Question to europeans: "name a country surrounded by countries that don't have sea boarder" Question to americans: "name ANY country in the world" ".............. ASIA!"
Turns out when you ask college students vs asking people on omegale, you get a difference in intelligence WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT. Europeans are such supremacists its sad. They think they are better than everyone else.
3:58 There's only one other in the world I think, that is Uzbekistan. If I understood the rules correctly (their neighbours only borders the Caspian "Sea" but it can be defined as a lake) To be honest I though Liechtenstein bordered Germany so I didn't even think about that
I paused right after the question about the United States starting with the letter L. I stood there for 5 whole mins thinking what other state other than Louisiana was there. You got me.
I'm watching these vids the same way and felt so stupid that I couldn't think of the second... Didn't feel any smarter when he revealed it was a joke 😅
Same. Went through like 30 states from memory until finally resorting to a map, at which point I started doubting my sanity after still failing to find it.
the way it's asked, it fairly easy, the country itself can be an island/continent with just its country on it, as it doesn't have any land border with other countries ;)
Considering that English is not the native language for most of them and also not the language they use when learning Geography (or thinking about places), some questions are not good choices, imo. For example, the question with countries that end in L. For me, a Romanian, Brasil is Brazilia and it ends in A. Maybe I think about it ending in L, maybe I don’t. Ask me anything else about it - flag, currency, capital, rivers a.s.o. - if you want to test my knowledge, but not something that requires to think in English.
Tbh if they are university students and part of an international study program, your English has to be a certain level to even be able to participate. As a non native English speaker myself I think these basic English skills should be expected.
name 4 capitals with 4 letters you should state in which language. E.g. Wien/Vienna capital of Austria or Rom(in german)/Rome in english and many others like Prag/Praha and so on. And female names of capitals I might be wrong but Paris in its origin was a name of a male.
such ridiculous videos they are. coming up with rather difficult questions, and then asking americans to name a country is europe.......and they say paris.
#1 Israel is not inly recognized by the UN, it has been a member since 1949. Not a political thing, simply a fact. #2 Paris is a MALE name. Paris was the prince of Troy who eloped with Helena, causing the Trojan War. #3 Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) is a longer capital than UIaanbaatar.
Paris, the city in France, is named after a Gaul tribal settlement of the Parisii people (settlement name unknown). So the city name isn't male or female, it's an ethnonym. It means Spear People or something like that. The name Paris didn't exist before that as far as anyone knows.
@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 The funny thing about that is that in Greek the capital city of Cyprus has a totally different name which is Lefkosia. It's interesting how it's changed to fit some weird and so different other root. This is one thing. Another thing is that neither of these toponyms have I ever heard in Greece/Cyprus or anywhere else to be used as woman names....
Lingualizer,YOU BETTER STUDY!!!! I didn't expect such a serious mistake from you. I'm Italian and Vatican City does not maintain bilateral relations with China, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc!!! Little Correction:The guy from Cyprus,the second one, he replied correctly because Vatican City is not recognized from U.N. Vatican City is observer state of U.N. like Palestine. I don't understand why lingualizer included Palestine and not Vatican city!!!! There are 193 countries in the world recognized!!
It's sad to see the last Brits in the Erasmus program and even sadder to know that future British youth are not going to have such opportunities. The worst part is that they could have easily chosen to stay in it but decided to do their own program, and that program has now been watered down significantly.
Yeah,I wish I was able to participate in that but because Boris Johnson (who is also one of my local MPs) stated that it was too expensive, British people can't participate in it anymore
I'm so glad I got to do Erasmus. What an amazing experience it is. You learn so much culturally and have experiences you remember for life. It's criminal what the British government has done to its citizens.
I feel really sorry for you. You mentioned 3 important words: Youth, future and opportunities. If more UK people had these in mind, there hadn't been a Brexit. I hope future UK politicians (teenagers now) remember these words when they are elected.
The UN does not recognize countries. Other countries do. The UN however has members, Israel being one of them. Palestine on the other hand has the same status as Vatican City as an observer.
This is not correct. UN is an organization which inside it recognize countries, yes it has no value at global level, but it still does it for its internal matters. Recognized countries by UN do not imply that its members recognize them and vice versa. At global level there are countries which are recognized by all the other and some who are recognized by only some. An evident case is Palestine and Israel whose are recognized as country by only some of the UN member. UN recognized Israel, but it is not recognized by all UN members UN gave to Palestine status of external observer, but not all UN member recognize it. Another highlight case is Kosovo which is a very complicate case.
@@Bobonov @Georg Hauer That is wrong. I quote from the UN website (About UN Membership): "How does a new State or Government obtain recognition by the United Nations? The recognition of a new State or Government is an act that only other States and Governments may grant or withhold. It generally implies readiness to assume diplomatic relations. The United Nations is neither a State nor a Government, and therefore does not possess any authority to recognize either a State or a Government. As an organization of independent States, it may admit a new State to its membership or accept the credentials of the representatives of a new Government."
