If we want to test who is smarter, they should compete using white boards to write their answers! That way we can see how many they can get right rather than having them race to hit the button.

@user-wh3lp3nx6g

2 жыл бұрын

Will they be allowed to write in each of their mother tongue in this case?

@Love-od8cs

2 жыл бұрын

True

@kitiowa

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-wh3lp3nx6g wouldn't matter

@Nekotaku_TV

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking that too.

@Nekotaku_TV

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-wh3lp3nx6g I don't know if this is a joke or why you'd complicate it for no good reason.

There's a difference between being 'intelligent' and being 'educated"

@jonjonboi3701

2 жыл бұрын

That’s kinda true

@jonjonboi3701

2 жыл бұрын

Welll being intelligent also means that you are educated but well educated

@bodyofhope

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonjonboi3701 high intelligence means you have high capacity to learn, but it doesn't mean you're well educated. Being well educated is a point of privilege that even many incredibly intelligent ppl haven't been exposed to. Being "an intellectual" however is indeed a highly educated person.

@Atombender

2 жыл бұрын

@@bodyofhope Except an IQ test also requires you to have a solid common knowledge about things going on in the world. For example, there might be a question like "what's the capitol of Iran" or "what's the largest land animal on Earth". There's no reasoning or problem solving skill required, either you know the answer to these questions or not.

@justsomeone496

2 жыл бұрын

@@Atombender and this is why IQ test is flawed

Astonished that no one is mentionning in the comments that the quizmakers got the answer to the Cold War question wrong 😅 It ended in 1991, not 1989

@cpurssey982

10 ай бұрын

Came here to say that! 😂

@Mikerrrrrrrrr

10 ай бұрын

It's disputed

@HarJBeRw

10 ай бұрын

@@Mikerrrrrrrrr disputed? It's not though 😅 the end of the cold war is marked by the collapse of the USSR. On what basis do you say it's disputed?

@Mikerrrrrrrrr

10 ай бұрын

@@HarJBeRw some people believe it ended when the Berlin Wall was destroyed since the ussr lost a lot of influence.

@zourses2160

10 ай бұрын

​@@MikerrrrrrrrrAfter the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the fall of USSR was almost innevitable, but it doesn't mean that the cold war ended, and it could have ended in an other way so we can't say that the cold war ended in 1989. By the way, the historian are all agreed on that.

Now remember, two thirds of the European team were also asked in their (presumably) second language.

@Arzeena1990

Жыл бұрын

yeah. most americans dont even speak a second language. here in europe it is common to know at least one other language (except the british.... they only speak english)

@jordani_war

Жыл бұрын

​@@Arzeena1990 I think British are better than American because British at least choose to learn second language

@monhi64

Жыл бұрын

@@Arzeena1990Europeans seem really bad at understanding that it’s the European environment of living on a small “continent” the size of the entire United States that but speaks like 25 distinct languages is the reason why Europeans have a need and incentive to learn second languages. Here in the US we literally can’t afford the 3 thousand dollar round trip plane ticket it would cost to get to Europe once, much less enough times to learn the language. Like you remember that the us is mostly full of Europeans? We’re all the same just living in different places

@robin97rv

Жыл бұрын

@@monhi64 i'm european and you are spot on. Couldn't have said it better myself.

@awesomechey

Жыл бұрын

@@monhi64 Haha as if they don't speak Spanish or French in your neighbouring countries. And we do learn second and third languages because we constantly take part in other cultures in various formats, such as television, literature, music etc. I think that even in that sense, the US is very US-centric. You rarely learn a language just because you are going to that specific country for travel, it's a lot more than that so I think that the argument about the cost of plane tickets falls kind of short. There is less of a tendency in the US to care for other cultures and that's pretty much a fact if you look at what is taught in school

Her guess of the Bible or Harry Potter was pretty accurate. The Bible is the best selling book of all time, and Harry Potter is the best selling book series of all time.

@annabelcaye

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking Harry Potter because of that too lol

@briantravelman

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking something more along the lines of "Gone With The Wind"😂

@annabelcaye

2 жыл бұрын

@@briantravelman I’m pretty sure “Gone with the Wind” has at least some kind of achievement though so it’s not too bad of a guess 😂

@conservitarian1737

2 жыл бұрын

@@briantravelman I think gone with the wind held the highest grossing book to date, or something like that. It had some kind of record achievement, can't remember what.

@Vivian_vn12

2 жыл бұрын

I Thought it was diary or a wimpy kid

God, I was screaming that the Italian person didn't get Vatican immediately lol

@rachelwilliamson7618

2 жыл бұрын

*use gosh please

@AxionSmurf

2 жыл бұрын

He was writing a message to his friend God, who's from Portugal

@bloodinflame

2 жыл бұрын

Do you use your hands too?

@briantravelman

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I was preparing my keyboard, because I thought they were gonna say some other country. These quizzes don't always get their facts right.

@browneyedgirl3224

2 жыл бұрын

Dont worry. I was screaming at the Americans sometimes when they weren’t getting things that Americans know

The mere fact europeans were speaking a foreign language cut to an American speaking the only language they know is already a give away

@marcusweathers3070

Жыл бұрын

It means nothing.

@unknown-fo9rn

Жыл бұрын

@@noriceformeplzyeah good luck learning the dialects for each country

@pesticide1596

Жыл бұрын

@@noriceformeplz I also know two phrases in Spanish. Do I count as a bilingual by an American system?

@Envy28496

Жыл бұрын

@@pesticide1596 No

@sushipizza4439

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately many spanish speakers are natives. As an american. Depends on the state. I am trilingual actually because of my parents and because I lived in germany. Here in indiana it’s very rare to be bilingual, but in like california more people are

01:19 The answer to the first question is no longer 'China'. It's 'India: now😅😂

@perseph0ne1608

2 ай бұрын

Fr I was abt to say-

@totallyalex2607

Ай бұрын

Just when you think India can't get anymore disgusting🤮🤮🤮

@Paro-_-

Ай бұрын

You just said it: now When they made the video it wasn't

@HelenavV_

Ай бұрын

I literally paused the video to check the time when it was uploaded 😂

@SilentHotdog28

15 күн бұрын

I had a feeling it was now India, I haven't checked their population stat for a while, but I remember India's birth rate was far higher than China's and was expected to overtake China, I just didn't know when exactly.

I literally never judge people with trivia stuff but guessing "1920" for when the Cold War ended is embarrassing

@mrthinker4090

2 жыл бұрын

AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE DUMB, IS IT TRUE ?! Yes Absolutely

@slavic_viking9638

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah like the USSR wasn't a nation yet Russia was still a federal Republic

@suvisantini9712

2 жыл бұрын

yes 😅 in particular for germans and americans. This is most recent history wtheactualf

@boredapathetic

2 жыл бұрын

they didn't even try to use any logic to figure it out, either.

@mari97216

Жыл бұрын

I said 1990 over and over in my mind, doubting I was right since I thought it might have ended before. but I guess 89 was right. I just remember it ending with the fall of the berlin wall, east and west all in one. But I don’t always trust my intuiton🤷🏼‍♀️.

When she said the Cold War ended in 1920 I took psychic damage 😭

@leliavoinea9402

2 жыл бұрын

For real!😃 I am from Romania therefore a Balkan country that had suffred very much because of comunism regime and nasty soviet influence. Therefore not knowing any details about Cold War is not acceptable for any avarage Romanian. To be brutally honest the avarage Romanian that doesn't know about this would be considered very dumb buy other fallow Romanians. For us this is generally know because our grandparents and parents lived that part of history and talked with us about thouse times. I mean I was born a month before the national revolution came in Romania in December 1989. My very birth represents the first new generation after comunism I would be a laughingstock for my own people if I didn't know about the recent history of my country.😀

@gon3005

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Like wth

@EarlLeeByrd

2 жыл бұрын

@@leliavoinea9402 As an American with a roommate in college who was TERRIBLE with dates I can tell you that saying the Cold War ended in 1920 will also get you teased mercilessly here too. Given if Americans only know one thing about the Cold War they know it was a nuclear staring contest, so naming a date before WWII and the invention of Nuclear Weapons is just... (Too be fair to those like my old roommate though, they were just incredibly bad with time. If given a series of historical events - wars, inventions, etc - they could put them in the correct order. But ask if the car was invented in 1886 or 1668 and there was only a 50% chance they'd get it right)

@uweclaunitzer7170

2 жыл бұрын

How can a girl from Germany NOT know the end of the cold war? I'm lost for words. Btw. I am from Germany.

