For the Georgia Schools Chief, Geography and History Pay Off

This from the New York Times, Photo by Mike Yarish/Fox:

The Georgia state school superintendent, Kathy Cox, won $1 million last Friday on the Fox game show “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” and said Monday that “the primary beneficiary of the money” would be two state schools for the deaf and one for the blind...

There was some risk in going on the show, said Ms. Cox, who is an elected official, acknowledging critics who had worried that she would embarrass herself and the state school system if she missed questions.

“I thought, ‘Well, there’s risk in everything,’ ” said Ms. Cox, who earns about $130,000 a year. “ ‘I’m in politics, why not?’ ” ...