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I’d love to see a group of Americans answer the same questions.
depending who you ask this could turn into a political civil war in minutes....
Like who is the President of Slovenia or Bulgaria 😂
@@StiishoNo, just "how many States", "who is president and vice president", "which countries border the US"... enough to make them struggle.
There are vids like that. Even about their own country. Terrifyingly ignorant 😮
I’ve seen videos asking Americans the same questions. 🤦♀️🤦♀️. So embarrassing.
Spain shares borders with five countries:
1. Portugal to the west
2. France to the north
3. Andorra to the northeast
4. Gibraltar (a British Overseas Territory) to the south
5. Morocco (across the Strait of Gibraltar) to the south.
Morocco doesn't really count since there is an ocean inbetween.
@@twotidoce Ceuta and Melilla are 2 Spanish cities on the african continent.
Morocco in Africa? There's water between the two continents?
@@twotidoce Ceuta is beside Morocco, no Ocean.
@@davidcousins5493 As the comment above said, Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish cities in Africa.
Are you realizing that asking those question is like asking you: How many regions are there in Germany? Who is the president? What countries have a border with Germany? And so on… and yet people in Europe are able to answer quite decent to the questions.
It's not exactly the same tho at the same time.
Why it's not the same? We know names of your states, at least 2 or 3 we will know. US people don't even know that Austria and Australia are not the same. @barkasz6066
@@janahcoaching at least a couple of them know that London is not in France.
Nah it's not the same. The president of Germany is a ceremonial head of state and he is totally unknown. The Chancellor would be the equivalent but even then, he's nowhere near as famous or relevant as the POTUS.
It's way easier to answer these questions for the US: general notoriety of ghe country, fewer neighbouring countries, more famous brands etc...
I don't know how many landers there are in Germany and I'm in a neighbouring countries. I would guess it's roughly 15 whereas 50 states is something I could have answered at the age of 10.
Thr capital of California is the only tricky question.
German culture is nowhere near as global as American culture, so
As a spaniard, this clip is soo funny. We have borders with 5 countries in 2 different continents 😂😂😂
I was looking for this comment. Skipped the African ones....
I'm not sure Gibraltar should count. When people refer to countries, they usually mean sovereign states.
Embassies obviously don't count either.
@@BlunderCityit count, it has a border and people from Gibraltar have their passport and ministry
@@BlunderCityIts Gibraltar in its own right, or its a Uk territory. Both options have borders. Either way you are wrong.
@@glenswebber That would just change the name of the country, not the fact that there is a border to Spain.
It's not just Europeans. The rest of the world know more about America than Americans know about anywhere else.
or even more than what Americans know about America 😁🙃
Same difference.
And Americans think that it's good that way. They think that they are so important that the rest of the world needs to know everything about them, but not the other way around.
@@wardkdjyjslxztskOFxfvsYes. But how is it that a large portion of Europians know more about the US than their public do? Education?
but thats NOT IMPRESSIVE (but a sign of stupidity to brag about that), because ALL countries who are more in focus in media are more known than countries you never heard of. people in 'Nauru' also know more about the US and Europe than the rest of the world about 'Nauru' (99,9% of the planet even dont know that it exist). and everyone without exception who dont reflect such things is in reality just outing that he is himself an idiot!
Do not forget they are answering in their second language. How many Americans can answer in Italian how many regions there are in Italy?
Or what their capitols are.
Second? Lol many Europeans speak english as their third or fourth language. Just saying.
@@AnnaRamstrom Many do, but not all. I learned it as a second language as I have only one native language myself(being born into Bulgarian family, without any other ethnicity intermingled in the cocktail). My peers of Turkish ethnicity however, born into Bulgarian mixed or entirely Turkish ethnic families, knew Bulgarian and Turkish since birth and learned two more languages in school - English from grade 2 until grade 12 and another one for the last 4-5 years of school(that depends on schools, but it is either Russian, French, German, Italian or Spanish generally speaking).
True. Everybody I know here in my country speaks at least two languages, most even speak 3-4.
I'm American and I speak 4 languages. Just saying.
I‘m surprised about the shock that Europeans don‘t know the number of American States. As if any American would know the number of States of any other country than the US.
They wouldn't even know how many countries Europe has, and probably would fail by a large margin
@@Pakinov To be fair, that is not that simple to answer. Is Turkey in Europe? Is Russia? Both have their vast majority of territory in Asia.
What about the countries in the Caucasus? Is Georgia in Europe? Do they recognize Transnitia and Kosovo as independent countries or as part of another?
Would they consider Cyprus to be in Europe?
@@HappyBeezerStudios😂 the European continent has fix country, the issue is between European Union,EU, NATO etc
Which are not the geography definition of Europe.
UK isn’t in the EU anymore, but it will always be in Europe 😂
@@PakinovThey always refer to Europe as if it was one country. They can’t grasp how many different countries with different cultures and languages there are here.
@@HappyBeezerStudiosHaving lived in Cyprus and still having family over there, I can tell you that geographically it belongs to Asia, but politically and economically it’s considered European and is actually a member of the EU with Euro as its currency.
It is not the same asking Anericans for COUNTRIES in Europe, than asking Europeans about STATES in USA. The equivalent is like asking Americans for the provinces in Russia for example.
Yes I would say it's the equivalent to ask americans how many cantons are in switzerland, or the president of any european country.
How about asking how many states in Australia? That should be easy. It’s only single digits.
It's more impressive that they all speak more than their mother tongue.
