Jay Leno Astronomy Quiz

[@burchjjenkins]

When Pluto was still a planet....

[@strayedwayfarer5612]

James Packard Now he's just a cartoon dog :,(

[@airbornepimp]

James Packard the good ol' days

[@JamesSmith-ek1or]

+Strayed Wayfarer He's also god of the underworld

[@strayedwayfarer5612]

Logan Retamoza He shares that title with Hades and Tartarus though. The poor guy can't catch a break... first he has to put up with roommates in ancient mythology, then he's the only dog in Duckburg who walks around naked on all fours (Mickey's collared gimp slave, I presume), and now he's not even a planet anymore :(

[@aristonphilandros2613]

+James Packard same thing, different label.

[@Leignheart]

Oh man I feel like Stephen Hawking when I watch clips like this.

[@rat7710]

I go to this videos when I get a test lower than a C- XD

[@stannisbaratheon7985]

+Leignheart I like your picture.

[@KithaironSound]

+Leignheart no wonder he ended up like that with all the strokes he got from listening to dumb people.

[@rat7710]

HARE5 wait, strokes!?

[@derekverveer6058]

+HARE5 he didn't get that way from strokes. He has ALS.

[@TheOicyu812]

Jay always managed to interview the people who were born with the umbilical cord wrapped around their necks.

[@catherinee.millard1831]

😂😂😂

[@gottliebdee263]

Possibly. Orrrrrrrrr.........................Do you think he interviewed large numbers of people and decided to show you mostly the ones that might make the interviewee sound like an idiot?

[@robertmatthews4285]

Always wanted to see the uncut footage to see how many people he talked to. I’m sure there are many people they talked to who weren’t ignorant enough to make the segment.

[@cynthiatownsend]

😂😂😂

[@jacobjohnson7108]

Or maybe they gave dumb answers on purpose so they would be included in the segment.

[@iisig]

Gets asked for no in german, says yes in russian

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

+Joost Reber I feel like there's a good WWII joke in there somewhere.

[@e1123581321345589144]

+Joost Reber but she was pretty close though :P

[@abheekpandya8717]

e1123581321345589144 No. She really wasn't.

[@e1123581321345589144]

+Batman The Fourth kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIDaaZSfrrKId7cm8s

[@abheekpandya8717]

e1123581321345589144 What?

[@Mario_1611]

Damn, back when Pluto still had some street cred.

[@sueme1954]

Pluto is being pulled away by a dog catcher.

[@timberkrev7978]

Poor ice rock! er, pup!

[@rocketrockstar8171]

Pluto is still the furthest Planet from the sun in my solar system!

[@ColossalZonko]

@@rocketrockstar8171 Pluto is not considered a planet anymore sadly enough...

[@Throku]

There's still a ninth planet out there though, they just haven't seen it, but it's calculated to be 10 times the mass of Earth, they see the effects of it, but it's very dark out there. Gonna be interesting to hear what they name it. (also Ceres was a planet for 50 or so years the century before they found Pluto.)

[@dashriprock5720]

I love when he gives them a hints and it just goes down hill from there

[@brt5273]

This is why i never felt bad about not fitting in with the mainstream

[@01123581321341]

the guy talking about physics and barometric pressure was hilarious 😂

[@zakir2815]

​@@themarathaman9624 verse number please. I dare say you may have misunderstood

[@dawidswanepoel2523]

Especially when he called a comet a star

[@JohnDoe-ti2np]

I actually thought his answer wasn't so bad. He probably remembered being told that a comet orbits the sun ("revolving," "circular motion in space"), and that when it gets close to the sun, solar radiation ("burning," "gets really hot") and solar wind ("barometric pressure") cause it to light up ("blow up") and exhibit the tail for which comets are so famous. He just didn't remember the correct jargon.

[@ADAPTATION7]

Well... At least no one said ''Snickers'' for the name of our galaxy.

[@motog4-75]

Can you imagine if he would of said Uranus 😬

[@michaelmaltese939]

I was waiting for it

[@deerlord2363]

I was expecting someone to say Hershey's, I'm disappointed...🤣

[@jasonrodgers9063]

That's the next galaxy over. Beyond that is "Three Musketeers".

[@esquilax5563]

Snickers, that's the name of a 26 mile race, isn't it?

[@patrickyancovitz5972]

I have nothing to worry about if these people were to try and conquer the earth. Mainly because they don't know it's location.

[@damienwayne2347]

ROFL bice one bro

[@kholeslie9606]

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[@midnightbiker1]

Hahaha that was funny :)

[@imstillhere2587]

😂😂😂😂😂 Logical!!

[@gangst99]

Its*, not it's

[@andraspongracz5996]

3:26 This is a perfect example of somebody talking fluently, not knowing what their next word would be. He was just as curious about where it was heading as the audience.

