Can Europeans Answer Simple Geography Questions? || FOREIGN REACTS

[@foreignreacts]

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[@darrenfearon4288]

Some of these things.I expect a nine year old to answer, I just think you Americans live in a bubble, so ignorant at what is happening outside of America .

[@ricardoxavier827]

180º are not 90º... Belgium are vertical lines flag. Germany are horizontal lines flag. Come on bro.

[@IamnotfromUSA]

He is talking in hes 4th language at 6:20 so yeah.

[@dotcom2528]

Here are a few for you.... Which other city/town have been the capital of the USA in what year? Did a high-school student design the star spangled banner? How many national anthems have the USA had? When was the current one written and adopted? Try to answer before Googling..... As a European I know the answers without Google.

[@juliawolna9646]

Read a book

[@sudipdas9389]

That guy didn’t know what land locked means because it’s in English. He probably knows the concept dude 😅

[@Tanax13]

LOL I laughed so hard, it's like some people don't grasp that English is a second or sometimes third language for Europeans

[@IamnotfromUSA]

@@Tanax13 For belgium I think it would be 4th. aftter dutch french and german.

[@Saturinus]

But he answered Chile, which has nothing but coast. 😓

[@Just_a_lonely_cactus]

​​@@Tanax13I am in Italy English is the second language (including Italian)that you start studying as early as elementary school, then you start studying the third language (or Spanish or French, or sometimes German) and then in high school, if you have chosen a linguistic high school (like I did) or if you have chosen a school with foreign languages as subjects, you can study German or Russian, but there are also courses that allow you to study other languages. then at university one will choose. in my school (liceo linguistico internazionale) we study Italian, English, Spanish, German and Latin. But we also have Cambridge certifications so we have to study mathematics, biology, history and geography in English. we have to enter with at least an A2 in English, but it is preferred to enter with a B1. for those who haven't understood, there are many high schools because they are divided into what you want to study, for example in "liceo scientifico" you will do more scientific subjects, or in "tecnico economico" you will do law and economics (diritto ed economia)

[@BlackHoleSpain]

I've been speaking English for 25 years, but I can certainly confirm that "landlocked" is a word that I only learnt recently. In Spanish we must use a sentence instead "without sea shores" because Spanish has no equivalent, for example.

[@SophiaKilkis]

dont forget that they get asked in english which means their 2ond language... i can name things in greek but dont know how to say it in english

[@fzoid3534]

I had the same issue. Especially with the x letters questions. Rome doesn't even have 4 letters in my language but Vienna has 😅

[@t.a.yeah.]

​@@fzoid3534 Yeah, I immediatly thought of "Wien", too. :D Oslo, Rome, Prag (Prague!), Bern ...

[@nyx3988]

It is normal i really often know a word in my language but i don't remember in english or vice versa

[@SophiaKilkis]

yeah i mean when they ask -name a country that begins with "x" letter my mind goes in greek alphabet..Philippines is P in english but F in greek. so confusing some times

[@jurist4128]

@@fzoid3534same, he said Deli which is CORRECT in my langueage, 4 letter capital, but in english its Delhi

[@theheinzification]

These are mostly NOT simple questions at all!!! Plus they ask language based geography questions in English to people who are not native English speakers. In the Version from the US they do for the most parts actually ask very easy questions like "Name 3 countries outside of the USA" and they usually get answers like "Canada, Europe and Africa", or worse.

[@squidcaps4308]

It is in Erasmus event, so we are looking at a group of people who know more about different countries than on average, these are easy questions for them.

[@theheinzification]

@@squidcaps4308 In the US-version I mentioned they asked students at a university.

[@itkenverta]

​@@squidcaps4308I'm not erasmus whatever, but there was still only 2-3 questions I couldn't answer, like how many stars new zealand flag has. Americans don't even know how many they have.

[@loke6664]

@@itkenverta Many were easy but some insanely hard. How many nations speak Spanish? I mean, I know there are a lot but the exact number? I'm European... But I think it comes down to different focus in school and exposure to things outside the country. US schools are more focused on math so if you ask an American about that they are likely to do better then a European at average. European schools focus more on history and geography so the opposite goes there, with the exception that Americans tend to have pretty good knowledge about US geography (but further away then Canada and northern Mexico is a bust). History is worse, Americans tend to know about the revolutionary war and things from WW2 or later but if you ask them something like why the US invasion of Canada in 1812 failed, most of them get very confused. But it is not really because anyone are more stupid then anyone else and frankly, math, geography and history might be less useful today when we all have a smartphone with us everywhere, particularly math and geography which are easy to check up when you need them. With history, it is easy to check up simple facts but it is harder to understand the full picture and how that lead to the current situation with a simple Googling. If that is something useful however could also be discussed, it might be in some situations but in everyday life it is probably less applicable then one would hope. I am older then smartphones so I have my brain filled with often useless facts but it might be that we might need to reconsider a lot of how we see knowledge and being smart in the future. Then again, if the internet and electricity goes down to a massive Carrington event for a while, humanity would be pretty screwed....

