🇺🇸🇬🇧 Can a Brit name all 50 US States and place them on a map‽

[@MattGrayYES]

People from the USA, how do you think I did compared to the average American?

[@kshou_nish]

Haven't even started the vid yet but I can tell you that you've definitely done better than the average person you could pull off the street here.

[@catmacopter8545]

WAY better than the average dude. We are mostly stupid.

[@ih82r8]

I don't know if I'm average or not but I can still list out all states alphabetically and remember all the capitals from elementary school.

[@Vilexxica]

I wonder if American success at this would depend on generation. I'm about your age and we had it positively drilled in our head from maybe age 7 or so that we needed to be able to identify all 50 states & their capitals on a map at any given moment or else we would practically be too stupid to be allowed to exist in this Fine Fine Country of Freedom and Eagles™️. But I dunno if younger generations still get the same urgency thrown at them at a young age. I hope they don't, honestly.

[@jaydeniemuth9366]

Quite well actually.

[@martinamakek9608]

3:53 "Detroit... Thats in Michigan" 10:48 "That area has Detroit in it, I didn't know Detroit was in Michigan"

[@RainaRamsay]

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[@mrleaf6055]

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[@Major.hurricanekirk]

@@mrleaf6055 x

[@SpahGaming]

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[@DasGanon]

"Wyoming sounds like a verb" good throwback to "How does one Wyom" Also the "the sound of someone compensating for something with the size of their vehicle" is a thing usually referred to as "Rolling Coal" in Wyoming and Colorado.

[@lauraireson6358]

Every time he said Wyoming, all I could think was how does one wyom.

[@MCLooyverse]

Rolling Coal has always been when soot(?) comes out of a truck's exhaust(?) to me (I'm not a car guy. Can you tell?).

[@DasGanon]

@@MCLooyverse Sort of. You're right in that it's the dirty sooty exhaust that it gets its name from, but the people who purposefully make their trucks as dirty and inefficient as possible are also the people with massive lifted crew cabs that only live on asphalt all day. It's more of a cultural thing than just "black exhaust"

[@michaelrue1400]

I've not heard "how does one wyom?" but I would say "Why oming?" as if anywhere else would be preferable.

[@WindInMyWings]

“That’s top middle-ish.” That’s a Matt direction is what it is.

[@pao_lumu]

He uses those cardinal directions of up, down, left, right, top, and bottom.

[@mukrifachri]

At least he can actually navigate using it.

[@vaclav_fejt]

His location of Chile as being "far left of bottom America" still haunts my dreams. Or was it Colombia being "top left of bottom America"?

[@mukrifachri]

@@vaclav_fejt t'was Chile, with the robot pigeon uprising

[@k0ri3n]

My favorite was after you identified South Dakota and South Carolina you still thought North Carolina was above South Dakota. Still, I’d bet you did way better than most people not from the US or Canada would.

[@sirBrouwer]

looking at the chat I see that the most did just the same amount. (I also got 26 correct. the spelling was a bit tough with some)

[@HistoryInHighDefinition]

UK dweller here. I got 57% on the map, which is absolutely shameful considering I did a three month long roadtrip of 48 states only two years ago.

[@ARSZLB]

as a born and raised native New Yorker, i am supremely jealous of your road trip. in 30 years of life as an American, i still haven’t seen half of my country’s states.

[@ConeJellos]

48 fucking states? Oh my God. You must've been exhausted by the end.

[@mattb4721]

"That is just a square, isn't it?" ---- As someone who has been to Wyoming, I can confirm: it is just a cold, empty square.

[@cyalknight]

That seems like Colorado as well.

[@evanr9583]

@@cyalknight Colorado isn't quite as empty though.

[@CheyenneRose]

Every single person who has been to Cheyenne and hears my name is Cheyenne: "It's really windy and cold in Cheyenne. _*Awkward long stare*_"

[@filrabat1965]

Well, there is Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. But otherwise I agree.

[@recruit_37]

This is fake. Wyoming doesn't exist.

