A European actually defending Americans against the hate is like a hot shower on a cold day, so refreshing.

@Keisha-iv6wu

20 күн бұрын

Ireland Scotland Norway, Sweden, Finland tend to love Americans. It’s only in Britain and France that I’ve had any assholes

@geoffsullivan7902

19 күн бұрын

You said it🇺🇸❤️

@broncobra

18 күн бұрын

I'm US, I don't quite get what you are saying? I'm sure that we really don't have hate for you? After all, we ARE you. Just transported into a diff country. I'm swedish, english and bohunk, lol. My grandma had a thick swedish accent. Dad did some research on ancestery way back when? I am Jeff, son of Ander? I live in Gothenburg NE. Home of the Swedes, is our high school motto. Lot's of Swedes here, lot's of Germans as well. It's all good. We, for the most part, get along just fine. Sister city is Gothenburg Sweden. Good Luck and God Bless.

@eklipseempire8807

8 күн бұрын

@@broncobra You sure you're American? When European's came here it was a different continent not a new country, the country wasn't established till much, much later. Also stating we're the same is like comparing a pencil to chalk. Sure most American's are from Europe but not all American's are from Europe. There were many who were slaves from Africa, and the southern regions. There was a handful of Middle Eastern people and of course those who're Native American. Than you have Spain who discovered the Southern coastline as well. So no not all people in America are European.

@broncobra

8 күн бұрын

@@eklipseempire8807 Yeah, pretty sure I'm American. Born and raised in Nebraska. You might have infused some of your beliefs on me? Born in a small town of around 3400. All white. There was one Black family in town. Dad was friends, they played pool together. I went over to their place one time, walked down stairs, and every wall was covered with Ebony magazine covers? Coolest thing ever? They missed their own. While I was growing up, best friend was Ernie Rodriguez. Our church helped bring over refugees from Laos. One of my best friends was Pao Yang. He is now a Master Chef in a 4 star restaurant in CA. I lived in Houston 12 years. My best friends there were Rodney Woods (Black), and Ruban Chevera (Mexican). Growing up in a small isolated town in the exact center of the U.S., most people were Swedish, English, German, and Irish. Most Native Americans were already by themselves on reservations. I get what you are saying? Just didn't want you to think I was racist or anything. Good Luck and God Bless. If you come here, it's important to assimilate? I have no problem with race or color. But you had better become one with us.Or we will put a boot up your ass, like Toby Kieth would say?

As a South Dakotan I thought it was super cute calling North and South Dakota brothers. I never thought of it that way.

@virginiaoflaherty2983

21 күн бұрын

Maryland and Virginia are called sister states. Don't know why though. Yes I was named after the state of Virginia.

@ShadowPheonix

21 күн бұрын

​​@@virginiaoflaherty2983 Maryland and Virginia. Maybe because of DC?

@deangraves7462

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, thank slavery for the fact there is a North and South Dakota. Otherwise you should be only one state.

@FlyingTigress

20 күн бұрын

And, according to what I once read, no one - except the President at the time - knew which one's admission was approved first. Both bills were on his desk at the same time.

@putzthewondersloth

20 күн бұрын

As a North Dakotan, I thought it was funny Montana was missed.

Well done Chris! It is very impressive for a foreigner to be as accurate as you by only studying geogrpahy through online content! As a New Hampshire native, I am honored you got us correct :)

@jimgreen5788

21 күн бұрын

@MaddaTheApache, before I became a geography nerd, I always had trouble keeping Vermont and NH straight, since VT is wide on the bottom, and NH is wide on the top.

@themaincharacter3203

21 күн бұрын

People exist in New Hampshire tf?

@MaddaTheApache

21 күн бұрын

@@themaincharacter3203 yeah man, NH is awesome. We have very good hiking, biking, skiing, restaraunts and other outdoor sports all over the place. We also have the most beer halls in the country, so if you fancy a good brew, come enjoy :)

@Chrisb.reacts

21 күн бұрын

Thank you :)

@vespista1971

21 күн бұрын

I’m American and I did only slightly better just the other day lol…. Being from East of the Mississippi, and never having traveled west of it, or focused attention out that way, I always get some of those non-coastal Western states mixed up… especially since several are so square, with no defining/unique outline.

