LMAO, you guys crack me up. There are guns in every state in America. Our Constitution is the same no matter where you live, it guarantees the right to bear arms.
LOL, in the US you have to have 69, below 69 is a fail. They've recently changed the grade scales in the schools to make it easier but I am not sure what number you have to have now:) In the US grades below "B" are not considered good, especially in college and Uni. Look at these two scales. The one on the left is a 10 point scale and that is the scale Uni's use. The one on the right is a 7 point, that is the one high schools and below use. 3.bp.blogspot.com/-KTF0kNEiaMw/VLAJWSla6BI/AAAAAAAAEMM/UuYpHo33r4o/s1600/grading%2Bscale.jpg Great job though guys, think about it, you are British so you don't know all those things. I think you done ok for not being American.
Puerto rico is a province not a state so it's basically like how the British virgin islands are technically under the control of Great Britain and therefore British citizens but they arent Great Britain
@@richardgrace4500 Technically Puerto Rico isn't a province. We call it a territory and it is actually considered part of the U.S. Not all, but many states started off as territories of the U.S. and were later granted state status.
@William Howard 99% of crimes are committed with *illegal* guns. In fact most large cities like NY, LA, and Chicago make it near impossible to own a gun, yet they still lead the nation in gun crimes.
@@timtebow2444 yes lol. I live in Massachusetts and everytime I bring up to ANYONE that I'd like to move to Texas one day, maybe after my youngest son goes to college, they react with something pretty damn to similar to: " Oh my God!! No not Texas! There's so many people walking around with guns in Texas. Even the grocery baggers have guns." 😂 I got this reaction twice from 2 different people: "Why are you obsessed with guns? Do you have a permit?" Like what? Texas is beautiful, I love it. But everyone else knows Texas for it's size, guns and rodeos.
Puerto Rico is a territory not a state, so that question was sort of trying to trick ppl I guess. The fact that they put Canada as an option is hilarious tho.
Well in at least NYC guys are illegal for the civilians so even though they should have them because of the second amendment they don't. And I would guess it's the same for Washington dc and California
@@danielleclark4756 for my school it is for some reason even tho it is literally not a passing score a 60 is enough for 8th grade but not any higher than that so if someone has a 60% they can go to 9th even tho a 60% on an assignment is considered failing
I was in Britain for a semester abroad and the grading system nearly gave me a heart attack several times lol. An A in Britain is like 70-100%. I think a B is 55-70? I don’t remember now exactly how it worked but it was way different (if any British people see this, could you please double check my memory on the grading scale?!) But with that scale, it’s SUPER difficult to get higher than an 85 on anything because it’s just graded so differently
Our entire final grade is made up of our final test so the grades are pretty relaxed but a good pass if >60% . To stay in my school for my final 2 years I had to get an average of 60% or higher in my GCSE’s when I was 16
Peppa pig so I’m guessing you know every countries’ history. How do you expect them to know our history when they’re from another country? Heck, I’m so surprised they know a lot of stuff, I’ll be honest and say I don’t know much of their history.
DTSuga BTSismylifeu I’m not talking about history, I’m talking about common sense Puerto Rico is in North America(The Caribbean) and I don’t really care if they don't know American History cuz they have they own and America is not that important
Peppa pig bro Puerto Rico isn’t even that big, how do you expect them to even know where it is? Can you point out every single state or country in Europe? Cause I’m sure you can’t
Austin Martín Hernández it’s funny too because if America didn’t have guns we wouldn’t have been able to fight off a tyrannical government and become our own country. Sone people are so dumb and need to take American history 101
sorry dishwasher something else interesting to add is that another very powerful country, Switzerland, is one of the only countries in Europe where citizens can own pistols. There’s a reason they were able to remain neutral in WW2.
And when a decent female runs fir president, she will be voted in. But we have to find a centrist one first, instead of the extremist that are running.
Stabby the unicorn I know! And I’m here in Texas looking back at my shotgun by the front door. Like hey I’m offended! We aren’t shooting people all willie nilly ,I’m a responsible gun owner! And we ain’t the only ones who carry guns!!!
How to annoy a Texan: "Did you know that Texas is the 2nd biggest state in the Union, but if they divided Alaska exactly in half, both new states would still be bigger than Texas.? :P
@DaSmashFTW Actually it was after the war. It was set as the temporary capitol while Washington DC was being built. www.history.com/news/8-forgotten-capitals-of-the-united-states
I should actually correct myself as I read the details of all the history. The confusing part is that Philadelphia was home of the Continental Congress for most of the war, and therefore one could argue that made it the capitol. That's probably why there's some debate on this even today. If argued that there was no capitol during the war, then NYC is the obvious first capitol city. Being a west coaster myself, I have no preference, but it seems fair to me to say Philadelphia was the first capitol, even before it was officially made the temporary capitol.
damien Smith in Britain we learn British history so, unless we have been taught by someone or on a tv programme we wouldn’t know. Who was the very first British Prime Minister? Without looking it up! LOL ;D
The question about laws being different in every state is a bit deceptive. Yes, there are plenty of laws that differ depending on what state you’re in, but there are also federal laws that apply nationwide.
The reason why it's named Pennsylvania Ave. is because ths U.S. constitution was signed there, and it used to be the capital way way back. Lots of important things happened there.
The reason it's named Pennsylvania Ave. is because in Washington DC, there are streets named after EVERY state. The White House just happens to sit on Penn. Ave.
I can understand not knowing most of these. But the American Revolution is a major event in your country's history, as well. I know the major players on your side, you really should know that our George defeated your George.
Catbytes Nd I’m british but have lived in both the uk and us, and so have gone to school and taken exams in both countries. From this I think I can say I have pretty good knowledge about both education systems and can judge which is ‘harder’. For example, I know a lot of us tests like the sat feature a lot of multiple choice questions, whereas public exams like gcses and a-levels in the uk have almost no multiple choice, instead being almost all essay questions. So, although you need a higher percentage to get a better grade in the us than in the uk, it’s a lot harder to get a higher percentage here. Also, grade boundaries change every year in the uk depending on how well the nation has done, so 56% can also easily be a fail it really just depends on the subject and how hard the paper was that year.
Juliet Barnard So there’s a general curve and you’re judged/graded in relation to your classmates opposed to being graded individually? In America that’s illegal, at least at the collegiate level, but we also happened to follow it in K-12. Also, I wasn’t really regarding standardized testing like the ACT and SAT, because views of standardized tests are debatable. I got into college because of my involvement and my grades in school, not the results on my test and for the most part, standardized tests just help you get more scholarships and placement into more selective schools. College here and for my field is mostly extensive research and writing and that’s not tested in multiple choice tests like you stated. Nevertheless, all multiple choice exams are much harder than essay exams, because there has to be a graded for essays whereas there doesn’t have to be for MC. There is a definite answer in MC, but the leniency of a grader reading an essay is a bit different. Nevertheless, the main reaches of my comment was, that statistically speaking, a 56% is awful, regardless of the context. Less than 80% is awful academically in my opinion as well and statistically speaking, it’s not really relevant unless it’s 95% but that’d be a bit overboard of an expectation.
William Horn you are still graded individually, in which the marker individually looks at your paper and decides your percentage. once everyone’s percentages have been decided they then look at the range nationally to see how well everyone has done to decide grade boundaries (what percentage will get you what grade). In the uk the system is much different in which your final grade matters only what you do in a few set of exams and it is very mentally challenging, with 15-16 years old being made to take 25+ exams over a month period, each around 2 hours long. By essay based i also meant longer questions, not entire essays (so for example you won’t often get a question with less than 3 marks) so they’re not subjective as the mark scheme gives specific facts that you must include, the harder part is that you have nothing to go off of unlike with mc. The only subjects which are subjective is English really. I only brought up standardised tests as those are the only national ones you have so it was a good comparison to gcses and a levels, which are our nationwide exams. However, again, considering I have lived and gone to school in the us, I understand how testing within school works and I do still feel those tests are easier than those we do here, which always follow the structure of our nationwide tests. I was also referring to school not university as I’m still in school so I don’t really know how university works but I think the uni work is similar in both the us and uk. I don’t like our education system in the uk as I feel that basing someone’s academic career and capability off of a few exams is completely unrealistic and I much prefer the american system. I also believe that the government should make our education system easier as 56% should not have to be a good grade. However, although 56% is horrible for you and does not look like a good grade, before you imply that my country is ‘dumb’ as we can sometimes get into uni with a grade like that, you should come and actually try our exams and endure the mental strain that we face in our intense month of exams. Every education system is different and as I said before, 56% is much easier to obtain in the us that in the uk because of that very reason. I’d also just like to add that in no way is 56% an A or A*. To get a 9 at gcses (A**), which is the highest grade, you often have to get around a 95%. 56% is usually the grade of a pass, which at gcse is a 4 (C).
I thought the English were supposed to be a lot smarter than us. There Associate's degrees are one year long. Their bachelor degrees are 3 years long. The master's program is one year. And apparently a 55 It's a passing grade. I think that might be a misconception, LOL.