[@rzeka]

Sick typing skills mate. Love from Masssachussettss!

[@blindleader42]

^^ When Massachusetts merges with Mississippi. 😬 😁

[@easytiger6570]

And invades Tennessee

[@lucyx3008]

This video taught me how weird my mental tricks to remember all the states and their shapes really are. I was yelling at my screen that Michigan is a mitten and some other stuff, Nebraska and Utah are the ones with the corners cut out, Oklahoma has a finger pointing left, and West Virginia kind of looks like a frog jumping as seen from above, as if that should be obvious.

[@CableFlame]

Louisiana is an L, so that kinda gives it away.

[@goldstargloww]

michigan the hand fish

[@boskee]

@@CableFlame +1. When I was learning I identified Louisiana by its L shape and remembered "LMAO" -> Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia (G kinda looks like O for remembering purposes). Vermont is kinda shaped like a V. Utah is sort of shaped like U, and Idaho is a chimney.

[@eskipotato]

"Wyoming sounds like a verb" hahahahahahahha funniest thing I heard today!

[@sundhaug92]

IIRC the remark was also previously made in the past in Technical Difficulties

[@Aoderic]

Don't be surprised if you visit Matt, and he's in the living room wyoming the carpet. Or he's out with some friends wyoming the town.

[@RainaRamsay]

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[@quidprobro]

I'm from Iowa. I was able to name all 50 states and place them on the map, but then I tried to name European countries and got 25/45. Just different emphases in geography education

[@tomrogue13]

I did the European quiz matt did last week and I think I missed like 3, but I have alot of friends who live in Europe. If I did that quiz like 5 years ago before I was friends with those people, I would have done so, so bad

[@Huntracony]

And a fairly logical one at that.

[@Vilexxica]

That's a good point; I'm an American who knows all the states and (most of?) the capitals but I'm fairly confident I'd be absolute garbage at basically any other continent because nobody cared enough to teach us about the World Beyond Murica 🦅

[@darreljones8645]

Not surprising. You learn about the part of the world you're from, because you're less likely to travel several continents away.

[@easytiger6570]

Well you got 25 countries in Europe and another one in North America

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

"Where's Nebraska?" *places cursor over every state except nebraska*

[@willkirton1178]

I was waiting with a maggot-ed lung for your cardinal directions to kick in, and Idaho came in strong with Top Left after a minute(ish). Top notch, Matt. Not a bad effort at all.

[@ainsleyelizabeth7401]

Ah yes, the wonderful state of Philadelphia 😂😂😂 All jokes aside you did really well for someone, not from the US. Even a lot of Americans probably would've done worse on the map one, most people can name nearly all the states but lots of people can't put them on a map!

[@francesgardner7070]

Philadelphian autonomy let’s goooo

[@ainsleyelizabeth7401]

@@francesgardner7070 😂

[@CableFlame]

See, I'm the other way around. I don't think I could name all the states if I didn't look at the map.

[@Hyrum_Graff]

I took the state naming quiz, and did significantly better when looking at the map then without it.

[@Milamberinx]

There's a tale about a young prince from West Philadelphia A story of how his life became inverted If you take a seat, I'll tell you of his journey. Now this young man, though he was but a knave Lived a life of ease, relaxation and popularity The playground was where he spent most of his days. Until one afternoon some scoundrels arrived They sought to make trouble for the kingdom Our young knave fought them gallantly Whereupon his mother, who feared reprisals, Sent our hero to live with his aunt and uncle In the kingdom of Bel Air.

[@AKknapper]

Canadian provinces next? I'm from Alaska, and was tested on both the US states and Canadian provinces in high school. Having a rough day, so maybe I'll relive this another day and post my scores.

[@samiuseliina]

I want to see the spelling he comes up with

[@EpicWolverine]

Michigan here. We had to learn the provinces as well.

[@tess77262]

I think Canadian provinces might be a bit too easy. We don't have all that many of them

[@Mercure250]

@@samiuseliina For Saskatchewan especially

[@ashtonhoward5582]

@@EpicWolverine not anymore! I didn't even have to learn the states

[@benbisaillon7488]

I would love to see you identify flags next!