[@itkenverta]

@@loke6664 very good post. I don't really have much to say.:) I'm 45yo from Finland, and when I was younger I didn't respect the free awesome education we have. Today it's even more awesome. I don't know about the average european math etc (but I doubt they learn nothing in public schools in usa, I had a friend from texas, Montana, Virginia, alabama and Georgia. Internet friends 20 years ago. I was surprised how smart especially the montana guy was. The guy from georgia was a horrible redneck racist. Every country has their own idiots and focuses in learning. I read the long math in gymnasium, but I'm very gifted with it & and very lazy lol. But even if you don't need the education directly in your job, it still makes your personal life so much richer the more you know and understand the surrounding world.

[@jehandesains8674]

That's not fair. Questions asked to Americans: "name a country that starts with the letter U", "name 2 neighbouring countries of America" Questions asked to Europeans: "what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow", "what is the capital of Assyria"

[@tkps]

African or European?

[@aidanclarke6106]

As a French, I fart in your general direction

[@n_other_1604]

well or just what's your favourity colour?

[@korl8524]

@@tkpsI don't know that! *flies into the void*

[@draculakickyourass]

,,Simple geography questions''.....For Americans: wich conturies neighbour USA? For Europeans: Bucharest have 5 million habitants,tell me their names and adresses.

[@M24RV_F]

Bro! I nearly spat my food out when you said Scotland was the capital of Wales... They are both nations!

[@lynnm6413]

Agree, worst faux-pas in the whole video 😤🙄

[@WookieWarriorz]

im having heart palpiations after hearing that hahahah

[@sebagab9795]

I did 🤣

[@bgdabg6769]

Those are regions of England, right?

[@sebagab9795]

@@bgdabg6769 nope😜

[@fredMplanenut]

I'm English, and am most impressed by these people who speak English so well, while it is their second language.

[@nostalji93]

Well its easy to practise speaking English. If you want to be fluent at any language you have practise a lot. Many people in this video probably use English on a day to day basis. I am pretty impressed by the interviewer, though.

[@galadballcrusher8182]

Also English is a rather simple and easy language, does not have complexity with articles before every noun or the amount of honorifics Japanese has nor the pronounciation of extra sounds like Zulu has.

[@ESL-Free-Money]

English is my 4th language . and i use it only on youtube Lol .

[@ArchieArpeggio]

Might even be 3rd or 4th language. Many European nation has two or three official languages in the country. But basicly most speaks English as well.

[@valeriepvi3667]

Many times third or forth lenguage, BTW

[@christopheb.6121]

Question for an American student : "3x3x3?" Question for an European student : " how many countries in the world speak Spanish?" ....

[@lynnm6413]

I imagine the results would be even worse if they were asked in another language they had to learn at school, like for example Spanish….that‘s why the Europeans had it much harder, because a lot of the names of counties or cities differ in their national tongues

[@JohnHazelwood58]

True! Saw these videos ... "3x3x3?" - "9!" - "no, 3x3x3!" - "oh! is it 12?" ^^+gg

[@tatjanameyer4022]

The best answer I heard on 3x3x3 was 32. It takes a lot of thinking to come up with that answer. Only in the US 😅

[@itkenverta]

@@tatjanameyer4022yeah I'd like to hear the reasoning behind this answer.. Intriguing...

[@draculakickyourass]

,,Simple geography questions''.....For Americans: wich conturies neighbour USA? For Europeans: Bucharest have 5 million habitants,tell me their names and adresses.

[@MrLofwyr]

You know what land lock means but, english is your first language. English isn't that guy first language so, in his own language he probably know what the equivalent to land lock is.

[@TheNaduli34]

I have the same, english is my 3 language, which is i speak quite ok, but i also didn't understand what land lock means.

[@rayaqueen9657]

Also it's landlocked. One word, ..ed.

[@rayaqueen9657]

@@Burtlocker as a speaker of a few languages, I know that I really want native speakers to pick me up on things so that I improve. The intention was to be helpful to a fellow language learner. You seem to be assuming it was to put the person down. That says more about your mindset I think.

[@LunaticLynne]

"I lost 20, you lost 10, so you owe me 10 euros" 😂 that guy is genious

[@beryk2008]

Dude, landlocked is in your native language. That guy probably speaks 2 other languages.

[@beldin2987]

One problem here is of course also that he always talks with non-americans about the american names of the countrys or cities that are mostly totally different than what we use in our native language. Example as a german, the question with capitols with 4 letters, one was ROME .. however in german its just ROM so only 3 letters.

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

I agree. However in Italian its Roma - so it's four letters again. I'm wondering if he would have accepted Wien - the capital of Austria - as an answer. Probably not Prag. Together with Oslo, Bern and Riga I get to six in Europe already - and five according to their German names.

