOU'LL NOT BE
ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUND. - I GUESS THAT POINT
REALLY COST HIM. narrator: FELL SHORT
OF THE FINISH LINE. - RYAN... - YOU NEED TO DO YOUR BEST. - YOU NEED TO STOP
LYING TO YOURSELF. - PLEASE STAND. narrator: NOW,
ONLY FOUR KIDS REMAIN. - SO LET'S MAKE ANOTHER WORD
BASED OFF "PHIL-". - I WOULD THINK PHILOBIBLIST. narrator: SPELLING BEE QUEEN
VANYA... - SLOW AND STEADY
WINS THE RACE. - 2 OF HEARTS,
2 OF DIAMONDS. narrator: MEMORY MAVEN
KATHERINE... - I DON'T THINK
SHE HAS SEEN A FAILURE, YET. - THAT'S HURRICANE CAMILLE. narrator: SMALL-TOWN PHENOM
GRAHAM... - WE REALLY THINK HE
HAS A CHANCE AT THIS. narrator: AND UNDERDOG YEJI. - I THINK YEJI'S
A DARK HORSE. NO ONE REALLY THINKS THAT SHE IS
THE ONE WHO'S GONNA WIN THIS. narrator: TONIGHT, THEY COMPETE
FOR $100,000 COLLEGE FUND AND THE TITLE OF CHILD GENIUS. WITH THE END
OF THE CHILD GENIUS COMPETITION JUST A WEEK AWAY
THE FOUR REMAINING CONTESTANTS ARE AT HOME STUDYING
FOR THE FINAL TWO ROUNDS. THE UPCOMING
ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD WILL SPAN ALL 14 TOPICS
FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS. AFTER THE FIRST ROUND,
THE CHILD WITH THE LOWEST SCORE WILL LEAVE THE COMPETITION. THE OTHER THREE KIDS
WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND. BUT ONLY ONE WILL EMERGE
AS CHILD GENIUS AND WIN $100,000
COLLEGE FUND. - ONE, TWO, THREE, OPEN IT!
- GO! - WHOO! SUPER CUTE!
I LOVE THIS ONE! narrator: PERFECTIONIST
KATHERINE NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR EVERY ASPECT
OF THE COMPETITION, EVEN HER WARDROBE. DESPITE PLACING THIRD
LAST WEEK, KATHERINE APPROACHES THE FINAL CHALLENGE
WITH HER USUAL QUIET CONFIDENCE, YET SHE IS FIERCELY DETERMINED
TO WIN THE TITLE OF CHILD GENIUS. - DADDY THINK A LITTLE BIT
DRESSY. - IF WE LOOK AT KATHERINE'S
STATS FROM THE NUMBER OF TIMES SHE ACHIEVED PERFECT,
I THINK KATHERINE IS DEFINITELY TOP SEEDED. HAS GOOD POSITION
TO WIN $100,000. narrator: STRAIGHT-A STUDENT
KATHERINE MADE A SPLASH
IN WEEK TWO WHEN SHE EARNED PERFECT SCORES
IN BOTH HUMAN BODY... - SCIATIC NERVE. - CORRECT.
narrator: AND MEMORY. - ACE OF CLUBS, 6 OF SPADES. - YOU NAMED
52 CARDS CORRECTLY. narrator: AND SHE KEPT UP
THAT MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT. - 77.
- CORRECT. - 51.
- CORRECT. - B2.
- CORRECT. narrator: LANDING IN
THE TOP THREE MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER COMPETITOR. KATHERINE'S BEEN BUOYED BY HER PARENTS'
CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT. - YOU'RE THE HERO TODAY. BEING FIRST IS ONE THING, BUT BEING PERFECT,
YOU HAVE TO BE SO MUCH BETTER. YOU'RE ONE OF THE BEST HERE. SO NO WORRIES.
- OKAY. - KATHERINE IS CLOSE TO WIN
THE CHILD GENIUS CHAMPION AND WE FEEL SO EXCITED. BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF THIS IS GOOD FOR THE SAME. THIS IS FOR
CHINESE NEW YEAR. - BYE. - LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE.
- OKAY. 14 SUBJECTS
IS A LOT TO COVER, BUT I'M NOT INTIMIDATED
BY THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT I HAVE TO MEMORIZE
AND THINGS I HAVE TO KNOW. SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT
I'LL DO WELL. - YOO-HOO! I LIKE THE COLOR ON YOU. [laughter] - READY TO REVIEW
THE CAPITALS AGAIN? - YEAH.
- MOROCCO? - RABAT. - PHILIPPINES? narrator: LAST WEEK, VANYA
WAS LEFT TO STUDY ON HER OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. - AND THE SECOND ROOT COMES FROM
"TOMOS" MEANING "CUT." - "TOMOS" MEANS
"THE ACT OF CUTTING." - YEAH. narrator: BUT WITH THE FINAL DAY
OF COMPETITION AHEAD, THE WHOLE FAMILY
IS PITCHING IN... - THE TOP FOUR HIGHLY POPULATED
COUNTRIES? - CHINA, INDIA... narrator: HOPING TO HELP HER
WIN THE TITLE AND THE $100,000 PRIZE. - THE COLLEGE FUND
WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR VANYA. SHE WANTS TO GO TO
A COLLEGE LIKE YALE WHICH WILL REQUIRE
A LOT OF MONEY. narrator: VANYA'S FATHER
MIRLE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS COMPETITION
ISN'T JUST ABOUT KNOWLEDGE, IT'S ABOUT STRATEGY. - THE ONE THING
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO REPEAT IS THE ZOOLOGY ROUND. NOT ON HOW YOU SCORED, BUT THE PACE
YOU TRIED TO GO IN AT. narrator: OVER THE YEARS,
MIRLE HONED HIS INTENSE STUDY REGIME
AS VANYA'S SPELLING BEE COACH. - POMIFORM.
- P-O-M... - HOMONYM?
ROCK. WHO IS THE MOST ADMIRED
PRESIDENT? both: PRESIDENT LINCOLN. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DRINK SOME WATER. CAN YOU GET
SOME MORE WATER, PLEASE? SOME MORE, PLEASE. narrator: MIRLE'S TECHNIQUES
SEEMED TO PAY OFF IN EARLY ROUNDS,
AS VANYA PLACED IN THE TOP THREE
SEVERAL WEEKS IN A ROW... - WHAT WORD STARTING WITH "P"
IS DEFINED AS-- - POLYMATH.