[@tparadox88]

Country flags though. The number of people who could get 100 percent on a US state flag quiz could probably fit comfortably in one room.

[@cumunist2120]

@@tparadox88 it’s all those damn state seals slapped on a blue background

[@moople9066]

As a Vermonter, I'm genuinely amazed Matt knew Vermont existed

[@mrkillman555]

Vermont is Bernie Sanders

[@LH-gu3yn]

@@mrkillman555 Ben & Jerry's!!

[@AnonYmous-rw6un]

Vermont is also a mentioned in joke in Friends.

[@RotisserieElephant]

same

[@MrCooll971]

Can confirm I know of Vermont because of Bernie Sanders and Ben & Jerry's.

[@saffron6744]

As a US citizen, I got 44% for placing the states, but I was able to name all the states because there's a song we learn listing them all in alphabetical order

[@MCLooyverse]

...We do?

[@saffron6744]

@@MCLooyverse I learned it in school, if you haven't heard it search the Fifty Nifty United States song

[@slashplane]

@@MCLooyverse Saw a few comments like these. Wonder where people learned it 'cuse it wasn't in my curriculum.

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

@@slashplane The Animaniacs do a version of it and there's also a School House Rocks cartoon of it I believe... common videos to have played while a sub is filling in.

[@guspolly]

I don't know if I can speak for all Americans, but I internalize "City, State" as a single knowledge unit, so I don't really have "New Orleans" as a separate slot in my brain without ", Louisiana" accompanying it. Same with "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" and "Seattle, Washington". It seems more European to have " exists" and " is in " seperately stored.

[@juleklemmer5647]

I'm from Germany and we had to learn the German federal States plus capital, then the European countries plus capital and then the countries of the world and their capitals - but never the US states or capitals. The USA where treated as one country. Btw I never could remember all the countries in the world, don't even know all the European ones. ;D

[@MCLooyverse]

@@juleklemmer5647 Yeah, the US gets treated like a country even though it's a union. You don't say you're European (from the EU), you say you're German; likewise, I should say I'm Montanan, not American (from the USA).

[@cameronhill688]

Never have I heard a more true statement then “Wyoming sounds like a verb”

[@ricdavid]

I'm from Canada and for some reason they decided it was really important for us to know all the US states and their capitals in grade 6. There's a version of this that doesn't even give you the borders or rivers and I can ace it as long as they don't immediately start me off with like Colorado or Missouri, those middle ones that you need to see one of their neighbours for context.

[@stevemoss7793]

Several years ago I competed with my daughter's then boyfriend to name all the states. The result was a tie - neither of us could remember Delaware! I noticed that at about 3:55 you said Detroit is in Michigan, but at 10:50 you had forgotten...;-)) I love quizzes like this!

[@akshat9282]

as another non American, I did equally well as you. missed some you got, got some you didn't but this was fun overall. i like how this slowly is becoming a series! next up geogussr

[@sirBrouwer]

same here. halve the challenge was getting the names correct.

[@revision29]

As someone who lives in Nebraska, it was hilarious when you could not find us right away. They don’t call it “flyover country” for no reason.

[@RainaRamsay]

My favorite was the part where he wandered all around it, but never actually saw the one in the middle of his gyrating cursor. It felt very .... flyover state

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Loved this. A couple of the "it's around there" moments had me laughing. For instance, you said that Washington and Michigan were close. London is closer to Moscow than Washington is to Michigan. I suspect that the average American would have done about as well as you, honestly, maybe a bit better.

[@nicolescats2]

I'm fascinated that he seemed to think everything was in North Dakota, even after it told him the name of the state when he clicked on it. Thought I realize that's a lot of information to try and keep in your short term memory.

[@Colaman112]

You know, I also stubbornly tried to put in Philadelphia. Didn't work.