[@chojin6136]

The answers were wanted in English, so the number of letters in the name a capital in any other language was irrelevant. The question was about Europeans. I don't think he asked any English people, either, but we're still European I haven't watched the full video, so I could be wrong about him not asking any English people

[@lynnm6413]

@@chojin6136 there weren‘t any English people at the Erasmus summit, obviously, because you no longer participate due to Brexit…duh

[@bararobberbaron859]

@@chojin6136 Also, how is it irrelevant when people are asked to figure it out in their 2nd, 3rd or 4th language? That would be like asking a Brit that question but telling them 'in Polish, which capitals only have 4 letters?' And you don't think it's a complicating factor?

[@twinmama42]

@@lynnm6413 What about students from Ireland?

[@desdillon8917]

this guy is an example of the US education system

[@hooptydoop1]

lmao exactly why they always try to potray themselves as smart and others as stupid when clearly the questions asked in this vid are way above the average US Citizen level. they’re are living in their own world 🤡😂

[@hooptydoop1]

see, this is why he’s laughing when someone doesn’t know what (Washington) CD means. they think the world revolves around them and the common knowledge of europeans is not impressive. WHILE IT IS. y’all are the laughing stock of the western world 😍😂

[@Joe-ez3gt]

​@@hooptydoop1That's why they always declare themselves world champions when they win national championships!

[@vidright]

I don't know if we Europeans are "smarter", but we clearly have the better education system. At least when it comes to education in elementary school.

[@DazHotep6EQUJ5]

An colleges. Colleges in America are a disgrace.

[@milantehrandubai]

@Alesti5Also that

[@milantehrandubai]

@@DazHotep6EQUJ5True

[@milantehrandubai]

Yes!!!

[@friskytwox]

@@DazHotep6EQUJ5that's a lie

[@tubekulose]

This guy does clearly know what "land locked" means. He just does not know the English term as English is not his native language. If I asked you if you could name two "paesi senza sbocco sul mare" in Latin America, would you know what I'm talking about?

[@TrondelagianPatriotsriseup]

I think you're saying "Countries not connected to the ocean" in italian, which means you don't even have landlocked as a word?

[@I_am_lazy_asf_]

​@@TrondelagianPatriotsriseupI think they just said that to prove that the guy in the video had a reson for not knowing, not bc it mean landlocked in their language. Maybe their language has a word for landlocked maybe not.

[@TrondelagianPatriotsriseup]

@@I_am_lazy_asf_ I know why he said that im just commenting on italian not having landlocked as a word

[@LobitaSpaumeadora]

@@TrondelagianPatriotsriseup idk about italian but in spanish(Spain) we don't have that word, we say "sin litoral" or "sin mar" and maybe we can use "interior" but you need some context for the last one!

[@alexiaivan7708]

I guess he wanted to seem smarter than the interviewees, and he was getting proven wrong.

[@ricardoebbers5154]

its actually really hard for europeans bc they cant awnser in their native language

[@andreastietz8231]

Germany and Belgium Flags difference: It´s turned by 90° , German flag is black, red gold, Belgian flag is black, gold, red

[@lynnm6413]

Ireland and India works

[@nox8730]

@@lynnm6413 No. It doesn't.

[@lynnm6413]

@@nox8730 uh, yeah, I missed the 180° degrees _ my bad Works if you apply 90, tho

[@lynnm6413]

@Some_Bloke sure, but it was about colors, wasn‘t it?!

[@nox8730]

@@lynnm6413 Yes, this is like Some_Bloke said. The question was: "which flag can become the flag of another country when flipped 180°?". Because of the wheel on the Indian flag, no matter how much you try to flip it, it won't become the irish flag, like ever.

[@WolfHeathen]

The joy you felt when you said "GERMANY!" brought joy to my heart as well because I instantly went "NOPE". 😄

[@StMargorach]

You are asking a Dutch person in English to name city names in a foreign language? Half of the capitols he mentioned don't have 4 letters in the Dutch language..

[@jackieblue1267]

These people are not native English speakers so not surprising the man didn't know what land locked meant.

[@TheCornishCockney]

You Americans are really up yourselves. “There should be more questions about America”

[@madzec]

It is EUROPEAN convection..... NOT AMERICAN....

[@sc0ttw22]

These are all English 2nd language speakers too so they know more than Americans even with this "handicap"

[@olgahein4384]

"... in order to shape the future of Europe..." bunch of kids dancing Macarena, my type of humor here.

[@naisaShip]

it's not Macarena, it's the Ketchup song dance, but I getcha😂

[@celiaards386]

It's aserejé

[@bada2839]

Believe it or not "asereje" had millions of people searching what language we're they speaking. One of the best music promotions of this century.😂

[@loloflores123]

@@bada2839 it´s actually broken english. It talks about the American song "rappers delight" that goes " Said a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie The hip, hip-a-hop and you don't stop rockin' To the bang, bang the boogie, say up jump the boogie To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat". So Asereje, is broken for "I said a hip-hop" XD

[@AdrianUng13]

How does one cancel the other? They aren’t allowed to have fun ?

