Brits Try To Label A Map Of The US

Watch as we put Brits to the ultimate test of geography - trying to label all 50 states on a map of the US.
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[@johnnyCahuenga]

I'm just honestly impressed that everyone knows where Wyoming is.

[@jrw2319]

Eric Borja which is weird cause it doesn’t exist

[@vleeee5662]

I’m American and I didn’t even know where Wyoming was and these people that labeled like 80% of the map incorrectly somehow knew it. Crazy

[@jacobhargiss3839]

Well it does have one of the most famous national parks (including an active super volcano that could end the world)

[@BrianKervick]

@@jacobhargiss3839 Yeah it's funny seing what they named right away. Wyoming for Yellowstone. Nevada for Las Vegas.California, Texas, and Florida. Then like New Mexico? Presumably Breaking Bad?

[@jacobhargiss3839]

@@BrianKervick I hadnt thought about new mexico.

[@azulaquaza4916]

Dude: Alaska....hmm somewhere in the middle... Americans: *intense staring at Alaska*

[@jeronimoepic2946]

No americans have no idea

[@pumpkingamebox]

Yeah, plz. I remember the Ukraine controversy. Americans thought it was somewhere around Canada. American's have no idea where shit is.

[@neivebroughton4723]

Zero Well Alaska is near Canada. That’s why on the map they put it in a box below USA because it doesn’t properly connect with the rest of USA. Edit: Wait sorry you’re on about Ukraine I thought you were on about Alaska. Yeah Ukraine is definitely not in Canada, it is in Europe. I’m a Brit though not an American so me knowing where Ukraine is is irrelevant. Just wanted to say sorry for getting at you when you were on about something else lol

[@azulaquaza4916]

@@pumpkingamebox Why would Americans need to know where Ukraine is? Most videos i've seen even British people dont know where Ukraine is.

[@pumpkingamebox]

@@azulaquaza4916 It's just a google search away, or just say you don't know. I for one know the general location of all the countries. (And I came to this knowledge definitely NOT by watching Yokko's world 20 times a day looking at different Covid-19 versions. lol)

[@darlenedurgan1340]

They should do this UK v. US. See how many in the US can actually label our country.

[@eviecox3124]

I can potentially tell you were London is. Maybe. If I'm lucky 🙃

[@jayjaygaming8625]

UK would win. The American school system tells us our states plus capitals, and it tells us some other countries’ capitals, and other countries’ placements sometimes, but with one specific country like the UK, we don’t go in depth. Also, there isn’t a chance of Americans doing the work on their own since we already hate our schools, so we don’t like learning other things because it reminds us of our grade-oriented learning structures.

[@sweetypie3288]

@@jayjaygaming8625 True! My school teaches nothing about geography from outside the US and when they do it’s super bias, if that makes sense.

[@mja2873]

I would love pick counties in the UK. I think I would do well

[@ArchBishopDrake]

Depends on what you’re wanting? If it’s cities, I could name about 3. But if it’s regions, I could likely do more than 2/3rds of them

[@karinaestrada6802]

I’m actually impressed, and the fact that Buzzfeed did not bother to provide a more geographically correct map (Alaska and Hawaii in their actual places), and more complete map (with Canada and Mexico at least for reference).

[@GameyGaming]

Hmmm....

[@tykemorris]

Yeah that confused them. Otherwise they would have easily gotten Alaska I think.

[@encycl07pedia-]

Most United States maps have Hawaii and Alaska in the bottom-left corner. It's not geographically incorrect considering they're separated by huge lines from the continental US. Considering just how far away Hawaii is, they'd have a much smaller area to write all the names in.

[@sarawr28]

Drag them, then, Sis! Ms. Karina said, “well damn, y’all could have given them a fighting chance!” 😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@W.H.V.]

I agree, they should have made the mainland US be really tiny at the far right side of the map, and had Hawaii be nearly invisible at the bottom-left corner.

[@aetherel]

"But isn't Mexico next to California?" "Mexico is not part of America."

[@lulilo2551]

Mexico is part of the american continent😂

[@aetherel]

@@lulilo2551 True.

[@Angler_Touza]

Katerina Aetherel lol

[@alex6023guha]

Lau Lo it’s part of North America AMERICA is both of the continent

[@2Suave]

Even though I see what you mean, it still could be next to it, even though they aren't part of the same country, it doesn't have to be the same country to be next to each other

[@aaronvoudrie4064]

“Alaska is cold” “So it must be in the middle”

[@impactb4123]

It actually makes sense that somewhere cold would be in the middle, away from the ocean.

[@raceallen1569]

but ocean has glacier so ocean is cold !!!!

[@ArrowTRAKT]

Wrong, the middle is where the equator is at, so the states that are in the middle, are the warmest, that's why California is so hot, the equator crosses through it. Colder states are located all the way north and south of the equator.

[@raceallen1569]

@@ArrowTRAKT nope equator is in south america dummy, not even the tropic of cancer goes through the US, that's still down in mexico

[@anonymoususer302]

The equator is just a horizontal line that crosses the earth, its not crossing America tho. And things in the middle are usually hot, like the core of the earth, or the sun.

[@IHeartDavid20]

The fact that they knew where New Mexico was… you guys did great

[@dualkelly]

most americans don't know where new mexico is... always the comments with changing dollars into pesos lol

[@MaxZomboni]

​@@dualkelly Until recently they had to have New Mexico USA on their license plates, or people even cops thought the car was from Mexico. I'm not sure if people have caught on, or if they just gave up trying to educate people about it.