Literally everyone in Europe speaks 2-3 languages. English is known by most people in Euroe especially people younger then 45yr. Where I live English is mandatory second language and depending on popularity and willingness of kids they can choose 3rd (usually French, Spanish or Italian). But I completely understand why muricas don't learn any other language. You guys almost never travel and when you do everyone speaks English anyway. Still, learning languagees is very healthy for brain and extremely easy in young age so I thing 2 languages should be norm everywhere.
Honestly, one would think that, with the comfort of nearly everyone in the world learning their language and all, the least they could do is learning the language of 7.5% of the entire world population; including their downstairs neighbours.. 😁
Is not impresive at all... Is pretty common in europe to speak to or more languages, specially in countries that have more than one language already. Officially: Switzerland, Spain, Andorra, Belgium, Wales, Luxemburg, Bosnia, Scottland, Belarus, Cyprus, Finland, Vatican city and Malta have 2 or more official languajes, meaning that ALL official documents can and must be found in those languajes. Plus most (if not all) countries teach english or another main euro languaje (spanish, german or french usually) in school.
In my middle school, I could actually be learning 5 (spanish, basque and english as mandatory, german and french optional) languajes at the same time if I wanted, 7 if you include latin and ancient greek (that were actually teached in my school).
@@Kyoame_ At school I learned ancient Greek and Latin and ancient Hebrew, but no modern languages. Growing up near the border to Netherland I learned Dutch as a child as well, because the coolest TV series were in Dutch.
On university I learned English and Spanish, and on the job a little Turkish from my blue collar worker colleagues. Now I'm in my sixties and I'm learning Mandarin Chinese. Maybe I'll try Russian one day. And I'm no language scientist, just an engineer.
There are all that tools like google translate, deepl and AI to have everything translated. But you get a better feeling for other cultures, if you try to learn a little of their language.
@@wykydytron There is an exception : France. Most people here are terrible when it comes to learning foreign languages, probably because of our bad school system.
I'm French, and when my friends hear me speak in another language, they tend to be thoroughly impressed and look at me as if I was an alien. 😅
I wish more people could at least be more fluent in English...
He was so confident and so wrong with the Spanish border 😂
The American way: confidently wrong! 🇸🇯🇫🇮🇩🇰🇸🇪
Ryan is nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is.
To be fair, I would have thought of Andorra - but I would have forgotten to count Gibraltar and Morocco *hangs head in German shame
@@AdeleD79 most people are not as smart as they think they are. You are most probably included in that as well.
Yeah at least it was all the main countries i was still impressed.
Neighbors of Spain: You've at least forgotten Andorra and Gibraltar (UK) as continental neighbors. Then there is Morocco in Africa. So it's 5, not 2 neighbors!
It's funny to see how you get slightly irritated at wrong answers...now you know how we feel all the time in Europe!😉😁
There is a Joke: 'What borders on ignorance?' - 'Canada and Mexico!' 🤣😂😁
LOL!! 😂😂😂 Love this
That reminds me of "Where is the biggest desert in the world?" -- "Between the ears of an Australian." Told to me by an Australian friend.
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the 51 one answer comes from how we are tought about US.when I was at university we were told-there are 50 states+Washington DC hence =51
Not every many people no about this. And DC is not realy part of the USA just like City of London is not part of the UK. They have there own laws and police force and are rouge countries and deeply coupt
Not every many people no about this. And DC is not realy part of the USA just like City of London is not part of the UK. They have there own laws and police force and are rouge countries and deeply coupt. Washington DC is owned by the Crown
u cant say its noti a part of the usa. city of london is obviously a part of the uk.
you can say its not a state or that people there even lack basic voting rights but of course dc is part of the usa xD @@rossmackay-williams4583
Also, the US had 24 states between 1821 and 1836, so that one guy is not wrong, he's just not up-to-date. ;-)
taught*
Fun fact: Spain is actually bordered by 5 countries: Portugal, France, (the two easy ones), Andorra (tiny country located between Spain and France) Morocco (as there are two Spanish cities and some other small territories located in North Africa) and the U.K. (because of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar located within southern Spain) 😁. The last ones are tricky and unusual borders but yeah, it's officially 5 😄
But the question being asked is which countries border MAINLAND Spain, which there are three, as Gibraltar is not classed as a country .
@@kimbirch1202 well yes Gibraltar is part of the UK, so what would you say about Andorra?
@dannyesse3043 Gib is NOT part of the UK.
It is an overseas dependency with its own government
@@kimbirch1202 either way it isn’t Spain. And what about Andorra. He was clearly wrong about Spain only bordering Portugal and France. I don’t understand why you have to defend him at all cost 🤣
@dannyesse3043 The original question was which COUNTRIES border the mainland of Spain.
These are France , Portugal, and Andorra.
This is a fact, and nothing to do with any opinion.
English is also not the first language for people from Slovenia etc and their answers are very good.
Put yourself back in the hot seat and chuck the same questions at a bunch of Americans. My money's on the Europeans!
I'd love to see that XD
Americans are kinda like the actors of a large sitcom not aware of the audience which is the world.
That’s so good 😂
The American Show
many Americans are definitely like bad actors who only learn their words and their prompt line but don't read the whole script as it doesn't concern them
OMG your damned right! 😀
Sometimes it even comes with a laugh track.
1. How many Americans can answer any of these questions about the countries that these people came from?
2. And answer in that countries language.
I'm from Serbia so I know that its Sacramento...Spent a lot of sleepless night watching the Kings in the early 00's
An equivalent questionnaire for citizens of US would be "anwer questions about Europe in other than your native language".