- WOW. narrator: AND LANDED A SPOT
IN THE FINAL FOUR. - OKAY.
- HERE WE ARE. - YEAH. THIS IS FOR THE OLYMPIAD.
- OKAY. - I'M SO CLOSE TO MAKING IT
TO THE END AND BECOMING THE CHILD GENIUS. - WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. IF YOU WANT TO CRAM IT,
YOU KNOW, CRAM IT. - I'M NOT GONNA "CRAM,"
I'M JUST GONNA STUDY FASTER. - WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME
SO WE NEED TO GO REALLY QUICK TO REVIEW
ALL THESE THINGS. narrator: IN CALIFORNIA,
YEJI IS REVIEWING FURIOUSLY, HOPING TO SURPASS HER
SECOND-PLACE FINISH LAST WEEK AND BE NAMED CHILD GENIUS. THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD WILL INCLUDE EVERY SUBJECT
THE CHILDREN HAVE FACED IN THE EARLIER ROUNDS
OF COMPETITION. - THERE ARE 14 SUBJECTS
THAT I HAVE TO STUDY. THERE'S MATH AND THEN GEOGRAPHY,
AND THEN THERE'S LOGIC AND THERE'S SPELLING
AND VOCABULARY, AND THEN THERE'S MEMORY,
AND THEN THERE'S HUMAN BODY, ZOOLOGY, ASTRONOMY, U.S. PRESIDENTS,
CURRENT EVENTS, INVENTIONS, AND LITERATURE
AND THE ARTS AND, UM, YEAH, ONE MORE THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER. narrator: YEJI STARTED
THE COMPETITION TIMID AND LACKING SELF-CONFIDENCE. - CAN I TEST YOU?
- NO. 100.
- CORRECT. narrator: SHE WENT ON TO GRAB
SECOND PLACE IN WEEKS FIVE AND SEVEN, BESTING
HER RIVAL KATHERINE BOTH TIMES. BUT SHE KNOWS IT'S NOT SAFE
TO COUNT KATHERINE OUT JUST YET. - I'M PRETTY NERVOUS
'CAUSE KATHERINE, SHE'S, LIKE, REALLY GOOD. SHE IS OFFICIALLY
AN ALIEN. - I THINK KATHERINE BEING
IN THE COMPETITION WITH YEJI, IT MOTIVATES HER 'CAUSE SHE
PROBABLY DOES WANT TO DO BETTER. narrator: TO HELP
WITH YEJI'S ZOOLOGY REVIEW, HER MOM KYOUNG TAKES HER
AND HER BROTHER INU TO VISIT THE AQUARIUM OF THE
PACIFIC IN NEARBY LONG BEACH. - THESE FISH, THEY'RE, LIKE,
RAINBOW TROUT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND THEY CHANGE
INTO A STEELHEAD TROUT. IT SAYS THEY CAN GO IN
BOTH FRESHWATER AND SEAWATER. THEY BREATHE THROUGH GILLS
OBVIOUSLY AND THEY, LIKE, GAIN, LIKE, OXYGEN FROM THE WATER. - WE REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT YEJI
TO MAKE IT TO THE FINALS, AND YEJI DIDN'T EXPECT AT ALL. - NO, THAT'S NOT CORAL.
THAT'S A STINGRAY. SEE THE TAIL RIGHT THERE? - I GUESS SHE GAINED
MORE AND MORE CONFIDENCE THROUGH THIS COMPETITION. - WATER.
- GOOD JOB. - NOW WE CAN REALLY FEEL
THAT YEJI IS SO CLOSE TO BEING CHILD GENIUS
AND THE $100,000 COLLEGE FUND. IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE
THAT MONEY. - IN THE ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD,
I DO FEEL THAT I CAN DO WELL AND I FEEL THAT I CAN WIN. all: SURPRISE!
[cheering] narrator: IN OKLAHOMA,
GRAHAM'S LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY IS CELEBRATING HIS SPOT
IN THE FINAL FOUR WITH A POOL PARTY
AND BARBECUE. GRAHAM JUST SQUEAKED BY
LAST WEEK WITH A FOURTH-PLACE FINISH. SO HIS RELATIVES
HOPE THAT THIS SEND-OFF WILL BOOST HIS CONFIDENCE AS HE HEADS
INTO THE ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD. - AND NOW I AM GOING
TO INTRODUCE ALL MY COUSINS. ANNA, DEVON, CARVER, REESE IS MY SISTER,
LIBBY, NATE, GWEN, REAGAN, ELLA, MY AUNT JILL,
UNCLE SAM. NO, HE'S NOT
IN THE ARMY. UNCLE ROB, AND MY PAPA. AND MY NANA.
- OHH. I WASN'T REALLY SURPRISED
THAT GRAHAM COULD DO THIS. I MEAN, SINCE HE WAS SIX
MONTHS OLD, HE'S BEEN TALKING. - I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE GOT THAT
BUT HE GOT IT FROM SOMEWHERE. - [chuckles] I THINK HE GOT IT
FROM THE LORD. narrator: SMALL-TOWN PHENOM
GRAHAM DOUBTED HIS ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH THIS LEVEL
OF ACADEMIC COMPETITION. - I'M GOING DOWN. narrator: BUT HE
SURPRISED HIMSELF... - ARECIBO RADIO TELESCOPE.
- CORRECT. narrator: AND CLINCHED
THE TOP SPOT TWICE. - SHOCK! narrator: EVEN WHEN
HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WERE AT ODDS WITH THE SUBJECT. - IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, NOT THE BIG BANG THEORY. narrator: GRAHAM DOESN'T
RELISH STUDYING... - IT'S TIME TO STUDY FOR MATH.
- [groaning] narrator: ESPECIALLY
WHEN HE DISLIKES THE SUBJECT. - IT'S THE HUMAN BODY.
I HATE IT! narrator: WHICH COULD
BE A HURDLE IN THE OLYMPIAD WHERE HE WILL FACE QUESTIONS
FROM ALL 14 SUBJECTS. - HOW WAS LOS ANGELES
WHEN YOU PASSED IT? IS IT BUSY? - RUSH HOUR'S ALL DAY. - NO WAY. - I THINK ANY BREAK THAT GRAHAM GETS FROM STUDYING
IS A GOOD BREAK. IT ALLOWS HIM
TO RELIEVE SOME STRESS, AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEND IT
WITH HIS COUSINS AND HIS FAMILY JUST
IS EVEN THAT MUCH MORE BETTER-- THAT MUCH BETTER.