@@privatevendetta you probably misunderstood when I wrote "UN is an organization which **inside it** recognize countries, yes it has no value at global level". Being recognized as a country by UN has value only inside UN. Cuba is in UN, Israel is in UN, Cuba does not recognize Israel as Country By simplify application to UN. You became a UN member by applying and then your application goes in plenary vote by UN member. Of course, to obtain the necessary vote you should already have diplomatic relation with the majority of the UN member, otherwise you'll never get the necessary votes. Once you get the necessary votes, you are a became a member of UN, even if not all members recognize you as a state. Once member of UN this means that UN recognize you as a State, it is very clear on the website where there is Member States list. According to Britannica Encyclopedia, state: sovereign political entity So UN members state (for UN inside UN) are sovereign political entity Of course, globally speaking, this is not that easy. Let's speak about Kosovo. Many countries recognize Kosovo as a country, all those countries are in UN, but UN does not recognize Kosovo as a country. Is it a country? Well if you are a USA, French, UK, German, Italian citizen and many others, it is a country If you are from Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Spain, Greece, Romania and some other, it is not a country. So is Kosovo a country? The right answer is: UN and other countries "opinion" does not matter, it depends on from where you come from (your citizenship and what your country thinks of it)
Isn’t the capital of Thailand the one with the longest name? Because I know that Bangkok is just the short version. It’s even in the Guinness book of world records
the full thai name is, I believe it's the longest non one word place name in the world. The longest one word is a hill in New Zealand, and the longest town name is the Llanfairpg in Wales
Well it's good they asked people who are students NOW, because when I first started studying geography in school, Jugoslavia was still a country, and Pluto still a planet.
Because they come to study to the countries they represent. For example someone comes from Columbia to study in Italy and joins ESN local entity in Italy, thus the person would be representing Italy
Those were some great questions. I was surprised to hear you make a question about doubly landlocked countries (a country entirely surrounded by countries that are landlocked). The only ones are Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan. I loved it!
Since I pause before any answer to do it myself, you really got me with 2 US states starting with L... I was stuck with Lousiana and then I named every damn state... you got me, good trolling sir.
I'm 63 now & it breaks my heart they don't teach in America anymore. The worst schools in the world. These kids don't know nothing. We don't even have a republic or a democracy here anymore.
As an American I think I am unusual in that I knew all but 2 of these questions, quite easily, and I knew all the UK capitals and these people did not. Most Americans could not answer ANY of these questions except maybe 2 states beginning with "M". hahaha
Worth noting that these people are likely to be one of the best cross-sections you could find of people to answer Geography questions, since by definition they're well-educated (all university students in an affluent part of the world) and specifically part of an organisation which fosters living abroad and meeting people from other countries.
Just because they are well-educated, all university students in an affluent part of the world, does not mean they are good at geography, unless it's their area of study. Near enough every other program you could study at university, does not require you to know geography. You could even go as far as saying, that even in geography you are not required to know the answers to the questions he was asking.
@@maximushaughton2404 I wasn't saying that all of them would definitely be good at geography, just that as a cross-section they will be much better than most others. If you're going to pick a location to do street interviews, then short of the corridors of the UN there aren't many better places!
Overall the young people did rather well. No need to complain about our youth. However, these are people with academic background and willing to travel - not the worst sample in this context.
I admit I completely forgot that Paris was a girl's name in English. Afaik in french it's just the city (or maybe that guy from the greek mythology but that's unrelated lol).
@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 To be honest, Paris the city didn't came from Paris of Troy but the Parisoi tribe that lived in that area when Julius Caesar conquered the Galia.
Switzerland does not have an official (de jure) capital city in the technical sense. Chosen as the seat of government, Bern is referred to as the 'federal city', and operates as the de facto capital.
As a fellow Bulgarian I can give you an advice. Try to ask questions that a person that is not that good in English can answer as well. As an example if you ask a Bulgarian about let’s say Italy - for a Bulgarian person it ends with an “q/ya/я”, for English speaking person it ends with a “y”, but for an Italian it ends with “A”. So it is confusing.:) Keep up the good work 🎉
Lingualizer. Get real, the majority of the people that you interview are not Europeans. So, your title "Can Europeans answer simple questions?" its out of context....
1:20 Are you really suggesting Israel as a country that's not recognised by the UN? 4:34 Ulaan Baatar is not longer than Bandar Seri Begawan or Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
WTF? What are you talking about? Bern is the official capital of Switzerland and has been for centuries, not just the practical one or whatever you called it. Sincerely, a Swiss.
These are not at all simple geography questions. How can a no- french person ever know that paris is a female name? That's okay but why so easy questions for Americans?
@@lingualizer I can't find a decisive answer. Which is the actual longest one word capital and which is the longest multple word capital (in the world in English)?
5:05 Am locuit in Brasov; I used to live in Brasov. I'm not Romanian myself, though. Nu sunt român, dar locuiesc in România de sase ani si jumatate. :) 5:27 Bucuresti, Bucuresti .... prietenul meu esti ! :)
I'm screaming. I want to try and guess before he reveals the answer, so I pause the video right after he poses the question and if I feel like I know it I do not resume until I have the answer. So I paused at 3:22, I immediatly said Louisiana, then I started thinking about the second one, but I couldn't get it so I counted all of the States in my head. I kept forgetting whether I did or did not already counted some of them. After a while I decided to write them down to avoid confusion, but I only got to 48 cause I couldn't remember nebraska and minnesota. After like 20 minutes I finally completed the list and found that there's only Louisiana. I was like wtf, I resumed the video and literally one second later he said "just kidding there's only one" ...
