American IDIOT takes a British General Knowledge Quiz!
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2021
- I test my VERY SMALL knowledge of Britain and the UK with this British General Knowledge Quiz!
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“There were parking lots back then?” 😂😂😂 sorry mate but I have to laugh
That made me laugh too. Richard III's remains were found in a car park in Leicester (pronounced "Lester") in 2012. They used DNA samples from the current royal family to verify their authenticity. Love you JT, your videos really cheer me up 😍
Oh lawd this boy needs help
It a bit like why it makes me wonder why they built Windsor castle right under the flight path for Heathrow airport
He was found under it cos they made it after
Tamales
The way he says Thames 😂 "Tomeez" haha im done!!
Hahaha same !
I would've been fine if he'd said Th aims but how'd he get tomeez
He lives in Umurica, whats to blame??
@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 I thought of putting Temz but Americans say Z (Zed) different to the UK it is Zee. He would of only gotten to tomzee that way. It is Tems or T-aims, depending on how north or south of London you are.
Its like pronouncing James as Jomeeezz 🤣
" Im the smartest person on this plannet."
"What do these VII, and II mean?" 🤣
Vii=7. II=2
@@dannykelly3199 think the commenter knew, he was quoting JT
Even Bart Simpson worked it out “Rocky v plus Rocky ii equals Rocky vii
Aw, bless his socks! Love it!
.... I bet he can spell ‘planet’ correctly though.
Winston Churchill the well known "American"
Churchill was half-American, courtesy of his mother. And our present PM, Boris Johnson, was born in New York.
@@dominicbuckley8309 : Precisely. Highlights the fact there's no barrier to higher office in the UK due to place of birth compared to the prerequisites for the Presidency of the US. Only US born need apply.
Arnold Schwarzenegger could be Governor of California but never Prez. Maybe this intransigence is why the pool of candidates is seriously lacking ?
@@dominicbuckley8309 Plus has Turkish ancestry.
@@dominicbuckley8309 And Donald Trump is half British courtesy of *his* mother. Somewhat scary.
@@mb-3faze Oh dear God, I'd forgotten that. I believe you may have just converted me to the cause of Scottish independence!
man you gotta watch Horrible Histories, it's a true pinnacle of our lives.
ahahaha yes
Oh Man!! I would watch,
you react to the entire series.Mate you'll love it. DO IT...
Favour has tried reacting to it, the BBC instantly copyright blocked it on her channel, so I reckon it'd be the same here.
@@Zephyr616 oh I didn't even know she tried
@@MooYT_ yeah she put up a post about it a couple weeks ago I believe
as a member of the British Community, I would like to say thank you for not be annoying and being actually pretty funny while talking about British things, a lot of people just get really annoying and do terrible accents. Love ur content :)
Average american thinks that everyone in the uk talks like theyre from london. they also thinks england = scotland =ireland = GB= UK= EU
dam... im not claiming her as a fellow brit... i bet she bullies the americans who annoy her... i now automatically feel sorry for any poor american who has to deal with this woman IRL...
There weren’t car parks when Richard was buried. There was a church there at the time but when his remains were found, a parking lot had been built there.
Careful you're sounding like Trump, who said that America has airports, in the 1770s.😊😊😊
I laughed so hard when he said that LOL
@@iriscollins7583 Was during the time, Americans rode the Bald Eagle in to battle.
Was Greyfriars Monastery - monks not priests :)
He suffered from scoliosis so they buried him under the disabled space.
This is brilliant!! Shockingly easy questions with cringe worthy answers but the parking lot answer made the video for me. You're brilliant mate! Keep up the good work!