Not really since most of those people knew how to speak English and most of the people from USA dont speak any other languages than English. For those who speak other language you are right.
My very point. In terms of having enquiring minds, interested in the world beyond their doorstep, citizens of the US fail, coming across as uneducated, blinkered and unilingual. Europeans the exact opposite.
@@henrimarjoan7876 Yes most European know English but it's their second or more language not their native one. Very few US Americans could answer in anything but their native language. That's what OP was bringing attention to.
@@Soken50 Yeah but its not equivalent for to me answering question in language that I can speak vs American answering questions in a language that they dont speak. Its only equivalent in a case when the American can also speak an other language. That was point.
@@henrimarjoan7876 Never mind, you're never gonna get it so I'll stop wasting energy here. Bless your heart.
I love how you call it a "soft ball" question, however, your fellow citizens are not able to answer those same questions (e.g. what countries has the US border to) when asked 🤣
I remember that video and it was hilarious to watch
Not only can many americans not name their neighbors, some can't even locate their own country on the map. Or any country for that matter.
Americans take stupidity to new levels.
You do realise those videos only select the dumbest answers for the clicks, right?
@@michaelwisniewski6047exactly lol. I mean while there are a lot of ignorant Americans and their education system (school, not university) leaves a lot to be desired, these videos do serve to convince the world that literally every American is uneducated. Having lived over there for a few years I know that is not the case. With a population that huge there is going to be a lot of dumb people for these kinds of videos 😂
@@michaelwisniewski6047 That does not take away the fact that they really gave those dumb answers though does it?
I'm a 74 year old English woman and i got every question correct, wasn't rocket science, except for Americans.🤣
I'm American and knew the answers to all the questions. Wow surprised now? I also speak 4 languages, now how about that! Did it ever occur to you that they post the dumb ones for the clicks??? No, because you prefer to gossip about how dumb Americans are. Lets not talk about the dumb street interview answers they post with people in your country. 😅
Yet,It was those Americans who you think are so stupid that saved your country from having to speak Deutsch🙄
I can proudly say that I didn’t get all of them😂 1) how many states, 2) current Vice President, 3) capital of California.
I am Polish, I know for sure 5/6 and would eventually guess the 6th, I am pretty sure 99,9% of americans would never answer the same questions about Poland.
nie odpowiedzieli by na te pytania o samych sobie
As a Pole, there is a LOOOT Polish people that don't know who is the first Polish president. A lot more that don't know how presidents of our neighbouring countries are called. Not to mention vice presidents/main ministers... There are Polish politicians that are unable to name our neighbours in order... We know a lot about the USA, because THEEEEEY are very powerful when comes to the softpowers - media, social media, Hollywood, music, games (and they are highly self-absorbed so they put a LOOOT knowledge about their culture/history into it (and the whole world is glad, because when they go outside their land they butcher with their ignorance every other country/region culture)). Ask any K-pop/k-drama fans and they will also tell you a lot about Korea. There was a video on Matura to bzdura, when young Polish morons where unable to grasp that they placing Polish cities, rivers on the upside down map. It's extremally easy for us to laugh from US Americans, because we understand English (this already means that people who use it outside of school are more courious about the world) and they don't understand Polish (so they don't know that Matura to bzdura exists) ;)
Y en otro idioma menos ,lo mismo se cree que todo el mundo habla inglés americano 😂😂
Dude ,multicultural doesn't mean not segregated which is what the US is ! So she's right there.
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How is America segregated? I'm genuinely asking as I'm not American and usually I think of South Africa or America during the slavery period in regards to segregation.
@@DropletsojoyOfficially segregation has been abolished in the USA, but there are still very big differences in the wealth between different ethnicities and in some cities there are still areas where people of a certain ethnicity are concentrated.
The rampant racism in some parts of the USA keeps segregation alive, even though officially it's dead.
@@DropletsojoySegregation in the U.S. lived long after slavery. In many ways and in many areas, it still exists to this day, though it seems by choice not by force.
@@mehallica666 By choice? It's by media propaganda trying to divide us for a government take over.
I would love to watch the Americans answering the exactly same questions. Will be funny to compare 😅
Especially when 90% of Americans can't find their own country on a map.
There are countless videos doing just that. Painful, but hilarious.
There are a lot of videos in YT where they ask americans "simple questions" about their own country. But I am always careful with those vids. Of course they only show you the total failures and give you the impression that every american is ignorant af. Edit: They are entertaining tho. But nothing more.
@@gerardflynn7382 Name any European country! Uh.... Africa!
I'm American and could answer all these questions. I also speak 4 languages. Just saying....but wow, how about that? Did it ever occur to you that they online post the dumb ones for clicks??? Let's not talk about the dumb videos they post about street interviews in your county...plenty of these out there too huh?😅
Hey Ryan, i am from Germany. We actually learned the US-States and their Capitals in 3rd or 4th Grade (cant remember exactly) and i probably could still recount most of them. We also learned all the Countrys and their respective capitals. So i guess its quite common for Europeans to know that stuff to an extend
Ja, genau ! Und als ich ein Franzose bin, ich kann auch sagen, dass es gibt 16 Länder in Deutschland.
Ik versta ook een beetje Nederlands en Vlaams.
But, then, it is well known that Frenchs are not good for other languages...
Я начал изучать русский язык, ради удовольствия.
Love it: The countries that border the US are easy, because it’s two. It’s like Spain: France and Portugal.
Meanwhile Spain: I have a border with France, Portugal, Andorra and Marocco.
And the UK through Gibraltar.