[@nortiusmaximus1789]

And, it was before text autofill! Makes me wonder why we really fear AI

[@MicraHakkinen]

Thanks to ChatGPT we don't even need a human anymore to confidently talk nonsense. I predict the first people to be put out of a job by AI are politicians.

[@Stigstigster]

I notice a trait that seems prevalent in the US where people won't just say "I don't know." Instead taking a series of wild guesses and a stream of nonsense is offered.

[@bonwatcher]

Always loved these Jay Walks episodes where he asked easy questions, it made me frightened for the future of humanity. And a decade later it seems right on the money, humanity is doomed.

[@Odyss2023]

Nowadays street quiz shows are not funny anymore.

[@makingmiracleshappen]

humanity's future? Please, it's just America's future you should be worried about

[@Pasharamus]

yeah, it's scary you don't realize they cherry pick the answers so that it is entertaining. How freaking stupid are you to base future of humanity on entertainment show answers? P.S. edgy "humanity is doomed" ideas have been around since the first civilizations 5k years ago.

[@kevinmorgan8534]

The thing is he shows you the dummies, he doesn't show the people who got it right.

[@stephens.3483]

@@kevinmorgan8534 comedy show ya know. just have a few laughs.

[@hgadugkjhah8004]

" I want a nation of workers, not of thinkers!~". - Mission accomplished!

[@darshanr2369]

hgadug kjhah 👆This comment wins the Internet.

[@tjmctube]

George Carlin

[@vageeshdevanathan8274]

Workers are thinkers. These people are just dumb

[@vageeshdevanathan8274]

@Tiny Home Nomads All right. I'll keep telling myself the truth to stave off your ignorance

[@cerenb7909]

@@vageeshdevanathan8274 🙏🏻👏👏👏

[@lowreslireas]

"Yeah, we know a lot!" 2 min later "Yes, the Moon is bigger than the Sun!"

[@RPDthe3rd]

“It’s a trick question!”

[@jimr4002]

@numbSKULLery visually they are about the same size, which is pretty amazing.

[@MooOinkMedia]

@numbSKULLery Exactly. These two clearly were up to speed with the astronomers from the Catalina Sky Survey announcing the discovery of a second natural satellite orbiting the Earth and other astronomical discoveries.

[@f3rzz476]

@@MooOinkMedia damn, Nobel prize 🤯

[@XXxXxXRevanXxXxXX]

I believe she's thinking about the physical mass of the moon. The Sun is predominantly a ball of fire.

[@riverraisin1]

I'm still sticking with 9 planets. Call Pluto what you want, it will always be a planet to me.

[@stimpy_thecat]

As a lifelong casual astronomy enthusiast, this depresses the hell out of me.

[@dopeflamingo]

"What's the name of mickey mouse's dog?" "Goofy" 😂

[@johncronin9540]

It was humorous, but the question remains, if Pluto is a dog, what exactly is Goofy?. On a more serious note, Disney did create the character of Pluto just after the planet/dwarf planet/ Kuiper Belt Object Pluto was discovered in 1930.

[@malcolmgonzales827]

Pluto is his dog, Goofy is his dawg.

[@max8531]

That's how you know that this guy is stupid, not because he doesn't know what the now dwarf planet Pluto is, but because he doesn't even know the name of Mickey Mouse's dog

[@mikejohndonovan9444]

We all love it here on Planet Goofy.

[@Xhoven]

There must be two species of dogs in Disney, anthropomorphic dogs and regular dogs. It's what happens when you make your main characters animals but then decide you want to give them pets, lol.

[@robadams5799]

As an astronomy geek, hearing these answers is almost physically painful.

[@EagleOneM1953]

Cringeworthy is the word you were looking for....that's how I feel watching Jay's trips into the wilderness of ignorance...

[@ajcatamonegdidisiposa1496]

as a normal person these answers is physically painful

[@niggachi3579]

☀️

[@Mc4est]

im not a geek and I know most of the answers

[@notacountertop4339]

I felt like pulling out my hair

[@benhaggerty8707]

I adore how confident that girl was in the second clip when she said "Mars"

[@PazuzuStalker]

The guy in sunglasses actually made an intellectual joke explaining a comet... Such refined and articulate nonsense doesn't just come from nothing.

[@trevorlambert4226]

I know they cherry pick the dumbest answers, but it's still incredible they can find people this clueless.

[@korosuke1788]

Not sure. Back in the day, cameras were a magnet for morons. Oh wait! Still are.

[@petergartner1322]

What is crazy, it is when some people answer wrong but question after question it os worst!

[@robwebnoid5763]

There are also some people who answer wrong, but when they are told the correct answer, they say "oh yeah, that's the one" or similar.