[@bradc7215]

as a fellow brit im proud to say i can get all 50 cause i bloody love my geography and i can name the capital for each state aswell! so entertaining to learn

[@OCTAMAN]

Ok that’s impressive. I know every European country but capitals I’m like 95% on. Just a few odd balls like north macedonia that ruin my perfect score.

[@guodaripinskaite6314]

⁠skopje!! Tirana always messes me up, or any Balkan countries for that matter

[@andnowwecry9225]

As an American, this doesn’t seem hard but in all fairness, I know nothing about UK geography.

[@crystxlzx6442]

Granted UK geography isn't hard not saying everyone should do it

[@TorreFernand]

Try labelling a map of Europe for a more similar experience. It has that same "I probably should know that" feeling about it

[@JW-hi8tk]

@@TorreFernand Naming Europe should be easier for them as they r countries and should have learnt that in school.

[@thesoupmills1426]

@@JW-hi8tk try The internal provinces of most European countries

[@bella-rj2km]

I live in the US and im great at every subject except geography

[@mariamunoz3303]

Dude was so confident when scribbling Hawaii all over Alaska.

[@emilyroberts5388]

*Sees Hawaii right next to Alaska* Me: "so close"

[@yeaboi743]

@@emilyroberts5388 ikr

[@kaleoarnold3709]

I cringed at that tbh, and I’m Hawaiian

[@ialive9084]

@@kaleoarnold3709 I'm Alaskan, the physical, mental and emotional pain

[@ladyramen7655]

Haha

[@loonyspoonie3655]

I am BEYOND impressed, if you gave me a map of the UK, I would only be able to delineate between land and water. 😉

[@-HydroxGacha]

... they're's only four nations...

[@kyinthesky4207]

I honestly couldn’t judge them cause they did so good in comparison to me trying to look at European geography.

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

"Middle Carolina." I'm dying.

[@encycl07pedia-]

They should've just said Charlotte. That would've been a subtle and hilarious joke.

[@musicaagent5626]

Guess I live in Middle Carolina now

[@magscovers8924]

@@encycl07pedia- I live in middle Carolina, (Charlotte, NC). What’s the point of that bulge in the border.

[@alannii1182]

XD

[@joshuametzl1420]

@@magscovers8924 same, looks like we're middle Carolinians now

[@justabbie3419]

It’s okay brits. I’m an american and the middle of the US are just squares

[@anthonyi5864]

No offense, but that's pathetic...

[@beccajane3588]

Anthony I no offense but it’s true, they all look the same because they’re all relatively the same shape

[@orlandoshott9177]

Bay Area sports fan that’s cool but who asked

[@crunchycrunchie2125]

@Bay Area sports fan Why do you think that they're British?

[@tysonobrien7933]

Ik every single state that is in the middle, east coast is iffy

[@MrKkubaa]

Honestly, as an European I haven't got much problems with placing some of the states, located in the west or in the middle, but I'm always confused when it comes to name an label all those small(sometimes tiny - relatively :) ) ones, which are part of the New England and are located in the east and north-eastern coast. Besides that I'm glad that I know where Florida, Texas and California are along with the fact, that Chicago lies in the state of Illinois :)

[@aburton9993]

This was great! And I loved the editing they did with all the answers.

[@expex3230]

Was I the only one sweating when they were tryna find Alaska and were looking at the *top* of the map?

[@WolfyDF]

Washington State is just Alaska 1.0 tbh. So they weren't wrong... But this is a stretch.

[@m4gically]

Omg I was I was like it’s at the bottom 😳😳😳

[@moneyblue8466]

was die scheiße ist das 😂lol Canada: I’m not Alaska Alaska: you are now

[@samtorres6233]

No i about cringed my life away

[@karina07228]

Lol same

[@DENIS-bw1gj]

“This is Hawaii!!!”*cheers erupt* *Proceeds to label Alaska*

[@lforlight]

To be frank, the two states appearing out of place and with different scale is confusing.

[@daphnejohnson2259]

When they were trying to label Alaska I was like seriously!

[@kmations4049]

I was so mad i was like “easy two, come on! Hawaii is multiple islands and alaska is big!”

[@kmations4049]

Booty Tickler Birmingham is alabama

[@lifeoftalise4390]

Daphne Johnson same

[@Eldon_is_The_Best]

8:36 Absolutely proud of you!! All of y'all did great. Everyone gets an A+ for effort! 👍🏽

[@beulahtrimm]

"I've seen Jimmy Kimmel"🤣 You did great 👍

[@reedb7602]

"No this is kentucky" "it does look kentuck-ish"

[@mightyquinn38]

As a Kentuckian, I cringe at this.

[@morganmaleske6277]

As a Kentuckian, that was the best part

[@kathrynwhitbeck9798]

*points at Oklahoma*

[@shyanna1817]

I guess I now live in Kentucky

[@powerhousegaming665]

As an Oklahoman it made me mad

[@evabodnar-whetstone3655]

Honestly if I was given a map of England I wouldn’t even be able to label London so they did pretty good

[@sacha352]

the thing is in America they normally ( from what i have heard ) really only learn about America and where everything is there. Because i think the reason is that people think you not as close to Europe, while is the UK we learn about the whole world but not really America. But i hate geography so i’m not that good at pointing out places edit: hopefully that makes sense

[@zoemorin1623]

@@sacha352 hi I’m American and we are taught world geography. Especially European geography. However it’s hard to keep them all straight when your own country has so many places to remember.

