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5 Celebrities Who Are Actually Smart

These Stars Got An Education Along With Talent

Our parents and teachers drummed it into our heads from a young age: "If you want to make a lot of money, you have to go to school."

While there is truth to that for the general populace, it really seems to be the case for some celebrities.

No, you don't have to have a doctorate to play the Terminator, but for some celebs, they hedged their bets and did the right thing -- they got their education under their belts, and then went on to tackle Hollywood.

Some on our list are no-brainers -- you'd expect them to have rich educational histories. But some you barely expect to be able to spell, let alone have advanced degrees.

Keep that in mind before challenging one of the following five celebs to a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit. You'd have a great story to tell, but you'd also likely lose big.

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