Chris, you can also take a practice American Citizenship test online and see if you pass it. You can record it for KZread as I have seen other European KZreadrs try it. Also do not be upset Chris if you miss identifying the States. Many Americans would fail this test as well!

@lewisbrodnax7898

19 күн бұрын

Most Americans don't know much about geography. You've done very well.

@rhawkas2637

17 күн бұрын

"Also do not be upset Chris if you miss identifying the States. Many Americans would fail this test as well!" Came here to say this same thing. XD

@garycamara9955

17 күн бұрын

Not me, I would pass

This is legitimately one of the best results I've seen from a non-US Native lmao

He deliberated about Oregon as if his life was at stake lmao. That was great, he did better than most of my classmates back in school.

@NorthernXY

20 күн бұрын

One way maybe a foreigner could remember is Ore-Ida potatoes. Oregon on the left, Idaho on the right. To those who care, I wonder if Ore-Ida would be renamed if the 13 Oregon counties wanting to leave became a part of Idaho?

@johnvaccaro7022

20 күн бұрын

He even pronounced OREGON correctly... Or-e-ghen... not Or-e-gone!

@8paradoxful

18 күн бұрын

​@@johnvaccaro7022yeah! I was really impressed by that.

Identifying all of the US states is surprisingly similar to identifying all the countries in Europe due to the size comparison

@jonadabtheunsightly

20 күн бұрын

Doing the US states on this kind of point-and-click quiz is physically easier, because your aim doesn't have to be as precise. Europe has at least half a dozen countries that are literally smaller than Rhode Island. Several of them are smaller than DC. So if your mouse hand isn't very steady, it's a problem. The intellectual aspect is more comparable, although Europe has had way more changes in the last few decades.

@Chrisb.reacts

20 күн бұрын

@@jonadabtheunsightly I would argue the other way around for difficulty, because European countries have way more distinct shapes, and many US-States are really similair to just squares.

@rdjftw2531

20 күн бұрын

@@Chrisb.reacts Like the province Saskatchewan in Canada: easy to draw, difficult to spell. :)

@marshalljarnagin9370

20 күн бұрын

@@Chrisb.reacts I would argue simple polygons are easier to memorize the shape of. 😝 You know what is hard though? Doing all firs level subdivisions of European countries. 😆 Western Europe isn't so bad...but the east. Oh it's so bad!

@kaiajackson8538

20 күн бұрын

​@@Chrisb.reacts I would say the US is easier for me because the names sometimes help you. If you find Virginia then west Virginia is easy, same with south and north Carolina or north and south Dakota. On the other hand there is no country called north and south Germany or west Spain. 😊

Michigan is the state shaped like a left hand mitten and surrounded by giant freshwater lakes. You did really well for someone who's never visited the US. I always get tripped up by the tiny northeast states.

@FlyingTigress

20 күн бұрын

Don't forget the Upper Peninsula!

Thanks for singing a little "Country Roads"! West Virginian ist mein muttersprache! Lol

@michealdrake3421

20 күн бұрын

I was really surprised to find out how wildly popular Country Roads is in Europe. Especially at soccer and American football games, there will be 70 or 80 thousand people all singing along together, it's incredible.

You did better than a lot of Americans would! I’m so impressed!!

@georgemartin1436

21 күн бұрын

He sure did!

@user-ny1ji3vw6y

21 күн бұрын

Very impressed!

You were amazingly accurate for someone in a different country. I’m proud of you! Louisiana is shaped like an L. Vermont is shaped like a V with New Hampshire next to it. Kansas is in the middle. I’m glad you got my state, Florida, right away.

@jryan9547

20 күн бұрын

New Hampshire and Vermont sometimes get me. Depends on my mood that day lol I’ve embarrassedly flipped them before.

@sevenandthelittlestmew

13 күн бұрын

Michigan is shaped like a mitten! 😊

As a Minnesotan, thank you for not getting us confused with Wisconsin and overall getting a pretty good score on a first attempt!

