There is a reason why rememberance day falls on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month it is the time of the end of the world war how did you not know that :p
@@erickpoorbaugh6728 In the states Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day but was later changed in 1954 to cover all veterans from all of our wars. My neighbor back home actually fought in WWI and had a newspaper with the headline "War is over, Armistice has been Signed!" When he died, my mom got that newspaper and I believe it is still in our house today.
Re: Free Speech - The United States is the only country whose constitution explicitly confers a right of free speech and whose legal system places such strong emphasis on that right. For example, "hate speech" is generally protected under the US Constitution, whereas in the legal systems of other developed countries (and much of international law), the speaker's right to speak freely may be outweighed by the target's right to live peacefully and not be subjected to hate speech. It's a fascinating area of comparative law, and I'm not advocating either strategy here. Just a comment (that I realize you didn't ask for) 😀
Also I think the US was really one of the first countries to have freedom of speech, so that has always stuck in our minds as a uniquely American thing even though most other first world countries adopted it later on.
+Molly O'Brien Burning the U.S. flag--while it is a despicable act as far as I (an American) am concerned--is in fact protected under the U.S. Constitution as an act of free speech. See Texas V. Johnson 1989 (Supreme Court decision). The decision was not unanimous. The ruling was 4 to 5, but the majority wins.
Wait you don't know about 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month as remembrance day?? Did you not buy your 50p poppies at school and stand outside for 2 minute silence??
The U.S. Constitution refers to freedom of speech directly, that's why we're so proud of it in America! And no we don't think we're the only ones who can speak freely 😂 it's just a protected right we have which is great!
TheRenaissanceman65, founding fathers of the United States were up against a lot. The whole reason for people leaving Europe was because of the Catholic church and it's ways. That's where "Freedom of Religion" became a thing. At the time of separation, no one could speak badly about the Catholic religion or State because they would be persecuted if they did. Thus, "Freedom of Speech" was born.
TheRenaissanceman65 You have just proven that you fundamentally do not understand the basic concept of "freedom of speech". You: "We have freedom of speech because everything is allowed that has not been disallowed." Excuse while I go have a BIG American laughing fit. Leftwing would-be tyrants just love imbeciles like you. You are the very definition of sheeple.
TheRenaissanceman65 it’s actually really important to have that right protected. If anyone ever has to go to court for saying certain things, it protects them. This comes in hand during times of protest. Protest itself is also a right but having free speech emphasizes that. Without this protected right, a lot of significant things that has built our country wouldn’t have happened and we might have been where we are at today
The Freedom of Speech in the US Constitution is, per the Founders, especially a freedom of political speech against the government. If you look at the history of England, and for that matter Europe in general, saying things against the monarchy and the feudal lords could get you killed. This is also why freedom of religion is included in the First Amendment along with speech. This ties in to your test question regarding Bloody Mary. She, to quote Wikipedia, "was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Mary is best known for her aggressive and bloody pursuit of the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England and Ireland in an attempt to reverse the English Reformation of her father, Henry VIII." The Founders of the US did not want that sort of thing to happen here if at all possible. The full amendment is "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Historically your probally right, but in the context of today's world very few countries don't have freedom of speech. But the problem these days is that's in grave danger of being lost, as if you don't agree with some of these growing trends, they will try and cancel you to silence your freedom to disagree with what their pushing.
The "constitution" part of the UK's "constitutional monarchy" merely means a series of non-statutory traditions adopted to promote the supremacy of the Parliament, and the Government sanctioned by it, over the monarch, buttressed by a few key laws (which of course can be altered or abolished by the Parliament). Even the courts don't know what they're doing.
Kinder chocolate surprise eggs are still banned by the FDA. It's considered an accidental choking hazard when non-edible contents are surrounded by edible parts. The Kinder eggs that are not banned are the ones that are packaged with two compartments: chocolate candy in one half, toy in the other. This packaging is not considered a choking hazard.
I love the vid, but I want to know the Americans that you guys know bc you guys have so many negative comments towards the US (and I know it’s all in good fun). Plus, I never relate to the American comments you say, like, you all say things about us that I’ve never heard and I just wanna know who y’all know bc those people that you’re getting these “American views” from sound like they kinda suck
Freedom of speech in the US is ironclad since the freedom is explicitly protected. In the UK, Parliament can - and has - passed exceptions to the freedom, whereas in the US the Constitution itself must be amended (extremely difficult at best, and most often impossible). The fact that it is much easier to curtail freedom of speech in the UK is one of the reasons Americans rightfully brag about the quality of freedom of speech in the USA vs. UK. There's your lesson, Brits. Hope you've learned something (wouldn't that be a refreshing sight!), and ... you're welcome!
