Americans React To - Young Americans Don't Know ANYTHING!

[@margaretnicol3423]

If he did ask some 'foreign' people (not educated in the US) they'd be more likely to know the answers! He could have pushed it further and asked what a baker's dozen is. 😀

[@clivegilbertson6542]

13 and this septuagenarian Australian knew the answers to all those questions...WHAT???

[@carltaylor6452]

Brit here. Knew all of those. I did have to calculate 3x3x3 in my head, though, and it took a few seconds!

[@CMDRRustyDog]

You'd be very surprised how many foreigners would know the answers to all of these questions. It's not them under the microscope. These questions like 'how many states' and 'what is the US capital' etc. should be common knowledge to anyone who has left school. I'm a foreigner and I knew all the answers. There is no excuse for not getting the 'dozen' and '3x3x3' questions.

[@joepiekl]

The problem with quick fire maths though is that you just blurt out an answer before you've thought about it. I can understand people saying 9, then thinking about it and correcting it.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

I love Ethan earnestly answering "10 years" to the decade question. We know you know 😂

[@emmahowells8334]

Happy New to you both and your family.🎉 I'm from Wales and i knew most of the american history questions, in the uk we are taught world history aswell as our own.

[@sideshowmark913]

If you asked half of them who were interviewed to spell their name some of them would struggle 😂😅

[@cmdstraker]

Yes, but they're all at an age where they probably have High School diplomas. So how is this possible?

[@benwinter5295]

I think they’ve definitely cherry picked the idiots for ragebait purposes 😂

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@benwinter5295 This it true but even though more people might have got most/all questions correct, the fact that so many get them wrong or do not have a clue is bad for the US.

[@geoffmelvin6012]

Honestly, with the exception of the VP question, I think most 16 year old British kids would get all of these.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Not our (UK) school, they wouldn't. It's likely not one child in the secondary part would get a single one right - and that's if you could get them to listen to the questions.

[@norwegianblue2017]

I went to US K-12 public schools in the 70s and 80s and I'm pretty confident we knew most of these answers in grade school.

[@MikeFugily-hj3ok]

Our poor kids are just not learning. Thanks for the vid✔️

[@madyottoyotto3055]

​​@@PedroConejo1939you talk bubbles My son is the trouble maker of the year with reading issues and could get them right If he can rest of his class can for sure

[@splodge561]

So are you involved with the school somehow?​@@PedroConejo1939

[@simonmcglary]

Even I know the US flag is hugely symbolic. 50 stars represent the states and 13 stripes representing the first 13. I sometimes wonder if American history is taught everywhere apart from America. Really concerning, but gives everywhere else hope!

[@margaretnicol3423]

It's not surprising they don't remember Kamala. They don't hear enough about her. No scandals or anything! 🙂

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yep, US politics runs on making the most noise, mostly negative.

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@PedroConejo1939 Yes - and the other ones are quietly getting on with their jobs.

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@margaretnicol3423 True, and shameful.

[@carltaylor6452]

Brit here. The only thing I really know about her is she lied about the Florida school curriculum thing and then refused to debate DeSantis about it.

[@faithlesshound5621]

It was hilarious to hear that she was half Black and half "Native American." The name "Kamala" is a clue that she's half Indian. Has political correctness turned all Indians into Native Americans, even those from India? That's what has happened to Africans: even Nelson Mandela became an "African American" on American TV. The same thing happens to black people in the UK and Ireland: American visitors call them "African Americans."

[@liaartist3671]

Well, in the continent one it depends on where were you taught that just like asking for the vicepresident one. In my case i would say there are six (africa, america, asia, europe, oceania and antartida)

[@alcor4670]

To be fair, most of the people who know the answers to these questions would be busy at work or in school. But yeah, this was such a facepalm moment that I had to use both hands. I'm not even American and I knew all the answers to them, including the Mt. Rushmore one (and yes, it's in SD).

[@Arltratlo]

no idea which Dakota, but i know its in the USA!

[@alan-]

Mt Rushmore is in France, which is capital of Tokyo. A dozen eggs is minus five degrees Fahrenheit below sea level with a side order of fries.

[@darren_anscombe]

I'm sure you could spend a couple of hours in a UK street asking similar questions and come across a few people that could be edited into a video showing a similar level of misunderstanding. This isn't just a USA thing.

[@klaus2t703]

I would be so curious to see representative interviews among different countries. I´m sure you find dumb people everywhere .. but what about the average.

[@tomnicholson2115]

I just posted a comment with the same sentiments (removed it now),it wouldn't be too hard to find a few less knowledgeable young folks to create a video like this in any country.