@Ananas-280

19 күн бұрын

Minnesota is honestly one of the places i wish to live, very cold, friendly people, much less about politics and more about family and things like that Plus we Germans really love those states like Minnesota and Dakotas idk why

@EddieReischl

19 күн бұрын

Ouch. Football season hasn't even started yet.

When my grandson was 7, he said, "Montana looks like it is sniffing Idaho" 😊 LOL

@broncobra

18 күн бұрын

OMG! lol.

@sevenandthelittlestmew

13 күн бұрын

It does! It looks like a face sniffing Idaho! 😂

@PrestonSpeedPublicat

13 күн бұрын

@@sevenandthelittlestmew LOL … I know ! 😂😂😂

@dwaingambino1979

7 күн бұрын

Udaho!

@fatedsculpture2596

3 күн бұрын

All of the states from Minnesota to Louisiana look like a man with a chef hat to me.

8:27 “NEIN!!” 😂😂 The most German thing you could say. I’ve just seen one too many WWII movies and let’s just say the image of a certain person popped in my head when I heard you say that 😂. Great video and good score.

@phoenix5054

21 күн бұрын

It’s cute seeing a frustrated German just saying Nein! 😂

@natehill8069

13 күн бұрын

I stayed at a private home in Munich in 1988. The family renting the room had 2 parrots (an Amazon and an African Grey). In the morning when sunlight hit the covers of their cages they would start raising hell to be let out of their cages, which the family did not do to avoid disturbing their guests breakfast. (We told them go ahead, we enjoyed the birds). But one time one of the birds was screeching to be let out and the mom told it to shut up. The bird said "Nein! Nein! Nein!" which cracked us up and I hear that now anytime the word "Nein" comes up.

I remember having to label a blank map (state borders drawn in) with each state and their capital city when I was in elementary school (less than 11 years old). The trauma worked I still remember most of the capitals!

Ive lived in a few countries and everytime I tell people I'm American they think I'm stupid. Then they find out I know more about their country than they do.

Great job, Chris! You should be proud of yourself.

Holy smokes, Chris, I'm only 3 minutes into your video and so far, you've guessed better than other foreigners (and even a few Americans). You even guessed Connecticut correctly, not many people can guess that one! Good luck on the rest. 🍀

@jimgreen5788

21 күн бұрын

@catbutte4770, only a few? From my point of view, it's an embarrassing boatload of'em.

Great job! You did better than many Americans! I just reviewed the states of Germany because of this video and I would not do anywhere near as well with a quiz on their names and locations as you just did with 50 states. Have a great day! 😊

@Chrisb.reacts

21 күн бұрын

No always when i clicked wrong it showed the right name

@waltermaples3998

21 күн бұрын

@@Chrisb.reacts Chris America 🇺🇸 Loves You for You. Never forget that. 😉👍❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸

@johnvaccaro7022

20 күн бұрын

We're just hsppy finding Germany, let alone its states!🤣

Chris, consider making a live video for us if you want to go to Oktoberfest in Munich in September. It would be fun to see you in Tracht.

@Chrisb.reacts

21 күн бұрын

I need to buy Tracht first😂 Its not that everybody has it 😂

As an Indiana resident I feel it is my duty to inform you of some interesting facts about my state so you won't forget it. 1. Indiana residents are called Hoosiers whereas in all other states the state name ends up deciding what the residents are called. For example, Texan, New Yorker, or Californian. 2. Although being a part of the rust belt, (a group of northern stars that were once the industrial heartland of the country but are now primarily full of of abandoned factories and cities with smaller populations than they were built for) Indiana with the exception of its Northwestern cities is on a population incline and is still the largest steel and one of the largest limestone producers in the country. 2b. Fun little fact that is related but didin't quite fit with 2. The Empire state building and many of the governmental buildings in Washington DC are made of some 10-30~% of Indiana limestone. 3.The capital of Indiana (Indianapolis) is home to the largest sports arena in the WHOLE WORLD! The indi 500 speedway can comfortably fit Vatican City inside of it and have plenty of room to spare and can hold 400,000 people in it. This should suffice for now, if want to know more just ask. Every state has a story and there is plenty more to Indiana's story for you and even me to find....or maybe even write.