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Israel is a UN-recognized country. Not all UN-member are recognizing it, but the United Nations has admitted it as a member state. This is a different level of acceptance than Taiwan, Kosovo or Palestine, which are de facto countries but have NOT been admitted as member states.
1:23 Israel is recognized by the UN. Unless you were comparing Palestine as being the Wales equivalent to Israel. And there is one US state that starts with L, Louisiana. Which could catch someone off guard lol
Just wanted to write the same comment, but you already did it. Yes, this statement is nonsense. Israel is not only recognized, but it's even a full member since 1949.
What's your name? Alexander. Correct. Where're you from? France. Correct. What ESN section do you represent? Toulouse. Correct. Name a number between one and ten. Eight. Correct. Which flag is that? Jordania. Incorrect. Here's € 80.
There are 4 capital cities in the UK. England/London, Wales/Cardiff, Scotland/Edinborough, N.Ireland/Belfast. Eire/Dublin. Isle of Man/Douglas, though the last two are not part of the UK, but are parts, or islands within the group of islands around GB.
….and Paris was not a female name. Just because people name their daughter after it doesn’t make it a girl’s name. I think I’ll switch off this rubbish now….
"What country's national anthem has no words" And they actually know the answer to that! Question to Americans: "Name the national anthem of the United States" "Huh? The what?"
4:05 "Name one country worldwide that borders only countries that don't have access to the sea" I had a hard time understanding this question and to answer it. I would say, Liechstenstein ?
You're almost right. We know a lot about Europe, quite a bit about Africa, Asia and the US. The rest of the Americas is generally a blank spot for anyone outside the Iberian peninsula.
@@geografisica What you want them to know about ? We can name all the countries, draw a map with the capital. Of course we don't know any little river or city and sorry if I can not blindly spot Antitgua or Trinidad. Brazil and Argentine are quiet dominant by size, Venezuela is sending immigrants recently and colombia is known for drugs.
That's the whole point of Erasmus. Its a way to brainwash the middle class in Europe and give them a very eurocentric way of thinking. They may think they are more knowledgeable than me on certain areas but if I ask them about East Asia for example they would know nothing. Their problem is they think their knowledge is more important than my knowledge.
Wow for the first time he was shamefully wrong in one his explanations. Israel is recognized by the UN. What he said was completly wrong. Israel was admitted to the United Nations as a full member on May 11, 1949 and it has been recognized by 162 of the 195 members of the UN including all 5 veto powers, which makes it a fully recognized state. The necessary votes to make a country recognized by the UN is the approval of the 15 security-council members. 9 out of the 15 votes are necessary and none of the veto countries may object. Israel since its invitation into the UN in 1949 has always been a full member ever since. The security Council consist of France , United Kingdom , United States ,Russia ,China which are the permanent members and then Sierra Leone, Japan , Algeria , Equador ,Guyana ,Malta ,Switzerland , Slovenia ,Mozambique and South Korea. Of these States only Algeria does not regognize Israel and does not accept Israel passports. How could he fail so miserably ? This is truly weird to hear from him.
Question to europeans: "name a country surrounded by countries that don't have sea boarder"
Question to americans: "name ANY country in the world"
".............. ASIA!"
pretty sure they'll say africa lol
Turns out when you ask college students vs asking people on omegale, you get a difference in intelligence WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT.
Europeans are such supremacists its sad. They think they are better than everyone else.
but also Europeans: "ISN'T PORTUGAL A PART OF SPAIN OR A PROVINCE OF SPAIN" 🤦♂🤦♂
@@Drago1995 americans: what's spain? Is that kylie jenner's daughter's name?
@@raghava7263 lmao
Asking the British guy that NZ question was too easy
British people colonised NZ so of course they know alot about it
They colonised/invaded Canada, but Brits generally no nothing about it.
EDIT: Now that I've seen it, what an easy question. You're right.
Yeah that’s a question that 90% of the English people would know how to answer and probably not many mainland Europeans.
They colonized countries I bet you the average Brit has never even heard of (seriously, ask them a Brit what they know about Malawi).
There’s like a million kiwis in the UK so I think the question’s easy 😂
Yeah the NZ question needed to go to a mainland Euro person not the UK guy!
3:58 There's only one other in the world I think, that is Uzbekistan. If I understood the rules correctly (their neighbours only borders the Caspian "Sea" but it can be defined as a lake)
To be honest I though Liechtenstein bordered Germany so I didn't even think about that
I paused right after the question about the United States starting with the letter L. I stood there for 5 whole mins thinking what other state other than Louisiana was there. You got me.