[@Lyndsey..xx..91]

I'm British and I knew quite a lot of them answers 😂 I didn't know the Vice President one but knew more than the actual American people 😂😂

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Really ??? The first woman VP. First WOC

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Shocking.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

But I bet they can name every Kardashian. 🙄

[@Lyndsey..xx..91]

@phoenix-xu9xj I only know presidents, not VPs. I'm not American so i don't follow American politics 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I was surprised at how many of the answers I did know

[@Arltratlo]

i know her name and face, i only know she got an immigrant background, not the country origin! but i´m also not American or Brit!

[@lemming9984]

TBH, if you asked most younger people similar questions about their own country, they wouldn't know. Education, especially history, has declined in Western countries. I'm English with no interest in politics, I couldn't name anyone in the government - other than the PM!

[@SimonBannow]

Trust me, there are plenty of Europeans that way also.

[@ethelmini]

6:20 that's a contentious question. I imagine you'd like to say 1776, but 1783 is when the Treaty of Paris was signed.

[@nicksykes4575]

Angela is one smart cookie,! Incidentally, who did that portrait of her on your wall? If that was you Joel, you're a talented artist.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

It was a gift from a viewer.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Who's Joel ? Do you mean Ethan ?

[@nicksykes4575]

Oops, sorry Ethan, I'm subscribed to another reaction channel,, "It's JPS", and got your names mixed up!

[@Jamienomore]

My favourity and funniest Videos like this is, 'What's the dumbest thing an American has ever said to you - Part 1'. There are many Parts.

[@raibeart1955]

Yes you should expect us foreigners to know nothing! 😮All the best from Scotland. Rab

[@flotristval]

In France it is impossible to see this... in general we know the history of our country. it is also necessary to obtain your diploma to enter university. The history of other major countries, capitals, regions and presidents for some too. It is still sad not to know his country.

[@SoloGamingZA]

Me over here as a South African that we don't even get any of this taught to us in school could answer all these questions about the US just from watching American TV and Movies and somewhat of the news...... I would bet that in any other country this would all be considered general knowledge questions.

[@barriehull7076]

Wikipedia. Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California,[9] on October 20, 1964.[10] Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil Indian biologist, whose work on the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast cancer research.[11] She came to the United States from India in 1958, as a 19-year-old graduate student in nutrition and endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley,[12][13] and received her PhD in 1964.[14] Kamala Harris's Jamaican American father, Donald J. Harris, is of African and Irish ancestry.[15] He is a Stanford University professor of economics (emeritus) who arrived in the United States from British Jamaica in 1961, for graduate study at UC Berkeley, receiving a PhD in economics in 1966.

[@kaydavis2310]

Happy New Year to you and the family. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. A vlog around KC would be interesting. Ask some UK questions. Wonder if the UK know more about the US or the US public know more about the UK.....if that makes sense😂.

[@midwestamericans3806]

Haha yea it does, it would be interesting to see.

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Ethan and Angela, I was watching family feud the question was "name a wife of Henry V111", this feller buzzed in and said "Queen Victoria" when proved wrong all the audience were saying "oh that's so unfortunate" Henry 8th was born in 1491,Queen Victoria was born in 1819,can you believe it, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@alterbayer7196]

.... and be honest !!! as a German i can answer nearly ALL of your Questions !! .... because our Education-System is great and introduce so many parts americans had never hear about !! Greetings from Germany

[@nevillemason6791]

You'd go a long time in the USA to find anyone who is fluent speaking a foreign language as you do. Possibly Spanish is the most common foreign language learned only because of the proximity of Mexico.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@nevillemason6791 The US has no official Language, so you can't really say that Spanish is foreign. English is the most widely spoken though.

[@MartinWebNatures]

That graduated guy blows my mind 🤯🤯 he couldn't answer all simple questions

[@northnsouth6813]

As a Brit I knew all the questions apart from the Vice President. But then again I had a British education.

[@jonathanfinan722]

Briton. Not Brit.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@jonathanfinan722 I've never heard anyone from the UK refer to themselves as a 'Briton'. The Term/Description is normally used when describing the peoples of ancient Britain, e.g. Celtic Britons. We are British or Brits for short or we use our country of origin to describe ourselves, Scottish, Welsh, English, Northern Irish.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I'm also a Brit and knew all of the answers, including VP Kamala Harris.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

I totally agree with him not pushing the correct answers, it really isn't worth the trouble.