- [laughing] - WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN?
- THAT MUCH MORE BETTER. I'M FROM OKLAHOMA. [all cheering] - THANK YOU!
- YOU'RE WELCOME! - I AM READY
TO WIN THIS THING. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL, BUT
I AM READY TO WIN THIS THING. EIGHT WEEKS OF STUDYING,
I'M READY TO WIN. - GO, GRAHAM!
WHOO! - THERE'S ONLY FOUR KIDS LEFT. THESE COMPETITORS
ARE CRAZY INTELLIGENT. I MEAN, IT'S INTENSE. - DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TODAY. IN JESUS' NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.
- PIEDMONT GLACIER. - INCORRECT, CIRQUE. WHAT CAVE DEPOSITS
RISE FROM THE FLOOR AS... - ONE OF US IS GOING
TO BE WINNING, AND I DON'T KNOW
IF I'M READY FOR IT. I MEAN, I'M SUPER SCARED. narrator: IT'S THE FINAL DAY
OF COMPETITION AND ONLY FOUR CHILDREN REMAIN. AFTER TODAY'S FIRST ROUND, ONE CHILD WILL LEAVE
THE COMPETITION. IN THE SECOND ROUND,
THE REMAINING THREE CONTESTANTS WILL BATTLE
FOR THE ULTIMATE PRIZE: A $100,000 COLLEGE FUND
AND THE TITLE OF CHILD GENIUS. - AFTER TODAY, ONE OF US
IS GOING TO BE CHILD GENIUS AND I THINK WE'RE ALL, LIKE, NERVOUS AND KIND
OF SERIOUS 'CAUSE, I MEAN, WE ALL WANT TO WIN, RIGHT? - GO. KATHERINE IS REALLY CLOSE
AT THIS POINT TO WINNING THE TITLE
OF CHILD GENIUS. - THAT WOULD BE SO COOL IF KATHERINE CAN CROWNED
BY THE CHILD GENIUS CHAMPION. narrator: WITH EVERYTHING
RIDING ON THE NEXT FEW HOURS OF COMPETITION, THE PRESSURE
IS REACHING NEW HEIGHTS. - THERE'S $100,000
AT THE END OF THIS AND I'M JUST, LIKE, READY TO DO THIS. narrator:
AND IT'S ANYONE'S GAME. - I HAVE A ONE IN FOUR CHANCE
OF WINNING AND, YES, I DID JUST DO MATH. narrator: TODAY'S FIRST ORDER
OF BUSINESS IS A RANDOM DRAWING TO DETERMINE THE ORDER
OF COMPETITION, JUST AS
IN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN WEEKS. BUT TODAY, INSTEAD OF 20 KIDS,
THERE ARE ONLY 4. - FOR THE LAST TIME, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE ORDER
OF COMPETITION WILL BE. FIRST UP IS KATHERINE. THEN...YEJI. THIRD...GRAHAM. AND I THINK WE KNOW
WHO'S FOURTH. VANYA. - I LIKE GOING FIRST BECAUSE IT
TAKES THE PRESSURE AWAY AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ANYMORE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. - TODAY'S COMPETITION
IS AN ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD. IT'S GONNA COVER
ALL OF THE MATERIAL THAT WE'VE COVERED THROUGHOUT
THIS INTENSE COMPETITION. IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE
TO HAVE TO BOUNCE FROM ONE AREA TO THE NEXT PARTLY BECAUSE
OF HOW THE BRAIN WORKS. IF I MENTION A COLOR, INSTANTLY OTHER COLORS SPRING
TO MIND. THAT'S THE EASY WAY
TO THINK. WHEN I ASK YOU TO THINK
OF A COLOR AND THEN A NUMBER, AND THEN A STATE,
AND THEN A COUNTRY, AND THEN A TECTONIC PLATE, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE
RATCHETED UP THE COMPLEXITY, AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'VE DONE TODAY. - ENCOMIUM. - ENCOMIUM IS, LIKE, A, LIKE, A PASSAGE AT THE END
OR, LIKE, BAD CAPACITOR. - 6 OF DIAMONDS, 7 OF SPADES,
5 OF SPADES. - NO MATTER HOW YOU DO,
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. - NOT YOU, DAD. - DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TODAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR GRAHAM
AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD
IN THIS COMPETITION, LORD. - THERE'S ONLY
FOUR KIDS LEFT. THESE COMPETITORS
ARE CRAZY INTELLIGENT. THEY HAVE STUDIED SO MANY HOURS,
WORKED SO HARD. I MEAN, IT'S INTENSE. THEY'RE GONNA
HAVE TO REALLY BRING IT TO GET THROUGH THIS COMPETITION. - WE PRAY THAT YOU
BE WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE
COMPETITION AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
all: AMEN. - JUST DO YOUR BEST.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. narrator: IT'S THE FIRST ROUND
OF THE ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD. THE FOUR REMAINING
COMPETITORS HAVE JUST 5 MINUTES
TO ANSWER UP TO 25 QUESTIONS. SO SPEED WILL BE ESSENTIAL. AND UNLIKE PREVIOUS ROUNDS, PASSING ON
TIME-CONSUMING QUESTIONS MAY BE A SOUND
STRATEGIC CHOICE. THE QUESTIONS ENCOMPASS
ALL THE SUBJECTS THAT APPEARED
IN THE PREVIOUS 14 ROUNDS, INCLUDING SCIENCE,
MATH AND LOGIC, LITERATURE AND ART, HISTORY, VOCABULARY,
AND MEMORY. SOME QUESTIONS
WILL EVEN COMBINE SUBJECTS. THE CHILD WITH THE LOWEST SCORE
IN THIS ROUND WILL LEAVE THE COMPETITION
IMMEDIATELY AND WILL NOT PARTICIPATE
IN THE FINAL ROUND. - WELCOME, EVERYONE,
TO THE CHILD GENIUS FINALS. [applause] FIRST UP IS KATHERINE. - SHE HAS DONE HARD WORK
ALL THE 14 SUBJECTS. TODAY IS REALLY
A FINAL EXAM. IT'S HER CELEBRATION DAY. THERE'S NO MORE PREPARATION. JUST GO FOR IT. - KATHERINE, YOUR OLYMPIAD ROUND
STARTS NOW. CALCULATE 25 TIMES 6, PLUS 30, DIVIDED BY 3, AND FINALLY SUBTRACT 22. - 38.