Heads up The Thames is pronounced "tems". The main river that flows through London. Also the current prime minister question is now wrong, its boris Johnson
BOJO
I literally laughed out loud
BOJO
Winston Churchill you where half right being America he was our prime minister and half American think his mam was American
Did way better than most Americans. I, v etc are Roman numerals. Like in film sequels, if a king or queen did a good job we reused the name, so had to differentiate between them. So I is 1 or “the first”, ii is 2 or second, iii is three or the third. Here’s where it gets harder, so you don’t end up with huge strings of “I”s five uses the letter V. Putting an I before it means take one away; and an I after it means add one to. So 4 is IV, one off five. The system carries on so v(5), vi(6), vii(7) and viii (8). 10 gets a new letter, X, so 9 is IX. But the highest one for English monarchs is viii (the eighth ) for Henry and Edward. Charles is the Prince of Wales, the eldest son of the monarch, that title is always held by the first in line to the throne. Anne is the Queens Daughter. The War of 1812 was the one where the British burnt the White House. Great tip on All of The Above option though.
Loads of people in the UK go to Iceland, it's a very popular place, especially for the prawn rings... (it's a UK frozen cheap food store)
Generally mums
@@iz723 they love Iceland
🤣 except me closes one to me is over 20m away.
@@xhogun8578 You can't be arsed walking 20 metres?
@@_Professor_Oak 🤣😂walked into that one 🙃
You make me laugh out loud. I am not laughing AT you in a derogatory way. You are just naturally hilarious. Love that I found your channel. X
'Thames' is said 'Tems'
The PM, Tony Blair repealed the death penaty just so when he's tried for his crimes, he will not be executed.
Wasn't that just for treason? I thought Roy Jenkins got it abolished in the 1960s.
@@auldfouter8661 \Yes, I think it was, because that's what bLiar was scared of being done for.
The problem with this quiz was all the so-called questions with only one possible answer, all the rest of the answers being American.
What a weird quiz. Most of the answers you could find by just eliminating the Americans; the only one that really needed any knowledge at all was the Black Death one.
Yer I agree, it was just Americans with one British. Only 1-2 questions which you couldn’t do by process of elimination.
Apart from Winston Churchill who definitely wasn’t American
Well apparently Winston Churchill was American, according to him anyway.
@@jeremylane9972 his mother was American 👍
1:08 We didn’t just come in to your life, you came in to ours too x
I was going to write the same thing 👍👍
"What is a Scottish meal but eaten in Britain?"
SCOTLAND IS PART OF BRITAIN WTF??
To the chagrin of the Scottish
American eggs are washed in the factory, they then have to be refrigerated.
No hon, thats just down to the breed of chicken..the brown colouring doesnt wash off lol
@@helenebarrott9753 I guessed wrong, then.
The chemical washing removes a fine protective layer and makes the egg vunerable to absorbing bacteria. The cold from the fridge prevents this.
Thanks for that comment about whether or not we had parking lots in the 15th century. I`ve now got to clean my monitor and desk due to the tea that I`ve just spat out in an outburst of laughter.
"Tommy's" river!! 😂😂😂 Hilarious
I’ve haven’t been entertained and laughed so much in a long while. 😂😂😂
the richard III question made me laugh so much!! if he was buried under the parking lot, the parking lot was probably put there after his death, not before LMAO congrats on 25k!
Loved the way you said "Always go for 'All of the above' " and then didn't! 😂
We call cookies, cookies. We call biscuits, biscuits. They’re not the same thing over here 😄
Yeah I wish more people would understand this. Cookies are a specific type of biscuit. Same thing with french fries. We have fries and chips because they’re different in thickness. Misinformation is annoying sometimes hahaha
@@sscorpiun6135 Exactly haha
Cookies are relatively new to the uk, biscuits have been around for ever
It’s an age thing. People used to call biscuits cookies here but now calling them cookies is common, but only the big gooey sweet ones
bojo johns what are you calling new in this instance?
As a British person I love this channel 😂
Me too.
Shout out for the Wales people! Bora Da! 🏴
ardderchog!
He should get Colin the Caterpillar tattoo when he hits 100k😂😂 The river Thames is pronounced tems 💕😂
"tems"
@@iz723 Yh ur right
Are there any Marks and Spencer shops over there?
I have heard some people from "the south east" pronounce it taims but most of us say tems.
What an idea! I back that so hard!!
So what about a genealogy test at 50k to see if there is any Brit in your DNA lol ?
Sounds like a good idea lol
Great idea!
He's got Irish in his DNA
Considering the origins of america. Pretty likely
Brilliant idea!