[@SKLZ0]

Any fifteen-year-old European child could have answered all the questions. Because history and geography are compulsory subjects in education, not optional! And above all, we are not brainwashed into believing that our country is the centre of the world and that we are the best.

[@Pomdownuder]

Q. E. D. Mount Rushmore 🚨Washington? 🚨 Even I know it's Sth Dakota, and was born in the UK 😮

[@Coastal15]

All nations (UK included) have their fair share of (I'll settle for) "not so well educated half-wits" (but when it comes to history or geography I'm really not a genius) 🤣

[@neilgilbert6798]

And this is the future of America God help you

[@module79l28]

Fleccas Talks is the channel, the interviewer is called Justin. He has some street interviews of his own and they just asked him to film some similar content for them.

[@patlittle4642]

The butt end of Mt. Rushmore faces Canada LOL!!!!!!

[@ltsecomedy2985]

Hi Angela & Ethan, I don`t know if you have come across them, but the first time I saw something like this, Jay Leno was doing them as part of his show. Which I believe he left over 8 yrs ago. I think it was mainly Geography questions then.

[@thorstenkoethe]

What I learned about Americans: doesn´t matter what school they went through, they know their 50 States with the capitals included and they know the Presidents´ names and numbers. That probably doesn´t fit anymore, sadly 😎

[@midwestamericans3806]

Yea no it doesn't for sure.

[@carolineleonard8214]

Great to see 'Y Ddraig Goch' flag behind you. The flag of Cymru/Wales. Just in case anyone asks we have two languages Cymraeg/Welsh and Saesneg/English. BTW I knew all the answers, and I live in Cymru and my 2nd language is English. Wow, this can not be real, Americans can not be this ignorant of their own country or even know 3x3x3=27. Astonishing.

[@justme1111]

Is it sad that as a Brit with only the one exception(the VP question) I knew all of these? 🤔

[@rettawhinnery]

As a note, Kamala Harris never claimed to be "Native American." Her mother is from India, so she is Tamil Indian. Her father is from Jamaica and is part African and part Irish.

[@johnam1234]

I really enjoyed your video and comments plus learning more about the world around me.

[@midwestamericans3806]

Thank you!

[@SotonCueMan]

I’m from the UK and knew all these, including that Mt Rushmore is in South Dakota……. Not difficult…….

[@Thurgosh_OG]

But they were asked which country, not which State, which makes this so much worse.

[@kristofferholst6053]

Colored tempered glass for the splash back. I’ve had tiles, stainless steel, high gloss paint. But glass is def the best

[@Thurgosh_OG]

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[@suepoole8323]

Happy New Year from UK.. and yes I got most of those right no hang on all of those right. The Graduate, well he should have aced all of those too. If he was in fact a foreign student surely he would need to know something about where he is being educated and 3x3x3 well that is a basic math question asked of 10 year olds. ugh ... Love the channel and your taking part is fun to watch

[@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc]

It is a little hardcore on young people. Aged 15/16 in my life in UK, I couldn't give a toss who the Prime Minister was, I had bigger priorities! The guy in 'cap & gown' was obviously not an American thus easy 'pickings'. Wonder how many clips he took to achieve this effect? Love to see you guys back.

[@kroo07]

The answer to the question "who won the civil war?" should be "which civil war" as there have been hundreds of them.

[@midwestamericans3806]

Yea I was thinking that when we were watching.

[@hejhejhej9519]

im swedish and i litterally knew the answer on 95% of these questions xD

[@midwestamericans3806]

Hello to you in Sweden!

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

It's not just Americans, there's plenty in the UK that are just as thick.

[@RickDeckard6531]

See if there are any vloggers asking random UK people questions about the UK (and also the US).

[@faithlesshound5621]

I saw one, a black kid who questioned teenagers in the main shopping area of Birmingham (UK) during the daytime. Most of them were just as clueless. Two Japanese girls got him to stop recording so that they could ask him if he had any weed!

[@leoStouthart]

I am Dutch, Now I understand way a lot of Americans like Trump hi is the super Dombo

[@Pterodactylus548]

Greetings from Finland!

[@andypandy9013]

01:30 As a Brit I wish he had asked me that question about "The Civil War". There have been hundreds of them! We had one 900 years ago (The Anarchy), 550 years ago (The Wars of The Roses) and nearly 400 years ago (The English Civil War aka The British Wars aka The Wars of The Nations).🤣

[@mehallica666]

Technically, the US war of independence was a British civil war, just not in the British Isles.

[@skylargreen7156]

Happy New Year ❤

[@P-M-869]

One thing to note is that I think he doesn't show many of those who can answer the questions.

