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

@kshounishbhadra-bhaduri8602

3 жыл бұрын

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

@catmacopter8545

3 жыл бұрын

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

@ih82r8

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Vilexxica

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jaydeniemuth9366

3 жыл бұрын

Quite well actually.

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

@RainaRamsay

3 жыл бұрын

+

@mrleaf6055

2 жыл бұрын

@@RainaRamsay -

@RobloxBansYT

Ай бұрын

@@mrleaf6055 x

@SpahGaming

20 күн бұрын

@@RobloxBansYT =

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

@pao_lumu

3 жыл бұрын

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

@mukrifachri

3 жыл бұрын

At least he can actually navigate using it.

@vaclav_fejt

3 жыл бұрын

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

@mukrifachri

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@lauraireson6358

3 жыл бұрын

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

@MCLooyverse

3 жыл бұрын

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

@DasGanon

3 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelrue1400

11 ай бұрын

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

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

@sirBrouwer

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@ARSZLB

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@cyalknight

2 жыл бұрын

That seems like Colorado as well.

@evanr9583

Жыл бұрын

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

@CheyenneRose

Жыл бұрын

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

@filrabat1965

Жыл бұрын

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

@recruit_37

Жыл бұрын

This is fake. Wyoming doesn't exist.

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

@francesgardner7070

3 жыл бұрын

Philadelphian autonomy let’s goooo

@ainsleyelizabeth7401

3 жыл бұрын

@@francesgardner7070 😂

@CableFlame

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Hyrum_Graff

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Milamberinx

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@CableFlame

3 жыл бұрын

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

@goldstargloww

Жыл бұрын

michigan the hand fish

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

@tomrogue13

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Huntracony

3 жыл бұрын

And a fairly logical one at that.

@Vilexxica

3 жыл бұрын

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

@darreljones8645

3 жыл бұрын

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

@easytiger6570

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@sundhaug92

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Aoderic

3 жыл бұрын

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

@RainaRamsay

3 жыл бұрын

+

Sick typing skills mate. Love from Masssachussettss!

@blindleader42

3 жыл бұрын

^^ When Massachusetts merges with Mississippi. 😬 😁

@easytiger6570

3 жыл бұрын

And invades Tennessee

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

@mrkillman555

3 жыл бұрын

Vermont is Bernie Sanders

@LH-gu3yn

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrkillman555 Ben & Jerry's!!

@AnonYmous-rw6un

3 жыл бұрын

Vermont is also a mentioned in joke in Friends.

@RotisserieElephant

3 жыл бұрын

same

@MrCooll971

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@MCLooyverse

3 жыл бұрын

...We do?

@saffron6744

3 жыл бұрын

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

@slashplane

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Chaotic_Pixie

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@RainaRamsay

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@samiuseliina

3 жыл бұрын

I want to see the spelling he comes up with

@EpicWolverine

3 жыл бұрын

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

@tess77262

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Mercure250

3 жыл бұрын

@@samiuseliina For Saskatchewan especially

@ashtonhoward5582

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@francesgardner7070

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for recognizing Philadelphian autonomy lol-a philadelphian

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

@juleklemmer5647

3 жыл бұрын

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

@MCLooyverse

3 жыл бұрын

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

I would love to see you identify flags next!

@tparadox88

3 жыл бұрын

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

@cumunist2120

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

@juleklemmer5647

3 жыл бұрын

How many are there?

@tmuller9905

3 жыл бұрын

@@juleklemmer5647 16

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

@MattGrayYES

3 жыл бұрын

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

@andreabutitsruth

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

@sirBrouwer

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

@tomrogue13

3 жыл бұрын

I mixed up Mississippi and Alabama.

@qwertyTRiG

3 жыл бұрын

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

@CableFlame

3 жыл бұрын

Aww, Sad Marylander Face. :(

@zugdude4789

3 жыл бұрын

Dries tears with old bay

@cumunist2120

3 жыл бұрын

@@qwertyTRiG Maryland’s flag looks so medieval

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

@juleklemmer5647

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Simoran

3 жыл бұрын

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

@qwertyTRiG

3 жыл бұрын

Did the Milan Conference strike there too?

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

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

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

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

@CableFlame

3 жыл бұрын

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

I think now you should do Naming English Counties

Great vid!

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

@nicolescats2

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

You did really awesome! :) In my opinion.

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

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

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

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

@juleklemmer5647

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

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

@cumunist2120

3 жыл бұрын

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

holy sharp focus!!!! nice camera!

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for the Denver shoutout!

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

@AlRoderick

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

You did better than I thought 👏👏👏

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

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

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

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

you certainly did better than I could

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

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

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

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

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

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

You should try naming and placing all the english counties

To me this is more like a word association game with the Technical Difficulties in mind. Colorado - big * stopper! / Philadelphia - Fillies in Philly / etc.

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

@Huntracony

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

You did excellent! I would like to see how well an American can name the 92 counties (shires) of the United Kingdom. I'm an American that has been to the U.K. many times (before I retired)...I probably wouldn't be able to get more than 4 or 5 shires (names & locations) within the U.K.

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

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

Good job.

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

I got them all when listening them but a few years ago I challenged myself to learn the song (instead of doing my college assignments), can't fully place them all though I can do most. I struggle with all the i states, they're so similar and close together. I'm from the UK. Definitely do Canada provinces and UK counties in the future.

lmao when you were tryna find nebraska tho

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

I'd love to see you play some GeoGuessr.

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

Me on my way to roast this guy knowing damn well the only city in the UK I can name is London:

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

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

0.0001 percent compared to me- 1.0000000001.10101992101029292% compared to average

would be nice if we could see the map!

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

Michigan is kind of shaped like a mitt. People from Michigan will actually illustrate where they live by pointing it out on the inside of their hand. 😄

@RainaRamsay

3 жыл бұрын

They do, it's great. Also much easier than Colorado. Someone asked where I had vacationed and I had to hold up my laptop to illustrate relative locations

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

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

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

there is another sporcle game, where you click on the map without borders to guess the states. That one was quite intense :D I needed a few trys for that :D

UK counties next?

I think you did well... especially for not being from here. I teach high school and might have my students do this after their final exam tomorrow for fun. I'll post results tomorrow. :) I got 100 for the naming and did it in 2:33... I'm a fast typer and there's a song that has the states in alphabetical order that I learned when I was 9. I got 100 for the placing the states too... but I'm a geography geek... I probably wouldn't do so hot with state capitals though.