NossohSeven it doesn't really matter all that much. The constitution is a double edged sword really, it's hard to amend but that also means you probably won't ever make gun law changes either. People are obsessed with the constitution to an uncanny degree... it also means groups like the KKK can easily get away with their activities, meanwhile extremist groups like Britain First are considered criminals. At the end of the day, the US constitution protects against government tyranny but we already have the Queen for that purpose
+Electronics For Fun lol The Queen can dismiss the government. She can fire the PM. She did this to Australia's government in 1975 to avoid a government shutdown. It is the only one of its kind in Australian modern history, meanwhile the US has had 17 shutdowns since then because there is no adequate balance of power and it is very hard to impeach a President. The Queen can't be held hostage because she has the armed forces. The British Army does not follow the Prime Minister, they take orders from the Queen. Hence, the government can't hold her hostage. Bet you didn't know that... I agree with +TheRenaissanceman65, it's hard to amend and that's what makes it dangerous. The issue is that people technically have the right to say whatever they want in the US, but the US is also a place where PC runs rampant and you end up being controlled even more than a country like the UK where free speech isn't even protected...
TheRenaissanceman65 "The trouble with a written constitution is it's so hard to amend it." Actually, no. From the American perspective, this is its strength. In any democracy, there's always the danger of a majority voting to remove the rights of a minority. The Constitution makes sure that those laws and rights which we believe are most fundamental and critical cannot be removed without a seismic shift in public opinion.
US history is replete with examples of people being jailed for speaking their mind. The Sedition Act during WWI, the Red Scare hysteria, the persecution of Black Panthers; the list goes on and on. To this day, activists are beaten and jailed on a regular basis.
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Nice hair Joel! Funny how you think alcohol is fine at 18. Here in Japan, drinking and gambling is from 20, so I guessed gambling in the UK was the same as the drinking age :D I wouldn't be bored of a longer video. Could you upload a part two sometime?
Just for clarification regarding Freedom Of Speech (I take no side either way) the UK has exceptions to Freedom of Speech "there is a broad sweep of exceptions including threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior" so things you can't legally say in the UK you can say in the US.
As an American i did as good as you two but I'm older so i learned more than the younger people. My British comes from the Young Ones and watching UA-cam vids. Keep up the great work.
Most of us in the US do not believe we are the only country with freedom of speech. As with every country, you'll always find people who don't understand things
Freedom of speech isn't just in America. The only reason on why American's think that they are the only country with freedom of speech was because there's was more public, whereas the other countries had freedom of speech years before America did.
Not wishing to be pedantic but whilst the armistice (ceasefire) came into force 11 11 1918 WW1 officially ended on 28 June 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
Every year in this country we hold a minute silence at 11am on the 11th day on the 11th month. This year marks 100 years since the end of this conflict.
Everywhere in the world there are limits on free speech, like if you yell fire in the middle of a crowd that's illegal. But in the US there are less limits on free speech than in the UK. For example hate speech is legal in the US while I'm pretty sure it's illegal in the UK. In both countries you can legally criticize the government, which is basically why freedom of speech laws are important. Beyond that, even comparing them is making a mountain out of a mole hill, but still the US has more freedom of speech, whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing is another issue.
in Britain you can have alcohol at age 5 if you’re at home with a parent/guardian 😂. Also everyone knows it’s the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month😂I love you guys
Ah-HA! I'd hoped you'd done one of these after I'd watched the American quiz video! :D Now I need to go find your full citizenship test bc I got fewer wrong here than you guys did, and I don't want to get TOO cocky ;) lol
Gambling isn't something that can kill you (or others), but it can make you lose all your money. In that sense, gambling is not as dangerous of an activity as drinking. This is why it's 18 for gambling and 21 for drinking.
In fact, Serbia was effectively the first of the Allies, since the war started when Austro-Hungary wanted to invade Serbia and Russia opposed them (and Austro-Hungary was allied with Germany while Russia was allied with France, and then Britain came in when Germany invaded Belgium on the way to France).
As an American I am pretty sure I got all the ones that you guys got wrong, I got right. Also just a fact the US puts an emphasis on important dates in history so we always remember Nov. 11 for ending WW1 but also it’s our Veterans Day to remember those who fought in wars
I'm American and got 100%. And our freedom of speech protection is far greater than anyone else's. After All, we're not locking people up in prison for being offensive.
Freedom of speech is defined differently in various countries but it is enshrine in the bill of rights. Most attempts to restrict public speech or to obtain prior restraint on newspapers have been found to be unconstitutional. Many places (such as China) will arbitrarily decide what can or not be said.
A useless fact. I was named after my Aunt Kay. She was in the military in WWII. She was a mechanic and she worked with Princess Elizabeth. She is the one that actually taught her to drive. She told us it was because they said she had to know how to drive in case something happened to her driver. And Queen Elizabeth still loves to drive. True fact. My aunt's name was Katherine Miller, know as Kay. She later became Kay Birk when she married my uncle.