[@mrreemann3739]

You think this is incredible? Clearly you haven't been to Melrose Ave

[@elpacho....9254]

Excuses, excuses.

[@MrCapitalfinal]

1:14 "Mars!" LOL That was actually funny.

[@Marksmen17]

Didn’t know they had candy call Mars, wonder if it’s tasty?

[@christianhiggy4883]

Nicholas Thomas mars bars are good

[@RojaJaneman]

I actually gasped out loud. But better than Babe Ruth. 😂

[@V-u-l-p]

They way she looked when she said it made it even funnier xD

[@howardchambers9679]

I learned that you have Milky Bars and Mars bars in the USA

[@antarcticorb9197]

This was a comedy show, and look around today and it still is!

[@kimberlytaylor5886]

I couldn’t help but laugh despite their answers making my head hurt.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@RyanB1987]

Back when there were 9 planets in the solar system. And at the time this was filmed, 1998, Neptune was the furthest planet from the sun, as Pluto was closer than Neptune from 1979 to 1999.

[@SS-du7tr]

Thank you, that is very interesting!

[@toamaori]

and now... It's 13 mainly known but also over 200 (including dwarf planets)

[@hovsh4740]

@@toamaori excuse me?

[@toamaori]

@@hovsh4740 8 planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune the 5 largest dwarf planets, ceres, vesta, pluto, Haumea, Makemake and hundreds more dwarf planets as well like Quaoar, Sedna, Eris, Gonggong, Interamnia .. mainly icy bodies out past the orbit of neptune and pluto. Check it out.. I know you're like WHAT THE??? xD

[@cameronwhyte7223]

I'd forgotten about that. If I was asked that question in 98 I would have been a Smart Alec and said Neptune.

[@katiebentz8643]

"who is Mickey Mouse's dog?" *"goofy"*

[@lilypengryphon6428]

If you think about it that is kinda right Micky Mouse is a mouse but Goofy is a dog that is the animal he is. So I can see where people may think that Goofy is his dog.

[@daij1341]

@@lilypengryphon6428 yeah ... nope

[@Alrukitaf]

Close enough.

[@darshraatparsadhraj5583]

Mickey Mouse fans be like: IT’S PLUTO!!😠🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Implodexplode]

Maybe he thought he was asking who Mickey’s “dawg” is.

[@ramsesds7325]

Haha, I love how they were so proud on national television that they got the answer right that the moon is bigger than the sun

[@VashStarwind]

One thing I really miss about Jay being on the tonight show is his class. Dude had class man.

[@johncaputo5538]

You would have loved Carson. Fallon is adolescent compared to Carson or Leno.

[@Springbok314]

Not to mention the unfunny left wing shills such as Colbert and Kimmel. Just awful.

[@miravvyas]

Centuries ago people died proving astronomy, and these people get to live

[@achatterjee14]

So true

[@god5535]

Lol...it's only Bruno and Galileo... "people"

[@johncronin9540]

@@god5535 Galileo was threatened with torture, but, fortunately, was not executed. Of course, that alone was inexcusable. Giordano Bruno was not so fortunate, as he was burned, and if I remember, he was subjected to torture as well. Bruno was the first to speculate that the stars were other suns, but extremely far away. Unfortunately, he had no way to prove that fact. He also had theological differences of opinion, which also played a role in bringing about his judicial murder. But Galileo had been the first to actually take a telescope (he wasn’t the original inventor) at the sky, to observe objects in the sky, which falsified the Ptolemaic system (which supported Plato’s idea that the heavens were perfect and without blemish, unlike the Earth). Galileo discovered the four largest moons orbiting Jupiter (thus not all celestial objects orbited the Earth), he observed mountains on the Moon, and he observed sunspots - which would have been considered flaws or blemishes. It’s odd, because the Catholic hierarchy wasn’t defending the Bible so much as the pagans Plato and Ptolemy, but Plato’s philosophy was an important foundation for Augustine of Hippo’s theology, and that’s why they felt so threatened, and humiliated Galileo, who was finally recognized with acclaim after his death. Poor Bruno is almost forgotten, but then, he had no way to support his evidence. Not even Galileo’s telescope was powerful enough to see starlight as anything other than a point of light. Copernicus may have been the smartest. He didn’t have his work published until after his death, when he was beyond harm. If it were possible, it would be great to transport these men through time to our era, and allow them to see just what is happening in the field. We’re now detecting several planets orbiting other stars. We’ve just, in 2020, managed to obtain an image of a black hole, and a whole new generation of telescopes (across the EM spectrum) are becoming operational, or will be soon. As for the appalling ignorance, part of it is poor teaching, but part is all the light pollution. Edwin Hubble did his groundbreaking work just a few miles from Hollywood, but today, if you want to see our galaxy, you have to get far away from a metropolitan area. If more people could look up and SEE the Milky Way Galaxy, they would remember its name.