"What relevance does knowing the capitals of other countries have?" American education in a nutshell.
stupid stereotype which makes rather you look stupid.apart from that: all countries who are more in focus in media are more known than countries you never heard of. people in 'Nauru' also know more about the US and Europe than the rest of the world about 'Nauru' (99,9% of the planet even dont know that it exist). and everyone without exception who dont reflect such things is in reality just outing that he is himself a bit stupid.
It's were you want to do business and not go on holiday :D
Or just let them guess the names of the 35 countries amerika has
@@VincrandExcept Amsterdam, thats a themepark with funny music.
If you're a car mechanic, absolutely none. Or working in the retail...
People in other parts of the world get educated, and take an interest, in what goes on outside their own borders, unlike, apparently, a lot of US citizens.
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Sometimes, when I hear an American acquintance talk about life in the US, I am more convinced that US citizens literally have little to no time to actually do what you suggest, even if they would want to, just because of how important work is, and how difficult it can be to get to that workplace (causing a lot of your time to be spend travelling to work and eating up a lot of time of the day you have)
that's a damn lie and you know it, most people never leave their country of birth
@@AmberAbyss-nh4lc Most people? I live in the UK and I don't know anybody who hasn't visited other countries, even as children.
@@rickconstant6106 Was meant for US people...
An American who doesnt know Kamala Harris is the daughter of an Indian mother?? Good grief!! 😂😂😂
If only he wouldnt pause every 2 seconds, otherwise its a nice video
The really hilarious thing is I’ve seen at least 15 different videos where Americans have been asked these very same questions and honestly couldn’t get any of them right!
But you do realise the answers were selected for the video from only the dumbest Americans, to get the clicks right? I'm not American or care to show them any better, but I do know how YT videos are made.
You do realise those videos only select the dumbest answers for the clicks, right?
@@michaelwisniewski6047 Well they don’t have to search for the dumbest, because there are hundreds of these videos and world wide it’s pretty much a given that Americans are the sharpest tools in the shed, with a woefully inadequate education system.
@@michaelwisniewski6047are you saying that youtube videos can be misleading?
@@michaelwisniewski6047 There is definitely a large amount of them to chose from, and I'm being kind here.
01:54 How many states are there in America? Ryan: "Softball (question)" ... OK, if that is so easy, Ryan, how many states are there in Germany (or any other EU country)?
Or how many countries in Europe
@@k1ngN0rk I'm European and even I couldn't answer that one. What Europe are we talking about ? The geographical continent ? The cultural concept ? The official European Union ?...
@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia To be honest answer any of those, so long as you specify which.
I could name all the Länder of Germany on a map, but couldn't tell you how many there were without counting up.
@@k1ngN0rk I'm European (Italian) but I don't know how many countries there are in Europe, around 45 or so, I've to list them to find the number and 2 years of debate to decide if Azerbaijan (or Armenia, or Turkey, or Russia etc...) is Europe or Asia.
And obviously I've no idea of how many lander has Germany and I suppose Germans don't know how many regions Italy has.
You can easily remember the number of US states because is 50, because they are represented on the flag (the German lander aren't on the German flag), because the majoritary system to elect the president etc... and you can easily get it wrong because is 50, that seem too round to be the correct answer.
"Which two countries border America?"
It's a trick question. The Americas are continents and Europeans know this.
Better question would be: mane the countries bordering USA. Not even this guy could answer it.
Which side of the planet do you come from?
Also, that particular question only deals with land borders. If we consider maritime borders and US territories as well, the US suddenly borders 20+ countries. 😮
Two on a land border (Mexico, Canada) and three on a sea border (Cuba, Bahamas, Russia)
@@danielvanr.8681 can we include Guantanamo as US territory? Then Cuba has a land border. Otherwise only a sea border.
One weird thing is America is usually referred to the conteinent, USA is the country. The girl who replied Brazil was likely thinking about North america, and was confused when asked what's north of it
To be fair, Kamala Harris is half indian. Her mom is from India. AOC will be old enough on Oct 13. Then she'll be 35.
Yes, AOC would be old enough for the upcoming election (she's not a candidate though)
@@daedalron Se will never be President if she decides to run in the future either, she is as stupid as they come, but then again dementia Biden was installed.
Everyone is a mixture of different races, and cultures.
And therefore its pronounced KAmala in stead of KamAla. The emphasis is on the first A.
Why is there such a weird age limit? Sounds very odd to me.
You're the only American I can listen without losing patience
Hugs from Portugal 🇵🇹
REALLY !?
Most of the time I can't.
Talks too much
. True, I also find myself liking for similar detail and persona, delivery/manner.aswell., forgive me,..
Tyler Rumple, McJibbin, The Illustrator, C&Rsenal, etc..
He pauzes to much, I know this is a reaction video, but stopping it every 2 seconds???
Ljubljana is such a nice city, you can find all kind of visitors that answer your questions about america :)
There is no such thing as a humble American
Came to the comments to see how many people wrote about Andorra, Gibraltar & Morocco XD
I had to look up about Andorra. It's so easy to forget about😅 sorry for every andorran.
@@lightborn9071don’t feel sorry, we’re used to it haha
Spain borders 5 countries: Portugal, France, little Andorra, the UK territory of Gibraltar, and there are two Spanish cities at the Moroccan border: Ceuta and Melilla so that counts too.
Technically countries do not exist at all, as the land itself does not know what country it is
Countries are really only IDEAS in our minds.
Concepts are not reality
Where is Yugoslavia now ?
Is Crimea part of Russia or Ukraine ?
They are still arguing about it.
Hi Ryan ... 48 "cotiinental" states? Isn't Alaska on the same land mass?