[@ingegerdandersson6963]

You shouldn’t take that much pride in knowing an english word a person that havn’t english as first language didn’t understand.

[@jokabjo1694]

GREAT !! Now go to the US and ask the same questions !!

[@susiprop6791]

In spanish

[@mathildejensen3285]

In european countries they don't consider their country to be the center of the univers. They are oriented towards other countries and the culture and the history of other countries.

[@c47_erik45]

6:12 ... you are aware tho that not knowing what "landlocked" means isnt nescessarily a gap in his Knowledge about Geography but a gap in his knowledge about the english Language which you grew up with and he probably didnt xD

[@アンドレーエフ貝]

I have to say, I think he felt lucky because he could even grasp it. At least to me he obviously feels intimidated by this test here. It looks like a displacement activity not like a triumph, at least to me. Many did point that out and I think it's not entirely fair because he kind of said the whole video that he doesn't think that he could handle those questions.

[@maciejgajoch1774]

I'll ask Americans about geography in Spanish language.

[@Alltagundso]

That would be pretty fair. 👍🏽

[@rahelavidovic4729]

yes, please

[@Alltagundso]

​@@rahelavidovic4729 Right? We should think they know Spanish at this point and they can learn about Geography on the internet. 😊

[@sopcannon]

Do it in Russian, dont make it easy for them.

[@BakerVS]

Indonesia and Poland have the same flag turned 180°. Germany and Belgium is only 90°.

[@module79l28]

Yeah, his problem was more not knowing the difference between 180º and 90º than not knowing the difference between those two flags. 😆

[@ThomasVWorm]

The order of the colours of the German and Belgium flag is different too.

[@lynnm6413]

@@module79l28 yeah, I also didn‘t catch that

[@gerrykavanagh]

Also Ireland and Côte D’Ivoire

[@GrimK77]

Not true. Colors are slightly different and proportions too.

[@Rudelherz]

Can we please appreciate this funny, down to earth guy, being so humble and entertaining at the same time. I love his reactions ❤😂

[@TheTwan85]

Someone forgot most of South America speaks Spanish as a first language 😅

[@n_other_1604]

Latin America would be more accurate because South America has "only" 9 spanish speaking countries.

[@TheTwan85]

​@@n_other_1604 but since South America has 12 independent countries, 9 countries is 75%, a.k.a. "most of South America" 😉

[@n_other_1604]

@@TheTwan85 that's correct but Latin America (18) brings you much closer to the correct answer of 21.

[@TheTwan85]

@@n_other_1604 ahh that makes sense! I wasn't reasoning myself to the right answer 😉 Just saying if he thinks the correct answer is 5 after mentioning Mexico and Spain, he clearly forgot about South America.

[@avaggdu1]

@@n_other_1604 They all tend to get lumped together as Mexico anyway.

[@lavinamontoya8164]

Please note that except for the native English speakers, many of these people are speaking English as a second or even third language. In the USA they are interviewed only in English and they can't even answer questions about their own country. Americans with few exceptions speak only English. The Europeans did very well I would say considering that they were answering pretty difficult questions that didn't necessarily were about Europe

[@allaround1277]

Yep, but it's not "many of", but for all of them, actually...

[@Roxxjehh]

Those people answered in english while english is not even their first language. Soooo.

[@svenlima]

Frozen ice is no water? So, if I ever come across this guy in the desert and he asks me if I could give him some water because he's going to die of thirst, I will tell him "Sorry I don't have water for you. I have lots of ice but you only asked for water. Have a dry day, good bye."

[@glaubhafieber]

I’m European but in geography we learned more like how volcanoes and tectonic plates work. Never learned much about names of capital cities and stuff

[@skarbuskreska]

Interesting, because that was elementary school level in Germany. But I realized that as education went more the "we don't want to drill our students" it's not really looked after that much and despite my kids having to do with it, they didn't need to memorize that much. Which shows, I knew all the countries and capitals of the world, my kids struggle with Europe already. What also helped, we usually watched the news on TV together with our parents before we eventually started the bedtime routine. It was a set thing in the day. News in Germany are pretty dry and worldwide with maps, capitals, towns shown, so you learned on the side, also the shapes. In todays age where everyone just consumes their own bubble news, which is often more entertainment frankly than news, the kids/teens don't tend to watch news that much, so they don't learn on the side without even trying.

[@Weda01]

So you didn't have a separate course of Topography next to Geography either in primary school?

[@nkscou9008]

That's geology.

[@FuFightersStudio]

when I was studying there were tests to place every capital in the world on a blind map, same with major mountain ranges and rivers

[@Joe-ez3gt]

That's why I hated Geography at school here in England because all I was taught was how volcanos and valleys were formed and how to read a map! My knowledge of the rest of the world comes from my own natural curiosity and the fact that, unlike in America, I can travel a thousand miles and visit over twenty different countries with over twenty different and diverse cultures!