- CORRECT. MEMORIZE THESE CARDS AND SAY WHEN YOU'RE READY. - READY. - WHAT CARD
WAS IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS? - 2 OF CLUBS? - CORRECT. SPELL THE ANSWER.
WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHOSE EXPERIMENTS
WITH STEAM CARRIAGES LED HIM TO BUILD
THE PUFFING DEVIL? - TREVITHICK. - CORRECT. WITHIN A BODY CELL,
WHAT JELLY-LIKE FLUID CONTAINS ENZYMES
AND AMINO ACIDS? - CYTOPLASM.
- CORRECT. BEETHOVEN IN 1770
IS TO GERMANY AS CHOPIN IN 1810 IS TO WHAT? - AUSTRIA?
- INCORRECT, POLAND. - JUPITER.
- CORRECT. - ECHIDNA.
- CORRECT. - FEDERALIST.
- CORRECT. KATHERINE, YOU ANSWERED
SEVEN QUESTIONS CORRECTLY. [applause] narrator: UNFORTUNATELY, KATHERINE GOT THROUGH ONLY 15
OF THE 25 QUESTIONS, AND HER SCORE OF 7 CORRECT
IS SURPRISINGLY LOW. SINCE ONE CHILD WILL BE ELIMINATED
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS ROUND, HER COMPETITORS
NOW KNOW THE SCORE TO BEAT. - YEJI. - ONE OF US IS GOING TO BE
WINNING AND THE PERSON WHO WINS IS ALSO GETTING
THE $100,000 COLLEGE FUND AND I DON'T KNOW
IF I'M READY FOR IT. I MEAN, I'M SUPER SCARED. - CALCULATE 29 PLUS 81, DIVIDED BY 11,
MINUS 3, AND FINALLY MULTIPLY IT BY 8. - 56.
- CORRECT. IN SHAKESPEARE'S<i>
AS YOU LIKE IT,</i> ROSALIND DISGUISES HERSELF
AS A BOY THAT SHARES A NAME WITH A MOON OF WHAT PLANET? - JUPITER.
- CORRECT. SPELL THE SCIENTIFIC WORD
FOR YOUR SHOULDER BLADE. - SCAPULA, S-C-A-P-U-L-A.
- CORRECT. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF KENTUCKY?
- PASS. - WHO INVENTED THE WORLD'S
FIRST ELECTRIC GENERATOR? - TESLA? - INCORRECT,
MICHAEL FARADAY. MEMORIZE THESE CARDS-- - PASS. - WHAT CAVE DEPOSITS
RISE FROM THE FLOOR AS WATER-CONTAINING CALCITE
DRIPS FROM THE CEILING? - MEMORIZE THESE CARDS
AND SAY WHEN YOU'RE READY. - I WAS, LIKE, LITERALLY TRYING
TO BY TELEPATHY TELL HER PASS. - IN THE SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEAM WILL BE
ABLE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT JUST HAPPENED. narrator: IT'S THE LAST DAY
OF THE CHILD GENIUS COMPETITION. ONLY THREE
OF THE FOUR REMAINING KIDS WILL ADVANCE
TO THE FINAL ROUND. THE CHILD
WITH THE LOWEST SCORE WILL LEAVE THE COMPETITION
IMMEDIATELY. KATHERINE WENT FIRST
AND SCORED ONLY SEVEN CORRECT. - YEJI. narrator: THE OTHERS ARE EACH
TRYING TO BEAT KATHERINE'S SCORE AND STAY IN THE RUNNING
FOR THE TITLE OF CHILD GENIUS AND THE $100,000 PRIZE. - WHAT CAVE DEPOSITS
RISE FROM THE FLOOR AS WATER-CONTAINING CALCITE
DRIPS FROM THE CEILING? - STALAGMITE.
- CORRECT. WHO IS THE AUTHOR
OF<i> DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE?</i> - UM, STEVENSON.
- CORRECT. WHAT IS 503.2 DIVIDED BY 8? - 62.9.
- CORRECT. - GLACIER SHOULD BE ROCK.
- CORRECT. - MONOTREME.
- CORRECT. - INDONESIA.
- CORRECT. YOU ANSWERED 13 QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY. GREAT JOB.
- THANK YOU. - YEJI ACTUALLY EXCEEDED
MY EXPECTATION. THERE'S BEEN MORE TENSION
IN THE AIR NOW THAT WE'RE
IN THE FINALE. - I DIDN'T IMAGINE YEJI
TO DO THIS WELL. I MEAN,
IT JUST FEELS LIKE A DREAM. - VANYA.
[applause] - HER STRENGTH TODAY
WILL BE SPELLING CATEGORY, BUT WEAKNESS
COULD BE ANYTHING. IT DEPENDS ON THE QUESTION
THAT SHE'S GONNA GET. - CALCULATE 135 MINUS 60, DIVIDED BY 3, PLUS 15, AND FINALLY MULTIPLY IT BY 6. - PASS. - MEMORIZE THESE CARDS
AND SAY WHEN YOU'RE READY. - READY. - WHAT CARD WAS IMMEDIATELY
ABOVE THE KING OF DIAMONDS? - 3 OF HEARTS? - INCORRECT,
3 OF SPADES. SPELL THE ANSWER. WHAT IS THE LAST NAME
OF THE DUTCH ADVENTURER WHO CREATED A CLOCK
CALLED THE PERPETUUM MOBILE? - CORRECT. IF "A" EQUALS 1,
"B" EQUALS 2, "C" EQUALS 3 AND SO ON,
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE LAST NAME
OF OUR 42ND PRESIDENT? - 87.
- CORRECT. SPELL THE SCIENTIFIC WORD
FOR YOUR WINDPIPE. - CORRECT.
- SATURN. - CORRECT.
- ANTEATER. - CORRECT.
- JUNO. - CORRECT.
- JAMES JOYCE. - CORRECT.
- LAKE HURON. - CORRECT.
- PUPIL. - CORRECT.
- SETATIONS. - CORRECT. YOU ANSWERED 14 QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY. GREAT JOB.