That's why the better description is "contiguous states", because they're all together.
The confusion with Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.: One reason for the misconception is that people sometimes mistakenly think that Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. are states, even though they are not part of the 50 states. This confusion may lead to the belief that there are 52 states in total.
I agree. I’ve seen so many UA-cam videos where US citizens couldn’t answer these questions let alone know who is the president or Prime minister of France, UK, Spain, or Germany. But the, as Ryan says, the US is the most important country and therefore we SHOULD know these things. Really???
Thank you. I was thinking exactly the same thing myself 😂
The hubris. And then wonders why Europeans view Americans as they do.
Also a lot of European countries have 2 heads of state.
Yep. Sheer arrogance right there. The fact is that Americans think that the US is more important than literally anywhere else, it's a shame their education system is a total bust in so many states that they don't teach world history or geography. It's pretty standard everywhere else.
@@MISSYGful the fact is that the US is the most influential country. If you asked millions of people to name the leaders of countries other than their own, the US would be by far the most well known. I'd imagine next up would be Russia and China.
Really people are getting annoyed at Americans because most people from other countries know the US president. Then they say "well I know their president so they should know mine". That's not how logic works.
@@SaiberionNo they don't
Shell is Dutch-British.
Some people here suggest asking Americans these same questions for comparison, but I'd love to go one further and turn them into questions about Europe. Then see if they're still considered "softball".
1. How many countries are in Europe?
2. What was the name of the most famous general of the Roman Empire that started his reign in 49 B.C.?
3. Name at least two countries that borders Norway (or any other European country).
4. Name the leader of ANY European country. Or two if one is too easy.
5. What's the capital of [insert any country here].
6. Name three major European companies or brands.
Good luck.
Funny ,😂😂😂😂
That's the thing with these tests where they give people an empty map and tell them to fill in the countries.
Surely a typical European would know more US state than a US American. But how are americans with US states and europeans with european countries...
@@HappyBeezerStudios Je suis français et la flemme de tout écrire en anglais... En ce qui concerne une carte vide, je suis de l'ancienne école (celle où il y avait encore l'URSS et le bloc de l'Est) donc, je ferai forcément des erreurs sur l'emplacement de la Slovénie, la Slovaquie, la Tchèquie, la Croatie... Pour le reste du Quizz, je pense m'en sortir avec une note respectable, notamment sur les capitales, l'Histoire (de Rome en l’occurrence), les chefs d'état (bien que joueur, je choisirai le prince de Monaco et le roi d'Espagne, descendant direct du dernier roi de France, prénom, rang et vrai nom de famille). Pour ce qui est des grandes marques Européennes, mondialement connues, un jeu d'enfant...
"You don't expect people to know more about America than their own country?" You underestimate how dominant American culture is. I'm Canadian, and I can confidently tell you I know more about the US than I do about Canada. History, politics, media, music... if I had to choose between Canadian and American Jeopardy categories on any one of them, I'd pick "American" every time. It has _nothing_ to do with Americans being self-centered, and everything to do with the fact that our increasingly-global culture is essentially American. (You want a _fair_ comparison for a video like this? Ask the Europeans questions about Brazil or India --- countries as removed from their experience, as they are from the average American's.)
I know about India abd iam an African europeans love general knowledge
You are half way correct. For Brazil, I know Rio de tzaneiro is on the beach side, or that they speak Portuguese. But if you ask me who their president/chancellor/prime minister is, to or to name a Brazilian brand, I have no idea. So, I believe I can be allowed to laugh at someone who doesn't know where the Mediterranean is.
Make an american and a european name or localize all countries in the world. I bet for the european no doubt
There is a fun fact about Canada: The city of Toronto has more inhabitants than the three Canadian territories combined.
A country can both be multicultural AND be segregated at the same time.
The USA is such a country where the legacy of Apartheid (a Dutch word we are not proud of) can still be seen and felt in many places. (As I have witnessed myself when visiting my family in Michigan)
Apartheid is Afrikaans.
@@user-bz6bz2yy3wafrikaans has something to do with dutch 😂
@@rolflinbecause we colonized the shit out of it
Groeten uit Brabant kut
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The law of apartheid came into being with the South African election in 1948. So it makes sense that the word's history goes back to that date, from the Afrikaans word for "separateness." It comes from the Dutch, with the "heid" part meaning "hood," for "apart-hood." The word denotes a policy that oppressed people based solely on their skin color. The system was formally ended in 1993.
@@user-bz6bz2yy3w Just checked the etymology of Apartheid. The word is created in South Africa by combining two Dutch words, and in this case the word is used in both countries and basically all around the world. So you are correct in terms of history but it is now also a Dutch word you can find in the dictionary. So I can feel less guilty I guess for us not having invented the word.
I do hope you understand Afrikaans is mostly old Dutch combined with several English and Afrikan languages influences. However I as a Dutchman can understand most of what is said in Afrikaans, and the other way around. Talked about this several times with my South African neighbors, where they can understand Dutch perfectly, just can’t speak it.
By the way, Spain hasn’t got land borders with Portugal and France only, but also with Andorra, Gibraltar and Marocco. Thanks for your reactions!
Spain does not have a land border with Morocco.
@@camoTiaras Yes, it has. There three Spanish exclaves on the African coast: Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. It’s there where Spain has got land borders with Marocco.
@@bigtiger1964 Good grief, your calling borders on enclaves, borders with Spain. What a crock.
@@camoTiaras Ceuta and Melilla ARE part of Spain, autonomous cities.
Yes! It’s also the smallest border of the world!