@@tiajackson1590 Difficulty is subjective. Americans also tend to learn the subjects at a different pace and level to Brits (i.e. a certain concept may come up at a different time.) I'm sure some Brits are working on more difficult English than I am, while I may be working on harder math them them (just examples.)
Matthew Williams believe it or not but I remember seeing a post somewhere for their grades and an A is like 80-100 b is 60-80 and a c is 40-60 I think it’s something like that maybe not exactly like it
They mentioned vids of selves shooting in Texas (funny in a smh way) but it was only Austin and a bus ride (funny in every way) to San Antonio's River Walk, the Alamo, and the rodeo grounds (a week before the rodeo). Texas Series are all rich
My feeling too! Start with South Carolina then Tennessee, then go out to the heartland. Visit, Kansas then maybe Utah. Their minds will be blown away by how diverse this country is. So far, they have visited all the predictable tourist places. Florida?, really!
@@richardcarson7094 Lia hasn't been to Florida, only Joel. His parents have a second home there, so he goes and spends time with them and sometimes his brothers while he is there. Also, nothing wrong with visiting Florida.
i love how they try and come up with british explanations for everything bc they literally said oh cuz there is guns in texas like there is literally guns everywhere but he was riding in a parade
Having grown up in Alaska, it always pisses off the Texans when they find they aren't first. Alaska is not only the biggest state, it is also the most northern, western, and eastern as it crosses the international date line.
Texan here- Glad to see how well you guys did! But yeah, there's a lot of things on that test that are just a bit of logic, like the population question. The majority of the population is on either side of the coasts because... Well, they're the coasts! Shipping traffic makes them ideal for larger cities. There *are* big cities in between the coasts, situated on rivers, they're just spread out because the Mississippi is a HUGE river that splits into many branches. I resent the bit about guns, though! Specifically that he was shot in Dallas *because we have them* :P But that's neither here nor there. Pennsylvania is a state, one of the first colonies in fact, not sure why it was designated as the street that the White House would be on, though! I only know that it's the street because of our 'letters to the president' as kids in kindergarten. Also if you've heard of Mount McKinley it's probably because it's named after President McKinley. The picture of Jimmy Carter is after his presidency. Alaska is definitely bigger than Texas! It's actually a HUGE state. Texas is the second largest state, and is the largest *contiguous* State. Manhattan was bought by the Dutch (Netherlands) and was then given over to the USA after some exchange. The history is a bit vague to me. There's different ways you can remember that though because there are some old Dutch parts of New York. The Trinity Church I think is one example. Wall Street as well I think harkens back to the dutch. Also Passing in USA is 70% :v We have *Standards*... At least that's what it is in Texas.
"Also if you've heard of Mount McKinley it's probably because it's named after President McKinley." It was named for him, but the name was changed to reflect one of the local variations on what local indigenous people called it: "Denali."
What?.. I bet ya Americans would make less than 60% if we were to take a test about their. I know I would, I know nothing about Great Britain History, never learned. I was forced to learn about American History. Lol.
burdrchitect 1 thats not the point bud hahaha we are (well i am in particular) shocked that British grading system lets you pass at the half way mark.. 0%- 59% is equivalent to the lowest grade: F, and them the next 10% is D and then C and then B and then A. Like we need 70% to be considered passing and its not even satisfactory really... its just insane how people think we are stupid and y’all are “brilliant” when our differing standards probably play a mayor roll. Thats wildddddddddd. My mayor requires a minimum of 80% to pass!
burdrchitect 1 personally... i suck at history period and would’ve probably gotten the same grade as them 😂 if i took a history quiz for another country and got ONE right... i’d be impressed 😂
@@karilissanchez3843 I probably would've gotten a zero. Lol. History in America is weird. I grew up learning American History, along with the state history. So, when I move out of state for school, I had to take that states history in order to graduate. Anyway, I think they did well with American History, but i know I'd fail, because I know nothing about their history over there.
Abraham Lincoln is arguably the most famous, most studied, and most highly revered President (and, in his day, probably the most controversial), but not the first. His administration took place during the Civil War, in the 1860s. Lincoln held the union together, and the events of his time brought an end to slavery, among other things. The given name "Lincoln" is almost always a reference to him; it is particularly popular among African Americans, because of the association with the Civil War and the end of slavery. Many American cities have streets named after various states. Also Presidents, kinds of trees, surnames of local families, other nearby cities, and ordinal numbers. Almost every city has a Washington Street, because it's both a state AND a President. The river question is tricky, because the Missouri is actually longer than the upper Mississippi (i.e., from its headwaters down to where the Missouri joins it), so the longest continuous river from headwater to mouth irrespective of name changes, includes the entire Missouri and the lower Mississippi. There are legal limits on how young the President is permitted to be. (There's nothing about gender, though. If a woman can meet the other requirements and get enough electoral votes, she's in.) The youngest Presidents so far have been Teddy Roosevelt (42), and Kennedy (43). I think the legal minimum age is 35. Joel is ineligible to run for three distinct reasons: he's not old enough, not a natural born citizen, and has not lived in America for the last few years. In terms of land area, Alaska is larger than Texas and France added together. It's not quite as large as the Mercator projection makes it look, but it's large enough. Manhattan is in New York, which was originally called New Amsterdam, because it was a Dutch settlement, yes. England got it from the Dutch, renamed it New York, and then eventually lost it because of some weird little insurrection or something. Nothing is in Wyoming. Literally nothing. South Dakota also has the Badlands, I think. And Nevada does have some rather considerable mountains. Lowest passing grade varies depending on grading scale, but it's usually somewhere in the range of 60-70%.
To add on to your info on American street names, in D.C specifically it's set up as a grid with number and letter streets and then all the diagonal streets are named after each state
Joel: “Is that the most famous thing in South Dakota?” Me: “It’s the only thing in South Dakota.” Edit (11/02/20): I should probably add that I was joking, I don’t actually believe that there isn’t anything in SD.
I live in South Dakota and Mt Rushmore is a famous landmark. I live on the east side or better know as East River and Mt Rushmore is west river near Rapid City. It’s 6 hours away!! Our whole state population is just under 900,000. Not much to see in the middle of the state!!
Americans think Brits are smarter because of the accent. Send us any dumb jerk with a posh accent and we think he's a professor or something. Meanwhile, those of us who aren't southern would think a genius with an Alabama accent was a moron.
Abaddon our first Ivy League college, and first college, is Harvard University established in 1636. The University of Oxford in England is actually the second oldest and second longest running universities in the world. The oldest is in Morocco. There was an established educational system in Europe before settlers came to North America. Also, the first colleges in the US were for the elite and ruling class causing a large disparity between the number of educated and uneducated people. There is also the fact that the public education system in America is fairly subpar when compared to those of other progressive nations. We don’t tend to rank well on global lists.
The middle of the country has some big cities like Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Detroit, and others...but A LOT of the middle of the country is farm land...MASSIVE farms that go on for miles and miles.
Alaska, our 49th state in the union, is utterly MAJESTIC! It is absolutely worth visiting, at least once in your lifetime; especially during Aurora Borealis.
A TL/DR warning to those of you who care about such things. I live in NYState and I would just like to add that you don't have to be in Alaska to have ice and frost form in your house, nor to find an aurora borealis outside of it. As well, Harriet the One Eyed Cat, if your cousin lived in North Pole, Alaska, that would just be a 'place name' and not the geographic entity of the 'North Pole', as the world would otherwise know it. It just doesn't exist in Alaska, in that geographic sense. Nothing against Alaska, far from it. I've never been there but by everything that I have heard from friends and seen in books and TV, it is a wonderful place, with plenty of aurora borealis and indoor frost. It is the largest State in the Union and you can fit two of Texas in it, yet it is nearly at the bottom, at well under 1 million in populace. Until 1867 or so, it was a Russian Territory, until we bought it from them, in what at the time was considered 'Seward's Folly', aka, the Alaskan Purchase, that you can you Wiki yourself, but Seward was an interesting cat. He was the Secretary of State at the time of Lincoln's assassination and on that very night, he had his throat slit (and then some) by the same conspirators, as he lay in bed, but he somehow survived it, to accomplish the Folly a few years later. Not such a folly after all, was it? Obviously Alaska is our northern most state and as well as our western most, even more western than Hawaii, when you consider the Aleutian Islands, which is an archipelago spitting off the southwest edge of Alaska. All but the last few islands of which are in Alaska, with those last few remaining still in Russian hands and as well, disputed by them and the Japanese, but that's not our battle. So, the border between the USA and Russia, or whatever they call themselves nowadays, is a matter of if not feet, just a few short miles, rather than as most people would think of it. As well, by that, parts of the USA (of the Aleutian Islands) are south and west of mainland Russia, which most people wouldn't consider true as well. During WWII, the only actual land invasion of Japanese forces, land, sea and air, on the USA mainland, occurred at these western most Aleutian Islands. It was meant as a diversionary tactic during the battle for Midway, not that we or our allies were much distracted by it. It wasn't painless, as it's still war after all, but it was quelled rather quickly and apparently didn't influence the battle for Midway at all, or so I've been told. So, Alaska is not only our largest, most northern and most western State, but it is also our most eastern State, as the tip of those Aleutian Islands extends beyond 180 degrees West latitude, from Greenwich England, or where ever the mark is nowadays, meaning GMT, or Greenwich Mean Time, by which most of the world operates, but thus officially occurs the difference of when west becomes east and yesterday becomes tomorrow. Why it all revolves around Greenwich England, or why the likes of this happens at all, you will have to ask a higher god, but in theory, you can be standing at one point in the USA today, in the west and take a step over and suddenly be in tomorrow, in the east and vice versa. Wouldn't that be a hoot, to have a few beers and try to remember what day and direction you are at/in, at any one time, step by step. That's all that I have to say about Alaska. Before you go trying to drink your way free thru the bars from Bangor, Maine to LA, based on this trivia, check your facts. This is all stuff that I learnt decades ago, so I don't know if it all still holds true, but I would suppose it does.