[@alicevanhuijzen-vandenbran6646]

The sad thing is, that I know the answers. And I'm not an american. Btw the vice presidents name is Kamela Harris.

[@samanthagibson5791]

I think if you asked about the civil war in England you'd end up with someone saying Roundheads and Cavaliers

[@cmdstraker]

As a European, it is kind of hard to grasp why Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia aren't considered states. So there was a time when I would have been tempted to say 52. I'm pretty sure you would get more than 16 states going west from Boston in a straight line.

[@frogletx]

Who fought in the civil war? Cavaliers and Roundheads.

[@tago69mago671]

Funny but scary. I'm from the UK and to be honest I think you'd get a similar result if you asked questions about the UK. F### knows what they learn at school nowadays.

[@michaelwilkinson3296]

Not 1 mobile phone in sight , if you tried to ask people of that age any questions all you would get ignored as they would have there mobile phone glued to the end of there nose

[@patriciaheinzer9884]

The best was the guy in the graduation robe who didn't know how many continents there were.

[@faithlesshound5621]

It's confusing for American kids, because nation, country, continent and even world can all mean the USA. This great nation of ours ... this country ... where we had the Continental Congress ... and hold the World Series.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@faithlesshound5621 The confusion is caused by the US itself though, as evidenced that you think the USA is a continent, it is not. North America is the Continent that the US is part of, though for some South American nations the whole landmass is America because it is physically linked. Also from the old British point of view Continental Congress, merely meant on another continent, not that is was a continent in itself. Regarding US claims to hold 'World' sporting events, that are fully or mainly played by US teams, the rest of the sporting world laughs at this and I'm certain that if they opened up these events internationally, an countries that could be bothered to play would likely win after only a few short years of 'getting into the sport'

[@uniquename111]

I know who the vice president is and i am from Sweden! Allthough when they where first added i thought it was Kamilla Harris, until i saw on the news that it is Kamala Harris. I guess i have to carry that shame =D

[@khankrum1]

I get fed up of explaining their own constitution to Americans their own constitution on KZbin. The British are little better, but unlike the USA the British Constitution is unwritten and that can be understandable!

[@AdeleD79]

I honestly feel like basic Geography education would be a benefit in the US. I'm from Northern Ireland and knew all of those lol. Not knowing how many states there are in your own country is ridiculous. Jaysus wept!

[@jetteramsey9292]

Omg,unbelievable!

[@sandrabeaumont9161]

OMG Guys!!!! I know more about YOUR country than those Americans do!

[@malakai651]

It's the guy in the graduation outfit who should be most ashamed, he appears to have no knowledge at all despite going to university.

[@AbigailArnaiz]

I'm Spanish and I know all the answers related to the USA. It feels...weird 😅

[@patlittle4642]

We have a guy up here in Canada, Rick Mercer who does the same thing! He asks really dumb stuff to you guy's LOL Check him out, really funny!

[@DMGamanda]

Even as a brit i knew who you’re vice president is. Geez

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Once upon a time there were two brothers. One went to sea. The other became vice president of the US. No one has heard of either of them ever since.

[@robertobrien5709]

As you are USA-ian's you probably don't know that dumb means unable or unwilling to speak, people would say that people who are unable to speak must be stupid, and some erroneously now think that dumb means stupid and use it as a pejorative.

[@margaretnicol3423]

I wonder how many Americans would pass the Citizenship Exam (including government members!)?

[@stevegallagher8733]

happy new year to you both

[@midwestamericans3806]

Thank you, you too!

[@paulwillard9687]

But I’m British and remember every USA President and Vice President down to Reagan/Bush something is terribly wrong in America with the Education system oh and you declared independence and last battles fought by 1776 but the treaty wasn’t signed till 1778

[@wncjan]

You could make a video like this evrywhere in the world. Just interview enough and edit out all the correct answers and keep the idiots.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

You could but this is one area that the US really is the 'Best' at.

[@DUNFERMLINEBOY1]

To be fair they are being put on the spot under a camera, I don't know how I would react in a situation like that, possible my mind would go blank! just something to keep in mind!

[@martinshepherd626]

There are 7 year olds in Britain and Ireland that could answer some of these questions

[@mjmaule]

Mt Rushmore... South Dakota

[@olliestevenson8068]

Wow am from Ireland and I know all the answers about the states 😂😂😂😂. What schooling have yous 😂😂😂😂.

[@ianwelburn5158]

A sorry indictment of the American education system

[@williambranch4283]

Rule of Dumb since 1965

[@joepiekl]

I'd love to know how many people he needs to interview before he finds these people.