6:07 Q:"What contries borders Spain?" A: "Portugal and France". *Andorra cries silently in the dark forgotten corner of the room alongside Britain and Morocco*
This video is in my home city (Ljubljana:Slovenia).
It is a small capital city with about 400k-500k people.
He asked countries bordering America. The answer is none. The us is not America .
Thats exactly what I was thinking
Yeah you're so smart! You want a medal...or a chest to pin it on???
Canada and Mexico?
@@victoriakhokhlova3806well actually that is just North America, and not even US... Mexico's actual name is United States of Mexico.
@@victoriakhokhlova3806 but Canada and Mexico are both in America. In the northern part to be more precise.
He said Camilla, and then realised that’s the Queen.
First President of America is a trick question. Peyton Randolph was the first President of the Continental Congress that went on to form The United Staes of which George Washington was the first President.
Hahaha you are roasting us here 😂😂😂
Why would you think that Europeans would care about American immigration?
well we all heard about someone building a wall and making someone else pay for it at least
@@armelior4610 true! Wonder how much they got from the Mexicans, seems like that particular president got far better paid by other countries than he was paid by the people of the USA according to reports from the USA today.
That's the problem with Americans, they think the whole world should know everything about america as if it's SO Fabulous for doing not very much, But they know next to nothing about the rest of the world.
Clinton started building a wall and Obama made the biggest one. Obama s anti-Mexican policy is famous in Europe
I read news. Probably I don't care but I still know the problem there.
At least, most Europeans know that "America" isn't only the USA 😉
If stupidity was a person!
5:26 Brazil she must be thinking of Mexico 😂 He killed me
"Brazil? She must be thinking of Mexico." :p Awwww! Lol *pats you on the head* =)
The 52 states comes from the misunderstanding that DC is not a state, and neither is Puerto Rico.
Yes that is the confusion, the 50 comes from who can send politicians to Congress, those two cannot as I am sure you know.
@@johnavery3941 Yes, though both have non-voting delegates to the House, as do other US territories. It has always seemed strange to me that the primary reason for the American Revolution was the dictum of "No taxation without representation", yet DC residents, citizens of the US, are in that exact same situation.
I always thought of other two being Puerto Rico and Guam.... which I learned by now them being "us territories"
I think its more to do with people knowing the number 50 is in there but not backing it then adding Hawaii and Alaska
It's exactly what he said it was. 50 states and alaska and Hawaii joined after. That's what people believe because their teachers are not doing their job correctly. Most of these people are from former Russian countries so it's like 70% Russian turnout for Europeans. Doesn't sound very EU to me given most their countries have never been eligible to even join the EU.
I'm an Aussie and knew the answers to all of those questions....
Oh and Ryan
Every time you press that bloody pause button, a puppy dies somewhere in the world.. Seriously....
Save a puppy now....
Happy arvo....😉
What about the kangaroos?
OMG the pausing every 2 bloody seconds!
It is so irritating the way Ryan does not shut up for a few minutes so we
can actually hear what is going on !
Exactly! How to make a 6-7 minute video 18 minutes long
I'm American and also know all the answers to those questions...wow surprised now? I also speak 4 languages...just saying. Did it ever occur to you that they just pick out the dumb ones for clicks??? No, of course not, you prefer to gossip and rack on Americans. Btw, if you don't like him pausing all the time, just don't watch him. I'm sure he'll survive! Have a great day!
@Ryan: Camela Harris is half-Indian. Her mother is an ethnic Tamil Indian from India who migrated to the USA. Tamil is an important tribe in Tamil-Nadu State of Southern India & in the nearby Srilanka (ex-Ceylon). So, the respondent who referred to Camela as 'that Indian Woman' is on the right track. Thanks & take care.
A country can be multicultural and still be segregated. The segregation can be economical and socialeconomical.
This is not exactly about America, but about USA... I feel like Canada, Mexico and all countries in the South America are not consider American by the US citizens :D
Edit: I just think that the language reflects the US-centric attitude. The fact that the word Americans is used only to describe US citizens or America to describe USA sounds like America for them is only US... like Canada, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina etc. don't matter... Nobody calls Germans Europeans like they are only Europeans (or any other nation), nobody calls Egyptians as the only Africans, nobody calls Mongols like the only Asians...
To me Americans are from the Americans...North and South..but again Britain alwayys saw themselves no Europeans...only 32 miles ftom France...
Is not that, they just don’t know how to read. Plus they don’t know what the article “of” means
No canadian would ever call himself an american. It's fine!!
@@emiliajojo5703it’s not about what they call themselves, is about what they’re geographically.
canadians probably don't call themselves americans, because they too assume the wrong thing. and they don't want to be associated with the united states of america.@@emiliajojo5703
LOL illegal immigration is a huge topic in the States... but these are Europeans they're quizzing so... while we do get news from US, we don't pound them into the ground and only focus on that. Plus in Europe we have bigger worries than the Mexican immigrants in the US. Also, ironically, I haven't exactly heard much about this particular topic on the news, as I have from jokes made in sitcoms. Also there seemed to be an issue with Cuban and Colombian immigrants too, but I only heard that mentioned in CSI Miami and very little else on the news.
Its not really on the news cause it actualy not that great an Issue as the americans make of it. I think almost every european country'has issues with immigartion/refugees. So unless something really bad is happening in another country it just not news. Its just a fact of live.
when I clicked on this video i really wasn't expecting Slovenia but it's nice that we're being featured once in a while
So I'm also surprised that I was able to answer everything right. Greetings from 🇨🇭😉
Ryan: 'Don't scream the wrong answer in my ears!'