[@god5535]

@@johncronin9540 Thank you for the brilliant post. It is really fascinating when people who do know their stuff talk about it.

[@Viking380]

Not their brain !

[@TheMerryPup]

You'll always be a planet to me, Pluto!! 😢 🕯

[@davenorth8922]

Pluto had it coming! - NDT

[@vintagehome-777]

And a dog

[@sir_lanian]

Pluto has a ❤️

[@ParodyKnaveBob]

Lol, gave ya my Like! That said, I was a small kid in the 80s *baffled* how Pluto was a "planet" when it didn't match the rest of the system *at all.*

[@jakeowens1770]

As a motorhead, it's hard to imagine jay knew all these without que cards

[@Mechanist90]

I'm curious to see uncut version of the quiz. Just can't believe that most of the answers were like these

[@devenderpal7393]

"we know a lot" proceeds to know very little

[@andrewcharles459]

"It is better to remain silent and be thought stupid than to speak and remove all doubt...." Someone-I-Forget-Who

[@robertcartier5088]

I always have a secret hope that they are editing out the smart ones just to get laughs... Who am I kidding! We're doomed!

[@alejandromartinez3475]

They do, this for a comedy show

[@alejandromartinez3475]

@Muhammad's sexy Pig Don't need to jimmy does the same thing. Expremly common in late night shows

[@dj3114]

Of course they do, no one who knows all the answers is funny. It's what the show is about. I don't even know anyone short of little kids who doesn't know these basic questions.

[@mysteriev7071]

@@dj3114 are you in america though?

[@dj3114]

@@mysteriev7071 Yes - what you see in those videos is not representative. I haven't been in Jr. High school for 50 years but still easily remember learning all of those things in science class. Back then, Pluto was always considered a planet. The average person should be able to name them in order from the Sun.

[@DestroyerWill]

Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt. Lincoln / Twain

[@scudfarcus4343]

When I was young, one of my favorite sandwiches was astronomy on rye with mustard.

[@AndrewBlacker-wr2ve]

Only if it comes with a good kosher dill pickle. 😅

[@refulgent_fanta]

The moon is bigger than the sun? I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[@supersesqui]

+Adrian Mantsch well go to live on the moon...its only 50 miles away...and covered in vegetation..warm in the summer and cool in the winter.

[@Kuzi19]

+Adrian Mantsch Well it does look about the same size as the sun in the sky so I could see why people might think they're the same size :/

[@supersesqui]

Kuzi lol......if anyone reaches the age of 20 and does not comprehend the very basics of general knowledge....I suggest we make use of them by crucifix in public.

[@Rosi_in_space]

+Adrian Mantsch you should leave, because average temperatures would drop to an uncomfortable level

[@rawirongamer2919]

+Adrian Mantsch You wouldn't be able too if the moon was bigger than the sun lol!

[@hughphil]

The two teenage girls will be district and federal judges. The others in the video are already school system administrators and police officers.

[@samjohnson2103]

Is this real

[@jacksonk.fozzbodie213]

liberals no doubt

[@hughphil]

@@samjohnson2103 Mostly yes.

[@inaweoftheworld]

@@jacksonk.fozzbodie213 It has been proven that conservatives are dumber than liberals.

[@hughphil]

@RAYfighter All judges are like these girls in the video for real.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Back in the days, when Pluto was a planet... Thanks NDT❗

[@NarayananV28]

The fact that they are all smiling & laughing as they make a complete fool of themselves, shows their culture does not foster guilt, embarrassment or self reflection...

[@ericsalles1424]

Albert Einstein once said...."Only 2 things are Infinite, the universe and human stupidity.....and I'm not sure about the universe."

[@chessmentor63]

Who's Albert Einstein?

[@axanarahyanda628]

There is a similar joke about computer science : "Computer science is a race between programmers making more idiot-proof software, and the universe producing dumber idiots. Up to this day, the universe is winning."

[@danden9506]

i know he said 'i do not know how 3rd WW will be, but the 4th one will be with rocks and wooden bat'

[@abbatrouble]

@Jamie Ryan Apparently you don't know about Prince Harry!

[@a2rhombus2]

high school graduates, eh? sun is smaller than the moon yeah... good luck with the rest of your life

[@thatrandomasiandude5801]

I know right? I mean astronomy is gonna be totally useful right? Doing jobs like architecture, arts and design.

[@a2rhombus2]

That Random asian dude If someone doesn't know that the fucking sun is bigger than the moon then I don't have much faith in their knowledge anywhere else

[@Grizzly01]

+That Random asian dude It's basic knowledge, that any educated human being should know. The fact that they don't is pitiful.