[@TK0916]

@@sacha352 I’m American. We have World Geography but we really only learned where the countries are on a map. We never really learned about the individual cities, towns, and counties of those countries. So I can point out England on a map but I couldn’t point out London. It’s embarrassing lol

[@unpopularopinions7491]

@@sacha352 also responding as an American because I think the comparison across experiences is super interesting (so much variation in education standards). We studied world geography and learned all countries, capitols, major landmarks, etc. However, our schools spent very little time teaching internal American geography under the assumption that we probably already knew it well enough to pass tests. And generally they were correct, I think inter-state geography is very intuitive to a lot of Americans because of how easy and frequent travel between states is. However, I feel that labeling regions within a country/state like the UK isn't necessarily the best comparison to how well we are taught global concepts given the level of detail involved in memorizing territories for every nation. I think maybe a better comparison might be that we spent a bit of time memorizing Canadian providences and Mexican States but never Chinese provinces or Indian states, emphasizing the tendency of curriculums to stress focus on learning regions closer to the US. It's unfortunate, but also practical I suppose.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

I only know four bits of geography about the United States. The West is full of hipsters, the South is full of racists, the East is EYYYYY I'M WALKING HERE and the rest doesn't exist.

[@janizzle1015]

even the ones that were wrong were usually kind of close. pretty impressive

[@ferretferr5600]

The easy ones every Briton could name and hopefully place: California, Florida, Texas, New York, Hawaii, Wyoming, Washington and Alaska

[@loved012one]

Honest question: Why is Wyoming so famous in the UK?

[@MH_12345]

@@loved012one yeah, to me it was just another state, but ig its the only rectangle

[@lianaleigh]

And New Mexico for some reason

[@lucyhall5026]

i'm from California and lived in the UK, how on earth do all these brits know wyoming?? even americans have trouble placing wyoming!

[@averylobel5595]

I always used to mix up Wyoming and Colorado and I’m American

[@nikapipika]

The blond guy and the curly-haired girl were really good.

[@nikapipika]

@Rose Anne Boushard i get what u mean and there's nothing wrong with using those descriptions but it felt more right for me lol (just coz i know that i wouldn't want any one describing that way).

[@naz9741]

Günther Jauch what’s wrong with being described as a black girl...if someone’s a black girl? as if being called black (which is what she is and she’s probably proud??) is negative? I don’t know if you’re just ignorant or you realise what you’re actually saying. This is the same as saying ‘I don’t see skin colour’ as if accepting and ‘seeing’ someone’s skin colour is bad lmao

[@merryberry6576]

Rose Anne Boushard I think it’s because she described the guy by his hair so it made sense to her to do the same when describing the girl

[@sirmonster4595]

The guy with black hair with glasses and the girl with black hair were terrible

[@nikapipika]

@@naz9741 wait wtf your going way off here. Like Ana Mery wrote i was literally just talking about the guys hair so why dont do the same with her? Writing that he is white and shes black/mixed simply didn't cross my mind bcs I thought it was unnecessary..

[@thetimeisrite]

The amount of times they thought the "north" state was under the "south" state was unsettling.

[@nimue325]

Maybe that was what the whole “North fought the South” was about! We realized we had all the directions names turned around and had to shuffle the states (and a few territories, god, we almost lost the Dakotas during that maneuver) around.

[@bowerpower2160]

Speaking of north and south and the dakotas, north dakota technically wasnt a state until 2008 because to be a state you have the full constitution in your state laws or whatever and north dakota was missing a sentence somewhere in there. So like I said they technically weren't a state until they fixed it in 2008

[@mei819]

shh cut us bris some slack, you didnt see nothing

[@alehlete830]

BRO UK IS EASIER TO LEQRN THAN AMERICA AMERICA HAS 5000000

[@horn_and_halo]

@@alehlete830 50*

[@janedoe3095]

I am very impressed by how well they did . There is no way I would do that well with a map of Great Britain.

[@sarahgillis245]

I’m really impressed by some of these teams! I feel like I could name a good number of cities/counties in England but hell if I could find many on a map beyond whether they’re in the north or the south!!

[@alexsandifer5139]

Lol why in the hell do y’all know where Wyoming is, of all the states you could know?

[@canyonbear21]

ikr like wyoming doesnt even exist?? lmaooo??

[@tetea7257]

I am european and I know where Wyoming is, because ming sounds chinese and it's just a funny word, so I always remember it. I can read that a lot of you think people remember things after where sights are, but I don't. I can't tell you which state mount rushmore is in... I remember states by how easy the word is to remember. Let me just add that I can name and place all states on a map, so I'm not totally lost. Like..... What's with the guy mentioning Russia? And seriously... Everybody knows where Alaska is....

[@PuckishAngeI]

Because of the memes, here i said it

[@sevde9832]

It has a funny name and it's a perfect rectangular, that's why i learnt it tbh lol

[@user-sv8uk9zy1z]

It went ⬛️

[@davidleblanc3641]

I love how they apologize to americans, but americans wouldn’t do better

[@thomasmoll8822]

David Leblanc - That's the elephant in the room... How would Americans do?