I got 6 right and I've never been to Britain. I know when WWI ended because it's Veterans' Day here in the US and Armistice Day in the UK, although I thought the year was 1919, but that wasn't a choice.
In one of my History classes, my whole class took the US citizenship test and we scored about 50-60%. It was only to prove how hard it is for even people who live their whole lives in the US.
Okay I get why you wouldn’t know some of them but how can you not know the last one?? We literally have a minute of silence every year on the 11th of November at 11am 😂😂😩
Almost every country in the world has a constitution, including Commonwealth countries that never had a revolution. What is unique for the UK is that there is not only no single constitutional document, there is no set of entrenched laws against which other Acts of Parliament can be measured, and if found to be contrary to the principles and protections guaranteed by the special acts, can be declared as illegitimate by the courts. So, every Act of Parliament has equal force and effect, and can be amended or abolished at any time by the ordinary legislative process. No Act of Parliament guarantees anything, because the Parliament can change any law or alleged right as it sees fit.
I'm from Albuquerque New Mexico and was able to get all but three of them right. I think the reason for this is we still learn European history in school because it's still part of our history, but the U.S. history (I'm assuming this.) Probably isn't taught much in schools in the UK because it's probably not taught much in schools anywhere outside the U.S. as its only history to the U.S., if that makes sense.
I wouldn't know the answers to any of those but that's because I'm American haha. You guys are one of my favorite channels to watch. Keep the videos coming!
"There's never been like an uprising we're just so chilled out" have you all not heard of the English Civil War? Or the Glorious Revolution of 1688? You're not Canada.
I was answering along with you guys and I think I missed like 2, lol. What’s even funnier is I’m an American. I don’t know if you guys have made a video about this or not but what tips would you give an American who wants to live in England?
Theres questions in that test that make no sense why anyone would need to know them, unless your the engineer who built it, ie the height of the london Eye, like me asking you what size is the eye ball on the face of Thomas Jefferson on mount rushmore, like who would know the answer to that.
04:16 you want us to tell you some useful facts? well. here a basic one: Bulgaria is an European country. And how come Lia is Greek and has not heard of it when Bulgaria and Greece are just next to one another??? shame....
gopobo Not knowing that a country exists and not knowing which side it fought on in a war are a little different. European history is hard because the countries and borders and sovereignty change every two seconds and alliances break and forge all the time. If you were to ask me whether Bulgaria even existed in 1918 I honestly couldn't tell you, the borders and sovereign states were very different then and it's hard to imagine how much Europe has changed.
It's a Wonder that your citizenship test did not bring up the Magna Carta and ask what it was and why it was important. I mean, I had to learn about it and know why it was important. In fact,if I remember my history,although it was fundamental to your country, it also inspired our country too and our Constitution[U.S.].
The UK was always an example for a country without a written constitution in my school. Whenever I saw a multiple choice question "which country doesn't have a written constitution?", I just automatically looked for the UK. I'm quite surprised that this fact isn't well-known for Brits. Am I supposed to know how many times my country has held the Olympic anyway? I wasn't even born to see those Olympics.
Very cool! i am wondering. do certain areas of London/England have accents, or do not all Brits have accents? i was watching Harry Potter or something else and notices Emma Watson's accent, though she's British, doesn't really have an accent. you two have the most British accent i've heard, along with another channel i follow. but i love accents. but i'm also wondering, living in London, does London carry the same products (soap shampoo etc.) like dove or head and shoulders, (just to name a few) that America carries? i def like to know how London and America differ with products. i know they differ in snacks, from Love & London's channel (the rice krispie treats, pop tarts snacks) that was shown in the video.
England has regional accents just like the U.S. does, so someone from Manchester would have a different accent than someone from London, just like someone from Minnesota has a different accent than someone from Alabama. For most Americans (including me), the British accent at first might sound like it's all the same thing, but if you listen to a variety of British speakers, you'll start to notice differences. I remember I first started becoming aware of different regional British accents thanks to Daphne Moon from Frasier...which is kind of funny in itself, because Jane Leeves, who played Daphne, was actually totally faking a Manchester accent for the show (she actually grew up in Sussex). Still, that accent was the first time I really started to notice how different one British accent was from another, and started making connections between the sound of certain accents and the places they come from. :-)
Technically, everyone has an accent that's specific to whatever region they're from, but we tend to think of how language is spoken where we grew up as "default," and measure the accents of everyone else based on how similar or different it is from what's most familiar to us. I'm from Tennessee, and I can promise you people from Wisconsin most definitely have an accent. :-P (My boss's wife is from Wisconsin and he does a really funny impression of her accent, which is quite different from his own native Nashvillian accent :-P ).
Adria. There are over 30 different accents in England - plus other accents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I think there are about 10 accents in the US. Jennifer is right - everyone - EVERYONE - has an accent.
Thank you, everyone for all of this. it is very interesting to find out how accents can differ according to your region, even if you do live in the same country.