[@francesgardner7070]

Thank you for recognizing Philadelphian autonomy lol-a philadelphian

[@Manamius]

The fact that people in the US don't even know that the Dakotas are states means regardless, you're doing better Also that you got the Dakotas and not Minnesota surprises me Also also the amount of times you clicked on North Dakota forgetting what it said is a prime example of how people think of North Dakota

[@kala_asi]

4:44 Matt is Del-unaware.

[@richardpike8748]

"Wyoming sounds like a verb" yeah I guess so, never thought of it like that. Also 11:26 text "Ahh the sound of someone compensating for something with the size of their vehicle" xD

[@averyalexander2528]

I'm a resident of the USA. Before clicking this video, I opened up a text editor and tried listing as many states as possible. I don't know if I took 10, 15 minutes or longer. I went until I was stumped. I listed 42 of the 50 states. I was amused to find that you quickly guessed 6 of the 8 states I forgot. And I didn't play that placing on the map thing but I bet I would score about the same. I really don't know how I would do with that quiz of naming all the states with that website. Yes, it took me a while in my text editor but the alphabetical placements of the names and the gaps between would probably be major clues about the states I forgot and might help me remember faster

[@tmuller9905]

I don't know if you know them but guessing the German federal states would be fun!

[@juleklemmer5647]

How many are there?

[@tmuller9905]

@@juleklemmer5647 16

[@rebeccameador7712]

I am a Mississippian. I am a person you didn't know existed in a state you didn't know existed. 🙂 I think you did a great job! Big thumbs up.

[@singerofsongss]

As someone who has lived in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, I can confirm that they are not in the same place! Awesome job Matt, you did much better on this than I would have on the Europe quiz.

[@Tesseract_King]

I didn't used to wyom, but then I wyomed for four years in grad school. But the moment I got my doctorate I quit wyoming.

[@morsecode42]

I'm wicked impressed at how well you did! Loads better than I'd do trying to name English counties!

[@cumunist2120]

I thought this said English countries and was really confused for a few seconds

[@Scruffi]

"Do you like Wyoming?" "I don't know you silly boy, I've never wyomed."

[@mrvnoble]

Matt: then another one where I have to put it on a map! My brain: MAP MEN, MAP MEN, MAP MAP MAP MEN MEN Men...

[@n14c0]

This was a delight! You should sit an American down and test his British knowledge...

[@MattGrayYES]

I think I’ll pass. Especially having spent enough time in the past explaining that no I’m not from London. Yes I’m from England. No that doesn’t mean I’m from London.

[@andreabutitsruth]

@@MattGrayYES Understandable. Floridian here; it’s a nightmare trying to do research on UK geography, especially since the regional/cultural differences between areas in the UK seem to be more intense than the state-to-state variation in the US, and those differences are something I have to be relatively aware of. And if I’m struggling to do that for a fictional book, then I’d imagine the average American knows much less.

[@nathangathercole6888]

I think now you should do Naming English Counties

[@una_10bananas]

Wyoming "sounds like a verb" made it seem like that was your reasoning for where it was, which made it very impressive that you got it right

[@Nellipusen]

I'm from norway and got over 90% on both, but that's just because a few years ago I had to write a paper about the history of education for deaf people in scandinaiva, and memorizing all the us states seemed just productive enough that I managed to convince my brain that that was a good use of my time instead

[@juleklemmer5647]

Procrastination at it's best. Love it! :D

[@Simoran]

I did something very similar in middle school! In the middle of an algebra exam we were taking on a computer, I figured memorizing the alphabet backwards by looking at the keyboard was a good idea. Funny how people's brains work sometimes.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Did the Milan Conference strike there too?

[@skyler6175]

As an American, I'm not even able to get them all. I forgot Maryland even existed.

[@tomrogue13]

I mixed up Mississippi and Alabama.

[@qwertyTRiG]

The only thing I know of Maryland is that they have a cool flag.