I'm watching these vids the same way and felt so stupid that I couldn't think of the second... Didn't feel any smarter when he revealed it was a joke 😅
Same. Went through like 30 states from memory until finally resorting to a map, at which point I started doubting my sanity after still failing to find it.
I'm from the US and it had me thinking for a bit!
OMG me too hahah. So glad I'm not the only one who did this
Do Los angelis count?
Paris is a male character in The Iliad. He was the son of the king of Troy and the archer who killed Achilles.
Exactly what I wanted to say, I am french and would never have thought of Paris as a female name
Paris Hilton is female
No idea about the hotel
He was thinking of modern times I guess, as in Paris Hilton
@@udraj914 😂 guess so.
Yes it's one of my favourite stories
*This video:* "Name a country that doesn't border any country that borders the sea."
*Also this video:* "Simple" Geography questions!
Uzbekistan and Lichtenstein, that would be easy for me (I'm from Belarus)
the way it's asked, it fairly easy, the country itself can be an island/continent with just its country on it, as it doesn't have any land border with other countries ;)
@@techgregory5253 they‘re the only ones aren‘t they?
@@techgregory5253 I wondered if the Caspian Sea counts as "sea". But I guess it's considered a lake.
@@Sprenger262 Also San Marino!
Little correction: RS does not stand for Republika Srpska (that is part of BiH), but it stands for Republika Srbija.
It is Serbija, not Srbjia!
@@StockhausenScores in serbian its Srbija
@@StockhausenScores 😂
On licence plates it’s “SRB” for Serbia.
@@StockhausenScores were you trying to argue with an actual Serbian?
Considering that English is not the native language for most of them and also not the language they use when learning Geography (or thinking about places), some questions are not good choices, imo. For example, the question with countries that end in L. For me, a Romanian, Brasil is Brazilia and it ends in A. Maybe I think about it ending in L, maybe I don’t. Ask me anything else about it - flag, currency, capital, rivers a.s.o. - if you want to test my knowledge, but not something that requires to think in English.
My tought as well. The guy was italian, so for him they're Brasile and Israele, not Brasil and Israel
How many letters in the name of capitals is a weird one.
So many languages spell city names differently as well.
Tbh if they are university students and part of an international study program, your English has to be a certain level to even be able to participate. As a non native English speaker myself I think these basic English skills should be expected.
@@Chuulip sure, but thinking in English is pretty basic, while remembering names is a whole other thing
Asking for countries not recognised by the UN isn't understood by most.
Geaography questions for Americans: Name any country on the map.
Europeans: Which national anthem doesn’t have any lyrics.
😂
both questions are easy
I think that naming any country you want is incomparably easier than answearing such specific questions than these.
@@FederatedStatesofMicronesia wrf
@@FederatedStatesofMicronesiasmart guy .. 🤨🤨
@@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου it's common knowledge that spain is a country with no words in its national anthem
What I appreciated was the attitude people had when they didn't know something - they used it as an occasion to learn more :)
- What is the capital of Djibouti?
= Djibouti?
- Correct!!
= What?
- What?
What is the capital of Singapore?
@@wyqtor those are the capitals that I like, very easy to remember
LMAO I thought the same
Small thing, rs is Republika Srbija
The way you said it, Republika Srpska is actually in Bosnia and Herzegovina
But it didnt gain independence.
name 4 capitals with 4 letters you should state in which language. E.g. Wien/Vienna capital of Austria or Rom(in german)/Rome in english and many others like Prag/Praha and so on. And female names of capitals I might be wrong but Paris in its origin was a name of a male.
I was so confused about Rom having four letter apparently 🙈
Same, I was very confused by Paris supposedly being a female name
This was educational AND entertaining, nice! 💪👏
Compare this with the rudimentary questions to American students. I certainly know where I'd rather have my child educated.
such ridiculous videos they are. coming up with rather difficult questions, and then asking americans to name a country is europe.......and they say paris.
#1 Israel is not inly recognized by the UN, it has been a member since 1949. Not a political thing, simply a fact. #2 Paris is a MALE name. Paris was the prince of Troy who eloped with Helena, causing the Trojan War. #3 Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) is a longer capital than UIaanbaatar.
Antananarivo is also longer.
I think that the official name of Bangkok is pretty unbeatable in length.
Hah, clearly nobody hasnt heard of Sri Lanka's capital : Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
@@udraj914 oh clearly you don't know the official name of Bangkok.
Uffffffff! Thanks friend I thought I was getting crazy...
Paris, the city in France, is named after a Gaul tribal settlement of the Parisii people (settlement name unknown). So the city name isn't male or female, it's an ethnonym. It means Spear People or something like that. The name Paris didn't exist before that as far as anyone knows.
Yes, but like Sofia, it's used as a female first name.
I also thought about Paris of Troy. So Paris couldn’t be the answer. I though more about Cyprus, which is Nicosia.
Well, he obviously thought that Paris Hilton made all the difference.
@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 The funny thing about that is that in Greek the capital city of Cyprus has a totally different name which is Lefkosia. It's interesting how it's changed to fit some weird and so different other root. This is one thing. Another thing is that neither of these toponyms have I ever heard in Greece/Cyprus or anywhere else to be used as woman names....