[applause] - SHE WAS TAKING A LONG TIME
ON THAT MEMORY QUESTION. I WAS, LIKE, LITERALLY TRYING
TO BY TELEPATHY TELL HER PASS, BUT, YOU KNOW,
SHE KEPT AT IT. - GRAHAM.
[applause] - I WOULDN'T
BE SURPRISED IF GRAHAM PASSES SOME
OF THE CATEGORIES. HE DOESN'T DO WELL IN THE MATH
QUESTIONS, THE PROBLEM SOLVING, MAYBE SOME OF THE LOGIC
AND SOME OF THE MEMORY. narrator: GRAHAM NEEDS TO ANSWER
EIGHT QUESTIONS CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO THE
FINAL AND SEND KATHERINE HOME. - WHAT SMALL TYPE OF GLACIER IS
MAINLY CONFINED TO A DEPRESSION ON THE FLANK OF A MOUNTAIN? - PIEDMONT GLACIER.
- INCORRECT, CIRQUE. MEMORIZE THESE CARDS
AND SAY WHEN YOU'RE READY. - PASS. - IF "A" EQUALS 1,
"B" EQUALS 2, "C" EQUALS 3 AND SO ON,
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE LAST NAME
OF OUR FOURTH PRESIDENT? - PASS. - WHO WROTE<i> ANNA KARENINA?</i> - PASS. - WHAT MUSCLE MAKES THE EYEBALL
LOOK UPWARDS? - PASS.
- CORRECT THE DEFINITION. BIOLUMINESCENCE:
THE PRODUCTION OF SOUND BY-- - SOUND SHOULD BE LIGHT.
- CORRECT. ZACHARY TAYLOR
WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AS A MEMBER OF WHAT PARTY? - WHIG.
- CORRECT. WHAT COMES NEXT
IN THE SEQUENCE? GREENLAND, NEW GUINEA... - MADAGASCAR.
- CORRECT. WHAT POEM DID
THOMAS EDISON USE TO SUCCESSFULLY RECORD HIS
FIRST WORDS ON THE PHONOGRAPH? -<i> MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.</i>
- CORRECT. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL
OF SOUTH DAKOTA? - PIERRE.
- CORRECT. HYPERION IS A MOON
OF WHAT PLANET? - SATURN.
- CORRECT. - [speaking native language] - BALMA.
- CORRECT. - UNGULATES.
- CORRECT. - B3.
- CORRECT. YOU ANSWERED NINE QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY. GREAT JOB.
[applause] - HE MADE IT THROUGH.
[chuckles] - SUPER EXCITED. - KEEPS SURPRISING US
EVERY TIME. [both speaking native language] - THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND
OF THE ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF YOU WILL NOT BE COMPETING
IN THE FINAL ROUND. THE COMPETITOR THAT WILL NOT BE
ADVANCING TO THE FINAL ROUND IS...KATHERINE. - [speaking native language] - [mouths words silently] - OBVIOUSLY KATHERINE
HAD A BIGGER CHALLENGE OF COMING UP FIRST AND TRYING
TO SOLVE THE HARDER QUESTIONS WHICH TURNED OUT
TO BE UPFRONT. THE MEMORY QUESTIONS,
THE MENTAL MATH QUESTIONS, SHE SPENDS
A LOT OF TIME ON. SHE JUST HAVE
NO REFERENCE. SO I JUST DON'T KNOW
IS THAT FAIR. - WE CHOSE RANDOMLY
WHO GOES FIRST AND THAT WAS HOW IT PANNED OUT
FOR THIS ROUND. - WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL THE
HARDER QUESTIONS ARE IN FRONT AND THE EASIER QUESTIONS
ARE IN THE BACK. I THINK THE KIDS
REALLY PICKED UP ON THAT WHEN THEY SEE
KATHERINE FIRST. AND THAT'S WHEN
YOU STARTED SEEING ALL THE KIDS
ARE PASS, PASS, PASS. BECAUSE OF HOW THE QUESTIONS
ARE LAID OUT AND THEN THE ORDER
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. IF KATHERINE COME OUT
AND IF SHE WERE TRYING TO SKIP FIVE QUESTIONS
IN A ROW AND THEN SHE WOULD HAVE
A LOWER SCORE IN THE END, RIGHT? THE MENTAL MATH QUESTION
WHERE SHE WAS ONE OF THE COUPLE THAT SOLVED IT AND THEN THE MEMORY QUESTION SHE WAS
THE ONLY ONE THAT SOLVED IT. SHE JUST HAVE NO REFERENCE. SO I FELT LIKE THAT'S PRETTY
UNFAIR FOR KATHERINE. - YOU FEEL LIKE SHE WAS
DISADVANTAGED WITH THAT? - SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH
DISADVANTAGED, RIGHT. - TAKE THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE WORD
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-- SPELL EPEIROGENIC. - WOW, THESE QUESTIONS
WERE HARD. I MEAN,
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. narrator: ROUND ONE OF
THE ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD IS OVER. IN A SURPRISING
TURN OF EVENTS, TOP CONTENDER KATHERINE
SCORED THE LOWEST. THIS MEANS SHE WON'T ADVANCE
TO THE SECOND ROUND WITH THE OTHER THREE
CONTESTANTS. HER FATHER ANDY
HAS AN OBJECTION. - SHE JUST HAVE
NO REFERENCE. SO I FELT LIKE IT'S PRETTY
UNFAIR FOR KATHERINE. - YOU FEEL LIKE SHE
WAS DISADVANTAGED WITH THAT? - SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH
DISADVANTAGED, RIGHT. SO IN THE SPIRIT
OF FAIRNESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEAM WILL BE
ABLE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT JUST HAPPENED. - THE RULES WERE SAID
AT THE BEGINNING. THE RULES WERE THE SAME
FOR EVERYONE AND THOSE ARE THE RULES. - THE RULES ARE THE SAME, BUT THE FIRST ONE GOING UP
HAD THE HUGE DISADVANTAGE VERSUS THE OTHERS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. - I DON'T BELIEVE
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE
TO CHANGE THAT AT THIS POINT. - OKAY, I THINK ENOUGH SAID. I DON'T WANT TO BEAT
A DEAD HORSE, BUT JUST MY PERSPECTIVE.
THANK YOU. - ALL RIGHT, YEAH,
THANK YOU. - THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.