[@aprendecoreano2014]

All these Europeans answering all these questions quite well in a language that is not their first one. The english native speaker reacting making fun of one guy because he doesn't understand what landlock means.

[@CornedBee]

"All the water is frozen, so it doesn't count" is not the reason why Antarctica is the driest continent. The relevant measurement is precipitation, whether it's rain, snow or hail, and Antarctica just doesn't get much of that. All that ice there is mostly pretty old, but it just never melts.

[@Alltagundso]

That sounds logical, I was wondering where they took the explanation for the other idea from. 😳

[@Hery-dono]

Always thought it's because of the insane cold temperature, because cold air holds little to non moisture

[@writerbill1]

Don't feel bad, you can learn these things! I'm from the US and I learned world geography to a large degree. There are many free smartphone apps (geography quiz games) and websites as well. Thanks for showing this-- more of our fellow Americans need to learn about the world.

[@Lixmage]

"More of our fellow Americans need to learn about the world." - ain't that the damn truth!?

[@Sorenzo]

The interviewer got another one wrong! The girl said Indonesia is in Oceania, which is true, because Papua is in Oceania and Indonesia is located partly on Papua.

[@maggiepie8810]

We're not smarter than Americans. We simply learn more geography in school.

[@woutersplinter4981]

It is not only a matter of geography, it is about common knowledge. And the more you know the smarter you are, so yeah we are definitely smarter

[@BP-kx2ig]

Yes it is not what you learn in school. It is General Knowledge.

[@maggiepie8810]

@@woutersplinter4981 I tend to equate 'smarter' with higher intelligence, which is not the same thing as simply having learnt more in school...

[@maggiepie8810]

@BP-kx2ig Wait, what?

[@woutersplinter4981]

@@maggiepie8810 yeah and there is where your error lies. Intelligent people tend to be smarter on average, but smart people are not perse intelligent. And Americans are a brilliant example where intelligence and ignorance come together more often compared to us Europeans. Most of my general knowledge is obtained through live while living in Europe, not perse in school.

[@sacotafiruta2348]

Dude, your curiosity makes you very smart, congratulations from Romania! ❤️

[@irrevirre62]

Many of those questions was so much more difficult than they used to to ask Americans 😅 “name a country” wasn’t asked 🤣

[@diannegooding8733]

When visiting Schools in Portland, Oregon a few years back, I met a Teacher who taught ‘geography’ . This meant Oregon, only!

[@FrankDaddy-g1q]

Ah, you gotta be exaggerating... I know a guy from Oregan who can name at least two or three other US states ;-)

[@Johnny-fw9xj]

I don't think some of these are "simple geographic questions", as for english is not the native language for Europeans. So for example "capitols with 4 letters" differ vastly depending on the language, and also fully understanding the question is way harder when dealing with a foreign language. "Asking Europeans geographic questions in English" would be more informative decription.

[@magalicochet4327]

You are one of the first "reaction guys" I watch that actually brings something. It was a nice video.

[@Ben-on9ry]

Well tbf he should have said, that the english names of the capitals should only have 4 letters. Some names are different in the natives languages of these people. For example Rome (english), Roma (italian) and Rom (german). Or Vienna (english) and Wien (german/austrian) sometimes even called Wean depending on the area. So depending on the native language u might stumble over this question^^

[@mz00956]

Yes. They should all be asked those questions in their native language

[@davidebacchi9030]

Or, better, the name of the cities in their country’s (main) language.

[@masumi1990x]

"4 last letters" question is easy: ***land: Poland, Finland, Scotland, England, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland, Thailand, New Zealand... And maybe the Netherland(s) or Holand.

[@squidcaps4308]

The driest desert is in Antarctic. Not all of it is covered in ice. Just looked it, the McMurdo Dry Valleys has -27C/-16F average temperature, and it hasn't rained there in 2 million years... It is surrounded by snow covered mountains but the particular way winds work there it means any ice that does end up there will just evaporate. But just think.. no rain in 2 million years.

[@Joe-ez3gt]

The fact that when the first question is asked about how many countries speak Spanish and this guy lists Mexico first before Spain was enough for me to not bother with the rest of the video!

[@fabricerubio1070]

I have a secret for you... the earth is round and it rotates !!! On itself... and around the sun!!! 😂🤣😂 Love, wine and kisses from 🇫🇷 ...

[@GribGFX]

Mans asked out loud "Is Scotland the capital of Wales?".

[@alexiaivan7708]

Well, this is how you realize how much geography he learned in school

[@solveigbugtene8538]

These questions are much more difficult than those he asks the American youth, so it's not fair if the goal was to make a comparison

[@ingobordewick6480]

Germany and Belgium would be a turn of 90° not 180°, if the colors would be the same order. Greets from Germany!