@@irondasgr yeah, I get the capital names confused, but Nicosia is still a female name. It comes from Greek mythology, but I forgot who it was.
Lingualizer,YOU BETTER STUDY!!!! I didn't expect such a serious mistake from you. I'm Italian and Vatican City does not maintain bilateral relations with China, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc!!! Little Correction:The guy from Cyprus,the second one, he replied correctly because Vatican City is not recognized from U.N.
Vatican City is observer state of U.N. like Palestine. I don't understand why lingualizer included Palestine and not Vatican city!!!! There are 193 countries in the world recognized!!
Vatican City is not a member of the UN, but is recognized by UN. The same for Palestine.
It's sad to see the last Brits in the Erasmus program and even sadder to know that future British youth are not going to have such opportunities. The worst part is that they could have easily chosen to stay in it but decided to do their own program, and that program has now been watered down significantly.
Yeah,I wish I was able to participate in that but because Boris Johnson (who is also one of my local MPs) stated that it was too expensive, British people can't participate in it anymore
I'm so glad I got to do Erasmus. What an amazing experience it is. You learn so much culturally and have experiences you remember for life.
It's criminal what the British government has done to its citizens.
I feel really sorry for you. You mentioned 3 important words: Youth, future and opportunities. If more UK people had these in mind, there hadn't been a Brexit. I hope future UK politicians (teenagers now) remember these words when they are elected.
Yes but you now have blue sovereignty
@@thedude9014 ...and happy fish!
Are they really "simple" questions?
The capital of Gibuti? The RS acronym?
The UN does not recognize countries. Other countries do. The UN however has members, Israel being one of them. Palestine on the other hand has the same status as Vatican City as an observer.
This is not correct. UN is an organization which inside it recognize countries, yes it has no value at global level, but it still does it for its internal matters. Recognized countries by UN do not imply that its members recognize them and vice versa.
At global level there are countries which are recognized by all the other and some who are recognized by only some.
An evident case is Palestine and Israel whose are recognized as country by only some of the UN member.
UN recognized Israel, but it is not recognized by all UN members
UN gave to Palestine status of external observer, but not all UN member recognize it.
Another highlight case is Kosovo which is a very complicate case.
The UN recognizes member states. That's typically what means "UN-recognized". But then mentioning Israel wasn't correct as it is a UN member state.
@@Bobonov @Georg Hauer That is wrong. I quote from the UN website (About UN Membership): "How does a new State or Government obtain recognition by the United Nations?
The recognition of a new State or Government is an act that only other States and Governments may grant or withhold. It generally implies readiness to assume diplomatic relations. The United Nations is neither a State nor a Government, and therefore does not possess any authority to recognize either a State or a Government. As an organization of independent States, it may admit a new State to its membership or accept the credentials of the representatives of a new Government."
@@privatevendetta you probably misunderstood when I wrote "UN is an organization which **inside it** recognize countries, yes it has no value at global level".
Being recognized as a country by UN has value only inside UN.
Cuba is in UN, Israel is in UN, Cuba does not recognize Israel as Country
By simplify application to UN.
You became a UN member by applying and then your application goes in plenary vote by UN member.
Of course, to obtain the necessary vote you should already have diplomatic relation with the majority of the UN member, otherwise you'll never get the necessary votes.
Once you get the necessary votes, you are a became a member of UN, even if not all members recognize you as a state.
Once member of UN this means that UN recognize you as a State, it is very clear on the website where there is Member States list.
According to Britannica Encyclopedia, state: sovereign political entity
So UN members state (for UN inside UN) are sovereign political entity
Of course, globally speaking, this is not that easy.
Let's speak about Kosovo. Many countries recognize Kosovo as a country, all those countries are in UN, but UN does not recognize Kosovo as a country.
Is it a country?
Well if you are a USA, French, UK, German, Italian citizen and many others, it is a country
If you are from Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Spain, Greece, Romania and some other, it is not a country.
So is Kosovo a country?
The right answer is: UN and other countries "opinion" does not matter, it depends on from where you come from (your citizenship and what your country thinks of it)
Then many other nations arent recognized by everyone as well, UN considered nations as nations if they're members, israel is in fact a member@@Bobonov
Isn’t the capital of Thailand the one with the longest name? Because I know that Bangkok is just the short version. It’s even in the Guinness book of world records
Yeah, it's Krung Thep Maha Nakhon ...
the full thai name is, I believe it's the longest non one word place name in the world.
The longest one word is a hill in New Zealand, and the longest town name is the Llanfairpg in Wales
None of the Thais actually say that long name though.
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
Funny to notice that Anna is following the question Name a country beginning with a A but not ending with a A
Ah yes, the Geogeussr experience is coming in handy with guessing Lesotho being surrounded by South Africa. Anyone else? xD
Yep, that was my first answer as well
Well it's good they asked people who are students NOW, because when I first started studying geography in school, Jugoslavia was still a country, and Pluto still a planet.
@@m0t0b33 Today, astronomers label Pluto as a planet again.