@bruhmoment2312

2 жыл бұрын

@@leliavoinea9402 yeah im Polish and it applies not just to Balkans but also every country under Warsaw pact. And i am so angry that Russians named it after our Capital. Also fun fact did you know that according to Putin's propaganda, Poland started WW2 and collaborated with Nazis? Every country in middle/eastern Europe has a ton of reasons to know what happened.

Cold war ended in 1991 India's population recently passed China's

@manveenkaur6374

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is correct, your point being?

@3terna1_

Жыл бұрын

incorrect, the cold war ended in 1989. 1991 was the year the ussr officially was dissolved. and india only recently passed china in population, this video was made over a year ago.

@slake9727

Жыл бұрын

​@Eternal The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. The cold war only ended when the USSR was dissolved in 1991.

@3terna1_

Жыл бұрын

@@slake9727 yes the berlin wall came down in 1989, but many republics of the USSR declared independence before 1991 and from the years 1989-1991 there was never any fighting or even spying, it was just a slow collapse of a union. nothing is a fact, and there are always ways to prove a fact is not true. in my opinion, the war ended in 1989. although the sources always say 1991, there was no formal end to the cold war, neither was there a formal beginning.

@SilentHotdog28

15 күн бұрын

@@3terna1_ That's because it was a cold war. I'd say it's more accurate to go by 1991 as the year, since that is when the Union collapsed.

The amercians: "Its all common knowledge we all knew them." also americans: "she knew some that i didn't know, and i knew some that she didn't know"

@izabelazanin1124

11 күн бұрын

Said the girl who answered 1920 to "when did the cold war end?" and her country was one of the two involved 💀💀

I find it amazing that two contestants on one team competed in a language that's not their mother tongue and still managed to get their team to win. It would be fairer if everyone would speak his mother tongue here. Like the German girl didn't know the term "cold war" in English. It's impossible she wouldn't have known the answer if asked in German, I know this is taught at school there.

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with your comment, it's impressive to answer these question in a foreign language. However, in the case of "Cold War", it really wasn't a big issue. "Cold War" literally means "Kalter Krieg", it doesn't have a weird extraordinary translation or anything. I knew the translation, but I wouldn't have guessed 1989 either :D In German schools, our history lessons are almost exclusively about WW2, lol. At first we learn about Ancient Greeks and Romans, then about the Medieval Age, and then it's all just WW2. Year after year again and again WW2. I do remember hearing "Kalter Krieg", but we only talked about it very briefly. And by that time most students didn't even pay attention anymore, because we were all exhausted by all this WW2 stuff...

@helgaioannidis9365

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nutzername92a maybe there's a difference between the federal states or they changed it? I'm German and at school we dedicated half year to the time after 1945, of course talking much about the cold war and about how it ended. That was in 1996 in Bavaria. But I remember when I moved to Italy and I heard the term "guerra fredda" for the first time, I didn't realize they were talking about the cold war. I first thought about some war in Russia or Canada or Iceland 🤪 When they explained, it seemed obvious as also in Italian it's the literal translation. But if you have a good level in a foreign language you don't do translate, you just think in that language. I switch between four languages nearly every day and sometimes I just get stuck with things like those. Like my brain comes up with the right term in all languages, except the one I'm actually using in that moment. So annoying, but I know it happens to many people that switch languages daily. I was really impressed especially by the Italian girl about how quickly she could think in English.

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

@@helgaioannidis9365 I guess it's more of a generational thing. You learned about it in 1996. I wasn't even in kindergarten in 1996. Jessica was probably not even born in 1996. Back then it was of course much fresher and the teachers had personal experiences and memories from that war. Nowadays it's simply not that relevant anymore, especially to younger people in West Germany.

@helgaioannidis9365

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nutzername92a this is interesting. I thought because every year we celebrate the 3rd of October at school at least in higher classes they talk about reunification and therefore about the end of the cold war. So for your generation 1990 feels like really far away?

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

@@helgaioannidis9365 I was born in a reunified Germany, so all this talk about Ossis and Wessis always sounded completely alien to me :D I never understood why our media is so obsessed with this whole topic every year. Many young Germans feel that way. For us it's just Germany; our brains usually don't divide between East and West. I know 1990 isn't that long ago, but for us it might as well have been 1910, that's how distant it is for us. Also, just for the record: If the question had been "When did the Berlin Wall fall?", I would have immediately known the answer (1989). Or if the question had been "When was the German reunification?", I would have immediately known it as well (1990). We learned about reunification and all. I just didn't make the connection to the Cold War. We talked a lot about the reunification and what happened after it; not so much about what happened before it.

They should have done written answers like a test. In a situation like this people are bound to get it wrong because they're rushing to be right FIRST rather than just taking their time and actually being right.

@rainbows5232

2 жыл бұрын

i think youre taking this too seriously

@jackytoska1471

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainbows5232 no. I just think it would have been smarter to do it written.

@rainbows5232

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackytoska1471 it was a short video with a little amount of questions. videos like this been made before more seriously with more questions with same number of people. dont take this too seriously, its just a video, entertainment

@jackytoska1471

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainbows5232 Yes I know. I'm not upset or anything like that. I was stating that I believe this wasn't the most efficient manner to carry out their stated mission. It's fine and I don't really care. I'm just saying.

@rainbows5232

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackytoska1471 ok

Only answer I didn't know was the giraffe's tongue colour. Them not knowing the cold war really perplexed me.

@vernekae

7 ай бұрын

This was painful to watch. Had to quit after the cold war question

@solus8685

5 күн бұрын

As a German, I didn't learn a single thing about the cold war in school lmao first time I even heard about it was from my mom

I think that them guessing Madagascar as a small country is just outrageous I am an Spanish 13 year old and even I knew the answer to most of the questions and also why did the Americans have such a shock when they realized that they speak Spanish in Argentina?!! All of South America except Brazil and French Guiana speak Spanish that just truly outrageous and also Americans don’t know anything about the world and then they expect that everyone else knows everything about America it’s truly stupid. Also I just realized what the fuck where they thinking when they said that china was the biggest country??

@maurogrilotineo

8 ай бұрын

Lol that is sotrueee

@plugshirt1762

9 күн бұрын

I assure you most people know they speak Spanish in Argentina lol. Even the dumbest people I've met know they speak spanish everyone down there and speak portugese in Brazil. If you want to be technical in South America there is also Suriname and Guyana that speak Dutch and English respectively while French Guiana is technically not a country and is the only colony still in mainland South America. Similarly I have no clue how they didn't get the largest country one right most people get that without even thinking. American geography is mainly lacking in Africa and Asia as we are required to know about every country in North and South America and most of Europe. Even with lacking geographical knowledge though I don't get how someone would guess Madagascar as the Vatican City being the smallest is a generally well known thing due to the fact the pope gets his own country

"i had 2 options, the bible or harry potter" that statement there just made my whole day

@robertgronewold3326

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, by the numbers game, the bible individually has sold more copies, but Harry Potter as a collective series has sold twice as many copies. So both are kind of right. haha

@christophermichaelclarence6003

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Harry Potter as well 😂

@ytube.agusss

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 me too 😅

@Jovancaleb0726

2 жыл бұрын

@@est9949 books are not for everyone and I did not read harry potter because of the author. i agree with you that JK Rowling is a terrible person but that doesn't mean that harry potter is shit. You may have your own opinions on the book if you have actually read it without the actions of the author in mind

@13thxenos

2 жыл бұрын

I remember in the Davinci Code, the main protagonist tells his publisher that the best selling book of all times talk about the secret. The publisher is astonished and says he can't believe even Harry Potter tells the story about this secret, he is then reminded that the best selling book of all time is the Bible. I knew from then that the Bible is the best selling book of all time, but then again, Davinci Code came out 2003, and Harry Potter still had two more books to hit the charts.