Kinder Eggs were banned because children might swallow the toys inside the chocolate. They are here now because Kinder makes a version in which the toys are now separate from the chocolate.
As an American I only missed 2, olympics and Bulgaria. Although my life up to 6 years old I was in a Montessori school run by English women and had a daytime nanny / baby sitter who was a retired English live in nanny. My cultural understandings and pronunciations are a bit of a mess.
The UK has exercised prior restraint on the press, telling them in advance that they could not print something. Also, the UK has laws prohibiting speech deemed hate speech. Neither of these would be possible in the US because of the 1st Amendment.
I'm living in America and very much dreaming to live in the UK, having recently started studying in preparation and very worried about the process, so I feel a a tad more at ease since I only got one question wrong on this particular sample and I remain motivated to learn more :)
Technically the war should have finished on 10th November but because of what was written (I can't quite remember by whom) the war wasn't allowed to finish until the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month... Also, Kinder Eggs are still illegal. I was speaking to my American friend about it
There is a reason why we remember the soldiers who died in ww1 on the 11th of November and we have a minute silence at 11:11 because that’s when the war ended 💗💗
I only got one wrong. Woo hoo. My mom was born in Durham (as well as my grandmother)and brought to the US as an infant and became a naturalized American citizen. I've always wondered if that means she has dual citizenship.
There is a reason why rememberance day falls on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month it is the time of the end of the world war how did you not know that :p
Ahhhh! I see!
Lol I was thinking how could you get this wrong
As an American, I guessed November 11 because that's when Veterans' Day is in the US. It sounds like the UK has something similar.
It's Armistice Day.
@@erickpoorbaugh6728 In the states Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day but was later changed in 1954 to cover all veterans from all of our wars. My neighbor back home actually fought in WWI and had a newspaper with the headline "War is over, Armistice has been Signed!" When he died, my mom got that newspaper and I believe it is still in our house today.
Re: Free Speech - The United States is the only country whose constitution explicitly confers a right of free speech and whose legal system places such strong emphasis on that right. For example, "hate speech" is generally protected under the US Constitution, whereas in the legal systems of other developed countries (and much of international law), the speaker's right to speak freely may be outweighed by the target's right to live peacefully and not be subjected to hate speech. It's a fascinating area of comparative law, and I'm not advocating either strategy here. Just a comment (that I realize you didn't ask for) 😀
Indian Constitution has it too. "Freedom of speech and expression"
Also I think the US was really one of the first countries to have freedom of speech, so that has always stuck in our minds as a uniquely American thing even though most other first world countries adopted it later on.
so if someone decided to burn the flag to show their contempt for their president nothing would happen to them. i dont think so
+Molly O'Brien Burning the U.S. flag--while it is a despicable act as far as I (an American) am concerned--is in fact protected under the U.S. Constitution as an act of free speech. See Texas V. Johnson 1989 (Supreme Court decision). The decision was not unanimous. The ruling was 4 to 5, but the majority wins.
That is correct. People burn flags in protest all of the time.
Wait you don't know about 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month as remembrance day?? Did you not buy your 50p poppies at school and stand outside for 2 minute silence??
At my sixth form we have a 40 minutes procession, 2 mins of silence. Then more processing.....all in the freezing cold
It's not the 11th minute
The U.S. Constitution refers to freedom of speech directly, that's why we're so proud of it in America! And no we don't think we're the only ones who can speak freely 😂 it's just a protected right we have which is great!
TheRenaissanceman65, founding fathers of the United States were up against a lot. The whole reason for people leaving Europe was because of the Catholic church and it's ways. That's where "Freedom of Religion" became a thing. At the time of separation, no one could speak badly about the Catholic religion or State because they would be persecuted if they did. Thus, "Freedom of Speech" was born.
TheRenaissanceman65 You have just proven that you fundamentally do not understand the basic concept of "freedom of speech".
You: "We have freedom of speech because everything is allowed that has not been disallowed."
Excuse while I go have a BIG American laughing fit. Leftwing would-be tyrants just love imbeciles like you. You are the very definition of sheeple.
TheRenaissanceman65 it’s actually really important to have that right protected. If anyone ever has to go to court for saying certain things, it protects them. This comes in hand during times of protest. Protest itself is also a right but having free speech emphasizes that. Without this protected right, a lot of significant things that has built our country wouldn’t have happened and we might have been where we are at today
@TheRenaissanceman65 The UK has exercised prior restraint on the press and has hate speech laws. The US government can do neither of these things.
The Freedom of Speech in the US Constitution is, per the Founders, especially a freedom of political speech against the government. If you look at the history of England, and for that matter Europe in general, saying things against the monarchy and the feudal lords could get you killed. This is also why freedom of religion is included in the First Amendment along with speech. This ties in to your test question regarding Bloody Mary. She, to quote Wikipedia, "was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Mary is best known for her aggressive and bloody pursuit of the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England and Ireland in an attempt to reverse the English Reformation of her father, Henry VIII." The Founders of the US did not want that sort of thing to happen here if at all possible. The full amendment is "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
You are brainwashed. You think in therms of "Founders". OMFG!