[@Patriciaqt]

Thomas Moll specifically kids vs adults

[@SvenDzahov]

Idk I can name all states and every country in Europe but I'm not sure how an average American would do

[@SvenDzahov]

@Giancarlos Benitez I thought you were a friend I have in real life for a second😂 different last name but same starting letter

[@Painkiller1430]

True! I bet they cant name a single municipality in UK, not even find scotland or wales on the map. :)

[@charlottelemerond2148]

They did really good! Even though as a Michigander I feel so attacked that most of them included the u.p in Wisconsin or made it a whole other state 😭 not to mention ‘it looks like a cookie’ were literally the mitten. Note: just jokes I really loved this and they all did really well!

[@kerstinsweeney373]

How weird that everyone knows where Wyoming of all places is xD I feel like Americans would have filled in the map faster because we have a general idea where everything goes based on culture (midwest, South, west coast, new england, etc) but may have trouble placing states in order (ie. Arizona vs new mexico, or all of those small new england states). But good on them! Half of 50 states in a country you don't even live in is pretty good! 👏

[@michellelekas211]

Movies

[@MrMillefail]

The NE clusterfuck is what would kill me. Maine, NY and Maryland, maybe Massachusetts are the only one I can place.

[@saraht3196]

"washington dc is the city" "it's not a state?" dc: *cries in taxation without respresentation*

[@saraht3196]

also, there is both portland maine and portland oregon. the girl wasn't wrong 😂

[@dante2965]

ok

[@dutchkel]

Washington state: Why do we have to say state after our name all the time? 😭

[@bradyb837]

dutchkel it’s because they were going to name Washington, Columbia but they didn’t want to have it be confused with District of Columbia but they kinda messed up.

[@tajhaybanks8656]

@@bradyb837 ironic

[@Siract]

do americans even know where all the states are on a map? because I sure as hell don’t know the location of every city in the UK

[@Uraziel1]

I learned from this video that apparently I actually do know where almost every state is. Just not all the tiny ones on the east coast. Watching the one pair arguing about alaska was hilarious though.

[@slava6653]

As an American I do know every state, but it’s alot different than cities. States are almost like their own countries depending on their laws and we’re taught about them growing up.

[@abigailhutchinson5487]

yeah we know lol

[@abigailhutchinson5487]

Joe S yes

[@KiraiBK]

Joe S Yes

[@hannah3250]

We applaud you! I was rooting for y’all to do well!

[@pumpkinpie2948]

I literally started jumping up and down when they got Minnesota and Wisconsin 😂 I was so happy

[@catwitz]

USA: how many states you want? West coast: uhhh I’ll take three East coast: yes

[@Michael-zn2jc]

Europeans traveled through the Atlantic to the Americas and later through the pacific to extract gold and silver. At the beginning there was greater colonization on the east of the continent hence the greater amount of states and name of the country.

[@martinkosec]

@@Michael-zn2jc r/woosh

[@CortexNewsService]

Accurate.

[@minthu4515]

Michael Hidalgo no they just traveled across the continental US. Something about the great manifest

[@beccajane3588]

Min Thu you’re thinking about the Manifest Destiny :)

[@ThunderPants13]

As a former teacher of geography, I'm actually impressed that a pair Brits knew the location of 27 U.S. states.

[@Holly-ro2sy]

fr they are being made fun of, but why would they need to know? the fact that they know that much is impressive

[@otakubabe555]

They did a lot better than a video I saw of Americans labeling Europe and Asia

[@philliphazell4211]

I love maps and could quickly identify around 45 , I am a map geek

[@electr_icity4613]

Honestly, they probably know more than a lot of Americans do.

[@nickalter2335]

@@electr_icity4613 which is really sad

[@stephaniepiroutek9661]

Wyoming is my home state and I was honestly so impressed and surprised that they got the location right. Good job!

[@mshepnj]

You did better than I would do if I had a geography test about the UK. Good job!

[@breadbuttrjam1604]

"50 is a lot, they should cut it down" *Proceeds to colonize*

[@tinejs30]

Maybe 13 would be better?

[@sheshe6316]

I would colonize the clusterfuck that is the Northeast part of the USA. They literally have to put arrows to label them

[@Grywng]

At least most states east of the Mississippi have very unique shapes. Honestly the midwest just looks like a bunch of rectangles. Coming from someone who lives in the northeast.

[@breadbuttrjam1604]

@@Grywng I agree. Not just Midwest, most of the western states have at least one straight border.

[@aidangraham1240]

@@Grywng the midwestern states dont look like rectangles, the western states do look like rectangles like every state west of the Mississippi river look like rectangles while every state east of the Mississippi river have unique shapes

[@Andy-mk4gs]

So we’re just gonna ignore the fact that the blue shirt guy wrote South Dakota ABOVE North Dakota? 😭

[@satanschild6463]

I just about died when he did that

[@jamesmccomb9525]

@@satanschild6463 Y'all really gonna act like you have a state called West Virginia but no East Virginia huh.

[@williamsalvucci8280]

James McComb That’s because West Virginia split off from Virginia during the Civil War.

[@varisalcido5749]

James McComb other than the tail of Maryland the thing to the east of Virginia is the ocean...soo

[@jamesmccomb9525]

@@varisalcido5749 I don't think you understand what I'm saying. To the other dude, thank you for clarifying. That being said, it still doesn't really make sense. There's a lot of oddities like that in the world, example being lower Saxony and upper Saxony in Germany: Where they're in places opposite to what they're named. Having something weird like that be the case with North and South Dakota might've just been something that slipped into the dude's mind at some point.