Did you really give a question about WW2 to the German girl? 😂 EDIT: More quizzes please, this is great fun to watch!

@notfound9816

2 жыл бұрын

Она должна гордится, Я бы гордился такой историей

@ContinuumGaming

2 жыл бұрын

They did but then again she did not know about the end of the cold war / fall of the wall 1989/1990 and askin what "cold war" means translated to German... which is translated as "Kalter Krieg" which is the exact same and even if you never heard the term in English (please give me a COLD drink)... I am not sure if it was a save guess this time around ;).

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

I don't see a problem here. WW2 is not a taboo in Germany. We talk about it a lot.

@Doctor.Whommm

2 жыл бұрын

@@notfound9816 Немного странное слово "гордиться"? Гордиться, тем что они проиграли, и что им вспоминают до сих пор? Хотя определенно, стыдиться этого не надо, а надо знать. У всех стран есть неприятные страницы в истории, больше или меньше. Надо просто помнить их, чтобы не повторять тех же ошибок. Is the word "proud" a little strange? Be proud of the fact that they lost, and that they are still being reminded of this? Although definitely, it is not necessary to be ashamed of this, but you need to know. All countries have unpleasant pages in history, more or less. You just have to remember them so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

@ADPeguero

2 жыл бұрын

@@ContinuumGaming I was about to say the same thing about the wall and Reagan telling Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"...

I find the problem to be that people study for a test and never look at it again or apply it for better understanding. And with all of the recent bans on teaching certain parts of history, this will just get worse. I miss the education I had growing up (born in 94). It is NOT the same as what my sister learned (born in 01). Also, its important to note that the curriculum in the U.S is not the same from state to state. Some states schools require 2 years of foreign language for example while some schools make it optional. Also, some schools in the U.S only require you to get a D to pass and graduate which just 🤯

@Facetterdk

Ай бұрын

Unless you are very interested - as some are always are everywhere in the world - everybody studies for the test. That is not particular for America. I am a high school teacher in Denmark, so I know this. But studying for the test does not mean that some of the obtained knowledge does not stick.

@jesseward568

Ай бұрын

​​@@Facetterdk Americans don't retain historical knowledge beyond tests because they are not given the appropriate context. Europeans know the context off by heart and can explain it to the students without consulting the syllabus.

Technically the cold war questions is a trick question. The cold war didn't actually have a real end, since it wasn't actually a real war, but the collapse of the USSR eased tensions. I guess you can say that ended the war if you really wanted to. It's just like how North Korea and South Korea are still at war but currently in an armistice.

Problem with US education is that it is extremely US centric, both for geography and history so generally they study absolutely nothing about the rest of the world with the exception when US is somehow involved. Also US education is more aimed at passing a final test than actually knowing things. So yes generally Americans ARE more ignorant, and I say generally which doesn't mean every American at all, who wants to actually learn always do even if many things aren't taught at school. If this test was all about geography there's the chance results would have been 10-0. Funny how they later said it was about time and they knew them all, no they totally didn't, just as an example they freaking said Madagascar is the smallest country in the world while it's actually huge, clearly they have no idea how Madagascar looks like and probably they know the name of it just because of the animation movies...

@cwnbn3226

2 жыл бұрын

the Madagascar part is so true, i saw another video where young people from the US were asked for countries in Africa and one of them said Wakanda haha

@kikyamelie288

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂couldnt agree more

@ViniciusOliveira-fe9oy

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't have said it better. Agreed 100%

@RonLarhz

2 жыл бұрын

Which is ironic when they cry foul at china and north Korea for brainwashing curriculum.

@IzzyKawaiichi

2 жыл бұрын

I would argue that the biggest problem with the US education system is that it isn't nationally standardized-- The states each follow their own curriculum. What is taught in one state and how thoroughly could be vastly different from what is taught in another. For me, I attended school in Texas. From 4th to 8th grade, social studies cycled through Texas history (4th), then US history (5th), Geography/World Cultures (6th), Texas history (7th), and US history (8th). In high school, you are required to take Geography, World History, U.S. history, and Economics and U.S. Government (two separate classes, each one semester rather than a year) in no particular order. My school also offered European history as an elective. Suffice to say, I learned a fair amount about Texas, the US, and international history-- although "World History" is mostly concerned with Europe and Asia, so there's that... As for Madagascar... size is relative. You say it's huge, but Texas is even bigger, so I beg to differ. As for only knowing the name of it because of the animated movies, well, that's possible. But before the Madagascar movies, there was an educational children's show called Zoboomafoo, which starred a Coquerel's sifaka. Those of us who grew up watching that show at least knew of Madagascar before the animated films.

I'm sorry, but there is no concept of "national animal" in Spain, there is no official document where one is designated as such. Although it's true that for "cultural" reasons (of which I'm personally not proud) the bull could be identified as such, emblematically we could say that the national one it's the lion, since it appears on the spanish flag as well as in other regional flags of the country. Therefore, "Lion" would have been a more correct answer, although the ideal answer would have been "they don't have one". Some would also say that it's the "Iberian lynx" since it's endemic of the country.

@Daneelro

2 жыл бұрын

Spain has no _official_ national animal, but the Osborne Bull is widely used, say by sports fans (except in Catalonia).

@GeorgeVenturi

2 жыл бұрын

I am very proud of the 3 unofficial national animals of Spain: the Bull, the Lion and St John´s Eagle, the emblem of the Catholic Monarchs.

@irenediazdiaz8628

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daneelro las corridas de toros estan prohibidas en Cataluña y desde mucho antes en las Islas Canarias. Sin embargo en Cataluña se celebran otro tipo de "eventos", por así decirlo, que involucran a los toros. Así que si hablamos del uso del toro como entretenimiento, solo esta prohibido en Canarias.

@quantumballs1488

2 жыл бұрын

Do you guys even have lion in spain

@irenediazdiaz8628

2 жыл бұрын

@@quantumballs1488 we don't 🤣. There was an european lion but it is extinct. Actually the hispanic lion is a "national animal" of Spain, not because of its presence, but because of the symbology, you know the lion being the king of the animals, strong, good leadership, blah blah blah

The denial and arrogance of the woman in the white jeans instead of just admitting she didn’t know it is what infuriates the rest of the world about Americans. Just admit when you’re wrong, so much pride.

The Cold War question killed me „1930s“💀

I went to school in Germany and I was taught about the cold war for almost 2-3 years! I think it's quiet shocking that they thought it was something that happened far before the second world war. It means they had no clue what the cold war was about. It's okay, if you don't know if the official ending is 1989 or 1990. But something that is still influencing the world of today, should be common knowledge to everyone!

@HanOle12

2 жыл бұрын

The german girl said she didn't know the translation. she probably just didn't connect the dots that the cold war was THE cold war

@DragnGo

Жыл бұрын

The Cold War ended in 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Russian Federation and other states in its place. The Berlin Wall had just fallen in 1989 and Germany reunified a year later.

@rgmoses2189

Жыл бұрын

I guessed it ended in 1991 because that's when the ussr collapsed

@jaro551

Жыл бұрын

@@DragnGo Broh I knew it! I was instantly like 1991 Gorbatsjov. Then they answered 1989 and I was wondering why defuq do I have 1991 ik my head than.

@minecraftherobrine1234

Жыл бұрын

Yeah wtf was that guess

That Italian girl is very intelligent. You can tell she loves learning.