[@abrilm3696]

When he asked about the countries that ends with the same 4 letters I thought "those that end with -land" so I said Iceland, Poland, Ireland, Finland..., but then the guy said exactly other 3! lol

[@docomega7862]

Probably because in turkey, those countries have a different name, so he doesn't think of them

[@abrilm3696]

@@docomega7862 yes, and also the ones he mentioned are closer to turkey, so he recalled the names quickly

[@starblossom05]

There also problem with him asking about the Capital with only 4 letters in there name, as different countries Write them different so when this was asked you already made a mistake as not every country does the same

[@aprendecoreano2014]

5 countries speak Spanish? Some colonies? Really? The ignorance is strong in this one. Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea. One country in Europe. One in Africa. 19 out of a total of 35 countries in the Americas!!! How can someone from the USA be so ignorant about his own continent. It blows my mind.

[@Pedro-fr8tz]

Keep in mind that “land locked” for a non native speaker is difficult to understand

[@eisikater1584]

4:46 I would have said London, Edinburgh, Belfast, and, hell, what's the capital of Wales? Cardiff, as I now know, thanks to Google. Well, I'm German, so I think three out of four ain't bad. 9:06 You said, Germany and Belgium. That would be right if you turned the flag 90°, but he said 180°, that means upside down. I had no idea. Well, better than a German politician who said she had changed her mind 360°. 10:48 "India", again, you are partly right, but it was many years earlier. India changed its city names back to the original, like Bombay is now Mumbai, and I think Bangalore is now Bangaluru again. But they didn't change the country's name, which would be Bharat if they did. (Been there and I loved it.) 12:00 "Italy is not a continent", he's excused. When I was a child I thought Italy was an island until I drove there by car, over the alps like Hannibal. You have to do that once in a lifetime. From then on, you'll prefer a plane. 12:57 I know perfectly well what DC means, it's direct current (as from batteries) contrary to alternating current (AC, as from the power grid). So Washington runs on batteries. Am I correct? 15:20 That guy with suit and tie, the politician, he learned his lessons well and replied with "That's a very good question" in the beginning instead of just thinking like untrained people would do. 17:18 You wish New York was a country? Well, why not. The country of New York City, and the country of California. I think the rest of the U.S. could live with that. 18:47 Oh, come on. THE Federal Republic of Germany, that's where I live, THE Czech Republic, my next-door neighbor, THE Swiss Confederation (commonly known as Switzerland), THE United States of America, THE Ukraine, THE Russian Federation, and many more. So these were elite people from Europe's youth. Compared to the average population, I'd say, they knew a lot. I just thought, yes, you could ask me "name ten states of the USA", I could probably do that, but "name them from north to south", or east to west, I'd probably fail.

[@Lixmage]

It doesn't even work with a 90 degree rotation as the colours are ordered differently...

[@Outnumberedbykidsandcats]

I’ve never heard anyone say The Federal Republic of Germany - only Germany. Same with Ukraine and Russia, I’ve never heard them said how you say them. Maybe it’s different on your language, but they were asking for ones that are generally referred to by the majority of the English speaking world.

[@huskytail]

Definitely not "The Ukraine"

[@petejones7878]

the UK has only one capital ...LONDON ......the other places are not capitols of the UK

[@Asgar1205]

He might not know what land locked means, but English also isn’t his native language

[@larszenthio1012]

13:11 All electricians should know what DC and AC stand for. DC = Direct current ⚡and District Colombia. 🏙🗽 AC = Alternating Current ⚡ and Air Condition. 🧊 ❄ AC/DC = Hard rock band from Australia. 🤘😎 🎸

[@RayyMusik]

ADAC = Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club

[@valeriepvi3667]

These all people have to understand and answer not in their native language but using another language using much different geographical names, and that makes things much more complicated. Secondly , the UK question is not fair. Is the same to ask about the capitals of German provances . The same goes for the Washington,DC " question. And BTW, San Marino was established as a city, and later changed to a city- state status ....but both are a bit different to a real country

[@weltenbummlerin632]

Well, every country in South America except of Brasil is Spanish speaking… Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala…and even Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama!

[@StefanStader]

not true - in Suriname they speak Dutch, in French Guyana obviously French.

[@weltenbummlerin632]

@@StefanStader Well, you are right. But these two are really small so we often neglect them which is wrong, but understandable. Talking of South America we think of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela. Then of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile. I personally think of Ecuador as I lived there for 6 years. Some people might even think of Uruguay or Paraguay. Hardly ever someone will mention Suriname. So let’s say that almost all countries are Spanish speaking.

[@Zwammertje]

6:24 untill you realised English isn't his first language😂

[@kevins2961]

Also remember that English is not the first language of any of these people,

[@nerighal2889]

..sorry..but all questions to americans would be seen as a joke to europeans... ..the complicity or difficulty of questions asked europeans is much much higher and americans wouldn't even understand the questions.. This comparison is a joke...