[@dbn52]

I graduate HS in 1970 from a very good HS, Half of my nursing school class was great at math end science but honestly didn't have a clue about geography. my mommy banged geography in my head. Got a 98 on my test mixed up Delaware and Rhode Island. If I had to do a UK test once I found London,Liverpoo and Manchester I would be in trouble, In Scotland I know a lot cause most of my family was from there. Thurso,inverness orkney and caithness. can find the Edinburgh but have no problem with Glascow ,Preswick and River Clyde. Genealogy studies improve your geology !!!

[@lenaelisabeth]

This is amazing 😂 they did slightly better then I expected

[@Hepoxni]

"that's rhode island" "but it's not even an island"

[@savagetuner2404]

PhoenixTDM LISTEN YOU PEOPLE MADE THE COLONIES

[@turkeydinosaur1559]

SAVAGE TUNER but Americans have had a long ass time to change the name

[@lorenzohaynes3886]

シTurkey dinosaur It’s actually Rhode Island and Providence Plantation officially.

[@antonwiz6542]

In Sweden island is iceland.

[@savagetuner2404]

シTurkey dinosaur and we didn’t because we were busy visiting the moon.

[@layali5723]

“What is that?” “That’s Rhode Island” “It’s not even an island” *Cries in potholes*

[@MonkeyMan-lh3dh]

I’m just saying, Us Rhode Islanders have the Worst Roads

[@marissarivera7962]

Didn’t the Brits name Rhode Island?

[@richardnorrod1040]

@@marissarivera7962 Yes they did

[@Tigerlily22]

Even when fixed, the holes just come back and thought that they wouldn’t figure out the state

[@LunaDelTuna]

As an American, my mind has just been blown lmao

[@nst-nf9of]

I am very amazed by this especially Hanifah and Tom

[@syberyah]

Holy cow, the black lady knows her stuff! I'm very impressed with all of them, honestly!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"What the hell is that?" "That's Rhode Island" "That's not even an island" yet the Brits were the ones who named it that...can't blame anyone but yourselves.

[@Io_21]

but it was the americans who kept it?

[@90add3]

Pretty sure it was a Dutchman not the British

[@6thgraderfriends]

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations originally so the land that isn't an island would be the "providence plantations" part. They're taking that part out of the name because of the association with slavery now though.

[@loonyspoonie3655]

Welcome to coffee talk. Today’s subject: Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island... discuss.

[@christelheadington1136]

@@loonyspoonie3655 It's also no where near Rhodesia.

[@formicidaeinc.8075]

"this is virginia" *points at the state directly south of "virginia"* "this is west virginia"

[@pauleypockets4734]

And they put south Dakota in Minnesota and North Dakota directly south of south Dakota

[@Victoria-fh6hq]

I would love to see an American label any other continent lol

[@pauleypockets4734]

@@Victoria-fh6hq I can do south america flawlessly and most of europe

[@the_belugaluga5286]

Victoria Worsley bruh I can easily label all the continents and also the us is at a continent

[@surayaranjber4740]

Victoria Worsley as an American I can say I personally, not speaking for all of us could label a lot of the worlds countries

[@pigs18]

"D.C's not a state?" There is so much history to unpack in that statement.

[@labla8940]

Preetty good job ; better than I would have guessed they would do

[@emily1952]

“That’s Rhode Island” “But it’s not even an island...?”

[@Klffsj]

Welcome to 'Merica.

[@elizabethfagan1827]

Sleep Queen it isn’t a road either 😳

[@Chugloe]

Rhode Island is a definition describing the state.

[@saga2795]

IHasPwndas r/whoosh

[@Alex-gl1hm]

Lwemon r/ihavereddit

[@arcfox2731]

When they recognize the least populous state that’s shaped just like a square. No offense Wyoming, it’s just strange😅.

[@imshutdownforever]

well I guess Colorado and Wyoming are both square states. easy way to recognize them.

[@ratrandy7526]

Wyoming isn’t real

[@canaan466]

Arcfox27 Wyoming isn’t real

[@mind4lease554]

@@ratrandy7526 neither is Idaho

[@Frost225]

@This Person Well these people don't live here? Why do you sound so condescending.

[@hughfuller8416]

As a American, I laughed. We’re taught this in every grade in school. Good job!

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

I just DIED when the guy with glasses (in black) said Alaska was HAWAII!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Like, those are literally the easiest ones

[@nicotiutalupau6472]

Dear BuzzFeed: Portland is in Maine and Oregon. They were right.

[@patrickclougher7932]

Gleb the Scar this is why I stopped watching buzzfeed

[@zeppzeus1994]

I thought Portland was in Oregon

[@stevenfeeney239]

Kermit The Frog Portland Oregon is a larger city and second biggest city in the Pacific Northwest (United States)..after Seattle. It got its name from Portland, Maine which is a much smaller city located on the east coast of the United States.

[@patrickclougher7932]

Steven Harrison does that mean Portland Maine doesn’t exist? They said Portland is in Oregon and the video said they were wrong, which they weren’t.

[@hazelreys1103]

To be fair theres a Portland in like every coastal state. Even here in Texas. But when you hear Portland you generally think Oregon.

[@EllieTso]

“What’s this then? Middle Carolina?” I’m wheezing

[@mrsynth2643]

Omg r/whoosh they dint actualy think theres a middle Carolina they were joking

[@EllieTso]

Mr Synth ....... i know.........?