@melr.6738

2 жыл бұрын

Italian education system is pretty good tbh

@refe6430

2 жыл бұрын

@@melr.6738 Its good compared to the american one . But in reality its bad. How many italians know english?(not a lot). And Italian geograpy clases suck c*c. A lot of Italians dont eaven know which countries they border.

@refe6430

2 жыл бұрын

But maby it has changed. I heard that in recent years Italians put a lot of efford into the educational sistem. So i hope that new generation will have a better education than their parents.

@melr.6738

2 жыл бұрын

@@refe6430 that’s very general and not entirely true, there are plenty of younger people who speak English well (I can be proof of that). Plus, people tend to forget that that people who already speak a Germanic language have an advantage with English. That’s why Germans, Scandinavians etc are better at English than others, because their languages are all Germanic and more similar to English, while Italian, Spanish etc. are all Romance languages. I can tell you that Italians speak way better Spanish than English speakers, does that not count? I’ve honestly never met an Italian that doesn’t know at least what countries they border. But what makes the system good to me is their focus on history and literature, which many forget how important they actually are

@TechnoGuys99

2 жыл бұрын

I am Italian and she actually seems to me to be a bit stoned

When did the cold war end ? When i put my coat on. 😂😂

When they said "we all knew these" no you didn't omg 😭

The cluelessness for Cold War surprised me. Honestly, they didn‘t teach about Cold War in my school and in Germany in general it’s the last topic we would talk (sequence-wise) about in history class but the schedule is so tight, you often don’t even get there. But! to guess anything before 1950 is just simply… What?

@argonaut5617

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm.. Excuse me for the question.. Why it's the last topic to talk about in Germany? I don’t want to be tactless, honestly I didn’t even know about it. Could it be related to pride or glory? Nod if

@rzuue

2 жыл бұрын

@@argonaut5617 ah no, I didn’t mean last in that sense. It’s just scheduled as the last one in line. Like, in 8th / 9th grade you have French Revolution and industrialisation, then in 10th grade again, then 11th and 12th grade you go through some topics I don’t exactly remember, French Revolution, German Revolution, Industrialisation (again x.x) then WW 1, the 20s, Rise of the Nazis and WW 2 and then you’d theoretically talk about Cold War but as I said, we usually don’t manage to get there because it was too much content to get through in just 1 1/2 years (half of 12th grade is just preparation for graduation exams)

@ramzi0

2 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about, Germans learn so much about world war II and the nazis in school. It's a big topic and great importance in the curriculum.

@rzuue

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramzi0 yeah world war 2, but I was talking about the Cold War.

@ramzi0

2 жыл бұрын

@@rzuue oh yeah, i somehow missed that.

Not a big fan of the format for this quiz battle. Buzzer beater battles are fun for entertainment, but not for testing knowledge. Letting everyone be given equal time to answer questions and compare their answers, like in an answer reveal with little white boards, would've been much better. Make the team sizes equal and add up the scores from each team for the winner.

@NazriB

2 жыл бұрын

Lies again? Disgrace America

@brett255

Жыл бұрын

So you're american?

@sbirkkk

Жыл бұрын

@@brett255 what kind of reply is this lol😅😂

@Haylla2008

Жыл бұрын

@@brett255 Yes. Which makes them smart enough to know this game wasn't about who had more knowledge but who had better reflexes.

@Haylla2008

Жыл бұрын

@Blake r/whoosh

Europeans are so polite and humble.

Anyone can read a book and think they know everything. They will never learn something until they experience it. Life is the best teacher.

Sorry, but for a German like Jessica not to know when the end of the cold war was, is pretty astonishing. I think the fall of the Berlin Wall must be one of the most well-known recent moments, especially for a German…

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't ask when the Berlin Wall fell though. I can *guarantee* you that Jessica wouldn't have said 1930 then. Because I'm the same. I had no idea that the Cold War is related to the fall of the wall... But I can very well tell you when the wall fell and when Germany was reunited. Those are different questions.

@larsradtke4097

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nutzername92a the wall fell, because of the end of the cold war.

@martinafrancese9379

2 жыл бұрын

She said she didn't know the German translation for "cold war" so probably is she had she would have said 1989 right away

@LilyUnicorn

2 жыл бұрын

Im confused ...the cold war was mostly between USA and Soviet Union. Germany had little to do with it since they lost Significantly after WW2. Cold war "ended" in late 1960s..well past the end of ww2. Then it picked back up again a few years later and ended "officially" in 1991. Thats far too recent and also has almost nothing to do with germany by that point. A lithuanian would be more familiar with it than a german

@robinviden9148

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinafrancese9379 the German name for the Cold War is Kalter Krieg, which is a literal translation: kalt (cold) + Krieg (war). 🤦🏼‍♂️

European should have their question questioned in their mother tongue, because is really difficult to think and answer quickly to a question non in your mother tongue, at least for me

@christinasanderford5849

2 жыл бұрын

Yet they still answered quicker than the Americans. Kudos to them. 💀 These Americans weren't a good representation. (For ex. I'm American and I got all but 2 right.)

@megbae9127

2 жыл бұрын

Asians in US are smarter than the people in all european nations lol

@rudzwal2314

2 жыл бұрын

@@megbae9127 It's a disgusting stereotype that asian people always have to love math and be smart

@someonesomewhere9115

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinasanderford5849 Same. I got most of those questions immediately. I was kinda surprised that I knew more of those answers than all of them. Especially the Cold War one. 1920????

@nightwing8666

2 жыл бұрын

@@rudzwal2314 Its not because its true. Asians are smarter

Brit lady wasn't too polite to hit the bell first. That figures.

When I came to the US to study at a Junior College, the text we used in a chemistry class was the same one (in Spanish, of course) I had used in High School in Mexico.

Also end of Cold War is tricky. Some may consider fall of Berlin wall (1989), some may consider that dissolution of Soviet union (1991).

@tinyard2024

2 жыл бұрын

Well... I dont think it matters much. They were like '1940' and even '1920'... It makes me goosebumps... There are so many movies and media about World War II, and even just by waching Avengers Captain America, you can get some knowledge of the Cold War period. I cant believe they said 1920

@reubennchang8187

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same

@gon3005

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but she really said 1920

@alinasava4678

2 жыл бұрын

@dumedume269 The US was litterally at the other side of the cold war. Like what do they teach them in school??

@alinasava4678

2 жыл бұрын

@dumedume269 what?? your school system not informing about the most basic history facts. In Europe it's very common, like it's part of our program in high school. This is kinda messed up ngl

I did 9 grades in US public school. Middle of my 2nd grade they made me take the IQ test. I placed inside the 98 percentile. As a result, they bumped me up to the 3rd grade and put me into the gifted program. In 2004, for the 10th grade I went to a regular Russian public school. I felt dumb af. I was embarrassed at how little I knew. I needed 4 tutors to help me catch up to their level in math, biology, chemistry, and physics. Not to say I wasn’t behind in other subjects, just no tutor was hired to help. I’ve never looked the same at americans ever since.

@AssBlasster

Жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience in high school when a new Moroccan student who was trilingual (Arabic, French, English) joined my school. They literally printed my class schedule and gave it to him, so I had a direct comparison. I just felt overwhelmed by his impressive skills in the advanced math/physics/Spanish classes and made me realize how behind I was in the US education system. He also thought I was a clueless American who didn't anything about the outside world, but I was never exposed to many international topics at the time besides some cultural topics in Spanish class. No surprise that he got a full-ride scholarship to Cornell, while I only got into my top state public university (not upset, but disappointed in US education system leaving me "behind")

@maxelkjaernersting

Жыл бұрын

I'm also in the 98th percentile and I'd kill myself if I was moved up a grade

@renegarcia4788

Жыл бұрын

I have my kids in American public schools and I disappointed that they don't teach them nothing I did my school in Mexico public school and way different us actually I have teach my kids about geography

@averagejoe357

Жыл бұрын

You skipped a grade for getting in the 98th percentile?!