[@philiptodd6255]

I knew the vice president and all the other questions

[@ebonyeyes1986]

Im british and its shocking how much i know about usa when their own people dont. Maybe if they stopped making kids stand and pledge to a flag and actually teach them about the usa, it would be more valuable

[@frankdoyle9066]

To get British citizenship you have to take a test on British history and conventions. Obviously in the States it is not so.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

There is a verbal test (not multiple choice) given at the interview where 10 questions are asked (out of 100 available). Applicants need to get 6 right. I just looked it up and got 9/10 and I'm British, though I can see having to say the answers out loud would be a bit more difficult.

[@steevenfrost]

There has to be more intelligent Americans around than we saw here. The people questioned , seemed like Deer caught in headlights, they seemed to freeze mentally. I'm trying to be kind.👋

[@frankripley6401]

I wonder did they edit out the people who got most/all right & left in only the numpties? If you did a similar exercise in (say) London, with a similar demographic & basic British questions I suspect you may get similar result. I reckon the original clip is pure clickbait. Also Ethan how about an update on your educational plans? Btw Happy New Year to you both.

[@SiEllershaw]

Thats what happens when you pay teachers peanuts and disregard what they do as a job.

[@paulocorreia7942]

I don't know if this is true, I want to believe it's not true! But I read on a channel that an American in Europe was having dinner and went to the roof of the building to see the fireworks because it was the 4th of July!

[@midwestamericans3806]

Haha that is golden

[@draganazivanovic1406]

I don’t know who is your Vice President but for the other questions i can only thanks to my Slovenian education

[@1-Melo-1]

The fact my 10 year old cousin knows these is sad😅

[@HyperDaveUK]

I like your sense of Geography means that you think New York is "close" to DC.. (230 miles) Manchester to Glasgow is almost 220 and we'd consider that to be a distance :-)

[@norwegianblue2017]

I don't consider anything in the US to be far away until at least 400 miles. It is 500 miles just to visit my parents, who live in the same state as me.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

That old saying, something like - The British think 100 miles is far and the Americans think 100 years is long ago, does come true often.

[@davidrigby3874]

How many people did he ask who gave the right answers

[@midwestamericans3806]

Yea you never know with these videos.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

God help America

[@neilcarpenter2669]

I'm not sure how you can go through the education system in the most powerful country in the world and not know the answer to these questions, you must be taught these things, practically every child in Western civilization would be able to answer most of what was asked in this clip .

[@midwestamericans3806]

Yea, honestly, I don't know, I know many people don't perform well under pressure but should be closer at least.

[@woodentie8815]

So that’s how Trump got elected!😬

[@jonathanfinan722]

How can any sentient being…

[@NanaKaren1953]

He should STOP saying yes!!!! Just give them the correct answer and move on. Nana Karen UK

[@chrissouthgate4554]

Who fought in the Civil War, Royalists & Parliamentarians! He did not say which one!!

[@margaretnicol3423]

C'mon! No other country in the entire world has had a civil war. Only the US exists. You know that. 😀

[@RickDeckard6531]

The Bolshevists and the White Russians, or was it the Burgundians and the Armanacs, or the...

[@emmahowells8334]

They are in america so it's safe to assume that he means the american civil war, thought that was obvious.

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@RickDeckard6531 I don't think the topic was alcohol, do you? Neither cocktail, wine nor brandy! 🤣

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@emmahowells8334 Of course it is obvious. People just being silly/having fun!

[@steelpanther9568]

How many states did America have when it was first founded? Can you name them? (Answer is in the replies) 🤔

[@steelpanther9568]

The United States of America initially consisted of 13 states that had been British colonies until their independence was declared in 1776 and verified by the Treaty of Paris in 1783: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. 🇺🇸😎👍🏼

[@williamhalejr.4289]

The first question is a bad question, what do you mean by founded? The US declared independence in 1776, but we did not GAIN independence until we won the war with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. But, the answer COULD be that we were founded with our first founding constitution which was the Articles of confederation in 1781 or it could be when we wrote the US Constitution 1787, when it was ratified by the 3/4 of the states which was 1788 or when the first government under the US Constitution was formed in 1789. The Founders are usually considered the revolutionaries and the Framers would be the Constitutionalists. So the answer SHOULD be 1783, but most of these type of videos give the WRONG answer of 1776 as the CORRECT answer, even though it is not. What do you mean this video is made in NYC? There is a garbage can behind the people in the video which says razzle dazzle chicago