- THANKS. - THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU. [applause] I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. YOU'RE GREAT. - [sniffs] - WE'RE FEELING
VERY DISAPPOINTED. IT COULDN'T TURN OUT WORSE
THAN THIS. BEING ELIMINATED BASED ON
UNFAIRNESS, IT JUST FEELS BAD. - KATHERINE, YOU HAVE DONE
AN AMAZING JOB. PLEASE COME UP
AND RECEIVE YOUR TROPHY. [applause] - I HONESTLY THOUGHT,
"POOR KATHERINE." I MEAN, IT'S SO HEART-WRENCHING
THAT SHE HAS TO GO HOME. - WE'RE SURPRISED THAT YEJI'S
IN THE FINAL, FINAL ROUND BECAUSE IT WAS MORE SURE
THAT KATHERINE WOULD BE THERE AND WE WERE KIND OF HOPING
YEJI WOULD BE THERE. - YEAH. - WHOO! - KATHERINE HAS DONE VERY WELL
THROUGHOUT THIS COMPETITION. SHE WAS ALWAYS IN TOP
OF THE GROUP. IT WAS REALLY A SURPRISE. - ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE,
IT'S A GAME. CAN'T CHANGE IT. - GREAT JOB.
- GOOD JOB, KATHERINE. YOU JUST HAD THE HARD,
HARD QUESTIONS. - YOU TRY TO SOLVE ALL THE HARD
QUESTIONS AND YOU DID IT. - I'M NOT SHOCKED THAT I'M
ELIMINATED IN THE FIRST ROUND. I KNEW THAT IT WAS
A POSSIBILITY AND MY FAMILY PREPARED
FOR EVERY SCENARIO. NOW THAT I'VE GONE
THROUGH THE COMPETITION, I MADE IT TO THE FINALS, I THINK THAT I PROVED TO MYSELF
THAT I'M A GIFTED CHILD AND I THINK I HAVE A REALLY
BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF ME. - GREAT JOB, YOU REALLY DID.
- GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. YOU DID SO WELL.
- CONGRATS, CONGRATS. - YOU DID SO WELL. - YOU DID AMAZING, OKAY?
- THANK YOU. - GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB. - UNBELIEVABLE. - KATHERINE,
YOU DID SO WELL. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU LOST. - YOU DID REALLY WELL TOO. - KATHERINE
IS WONDERFUL CHILD. SHE IS SMART
AND SHE'S HUMBLE. AND HER ABILITY
IS UNLIMITED. - KATHERINE IS REALLY TOUGH AND DETERMINED AND UP
FOR ANY CHALLENGE SHE WILL FACE. SO I THINK KATHERINE
WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE WITH THAT PERSONALITY. - ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
- THANK YOU. - YOU MADE IT
INTO THE TOP THREE. narrator: THE SECOND AND FINAL
ROUND OF THE ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD IS ONLY AN HOUR AWAY. FOR THE THREE FINALISTS, THE STAKES
HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. THEIR PERFORMANCE
IN THIS ROUND WILL DETERMINE WHICH OF THEM WILL WIN
THE $100,000 COLLEGE FUND AND THE TITLE
OF CHILD GENIUS. - IT JUST DOESN'T GET MORE INTENSE
THAN THE COMPETITION TODAY. EMOTIONS ARE AT A HEIGHT. EVERYONE KNOWS
WHAT'S AT STAKE. WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS
LAST ROUND OF ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD IS JUST PURE
COGNITIVE TORTURE. AND EVERY POINT COUNTS. -<i> PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.</i> - OSCAR WILDE. ROUND ONE WAS ACTUALLY
PRETTY TOUGH. I MEAN, THE QUESTIONS THEY
ASKED WERE REALLY DIFFICULT. ROUND TWO IS GONNA
BE 50 QUESTIONS IN 10 MINUTES. THAT KIND OF CREATES A LITTLE,
LIKE, ANXIETY. MAYBE, LIKE,
OH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? - WHAT IS THE LARGEST MOON
OF NEPTUNE THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1949?
- TRITON? ROUND ONE THERE WERE
FOUR COMPETITORS AND NOW IT'S DOWN
TO THREE COMPETITORS AND NOW I'M REALLY SCARED. I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE,
LIKE, A BIG CHANCE OF WINNING. BUT THEN I DON'T WANT TO THINK
ABOUT WINNING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'LL GET
DISAPPOINTED IF I DON'T WIN. [all speaking native language] - EVERY ROUND
I SURPRISE MYSELF. I BARELY MADE IT THIS ROUND. SO NOW MY GOAL
IS PRETTY MUCH TO WIN. I THINK I'M READY
FOR THIS CHALLENGE. - GOOD JOB. - THERE'S ONLY 50 QUESTIONS
STANDING BETWEEN ME AND BECOMING
THE NEXT CHILD GENIUS. - I THINK THIS COMPETITION IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IN HER LIFE. - I LOVE YOU. GOD GAVE HIM THE NATURAL GIFT OF BEING HIGHLY INTELLIGENT. - I COULD BE
THE NEXT CHILD GENIUS. - AND THE COMPETITOR
WHO HAS EARNED THE TITLE OF CHILD GENIUS IS... narrator: AFTER 15
GRUELING ROUNDS OF COMPETITION, THE ORIGINAL FIELD
OF 20 CONTESTANTS IS DOWN TO THE FINAL 3. ONE REMAINING ROUND WILL DETERMINE WHICH OF THEM
WINS A $100,000 COLLEGE FUND AND THE TITLE
OF CHILD GENIUS. FOR THIS ACADEMIC OLYMPIAD
ROUND, THE COMPETITORS WILL BE KEPT APART
AND BROUGHT IN ONE AT A TIME TO BE TESTED ON THE SAME SET
OF 50 QUESTIONS. EACH CHILD
WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES. WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS
AND LIMITED TIME, A KEY STRATEGY WILL BE DECIDING QUICKLY
WHICH QUESTIONS TO PASS ON AND WHICH TO ANSWER. - I THINK THIS COMPETITION IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IN HER LIFE. BUT WE DO HAVE VERY
DEEP CONFIDENT IN YEJI. WE BELIEVE IN HER. SO WE'RE JUST EXPECTING
THE BEST. - YEJI, YOUR ACADEMIC
OLYMPIAD ROUND STARTS NOW. CALCULATE 36 TIMES 2, PLUS 48, DIVIDED BY 6,
TIMES 20, AND FINALLY SUBTRACT 109. - 291.