[@cennywenner516]

From how they answered it, they clearly do know. Likely they feel the question is too easy and were dissatisfied with some earlier question ('trick answer'), thinking it's a setup. That's why they were complicating it with e.g. "Which moon?", "Bigger in what sense?". I thought that was pretty obvious. If you could not tell that, good luck with the rest of your life.

[@a2rhombus2]

Cenny Wenner Regardless, there isn't a single known moon that is larger than our sun. Asking "which moon" makes no difference. And when they ask "bigger in what sense," what sense would the moon ever be bigger than the sun?

[@loganstratholme]

It’s amazing how many people waffle and bullsh*t rather than simply say “I don’t know” ....Actually quite scary when you think about it deeply enough

[@mayorb3366]

From the time Pluto was named a planet until the time it lost that status it had only completed 1/3 of its orbit.

[@rbrtck]

I know I must be getting old because I used to laugh at these skits, and now I feel like crying.

[@Foxintox]

My right ear feels lonely .

[@nehgark982]

HAHAHAHA

[@JennLonhon]

hahahahahaa well that made me laugh more than this entire video

[@anonymoususer855]

Slightly pull the earpiece out of the audio jack, partially disconnecting it from your computer, and the audio should be played into both ears. It worked for me.

[@xavier2435]

+Gustavo Zeefried Ha! It's true, worked for me!

[@dizzychineseman7445]

SAMEEEE

[@stenovitz]

The guy with the "in-depth" comet explanation got me to the floor. Seems like he just landed from another galaxy, far, far away.

[@vzd7r2]

Jay Leno was the best night time talk show host ever. Well, next to Johnny Carson... The good old days when a talk show host was funny. Greg Gutfeld is coming up fast.

[@abbatrouble]

Yes! And Colbert is going down fast

[@brownhat1290]

"When I examine myself...I worry. When I compare myself...I am assured!" - Talleyrand

[@elmarobberts5128]

Haha. Fernando Mendigutia what a great quote!!

[@jrt818]

You sure that wasn't a quote from Einstein or Lincoln or maybe Mark Twain?

[@brownhat1290]

@@jrt818 It was Talleyrand.

[@dlevi67]

@@brownhat1290 Maybe they don't know who Talleyrand was... ;-) Nice quote. Thank you!

[@BadWebDiver]

That's deep!

[@karpabla]

The movie "Idiocracy" is a more and more powerful portrait as time pass by. And this TV show is from many years ago...

[@davidbrandenburg8029]

who knew that it was a prophecy!.

[@raknoknak]

When I listen to Trump and his supporters, always reminds me of Idiocracy.

[@rainmind]

@@davidbrandenburg8029 everybody, eugenics have been a thing for over a century. Dumb people breed faster. Eventually, they take over by their number. Esoecually in Modern democracies. Even worse in direct democracies. Dumb people choose poorly until most are dumb.

[@templarseries]

Not only in terms of science knowledge but in political naivety.

[@timtruett5184]

Idiocracy was based on a short story by Cyrus Kornbluth called The Marching Morons. It's a great story.

[@martinaltmann4031]

Actually the correct answer of the question concerning the planet furthest from the Sun was at that time Neptune (the status of Pluto notwithstanding), since between 1977 and 1999, Neptune was actually closer than Pluto, given the latter's eccentric orbit.

[@UCEBuster]

1979-1999, but good on you for recalling that bit of information. I think most were never aware of that. I was in high school during that period, and I don't recall it being mentioned in school, but I was very aware because of my various scientific interests, and subscriptions to magazines like Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, Omni, etc.

[@picturepainter]

Here is a quote from the Sherlock Holmes novel 'A Study In Scarlet': "My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he [Sherlock] was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System. That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled around the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it." As far as Holmes was concerned, the fact that Earth revolves around the sun is completely irrelevant. He compared the brain to an attic, in which people cram the space with too much useless information that has no practical value. For every new fact that gets stored, something you already know gets lost. Holmes said he needed to keep his 'brain attic' neat and orderly so he could concentrate on the useful information that was necessary for him to do his work solving cases. There is some logic to that, I suppose. On the other hand, Arthur Conan Doyle also believed in fairies...

[@Implodexplode]

A comet is a burning star which due to physics when it’s revolving it blows up and in our case it’s coming towards the earth. It’s doing a circular motion in space and it reaches too high of a barometric pressure. I could be wrong it’s been a while since I’ve had physics.

[@Obonye3rd]

😹😹😹😹😹

[@Abhil295]

I came across this comment just at that moment 😂

[@B501M]

haha, omg, you're a gem, for writing this all out

[@sober_junkie5709]

Comets arent burning stars,theyre just massive rocks

[@deanronson6331]

That sounds like a Trump speech. Sadly and incredibly, the comment earned a few dozen likes.

