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  • @jonsmith9045
    @jonsmith9045 Před rokem +98

    I've totally met people like this. I don't think they are faking it. So sad and yet so fun to mess with them.

    • @timothyreel716
      @timothyreel716 Před rokem +1

      You may have meet people like this, but this is a YT video capable of being edited, you shouldn't take things at face value!

    • @torstenheling3830
      @torstenheling3830 Před rokem

      @@reesewillis5920 generation Z in the US is brain dead.

    • @torstenheling3830
      @torstenheling3830 Před rokem +1

      @@reesewillis5920 no one is bullying anyone

    • @-lnsertNameHere-
      @-lnsertNameHere- Před rokem +2

      @@timothyreel716 didn't ask

    • @-lnsertNameHere-
      @-lnsertNameHere- Před rokem +1

      @@reesewillis5920 also didn't ask

  • @anthonyduffy5967
    @anthonyduffy5967 Před rokem +39

    They were able to name most of the Kardashians, so that’s OK! That’s what’s important.

    • @LaurieRein
      @LaurieRein Před rokem +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @drchapman6501
      @drchapman6501 Před rokem +1

      The Kardashians? Hmmm...I know they're not professional athletes I don't know any movies in which they have appeared or any hit songs they have recorded. But i think I have seen all of them naked. So I am gonna assume they are merely nude models or perhaps highly paid escorts?

    • @LaurieRein
      @LaurieRein Před rokem

      @@drchapman6501 I don’t know why I got a reply personally from you, I wasn’t the one that commented on the Kardashians. All thought it was a pretty humorous answer. Sadly, I have to say I was surprised how ignorant the kids were but maybe it was true that the group was a set-up for tv.

    • @drchapman6501
      @drchapman6501 Před rokem

      @Laurie Reinertsen I am sorry. I can honestly say I did not address my comment to you personally. In fact I did not even see your comment until you addressed me. And reflecting on my original comment, it was not my wittiest moment. My personal apologies to you and anyone else offended by my comment. Like my Grandma was prone to say... you cannot make yourself taller by standing on someone else's shoulders.

    • @LaurieRein
      @LaurieRein Před rokem +1

      @@drchapman6501 I wasn’t offended at all - I just didn’t want to be the one who was remembered for the Kardashian names as a historical fact. 😂 I’ve never seen the show - too old to be interested - only remember Robert from the OJ trial. Thanks for the considerate reply.

  • @boba9253
    @boba9253 Před rokem +40

    Illinois is the state, and Springfield is the Capital (not Chicago, but is the largest city).

    • @drchapman6501
      @drchapman6501 Před rokem +7

      A lot of people think New Orleans is the capital of Louisiana. But they would be wrong. Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana. And New Mexico is NOT a country. It is one of the 50 states of the United States.

    • @Inaflap
      @Inaflap Před rokem

      Hey, wasn't the Iliad written by a bloke from Springfield?

  • @JS-vn1og
    @JS-vn1og Před rokem +21

    What's sad is these people are actually allowed to make big decisions that can affect everyone.

    • @citisoccer
      @citisoccer Před rokem

      Yea. They're called senators. Space lasers start forest fires is the best one I've heard recently.

  • @wingfootmcnova9130
    @wingfootmcnova9130 Před rokem +128

    Lol This makes me feel very good about my level of knowledge. In honesty though while this is cringy they almost certainly interviewed many more people and compiled the dumbest ones together to make this video.

    • @dbsagacious
      @dbsagacious Před rokem +26

      Any video that you see where it is a compilation of dumb answer, they take only the best ones, of course. The issue is how do you find more than 1 person this stupid. Im in awe

    • @HRConsultant_Jeff
      @HRConsultant_Jeff Před rokem +17

      This makes me sad that our education system is so poor, we graduated these people and we are probably footing the bill for them to go to Community College and subsidizing them in many ways. Shame on their parents and our government if you ask me. At 68 I knew the answer to every one of the questions except the Kardashians. That is something I can live with.

    • @oliverbodnar
      @oliverbodnar Před rokem +5

      This kid has MANY videos of asking kids questions. Go check out his channel.

    • @RogCBrand
      @RogCBrand Před rokem +9

      @@dbsagacious Exactly! The really sad thing is when it's university students- how do you graduate high school and get into a university when you can't do grade school math, know history that an 8 year old should know, etc.?

    • @MarySpain1958
      @MarySpain1958 Před rokem +4

      We hope so otherwise the future is doomed

  • @Blu9_Nin9
    @Blu9_Nin9 Před rokem +39

    When she said France and Britain are the same, you both nearly fell out of your chairs 😂

  • @ChrisReise
    @ChrisReise Před rokem +16

    I'm Canadian and I know that there are 50 stars (one for each State) and 13 strips (one for each of the original colonies) on the US Flag.

