Being on a reality show doesn’t usually seem like a genius move, but dozens of parents and kids turned out for an event at the Amity School in Sheepshead Bay to vie for a spot on a new show called “Child Genius.”
Children aged 8–12 were given intelligence tests as part of a nationwide search for brainy boys and girls to star in the eight-part documentary.
The top scorers from across the country will be followed as they prepare for an academic competition this summer that will provide the climax for the show. The final quiz was developed with help from American Mensa, an organization of people who score at least 132 on the Stanford–Binet intelligence quotient test. An “average” I.Q. is 90–109.
The show will be an American version of the British show “Child Genius” from Shed Media, producers of “Supernanny,” and will air on the Lifetime cable channel.