[@TurboThunderGaming]

"What's your name?" "Oh I know this one, oh wait, is it a trick question?"

[@AlexSvanArt]

Peter Griffin? ))

[@RockStarioke]

I ❤ that these quizzes are coming into my feed lately 😂

[@JeffSherlock]

Jay's humor is much better than those films.

[@GarretPetersen]

And these are our "Thought Leaders" and "Influencers."

[@sparky3006]

A future Nancy pelosi

[@andrewalberti9121]

Who is "these"?

[@stevegibson2255]

All our teachers and college professors have a lot to be proud of knowing that their many hours of hard work and teaching was not lost on today's youth

[@tomstulc9143]

Course not! Knowledge staying in the class room is can never be lost.

[@Kamabushi999]

It is not the job of a college to teach this, but the job of a high school, also it is not the job of the teacher to drill info into a student if they don't care to learn

[@jamesbrice6619]

@@Kamabushi999 high school? We learned this stuff in 4th grade!

[@jamescarter8311]

@@Kamabushi999 Whose job is it to teach kids then?

[@bigredracingdog466]

@@jamescarter8311 It is the responsibility of the student to learn. If he doesn't, it's on him. If the teachers didn't teach it, it's on them.

[@gangster3591]

Those are tough astronomy questions. More reasonable are the following: What is our planet usually called?; which is hotter, the moon or the sun?; "why is the nighttime dark"?; "Is our universe bigger or smaller than the United States"?

[@TheRootedWord]

Now we know why aliens won't talk to us. They are too embarrassed to be seen with us!

[@joermundgand]

The Babe Ruth Galaxy sounds like a fun place.

[@rh1507]

Why not Sammy Sosa the comet or the Squiggy star?

[@judyvalencia3257]

Funny!

[@Thomas-fk3cw]

@@judyvalencia3257 I'd rather live in the Whatchamacallit Galaxy.

[@Eddie42023]

After watching this, I can't get out of the snickers galaxy.

[@RobertLofrano]

Yes , all the beer 🍺 and hot dogs you can eat and it's free!!🐵😁🐵

[@cappycap4663]

1:12 The way that girl says "Mars" ..... omg dead!

[@ksj2936]

mArS

[@LesterMoore]

This demonstrates why learning is an ongoing process. School should, if done right, whet the appetite for more knowledge that can be gained from personal reading on a variety of subjects.

[@chancehuffman9117]

I'm watching this 23 years in the future from the year of the actual broadcast. Intelligence has diminished into conspiracy because these things were never learned.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

The guy with the long comet explanation believes in: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."

[@biff5856]

Bullshit would be a compliment. Abject stupidity more like it

[@EmpiricalPragmatist]

With these people living on it, no wonder Earth is the densest planet in the solar system.

[@EmpiricalPragmatist]

+EmpiricalPragmatist Been a long time since I've "had physics".

[@yasminemobley7858]

Bah dum, tss!

[@Danny-no7jp]

Is it really? I thought it was Neptune

[@asjaadams8137]

@Paul Kryder Mercury ,possibly made mostly of metal

[@shivamchouhan5077]

As an astronomy lover, watching this hurts my brain.

[@ogbrmusic]

I remember this! I remembered thinking UC Irvine girl was cute.

[@YUHJKT]

My god. I was a below average student back in the 1970's and I knew virtually all those answers right out of junior high. Unbelievable!

[@ingebygstad9667]

May I make a long shot and guess you're from Europe?

[@YUHJKT]

@@ingebygstad9667 No. I happened to have grown up in Long Beach, Ca. I'm of European descent. Something weird and troubling is going on in our education system.

[@YUHJKT]

@@ingebygstad9667 I thought I replied but maybe not. Raised in Long Beach, Ca. Resident good ol broken diseased California for over 60 years.

[@ingebygstad9667]