Historically your probally right, but in the context of today's world very few countries don't have freedom of speech. But the problem these days is that's in grave danger of being lost, as if you don't agree with some of these growing trends, they will try and cancel you to silence your freedom to disagree with what their pushing.
Asking "What the hell is a constitution?" when you live in a constitutional monarchy? I don't think that's a pass. Love this channel.
I’ve never heard that word used before in this country. Just because it’s an underlying word in parliament doesn’t mean everyone knows it 🤦♂️
The "constitution" part of the UK's "constitutional monarchy" merely means a series of non-statutory traditions adopted to promote the supremacy of the Parliament, and the Government sanctioned by it, over the monarch, buttressed by a few key laws (which of course can be altered or abolished by the Parliament).
Even the courts don't know what they're doing.
When you're American and get every question right... I think I should automatically be granted citizenship
All the 20 dislikes are from offended Bulgarians xD
Love you guys but I got more than you guys , only 2 wrong 💖💖
I wish you never stop having fun doing these videos! Thanks guys, you made me laugh and learn =D
haha we won't! Glad it made you laugh!
🎉🙌 43k+ subscribers!!! Still crushing it guys! Great work! You deserve it! Awesome channel! L&C 👍👌🙋💙🇬🇧
Kinder chocolate surprise eggs are still banned by the FDA. It's considered an accidental choking hazard when non-edible contents are surrounded by edible parts. The Kinder eggs that are not banned are the ones that are packaged with two compartments: chocolate candy in one half, toy in the other. This packaging is not considered a choking hazard.
I love the vid, but I want to know the Americans that you guys know bc you guys have so many negative comments towards the US (and I know it’s all in good fun). Plus, I never relate to the American comments you say, like, you all say things about us that I’ve never heard and I just wanna know who y’all know bc those people that you’re getting these “American views” from sound like they kinda suck
Luis Zelayandia
It's all a joke
LOVE LOVE LOVE this! what a great idea! I was doing the questions with you! lol! (Leila)
Thanks Leila! Harder than we expected to be honest! haha!
Freedom of speech in the US is ironclad since the freedom is explicitly protected. In the UK, Parliament can - and has - passed exceptions to the freedom, whereas in the US the Constitution itself must be amended (extremely difficult at best, and most often impossible).
The fact that it is much easier to curtail freedom of speech in the UK is one of the reasons Americans rightfully brag about the quality of freedom of speech in the USA vs. UK.
There's your lesson, Brits. Hope you've learned something (wouldn't that be a refreshing sight!), and ... you're welcome!
NossohSeven it doesn't really matter all that much. The constitution is a double edged sword really, it's hard to amend but that also means you probably won't ever make gun law changes either. People are obsessed with the constitution to an uncanny degree... it also means groups like the KKK can easily get away with their activities, meanwhile extremist groups like Britain First are considered criminals. At the end of the day, the US constitution protects against government tyranny but we already have the Queen for that purpose
+Electronics For Fun lol
The Queen can dismiss the government. She can fire the PM. She did this to Australia's government in 1975 to avoid a government shutdown. It is the only one of its kind in Australian modern history, meanwhile the US has had 17 shutdowns since then because there is no adequate balance of power and it is very hard to impeach a President. The Queen can't be held hostage because she has the armed forces. The British Army does not follow the Prime Minister, they take orders from the Queen. Hence, the government can't hold her hostage. Bet you didn't know that...
I agree with +TheRenaissanceman65, it's hard to amend and that's what makes it dangerous. The issue is that people technically have the right to say whatever they want in the US, but the US is also a place where PC runs rampant and you end up being controlled even more than a country like the UK where free speech isn't even protected...
TheRenaissanceman65+ l think ours is better but whatever, it's my opinion.
TheRenaissanceman65 "The trouble with a written constitution is it's so hard to amend it." Actually, no. From the American perspective, this is its strength. In any democracy, there's always the danger of a majority voting to remove the rights of a minority. The Constitution makes sure that those laws and rights which we believe are most fundamental and critical cannot be removed without a seismic shift in public opinion.
US history is replete with examples of people being jailed for speaking their mind. The Sedition Act during WWI, the Red Scare hysteria, the persecution of Black Panthers; the list goes on and on. To this day, activists are beaten and jailed on a regular basis.
Hysterical. You guys are so funny as you create answers often out of thin air. Endlessly entertaining.
Let's just say you can't be arrested in the US over a Nazi joke.
cough - Count Dankula - cough
Hey guys, only came across your channel last weekend. I’ve since watched every video on your channel (not in a stalker-ish way lol). You’re both very entertaining! Looking forward to seeing your future content. Keep up the good work ☺️
Nice hair Joel!