9:58 It is actually a common misconception that the Mississippi is the longest river. The Missouri River is actually the longest, stretching around 100 miles (160 km) more than the Mississippi.
I was 15 yo when Kennedy was shot in Dallas. The fact that he was in Texas had nothing to do with him being shot, there are guns in every state. Most people are responsible gun owners and use them correctly. That question is wrong. The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. It's 2,540 miles. Mississippi River is 2,348 miles During the Obama Administration the name of Mt. McKinley was changed to Denali. It is the original name given by the Native Americans centuries ago. President McKinley never visited Alaska and never saw Denali.
The reason behind changing the name of the mountain is a bit dumb, but it's Obama, so everything has to be be anti-white man and anti-colonization rofl.
@@Mr_Momus UM NO !!! Look it up on the freakin' INTERNET.....Geographic size area in square miles, Montana:147040, Texas:268597. Do I have to do ALL your homework and reality checks for you or can you put on your big boy pants and do some of your own research from now on?
And the presidents are never female because they are elected by their merit and policy rather than gender. No one here is against a president because she’s a woman, the problem is all the female candidates are jokes.
No we don't. Just cuz ur uncomfortable doesnt mean that law abiding people shouldn't have them. U dont like them than dont go around them. Simple as that. Thats like saying I dont like fast food. We should outlaw them!! The 2nd amendment is our se ond greatest right next to free speech!!!
I dont think its barbaric at all. The whole reason we have the 2nd amendment is fight against a tyrannical government. Which is almost what we have now. As far as people not following the gun laws we have... Especially criminals. If guns were banned they wouldnt simply "the criminals" say well their banned I guess no more guns. Look at Chicago. Guns were banned their. Yet has the highest gun crime in the nation. Imagine how much worse it would be if law aboding citizens didnt have guns. America would cruelly be a dangerous place. Our fore fathers knew the importance of keeping and baring arms and having a well regulated militia "gun owners". Strickter gun laws or banong guns aren't going to change a thing. Gun violence is actually rather low in this country when compared to other types of crimes.
Maybe where you all live, but I live in Columbus, Ohio and I have NEVER seen or heard of someone walking around freely with a gun in their pocket (Without Being Arrested) So please don't say that about all of us! But I don't like that in many places, there are guns everywhere (Not Just The US Either lmao) And I hope we can be more wary of others! Sorry for the rant lmao but yes I agree with the guns need to be taken care of comment, just not the "Everywhere" part!
I laughed so hard when you said “of course Kennedy got shot it Texas”, bc the other places don’t have guns. Criminals don’t obey the law...criminals have guns even in places where it’s illegal.
😂 The answers were in the pictures through the whole quiz. Y’all just haven’t looked at our money very close. George Washington is on the one dollar bill.
I caught that you said you “revise” for exams. We’d never say that. We say study. Also, Puerto Rico is part of the US, but it’s not a state. It’s a US territory.
Joel thought it was part of Central or South America or whatever. Despite how Trump treats Puerto Rico, it’s a US territory and its people are US citizens. That’s important.
@@janetyoung6097 I would love it if Guam & Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico has voted on it, but it always fails because if they did they would have to pay income taxes) would become States. But only if the adopt English as a first language. Why English? So they can communicated with everyone else, the majority of people in the USA speak English.
Pop quiz is one without warning. Quizzes are shorter than tests. The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington DC has streets named after all of the original 13 states. That's why it's Pennsylvania Avenue
We would call a very short test a “quiz”. A “test” would be longer. And we’d probably call it an “exam” if it was super long. We’d still say mid-term (test) or final (exam) though. Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean. It’s a U.S Territory Our deserts are actually more on the west coast lol. The exact address of the White House is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And yes, you can write to the President. Don’t expect him to write back though! Lol. 56/100 is not a passing grade in America lol. 65 is usually the lowest passing grade!
Actually, the Great Plains was considered a DESERT, it was thought that nobody could live in the area except near the rivers as there were a lack of trees to build homes, barns, and cities, unlike East of the Mississippi where trees were abundant.
William Hale, Jr. true, but I said they’re more on the west coast, not all lol. And the Great Plains do encompass (mid) western states too! Plus, I’m from NYC so it’s all west to me anyway 😂
The Monument Valley one confused me for a second, as it is actually in two states and the picture they used (of the mittens) is actually on the Utah side.
Correct, if you type in Monument Valley, it is in Utah, it does cover both sides of Utah and Arizona, but it is mainly in UTAH. That is just one of MANY errors by these PROPROFS idiots who created the quiz!
@@AustinRasch-p2y OK! I thought the Missouri River was the longest also. So not only do they give pictures for the answers but they give some of the wrong answers. Find a new quiz.
@@JohnG500 I live in Alaska so it is kind of a big thing. I read somewhere that it used to be the job of some congressman in Ohio (home state of former President McKinley) to block all legislation attempting to rename it to Denali until Obama did it a few years ago. The natives have always called it Denali.
Yep - which is what I was shouting from sunny South London. And I duly apologise for the guys performance. But they did show an enthusiastic approach and a willingness not to be dragged down by their lack of knowledge.
Zevahc Gaming I visited Alaska in 2008 and the locals told us to call it Denali. They weren’t natives, but really had a lot of respect for them and the name they gave it. I was excited when Obama passed legislation to revert the name back to Denali
First thing that came to my mind when Joel said "They wouldn't have guns..." was 'if someone shoots and kills a President of the United States, I seriously doubt they are concerned about whether it is LEGAL to have a gun'. lol
I was thinking of the tan suit that Obama wore and how some people lost their minds. Imagine the outrage people would have over a President stepping in front of the podium rocking some sneakers (trainers)
American independence plays a very small part of British history. It was one event in a much greater struggle between what were then the world's two superpowers, France and Great Britain. It lasted for more than a century and encompassed Europe, India, the Far East, Africa, the Atlantic trade, the Caribbean and North America. In context, the colonies that rebelled were worth less than the Caribbean plantations. And campaigns !ed by Marlborough and Pitt were of greater import than the battles in North America. Apart from that British history has to cover pre-Roman, Roman, Middle Ages, Hundred Years War, Wars of the Roses, the breach with Rome, the Elizabethan period, the Civil Wars, the Glorious Revolution, the East India Company, etc before we even reach the time of American independence. Hence, there is little space for such things
@@robynhills7982 Oh dear. I cannot help your resentment against history. And since you ask - though it's irrelevant - almost nobody in Britain today has any living memory of the empire, let alone the earliest days of colonialism, and certainly couldn't care a less. What I was trying to do was to answer the questioner's confusion over how American independence is treated in the British school history curriculae. And the truth is that it is a relatively small event in a very busy chronicle. Even in the small locality I went to school in there were stone age hill settlements, a Roman port, palace and military road, Anglo-Saxon churches and field systems, a Norman castle, an Elizabethan school, remnants of the English Civil Wars, fortifications from the Napoleonic War etc, Kipling's house and the chapel of the last Governor of the North West Frontier. There's really quite a substantial span and there simply isn't enough classroom time to include absolutely everything
@@stuartc9149 fair enough, i got a little worked up, i'll delete the other comments. My point is that it was an important moment for the world, not neccesarily you, and you know Americans need to be recognized and get attention.
@@robynhills7982 Yes, I agree. But it became a defining moment because of what came later with the expansion and growth of the republic into a continental power. But, at the time, that was very far from clear - rather like the Louisiana Purchase or the acquisition of Alaska.
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LMAO, you guys crack me up. There are guns in every state in America. Our Constitution is the same no matter where you live, it guarantees the right to bear arms.
LOL, in the US you have to have 69, below 69 is a fail. They've recently changed the grade scales in the schools to make it easier but I am not sure what number you have to have now:) In the US grades below "B" are not considered good, especially in college and Uni.
Look at these two scales. The one on the left is a 10 point scale and that is the scale Uni's use. The one on the right is a 7 point, that is the one high schools and below use.
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Great job though guys, think about it, you are British so you don't know all those things. I think you done ok for not being American.