@@YUHJKT I guess it's all about personal interest then. I had a huge world map poster on my room, and my very first book was a picture book about planets and astronomy. My Christian father who was an educated theologian, indoctrinated me in those ways, rather than fundamental religious ways. He was also an educator, as he was also an educated high school teacher. The thing is - You Americans have something that we in Europe in general don't have, and got rid of a fairly good time ago; Religious ignorant zealots with a political agenda. In your country they call themselves Evangelicals. I live in Poland, the most Catholic country in Europe. I guess that the first generation who'll experience when there will be _more_ none's than religious in this country, is already born. We have a more sturdy school system over here I seriously DO believe. No, it is certainly not perfect, but being better than the American isn't difficult to be. You do have among, if not _the best_ Universities. But that's another story. But there is two thing that destroys and have destroyed you and makes you so damn different (I do believe). Religion and indoctrination from the day you can laugh. Fox news as _real_ news. I'm no expert, but I do believe Europeans in general don't have too much of a problem to understand facts from fiction, and I'd rather say we're _"far less gullible and submissive",_ than "more critical, and uses their head, rather than bas things on gut feeling" than Americans. Because we're not less stupid. But we're not same stupid. Dry the cat in the microwave? Sorry. Only happens in _one_ country on the planet. Spray yourselves in invisible ink before robbing the bank? _One_ country. Kill your children because Gawd told you to? Sorry, _one_ country. That's why I asked if you was from Europe. We can play dungeons and dragons and get completely sucked up and entranced by it while playing. Then mommy disrupts us by screaming DINNER BOYS!!!!! - abruptly awaking us from our trance. Ooooooh, pancakes! And we are laughing, talking normal as friends about the game, as if it was "just a game", about the "damn funny" or "ingenious" things said, because we was having a damn good time while *PLAYING.* But it seems like too many American religious zealots who haven't read a damn comic, can't see the difference between fiction and play and reality.

[@johnnymcgeez5647]

I think that they cherrypicked worst ones for laughs. Its actually hard to find someone who doesnt know about milky way. Its not just about school, people could have learned it from movies, tv shows, comics, news etc..

[@wanderer1955]

Hollywood Boulevard. Jay Leno: "Name our nearest star". Passerby. "Tom Cruise".

[@robertnilla]

i really miss jay leno! what a class act! He made here's johnny carson so proud!!

[@kittybitts567]

The good old days. I miss them

[@marsiliov.m.6838]

Is this a joke, a college graduate just said that stars go under the earth during daytime. What was your major, 15th century Vatican science?

[@blinkyblonk4912]

Lovely answer !

[@odysseusrex5908]

Well, of course, actually, the stars that are overhead at night are, in fact, underfoot during the day.

[@dhanidefelice7779]

Marsilio V.M. Omg you’re hilarious. Thanks for the belly laugh haha

[@eleSDSU]

Odysseus Rex no they are not, underfoot is the center of the Earth.

[@alyosha119]

Youre not right about the "Vatican science" either

[@mattrex8]

Mickey mouse's Dog, Goofy!! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[@hooho491]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I CRIED

[@SMG2fanatic]

The way she says Mars is gold

[@CBeard849]

Whenever I watch these "quizzes" I'm reminded that....yes indeed.....these people ALL VOTE!!

[@falcoperegrinus82]

Audience is laughing even though most of them can't answer any of these questions either.

[@bachir3208]

Richard I answer them when they are trying to figure it out.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Richard just like you

[@easternwind4435]

welcome to america

[@joaogeraldes7279]

lool that's so true

[@penelopewaters4630]

probably

[@y1521t21b5]

Back when Pluto was still kickin' it planetary style...

[@carultch]

Pluto is still the same world it always has been. All that changed was how people classify it to keep track of it.

[@rackt09]

When late night television was still watchable.

[@maggs131]

I cant wait for the Bruce Willis movie 👍

[@jfq722]

If I wasn't so frightened by this I would laugh.

[@abdulazizkurbanov5933]

Why r u frightened bitch? They cut off all the “smarter people”

[@Zain0_0]

@@abdulazizkurbanov5933 except their were no smart people

[@Elizabeth-so6zp]

@@abdulazizkurbanov5933 Haha see? This is the how unintelligent people react. Yes, just like you. Come on mate, honor your first (Arabic) and surname (Russian), I know people from both cultures are super smart, don't let the stupidity consume your brain.

[@grapy83]

True that.

[@Jonayofsweden]

Carl Sagan is turning in his grave.

[@marsiliov.m.6838]

All astronomers are

[@RyanRyzzo]

***** No. He's doing a circular motion, according to the physics - and when there's this barometric pressure he gets too hot and sort of explodes or something.

[@BigTylt]

Marsilio V.M. All dead* astronomers are

[@WingNuts2010]

I think that goes for most of Europe. Just think, this is the nation that just voted in Trump.

[@cb-7422]

+WingNuts2010 Well, have you seen the ignorance and stupidity of the majority of the left, the SJW cretins? Hard truths cut both ways. Here in England, we would've mocked you even more if you elected Hillary, God forbid

[@fezzik7619]

That guy trying to explain what a comet is was ridiculous. Punt dude, punt.

[@goofyone4043]

Jay, I don't know where you get the patience for these rocket scientists!

[@GodsMistake]

And now we've got flat earthers. Thanks Illuminati.

[@rahkinrah1963]

Really...what is on the "other" side?

[@detectivefowler4135]

Creepy pic dude!!

[@charlesadams1654]

Yeah you know now I'm not surprised people think the earth is flat

[@dizzychineseman7445]

@@charlesadams1654 why?