- CORRECT. WHAT COUNTRY BORDERS
BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN? - PASS. - IN THE FIRST MATH QUESTION
YOU WERE ASKED IN THIS ROUND, WHAT WAS THE FIRST NUMBER
STATED? - 20?
- INCORRECT, 36. SPELL THE ANSWER. WHICH BODY SYSTEM
IS THE ADRENAL GLAND A PART OF? - ENDOCRINE. - CORRECT. WHAT "S" IS DEFINED AS BEHAVING OR LOOKING AS THOUGH ONE THINKS
ONE IS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS? - SUPERCILIOUS.
- CORRECT. TAKE THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF RIBS
THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING HAS AND MULTIPLY IT
BY EACH OF THE TWO NUMBERS REPRESENTING
GROVER CLEVELAND'S PRESIDENCIES. - 12,672. - INCORRECT.
6,336. WHAT IS THE LONG,
TUBULAR MOUTH PART USED FOR FEEDING BY INSECTS? - PASS. - WHAT COMES NEXT
IN THIS SEQUENCE? NEW MOON, WAXING CRESCENT,
FIRST QUARTER-- - WAXING GIBBOUS.
- CORRECT. MEMORIZE THESE CARDS
AND SAY WHEN YOU'RE READY. - READY. - RECITE THE TOP ROW
LEFT TO RIGHT FROM-- - NEVER MIND, PASS. - WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE POINT
ON ITS ORBIT AT WHICH A BODY ORBITING EARTH IS AT ITS CLOSEST TO EARTH? - APOGEE?
- INCORRECT, PERIGEE. SPELL EPEIROGENIC. - CORRECT. TAKE THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE WORD
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY AND MULTIPLY IT
BY THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE CAPITAL OF SWEDEN. - 171.
- CORRECT. - EASTMAN.
- INCORRECT, TALBOT. - 26,979. - CORRECT.
- LENTICULAR. - CORRECT.
TIME. - I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
WANT TO BE THE CHILD GENIUS. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO KNOW,
LIKE, HOW THE OTHER KIDS DID. - SHE DID HER BEST AND I'M
JUST HOPING THAT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YEJI CHILD GENIUS
OF THE YEAR. - HERE WE GO.
I LOVE YOU. YOUR BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH. - OKAY.
DO I GO? - REESE. GRAHAM IS BRIGHT
BECAUSE GOD GAVE HIM THE GIFT
OF HIS INTELLIGENCE. IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE GOES
TO BIG-TIME SCHOOLS, NOT BECAUSE WE'VE PUT OUT TONS
OF MONEY OR TUTORS FOR HIM. IT'S BECAUSE GOD
GAVE HIM THE NATURAL GIFT OF BEING
HIGHLY INTELLIGENT. - I'M READY FOR THIS.
IT'S THE FINAL THREE. IT'S THE LAST THREE PEOPLE
IN THIS ENTIRE COMPETITION. I'M ONE OF THEM. I COULD BE
THE NEXT CHILD GENIUS. - CALCULATE 36-- - PASS. - WHAT COUNTRY
BORDERS BRAZIL, ARGENTINA,
AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN? - URUGUAY.
- CORRECT. IN THE FIRST MATH QUESTION
YOU WERE ASKED IN THIS ROUND, WHAT WAS THE FIRST NUMBER
STATED? - PASS.
- SPELL THE ANSWER. WHICH BODY SYSTEM
IS THE ADRENAL GLAND A PART OF? - A--
- INCORRECT. WHAT "S" IS DEFINED
AS BEHAVING OR LOOKING AS THOUGH ONE THINKS
ONE IS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS? - SUPERCILIOUS.
- CORRECT. TAKE THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF RIBS
THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING HAS AND MULTIPLY IT BY EACH
OF THE TWO NUMBERS REPRESENTING
GROVER CLEVELAND'S PRESIDENCIES. - PASS. - WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE POINT ON ITS ORBIT AT WHICH A BODY ORBITING EARTH
IS AT ITS CLOSEST TO EARTH? - APOGEE?
- INCORRECT, PERIGEE. WHAT COMES NEXT
IN THIS SEQUENCE? SPECIES, GENUS, FAMILY, ORDER? - CLASS.
- CORRECT. SPELL EPEIROGENIC.
- PASS. - TAKE THE NUMBER OF LETTERS
IN THE WORD OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY AND MULTIPLY IT BY THE--
- PASS. - THE ZYPHOID PROCESS
IS A PIECE OF CARTILAGE EXTENDING FROM THE BASE
OF WHAT BONE? - STERNUM.
- CORRECT. WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES USES THE WORD CONCATENATION
CORRECTLY? "A," "LYNDSAY'S CONCATENATION WAS QUITE VISIBLE--"
- "C." - CORRECT. CORRECT THE DEFINITION.
SUBLITTORAL-- - ABOVE SHOULD BE BELOW.
- CORRECT. - CONIFEROUS.
- CORRECT. - DEAD SEA.
- CORRECT. GRAHAM, THAT COMPLETES
YOUR ROUND. - WOW!
THESE QUESTIONS WERE HARD. I MEAN,
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. - I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA WIN,
BUT SOMEBODY'S GONNA WIN IT AND THAT MIGHT BE ME. I DON'T KNOW BUT IT MIGHT BE ME. - GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT,
YOU'RE DOING WELL. LIGHT-HEARTED. - FROM 20 REALLY SMART KIDS
TO NOW IT'S JUST THE THREE OF US--
ME, GRAHAM, AND YEJI. THERE'S ONLY 50 QUESTIONS STANDING BETWEEN ME AND BECOMING
THE NEXT CHILD GENIUS. - CALCULATE 36 TIMES 2--
- PASS. - WHAT COUNTRY BORDERS
BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN? - CHILE.
- INCORRECT, URUGUAY. IN THE FIRST MATH QUESTION
YOU WERE ASKED IN THIS ROUND, WHAT WAS THE FIRST NUMBER
STATED? - 36.
- CORRECT. SPELL THE ANSWER. WHICH BODY SYSTEM
IS THE ADRENAL GLAND A PART OF? - CORRECT. WHAT "S" IS DEFINED AS BEHAVING OR LOOKING AS THOUGH ONE THINKS
ONE IS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS? - SUPERCILIOUS.