Puerto rico is a province not a state so it's basically like how the British virgin islands are technically under the control of Great Britain and therefore British citizens but they arent Great Britain
@@richardgrace4500 Technically Puerto Rico isn't a province. We call it a territory and it is actually considered part of the U.S. Not all, but many states started off as territories of the U.S. and were later granted state status.
“They wouldn’t have guns in New York. They have guns in Texas.”
Sir. Ma’am. _Have you ever seen the USA in your life?_
Awsamazing Eden have you ever seen the US in ur life?
I will subscribe for this. It's amazing!!!
Ikr? XD
@William Howard 99% of crimes are committed with *illegal* guns. In fact most large cities like NY, LA, and Chicago make it near impossible to own a gun, yet they still lead the nation in gun crimes.
They have guns in *literally every state* even though it may be really hard in the northern more populated areas
"They wouldnt have guns in New York or LA."
Street Gangs- Am I a joke to you?
Lol
As a guy from Dallas all I could think was “is guns the only thing you think we have here in Texas”
@@timtebow2444 yes lol. I live in Massachusetts and everytime I bring up to ANYONE that I'd like to move to Texas one day, maybe after my youngest son goes to college, they react with something pretty damn to similar to: " Oh my God!! No not Texas! There's so many people walking around with guns in Texas. Even the grocery baggers have guns." 😂 I got this reaction twice from 2 different people: "Why are you obsessed with guns? Do you have a permit?" Like what? Texas is beautiful, I love it. But everyone else knows Texas for it's size, guns and rodeos.
Raised in Texas. Let em keep thinking that, it’ll keep em out
They use knifes
“He would be at work not just parading around”
*JFK getting shot in a literal parade*
Sam Wiser lol that’s what I was thinking too! He actually died in a Parade 🤣
I hollered!
Same thoughts. This video is hilarious. I love them.
Sam Wiser 🤣
You win!
Puerto Rico is a territory not a state, so that question was sort of trying to trick ppl I guess. The fact that they put Canada as an option is hilarious tho.
Statehood, soon, we hope!
@@saavedra77 I concur. Ya'll shoulda been a state ages ago.
Is..... Canada...... REAL? JK
So funnyJOEL SAID. “He wouldn’t be parading in the street!” Exactly how JFK was killed!
And with the top down. (alas)
22 November 1963. I was 9 years old when it happened and living in Waco, Texas at the time. I remember it VERY well.
@@dogbarbill I was 4 and I remember it too. My earliest memory.
@@richardcarson7094 I was also 4 & I remember reactions of the people around me.
I think that quiz wasn't working correctly. They usually show you the picture after you answer the question.
Lia: "They don't have guns in New York, or California, or Washington DC."
2nd amendment: "Am I a joke to you?"
Sadly, the second amendment is a joke to many within and without America who think that they are unnecessary.
//laughs in US citizen who knows to much at the age of 12//
Well in at least NYC guys are illegal for the civilians so even though they should have them because of the second amendment they don't. And I would guess it's the same for Washington dc and California
@@shygalaxyyt2400 Exactly. The places with the most strict gun laws, tend to have the most gun crimes.
They will never take our guns
“56/100 Oh we passed... FAIL” oh ya we also have the thing where you don’t pass unless you get like a 70/100
I don’t get how you can pass knowing around half of the material
Just wondering how you would do if it was about the UK
@@dreadnort1 not good, and I can admit that. I literally don’t remember learning a thing about the UK in school
We expect people to actually be kinda smart.
This video made me so frustrated on their logic.
OnLy TeXaS hAs GuNs
Captain Plexiglass All the shooting that take place in states say otherwise.
For real and when its Americans not knowing something in history brits are always saying "americans are retarded" etc
They're not American. Give them a break!
@@Sometimes_Happiness its always the other way around, they dont get a break this time😂
“They wouldn’t have had guns in Washington” lmao
For extra credit, where were Lincoln and Garfield shot?
@@wwoods66 I was going to mention that too.
Lmaoooo, I'M DEAD!!!
@@wwoods66 Lincoln in the head and Garfield in the chest? :D
THEIR BRITISH
LOL THEY SAID “we passed “ ON A 56, YALL I WISH WE HAD THAT SCORING
Ikr like at my school a 65 is a fail
At my school a 40% is a pass
@@danielleclark4756 for my school it is for some reason even tho it is literally not a passing score a 60 is enough for 8th grade but not any higher than that so if someone has a 60% they can go to 9th even tho a 60% on an assignment is considered failing
I was in Britain for a semester abroad and the grading system nearly gave me a heart attack several times lol. An A in Britain is like 70-100%. I think a B is 55-70? I don’t remember now exactly how it worked but it was way different (if any British people see this, could you please double check my memory on the grading scale?!) But with that scale, it’s SUPER difficult to get higher than an 85 on anything because it’s just graded so differently
Our entire final grade is made up of our final test so the grades are pretty relaxed but a good pass if >60% . To stay in my school for my final 2 years I had to get an average of 60% or higher in my GCSE’s when I was 16
“Puerto Rico is in central America”. Me: *Cries in Puerto Rican*
Or possibly Spanish. Oh dear, how sad.
Oh my god... they kinda dumb
Peppa pig so I’m guessing you know every countries’ history. How do you expect them to know our history when they’re from another country? Heck, I’m so surprised they know a lot of stuff, I’ll be honest and say I don’t know much of their history.
DTSuga BTSismylifeu I’m not talking about history, I’m talking about common sense Puerto Rico is in North America(The Caribbean) and I don’t really care if they don't know American History cuz they have they own and America is not that important
Peppa pig bro Puerto Rico isn’t even that big, how do you expect them to even know where it is? Can you point out every single state or country in Europe? Cause I’m sure you can’t
One of the funniest comments I’ve ever heard about the US: “They wouldn’t have guns in (DC) or New York or LA.” 🤣 I lost it!
In a better world there wouldn’t be.
Fun fact, in a majority of the dc area, it’s illegal to fire a gun within (can’t remember how many miles) of a public building or neighborhood
I live in New York and I own a gun
Austin Martín Hernández it’s funny too because if America didn’t have guns we wouldn’t have been able to fight off a tyrannical government and become our own country. Sone people are so dumb and need to take American history 101
sorry dishwasher something else interesting to add is that another very powerful country, Switzerland, is one of the only countries in Europe where citizens can own pistols. There’s a reason they were able to remain neutral in WW2.
The reason most presidents are “old” is because the minimum age you have to be to run for president is 35
ZMC also that pic of carter was him right now,not when he was president.
we also prefer that the president be somewhat experienced
Are you saying 35 is old? I'm thinking you are under 25 (at least), possibly even under 20.
Mortimer Brewster he put old in quotation marks 🤦♂️
And when a decent female runs fir president, she will be voted in. But we have to find a centrist one first, instead of the extremist that are running.
“Why is every president an old man”
JFK: am I a joke to you
What about TR, W. Clinton, and Obama?
Teddy Roosevelt: ...
We want our country's representative to have experience in the nation.
Obama
@@AndreVeaseyJrYou dont need to be as old as dirt to have experience, JFK and TR for example
Joel: "He wouldn't be parading in the streets!"
Lee Harvey Oswald: "that's where your wrong, kiddo!"
Wesley Patterson I think you mean “George H W Bush”, and not lee Harvey Oswald.
Wesley Patterson CIA
*You're
Too soon
"They don't have guns in New York" looks out me window and hears 3 shots.
Umm yeah... I'm pretty sure we do.
Police have guns bro
Stabby the unicorn I know! And I’m here in Texas looking back at my shotgun by the front door. Like hey I’m offended! We aren’t shooting people all willie nilly ,I’m a responsible gun owner! And we ain’t the only ones who carry guns!!!
3 shoots? Where's the ladders?
Why would they not have guns back then at the White house. I'm sure the police had them.
How to annoy a Texan: "Did you know that Texas is the 2nd biggest state in the Union, but if they divided Alaska exactly in half, both new states would still be bigger than Texas.? :P
JohnE9999 “that’s not true! That’s impossible! Nooooooooo” -Luke skywalker
As a Texan, I don't think anyone would be annoyed by that.
@@anncokafor I 2nd this statement lol. I am definitely not annoyed. Facts are facts lol.
3rd'd
It doesn't bother most of us. We're the 2nd largest in BOTH area & population in the country that's 3rd in both. :-)
“Pennsylvania Avenue?! It’s not even in Pennsylvania!”
Liverpool Street’s not in Liverpool, is it? 😂
Its cause Pennsylvanian was the first capitol of the US
@DaSmashFTW Philadelphia was the first capitol, albeit temporary, from 1790-1800
@DaSmashFTW Actually it was after the war. It was set as the temporary capitol while Washington DC was being built. www.history.com/news/8-forgotten-capitals-of-the-united-states
I should actually correct myself as I read the details of all the history. The confusing part is that Philadelphia was home of the Continental Congress for most of the war, and therefore one could argue that made it the capitol. That's probably why there's some debate on this even today. If argued that there was no capitol during the war, then NYC is the obvious first capitol city. Being a west coaster myself, I have no preference, but it seems fair to me to say Philadelphia was the first capitol, even before it was officially made the temporary capitol.