Michigan is the mitten, Louisiana is the boot

You did great! My daughter is in high school and she took human geography last year for a college credit and helping her study really helped refresh my knowledge. I never took Geography until college.

You’re a good sport, man. You’re meek in the good, Biblical sense. That is, not volatile, able to take a hit & keep on going.

Me, over here, yelling at the screen, “Yes, click … no, go back…!” 😂🤣 Great job, Chris (from Northern California). 👍🏻

You did better than I would have. This might be the first time someone confused Nevada and Oregon 😂. But still, well done!

My dear, please do not ever title another video with such false advertisement! I saw the title and had to comment (even before watching😂) to tell you how impressive your huge span of knowledge is about so many varied topics, you are in no way, shape or form DUMB!! You are able to quote history dates and stats concerning times that I would have no idea about. We watch you to learn about your culture (bc I certainly have much to learn) some of us lack exposure but here in your community you teach us loads of interesting things that some (esp me!) of us aren't aware of. You are NOT dumb. I disapprove of the title!😁 You are intelligent, beautiful and should totally be cast in a movie/ or movies one day! You would be such a great German villain lol (please no offense!) the best ones are excessively handsome! 😂 I'm being 💯 serious!!! I adore you, keep up the good content and be blessed with growth and success! Cheers!❤ Kudos from a Mississippi girl!

You did better than most public-school students in the USA today.

Congrats, you should be proud of yourself. You did a good job of picking the States. I think that you did better picking the States than a lot of Americans would.

@garycamara9955

17 күн бұрын

That is a sad fact

Chris, a unique fact about Michigan is that it's the only state in 2 parts--Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Illinois is a weird state when it comes to pronunciation (along with Arkansas), in that it has a silent letter: ill-ih-NOY and ARK-an-saw. So, our joke is: there's no noise in Illinois. An interesting fact about Montana is that's almost exactly the size of Germany. Although it's spelled MERRY-land, and was named after Queen Mary, it's pronounced MARE-uh-lund. You should be very proud of yourself. You did a fabulous job!

@TahiriVeila13ABY

21 күн бұрын

The fact that the UP is yours and not ours (Wisconsin) just because of poor map making, and a whiny Ohio, is a prime example of stupid politics and even stupider war.

@jimgreen5788

21 күн бұрын

@@TahiriVeila13ABY, you misunderstood my comment. I'm just an old geography nerd from Illinois, living just south of the Cheddar Curtain in Rockford.😅

@blakewhitehead9496

18 күн бұрын

Some of its people pronounce it Murrlin!

@garycamara9955

17 күн бұрын

Its pronounced mare A land

@jimgreen5788

11 күн бұрын

@@blakewhitehead9496, really? I've never run across that one before.😲

I nearly peed myself when you said the state Missouri. You said the english word for elend. Too darn cute.

American here, and you did really well! There are Americans who would do a lot worse. I can locate and name the European countries, but the German regions would give me a challenge. You mentioned the term 'dumb European', and it reminds me of when I worked on a military base in America, and a German called asking for a password resume to access a certain computer system. I resumed his password, and then he asked me, "Good, now what should I select on the screen menu?" My job was dealing with the password access, but the caller needs to know where to go next. I was thinking, "Is he really this dumb, or is he trying to socially engineer me into accessing something he was not supposed be into?" I finally told him that he would have to contact his supervisor on what to select next.

I always feel bad about not being able to completely fill in a map of Europe, until I remember that when we learned it in school, the entire map of eastern Europe was completely different. I'll be happy to finally memorize the map of eastern Europe when the ink finally dries. Until then, I can do pretty good as long as I get points for "I dunno, this all used to be Yugoslavia when I was a kid," "old parts of the USSR," and "these two bits used to be Czechoslovakia." 🙂

You're doing great. There are people who were born & raised in the U.S. that don't know as many states as you.

Yay, shoutout to Long Island, lol! Pretty damn impressive results.

Was I the only one screaming "JUST CLICK IT!" when he was hovering over Oregon trying to decide if it was Oregon?

You did great! If I did the European one, I'd miss at least 30% because the ones I knew growing up have changed their names since then. Also, really love your trivia knowledge about each state.