- CORRECT. TAKE THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF RIBS
THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING HAS AND MULTIPLY IT
BY EACH OF THE TWO NUMBERS REPRESENTING
GROVER CLEVELAND'S PRESIDENCIES. - 6,336. - CORRECT. VINCENZO NIBALI WON THE 2014 TOUR DE FRANCE
REPRESENTING WHAT COUNTRY? - IRELAND.
- INCORRECT, ITALY. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE POINT
ON ITS ORBIT AT WHICH A BODY ORBITING EARTH
IS AT ITS CLOSEST TO EARTH? - PERIGEE.
- CORRECT. WHAT ARE THE PLANT
OR ANIMAL ORGANISMS THAT FLOAT IN THE OPEN SEA
CALLED? - MICROORGANISMS. - INCORRECT, PLANKTON. SPELL EPEIROGENIC. - CORRECT. TAKE THE NUMBER OF LETTERS
IN THE WORD OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY AND MULTIPLY IT
BY THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE CAPITAL OF SWEDEN. - PASS.
- SPELL ARRHYTHMIA. - CORRECT. WHO COMPOSED
THE CLASSICAL PIECE, <i> OVERTURE TO 1812?</i>
- PASS. - HOW MANY TRIANGLES DO YOU SEE? - 12.
- INCORRECT, 14. WHAT DID NICOLA TESLA BUILD THE FIRST REMOTE CONTROL
VERSION OF IN 1898? - WAS IT THE BOAT?
- CORRECT. VANYA,
THAT COMPLETES YOUR ROUND. - THERE'S ALWAYS ONE WINNER. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS
IN SPELLING BEE. THERE'S ALWAYS ONE WINNER
AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WHOEVER WINS IT DESERVES
TO BE THE CHILD GENIUS OF THIS YEAR. I HOPE THAT WILL BE VANYA. narrator: AFTER 16
INTENSE ROUNDS, THE CHILD GENIUS COMPETITION
IS OVER. THE THREE REMAINING CHILDREN
AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY
FROM LEARNING HOW THEY SCORED AND WHO WILL WALK AWAY
WITH A $100,000 COLLEGE FUND AND THE TITLE
OF CHILD GENIUS. - CONGRATULATIONS,
COMPETITORS. YOU HAVE ALL DONE
AN OUTSTANDING JOB. YOU ALL DESERVE A BIG ROUND
OF APPLAUSE. [cheers and applause] - IS THE SUSPENSE
KILLING YOU RIGHT NOW? - OH, MY GOD, YEAH.
- IS IT? - YES,
I CAN'T WAIT TO KNOW, LIKE, HOW WE DID
OR HOW I DID AND, LIKE, YEAH. - I THINK GRAHAM
DID GREAT IN THE LAST ROUND
OF THE COMPETITION. I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S ENOUGH TO WIN BUT GRAHAM'S DONE HIS BEST.
HE'S DONE IT. ALL THE WORK'S OVER AND NOW
WE JUST FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS. - IF I DON'T WIN TODAY,
I'LL STILL BE JUST AS GRATEFUL AND REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE,
I MEAN, I'VE MADE IT THIS FAR AND I'M SO HAPPY,
AND EXCITED, AND PROUD OF MYSELF. BUT I DO WANT TO WIN. - WE HAVE TALLIED THE SCORES
FROM THE FINAL ROUND. IN THIRD PLACE, EARNING A $5,000
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP IS... GRAHAM. [cheers and applause] - I'M SUPER PROUD
OF GRAHAM'S PERFORMANCE. COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
FOR HIM. - I THINK GRAHAM DID AWESOME
AND SO GLAD HE'S MY SON. - I'M REALLY HAPPY
THAT I GOT THIRD PLACE. I'M REALLY PROUD
OF YEJI AND VANYA. AND I'M PROUD
OF MYSELF, TOO. - IN SECOND PLACE, EARNING A $10,000
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP IS... YEJI. [cheers and applause] AND THAT MEANS, VANYA, YOU ARE THE WINNER
OF CHILD GENIUS 2015 AND THE $100,000
COLLEGE FUND. CONGRATULATIONS! [cheers and applause] all: WHOO!
- YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED! - WE ARE VERY EXCITED. - CONGRATULATIONS, SWEETHEART.
- THANKS, MOM. THANKS, DAD.
- CONGRATULATIONS. - I AM SO EXCITED I CANNOT,
LIKE, STOP SMILING RIGHT NOW. - GOOD JOB, HONEY, GOOD JOB.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
- YOU DID EVERYTHING, NOT US. YOU DID SO GOOD. [cheering continues] - CONGRATULATIONS. - THANK YOU.
- GOOD JOB, GRAHAM. - THANK YOU.
- GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. - AWESOME JOB.
- I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. - I THINK $100,000
COULD FIT IN THAT THING. - YOU DID IT!
- AWESOME JOB. - GOOD JOB, VANYA.
- THANK YOU. - I HONESTLY
CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED,
I THOUGHT I'D DROP OUT AT, LIKE, THE SECOND ROUND
AND THAT WOULD BE IT. AND HERE I AM
AND I GOT SECOND PLACE. NOW THAT I'VE DONE THIS,
I MEAN, SCHOOL IS JUST GONNA BE,
LIKE, SUPER EASY, I MEAN,
BECAUSE OF ALL THIS. - CONGRATULATIONS, VANYA. - GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.
THAT WAS AWESOME. - THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- YOU'RE SO GOOD. - THERE YOU GO, MY FRIEND.
- THANK YOU. [grunting] THIS THING IS SO HEAVY. I AM SO GLAD TO BE DONE STUDYING
THAT I AM GOING TO THROW THE STUDY MATERIAL
IN THE TRASH CAN. MAKE SURE THAT I NEVER
HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN, EXCEPT FOR THE EARTH
SCIENCE 'CAUSE IT HAS THAT PAGE WITH A PICTURE
OF A HURRICANE ON IT. - HOW DO YOU SPELL
THE ARRHYTHMIC? HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT?
- ARRHYTHMIA? A-R-R-H-Y-T-H-- - IT'S R-R. DANG IT! - DANG IT,
I MISSED THAT ONE, TOO. - CHILD GENIUS CHAMPION. - DID YOU GET THROUGH--YOU GUYS
GOT THROUGH ALL 50, RIGHT? - YEAH.
- I GOT TO 44. - THAT'S GOOD.
- I GOT THROUGH ALL 50... BUT I PASSED MOST OF THEM.