@@mikev.6705 Wrong NYC was just look it up guys lol
“Is it just dead in the center?” As a Midwesterner....... yes.
HEY! Some of us live their and yeah it really is dead space
It's not dead in Minneapolis
It kinda sucks unless you happen to live in a big city
I live in Springfield Illinois lol
As an oklahoman the only places that arent dead space is Oklahoma city and Tulsa. Everything else is suburbs or rural areas.
"They wouldn't have had guns in Washington"
Oh, honey, there's guns everywhere xD
I said this exactly😂
Yup
Actually, guns aren't allowed in D.C. anymore
@@cadenfinch4813 Oh, wow, I didn't know that- thanks!
You guys realize that Washington state is different from Washington DC
Most non-Americans don’t
why would they?
I can't believe they picked Lincoln as the first president. Interesting!
damien Smith in Britain we learn British history so, unless we have been taught by someone or on a tv programme we wouldn’t know. Who was the very first British Prime Minister? Without looking it up! LOL ;D
Fr Washington (State) (Northwest) Washington D.C (Northeast )
8:56 “It’s not Pennsylvania Avenue” I cackled so hard bc some Americans don’t even know this either...
What street is it on? I look at Google Maps and it says to go to Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
@@taylorread2407 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
I'm Canadian and I know this
Lmao good thing I’m one of the only Americans that know it’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 😭
So true
The biggest state is______ Them: “Texas” Me: “It literally says Alaska at the top!”
Ty Howard Alaska is bigger than Texas?!?!
@@maddiecarter8222 yes
Sincerely, someone from Texas.
"They wouldn't have guns in New York." Ohhh boy...
@Austin Martín Hernández incorrect. you apply for a permit to keep one in the house or a conceal carry. we just got approved for ours.
@@Minyadagniriel Good on you man, that's actually really sick!
@Austin Martín Hernández bruh, you are actually dumb.
@@Minyadagniriel conceal carry will not happen in the north
The best you'll get is a .22 LR
Anyone in NYS can get a pistol permit following a background check. NYC......Exceptionally difficult unless needed for work.
"that would be a pass here"
me: gets a 65% in math you are FAILING
Well at my high school, a 69% was failing
@@kittykister7027 nice.
Where I go to school that’s a d but really close to an f
The question about laws being different in every state is a bit deceptive. Yes, there are plenty of laws that differ depending on what state you’re in, but there are also federal laws that apply nationwide.
@Roger Dodger Not exactly, federal laws are the same throughout the country but states have the ability to make their own laws.
Roger Dodger I was just saying that state laws are different. Although some laws are the same such as federally enforced laws
"different in every state" ????
lol we can have federal laws AND state laws
There are also completely separate laws in Native American reservations
"they have guns in texas" Guys we have guns everywhere its just that in Texas guns laws are extremely lenient
hell there are 20 other states that have laws just as or even more lenient gun laws than texas
We’re also talking about the 60’s so gun laws were lenient everywhere unlike today ahaha
The biggest state is
*shows a picture that actually says alaska*
"Texas!"
"I feel like it's either Texas or California"
FGIALC Gorge To be fair, California is the biggest state by population. The question was ambiguous.
@@Egilhelmson kinda.. it said largest state and to their credit they got two of the biggest
@@Egilhelmson didn't say the most populated state that said the largest state and there was a picture of Alaska.
Actually the largest state in the continental US is Texas the largest state for land mass is Alaska
Yeah..
"No mountians in Nevada"
Nevada: "most mountainous state in the union."
Cries in Colorado
*Cries in West Virginian*
Cries in Utahn
Michael C. Sorry, Alaska has ya beat there.
Hardly. I think my state (Colorado) is by far the most mountainous state in the US.
Oh Jimmy Carter is still alive and building houses for the poor. He was our most kind and sweet president for sure. He is well loved!
Kindest and sweetest
The reason why it's named Pennsylvania Ave. is because ths U.S. constitution was signed there, and it used to be the capital way way back. Lots of important things happened there.
The reason it's named Pennsylvania Ave. is because in Washington DC, there are streets named after EVERY state. The White House just happens to sit on Penn. Ave.
TPRQ Jacques It was on purpose. It didnt just end up that way.
@@acidswar Possibly. That theory has not been categorically documented. :)
Philadelphia was also the first capital of the country so it’s a nod to that as well
@@Mej111 I listed that in the reasons
I can understand not knowing most of these. But the American Revolution is a major event in your country's history, as well. I know the major players on your side, you really should know that our George defeated your George.
Not taught it. Government only teaches victorious British history
That's what I have been saying.
@@saffronia2992 Then you should complain and raise a ruckus. You deserve to know ALL of your nation's history.
@@danmauller4069 Right? Like how we never get to hear about the vietnam war in high school.
@@lasagnasux4934 Well, we did in my high school. Only a few years after the fall of Saigon.
“does south dakota have anything else?” nope. no it doesn’t.
Ha south Dakota doesn't exist.
It's simply beautiful!
Is the middle just desert. The funniest thing I've ever heard.
aka the “fly over states”
Lol it’s the total opposite. It’s farm land
The middle is just flat grassland or woods. The desert is in the south west. South East is mostly swampy land.
Middle are the plains and farm/grasslands desserts are in south states such as New Mexico and Arizona
No, in the "... middle ..."/ midwest there are lots of farms and subsequently less people comparatively.
If a 56% genuinely “can get you into university” then Jesus I would be the new Enstein over there lmao
William Horn I could barely go to college with b’s
William Horn our exams in the uk are a lot harder than those in the us so getting a 56% is much harder over here
Catbytes Nd I’m british but have lived in both the uk and us, and so have gone to school and taken exams in both countries. From this I think I can say I have pretty good knowledge about both education systems and can judge which is ‘harder’. For example, I know a lot of us tests like the sat feature a lot of multiple choice questions, whereas public exams like gcses and a-levels in the uk have almost no multiple choice, instead being almost all essay questions. So, although you need a higher percentage to get a better grade in the us than in the uk, it’s a lot harder to get a higher percentage here. Also, grade boundaries change every year in the uk depending on how well the nation has done, so 56% can also easily be a fail it really just depends on the subject and how hard the paper was that year.
Juliet Barnard So there’s a general curve and you’re judged/graded in relation to your classmates opposed to being graded individually? In America that’s illegal, at least at the collegiate level, but we also happened to follow it in K-12. Also, I wasn’t really regarding standardized testing like the ACT and SAT, because views of standardized tests are debatable. I got into college because of my involvement and my grades in school, not the results on my test and for the most part, standardized tests just help you get more scholarships and placement into more selective schools. College here and for my field is mostly extensive research and writing and that’s not tested in multiple choice tests like you stated. Nevertheless, all multiple choice exams are much harder than essay exams, because there has to be a graded for essays whereas there doesn’t have to be for MC. There is a definite answer in MC, but the leniency of a grader reading an essay is a bit different. Nevertheless, the main reaches of my comment was, that statistically speaking, a 56% is awful, regardless of the context. Less than 80% is awful academically in my opinion as well and statistically speaking, it’s not really relevant unless it’s 95% but that’d be a bit overboard of an expectation.
William Horn you are still graded individually, in which the marker individually looks at your paper and decides your percentage. once everyone’s percentages have been decided they then look at the range nationally to see how well everyone has done to decide grade boundaries (what percentage will get you what grade). In the uk the system is much different in which your final grade matters only what you do in a few set of exams and it is very mentally challenging, with 15-16 years old being made to take 25+ exams over a month period, each around 2 hours long. By essay based i also meant longer questions, not entire essays (so for example you won’t often get a question with less than 3 marks) so they’re not subjective as the mark scheme gives specific facts that you must include, the harder part is that you have nothing to go off of unlike with mc. The only subjects which are subjective is English really. I only brought up standardised tests as those are the only national ones you have so it was a good comparison to gcses and a levels, which are our nationwide exams. However, again, considering I have lived and gone to school in the us, I understand how testing within school works and I do still feel those tests are easier than those we do here, which always follow the structure of our nationwide tests. I was also referring to school not university as I’m still in school so I don’t really know how university works but I think the uni work is similar in both the us and uk. I don’t like our education system in the uk as I feel that basing someone’s academic career and capability off of a few exams is completely unrealistic and I much prefer the american system. I also believe that the government should make our education system easier as 56% should not have to be a good grade. However, although 56% is horrible for you and does not look like a good grade, before you imply that my country is ‘dumb’ as we can sometimes get into uni with a grade like that, you should come and actually try our exams and endure the mental strain that we face in our intense month of exams. Every education system is different and as I said before, 56% is much easier to obtain in the us that in the uk because of that very reason. I’d also just like to add that in no way is 56% an A or A*. To get a 9 at gcses (A**), which is the highest grade, you often have to get around a 95%. 56% is usually the grade of a pass, which at gcse is a 4 (C).