@dustinduncan2444

19 күн бұрын

True. When I was in high school Berlin was in East Germany (aka the GDR or in German class the DDR [Deutsche Demokratische Republik]) and Bonn was the capital of West Germany (aka the FRG or Bundesrepublik Deutschland). That one I could get but the breakup of the Eastern Bloc countries in the 1990s and early 2000s make me have to really think where they might be (I get lost in the Balkan where Yugoslavia was for 45-50 years)

you just did better than probably 92% of people under the age of 30

You did really well. I also appreciated you defending against americans. Thank you.

The song west Virginia says "life is old there older than the trees and younger than the mountains" because the mountains in west Virginia predate the first trees on earth. They were formed before plant life on earth.

Well done - it may help to point out the "Oregon Territory" which was the destination of most 'wagon trains' encompassed the current states of Oregon/Washington and Idaho - in terms of settlers, that was THE destination other than the California Gold Rush in that time period.

I'm an American who has never left this country. As a thanks to you doing this, I went to the website and took the quizzes for Germany's states and capitals until I got 100%.

For a foreigner, you did very well. I was very impressed that you identified my home state, Connecticut, a state that is generally overlooked, on the first click. Equally impressive is that you identified Long Island, where I was born and raised, as being part of New York State.

You did way better than most Americans would have done. Well done!

74% is impressive!! I would have expected much lower since you do not live here. That’s a solid score!!

Bruh 😂 you did better than most Americans could do! So happy that you knew my home state of Louisiana!

NAVADA LOL 😂 I died that was actually awesome 👌

As a North Carolinian, finally feel seen 😂

American here. Your results on the States quiz was very good, I'm not sure how many of my friends would necessarily get as many right. Did 46/46 on the Europe quiz in 4m 29s. I got worried when I saw Andorra pop up because while I remember that one easily (the mountains between France and Spain), it told me that the other city states around France and Italy were also on the table and I can't say I necessarily memorized those, I was able to work out San Marino once I remembered that Monaco was bordered by France.

Good job. I was impressed. Smart kid!

You did a great job! There are a lot of Americans that couldn't do as well as you did.

Excellent job! For a future video I think you would find a video on Mackinac Island, Michigan interesting. It’s an island with an interesting history , massive tourism and zero vehicles! Even Amazon delivers via horse or bicycle

I'm from Oregon, and you got it correct! Great job!

You looked in physical pain at choosing where Nebraska was. As a Nebraskan native... same. Jokes aside, props to finding it on the map! Not many people know where our state is

@dustinduncan2444

19 күн бұрын

Nebraska is obviously at the junction of I76 and I80, off the north east corner of Colorado. 😉 But... I don't think that would have helped him since I'm not sure Colorado even registered with him. I'm pretty sure he found it only because it isn't Louisiana or Nevada. 🤣 He definitely did better than many people I know that live in the US. Many just throw up their hands at the "rectangle states" in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.

Fantastic job! Not many people who haven't lived in, or traveled extensively within, the U.S. would have gotten that many correct.

Europeans should never think they are "stupid" for not doing well on this test. Very few americans would do very well on a similer test about europe.

@garycamara9955

11 күн бұрын

@@MrVince8 I have known about Europe since the third grade. I had a Rand McNally map on my wall when I was a kid. I also had 2 globes.

I'm surprised you did so well! There are so many states where I think "There is no reason for foreigners to care about where this state is". Good job!

Ohio is easy to remember because our catch phrase is “the heart of it all.” And, Ohio looks like a ❤

You are not dumb one bit! You are wonderful and we love you here in the US!❤

You did an excellent job of using logic and the facts you did know to try to figure the things you didn't know. And this really is a more difficult test than most Americans get. We get asked to point out actual countries. You were doing the equivalent of locating Bavaria and Berlin and Lower Saxony. It's trickier to know another county's internal divisions. You want to test yourself against some Americans, maybe try picking out countries in Africa. Something where it's not your home turf, but it's not ours either.

You are definitely *not* a dumb European. Good job!

As an Oregonian, you were making me crazy as I’ve always been surprised how much foreigners seem to know about the Pacific Northwest. But great job, I think you know US geography better than half of America.