Me: 😂
Yes, Kamala Harris is Indian. Well, half Indian, one quarter black, and one quarter white.
sorry, she isn't a quarter anything. She is an entity, a complete whole. Unless she has dual nationality she is an American.
No one said that she wasn't an American. Someone questioned "the Indian" part which is her ancestry of course. No one is dividing her.@@lorrainemoynehan6791
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 Of course she is an American and no one said that she wasn't. My comment was a reply to someone who questioned the Indian part, which of course is her ancestry. (My original comment to you got lost somewhere in all of these comments.)
@@glorm fair enough. But I find it deeply confusing, and tbh a tad racist, with all this 'I'm half polish, seven eighths Indonesian, a quarter native american, 3/4 Mexican and 9 tenth Irish but actually I'm Italian (even though I don't speak the language, can't tell you who the four main political parties are, or the most popular children programme of the 2010s. It's rubbish. It's also offensive
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 I didn't bring it up originally; someone else did. How could someone's ancestry be offensive? Are you an American? In America we often ask about ancestry since the populace's ancestors were from everywhere. It's a point of interest and curiousity and nothing else. By the way a few times Kamala herself mentioned that she was part black. Does that make her a racist and offensive to those of that race?
All the questions are sooo easy, I could answer them without thinking.
"52" is the number of playing cards in a deck. It's the only mix-up I can think of.
My God let people answer instead of stopping the video constantly.
I don’t think an American would know the 1st president of theUSA.
I dont think most Europeans would know that about their own country (if it is not for other reasons a more famous person) ...
@@publicminx Probably because it would be a king from hundreds of years ago with very few written sources even mentioning them.
That was super fun! I know embarrassingly little about America (or, to be honest, even about Germany) and was happy to be able to answer the majority of those questions.
Would you maybe consider doing some "simple facts about America" videos, just so people like me can learn more about it? :)
"As an American, I don't think an American would know the first president of Germany".
Well, I've been living in Germany for three years, and neither would I. Asked my German friends, same result.
These are not really educated friends are they?
@@nerdslapper9361 These are. It’s just that in Germany the position of the President is quite formal. Even the name of the current President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is little known in the world, unlike the name of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
First President was Theodor Heuss, first chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
@@defender4004 and that is only post-WWII Germany.
Germany also existed before that (Since 1871, and modern day Germany is the successor to that Germany), so the first Chancellor was Otto von Bismarck. And following that the first german President was Friedrich Ebert.
5:54 Ryan, you should look that up again, with Spain's neighbouring countries... It's more than double of what you think. ;)
From Spain... America isn't only USA... 😢😢😢. Argentina is American as USA.
Touchè, ser! Touchè..
Fine. I'll subscribe. You keep appearing on my YT feed, though i was not subscribed...
Back, when I was in middle school, we had to learn all the countries on the map (aka not just know the name but also place it on the map) & for Europe, we also needed to know the capitals. & we were encouraged to learn some facts about every country. As in, open a dictionary & look it up.
I don't remember a lot of it, it's been an eternity & a half, & countries changed a lot around the turn of the century. But I believe it should be mandatory to learn this in school, because it anchors us as a human in the world, the diversity of our humanity. & more practically, I might not remember exactly where everything is, but at I know the zone & the implications behind it (access to the sea, climat, under the former USSR dominion or not,...) so that when news come up, I can at least have a basic understanding of the background.
Unless it's a tiny island nation, walking with the flag at the Olympics, I'll never have a "never heard of it", or "but isn't that X country" for similar sounding countries on different continents like I've heard from so many Americans...
Next time: people from industrialized developed countries no matter from which side of the Atlantic answer questions about Tajikistan, Vanuatu, Burkina Faso or Suriname. That is when everyone will get off their high horse.
This person who said "segregated" in the other episode probably meant "polarized". These things happen when you are searching for a word that describes a concept in a foreign language. (Which may be hard to understand for an American!😅)
I watched that episode and he really meant it as in "racially segregated": blacks living in black neighbourhoods and whites in white neighbourhouds. I think the quote was: "segregated in terms of housing". Plus: segregation and polarization are words that virtually exist in all the major European languages so a faulty translation would have been unlikely.
16:50 a lot of europeans know General Motors as they created a lot of employment in Europe in the 1980-2000 period.
People think there are 51 states, because of the film the 51st state (England)
It was kinda hard to hear, but did that one guy say Shell for an American company? Shell, plc (formerly Royal Dutch Shell) is presently based in London, but until recently was based in The Hague. The company has long been associated with both the UK and the Netherlands.
If shell have there office in the City of London (square mile) there not in the UK. DC is not part of the USA mate just like the City of London is not part of the UK and the Vatican is not part of Italy. All 3 have there own laws and police force and are controlled by the Crown
@@rossmackay-williams4583 - Don't know whether it's London or City of London, but is it relevant to Shell's operations? You can be certain they selected a location which benefits them the most, regarding regulations, taxes, etc.
DC IS a part of the USA - it's not a part of any state, but is established as a special federal district by the US Constitution. The Vatican is an independent sovereign nation, ruled by the Pope, even though it's in Rome, Italy. BTW, the latter two have nothing to do with the Crown...
@@Jim-the-Engineer are you sure lmao!!!
@@rossmackay-williams4583 Idk if he's sure, but he's certainly right. The City btw is also part of the UK.
@@rossmackay-williams4583 still not American
I guess you need to check Spain again buddy. lol.