I'm English and I'm laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣 they totally had parking lots in the 15th century thought everybody knew that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄
now I'm laughing because there were not car parks in the 15th century
his bones were found in 2012 under a car park, 9 years ago
Why of course they was, where else would they park their horses 🤔
You are so funny and I just love your responses. Your pronunciation of Thames and Mary Shelley is hilarious.
Everybody knows Prince William's wife as Kate, that might have thrown you...
I know her as 'Pippa's sister'.
Also Princess Anne is the queen's daughter, so is a name you'd have heard of. So an easy mistake to make.
@@emmabarnard6012 A lot don't know of the extent of the Royal family only that which spreads on twitter. It's all Harry (Henry) & Meghan, William & Kate.
The US washes eggs...that’s why they refrigerate them. In Europe eggs are not washed (at the farm) so they still have the membrane around them that keeps them fresh and they do not need to go in the fridge.
Thats kinda random or maybe I’m just too early in the video
@@ADUUM_ yeah you're a bit early lol
I did not know that.
Washing eggs is bad, egg shells and the membrane inside is semi permeable and washing it allows the outside bacteria to get in making the eggs bad
Uk chickens are vaccinated so we don't need to refrigerate them
Genuinely made me laugh watching this, and I don't laugh that much these days so thank you for this. You're alright, and would be welcome in our pub any day.
This has got to be by a large margin one of the funniest things I have ever watched. I mean that in a nice way.
The "Tower of London" is a misnomer. It's actually a one-thousand-year-old castle slap bang in the middle of London!
tower of London, is no more, thats not the real Tower but replacement, Thames is pronounced TEMz
Olde Knight That is not entirely true. It has been altered and restored over the centuries, but the chapel in the White Tower is still much the same as it was when it was built in AD 1078 by William the Conquerer. And even then, some of the restorations date back as far as the 12th and 13th centuries, so it's still extremely old and a mishmash of eras.
@@penname5766 You mean William the Bastard?
As much as I have enjoyed going to the US on many occasions, having to move to Iceland is not a threat, an amazing country. Civilised, intelligent, people not running around like it's the wild west, now, having to move to the US would have me sitting up taking notice.
Being forced to move to the US would have me lying down and taking cover.
No offence to JT, but I'm kinda used to our British policemen NOT carrying automatic weapons.
Also, the 'open carry' laws in many of the southern states would preclude me ever going there.
I would LOVE to be forced to move to Iceland! Went there on my honeymoon - if it wasn't so bloody cold it would be almost perfect. 🙂
Agreed: Iceland is great!
I've gotta tell you, you absolutely make me rock with laughter and I've probably viewed only 5 or so of your videos so far. Like it or not, your humour is pretty close to ours here. Anywho, the reason why you recollected the name, Anne, is because she's the Queen's daughter, her 2nd child after Charles, and before Andrew and Edward. And, as you now know, Charles is the father to William and the 'orange haired one', hahaha. Buddy, you are certainly not dumb. You are very entertaining so just keep on doing what you do so well.
A guy who understands that he doesn't know as much as he should, is smart guy. And the inverse is true of dumb people.
Dunning Kruger Syndrome
"who the hell is Prince Charles" 😂 he is William and Harry's father.
Or is he the Queen’s son? How much does your brain hurt Brian?
Well, maybe not Harry's dad.... James Hewitt?
@@pashakdescilly7517 I used to think that too, but if you compare photos of him and a young prince philip, you can see the resemblance, he just doesn't look much like charles.
@@tommymiller702 He also looks very much like George V, especially with his beard.
I think Harry looks more like Diana's brother Spencer, William more his dad's fam and Harry his mum fam
You really are so sweet bless you, I was in tears watching this. You're doing really well, and thank you for wanting to learn about us so much.
Love your videos, thanks JT, much appreciation and respect from Wales 🏴
6:30 "I don't read books". I'm stunned. Stunned, I tell you. 🤣 This is really funny, love it. Impressed at how many you did get, considering you say you know very little about the UK. Will definitely watch more of your videos.
