Show pitted 20 of America’s most gifted boys and girls.
WASHINGTON, DC: Indian American middle schooler Vanya Shivashankar has won the Lifetime channel’s competition series Child Genius.
The 13-year-old from Olathe, Kansas, claimed $100,000 grand prize, which will go toward her college scholarship.
Yeji (11) of Rolling Hills Estates, California, came second and won a $10,000 scholarship.
Ten-year-old Graham Curtsinger, of Verdigris, Oklahoma, finished third, winning a $5,000 scholarship.
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Katherine He (11) of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, who had been steamrolling the competition in previous rounds, was the fourth finalist. However, in the first round of the finale, in a surprising turn of events, she finished with a score of 7 out of a possible 25 points resulting in her elimination.
Curtsinger was also close to facing elimination, but narrowly beat out He with a score of 9. Yeji and Shivashankar scored 13 and 14, respectively, in the first round.
In the second and final round, each contestant had to answer a staggering 50 questions in only 10 minutes. Shivashankar scored an impressive 30 out of 50. Yeji, the second-place winner, scored 24 out of 50. Curtsinger scored 18 in the final round.
Shivashankar was the winner of the seventh episode as well, the first time she won first place since the show began.
Child Genius, which started eight weeks ago, pitted 20 of America’s most gifted boys and girls in an intelligence-based competition. The contestants, ages eight through 12, battled it out by challenging their knowledge in a multitude of subjects. The show was hosted by Leland Melvin, a former NFL wide-receiver and astronaut.
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Shivashankar is the daughter of Indian American couple Sandy and Mirle Shivashankar, both IT professionals.
She is also an speller, having been to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee three times. Her other Interests include acting, singing, piano, bike riding, swimming, brain games and playing with her dog, according to the show’s website.
Another Indian American, Tanishq Abraham, exited the show in the fifth week.
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When I was watching the show it occured to me that the show was like several other game shows on TV and did little to show topics of: PHYSIC, CHEMISTRY, AND ADVANCED MATH SUCH AS CALCULUS. The math section of the competition was a joke. This just shows as a result of genetics like gold is were to find it, therefor genius can happen anywhere. Genetics is the driving force behind who becomes a genius. According to a article that I read on intelligence this is the order of intelligence in the world population:
1. Hessidic jews (the ones with the little hats and the locks of hair)
2. Asians or middle east.
3. Caucasian
4. Black Afican
This order of intelligence was born out in the contest!!!!!!
Another thing I noticed out of articles of the magazine, Scientific American on language and intelligence is that the pictorial languages like chinese or japanese and arabic force the mind to work harder so over time those peoples tend to be more intelligent.
What article did you find that order of intelligence, KKK Weekly?