Lia: you could go to university with [a 55/100] in Britain
Me: *laughs in American 89.4*
I thought the English were supposed to be a lot smarter than us. There Associate's degrees are one year long. Their bachelor degrees are 3 years long. The master's program is one year. And apparently a 55 It's a passing grade. I think that might be a misconception, LOL.
Matthew Williams Same; my beliefs applied to all Europeans, actually. But then when I saw their working hours and degree requirements, I re-evaluated.
They have a lower pass rate because their exams are harder
@@tiajackson1590 Difficulty is subjective. Americans also tend to learn the subjects at a different pace and level to Brits (i.e. a certain concept may come up at a different time.) I'm sure some Brits are working on more difficult English than I am, while I may be working on harder math them them (just examples.)
Matthew Williams believe it or not but I remember seeing a post somewhere for their grades and an A is like 80-100 b is 60-80 and a c is 40-60 I think it’s something like that maybe not exactly like it
Joel said Arizona, which is my home state. I am going to assume we’re a couple now.
You all seriously need to go to other states than NY, CA, TX and Florida...your missing out on so much
They mentioned vids of selves shooting in Texas (funny in a smh way) but it was only Austin and a bus ride (funny in every way) to San Antonio's River Walk, the Alamo, and the rodeo grounds (a week before the rodeo). Texas Series are all rich
theyve been to nevada
My feeling too! Start with South Carolina then Tennessee, then go out to the heartland. Visit, Kansas then maybe Utah. Their minds will be blown away by how diverse this country is. So far, they have visited all the predictable tourist places. Florida?, really!
@@richardcarson7094 Lia hasn't been to Florida, only Joel. His parents have a second home there, so he goes and spends time with them and sometimes his brothers while he is there. Also, nothing wrong with visiting Florida.
@@LG4EVR1808 But, as with Texas, only to Las Vegas. Are there mountains in Nevada? Jajajajaja. Yes and visible from the hotel suite
Second note: In the US, passing marks is a grade C or above. That’s 70% at the lowest. 69% is a grade D. That and anything below is a fail.
Anything below 65 is failing
anything 59% and below is a fail
D is passing 60 is passing 59 is not
Below 69.5 was failing for me, but really you should know at least 80%
SittingFox1997 for me 69% or lower was an F.
i love how they try and come up with british explanations for everything bc they literally said oh cuz there is guns in texas like there is literally guns everywhere but he was riding in a parade
Having grown up in Alaska, it always pisses off the Texans when they find they aren't first. Alaska is not only the biggest state, it is also the most northern, western, and eastern as it crosses the international date line.
yeah..but you have sarah palin, so that takes points away.
There is a city in Nebraska called Lincoln. and there’s guns everywhere in the USA, not just Texas
Yeah, it's the capital of Nebraska. Second amendment!
Me a lonely Nebraskan lurking in the comments 🙃
Kenzie K that’s ok I’ll join you as a nebraskan
There are cities named Lincoln all over. Lincoln, Illinois, for example is named after he studied law there before becoming President.
"There are no guns in Washington or California" lol this was the 60s they had guns everywhere and still do
I'm an American and I had a fun time watching this.
May the USA and UK forever be allied 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Meh
Texan here- Glad to see how well you guys did!
But yeah, there's a lot of things on that test that are just a bit of logic, like the population question. The majority of the population is on either side of the coasts because... Well, they're the coasts! Shipping traffic makes them ideal for larger cities. There *are* big cities in between the coasts, situated on rivers, they're just spread out because the Mississippi is a HUGE river that splits into many branches.
I resent the bit about guns, though! Specifically that he was shot in Dallas *because we have them* :P But that's neither here nor there.
Pennsylvania is a state, one of the first colonies in fact, not sure why it was designated as the street that the White House would be on, though! I only know that it's the street because of our 'letters to the president' as kids in kindergarten.
Also if you've heard of Mount McKinley it's probably because it's named after President McKinley.
The picture of Jimmy Carter is after his presidency.
Alaska is definitely bigger than Texas! It's actually a HUGE state. Texas is the second largest state, and is the largest *contiguous* State.
Manhattan was bought by the Dutch (Netherlands) and was then given over to the USA after some exchange. The history is a bit vague to me. There's different ways you can remember that though because there are some old Dutch parts of New York. The Trinity Church I think is one example. Wall Street as well I think harkens back to the dutch.
Also Passing in USA is 70% :v We have *Standards*... At least that's what it is in Texas.
"Also if you've heard of Mount McKinley it's probably because it's named after President McKinley." It was named for him, but the name was changed to reflect one of the local variations on what local indigenous people called it: "Denali."
60% is barely passing lol
No college would ever take you you’d be going to community college or something
British have a lower grading system
What?.. I bet ya Americans would make less than 60% if we were to take a test about their. I know I would, I know nothing about Great Britain History, never learned. I was forced to learn about American History. Lol.
burdrchitect 1 thats not the point bud hahaha we are (well i am in particular) shocked that British grading system lets you pass at the half way mark.. 0%- 59% is equivalent to the lowest grade: F, and them the next 10% is D and then C and then B and then A. Like we need 70% to be considered passing and its not even satisfactory really... its just insane how people think we are stupid and y’all are “brilliant” when our differing standards probably play a mayor roll. Thats wildddddddddd. My mayor requires a minimum of 80% to pass!
burdrchitect 1 personally... i suck at history period and would’ve probably gotten the same grade as them 😂 if i took a history quiz for another country and got ONE right... i’d be impressed 😂
@@karilissanchez3843 I probably would've gotten a zero. Lol. History in America is weird. I grew up learning American History, along with the state history. So, when I move out of state for school, I had to take that states history in order to graduate. Anyway, I think they did well with American History, but i know I'd fail, because I know nothing about their history over there.
Joel and Lia: “What test gives you the answer in the picture?!”
Also Joel and Lia: Still fails the quiz 😑
Abraham Lincoln is arguably the most famous, most studied, and most highly revered President (and, in his day, probably the most controversial), but not the first. His administration took place during the Civil War, in the 1860s. Lincoln held the union together, and the events of his time brought an end to slavery, among other things. The given name "Lincoln" is almost always a reference to him; it is particularly popular among African Americans, because of the association with the Civil War and the end of slavery.
Many American cities have streets named after various states. Also Presidents, kinds of trees, surnames of local families, other nearby cities, and ordinal numbers. Almost every city has a Washington Street, because it's both a state AND a President.
The river question is tricky, because the Missouri is actually longer than the upper Mississippi (i.e., from its headwaters down to where the Missouri joins it), so the longest continuous river from headwater to mouth irrespective of name changes, includes the entire Missouri and the lower Mississippi.
There are legal limits on how young the President is permitted to be. (There's nothing about gender, though. If a woman can meet the other requirements and get enough electoral votes, she's in.) The youngest Presidents so far have been Teddy Roosevelt (42), and Kennedy (43). I think the legal minimum age is 35. Joel is ineligible to run for three distinct reasons: he's not old enough, not a natural born citizen, and has not lived in America for the last few years.
In terms of land area, Alaska is larger than Texas and France added together. It's not quite as large as the Mercator projection makes it look, but it's large enough.
Manhattan is in New York, which was originally called New Amsterdam, because it was a Dutch settlement, yes. England got it from the Dutch, renamed it New York, and then eventually lost it because of some weird little insurrection or something.
Nothing is in Wyoming. Literally nothing. South Dakota also has the Badlands, I think. And Nevada does have some rather considerable mountains.
Lowest passing grade varies depending on grading scale, but it's usually somewhere in the range of 60-70%.
I live on lincoln street
To add on to your info on American street names, in D.C specifically it's set up as a grid with number and letter streets and then all the diagonal streets are named after each state
I love how they went straight to.... there are no guns in Washington DC... Texas has them.... that had me dead
Texas is the biggest state in the “contiguous” United States. But Alaska itself is the biggest state by a long shot.
Texas had the honor of being #1 for many years...until Alaska became a state in 1959.
They have to change the scale most often to get on most maps. That’s why it gets missed too
Alaska’s like 2/5 the size of the nation
@@steveeliscu1254 As California had the highest point before Alaska joined.
@@gregall2178 that's just straight false lol, minnesota has the highest point in the lower 48
Joel: “Is that the most famous thing in South Dakota?”
Me: “It’s the only thing in South Dakota.”
Edit (11/02/20): I should probably add that I was joking, I don’t actually believe that there isn’t anything in SD.
Joel: "Is there a North Dakota?"
Me: "There is a North Dakota but there is NOTHING there."
South Dakota has a town named Wall that actually has a drug store.
Liam Griffin 218:. You ever heard of Wounded Knee or The Badlands? They are both well known areas in South Dakota.
beaujac311 r/woooosh
I live in South Dakota and Mt Rushmore is a famous landmark. I live on the east side or better know as East River and Mt Rushmore is west river near Rapid City. It’s 6 hours away!! Our whole state population is just under 900,000. Not much to see in the middle of the state!!
You may have failed the test, but you get an A+ for pure entertainment value !! That was hysterical !!
The reason why Brits are “smarter” the Americans is because they lowered the bar.