@bradycadwell1044

Жыл бұрын

There is a difference in being intelligent and being educated

Imagine a baseball game where the score is 10 to 5, and the losers congratulate themselves for getting 5 runs.

The German girl about the end of the cold war - it's literally the national holiday of Germany, the celebration of German re-unification

@publicanimal

3 ай бұрын

I made the same comment. To be fair, she said she didn't know what that translated to in German.

This... isn't making any of these countries seem that smart.

@domiiinik4320

2 жыл бұрын

@Martin Cregan Dude, they don't know when Cold War ended How do they know quite a lot? XD

@southcoastinventors6583

2 жыл бұрын

@@domiiinik4320 The end of the cold war is a trick question because you could just as easily say the it was the signing of the Belovezha Accords in December 8, 1991. It not like when David Hasselhoff sings the war is over, although that would make it easier.

@GravelordNito150

2 жыл бұрын

@@southcoastinventors6583 Their first guess was 1920...

@domiiinik4320

2 жыл бұрын

@@southcoastinventors6583 Well, doesn't matter if they would say 1989 or 1991, both are good options, but they were saying 1920 or 1950, that's just dumb

@killerwolf3162

2 жыл бұрын

@Martin Cregan they don’t even know basic information. They base themselves on cultural stands. The girl literally said she knew the black death because of horror movies and Halloween stuff when literally I haven’t seen neither. The American literally hesitated when they asked how many stars was in the UNITED STATES FLAG!! And her excuse was “I was too slow”, like no she wasn’t. She wasn’t sure of her answer. They don’t know basic knowledge because they all were hesitating on easy answers and most of them were luck, guess, or just plain recent consent on a topic.

For those who need to know, the Italian word for mile is "miglio." It occurs in several common expressions, such as "si vede lontano un miglio," "it sticks a long way out." Though it's likely that the contestant wouldn't know its exact length (which has varied through the centuries) the mile was originally a Roman concept that became widespread in Italy millennia ago. It also occurs in the Bible.

@onemillionpercent

Жыл бұрын

that is quite interesting, it occurring in the Bible as well hmm

@mennio100

Жыл бұрын

@@onemillionpercent there's another expression: "pietra miliaria" , originally stones placed along roman roads every "milia" (plural form of "milius"). Then translated as "milestone" in all its meanings

@MisterHowzat

Жыл бұрын

The mile is not a unit of measurement used in the Bible. The word may be used in a modern English version or two but not in most English versions and most certainly not in the original.

@Prilavolus

Жыл бұрын

@@MisterHowzat I didn't say the mile was used as a unit of measurement in the Bible. However, most English translations use the word "mile" in their renditions of Matthew 5:41, as does the Italian Nuova Diodati: "se uno ti costringe a fare un miglio, fanne con lui due." Among modern translations, the CEV and NLV circumvent the term "mile." Wycliffe opted for the literal Latin "thousand paces."

@marte1081

Жыл бұрын

Alitalia reward program: milemiglia

I find it interesting how i've not seen a single comment point out that China is in fact NOT the most populated country in the world, it is India. For context (China: 1,425,633,559) (India: 1,429,627,434)

It's quite surprising that both an American and a German are completely unaware of the Cold War's end. As a history teacher, this truly disappoints me 🫠

Once I drove from Mexico to Alaska, the US felt extremely foreign to me because of the mile system, Canada and Mexico felt like home with Metric systems and Celsius everything was so familiar. It was an awesome road trip, I want to repeat it!! 😭

@UrbanSipfly

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I feel the same way about the metric system. When I'm out and about, I'm not trying to do math on my daily outings!!

@hanillegiolo3386

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome. How long did it take you?! And did you drive essentially straight up or you were kind of driving around the States until you reached Canada

@ludvigsilva1

2 жыл бұрын

@@hanillegiolo3386 Hi there, the road-trip was straight up from Mexico City to Anchorage, it took around a week and a half. Within the US, I passed through the states of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana.

@hanillegiolo3386

2 жыл бұрын

@@ludvigsilva1 okay. Sounds lovely. Thanks for the reply

@georgesakellaropoulos8162

2 жыл бұрын

Rough conversion for distance is pretty simple. 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers. 1 kilometer is .62 miles. For temperature, you must use the formulas.

'To a single point, many kilometres in a mile?' Had to read that a few times

I'm a little surprised the american girls didn't know the cold war ended 1989/1991 considering it's a big part of USA history

A German and an American keep guessing the end of cold war before 1950 was something I didn't expect to witness... Other than that, they were very good at the game, GGs!

This isn’t “who is the smartest” this is more of “who is most informed”. Americans typically don’t really do good at these because they usually focus more on their own country and the most obvious example is the metric system. I was born and raised in Vietnam so idk how I went from “yeah that thing is about half a meter” to “yeah that thing is about 2-3 washing machines”

@TheBLGL

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm from the US and lived in Vietnam. While there, I was trying to explain that 'infamous' doesn't mean not famous, but someone known for something bad, and used Hitler as an example and got crickets (this was with 14-16 year olds in Hanoi). I switched to 'Pol Pot', and everyone was like, 'oh, yeah! That guy!' Let's go try that in the West and see how many people know who Pol Pot is. And one of my smartest students was 16 and in an advanced history class, and she had just learned about the Holocaust and asked me why Hitler hated Jews. I said I wish I knew, but she had just learned about it at 16. But y'all have your own history, most people here don't know anything about, say, the Chinese occupation of Vietnam, or the Nguyen dynasty. Europeans are so arrogant, though, they act like are so much better than us, I'd rather go to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, etc over Europe any day! Food is way better, too.

@tsnightmare7097

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBLGL everyone has their preferences and i don't think all European think they are better just like not all American think they are better . ( If someone came up to me thinking "i am better then you" and attitude too i would make it hard time for them untill i can bash the arogance and ego down from them thinking their better then me in everything . I had some luck to meet with these people and they latter get their "friends" but they did nothing .. . Thou there where a lot of amezing people from all around the world and i can tell ya when you know where to look and know how to choose people to hang out with .. its just a nicer world )

@rainbows5232

2 жыл бұрын

say whatever you want, but the statistic and result on tests dont lie

@Souledex

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainbows5232 not that I’m going to defend the American education system to the end here but til it stagnated it produced the most effective early public education in the world. As usual the places we “liberated” made better on our inventions, which is what inevitably happens in the progress of democratic institutions. Though I will say “statistics” and “tests” do lie, very often actually. Especially when you have never looked at their sampling method, or the featured requirements and how they compare to home nations or the intent of design. Often the US places a greater priority on extracurriculars than many other places which is one of many factors that aren’t tested for example. It’s not that you are wrong, but the basis of your argument absolutely is.

@ravanpee1325

2 жыл бұрын

@@Souledex Even the word "Kindergarten" is German for a reason, so nope you don't. What do you do with our invetions e.g. the car, the computer..we even brought you Americans to the moon with our German NASA director :D

Well obviously I think the American girls were still in advantage because English is their language and sometimes it takes more time to a foreigner to answer especially things u learned years ago at school . That's why I assume the German girl didn't think hard enough about the cold war question, because I'm sure she knows when the Berlin War was demolished

@aggieoggie1282

2 жыл бұрын

I Hope too...

@bobeczek01

2 жыл бұрын

@@mementomori1022 well I meant the European grls since they actually answered individually and the questions weren't asked in there native languages nor in universal for that matter Korean. I said a little advantaged and it was a game so still no big deal

@sp8602

2 жыл бұрын

And thts with every country with india too english just makes us to loose confidense

@rainbows5232

2 жыл бұрын

i had to think a long time about how in english they call the black death, the black plague. and i dont use miles so i have no idea where to begin

@annabelcaye

2 жыл бұрын

Eh even with that advantage they still lost 😂

I am a German and write this comment before watching the Video. First I thought the American stupidity is a stereotype joke until my best friend goes to school in the US for a year and after he came back he said “the American School system let them structurally be stupid, the math they did in 11th class was the same as our 8th class“ Also we all know this videos of Americans didn't know anything about history and geography so the stereotype grows much stronger. Especially if there are people in it that didn't even know the capital of the US 5:52 really? 1930? The WWII didn't even started so how could it end? I feel very ashamed now because every question was so damn easy

"I wanted to move to the US" Baby girl, don't. We have movies, and nothing else

6:03 wait a minute... It was on 1991 :v 🤣👌🏻

@dampframme8960

Жыл бұрын

Its 89

@S0PH133.

