Colin Mochrie to host Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 | 5:07 PM ET
The Canadian Press
Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie will get to mock adults this fall as host of Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?
The actor-comedian will host the Canadian version of the American quiz show, which sees adults going up against students in a battle of the brains.
Mochrie says in a release that he's "been from one end of this country to the other and met adults of all ages" and assures the fifth graders that they "have nothing to worry about."
Mochrie is known for his improv skills on the sketch comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? and has appeared in Young Triffie's Been Made Away With and Little Mosque on the Prairie.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? offers adults the chance to win up to $1 million and will air on Global this fall.
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is the host of the show south of the border.
© The Canadian Press, 2007
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