Kathy Cox outsmarts 5th-graders, wins a million
State superintendent will donate her TV show winnings to three Georgia schools
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday, September 05, 2008
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The fifth-graders never had a chance. Georgia State school superintendent Kathy Cox became the first $1 million winner Friday night on the FOX TV series “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader” by answering correctly the question: Who was the longest reigning British monarch?
It was a giddy performance on screen, recorded August 6, 2008 in Los Angeles. Cox watched the show with about 100 supporters and friends at Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill in Peachtree City, all whooping at her big game show gamble that paid off.
She said her entire winnings will be donated to three schools: Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon, Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in Clarkston and Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring.