11 ай бұрын

​@@dampframme8960 89 was when Germany reunited but in 91 was when the USSR dissolved

I (German) was shocked about the "cold war" answers. But then I realized how old I am and how young those girls are and that the "cold war" was part of my youth but nothing that ever influenced their lifes.

@dasnutelaschwein7294

Жыл бұрын

hey also ich bin 18 Jahre und wusste grob 1990... sowas hat nichts mit dem Alter zu tun sondern mit dem Allgemeinwissen! Ich meine man muss nicht das exakte Datum können aber man sollte auf jeden fall wissen dass es deutlich nach dem 2. Weltkrieg und von 9´11 war. Lg

@tinyspyro8163

Жыл бұрын

Me too :O In Denmark, WW2 is such an important part of history curriculum, I cannot imagine NOT knowing this :O If it was further back, like world war 1, it would be more understandable.

@DoritoBot9000

Жыл бұрын

But Germany still has noticiable differences between east and west to this day due to the iron curtain. Plus Reunification Day. Sorry, but I don’t think age is any excuse. I haven’t lived through any of the devastating events of my own country during the 20th century either, but they consecuences are inevitably present and it’s impossible to not know, much less not heard, about them all.

@usulsk

Жыл бұрын

Its such an integral part of German history because of the devision and the reunification that Jessica MUST know this! This war really not good of her.

@esther271

4 ай бұрын

I’m French and I just finished high school, and I studied the Cold War a lot. I was shocked by their answers too.

That's a nice sample size we got here !

"there isn't a word for miles in Italy" We say "Miglia" but it is not used as a unit

I think most of us can agree that we feel intelligent and enlightened after we watched this

@meowmeow3532

Жыл бұрын

who th thinks china is larger than russia 💀

@Mate_bs

4 ай бұрын

​@@meowmeow3532and the Cold war ended in 1920😭💀☠️

They should only get 3 guesses for one question. Kinda messed up that it just become a random guessing game with who can guess the most the soonest sometimes

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, getting a point for that mile-kilometre question, after she had guessed 3.5km, was pretty ridiculous. Clearly she didn't know the answer at all, lol.

@ingang8817

2 жыл бұрын

But it’s just for fun. Nothing competitive here.

@trikegang6671

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nutzername92a also for the cold War one. The American girl answered 5 times while the European one 2.

Actually the first thing I said when I read "best selling book" was "Harry Potter" and two seconds later I was like "No wait, it's the bible". I thought it was so funny that Jordy basically thought the same two books.

By far the “Dumbest” thing here was the way they did this “quiz battle”

@BenriBea

2 жыл бұрын

idk everyone taking it was pretty dumb

As a german I was crying on the cold war question like WTF we talk about it for 2 for years and it was the reason why our country was devided till 89

@SGAFISHING

Жыл бұрын

According to this videos we are all dumb

Omg the question about the Cold War. I was suffering. The general lack of knowledge (even for Europeans) about what happened after WWII tells a lot about present problems

@eleonora4331

13 күн бұрын

The european didn’t know the exact year, but the american girl litteraly guessed 1920… that’s embarrassing

@plugshirt1762

9 күн бұрын

@@eleonora4331 bruh quit acting dumb lmao the European guessed 1930 right after they're both dumb for guessing so poorly for that one. I genuinely don't know anyone I've met who would have guessed 1920 even the most ignorant people I know can reason that it was still happening in the 80's

Was US and USSR united in WW2? Germany: YES! and it was unfair

I used to go to a Singaporean public school when I lived there, was a top student, then moved to Japan and went to a Japanese school for 2 years whilst not expanding on my English skills (besides reading.) When I transferred to an American International School, I caught up quite easily, and it’s supposed to be on a higher level than normal American public schools.

@simonjaz1279

Жыл бұрын

Not international schools they rnt.

@bookwormd8627

Жыл бұрын

@@simonjaz1279 hold up you’re taking about Japan’s leading international school😂 I’ve got friends in America who go to public and private schools, all of them don’t compare to this school. That being said it’s not particularly hard, just selective and with a high budget

@simonjaz1279

Жыл бұрын

@@bookwormd8627 umm no. In fact, most international schools are significantly slower than public schools because of language and cultural barriers.

@bookwormd8627

Жыл бұрын

@@simonjaz1279 ??? My school is completely American. It’s a selective school, not everyone gets in. It’s based on MAP testing and people under the 70th percentile can’t get in. I mean if it fulfills your snowflake heart to say your public school is better than go ahead.

@attack125

Жыл бұрын

i'm not even moving between country's. just gone back to school for a higher level degree then i have. but 15 years later. and oh my god. this is supposed to be a higher level education and yet it's a joke compared to what i learned 15 years ago. seriously education as a whole is just going down the drain.

The fact that as german she doesn't know when the cold war ended is pretty sad since the fall of the Berlin wall is one of the most important things in German history and the reason the war ended

@drsnova7313

2 жыл бұрын

As a German, I'm baffled about that as well.

@desperateswabianhousewife8317

2 жыл бұрын

That is just an arbitrary position. Show me one academic paper that specifically puts and "end to the Cold War" to 1989. The dissolution of the USSR is a much clearer ending point.

@vankroenen2145

2 жыл бұрын

@@desperateswabianhousewife8317 Well.... probably no one here would snidely comment if she had said "1991!"..... instead of 1920 or 1940....

@lillipi3594

2 жыл бұрын

Me being German also wondered how she could not know that and was so far off with her guess ...

@Grizzly_mike_00

2 жыл бұрын

@@desperateswabianhousewife8317 I never said that the war ended in 1989 but the fall of the Berlin Wall was the kickstarter to the end of the war....

"we all knew the answers " lol the americans didn't know every one at all

Don't worry about it, in Europe politicians work hard to equalize things, of course, and if it can get worse, the better.

I laughed my ass out when the girl said she was gonna say Elephant 😂😂

@southcoastinventors6583

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair it is the largest land animal.

@electronicbamboo6764

2 жыл бұрын

Why

@gabrieeuluzumaki6155

2 жыл бұрын

@@electronicbamboo6764 because elephant ain't the biggest animal in the world,

@gabrieeuluzumaki6155

2 жыл бұрын

@@southcoastinventors6583 Yeah, but they weren't just talking abt land animals

@gabrieeuluzumaki6155

2 жыл бұрын

@@mementomori1022 ppl like you don't worth it,

I would like to see equal numbers with a written test. How a person tests under speed stress against others is far from an accurate way to evaluate a person's intelligence/knowledgeability. 🙂

@BlackCoffeeee

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest though, a proper IQ test has tight time limits. Speed of response can indicate a better performing intelligence. But, it kind of doesn't matter here because it's only a fun, pop quiz.

@petitlardon9565

25 күн бұрын

@@BlackCoffeeee An IQ test will show nothing, its not about the brain capacities its about the basic knowledge that americans dont have

Remember these Americans are actually better than the average. They have actually travelled or at least thought of a world beyond america

Well you learn something new everyday

Suggestion for the next : animals - United States 🇺🇲 vs United Kindom🇬🇧 vs Australia🇭🇲

@christophermichaelclarence6003

2 жыл бұрын

AUKUS alliance vs European alliance 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇲 vs 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

@dangercat9188

2 жыл бұрын

🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, 🇦🇺, 🇨🇦 and 🇳🇿. Alliance.