Funny how you think alcohol is fine at 18. Here in Japan, drinking and gambling is from 20, so I guessed gambling in the UK was the same as the drinking age :D
I wouldn't be bored of a longer video. Could you upload a part two sometime?
TheRenaissanceman65 Well still it's not that much of a difference. There's also countries like America which its drinking age is from 21.
TheRenaissanceman65 It is rare as in statistics, but not every country is the same and we cannot all have European standards.
TheRenaissanceman65 Because no place is the center of the world.
Risako your last comment has me dead 😂😂 I love being British/ European etc but sometimes the West really does think they’re better than everyone else.
Maz Ikr? I'm glad you understand lol
Just for clarification regarding Freedom Of Speech (I take no side either way) the UK has exceptions to Freedom of Speech "there is a broad sweep of exceptions including threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior" so things you can't legally say in the UK you can say in the US.
As an American i did as good as you two but I'm older so i learned more than the younger people. My British comes from the Young Ones and watching UA-cam vids. Keep up the great work.
You are the first people I have subscribed to, you are so entertaining and adorable, looking forward to more videos from you
I literally love ur videos💗💗💗They're hilarious😂😂😂
Gawd im sorry but likeeeeeee remembrance day is on the 11 November and the silence is at 11am so i woulda thought that was obvious but ya know 🤷🏼♀️😂💓
here in Brazil we study all world history, do you study all world too or just european history and stuff?
Most of us in the US do not believe we are the only country with freedom of speech. As with every country, you'll always find people who don't understand things
Freedom of speech isn't just in America. The only reason on why American's think that they are the only country with freedom of speech was because there's was more public, whereas the other countries had freedom of speech years before America did.
Not wishing to be pedantic but whilst the armistice (ceasefire) came into force 11 11 1918 WW1 officially ended on 28 June 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
Every year in this country we hold a minute silence at 11am on the 11th day on the 11th month. This year marks 100 years since the end of this conflict.
Everywhere in the world there are limits on free speech, like if you yell fire in the middle of a crowd that's illegal. But in the US there are less limits on free speech than in the UK. For example hate speech is legal in the US while I'm pretty sure it's illegal in the UK. In both countries you can legally criticize the government, which is basically why freedom of speech laws are important. Beyond that, even comparing them is making a mountain out of a mole hill, but still the US has more freedom of speech, whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing is another issue.
The two of you should really go on the streets and ask those questions. That would make a great video!
I never get bored of you two! Or learning new things about the UK S2
Aw thank you!
You guys are so fun to watch! Loved the video. Can't wait to visit the UK again someday 🇬🇧
thanks Christina!
in Britain you can have alcohol at age 5 if you’re at home with a parent/guardian 😂. Also everyone knows it’s the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month😂I love you guys
You two are so much fun. You are my favourite UA-camrs!
It's quite strange that USA put a limit to British people asking for green card or American citizenship.
Ah-HA! I'd hoped you'd done one of these after I'd watched the American quiz video! :D Now I need to go find your full citizenship test bc I got fewer wrong here than you guys did, and I don't want to get TOO cocky ;) lol
Love it! Great video you guys!
P.S. now feel like that weirdo who literally comments on every video
hahaha no not at all! We love your comments! ❤️
Gambling isn't something that can kill you (or others), but it can make you lose all your money. In that sense, gambling is not as dangerous of an activity as drinking. This is why it's 18 for gambling and 21 for drinking.
It's 18 for both in uk unless it changed without me paying attention
I was talking about the US. In the UK, it apparently is still 18.
In fact, Serbia was effectively the first of the Allies, since the war started when Austro-Hungary wanted to invade Serbia and Russia opposed them (and Austro-Hungary was allied with Germany while Russia was allied with France, and then Britain came in when Germany invaded Belgium on the way to France).
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What kind app did you use for this test? Do you have any link for folks who want to play with it?
As an American I am pretty sure I got all the ones that you guys got wrong, I got right. Also just a fact the US puts an emphasis on important dates in history so we always remember Nov. 11 for ending WW1 but also it’s our Veterans Day to remember those who fought in wars
I’m addicted to your videos. You guys are awesome.
Thanks Moises!
I'm American and got 100%. And our freedom of speech protection is far greater than anyone else's. After All, we're not locking people up in prison for being offensive.
Freedom of speech is defined differently in various countries but it is enshrine in the bill of rights. Most attempts to restrict public speech or to obtain prior restraint on newspapers have been found to be unconstitutional. Many places (such as China) will arbitrarily decide what can or not be said.