[@VideoGameHippey]

My right ear enjoyed this.

[@erikrusso9808]

+Сука Блеять because it was silent?

[@thatrandomasiandude5801]

+Erik Russo There is an audio problem. My right ear can't hear shit bro...

[@stuffitystuff7229]

As did my left. Great audio quality!

[@Goreuncle]

+Сука Блять I actually found a workaround for this issue, by mistakenly assuming that my headphones had broken again. Unplug/pull on the jack just a little bit, there's an intermediate position in which both audio channels work (or at least you can hear the sound coming from both sides).

[@saumyaverma6832]

Деннис same

[@xav8orx]

Visiting this in 2023 and I have two main thoughts: 1. What a great time capsule! 2. The more things change...

[@chuckc7375]

Amazing just amazing.

[@hansmoleman777]

You could do this in every country of the world with similar results, but what makes the USA so unique is how confident and unaware of their ignorance the interviewees respond.

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

Hans Maulwurf You know what? you just might be right.

[@rawstarmusic]

Hans Maulwurf They live in a developed country so they assume that they must be clever enough. More clever than in underdeveloped countries but they are not.

[@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO]

Hans Maulwurf Nope, I got all of them right even with Jay being wrong since pluto is no longer a planet

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

CAIDMASTEROFPYRO I think when Jay gave the test, Pluto was still classified as a planet.

[@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO]

monkeytrollu I'm aware hence "No longer"

[@Tmillea]

1:03 “oh we know a lot”

[@JyuzouNT]

The confidence of that 2nd girl, lol. Spectacular.

[@zerin.]

How could he control his laugh with those hilarious answers tough guy.

[@WeAreLegion1904]

the good old days when pluto was a planet.

[@camicus-3249]

Go back to Kerbin, this solar system has nothing for you

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

Bill Kerman To many of us, Pluto still is.

[@dylanstump7389]

pluto is a planet

[@arianmehana5963]

You mean Goofy lol (sarcasm intended)

[@hamed3423]

Rick and morty "pluto is a planet!!"

[@bananaman9801]

"How many planets in our solar system", "Its like 12 to 50"

[@misssarahwinterbottom7773]

Actually scientists dont know for sure, there may be one or more after Pluto its so dark out there its difficult to see

[@Godakuri]

@@misssarahwinterbottom7773 what tf are you talking about. Are you dumb

[@esquilax5563]

@@Infinity540 miss SW is correct, it's believed that there's another planet out there, its gravitational influence is visible in the orbits of various Kuiper belt objects. But it hasn't yet been observed and confirmed. That's without getting into the problems with the IAU's definition of planet. I know many, maybe most, planetary scientists ignore the definition. It's not relevant to their work

[@Infinity540]

Esquilax ”it hasnt yet been confirmed” ~ A random guy on youtube. Lol, I think I’ll listen to the scientists.

[@esquilax5563]

@@Infinity540 if you'd been doing that, you'd already know about the search for planet 9. It's pretty well-known amongst people who take even a passing interest in astronomy

[@user-lb9wj6qy2p]

Being cool is more important then being smart in these kind of people

[@behemitch8287]

Jay Leno: ''...where a comet, you know, smashes into the ear..'' Someone in the audience: ''WHOOOOO!!''

[@jimr8198]

For those recent High School and College graduates, practice the following question that will be important in your new career. "You want fries with that?"

[@aguarnes]

when will they ever need to know any of the questions they were asked enlighten me lmao. If anyone majored in astronomy you would be headed to McDonald’s with your resumé.

[@StyxiuSCruX]

ah come on. i know this was a year ago and you couldnt have predicted it but.... soon they might not even have to practice that question. robots make better employees and cooks

[@karlwalters3763]

@@aguarnes Judging by your response and terrible grammar, you are just as stupid as these halfwits.

[@Clamski]

@@aguarnes It's not that they NEED to know, but if they want to progress pass the level of breading stock, it's probably a good idea to have somewhat of an understanding of the universe, large and small, past, present, and possible futures. It's a lot to ask, I know.

[@cyder3062]

Robots/Automation will circumvent the need for that soon enough anyways. Ripperoni.

[@650gringo]

Now you see why I sent my kid to private school. It cost me dearly but at least he knows the name of Mickey Mouse's dog.

[@davidrmohr]

LOLOLOLOLOL!! I literally L'edOL after reading this. Kudos!!!

[@deerlord2363]

LOL 🤣

[@petergartner1322]

Hhahahahahhaha,……. But wait a minute, Mickey has a dog ?

[@Carlosdreamur]

@@petergartner1322 Pluto is Mickeys dog

[@RagingGeekazoid]

"It's something to a power" 🤣

[@BlakEnergy]

Really miss Jay Leno's Tonight Show