[@marley-rose6822]

Mr Synth you’re the one who didnt understand the joke you know

[@kardi2791]

🤣🤣

[@WellPreparedTreeFrog]

Panda So? Way over half of people survive.

[@legoforbeginners6950]

As an American with a pretty big interest in geography, it is fun to watch these types of videos knowing that I could actually do one on Europe if asked. For the record, I just said Europe because the US and Europe are roughly the same size. I wasn't calling Europe a country.

[@cutthroat399]

Yeah, I could go head to head against any average european and win. They're not the intellectual zealots they think they are.

[@code3montana-emergencyvide162]

7:49 Portland is in Maine. It happens to also be in Oregon.

[@eringudge8029]

“Portland is in Oregon” Yes, but it is also in Maine. We are super original with our naming.

[@elliana_riley]

Ikr

[@qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7]

Amsterdam, Greece, and Rome are actually all in NY State.

[@sudoku0095]

Fun fact: Portland, Oregon was actually named after Portland, Maine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Penny

[@awsten3372]

and Salem is in both Oregon and Massachusetts too. Oregon is just stealing all the names

[@tejasbhagat4444]

@@elliana_riley new México is quite an original 😂

[@emmemgn947]

“mexico is not part of america” britain 2020

[@yusurkassem4174]

It's not our fault that's all we see in movies 😭 we think Mexico is the hot part of the US where action happens lol

[@Xarosy]

Yusur Kassem lmao no, there’s almost no movies based in Mexico, it all happens mainly in California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Georgia

[@yusurkassem4174]

@@Xarosy yeah but they always go to Mexico either for holiday or there's some mafia or escaping to it or just some action there. So that's my impression of Mexico 😂

[@natelicious_money170]

Yusur Kassem bro thats like saying france is a place in england, thats disrespectful to our country and our culture. Just cuz you see that in movies doesnt take away your ability to know geography 🤦

[@yusurkassem4174]

@@natelicious_money170don't worry i do actually know where Mexico is😂 All i'm saying is that's the impression i had of it when I was a kid Sorry if that was offensive i didn't mean it like that. I've seen so many Americans mix up European countries and act as if Europe is one country so it's hilarious to me. But everyone perceives these things differently so sorry if it came off as rude

[@buttery88cups]

I'm from Ohio. Easiest way to remember it on a map is it's the only state that resembles the shape of a heart and we have a saying here "home is where the heart's at". We also are on the top and sister Michigan where Lake Erie is and to travel to Canada. ❤️❤️❤️

[@briestafford6453]

I love them saying the Portland is in Oregon in the captions, when there is also a Portland Maine

[@Cam-zb7ut]

“Boston is Washington right?” People from Massachusetts: 😐

[@demiboi2723]

Should they not know where they tried to invade the us lol

[@adaptingbacon4025]

@@demiboi2723 IM DYING 💀💀💀

[@dinholemc]

i got pressed

[@yourneighborhoodwierdo8349]

@@demiboi2723 bruhhhhhhh💀💀💀💀💀

[@skyfallrao2095]

@@bbott137 no bc they would know the Boston in England probably lmfao

[@normanduchaine61]

British guy: “Portland, Maine!” Buzzfeed editors: “Portland is in Oregon” Geography nerds: “Portland, Oregon was named after the Maine city!”

[@a.mccamish334]

Norman Duchaine yes Portland is a place In Maine and Oregon

[@cthuIhuhoop]

Ala Mac and Michigan has a Portland

[@kalper99]

I was about to say that, I knew I was right lol

[@karisethiemens9747]

I live in Portland Maine so I got real mad when they said that!

[@lemonierfroggie4904]

portland me is where I'm from!

[@jawar5673]

As an Oregonian, I genuinely felt my soul shatter when they labeled it *OHIO* .

[@daisyp8338]

Y’all did so good!!!!! Like how do y’all know so much???

[@thejaguars6847]

“What’s this in the middle? Middle Carolina?” People from Iowa: 😐

[@saras90667]

They put North Dakota (Iowa) Under South Dakota (Minnesota) CRIES IN CORN

[@graceold9468]

I'm giving these folks a lot more grace because I was taken out of geography lessons during elementary school so I have been kinda lost for all that lol

[@Crowtastik_]

The fact that I had to learn all of the 50 states in like 5th grade had me cracking up when I saw this 🤣❤️✨

[@yosancahyadi4852]

4:53 "HAWAII! HAWAII! YES!!" me : "YES YOU'RE RIGHT" *start to write on Alaska* me : "no no nO nO NO ABORT ABORT"

[@Gabriel-ju2yn]

Yosan Cahyadi I’m pro life sooo...

[@carolinerenee6781]

Stitch Hahahaha me too

[@hayzyhorses6899]

I thought the same thing. I was so confused as to how those are the two states they got confused, especially since they were talking about how big Alaska is. I know they scale it down to fit it on the map, but that is still one of the biggest states even scaled down.

[@yosancahyadi4852]

@@Gabriel-ju2yn 😂😂 not that kind of abort

[@yosancahyadi4852]

@@hayzyhorses6899 yeah exactly.. I mean Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, those are very distinct from other states (in shapes) 😂😂 but they still can't guess it right

[@Crossword131]

Super impressed with the blonde boy. So sharp. Unlike the graphics department that doesn't know that there is indeed a PORTLAND MAINE

[@aimen123]

Yes, I was like why correct him? He's right. Literally everyone I know who says they are going to Portland but they are actually going to Oregon, not Maine.