@@rosshart9514 okay, but the countries have modified even more since the early 90's
@@m0t0b33 That is correct
Can Europeans answer... then asking students from India, Vietnam, Brazil... LOL :)
@@joao-paulo-santos2 Technically we are ALL Africans :D
I feel embarrassed that the Scottish woman was faster as guessing than me and I grew up in Michigan
Now your turn to name 2 Scottish councils that start with M. Of course, without using google.
OMG such an abismal difference when they ask this kind of questions to people in the States
And if they were quizzed in French or Spanish!
Much more difficult questions than the ones I've seen posed to unbelievably thick American kids
I keep thinking I'd be in this, then I remembered I was working on EGM stuff during the EGM and couldn't be there during the interviews 🥺
:( next time!
@@lingualizer Why do many of the people featured represent countries other than their own?
Because they come to study to the countries they represent. For example someone comes from Columbia to study in Italy and joins ESN local entity in Italy, thus the person would be representing Italy
@@dainapetrauskaite4083 And that's how you get people representing Latvia that are from the UK.
Those were some great questions. I was surprised to hear you make a question about doubly landlocked countries (a country entirely surrounded by countries that are landlocked). The only ones are Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan. I loved it!
for Uzbekistan only if you consider the Caspian Sea being a lake…. Which it sort of is :D
Does Rwanda count?
@@NekromDj it is a lake! Just a giant one.
@@johanna4655 no just because it borders the DR Congo and Tanzania that aren't landlocked.
@@writerbill1 aah true
0:52 the guy from Cyprus could have said Northern Cyprus for a non recognized country, easy !
It would be dangerous for him once he came back home, depending on which site he was, I guess. O.O
Since I pause before any answer to do it myself, you really got me with 2 US states starting with L... I was stuck with Lousiana and then I named every damn state... you got me, good trolling sir.
You had a mistake there: Israel is recognized by the UN and became a full member state in 1949
This host is the worst!
5:11 let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I'm from aruba, we finally recognized 🇦🇼🇦🇼🇦🇼🇦🇼🇦🇼
What country are you part of officially?
@@immMoonAruba (as well as Curazao) are part of the Netherlands
@Veselin around here we call it curacao or korsow. Depends on your dialect and where you're from.
@@immMoon technically Netherlands
@@immMoon aruba is a constituent country of the kingdom of Netherlands
You mentioned Israel is not recognised by UN?? Is that true? i do not think so. It is recognised by UN from 1949. Please correct me if i am wrong.
You're right. Of course Israel is recognized by UN
Yes Israel is a member state it's a mistake
I'm 63 now & it breaks my heart they don't teach in America anymore. The worst schools in the world.
These kids don't know nothing. We don't even have a republic or a democracy here anymore.
my answer about capitals with female names was Sofia and Athens since it was named in honor of greece goddess Athena
2:06 I thought he said “I don’t know. Im black” 💀💀💀
LMAO
Dutch person: *Exists*
Lingualizer: WaAr iS dA fEeStJe???
Dude, I'm not Dutch, I don't even speak a word of Dutch, but it makes me cringe every time.
only to the people of Groningen
Completely wrong. For non-English native speakers, it was not a geography quiz. It was just a language test of English exonyms.
I totally agree
As an American I think I am unusual in that I knew all but 2 of these questions, quite easily, and I knew all the UK capitals and these people did not.
Most Americans could not answer ANY of these questions except maybe 2 states beginning with "M". hahaha
Worth noting that these people are likely to be one of the best cross-sections you could find of people to answer Geography questions, since by definition they're well-educated (all university students in an affluent part of the world) and specifically part of an organisation which fosters living abroad and meeting people from other countries.
Just because they are well-educated, all university students in an affluent part of the world, does not mean they are good at geography, unless it's their area of study. Near enough every other program you could study at university, does not require you to know geography. You could even go as far as saying, that even in geography you are not required to know the answers to the questions he was asking.
@@maximushaughton2404 I wasn't saying that all of them would definitely be good at geography, just that as a cross-section they will be much better than most others. If you're going to pick a location to do street interviews, then short of the corridors of the UN there aren't many better places!
They are answering in a language that's not theirs. How many languages do you know, since you're so smart?
@@sharknado623 was that question directed at me? I don’t remember describing myself as smart, or implying as much?
@phueal but to make up for that he asked much harder questions than he would ask usually.
Overall the young people did rather well. No need to complain about our youth. However, these are people with academic background and willing to travel - not the worst sample in this context.
Knowing words with 4 letters, qualifies you for crossword games, but has nothing to do with academic background.
I am surprise no one tries guessing Victoria, Seychelles, for one of the capitals with female first names.
I remembered Victoria but couldnt remember which country
For Europeans more simple is to call Ljubljana (Slovenian capital)
@@udraj914 I guess there are namy city's names Victoria after British queen? :)
Only ones I could think of were Sydney, Australia, and Riga.
@@swagmund_freud6669 oh, but Sydney is not a capital. Australia's capital is Canberra.
He asked back to back Brits questions about the Anglosphere. I don't think that's fair.
I admit I completely forgot that Paris was a girl's name in English. Afaik in french it's just the city (or maybe that guy from the greek mythology but that's unrelated lol).