I'm impressed, dude. I've seen a lot of people do this quiz and fail hilariously at it. You really did surprisingly well with those tiny eastern New England states, those usually trip people up pretty bad. You're right that Indiana comes from Indian. I believe the literal translation is actually "land of the Indians" Colorado is literally just Spanish for "the color red" cause of the red rock there. And Nevada is Spanish for "snowy place" because the Spaniards had come up from Mexico and compared to that region it does snow a lot in Nevada, particularly in the mountains. In college when joking about not doing well in a class or when talking about a class that we didn't really care about but still had to take we'd say, "Cs get degrees!" because a 70-80/C is still a passing grade. 60-70 is a D and while that's not a fail, you'll still have to retake the class for a better grade if you don't want it to count against you. Below a 60 is an F and that's a fail.

Good job! FYI the s at the end of Illinois is silent. A lot of people know us from Chicago, our biggest city.

You did a great job! So proud you got Georgia right. I'm German and have lived here practally all my life.

Chris you did a great job on the states, especially reasoning out a state compared to what you knew about states near it. Bravo!

Good job! I know plenty of Americans who wouldn't do as well. As a former teacher, I enjoyed watching your reasoning skills in completing the puzzle.

Wet good Chris! Probably better than a lot of Americans!

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@Westpark16

21 күн бұрын

Lol he does 😊

@waltermaples3998

21 күн бұрын

@@Westpark16 😉👍❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸

@Chrisb.reacts

21 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊

@waltermaples3998

21 күн бұрын

I Love and Care about Chris. 😉👍❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸

@waltermaples3998

21 күн бұрын

@@Chrisb.reacts Chris I Love and Care about You My Handsome Friend. 😉👍❤️🇺🇸

You literally did better than most Americans could 😂

It takes a certain courage to put yourself out there like that. Bravo!

Your logic and reasoning were solid

You did really, really well on this test Chris!

From New Jersey, but I have lived in New York and Pennsylvania as well. I have traveled through all states east of the Mississippi River.

That’s pretty dang good for a first attempt. It was great hearing you think out loud, you had some pretty good deductions for states you were unsure of. I’d be interested to see you try a quiz that doesn’t show the correct names after wrong guesses👀

Great job, Chris!!

Most Americans would fail a geography test of European countries.

You did better than I expected! 🤝

You did soooo much better than I could ever do on the European map, I'm impressed ;-)

You did great, Chris! 👏

You're smarter than a lot of American young adults today in pinpointing our states. I loved geography and, in the military, I traveled all over the United States, Canada, Central America, Europe, Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

You did AMAZING on this, I’ve taken this quiz before and I don’t think I got as good a score 🤦🏼‍♀️ I always mix up Ohio/Indiana/Iowa/Missouri. Great job! And nice John Denver impression 😂❤

Great job, Chris! You did better than most college students. Just FYI, Illinois is I’ll-in-noy. The s is silent.

Great Job! That was fun.

It was drilled into our heads as kids, alongside the state capitols.