[@CamoCraft109]

@@aimen123 I mean, whether Portland Oregon is more well-known than Portland Maine, Portland Maine is still the highest population city in the state, would have been nice if the editor did some researching before tossing the big red letters on the screen.

[@aimen123]

@@CamoCraft109 Yup you are right. I guess Maine is not well known. Heck the editor frogot or didn't know there was a Portland Maine.

[@margefoyle6796]

I know, right?!?!

[@dolfinthesecond]

Was looking for this.

[@anitapeludat256]

I liked the admitting he didnt know the states. He was a rare one that new we are a very large country. A fact that is unknown to many people around the globe. I cant imagine never looking at a map of the entire world Something we studied ever single year in school starting on 2 nd grade but much earlier at home. Cultures around the globe are fascinating, especially its people.

[@11actress96]

Y'all did great

[@amazinghannure6440]

i swear a few of you did better than most americans would have.

[@TWE_2000]

No they didn't most Americans have to learn where every state is and what its capital is. Nice job stereotyping though.

[@amazinghannure6440]

@@TWE_2000 Try asking them now. 80 percent will not be able to answer more than 15. I know cause I have asked my friends.

[@iliketurtles1104]

amazing hannure ur friends are kinda dumb

[@amazinghannure6440]

@@iliketurtles1104 I agree, cause they are Americans.

[@Buttsceatcgee]

I only know the states that are well known. I don’t know the middle part or the small states at the east coast. I never took geography btw.

[@abigailpickard8647]

They actually did really well considering they don’t live in America. I’m shocked they knew so much abt the US. I couldn’t fill out a map of Europe

[@xoxxobob61]

I agree they did surprisingly well!

[@callumcowan7047]

+Abigail Pickard Europe isn't a country, we are British, just say you couldn't fill out a map of Britain.

[@abigailpickard8647]

Callum Cowan I know Europe isn’t a country 😂 It’s just that I don’t know how someone would fill out a map of Britain. There’s no states whereas a map of Europe is full of countries to label, if that makes sense.

[@MahouKat]

@@abigailpickard8647 Well there is a video by BuzzFeed where Americans label the countries in the UK... it didn't go too well.

[@kria9119]

Probably due to proper education in Geography the US is infamous for?

[@Corrupt_Player]

I am impressed some knew where minnesota and wisconsin were

[@denisetidwell3425]

I'm impressed with each team.

[@megan1634]

everyone not from Rhode Island be like: "that's Rhode Island!" "but it's not even an island..."

[@mattl8444]

sad but true

[@OppoRancisis]

There are reasons for that

[@jacobwilkins8761]

If I weren't American, I'd probably have picked Delaware as Rhode Island (even though it's a peninsula).

[@megan1634]

DonnaTheHag * yeah.. my state is weirdly named. we're not a road and we're not an island.

[@zacharyfelder6604]

Its named after rhode island, I think states full name is Providence and Rhode island I might be wrong tho.

[@soundlyawake]

okay I am IMPRESSED.

[@j5rxmseyfrr]

Yup

[@amazingbluelobster]

Only 1 reply lol

[@Lucy-hj4gx]

@@amazingbluelobster 3 now.

[@chrislfc2317]

And this is just an average European...

[@RebeccaHeckenbach]

No

[@tableleg755]

As it got further into the video I started hurting inside

[@austinfurstenberg2678]

This was fun to watch

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

I find it interesting that they got Wyoming almost immediately, without even knowing what was around it. Wyoming is one of the last ones most Americans fill in, by process of elimination, and some people even get it mixed up with Colorado.

[@ratatataraxia]

Honestly, I’m still not sure where it’s at.

[@whyugottaknow6433]

@@ratatataraxia same-

[@o_o5210]

@@ratatataraxia same lol

[@AMilo-qm4ed]

@@randomdude_12335 there is no state, "south Utah" it's just Utah... :)

[@AMilo-qm4ed]

@@randomdude_12335 no you don't but I like how you know certain states based on memes and gta... it's good if the manufacturers of those video games insert some educational stuff because kid/teens, or whomever, learn from them too.. :) Have a good day.... well off to bed for me...I'm in Ohio and it's 4:15 am here.... i'm a bit of a late night owl.... ;)

[@jocieomg2991]

When they put alaska as hawaii... that literally broke me

[@bruhbutwhytho2301]

And when they put north Dakota below south

[@bigmanchungie8685]

Don’t you Americans put England as the UK?

[@bigmanchungie8685]

@Stellen actually Europeans know quit a lot about America

[@telectronix1368]

figuratively

[@bigmanchungie8685]

@Stellen rather Missouri or Kansas can’t really get it spot on but I mean you guys don’t even know Northern Ireland is a thing never mind in the UK

[@RoberinoSERE]

Alaska touches the Artic circle and connected to Canada and not the lower 48 states. All the northern border states with Canada except Washington State. The Pacific coast weather is wet but no where near as cold all winter as Idaho to Main or the northern mid west and the colder the weather the dryer the cold.

[@MarechalVI]

I like how that one group just started trying to locate Europe 😂 Also there is a Portland in Maine, but Maine is not in Idaho lol

[@waywardstoner9416]

"Ten minutes it's too much". *One minute later* "Kentucky... fried chicken?"

[@suralos]

If you look at it close enough the State of Kentucky sort of looks a piece of Fried Chicken, while the state directly north, Tennessee it looks like some kind of platter.