@eilishcorkery2364

2 жыл бұрын

Or 🇮🇪 vs 🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 vs 🇨🇦 vs 🇦🇺 vs 🇳🇿

@christophermichaelclarence6003

2 жыл бұрын

@@eilishcorkery2364 Lol Ireland is not part of The Commonwealth 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇲🇳🇿🇨🇦 vs 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇦🇳🇱🇪🇺

@psychogenesis6755

2 жыл бұрын

Australia wins thay one hands down

5:49 was the biggest bruh moment

@Enderbeast2000

Жыл бұрын

Bruh

@memil6787

Жыл бұрын

Bruh

@user-wb6hc4ud6l

Жыл бұрын

BRUH

My experience having studied in both the US and Europe is that the US education system tends to focus on specialized subjects, whereas in Europe it seems to be more general knowledge. Again, that's just my experience...and that was decades ago.

Imagine how different it would be with just men. They would be like “ omg! That was my second guess” and they wouldnt talk about it at all

I surprised my under 16 year old European self by answering 1.6 before either of them. It was even the first try. :D Don't take this as bragging, I'm just proud of myself for winning at something.

@megbae9127

2 жыл бұрын

Asians in US are smarter than the people in all european nations lol

@lenalarroussi8005

2 жыл бұрын

@@megbae9127 It's the educational system, Japan especially has a really good education in schools

@ballsxan

2 жыл бұрын

I intuitively answered 1.6 too, but didn't really know it.

@ARCPolus

Жыл бұрын

Statistically there's a 1/15 chance that you're a 2 year old, and a 12/15 chance that you're under 13, which means that there's a 4/5 chance that you are violating youtube terms of service by being on this platform.

6:12 lol girl you're like "It doesn't come up in conversations" as if things that people usually and daily talk about in conversations are what makes a person smart, she's so american

@whaaaaa2722

Жыл бұрын

The Cold War didn't happen it was called Cold War be cause though the Soviet Union and United States were preparing for war but there was no declaration of war it ended up being one big dick measuring contest until the Soviet Union broke up in 1989 You are so European

"I've been out of school for too long" is the classic excuse of ignorants: you're not supposed to only know things when you're in school...

"I don't think that this shows anything with the stereotype being true or not, cause this was like common knowledge we all knew." Her next sentence: "I think she knew the ones that I didn't know." Amazing.

In Italy we focus specially on the Europe history but we also study American and Eastern history. Proud of Jordy! 👏

@sesaba

2 жыл бұрын

But the main question , can you compare Italy against US in terms of innovation & technology ? It looks like what you study in your system is irrelevant for the future . Don't get me wrong I love la Toscana , but I would not go there for medical treatment

@miri8996

2 жыл бұрын

@@sesaba Medical treatment isn't really the problem. But the fact that we learn A LOT although a lot of things that we learn turn useless. I'm an Italian High School student and Italian students are super stressed just bc of school... Even tho we study day and night we turn 20 without knowing how to pay bills bc no one teaches this things🧍🏻‍♀️

@sharknado623

2 жыл бұрын

@@sesaba I wouldn't take my chances in the US for medical treatment either. Europe has a way better healthcare system.

@user-ng2dl4eg9y

2 жыл бұрын

Actually North italian heath care system is the second/third best heath systrm in the Word. (After Japan and maybe swiss).. you coudn't get wronger than that! Touchè

@alessandrogambino2488

2 жыл бұрын

@@sesaba🤣 Italy's healthcare system is ranked among the best in the world, just type it on Google

The history major in me was screaming when they kept guessing the cold War question 🥲

@unknown-fo9rn

Жыл бұрын

Yep, terrible. The Berlin Wall fell on 1989 and the Soviet Union in 1991, that’s so important to know!!

@luis-alberto.

Жыл бұрын

Dude they don't need to know the exact dates let alone history

@tomblade

11 ай бұрын

You really don't need to be a history major to be shocked by that... Everyone finishing highschool have to know that! It's BASIC knowledge!

@LuriTV

10 ай бұрын

The fact that the german girl didn't get it was astonishing. Germany was directly affected by that

@andrebotelho5284

25 күн бұрын

​@@LuriTV the fact that the americans didn't get is astonishing, they were literally 1 of the 2 countries envolved, I am Brazilian and my country had nothing to do with the war, but if you ask me i can tell the whole story of the war

5:37 The thing is that 1989 is the year in which the berlin wall fell and in germany you dont really refer to this date as the end of the cold war but more as the reunification of germany (in school and every day life)

5:37 ... yeah. That was a trick question. Cold war never ended...

Yea, I'm American (And southern so double idiot stereotype) yet I knew all these questions. I doubt other kids in my class would have known the answers though because I actually like to learn and learn outside of class on all sorts of subjects, mostly history and English but some science and math.

@ITubeTooInc

Ай бұрын

"yet I knew all these questions" You knew all the questions? But did you know all the answers too? 😁

@HowieDewitt535

Ай бұрын

@@ITubeTooInc Lol, funny joke!

That's funny! The Italian saying "I don't think there's a word for miles", which stems from the Latin "mille" which oddly enough also means a thousand like 'kilo' does. A 'mille' was the thousand steps of a Roman soldier.

@kytsunee6324

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s funny both because of that and because the Italian word for it is literally “miglio”, which is not exactly hard to guess 💀

@nope4313

Жыл бұрын

As a not native English speaker let me tell you that it's not always easy to associate words with the respective translations Plus in Italy the word "miglio" is only used in sayings basically so it's not surprising that we don't know the actual meaning The most popular saying with that word (si vede lontano un miglio) just means "it's obvious/clear" to us so we don't resonate much on it

Yeah lets say its a Tie Situation! 10-5 is pretty equal, especially when thinking about that team Europe played the game in their second language at least two of them

Have two bells, damn. They kept hesitating because they didn't want to hurt each other.

As a complete history, culture and geography nerd from the US, this video hurt to watch.

@honkhonk8009

Жыл бұрын

They should test this with younger people. I swear Boomers have more in common with GenZ, than GenZ does with millennials.

I wonder if they having another person in the American team would help, to make it 3 brains vs 3 brains! Maybe, maybe not :)?

@user-tq9vs6fc9u

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, like maybe having Christina or Cameron or another USAmerican that has been in the show before would help.

@Nutzername92a

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it was always 1vs1, so it wouldn't matter that much.

@causeandeffect7694

2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Thomas Sowell would school all of these girls.

@petitsjoujoux5011

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nutzername92a You've got a point!

@michaelmachupa3854

2 жыл бұрын

No maybe but yes.

I love how Europe is trouncing Americans

Not knowing an exact date is one thing, and missing it by almost a century is an other. And no, trying blind guesses until getting it by the dozenth one doesn't make one look any smarter :D Btw, I like Hailey's attitude much (here and other vids too), she helps leaving some bad stereotypes against Americans behind.

The thing about the US educational system, is you can't just take a person at random and think that their education even remotely compares with someone in another state, city, or even just a few blocks away. A lot of schools have decent education and do teach about more than just the US, but there are also a lot of schools that are severely lacking or underfunded. I think that's really where the stereotype comes from. The people who are stuck in those schools, either the ones that are so America-centric that people come out knowing almost nothing about the world outside the US besides thinking that America is the best, or the schools that are so neglected by the system that they're incapable of successfully passing a real education onto anyone in the first place.

@madisonschad1568

2 жыл бұрын

That is so true. Personally my school is one that teaches tons about the rest of the world, but I also know of schools that don't do that.

@christofferbuggeharder1349

2 жыл бұрын

well, you can say that on average in the US, there are far fewer schools that teach about the outside world, far fewer people who do any sort of overseas travel, and virtually no one without a special personal compelling reason who learn a foreign language well enough to have even a simple sensible conversation. Seriously, I lived two years in Texas and dit not meet a single non-hispanic white person with conversational Spanish skills. Sure, the US has an extreme variation and the upper elite of American schools and Universities are world leaders in just about any field - just as the lower 10% is not merely rock bottom, but somewhere well below that level. However, the Average American school really does a poor job on teaching about the outside world, and especially the second language teaching is almost universally appallingly bad.