A useless fact. I was named after my Aunt Kay. She was in the military in WWII. She was a mechanic and she worked with Princess Elizabeth. She is the one that actually taught her to drive. She told us it was because they said she had to know how to drive in case something happened to her driver. And Queen Elizabeth still loves to drive. True fact. My aunt's name was Katherine Miller, know as Kay. She later became Kay Birk when she married my uncle.
I got 6 right and I've never been to Britain. I know when WWI ended because it's Veterans' Day here in the US and Armistice Day in the UK, although I thought the year was 1919, but that wasn't a choice.
I’m an American, I got most of these right. Is there something wrong with me? I’ve never been to the UK, but I’ve always wanted to go.
England did actually have an uprising that led to the signing of the Manga Carta in 1215
HURRAY! I can go to a betting shop! Thanks guys! :)
Again learned something, Thanks!
In one of my History classes, my whole class took the US citizenship test and we scored about 50-60%. It was only to prove how hard it is for even people who live their whole lives in the US.
OMG JOEL AND LIA HOW DID YOU GET THE LAST QUESTION WRONG. thats why we have a minute silence at 11am of the 11th day of the 11 month
Anybody knows it is 18. That is the legal age of adulthood.
Have you guys never done the miniute of silence at 11am and wear the poppies ?
Funny stuff and it's the same here in the US with our own tests. I think that some things that used to be heavily emphasized in school may not be now.
Yeah, you would expect these tests to reflect what all British people know/are taught!
November 11th? Poppy day? Joel and Lia , everyone celebrates it every year. The last post is played. Its the 100th anniversary this year right of it?
Hey there. Love your videos. Can you please make a video on what you think about Britains former colonies?
Just started watching you guys, so funny. I only missed one question, the population one. Loving you from America
I am so addicted to your channel.
Okay I get why you wouldn’t know some of them but how can you not know the last one?? We literally have a minute of silence every year on the 11th of November at 11am 😂😂😩
Almost every country in the world has a constitution, including Commonwealth countries that never had a revolution. What is unique for the UK is that there is not only no single constitutional document, there is no set of entrenched laws against which other Acts of Parliament can be measured, and if found to be contrary to the principles and protections guaranteed by the special acts, can be declared as illegitimate by the courts.
So, every Act of Parliament has equal force and effect, and can be amended or abolished at any time by the ordinary legislative process. No Act of Parliament guarantees anything, because the Parliament can change any law or alleged right as it sees fit.
When you read the question about King Henry VIII I immediately though of the song, “I’m Henry the eighth I am!” Now it is stuck in my head! 😆
I can't believe he called 18 year olds dumb and then got some of those insanely easy questions wrong hahaha
I love the channel thanks so much guys!
Thank you!
Do you not know what remembrance day is for
It's 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to remember everyone who died in the first world war
I just love your videos!!
Im a US citizen and i got them all right but one. What’s the deal with bits and bobs???
I'm from Albuquerque New Mexico and was able to get all but three of them right. I think the reason for this is we still learn European history in school because it's still part of our history, but the U.S. history (I'm assuming this.) Probably isn't taught much in schools in the UK because it's probably not taught much in schools anywhere outside the U.S. as its only history to the U.S., if that makes sense.
I wouldn't know the answers to any of those but that's because I'm American haha. You guys are one of my favorite channels to watch. Keep the videos coming!
Aw thanks so much Lance!
A way to remember the end of WWI is it’s the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 1918
American here. I got some of them but I would have failed. But I am really glad to have learned all of this.
Maybe you could do a special episode with most of the outtakes. Feel free to disregard my suggestion.
"There's never been like an uprising we're just so chilled out" have you all not heard of the English Civil War? Or the Glorious Revolution of 1688? You're not Canada.
I was answering along with you guys and I think I missed like 2, lol. What’s even funnier is I’m an American. I don’t know if you guys have made a video about this or not but what tips would you give an American who wants to live in England?
Theres questions in that test that make no sense why anyone would need to know them, unless your the engineer who built it, ie the height of the london Eye, like me asking you what size is the eye ball on the face of Thomas Jefferson on mount rushmore, like who would know the answer to that.
04:16 you want us to tell you some useful facts? well. here a basic one: Bulgaria is an European country. And how come Lia is Greek and has not heard of it when Bulgaria and Greece are just next to one another??? shame....
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Not knowing that a country exists and not knowing which side it fought on in a war are a little different. European history is hard because the countries and borders and sovereignty change every two seconds and alliances break and forge all the time. If you were to ask me whether Bulgaria even existed in 1918 I honestly couldn't tell you, the borders and sovereign states were very different then and it's hard to imagine how much Europe has changed.
It's a Wonder that your citizenship test did not bring up the Magna Carta and ask what it was and why it was important. I mean, I had to learn about it and know why it was important. In fact,if I remember my history,although it was fundamental to your country, it also inspired our country too and our Constitution[U.S.].
I have a question for Americans. Do you consider "promotion of terrorism" as freedom of speech? just wondering.