Haha, it seems you weren't aware that we have Doritos in Europe too! You should definitely consider visiting a European country to see firsthand which American influences have made their way here and which ones haven't. Here in the Netherlands, we've recently acquired Reese's cups, and they've quickly become my new obsession.
@ryan 3:20 There are 49 states in the continental United States: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Alaska just like all the other continental states is situated on the north american continent..
Ryan:"Illegal immigration is a huge topic hier in america!"
Native Americans:"Is it?"
There was no "america" back then yet, my guy. Also native americans invaded other native americans and "stole their land" too, so what is your point?
@@pcxPOT I'm pretty sure America predates the arrival of the colons who created states on it and united them.
@pcxPOT The point is that apart from Native Americans who have always lived there everyone else emigrated there, or are descendants of immigrants, who are now complaining about new immigrants, who moved there for a better life, just as the original immigrants did. 🤣🤣
And who did the "native" americans steal the land from? Or did they just magically appeared on the continent? You could play this game forever and never come to a good answer, at what point do we have to right to be against mass migration?@@kimbirch1202
If one wants to be a nitpicker (and I’m European, so shouldn’t point it out), one could say that the US shares a *sea* border with Russia as well, in the Aleutian Islands.
That in fact is an ice border in winter. You can cross walking from Russia to the USA and back some days per year.
@ correct. I didn’t think of that!
If you’re including maritime borders then in addition to Russia you also have to include those in the Caribbean: Cuba & The Bahamas with Florida. And then if you include American territories in the Caribbean that list of maritime borders starts growing fast. Plus, depending on how you define the terms within the original question, you could count the land border between Guantanamo bay and the rest of Cuba.
@@gregweatherup9596 true. Though Guantanamo is not US sovereign territory, just a military base.
@@TheYellowJack if we really are that nitpicky, it's an occupation zone.
@7:00 Canada and the US helped us in WW2, especially here in the Netherlands the Canadians are very beloved, we have entire neighbourhoods with streets named after fallen Canadian soldiers. We don't really hear about Mexico in the news or in history class nearly as much. Granted, I still know the CUM initialism, Canada, United states, Mexico.
We have "education" in Europe !
So you want a medal or a chest to pin it on??? The USA also has "education". I'm American and I know all the answers to the questions in the video. I also speak 4 languages....how about that??
Did it ever occur to you that they post the dumb ones for clicks? No, because you prefer to gossip and rack on Americans just because it makes you feel better, right? Well, whatever makes you happy, just go for it! Btw, lets not talk about the dumb answered questions on the videos they post of interviewed people in your country! 😅😅
The 52 sate thing comes from including D.C and Porto Rico I dunno why but my mind tends to do it aswell
DC is not part of the USA mate just like the City of London is not part of the UK and the Vatican is not part of Italy they are all run by the Crown
I always think it's 52 as well.
Me too
Since we dutchies played a massive part in the founding the USA. we learn a few things about it as a footnote to our triple wars with the British Empire of that time. which is how the american colonists could start their war of independence. and a dutch governor was the first to recognize them as their own independent state. while we were the ones providing weapons, ammo and rations for them to even fight against the brits. that's how many of us know the first president of the USA, we provided the constitution that the founding fathers based their copy on, we know how the USA naturalized many azi's from WW2 and started their own downward spiral as a result with increased propaganda, indoctrination and practices as a result. now we just keep an eye on the USA in the same vain you keep an eye on an massive hazard.
A UW-Madison expert says that Jefferson may have modeled the Declaration after a 16th-century Dutch document.While very little is known about the Declaration’s true genesis, scholars generally agree that the document was influenced by several British state papers, especially the 1689 Declaration of Rights, which deposed King James II and brought to power William and Mary of Orange.Stephen Lucas, professor of communication arts, has spent the last 15 years studying the origins of the Declaration has concluded that Jefferson and his colleagues in the Continental Congress based the Declaration in part on the Dutch Plakkaat van Verlatinge , issued in 1581 to justify the Netherlands’ revolt against Spanish rule.While operation paperclip certainly took place don't be deceived into thinking your country is immune to those influences itself.Still, many of my fellow Americans died on European soil to help free it from the threat of Hitler and the The Nazi Party during WW2.My grandfather was a Naval officer who was here in Europe to aid in putting an end to this great evil.When I read all of these insulting, demeaning comments I think to myself why should my son who is now a Naval officer himself dies for such people.
We have been learning about American history at school for a whole month. At least in my school so I found the question about the first president veeeeery easy
Do you know : Shell is not an American company it is a Dutch-British company and has long owned Royal Dutch Shell. In December 2021, it was decided to also establish Royal Dutch Shell's head office in London and change the name to simply Shell, as part of the further simplification of the corporate structure that also brought Shell entirely fiscally into the United Kingdom. The move was completed at the end of January 2022, ending Shell's headquarters in The Hague after 114 years. What is now called Shell Campus The Hague continues to manage Shell's unprecedented activities in the Netherlands as its national headquarters, while the Shell Center in London is now its global headquarters.
I can tell you why there can be that 51 state answer from us, Europeans - there was a lot talking about making Washington D.C. a formal state after 2021 and in my case for example I was not sure whether your politicians finished the status for formal recognition for Washington D.C. or not. As I searched after your vid, I know you did not gave that status to Washington D.C. at the end. Have a nice day! :)
I always struggle between 50 states and 51 because the discussion of Puerto Rico is going on for years and that is sticking with people (like me)
Maybe many people say 52 states because of Alaska and Hawaii which are separated from the rest
There was that song in the 80s "51st state of America" - guess thats why some confuse that