[@CableFlame]

Aww, Sad Marylander Face. :(

[@zugdude4789]

Dries tears with old bay

[@cumunist2120]

@@qwertyTRiG Maryland’s flag looks so medieval

[@_zoey.17]

I got 74% in naming the states, I used the map to help me, tho. I was way better at placing them, I got 94% there. I've never learned the states in school, I guess I did pretty good for that. I'm from Germany btw

[@kassimbabika]

One tip for remembering some of the more difficult states is the "Chef carrying a chicken drumstick" trick. Not it's official name probably but, it's exactly what it sounds like. How it works is, if you look straight South starting with Minnesota, you get: Chef's Hat: Minnesota Chef's Head: Iowa Chef's Top: Missouri Chef's Pants/Shorts: Arkansas Chef's Boots: Louisiana (also conveniently the "L" shaped state too) Also, to the right of the waist (a.k.a the border between the Missouri and Arkansas): Tennessee is the frying pan holding a chicken drumstick (Kentucky.). 7 states mastered. You will now not unsee it.

[@cgalea12]

From Malta 26/50 for names 56% in 5:14 for placement

[@cemerson]

I spent a while leaning them a few years ago, so 50 and 50 for me on this one! Would love you to try State Captials too, something else I learned a while back but perhaps am a bit rusty on!

[@nicholassestanovich398]

You did well on both, all things considered. I tried a Sporcle list of the most populous UK cities and was only able to correctly name about 15 of them.

[@francesgardner7070]

Yessss thank you for recognizing Philadelphian autonomy!! You have 1.5 million new admirers! Screw Pennsylvania >:(

[@kishens1]

Without watching the video: • 1st Quiz - 0:38 seconds to spare. • 2nd Quiz - 1:23 finished all.

[@mebamme]

11:25 I thought for a second the text you put there was your definition of wyoming.

[@juleklemmer5647]

Me too!!

[@boli2746]

100%, and I'm from the UK. it makes a great pub game go round the table and 'drink while you think'. (played it a lot) Uk counties are not as fun as you just end up in arguments if it is a ceremonial county, political county and if metropoliton counties count.

[@patrickmoody9367]

Great to see someone has found a way of showing their face without it being to small to see and without it being so big it blocks out the screen

[@herebejamz]

The fact that you remember West Virginia even exists is something many Americans can't do.

[@TheLatokuivaaja]

Map quiz: 62% at 2:31 - there's so many bloody squares. I could name 46 states (missed Iowa, Oklahoma, Missouri and Louisiana, and the last one only due to inability to spell). Greetings from a Finn who has never been in the States :P

[@adalaza]

How to anger yinzers: "Pittsburgh's in it isn't it?"

[@CableFlame]

To those not from there: a Yinzer is someone from Pittsburgh (the name comes from the unique word they use for "you all": yinz). Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are both in Pennsylvania, and there's a bit of a (usually friendly) rivalry between the 2 cities. To say that Pittsburgh is in Philadelphia is a bit of a slap in the face. (From a native Pennsylvanian.)

[@EagleKai]

Texan here, got 100% on names, 98% on placement (mixed up Kansas and Nebraska). Honestly surprised I got Vermont/New Hampshire the right way around.

[@tfkpearl]

I'm originally from Southern California, never had a geography class until university, and have completed it in 2:19. I believe jetpunk also has a quiz thing where you assemble the USA out of the states and maybe that would help? because it's kinda just a big jigsaw puzzle.

[@Oba936]

48% in Naming. I'd say you get at least 60% at this. 51% in placing. I think you should also get at least 60% And now to watching how you do :D

[@thelovewizard8954]

You refered to Oregon as "nothing" and that makes me happy. Thanks for remembering Washington.

[@peytonhawk]

As a US citizen that payed attention in school I can name about 48/50 in the 5 minutes. That’s really only because I struggled to spell the ones I missed correctly. I placed them all pretty fast without missing. Probably helps that I live in the Midwest so most of the “flyover” states are easy for me.

[@mynameislg8549]

I’ve been trying to learn these! Still get very confused with New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire for some reason!

[@AlRoderick]

If it helps, New York is massive so memorizing its shape can help you out, New Jersey looks like an old fashioned telephone handset with its back to the Atlantic, New Hampshire is tricky but if you remember it's a twin side by side with Vermont and Vermont is the v-shaped one, New Hampshire's the other one.