[@peterhowells7309]

Greetings from Scotland! OUCH! *"I knew Scotland is a capital, IS Scotland a capital?"* Ummm, NO, Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom, the capital of Scotland is Edinburgh. Well that's true until we gain independence.......... 😊

[@macman1469]

As a 61 year old Aussie, who left school at 15 , i knew most of the answers. So It cant be that hard .

[@AdamMPick]

The oldest country, which stayed independent, would be Japan. It was about 600 years before San Marino. The oldest still existing country would be Egypt. It was founded about 2700 years beofre Japan, it lost independence for a while, though. So, Africa.

[@valeriepvi3667]

San Marino was founded as a city, and later become a city- country ...so it lost the competition

[@davidlacoste]

I don't think Egypt counts, since it was not really a country for centuries or even millennia after Augustus fully integrated it as part of the Roman empire. China would be a strong contender i think, since there i believe is a direct continuation as a country from the foundation of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, despite a lot of regime changes. I'm not sure for India, the civilization is like 2 and a half millennia old, but the political history is messy. In Europe, France is probably the oldest country as there is a continuation as a country since the Baptism of Clovis in 496, despite the name itself being more recent.

[@aude2138]

Well the Italian guy doesn’t know the English term land lock as it is not his language, but definitely knows the word in Italian (I am French, by intuition I understood what it means but it’s a word I have never heard of in that language)

[@mladensosic2280]

On Croatian is "okružena kopnom" surrounded by land.

[@andrzejsamorzewski146]

In 9:30 there is mistake, he said Italy🇮🇹 and Ivory Coast🇨🇮, but it is Ireland 🇮🇪 and Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

[@ylette]

Noticed that too.

[@starblossom05]

Probely confused the red with the Orange

[@joandsarah77]

These are not simple questions. I think part of the issue too, is they are being filmed and having that microphone put in their face. People feel the need to answer very quickly and panic. I bet if he had stopped and thought he would have known it was the equator. Also lets not forget English is their second language. Scotland is a country. :) it's capital is Edinburgh Wales is also a country, It's capital is Cardiff- but that one I had to look up to be sure of lol.

[@ricardoxavier827]

180º are not 90º... Belgium are vertical lines flag. Germany are horizontal lines flag. Come on bro.

[@sebleo11]

The flag of Ivory Coast consists of three equal vertical bands of orange, white, and green and the Italian flag consists of three vertical stripes of equal width. From left to right, the colors are green, white, and red.

[@conorlynch4595]

ivory Coast / Ireland have the same colours in reverse

[@sebleo11]

@@conorlynch4595 ok I thought he said Italy. My bad thanks though

[@davidlacoste]

@@sebleo11 He did say Italy, he made a mistake.

[@beardedsloth7805]

It would be Ireland and ivory coast not Italy

[@fuzzylogics139]

Yeah well. I honestly started relearning geography because I saw these type of videos where US teenagers were asked these type of questions.. And I just promised myself "That's not going to me if ever a random stranger asks me to name 5 countries in Africa". But I laid down the maps I printed out to relearn about 6 months ago.. So let's see how many I can name still from the top of my head: Eritrea, Morocco, Ethiopia, Somalia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Guiana, Democratic republic of the Congo, Sudan, South Africa, Madagascar, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mali.... ehm... Togo. Burundi, New guinea.. Ghana.. Nigeria, Niger.. Algeria. Yeah.. That's about what I recall. I'm 45 y/o and grew up in Europe. If you want to learn something, you have every chance, just got to want it.

[@lynnm6413]

…yeah, we never got to Africa at school, most of our time was spent on the Holocaust…to literal exhaustion

[@nox8730]

@@lynnm6413 Barely ever studied holocaust at school at all. Only straight facts in the context of WWII. That is all that is needed. From France.

[@avaggdu1]

I have to use aide memoir like football teams (add Cameroon to the list), history like WWII or British Empire or current events (add Egypt, Syria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, Rwanda, Namibia, Libya) or just countries that have some feature that makes them memorable (add Liberia, Mauritania, Chad, Gabon, Benin, Lesotho, Seychelles, Mauritius). I think we got most between us, which isn't bad in my book. I do the same for US states by breaking them down into regions like West Coast, Potatoes and Corn, Cowboys and Deserts, Cold and Lakes, Bible Belt, East Coast and the Fiddly 'Little' Ones. I can usually remember at least 95% off the top of my head. Pointing to them on a map is a different story, but I'm getting there.

[@brixcosmo]

Generally speaking, Europeans are much less self-absorbed than Americans are with their own Country and their delusional sense of greatness. That results in People more interested in learning about other Countries, its history and cultures. And History itself as an important role in that knowledge. Countries like Portugal were born in 1143AD (881yo) and had colonies “all over the World”. USA was born in 1776 (248yo) after being basically a British colony. Our History and Geography classes are obviously different. And so is our knowledge of those subjects.