The UK was always an example for a country without a written constitution in my school. Whenever I saw a multiple choice question "which country doesn't have a written constitution?", I just automatically looked for the UK. I'm quite surprised that this fact isn't well-known for Brits. Am I supposed to know how many times my country has held the Olympic anyway? I wasn't even born to see those Olympics.
Very cool! i am wondering. do certain areas of London/England have accents, or do not all Brits have accents? i was watching Harry Potter or something else and notices Emma Watson's accent, though she's British, doesn't really have an accent. you two have the most British accent i've heard, along with another channel i follow. but i love accents. but i'm also wondering, living in London, does London carry the same products (soap shampoo etc.) like dove or head and shoulders, (just to name a few) that America carries? i def like to know how London and America differ with products. i know they differ in snacks, from Love & London's channel (the rice krispie treats, pop tarts snacks) that was shown in the video.
England has regional accents just like the U.S. does, so someone from Manchester would have a different accent than someone from London, just like someone from Minnesota has a different accent than someone from Alabama. For most Americans (including me), the British accent at first might sound like it's all the same thing, but if you listen to a variety of British speakers, you'll start to notice differences.
I remember I first started becoming aware of different regional British accents thanks to Daphne Moon from Frasier...which is kind of funny in itself, because Jane Leeves, who played Daphne, was actually totally faking a Manchester accent for the show (she actually grew up in Sussex). Still, that accent was the first time I really started to notice how different one British accent was from another, and started making connections between the sound of certain accents and the places they come from. :-)
wow! Thank you! or just like someone from Wisconsin, (where i'm from) we don't have accents. and someone from Canada, may have a French accent.
Technically, everyone has an accent that's specific to whatever region they're from, but we tend to think of how language is spoken where we grew up as "default," and measure the accents of everyone else based on how similar or different it is from what's most familiar to us. I'm from Tennessee, and I can promise you people from Wisconsin most definitely have an accent. :-P (My boss's wife is from Wisconsin and he does a really funny impression of her accent, which is quite different from his own native Nashvillian accent :-P ).
Adria. There are over 30 different accents in England - plus other accents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I think there are about 10 accents in the US.
Jennifer is right - everyone - EVERYONE - has an accent.
Thank you, everyone for all of this. it is very interesting to find out how accents can differ according to your region, even if you do live in the same country.
Kinder Eggs were banned because children might swallow the toys inside the chocolate. They are here now because Kinder makes a version in which the toys are now separate from the chocolate.
Love you guys! You always make my day! Yes, a bloody mary is tomato juice, vodka, Tabasco sauce, salt, pepper and a stick of celery. Yumminess!
In America, "hate speech" IS free speech. You can't be thrown into jail or fined for "insulting" people, ideas, or worse, politicians.
As an American I only missed 2, olympics and Bulgaria. Although my life up to 6 years old I was in a Montessori school run by English women and had a daytime nanny / baby sitter who was a retired English live in nanny. My cultural understandings and pronunciations are a bit of a mess.
The UK has exercised prior restraint on the press, telling them in advance that they could not print something. Also, the UK has laws prohibiting speech deemed hate speech. Neither of these would be possible in the US because of the 1st Amendment.
I'm living in America and very much dreaming to live in the UK, having recently started studying in preparation and very worried about the process, so I feel a a tad more at ease since I only got one question wrong on this particular sample and I remain motivated to learn more :)
Legends! Never fail to crack me up!
haha thanks Bianka!
I only missed the gambling question. I'm American by the way.
The end of ww1 is easy to remember because it's the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918
What country is the queen of England queen of?
I never get fed up of watching you guys. I love learning new things. I'm a brit and I sucked at this quiz. 😂
Those citizenship tests are hard. In the US the actual citizenship test is hard.
I have been binge watching this channel recently 😂
Don't feel so bad. We so poorly on civics as well. No one remembers that $hit once we're done with school.
Technically the war should have finished on 10th November but because of what was written (I can't quite remember by whom) the war wasn't allowed to finish until the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month... Also, Kinder Eggs are still illegal. I was speaking to my American friend about it
Is it weird that I'm an American I did about as well as these two people from the UK?
There is a reason why we remember the soldiers who died in ww1 on the 11th of November and we have a minute silence at 11:11 because that’s when the war ended 💗💗
Oh had no idea!
I only got one wrong. Woo hoo. My mom was born in Durham (as well as my grandmother)and brought to the US as an infant and became a naturalized American citizen. I've always wondered if that means she has dual citizenship.
I love you Can British Citizens Pass A UK Citizenship Test, We Attempt Practice and i love Questions, thank you, Joel and Lia!!! 🇬🇧😍
Thanks Barbie!
I got them all.. a couple were just lucky guessing.
How do they not know the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month?
That was a great video. Great job.
Thanks John!
The Magna Carta fits into your history outlining some rights and protections you have if I’m not mistaken.