[@ARSZLB]

i kept having to scold my American self for repeatedly being frustrated with Matt, it’s like a knee jerk reaction when it’s something you’ve known your entire life i guess! i couldn’t name all counties in the UK to save my life

[@bradparnell614]

I can usually do the version with an empty map in 2 minutes. The one where I just had to click on them I did in 1:43. As you can guess I'm American. I can name all the countries in Europe but I wouldn't do so well at picking them all out on a map. I'd probably get over 50% right but I grew up with East Germany, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Things have changed over the years.

[@andrineslife]

I definitely couldn't, but maybe the American Eurovision will help in a few years 😅

[@IstasPumaNevada]

I feel like your results on the map-click test suffered a bit from impatience/urgency of a timed (and recorded) testing situation and that you could have done even better, since it was giving you the state names when you clicked on wrong ones. But I think you did quite well on both for someone who doesn't live here. I'm from the US, and got 48/50 on the 'list' one, and two rushed mistakes on the map one. But if you give me a blank map with no prompting I can fill in all of the states (and Canadian provinces and territories) from memory. Then again, I live here, really like maps, and have actually visited all but one of the states (and two Canadian provinces/territories) via road trips. You did far better than my 27 countries on the Europe map, though I'm proud to say that I remembered the Baltic States, and after it was over most of the ones I'd missed at least sounded familiar, heheh.

[@KingCharles3]

Great vid!

[@encycl07pedia-]

Honestly you did very well. With the map pinning, I was 100% in 1 minute, 42 seconds, but I'm from the USA and we learned this stuff in elementary school. Also "The Fifty Nifty United States" song is probably the easiest way to memorize the names of the states. I'd argue that a tough challenge for Americans is naming the capital of each state.

[@dusteddream3070]

You should try naming and placing all the english counties

[@SpAm-AcCoUnT]

I had a quiz in the 4th grade on the states, and since then have heavily resisted any and all attempts to teach me the states. There weren’t really any other tries to get me to learn the states tho.

[@OlliWilkman]

Naming the states, got all except Michigan. Placing them right afterwards, got 93% in 2:20 (I always mix up Iowa and Ohio, and New Hampsire vs. Vermont, and I accidentally pysically misclicked once even when I knew the answer.) FWIW the only ones I have visited are Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii plus airports in California and Texas.

[@Poppamunz]

I'm from New Jersey. I got 49/50 on the "name all the states" one (I was in the middle of typing Minnesota before the timer went off), and I got 71% on the "place them on a map" one.

[@MusikCassette]

Tipp for memorizing the positions of US states: start with the chef. From Minnesota as the hat to Louisiana as his boots.

[@mattb4721]

I am German and I got 49 out of 50 in the Sporcle quiz. I forgot Indiana existed. And I also misplaced Missouri and Wisconsin somewhat.

[@jpaugh64]

Well done! I was happy that you remembered West Virginia easily in the first test; then, I remembered that you've been to Greenbank.

[@mich8050]

Try English counties Matt, it's way harder than US states

[@jackielinde7568]

"I think Arizona is one of the hot ones." Matt, as someone who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, you have no idea how much of an understatement that statement is.

[@westcheap]

0:50 New Yop?

[@gideon7212]

As an american(t), I cringed at you nearly missing Virginia after nailing west Virginia, wrongly hitting north Dakota and Kentucky like 5 times, and had a laugh at Pennsylvania vs pillidelphia. Also, no, we dont have to memorize all of them, though you will be expected to know vaguely where on a map they are. Not bad for someone in the UK, though a good hint for the future is any state with confederate symbols in their flag is in the south-east (bottom right) part of the US, because even though the traitors lost the war 150 years ago they won't let it go.

[@fullnuclearbreakfast]

Funny how bitter you sound lmao

[@gideon7212]

@@fullnuclearbreakfast All that being said, matt did pretty well and I thoroughly enjoyed the video

[@Joemama555]

holy sharp focus!!!! nice camera!