Bless you, I was shouting at the screen to help you. 😂
I think we probably all were! :)
I can't get over how wrong you are saying "Thames"😂
Ta-mes.
I'm going to start calling it the river Tommys now
It's done on purpose, are you one of the idiots who sent this Texan money by the way . ? .!! .
@@maxmoore3472 hes not a texan lmao
Try saying Tems
My favourite so far! Bless you and your humour!
Love this my tummy hurts from laughing so much 😅 sorry but the parking lot bit made me cry and your pronunciation of the Thames just finished me of 🤣🤣 love ya channel.. from uk 🇬🇧
What is the river called that runs through london? Answer: the Thames
Later-
What is the name of the ferris wheel on the Thames?
"What the hell is a Thames??"
Perhaps....its a river mate 😂
You're certainly the smartest person in the room 😂
Someone once said "If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room." Which now seems confusing, since he was in the same room as his camera, and wanted to make a nice video.
Sean Hoare. You really made me laugh. Great joke.🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the enthusiasm and genuine open manner.I have never heard the river Thames pronounced quite like his attempt.... big warm smile right now
It’s always fun to watch your videos. Keep posting.
parking lots are built after, and they excavate it lol. Reminds me of when an american tourist asked why so many castles were built next to airports
Well according to their President, they had Aeroplanes in the 18th century.
Simple, They New American tourists wouldn't like to walk veryfar
Or the American coach party who went to Stonehenge and asked when it was going to be finished-oy!
@@iriscollins7583 EX- president, thank you very much!
"What is the point in school?"
*3 seconds later*
"I'm so dumb"
Hahaha River Tamees 😂😂…pronounces River Tems!
Funnier still “I didn’t think there’d be parking lots back then!”. Too frigging funny 😂
Considering that a lot of British knowledge isn't taught in America, which is fine, pretty sure it's the same for us Brits about American history, you did an amazing job and your reasoning was sound. Thames is pronounced Tems and is the river that flows through London as an FYI!
7:44 - that was the most American thing I've ever heard, lol!
Thames is pronounced like “temz”
Roman Numerals: The standardised way of numbers in the roman empire: I = 1 II=2 III=3 IV = 4 V=5. Any lower number denomination BEFORE a higher number has to be subtracted from the higher number. I.E. IV = 4, I = 1, V = 5, So IV = 1 - 5 = 4. X=10. IX = 9 etc. Thames is said as Tems or T-aims. King Richard III (The Third) was exhumed from under a parking lot in Leicester City, England. The parking lot had been built over his burial ground.
Just got to the all above part of your video 😆😆 never laughed so hard before 😆😆😆 you’re a funny guy 😆
When Shakespeare wrote his play about Richard the 3rd , he portrayed Richard as having a crooked back ( hunchbacked ) . Before his remains were discovered I attended a lecture given by the Richard the 3rd Society . They made a big point about this saying no way had he a crooked back , it was all a slurr . When his remains were discovered , guess what ? He had a crooked spine which means he had a crooked back 🤔 Love your videos 👍🇬🇧❤️
Technically Shakespeare was still wrong. Richard the third don't have kyphosis (a crooked back that hunches over) but he instead had scoliosis (a crooked back that bends sideways).
King Richard died in battle, his killers dumped his body in a quickly made grave, centuries of soil built up on top of that, we eventually built a parking lot in that area. No one knew where King Richard was buried, which is why he is known as "the lost king of England", a group of historians did some research and got permission to unearth specific locations and found his bones, it was so close that if they started their trench just 50cm in any direction, they would've missed it entirely.
And that Parking Lot is in Leicester
You are so funny and entertaining. Thank you for another running video.
I'm just laughing my head off at the way you pronounce the River Thames as Tommies hahaha.
That episode of Time Team when they dug up Richards III's Mercedes that was parked up on th edge of Bosworth field,before the battle,was great. Shoulda seen the car,Henry VII arrived in!
🤣🤣🤣
Henry was a cheap-ass. He drove a rusty old Fiat.