Paris of Troy was a man😂
@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 Which is why I said "that guy", obviously.
@@xenotypos OK, it was just a bit confusing how you put it after you wrote about “Afaik”.
In Greek we wright the name of the guy as "Πάρης" it is like "Άρης" (the god of war) but with a P in front so it is a little different than Paris.
@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 To be honest, Paris the city didn't came from Paris of Troy but the Parisoi tribe that lived in that area when Julius Caesar conquered the Galia.
2:08 In Greek mythology, Paris is a male though. Remember Trojan War?
BIG correction: Bern IS the officially the capital of Switzerland. It always been!
Nirgends wurde vertraglich festgehalten, dass Bern die Hauptstadt der Schweiz sei...
Switzerland does not have an official (de jure) capital city in the technical sense. Chosen as the seat of government, Bern is referred to as the 'federal city', and operates as the de facto capital.
As a fellow Bulgarian I can give you an advice. Try to ask questions that a person that is not that good in English can answer as well. As an example if you ask a Bulgarian about let’s say Italy - for a Bulgarian person it ends with an “q/ya/я”, for English speaking person it ends with a “y”, but for an Italian it ends with “A”. So it is confusing.:) Keep up the good work 🎉
Lingualizer. Get real, the majority of the people that you interview are not Europeans. So, your title "Can Europeans answer simple questions?" its out of context....
1:22 Did you just say here that Israel is *not* UN recognized? 😮 I don't think that this is true.
I somehow thought that Vatican City and Palestine had the same UN recognition status as each other since they were both UN observer states.
Vatican and Palestine are both UN observer states. He messed up there!
What of Lesotho being entirely sorounded by SA
That was my choice as well, but Vatican City and San Marino are also correct answers.
Andorra too
That was also my first thought.
@@Kamonohashiii andorra borders France and Spain
@@immMoon oh true I co-melted with not having access to the sea
1:20 Are you really suggesting Israel as a country that's not recognised by the UN?
4:34 Ulaan Baatar is not longer than Bandar Seri Begawan or Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
WTF? What are you talking about? Bern is the official capital of Switzerland and has been for centuries, not just the practical one or whatever you called it. Sincerely, a Swiss.
These are not at all simple geography questions. How can a no- french person ever know that paris is a female name?
That's okay but why so easy questions for Americans?
Go brazil
Israel 1:11 is a member state of the UN since 1949
3:54 What's your name? VITTU!!!
4:18 Where are you from? Finland.
Suomi perkele :D
The Cypriot student could not think of one “country” that is internationally unrecognized? Really?
Much harder questions than I have seen americans asked..........but still europeans did much better
Ulaanbaatar definitely isn't the longest capital name - what about Sri Lanka's Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte?!
Sorry, longest capital that consists of 1 word, next to Ouagadougou
good point
@@lingualizer ahh makes sense. Thanks for another fantastic video!
@@lingualizer I can't find a decisive answer. Which is the actual longest one word capital and which is the longest multple word capital (in the world in English)?
I was thinking the full name of Bangkok. That thing is a monster. XD
4:00 Uzbekustan is also double landlock
5:05 Am locuit in Brasov; I used to live in Brasov. I'm not Romanian myself, though. Nu sunt român, dar locuiesc in România de sase ani si jumatate. :)
5:27 Bucuresti, Bucuresti .... prietenul meu esti ! :)
I'm screaming. I want to try and guess before he reveals the answer, so I pause the video right after he poses the question and if I feel like I know it I do not resume until I have the answer. So I paused at 3:22, I immediatly said Louisiana, then I started thinking about the second one, but I couldn't get it so I counted all of the States in my head. I kept forgetting whether I did or did not already counted some of them. After a while I decided to write them down to avoid confusion, but I only got to 48 cause I couldn't remember nebraska and minnesota. After like 20 minutes I finally completed the list and found that there's only Louisiana. I was like wtf, I resumed the video and literally one second later he said "just kidding there's only one"
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Just so you know: no Dutch person says 'waar is dat feestje? Hier is dat feestje' anymore. It was a thing 11 years ago, now it's kinda cringy. ;)
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Actually, Israel is recognized by the UN as a country.
I'm wanna know which allows him to spent above 200 euros almost instantly... But whatever good man good
Good job my romanians. I knew you can do it❤
Paris isn't neccessarily a female name. In Greek mythology Paris is the Trojan king's son who kidnaps Helena and starts the Trojan war.
I learn english with these videos
Actually, Israel is recognized by the UN
3:46 in his excuse neither Brazil or Portugal ends with L in Italian... But Nepal yes
Israel is a UN-recognized country. Not all UN-member are recognizing it, but the United Nations has admitted it as a member state. This is a different level of acceptance than Taiwan, Kosovo or Palestine, which are de facto countries but have NOT been admitted as member states.
1:22 Israel is actually a full UN member.
FULL??? YOU SURE ABOUT THAT???
@@immMoon yep, since May 11 1949
@@immMoon yes.
You only need to be recognised by some countries to be a full UN member.
Israel is by no means unrecognised.