[@Johnny-fw9xj]

There's quite a few Spanish speaking countries in South America alone, and it's kind of funny Americans (you know people from USA) don't seem to even realize there's another America... 😄

[@sidewalkere]

10:20 Also 180º is not 90º. ;)

[@Olga_Tkachyk_Art]

Scotland is not a capital, is a country.

[@Juii_030]

I got 8 right;- but damn these were some really tough questions.. like honestly;- “what’s the driest roam in the world?” - “Antarctica - because all the water is frozen”…. How the f* is this supposed to be ‘general knowledge’ lol 😂😂

[@EI5EM]

It's our education systems. We learn history and geography of the world, not only about our own country. We also read a lot about politics and world affairs. We are interested in current affairs.

[@DodgeWolf]

This guy just surprises with his guesses :D never facepalmed so many times :D great content

[@peterwalker5677]

I thought Germany and Belgium as well, but not only are the colours in the wrong order, the flags are only 90 degrees off alignment.

[@robertheinrich2994]

capital cities with 4 letters: wien, prag? you do realize that they change length in different languages?

[@alexiaivan7708]

I doubt he cares.

[@ramon475]

This was more like "Can Dutch people answer simple geography questions?" 😂

[@baronbarbaron]

The thing with DC after Washington... Many people don't know what it is, just because the americans love to abreviate rhe words, instead to spoke them... And we Europians, don't even try to remember the abreviations, why should we care for them, we just can say the whole word, it is not that hard.

[@marekkovanic6619]

Funny think is that one-off the worst in Europe in Geography are from Netherlands?!😂😢😂

[@51bikerboy]

No they study in the Netherlands!

[@moongodess]

Geography is general knowledge. It’s not about intelligence. But not having a normal level of general knowledge tells about laziness and not having interest in anything.

[@アンドレーエフ貝]

It tells that this person (whoever) does not have a deep interest in geographics, nothing more. Also general knowledge is to know, that geographics is a full science with deep knowledge. A part of this knowledge can be categorised as general knowledge. These question were def not general knowledge (some were, but most not)

[@MrFloppyHare]

"Is Scotland the capitol of Wales?".....???

[@viktor821]

Homie doesn't know what 180 degrees is

[@btsb60]

It's confusing I know but the UK is made up of 4 separate kingdoms England,Scotland,Wales,and Northern Ireland Their capitals are London,Edinburgh,Cardiff,and Belfast

[@davidebacchi9030]

So 3 countries ending with same 4 letters (-land) add Holland , Switzerland and Deutschland, let’s add Ireland Iceland.

[@vicous_wolf]

16:43 😂😂😂 my guy was not gona take the defeat just like that 😂😂

[@GrimK77]

5:22 It's spelled "Antarctica", not "Antarctic". Interviewer failed his test himself.

[@n_other_1604]

Does he? In german The whole region can also be called Antarctic while the official name of the continent is of course Antarctica.

[@GrimK77]

@@n_other_1604 It's still on him. He insisted to use English and judged answers according to proper English. He owned himself there 😀

[@n_other_1604]

@@GrimK77 I guess you're right: 'The Antarctic' is an area. Within 'the Antarctic' there is a continent, called 'Antarctica'. ... the english definition is the same as the german one

[@Tom-ed-w]

mainly you dont know, because USA tends to be more bubbled up and saluting a flag everyday

[@KRAKEN.983]

It's Ireland and Ivory Coast not Italy and Ivory Coast....

[@Finkele1]

Some of these are pretty hard and what make them even harder is that you have to do it in your 2nd to 4th language. For example name country starting with P...for me it would be Peru, Poland, puerto rico (usa something but still) and so on but not philippines as it's filippiinit in finnish. It's bit more difficult to think what you've learned in different language but not that much.

[@tetaomichel]

Belgium and Germany is only 90 degrees.

[@woutersplinter4981]

no it is not, the colors are also in a different order

[@nox8730]

@@woutersplinter4981Yes it is. The fact the colors are different doesn't make his statement wrong.

[@woutersplinter4981]

@@nox8730 depends on how you read it. I read it like: the difference between those flags is only a 90 degrees turn.

[@nox8730]

@@woutersplinter4981In that case, wouldn't it be written: "It's only that Belgium and Germany are 90°" or something like that? :)

[@woutersplinter4981]

@@nox8730 not necessarily, but it is oké now, I know now what you meant :)

[@bluesoul7163]

Italians rocked this 😂

[@vanishkens]

I CAME HERE RIGHT FROM THE GERMANY AND BELGIUM THING BECAUSE SIR??? THAT IS SO WRONG???

[@achimschroter8046]

The thing with those videos is : if you ask one thousand people you will find the dumbest as well AS the most smart people. It's all about how you sample it afterwards

[@sergioaccioly5219]

Last four letters? The seven Stans. The four capitals in the UK are half acceptable. The dryest continent one is fairly good. All the other questions are incredbly hard