Loo, Lav, Lavvy, Lavatory ,crapper, shithouse, and bog are just some of the names we use for the toilet. 😂👍
'please excuse me for i must deposit an offering in the porcelain throne'
Good names for the toilett I mean I don't say that but I should now lol
Or just toilet 🤷♂️
And if your a bit posh you might call it the water closet, which is were we get the abreviation WC from
I’m on the throne is another term
the all of the above section cracked me up :D great video!
Hi
On the restroom question, the answer could be both 'loo' and 'outhouse', although an 'outhouse' may no always be a restroom.
We have a lot of names for Restroom, : WC, loo, toilet, men's, ladies', little boys room, little girls room, necessarium, outhouse, Lav, latrine, lavatory, bog, powder room (rare and not to be confused with ammo store) , there are probably some more.
Thames is pronounced 'Temes' , similar to the candy M&Ms.
Prince Charles is Elizabeth II eldest son, Prince William is his eldest son and so next in line after Charles.
On washing eggs: Your farms wash the eggs, which removes a protective layer, his means you need to store he in a fridge, UK and most of Europe don't, which means they don't need to be kept refridgerated .
The remains of Richard III were found buried under a parking lot, it had been built after his death.
On the 'What country/counties make up the UK, Britain is not a country, so 'all of the above' is wrong 'Britain' is short for Great Britain and is he Island which contains Scotland, England and Wales.
You did OK
Well that was entertaining. Pronounce the Thames as “temz”
Unless you're in Norwich, Connecticut, USA ... Here it is pronounced with a th sound like in "there" or "the" and ..."Thames, rhymes with Names!" Lol! Ahhh.... New England always good for butchering the English language! 😆
The Thames is a river that runs through London and is pronounced tems. Cause we like to confuse the rest of the world! 😂
….funniest reaction videos on UA-cam. Love it!
Bro your too funny and underrated, Haha deserve your own show ! Soon be 100k
“Shoutout to Wales” i love it! Diolch 🏴💖
I never never Wales was a part of England I thought it was just a part of Britain?
@@joegilbert3149 Its not part of England, it's a country thats part of Britain. At the time the union jack was designed Wales was part of the Kingdom of England and that is why Wales isn't represented on the union jack.
@@jacjones4193 we don't need to we have our own kick ass flag with a dragon on :)
@@jacjones4193 We really should get that changed! Put Y ddraig goch right in the middle!
@@brentwoodbay agreed! byddai'n edrych yn wych gyda'r ddraig goch yn y canol! 🏴
JT: Tell me I am the smartest American you have ever seen!
Everyone: No, thank you 💯✌😂
I tried 😂😂
@@JTReacts11 in case noone else said in America they have to legally wash eggs and do all sorts to them to prevent salmonella and before they can sell them.
In Europe we vaccinate our chickens so we don't have to do the whole egg washing thing.
It you ever get to try and egg from the UK you will see they're different as they've not had the protected layer removed from cleaning. Which is also why you guys have to keep your eggs in the fridge and we don't.
I think your eggs are generally really pale inside and out, where as our shells are darker and the yolks more vibrant.
Prince Charles is the Queens eldest son 😁 Prince William is the eldest son of Prince of charles, so it’s Charles next and then William 😁
Prince Harry is or was Sixth in line to the throne.
What a great 14 mins.
As Brit, I can honestly say I'd have got 2 wrong there.
Usually these type videos are quite annoying, with clueless Americans trying to appear smart at any cost but you my friend are one of the most honest and down to earth Americans I have ever seen and are more than welcome to visit the UK, especially Wales.
Diolch.
JT! Dude! I love your reactions and I'm so glad you're settled again after you had to move recently. I can forgive all of your wrong answers in this video EXCEPT the River Thames. *"Taah-mays"?* Dude. C'mon. No.
😂
I was creasing up with this video. The all of the above scenario. 😂🤣
JT, you are a legend! Nice show
That was hysterical...........don't ever change!!!!
"War of 1812, who was involved with that?" That would be the USA for starters (hint: You failed to win which is why you may not get taught about it)..
Also quite a big to-do in Russia that year
1812, big in France and Russia.
BUT!
"The war of 1812". US, vs UK and Canada. US attacked Canada, Canada burned down the White House in retaliation. Big US military loss of face (UK was also fighting Napoleon in several other theatres at the same time).