@@immMoon Yes they are, ever sense 11-05-1949
@@immMoon yeah, for quite a while, and there's like 7 or so countries that don't recognize it.
Ehm wait, Republika Srpska and Republika Srbija are two very different things.
These were not simple questions
1:23
Israel is recognized by the UN. Unless you were comparing Palestine as being the Wales equivalent to Israel.
And there is one US state that starts with L, Louisiana. Which could catch someone off guard lol
lol, he *** up so many times
There are several countries in the UN that don't recognize Israel
Yeah, I was surprised by him saying Israel.
@@sledgehog1 my guess is he was just talking quickly and by virtue of mentioning Palestine he brought up Israel. A geographical Freudian slip.
Just wanted to write the same comment, but you already did it. Yes, this statement is nonsense. Israel is not only recognized, but it's even a full member since 1949.
Some of these questions were very easy but some very difficult. The one about the landlocked country was hard lol
"At least I got educated"
Paris is NOT a girl's name.
What's your name? Alexander. Correct.
Where're you from? France. Correct.
What ESN section do you represent? Toulouse. Correct.
Name a number between one and ten. Eight. Correct.
Which flag is that? Jordania. Incorrect.
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There are 4 capital cities in the UK. England/London, Wales/Cardiff, Scotland/Edinborough, N.Ireland/Belfast. Eire/Dublin. Isle of Man/Douglas, though the last two are not part of the UK, but are parts, or islands within the group of islands around GB.
Edinburgh
Belfast?
8:24 RS - Republic of Serbia = Republika Srbija. You said, Republika Srpska which is part of Bosnia :P
….and Paris was not a female name. Just because people name their daughter after it doesn’t make it a girl’s name. I think I’ll switch off this rubbish now….
3:58: There are only 2 such countries actually: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
But both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan do have access to the Caspian sea
@@nightspicer But Caspian 'Sea' in fact is not a sea but a lake.
The biggest lake in the World, to be precise.
'Caspian Sea' is just a name.
Yes bestie I nailed it💘💅🏼
05:59 Czech Republic or Czechia?
Czech Republic
Both are correct.
@@flawyerlawyertv7454 The Czech people (nation) have the Czech Republic written in their identity card.. where is the mistake?
@@220volt-u7 The country "Czech Republic" can be called "Czechia". It's just an alternative name. "Czech Republic" is still the most common. :)
"What country's national anthem has no words" And they actually know the answer to that! Question to Americans: "Name the national anthem of the United States" "Huh? The what?"
4:05 "Name one country worldwide that borders only countries that don't have access to the sea"
I had a hard time understanding this question and to answer it.
I would say, Liechstenstein ?
Dobrá práce, Veroniko 😃
díky 😂
amazing to see all the international students dancing to "Aserejé" by Las Ketchup. This should be our national anthem (I'm Spanish).
Can Europeans answer simple geography questions.
Where are you from?
The Netherlands.
Correct! Ka ching!
Europeans only know about Europe, that’s obvious. But when it comes about Africa or South America they answer similar from those from the USA.
Nope
@@Murmilone about South America where I am from, Europeans know nothing!!!
You're almost right. We know a lot about Europe, quite a bit about Africa, Asia and the US. The rest of the Americas is generally a blank spot for anyone outside the Iberian peninsula.
@@geografisica What you want them to know about ? We can name all the countries, draw a map with the capital. Of course we don't know any little river or city and sorry if I can not blindly spot Antitgua or Trinidad. Brazil and Argentine are quiet dominant by size, Venezuela is sending immigrants recently and colombia is known for drugs.
That's the whole point of Erasmus. Its a way to brainwash the middle class in Europe and give them a very eurocentric way of thinking. They may think they are more knowledgeable than me on certain areas but if I ask them about East Asia for example they would know nothing. Their problem is they think their knowledge is more important than my knowledge.
Longest capitals in the world
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Sri Lanka, Sri dzajawardanapurakotte
Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan
Vatikan city , yeah , she probably dont know Lesoto (completely surounded by South Afrika) ... :)
Cypriot didnt mention Northern Cyprus not being recognized... He has no right to come back to his home country, family will disown him
Wow for the first time he was shamefully wrong in one his explanations. Israel is recognized by the UN. What he said was completly wrong.
Israel was admitted to the United Nations as a full member on May 11, 1949 and it has been recognized by 162 of the 195 members of the UN including all 5 veto powers, which makes it a fully recognized state. The necessary votes to make a country recognized by the UN is the approval of the 15 security-council members. 9 out of the 15 votes are necessary and none of the veto countries may object. Israel since its invitation into the UN in 1949 has always been a full member ever since.
The security Council consist of France , United Kingdom , United States ,Russia ,China which are the permanent members and then Sierra Leone, Japan , Algeria , Equador ,Guyana ,Malta ,Switzerland , Slovenia ,Mozambique and South Korea. Of these States only Algeria does not regognize Israel and does not accept Israel passports.
How could he fail so miserably ? This is truly weird to hear from him.
"Is Ireland part of the United Kingdom?" is how you made millions of enemies from both sides :D