You did great! And I am happy you got Oklahoma (my home state)! I was taught the states and capitals in 3rd grade and can still do them along with the 5 inhabited territories and DC so I’m not really sure it’d be appropriate to compare my doing the test to yours. I did go do the European test as you asked and got 100% in 2:42 (would have taken less, but had ads pop up that I had to close because they blocked part of the map). Again, I don’t think that’s a fair comparison since 1) I had an uncle from the UK and a great aunt who traveled a lot around the world with my great uncle, her husband 2) I was my state’s geography bee champion in 6th grade…I won a National Geographic board game with a map for the board that was outdated not long into the 1990s with the unification of Germany, end of the USSR, break up of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, etc. So I had to relearn a lot of countries. Honestly the trickest ones for me are the island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean as consistently get a few mixed up and haven’t learned any tricks to help me remember better (a trick a teacher taught me when I used to get the Dakotas’ capitals mixed up was that just as the state names North and South are alphabetical so are the capitals: Bismarck is North Dakota’s and Pierre is South Dakota (B comes before P just like N comes before S). Same with remembering the Baltic states: Estonia comes before Latvia which comes before Lithuania so from top to bottom that’s the order they’re in on the map! Otherwise I do pretty good at identifying countries on a map. Though don’t remember all the capital cities. I’m not Barbs from Geography Now channel who can do it blindfolded! As a kid I used to struggle with Africa, but as a teen I had some penpals from a few countries there (had penpals in Europe and elsewhere too) and that helped me want to remember them better. But still cannot remember all the capital cities, especially since a few have changed them over the years. I do remember that South Africa technically has three capital cities and really that’s just a neat fun fact and that’s why it’s stuck in my mind all these years. I think getting a 74% on your first try is really excellent. I’m pretty sure as a kid on my first try it wasn’t quite that high of a score, though you saying you remember from shows and other facts certain states is similar to how a lot of us initially remembered the states we did as kids. At least that’s true for my classmates and I. Like we knew ones we had family living in and ones tv shows, films, etc that we liked were set in. But that still leaves a lot that we didn’t initially know and just had to practice learning and remembering. So yeah excellent job! And yeah, I know the dumb American stereotype. Trust me, I’ve worked with some fellow Americans who make the stereotype seem kind in comparison. Then again I have worked with some nonAmericans who were doing a great job at emulating the stereotype as well. Thankfully I know that there’s plenty of intelligence variations throughout the world. Honestly it’s not intelligence that I worry so much about (though I’m not dismissing the importance of intelligence) is the level of curiosity. I am often bewildered by people who lack any sense of curiosity for the world and everything around them, or even about themselves. Again, such people don’t seem limited to any singular place.

You did really well! Better than most Americans would, I think. I still forget which is Vermont and which is New Hampshire. I’m impressed!

I will comment on several of your videos. As to this one, I would doubt that only one in 10,000 Americans could name any German state other than Bayern. You at least have some idea of American Geograhpy. As to the "American" brands being sold in Germany. Several years ago we were visiting cousins in Schwerin. There was a store with a lot of junky jewelry obviously catering to younger people and it's name was "Cheap and Trendy." it was an American Scheiss Larder to be sure, but it blew our mind. As my wife is German we have been fortunate to make many trips there. We might have things that are different and wonderful and to you, but you have an equal amount of things that are different and wonderful to us. I love your freilicht museums (have seen most of them) and in my mind, Germany is a truly beautiful land. As you are fascinated with America, I am equally fascinated with your native land. It's truly wonderful!

@Chrisb.reacts

20 күн бұрын

They would probably also know Berlin because of History 😊

Great job! 👍

Well done. I'm unsure many Americans would do as well. Some states are easily recognized, but those in the middle of the country are more challenging. When I was in weather school (I was in the Air Force), it took some effort to learn their location.

Fun fact that song Country Roads is actually about western Virginia, not West Virginia! But they need a win so we let them have it.

@garycamara9955

17 күн бұрын

West Virginia is the name of a state.

I'm genuinely super impressed by how many you knew or you were super close to! fun video! Washington state being literally on the other side of the country from Washington, D.C., which we call Washington, is very confusing 😅

Im glad you got new Mexico most Americans cant get that one. From an American of german descent

Hey, Chris! I must say that I am very happy with how you did! Here are some pointers for learning a few of your states: The West Coast states north to south are W-O-C (Washington - Oregon - California) Vermont and New Hampshire are shaped like similar to their first letter (take off the last upstroke on the N). You will do amazingly well next time, I know!!!

Never call yourself stupid or dumb you are not expected to know everything, at least not here in the U.S.

North and South Dakota used to be one state until they split 1889, so you were right they are brothers!

@Chrisb.reacts

20 күн бұрын

I didn’t know that :)

I guarantee you did better than many Americans would do if we tried the same thing with different city and region locations of Germany! Good job! 👍🇺🇸

Omgosh. You love the US so much. It's so touching. I worry that when you finally get here, you'll be so disappointed 🤣

Wunderbar...das hast du gut gemacht!!! So proud of you Chris! You're well on your way to becoming an honorary American! 🇺🇸👏👏👏

I am astounded! Most of my classmates in high school did not do as well as you did.