[@Tabbasco2012]

As soon as you said Washington and didn't say Oregon right after, I knew Oregon was going missed

[@tylerkelley2881]

As an American from Ohio, I always find it strange that people from outside the US know literally anything about Ohio. We have nothing here

[@NinjaNJH]

MN, USA --- I watched the other two together and took all three quizzes. Did terrible on world, ok on europe, and I forgot delware existed [AND COULDN'T SPELL PENSILVANIA CONNETICUT OR MASSETCHUSETTS]

[@goldstargloww]

im from massachussets and was honestly pretty surprised at how late you guessed it considering how much it ties into the uk's history lol

[@TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

I did this one the other day.. Got all 50 with about 40s to spare. The US State Capitols one is rock hard. I'm british but I grew up in the USA. :D

[@tomrogue13]

If I had the spell them, I'd do very terribly

[@TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

@@tomrogue13 There's mnemonics for Massachusetts and Mississippi; those are the only truly tricky ones i think..

[@PMickeyDee]

4:15 😂 Louisiana, yes we're right of Texas and we have Mardi gras, it ain't just NOLA. We close school for it and every thing

[@Huntracony]

From the Netherlands, did this a while back and I got like 40-50%. But funnily enough I got a fair few of the ones you didn't get. I struggled most with the square states in the middle and the small states in the north east.

[@AnonYmous-rw6un]

I'm from the UK and got them all right on both quizzes, but I've lived the USA for 14 years, which is a very slow way of cheating. Would have done OK naming before I moved here, but not done so well on where the states are.

[@ClaireMooreSteel]

5:40 I think you’ve won Blockbusters at least.

[@singerofsongss]

I would have done very well at this one, but that's because I was tested on it in school nearly every year. I used to know all the capital cities as well, but that knowledge has escaped me!

[@CarolineFarrow]

I'm from the US and have been to over half the states so I got them all right (it's capitals I always forget) If they have one for UK counties I should try that, I think I can get all of England and Wales, but not all of Scotland or N Ireland.

[@Cillana]

Since I'm American and I'm pretty sure I could ace those tests (other than possibly mixing up the placement of Colorado vs Wyoming and New Hampshire vs Vermont) I decided to try to name and place the Canadian provinces and territories. I got 69% on naming them. I'm doing this on my phone so auto complete took care of spelling Saskatchewan for me. And I got 65% on placing them. I think that's pretty impressive considering I've never driven further north than Arkansas. I've gone as far north as Michigan but I was too young to read the map at that time.

[@benparker1822]

When you don't know American History, it's easy to forget how linked the colonies were to Europe, especially England. A lot of East Coast states have their names from Kings and Queens, as well as English places.

[@magical_catgirl]

(AU) I can name the US states without issue (spelling some of them correctly is another matter). Placing them as well... I often have problems with the states along southern parts of the Mississippi River. Helps that I've visited 28 of them.

[@IceMaverick1986]

You did really awesome! :) In my opinion.

[@eveningdreamermusic]

Nice! Do english counties or whatever they're called next?

[@Huntracony]

As a Dutch person I'd recognize many of the names because of Crusader Kings, but I definitely can't actively recall or place them.

[@KingTaltia]

"Forced to learn" is a good descriptor. And "forced to learn" is not a good way to make one "remember". as for me I could barely name all 50 states, much less place them.

[@meio_feio]

You did very well. I've lived in the US for eight years and can name all the states. I've met Americans who didn't know Wyoming or Nebraska exist

[@route2070]

Don't worry, lived in the US all my life, minus a couple of vacations. When I told people I was going to go to school in Nebraska (not the main Universities) they didn't know where Nebraska was either.

[@andrewb3122]

2:16 I was just sitting there running the fifty states song in my head that we all learned (at least in Washington) in fourth grade.

[@johngaskell1467]

Ask an American to do the counties of England . Years back 60% of Americans thought that the Beatles were American . So as far as I am concerned you were brilliant .