@EarlLeeByrd

2 жыл бұрын

@@christofferbuggeharder1349 As an American I used to be really bothered by the language thing. Sure, everyone I knew was required to take at least 2 years of foreign language to graduate from highschool, but to your point most just did the bare minimum to pass and forgot most of it within a few years of graduating. Then I started traveling and in trying to discover just how far behind I was from other native English speakers I discovered... that they knew just as much foreign language as my friends back home. Didn't seem to matter if I was in Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand; even Canada so long as I was on the West Coast (which shocked me given the QB is a thing). That's when I realized it wasn't an American thing but an entitled English native thing, 'If "everyone" else learns English anyways why should I bother to learn a foreign language?' So now I'm just mildly bothered because I love languages and think others should too :P And I know we're not alone now which helps too lol

@RingsOfSolace

2 жыл бұрын

@@EarlLeeByrd I mean it's crazy because it's not just the US, it's most English speaking regions, and even places like Italy. The reason so many other people learn languages is because they learn English out of necesity. Don't get me wrong, in some countries, it's normal to know 2, 3, even 4 other languages. But the general rule is people learn what they're going to use. Full stop. And in the US, most people just won't learn other languages. Hell, Italians are strange in my experience, because they either don't learn another language other than what they were raised with (most of them don't), or they know more than 4. Every time. Idk what it is. I know Spanish to a C1 level and I just started studying Mandarin. I like languages, and different cultures. But to crap on Americans because they happen to speak a language that most people they will ever interact with will know is just dumb.

@revolucion-socialista

2 жыл бұрын

America is a continent, not a country

You should do who ISN'T the American based on their knowledge of US History.

@xlenaqz

2 жыл бұрын

That would be easy, as we Europeans know basically NOTHING about US History xD

@briantravelman

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@PolishAhjumma

2 жыл бұрын

@@xlenaqz lol, my hustory was mostly about us lmao greets from poland

@emilevika8621

2 жыл бұрын

@@xlenaqz It depends on country and it's educational system tho. We had to learn about every continent's history and not just quickly run through, but really get in to it. But later on we focused mainly still on Europe and our country.

@rainbows5232

2 жыл бұрын

@@xlenaqz dont include all europeans as one. and i acutally learned a lot and have a good knwoledge from what i learn in school, not on my own

I blame the school systems. I'm 46 and was able to answer most of them except I thought giraffe tongue was gray and I couldn't get the decimal. The rest, I got right. I'm confident that the younger generations couldn't answer most of these. My daughter was homeschooled the last two years of her high school education. She learned far more about actual, needed knowledge in those two years than she did her entire time at the public school. It was then that I realized that our public school systems and government educational programs are seriously lacking. Unfortunately, I believe it's on purpose. Dumb us down, divide, and conquer it's all part of their plan.

@bornwithteeth

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it's deliberate. And you are being let down badly, in my opinion.

@eclecticjulie7290

2 ай бұрын

@@bornwithteeth I agree, sadly.

i’m italian. We study 6 hours at school, with 2 breaks of 5 minutes. Then we go home and study another 8 hours for the next day's tests (there are tons of them). I hear a lot of american people saying “i don’t know what to do after school”, i wish i could say that XD

@rachelcookie321

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could get a proper education like you. I live in New Zealand and I’ve basically never had homework. 6 hours of school (4.5 hours of those actually in the classroom) then I go home and do nothing till the next day. They don’t teach anything here. With the New Zealand education system I never had a chance to go to a top university because once you get to average level, they stop teaching you and you just have to wait until new average level work comes in. They don’t allow kids to go beyond average here.

@galacticlava1475

Жыл бұрын

But America has longer school hours…

@BharatSingh-qf9ip

Жыл бұрын

@@rachelcookie321 they shouldn't do that. They should help you improve as much as you can , I'm from india currently in 12th grade. Biology is my major. Here i think education system is a bit different.

@BharatSingh-qf9ip

Жыл бұрын

Guys you know i wanna make some foreign friends now to learn new culture, traditions cuz i like to learn new things. So if you're down let me know. Thank you have a nice day!

@rachelcookie321

Жыл бұрын

@@BharatSingh-qf9ip yea, the education system really sucks here. It makes me really sad because I feel like I could of been way further ahead if they had actually let me but now I have no chance of going to a top university. I would of studied more in my free time if I knew I needed to but I thought because I was ahead at school that would be enough but I guess not.

I think it's appropriate to point out that a person can be intelligent in many different ways. Knowledge of history is not the only measure of a person's intellect, neither is any area of study. A brilliant mathematician can be awful with geography, for instance. It's like asking a sports fan what a purl stitch in knitting is, and asking a knitter what a slant in American football is. To say that someone is stupid because they can't answer otherwise inconsequential questions about any given topic is itself quite stupid.

@revolucion-socialista

2 жыл бұрын

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States.

@BurgerwithPeanutButter

2 жыл бұрын

@@revolucion-socialista Technically speaking, that is true, but when most people speak of "American" anything, they most often mean specifically from the U.S.A. If they mean people from Colombia, they would say Colombians. For an Argentinian, they would say Argentinian. Speaking of someone from Canada, they would say Canadian. Across the world, when a person says anything like, "It's widely thought that most Americans..." or, "Our city welcomes many American tourists each year," it's largely understood that they're talking about people from the United States. P.S. No, I don't think that's a problem, nor do I think it's because Americans are self-centered, as if theirs is the only country that exists on the whole double-continent landmass. I think it has to do with the fact that it's the simplest and most succinct way to refer to someone of U.S.A. citizenship. United Statesman, U.S.A.-er, etc. just don't seem to work so well. I also believe it likely comes from the "America" part of U.S.A., and is not a reference to the continent at all.

@lordlurk7968

2 жыл бұрын

@@revolucion-socialista It's because our country name is literally "United States of America"...

@andytc4840

Жыл бұрын

In general this is true. But it remains very sad that they all didn't know the answers to these very basic questions. Cold war in 1920?!?!

@BurgerwithPeanutButter

Жыл бұрын

@@andytc4840 I wouldn't have known it. I have absolutely zero interest in history. I'm sure I studied the Cold War in school. I'm sure I took tests on it. I got good grades in history, but I hated the subject, so I didn't retain much of what I studied. When it comes to the subjects I actually enjoyed, like English and science, I have retained more of that knowledge. Does it make me stupid if I'm not able to recall dates for historical events? No. I could lick most people in a spelling bee, and I'd likely do better than many in the science category of a trivia game. Also, questions concerning specific dates are not necessarily "basic". Some people are simply bad at dates, and can't even remember their own family members' birthdays. That doesn't make them stupid.

The word Mile is frome the Latin word for thousand. The original Mile was defined as 1000 paces of a Roman Soldier. The pace was only counted on the right foot, so it is 2000 steps...on a 5' 4" tall Infantryman.

Short answer. Yes. Yes they are.

@Aneiox

9 ай бұрын

thanks for the tl:dw i was looking for one

I think my generation (gen X) has it easier when being asked about the cold war, because we lived through part of it, since it didn't end until 1989. To everyone younger, it's just another part of history.

@ewandewar3667

2 жыл бұрын

im 15 and sotimes i think about how little of time has passed but so much is happened in 120 years the soviet union was abolished 2 world wars we are cloning sheep it's insane

@writerbill1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ewandewar3667 It's true, there are living (or recently deceased) people who remember horse and carriages, to men landing on the moon, to smartphones! That's crazy.

watching whole adults struggling to remember when the Cold War ended because they learned about it in school made me feel a thousand years old

@sexysadie2901

2 жыл бұрын

They're not whole adults.

@holger_p

2 жыл бұрын

It's just 30 years ago, so you are not really old if you experienced it yourself.