@@nickabbott6278 That was a war for the United States in America, but more of an irritating sideshow for Canada and Britain.
@@timed3618 I wouldn't say it was a sideshow for Canada.
But agree it was one for the UK given Napoleon had taken over most of Europe at the time.
Hence why the USA teaches that they won the war of 1812, mainly because they did have several big sea victories, not because their fledgling navy was better... But because the Royal navy was otherwise occupied with napoleon and underestimated the American navy only sending a tiny force to go sort out "the skuffle in the colonies"
In reality neither side can truly be said to have won the war of 1812. It just kind of fizzled out. The Americans didn't achieve their goals, and the British had better things to do than actively perusing them.
I'm CRYING, it's actually really funny that you don't know them, it's completely understandable, but omg, and the PRONUNCIATION! thoroughly amusing, thank you
Not bad my friend,you do make me laugh.😁🤣👍🖖
Oh my god i nearly pissed and shit my pants at you trying to pronounce THAMES and also King Richard lll ( they had parking lots back then) and WHO THE HELL IS PRINCE CHARLES. You have made my day.
"Cher, whatever!", Thanks for me making me feel ancient! 🤬🤣
Me too I was like, whhhaatt? 😆 🤣
JT you're better than medicine, you make me laugh so much. I hope you achieve everything you've set out to do 👍
You were the smartest American I’d ever come across the moment you got the first question right! Just joshing mate, you started off well then tried overthinking it, before finally getting into your stride. Bloody good job there, a result you can be pleased with especially as there are British kids (under 18yo) that would struggle to achieve better than 20% correct.
"I finished with 69... Nice" Congratulations! You're an honorary Englishman
Every Englishman of worth wants a '69' - just NOT as a score in your quiz - LOL.......
Nice
*Honorary Briton. Because he probably got the questions about what makes up the UK/Great Britain right more often than the average Englishman...
it actual told you that King Richard III 's body was found under the carpark, which had been built on top of the remains of the church he was buried in.
I'm pretty sure he was making a joke
69 is a magic number in Britain
Well done. Some of questions even british peeps wouldnt know i got few wrong. But u did a good job
That was funny bruv, loved your confidence 😂✊ from the UK..ps..I would have struggled on at least one 👍
You are a star. That was the best laugh in ages, Give this man a TV show!
Loving this content, love from Scotland, come for a drink when the world is safer! Also Scotland national animal is a unicorn, that would be the best British tattoo to get!
@@SimSim-zf9if still our national animal regardless
Unicorn? A red dragon would be better surely ;)
@@georgeofthejungle690 why not both of them eating three lions?
@@davidashimself sold :-)
@@georgeofthejungle690 oh yeah wales😂😂
You are soooo entertaining!
Its good as a brit to see someone else's opinion on us and out country a lot of us find it interesting watching Americans react to our TV rap etc💯
When you said pick all of the above and then doubted yourself and didn't I laughed my head off🤣🤣
Good video. In regard to King Richard III. No they didn’t have parking lots ‘back then’. They built a parking lot over the land he was buried in, because the location of his grave had been lost over time.
And twas in Leicester
They had to park their horses somewhere when in the Tavern..
Bit of help with the V’s and II’s, also known as Roman numerals.
1 = I
2 = II
3 = III
4 = IV (meaning one before five)
5 = V
6 = VI (meaning one after five)
7 = VII
8 = VII
9 = IX (meaning one before ten)
10 = X
15= XV
20 = XX
Hope this helps!
Also:
L = 50
C = 100
M = 1000
Naming convention stays the same as earlier numbers, so 2021 would be MMXXI and 1988 would be MCMLXXXVIII...I think decimal is a bit cleaner xD
Great video! Well done!
Dude the British don’t show love, we tolerate.
Thanks for making me smile JT you really gave the quiz a good go...back in the day there were lots of horses and carts so wonder if they parked in the Ye Olde Parking Lotte. Just love your videos.
You made me laugh the way you pronounced Thames & Shelley.😁
hiya jt good vid you got me in tears of laughter this was so funny