[@earlhollar1906]

@@suralos yep Kentucky does look like a drumstick, but unless you live in the southern hemisphere I'm pretty sure Tennessee is south of Kentucky. That southern hemisphere part of the comment was sarcasm.

[@suralos]

@@earlhollar1906 I should have clarified: Kentucky is the Northern state of the two. Tennessee is the Southern of the two.

[@space9535]

Honestly, most Americans probably don’t know where all 50 states are. I personally don’t. But I’m surprised most don’t know Alaska, didn’t expect that.

[@kristine4033]

thats so true about americans not knowing where all of the states are. we would probably get most of them tho

[@uwu_senpai]

What I learned from this video is that british education suck. I wasn't expecting to do so bad. Especially considering English is their native language. Would have been more interesting to see them doing the challenge individually. 2 people struggling to place Florida, California, Alaska, Hawaii and New York on a map is really not brilliant. Especially considering they are journalists.

[@raveclubs]

you have to bear in mind that we don’t learn about the american states and everything here is british common knowledge, it all depends on your upbringing. the british education system is flawed i’ll admit, but we learn more about countries and weather/geology? יעקב

[@uwu_senpai]

@@raveclubs The result is very disapointing for people who are journalists and are groups of 2. I would expect the average Joe to at least locate California, Alakska, Hawaii, New York and Florida. If you don't know where Montana is it's fine. But seeing them struggling on that reallyy depaint a poor image of british education.

[@crazyspicedpopcorn5518]

I'm Austrian (not Australian) and we only learned the number of states and how giant the United States is and how many people live there. We didn't learn their names, their location. We didn't even learn about major historicic events in the United States like the American Revolution, the Civil War, or the Civil Rights Movement (important things) or things in this millennium ( 9/11 or the demonstrations in Charlottesville). Our school system just doesn't bother to learn about the U.S. because it isn't that important to us, I guess. (But we stuck with Nazis for over four months.) I know all fifty states and their location, but I learned that in my personal time.

[@madisonnaisearles5370]

7:49 There is indeed a Portland in Maine, it is the original and where Portland, Oregon got it's name from

[@BethHutch-pg5yi]

there is a Portlland in Maine and you've done a good job

[@jaedalopes5468]

that black girl is wicked smart. she knows what she’s talking about

[@SvenDzahov]

Her and that dude did the best buy far

[@geminix365]

@@SvenDzahov by 2 states*

[@SvenDzahov]

@@geminix365 yes I know that other team had a similar amount correct but they obviously didnt know the geography as well. They had great guess work

[@blackmanwhitesuit]

The other team did really well with the colonies even though they missed NY. I was just really impressed they knew that much about Washington DC.

[@Apetitegirly]

haha u had to mention her race cuz ur black and its rare

[@michelepaccione8806]

“Portland, Maine.” Buzzfeed UK: Portland is in Oregon. Well yeah, but there’s also a Portland in Maine.

[@mind4lease554]

The difference is, one matters, and the other is in Maine.

[@sugarmix7778]

@@mind4lease554 that makes it the Maine one

[@mind4lease554]

@@sugarmix7778 come on, everyone knows Maine and Idaho don't exist

[@itzlucaaa6789]

Wyoming doesn’t exist either. Tho I do have a friend who claims to live in this false state called Idaho

[@butwere3-0wou]

M I think you are mistaken, it’s Wyoming that doesn’t exist.

[@QwerkyCuber]

7:46 actually, there is a Portland in Maine, and it is fairly big.

[@stevenbrooks6563]

I could have this entire map labeled in 5 mins. Watching some of them was impressive, and others were quite cringe.

[@user-lr1rv1ro1t]

*looking at Oklahoma* “It does look Kentuckish”

[@hondajpg9012]

Don’t diss Oklahoma like that

[@andrewbeck3557]

Emotional Bread nah u should be saying don’t diss Kentucky like that. Oklahoma is one of the most boring and plain states out there.

[@TabbyCatGaming]

Andrew beck Don't talk about Oklahoma like that. Kentucky ain,t no better chicken

[@theoneandonlyfalafel]

As a Kentuckian I was very disappointed with this moment.

[@Harry_S._Truman]

The biggest casino is built in Oklahoma but it’s illegal to gamble in Oklahoma but it’s built on Native American land.

[@levitorres4617]

Yes.. this is Maryland. Because it looks like a cookie. Americans: Sure, why not?

[@toriglenn3506]

🤣

[@lame8190]

i live in a cookie now-

[@pennyw2226]

All states look like cookies if you’re a messy enough baker

[@J_is_okay]

I thought she said "it looks like it could be"

[@nimue325]

Assume that’s because a “Maryland” is a chocolate chip cookie but that was invented in *Whitman, Massachusetts* so WE WERE ROBBED AND I WILL NOT SIT DOWN.

[@Hockeyyekcoh]

7:49 The biggest city in Maine is also named Portland

[@aquaasassain42_65]

7:49 Portland is also in Maine

[@olivialamb9051]

“what is this...middle carolina? who is she?” this is giving me ptsd from 5th grade geography

[@clairetakeuchi4123]

My memorization of the 13 colonies in 7th grade is really coming into play here

[@kyerex2319]

Claire Takeuchi in my school we learned that in 5th

[@ameliacarnahan2554]

At my school we learned where all the states were on the map and what all their capitals are in 3rd grade.

[@xela79]

Amelia Carnahan same

[@fzxsiii2650]

This is great 🤣😂