No...they're smarter because us Americans just don't care
We speakith the hamburger. EXTRA CHEEEEEEEEEESE
Americans think Brits are smarter because of the accent. Send us any dumb jerk with a posh accent and we think he's a professor or something. Meanwhile, those of us who aren't southern would think a genius with an Alabama accent was a moron.
How else are people meant to stop scrounging benefits
Abaddon our first Ivy League college, and first college, is Harvard University established in 1636. The University of Oxford in England is actually the second oldest and second longest running universities in the world. The oldest is in Morocco. There was an established educational system in Europe before settlers came to North America. Also, the first colleges in the US were for the elite and ruling class causing a large disparity between the number of educated and uneducated people. There is also the fact that the public education system in America is fairly subpar when compared to those of other progressive nations. We don’t tend to rank well on global lists.
The question should have read “The President of the United States lives ON (not “IN”) Pennsylvania Avenue”
Quiz was written by Brits; they use words differently.
Ok grammar police
The middle of the country has some big cities like Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Detroit, and others...but A LOT of the middle of the country is farm land...MASSIVE farms that go on for miles and miles.
"Nothing in the center, just desert." It was a nice try. There's a whole lot going on in there and not much desert, overall.
Yeah there’s a whole lot of tornadoes and farms but that’s about it lol
AquaSnipe there are a bunch of large cities scattered around
There's a ton of GMO corn.
@@Spoon47863 but not large to the degree of the cities on the coasts
I mean if they were talking about Nevada they’d be right
Carter is in his 90s and still building homes for habitat for humanity
"What kind of test gives you the answers - WHILST you're doing the test??"
-Lia, just after missing a question on a test that gives you the answer.
Right?! There was the picture of Alaska and they chose Texas?! Lol
Me, a Hamilton fan, dying when he says "Is it in Jersey?" 😂😂
Everything’s legal in New Jersey
Alaska, our 49th state in the union, is utterly MAJESTIC! It is absolutely worth visiting, at least once in your lifetime; especially during Aurora Borealis.
My cousin lived in North Pole, AK and in the winter she would literally have ice and frost forming on the inside of her house.
Yes, Alaska is beautiful. I'm hoping to go one day.
I'd love to see their reaction to the beauty and way of life in Alaska.
Yes. I live in Anchorage, Alaska 2hrs drive to Mount McKinley now known as Denali (The high one) it's original Alaskan name.
A TL/DR warning to those of you who care about such things.
I live in NYState and I would just like to add that you don't have to be in Alaska to have ice and frost form in your house, nor to find an aurora borealis outside of it. As well, Harriet the One Eyed Cat, if your cousin lived in North Pole, Alaska, that would just be a 'place name' and not the geographic entity of the 'North Pole', as the world would otherwise know it. It just doesn't exist in Alaska, in that geographic sense.
Nothing against Alaska, far from it. I've never been there but by everything that I have heard from friends and seen in books and TV, it is a wonderful place, with plenty of aurora borealis and indoor frost.
It is the largest State in the Union and you can fit two of Texas in it, yet it is nearly at the bottom, at well under 1 million in populace. Until 1867 or so, it was a Russian Territory, until we bought it from them, in what at the time was considered 'Seward's Folly', aka, the Alaskan Purchase, that you can you Wiki yourself, but Seward was an interesting cat.
He was the Secretary of State at the time of Lincoln's assassination and on that very night, he had his throat slit (and then some) by the same conspirators, as he lay in bed, but he somehow survived it, to accomplish the Folly a few years later. Not such a folly after all, was it?
Obviously Alaska is our northern most state and as well as our western most, even more western than Hawaii, when you consider the Aleutian Islands, which is an archipelago spitting off the southwest edge of Alaska. All but the last few islands of which are in Alaska, with those last few remaining still in Russian hands and as well, disputed by them and the Japanese, but that's not our battle.
So, the border between the USA and Russia, or whatever they call themselves nowadays, is a matter of if not feet, just a few short miles, rather than as most people would think of it. As well, by that, parts of the USA (of the Aleutian Islands) are south and west of mainland Russia, which most people wouldn't consider true as well.
During WWII, the only actual land invasion of Japanese forces, land, sea and air, on the USA mainland, occurred at these western most Aleutian Islands. It was meant as a diversionary tactic during the battle for Midway, not that we or our allies were much distracted by it. It wasn't painless, as it's still war after all, but it was quelled rather quickly and apparently didn't influence the battle for Midway at all, or so I've been told.
So, Alaska is not only our largest, most northern and most western State, but it is also our most eastern State, as the tip of those Aleutian Islands extends beyond 180 degrees West latitude, from Greenwich England, or where ever the mark is nowadays, meaning GMT, or Greenwich Mean Time, by which most of the world operates, but thus officially occurs the difference of when west becomes east and yesterday becomes tomorrow.
Why it all revolves around Greenwich England, or why the likes of this happens at all, you will have to ask a higher god, but in theory, you can be standing at one point in the USA today, in the west and take a step over and suddenly be in tomorrow, in the east and vice versa. Wouldn't that be a hoot, to have a few beers and try to remember what day and direction you are at/in, at any one time, step by step.
That's all that I have to say about Alaska.
Before you go trying to drink your way free thru the bars from Bangor, Maine to LA, based on this trivia, check your facts. This is all stuff that I learnt decades ago, so I don't know if it all still holds true, but I would suppose it does.
Lol I live in Arizona we were the last to become a state in mainland america
9:58 It is actually a common misconception that the Mississippi is the longest river. The Missouri River is actually the longest, stretching around 100 miles (160 km) more than the Mississippi.
Technically the whole Missouri plus the lower Mississippi is the longest.
Bruh a 56 is a solid F or “Fail”
"Mount Rushmore!"
"It exists"
"It's in Richie Rich" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That was Mount Richmore
Don't forget Mount Splashmore in the Simpsons.😁
Joel: “Why would anyone go to South Dakota?” Lia: “To see that!” 😂 ⛰
it was in North by Northwest. Of course, just because something is in a movie does NOT mean it exists.
the road is called Pennsylvania avenue, because the capitol was Philadelphia while D.C was being built.
They have guns in every state...Texas is just more proud of them...lol
Texas is more proud, in general!
I was 15 yo when Kennedy was shot in Dallas. The fact that he was in Texas had nothing to do with him being shot, there are guns in every state. Most people are responsible gun owners and use them correctly.
That question is wrong. The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. It's 2,540 miles. Mississippi River is 2,348 miles
During the Obama Administration the name of Mt. McKinley was changed to Denali. It is the original name given by the Native Americans centuries ago. President McKinley never visited Alaska and never saw Denali.
Sue Nucleus very true, Oswald wasn’t even from Texas and had only been living there for year before he shot Kennedy.
The reason behind changing the name of the mountain is a bit dumb, but it's Obama, so everything has to be be anti-white man and anti-colonization rofl.
@@barbaro267 I still call it mt. McKinley and always will
"Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam..."
Why they changed it, I can't say. The people probably liked it better that way.
@@fugustogamer7512 Is this meant to be a joke?
@@donovanmedieval No, unless I wooshed and your original comment was a joke, then my bad.
Josh put in a song lyric, Mike then added the next line. So not a joke per se, but not really serious either.
@@MagsonDare My bad.
Oh, there are guns in LA. Lots and lots and lots. We just hold them sideways.
Most tests actually give away some of the answers if you pay enough attention
Like it is answered on a diagram about a different question relating to the same topic later
Joke: Why doesn't Texas want Alaska to split in two? Cause then two states would be bigger than Texas. Alaska is huge.
Because Texas would become the 3rd largest state...
Montana is also bigger than Texas.
@@Mr_Momus UM NO !!! Look it up on the freakin' INTERNET.....Geographic size area in square miles, Montana:147040, Texas:268597. Do I have to do ALL your homework and reality checks for you or can you put on your big boy pants and do some of your own research from now on?
Mr. Momus Really? Before Alaska became a state, Texas was the largest. When did Montana grow during the past 61 years?
@@docbearmb Heh, I remember seeing a table about it when I was a kid in school. Either I misremembered, or the data in the table was wrong.
14:19 "What else is in South Dakota"
South Dakota: "hold my beer"- Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
“That was 4 of 16, we’re on a roll!” Famous last words before disaster.4:51
For the record “they have guns” in every state via the Second Amendment granting citizens the right to protect themselves
And the presidents are never female because they are elected by their merit and policy rather than gender. No one here is against a president because she’s a woman, the problem is all the female candidates are jokes.
Jack that and they always have their main campaign trope be the fact that they’re a woman.
6:40 this stereotype is intense 😂🤨 there’s guns EVERYWHERE guys no matter the state😂
I spit sweet tea on my iPad laughing when you said they don’t have guns in New York or Washington DC.
"They wouldn't have guns in New York or Washington."
*LAUGHS IN MOSBERG UNDER PILLOW*
P.S. just rent a rage room
Brits: run into "panic room" in home invasion
Americans: which gun should I use😏
You spell Mossberg like a New Yorker would.
You can fit in your gun under your pillow?!?
Theirs guns literally everywhere here lmao. U can't go a mile in any direction without their being guns somewhere unless its a desolate place lol
No we don't. Just cuz ur uncomfortable doesnt mean that law abiding people shouldn't have them. U dont like them than dont go around them. Simple as that. Thats like saying I dont like fast food. We should outlaw them!! The 2nd amendment is our se ond greatest right next to free speech!!!
I dont think its barbaric at all. The whole reason we have the 2nd amendment is fight against a tyrannical government. Which is almost what we have now. As far as people not following the gun laws we have... Especially criminals. If guns were banned they wouldnt simply "the criminals" say well their banned I guess no more guns. Look at Chicago. Guns were banned their. Yet has the highest gun crime in the nation. Imagine how much worse it would be if law aboding citizens didnt have guns. America would cruelly be a dangerous place. Our fore fathers knew the importance of keeping and baring arms and having a well regulated militia "gun owners". Strickter gun laws or banong guns aren't going to change a thing. Gun violence is actually rather low in this country when compared to other types of crimes.
Maybe where you all live, but I live in Columbus, Ohio and I have NEVER seen or heard of someone walking around freely with a gun in their pocket (Without Being Arrested) So please don't say that about all of us! But I don't like that in many places, there are guns everywhere (Not Just The US Either lmao) And I hope we can be more wary of others! Sorry for the rant lmao but yes I agree with the guns need to be taken care of comment, just not the "Everywhere" part!
@Trix Sands bruh thatd be cool
Roger Dodger That’s because people generally have two hands. One for each gun.
They have guns in all those places friends
I laughed so hard when you said “of course Kennedy got shot it Texas”, bc the other places don’t have guns. Criminals don’t obey the law...criminals have guns even in places where it’s illegal.
In Alaska, even people who don't want firearms have them... because, bears.
Oswald bought his rifle legally from a mail-order house in Chicago.
😂 The answers were in the pictures through the whole quiz. Y’all just haven’t looked at our money very close. George Washington is on the one dollar bill.
“desert in the middle” only the bread basket of the world!
I caught that you said you “revise” for exams. We’d never say that. We say study. Also, Puerto Rico is part of the US, but it’s not a state. It’s a US territory.
Not a part of the US!
Joel thought it was part of Central or South America or whatever. Despite how Trump treats Puerto Rico, it’s a US territory and its people are US citizens. That’s important.
so is Guam.
@@janetyoung6097 I would love it if Guam & Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico has voted on it, but it always fails because if they did they would have to pay income taxes) would become States. But only if the adopt English as a first language. Why English? So they can communicated with everyone else, the majority of people in the USA speak English.
@@anthonymorgan7479 Uhhm... yes, yes it is. Hence why the American flag is flown there.
What would he be doing anywhere else?
I’m sorry, but this feels like a lack of logic. Doesn’t the Queen travel to different cities?
Just saying...
I mean the Prime Minister would be a better comparison.
Fair enough. The Queen is iconic of England, though,, so she came to mind first.
"Its probably desert in the middle"
As someone from Missouri, I'm appalled.
Missouri gang rise up
“Of course! they have guns in Texas”
It’s America, we have guns in every city
"Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam"
They Might be Giants.
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way.
10:47 Mount McKinley was recently changed back to it's original name to Mount Denali.
George Washington Carver was a peanut farmer.... But he was so much more... Look him up an interesting man to saw the least.
@@mastercoadez7616 No just the original obama
Not for me. I refuse to abandon Mt. Whitney because of Political Correctness.
McKinley got that name in hopes that the sitting President would send money.
Call it what y'all want...it will always be Mt. McKinley to me :)
Pop quiz is one without warning. Quizzes are shorter than tests.
The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington DC has streets named after all of the original 13 states. That's why it's Pennsylvania Avenue
Wait, wait wait.....you can get into University in Britain with a score of 56%?!?! Wow....
natskivna, that looks like Britain’s teachers are trying to make the British people feel good 😂🤣😂..
We would call a very short test a “quiz”. A “test” would be longer. And we’d probably call it an “exam” if it was super long. We’d still say mid-term (test) or final (exam) though.
Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean. It’s a U.S Territory
Our deserts are actually more on the west coast lol.
The exact address of the White House is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And yes, you can write to the President. Don’t expect him to write back though! Lol.
56/100 is not a passing grade in America lol. 65 is usually the lowest passing grade!
Actually, the Great Plains was considered a DESERT, it was thought that nobody could live in the area except near the rivers as there were a lack of trees to build homes, barns, and cities, unlike East of the Mississippi where trees were abundant.
William Hale, Jr. true, but I said they’re more on the west coast, not all lol. And the Great Plains do encompass (mid) western states too! Plus, I’m from NYC so it’s all west to me anyway 😂
Austin Martín Hernández what, it's 75 in my school
60/100 is considered barely passing and you probably won't have very good transcript. Gotta polish that essay :(
Most streets in Washington DC are named after states
Also the old US capital was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Monument Valley one confused me for a second, as it is actually in two states and the picture they used (of the mittens) is actually on the Utah side.
Yeah, I thought it was in Utah also.
Correct, if you type in Monument Valley, it is in Utah, it does cover both sides of Utah and Arizona, but it is mainly in UTAH. That is just one of MANY errors by these PROPROFS idiots who created the quiz!
At least with this one Utah wasnt a choice. The longest river question was also wrong and the correct answer was a choice (Missouri).
@@AustinRasch-p2y OK! I thought the Missouri River was the longest also. So not only do they give pictures for the answers but they give some of the wrong answers. Find a new quiz.
@@judytaylor1620 hahha it would seen so
I can't imagine an American passing a similar test on the UK!!!
You should do a video with a quiz on British history!
Hahaha I suggested that before watching the video 😂😂😂
Please do.
To be honest I thought that was bad enough.
I would probably fail that quiz
It is not called "Mt. McKinley" anymore it is called Denali. It is in Alaska.
Zevahc Gaming yeah. That’s what I was thinking.
@@JohnG500 I live in Alaska so it is kind of a big thing. I read somewhere that it used to be the job of some congressman in Ohio (home state of former President McKinley) to block all legislation attempting to rename it to Denali until Obama did it a few years ago. The natives have always called it Denali.
Yep - which is what I was shouting from sunny South London. And I duly apologise for the guys performance. But they did show an enthusiastic approach and a willingness not to be dragged down by their lack of knowledge.
Zevahc Gaming I visited Alaska in 2008 and the locals told us to call it Denali. They weren’t natives, but really had a lot of respect for them and the name they gave it. I was excited when Obama passed legislation to revert the name back to Denali
It was always Dinali, but the conquering white people renamed it McKinley.
First thing that came to my mind when Joel said "They wouldn't have guns..." was 'if someone shoots and kills a President of the United States, I seriously doubt they are concerned about whether it is LEGAL to have a gun'. lol
“Why don’t someone in Trainers run for president.” You wouldn’t want to see the queen in sweats huh?
I was thinking of the tan suit that Obama wore and how some people lost their minds. Imagine the outrage people would have over a President stepping in front of the podium rocking some sneakers (trainers)
You should react to oversimplified American revolution as it is apart of your history as well and it doesn’t seem like you guys know much about it
American independence plays a very small part of British history. It was one event in a much greater struggle between what were then the world's two superpowers, France and Great Britain. It lasted for more than a century and encompassed Europe, India, the Far East, Africa, the Atlantic trade, the Caribbean and North America. In context, the colonies that rebelled were worth less than the Caribbean plantations. And campaigns !ed by Marlborough and Pitt were of greater import than the battles in North America. Apart from that British history has to cover pre-Roman, Roman, Middle Ages, Hundred Years War, Wars of the Roses, the breach with Rome, the Elizabethan period, the Civil Wars, the Glorious Revolution, the East India Company, etc before we even reach the time of American independence. Hence, there is little space for such things
@@robynhills7982 Sic transit gloria mundi
@@robynhills7982 Oh dear. I cannot help your resentment against history. And since you ask - though it's irrelevant - almost nobody in Britain today has any living memory of the empire, let alone the earliest days of colonialism, and certainly couldn't care a less. What I was trying to do was to answer the questioner's confusion over how American independence is treated in the British school history curriculae. And the truth is that it is a relatively small event in a very busy chronicle. Even in the small locality I went to school in there were stone age hill settlements, a Roman port, palace and military road, Anglo-Saxon churches and field systems, a Norman castle, an Elizabethan school, remnants of the English Civil Wars, fortifications from the Napoleonic War etc, Kipling's house and the chapel of the last Governor of the North West Frontier. There's really quite a substantial span and there simply isn't enough classroom time to include absolutely everything
@@stuartc9149 fair enough, i got a little worked up, i'll delete the other comments. My point is that it was an important moment for the world, not neccesarily you, and you know Americans need to be recognized and get attention.
@@robynhills7982 Yes, I agree. But it became a defining moment because of what came later with the expansion and growth of the republic into a continental power. But, at the time, that was very far from clear - rather like the Louisiana Purchase or the acquisition of Alaska.