    • @DarkDav300
      @DarkDav300 Před rokem

      Me too from where

    • @georgerutledge9581
      @georgerutledge9581 Před rokem +1

      Thank you Chris.

    • @Oturan20
      @Oturan20 Před rokem

      Fun fact: Before making the number of stripes permanently 13 we had actually added a stripe along with a star... by the time we got up to fifteenth state we decided against adding stripes.

  • @HRConsultant_Jeff
    @HRConsultant_Jeff Před rokem +50

    I really wish he would tell them when they are wrong. It is one thing to talk to an ingnorant person and another to allow them to think they are right.

    • @donaldstewart8342
      @donaldstewart8342 Před rokem +9

      He says yes because previously he would correct them and they would argue with him

    • @tammyparsons5656
      @tammyparsons5656 Před rokem +7

      If you told them the correct answers they wouldn't retain the information anyway.

    • @stacischilling430
      @stacischilling430 Před rokem +2

      Or at least add some that know the right answers.

    • @ssjwes
      @ssjwes Před rokem +1

      @@tammyparsons5656 I've read studies on this and you're mostly correct.

    • @markaitcheson3212
      @markaitcheson3212 Před rokem +3

      It's not his responsibility to correct them, and he tries to correct one at the end of another video and she argues with him and won't have it so im not surprised he doesn't try.

  • @fandycandy1547
    @fandycandy1547 Před rokem +22

    Damn it! I thought we could protect our cousins from this video. They shouldn’t have seen this, but now they know our true “COLORS” today. Come on America we need to step up our game, to get in the world game!!

  • @GilaMonster971
    @GilaMonster971 Před rokem +53

    The banter between James and Millie in this one made the entire video 🤣

  • @lynntaylor9681
    @lynntaylor9681 Před rokem +34

    I'm at the end of Gen X. There's idiots in every generation but it's still sad to see stuff like this.
    Anyway a dime is worth 10 cents here in the US so there's 10 dimes in a dollar. It's an elementary school question.
    I'm bad at Geography but I can name over 5 countries easily. I'm not very smart but I always feel a lot smarter
    after watching videos like this one. Edit: I couldn't name any of the Kardashians since I don't care.
    James was close. Biden is our 46th President.

    • @sandraleigh4023
      @sandraleigh4023 Před rokem +3

      I am very visually oriented so I have trouble rattling off math answers unless I draw the picture of it in my head. BUT even I can do 3x3=9 9x3=27. Good grief. How do they pay bills or make sure they're getting the proper change?

    • @austria-hungary7680
      @austria-hungary7680 Před rokem +2

      As an american who can sweep the floor with the questions. I agree.

    • @Jamessmith-xk3fh
      @Jamessmith-xk3fh Před rokem +1

      Right I didn't know all the Kardashians but I know them but I could answer most of the questions as soon as he ended the question

  • @SteveEdward_
    @SteveEdward_ Před rokem +23

    I'm part of Gen Z, like you guys as well, and I can promise you not all of us are like this lol.

  • @christianoliver3572
    @christianoliver3572 Před rokem +29

    Hey don't sell yourselves short.
    You are both very bright people and that's one of the reasons I really like your videos.

    • @bobbyspain905
      @bobbyspain905 Před rokem +2

      Listening to these people answer is like the movie idiocracy.

  • @citisoccer
    @citisoccer Před rokem +7

    No. Do not excuse them. "Who fought in the Civil War" is some basic, 6th/7th grade history that EVERY American should ABSOLUTELY know. These questions are an indictment on our public school system, and we're wondering why our nation is falling behind in GDP. I can't imagine.

  • @kurbz31
    @kurbz31 Před rokem +22

    100 pennies/cents makes up 1 dollar, there's nickel/ 5 cents, dime/10 cents, quarter/25 cents, and here in Canada a loonie is 1 dollar, but other than that we use basically the same names for our coins as the US, other than Canada discontinued pennies.

    • @dustinhaynes2617
      @dustinhaynes2617 Před rokem +1

      I just wanted to say some of your guys coins are pretty cool. I don't remember if it was a dollar or half dollar that is two tone with the silver and gold look. What year did Canada stop doing pennies? I feel like I've heard about that at some point in my life.

    • @kurbz31
      @kurbz31 Před rokem

      The coin with the 2 colors would be the toonie (the 2 dollar coin) and it's been probably more than 5 years since we ditched the pennies, but a few years ago I found one on the sidewalk so I keep it in my wallet for good luck.

    • @joe3eagles
      @joe3eagles Před rokem +2

      The American/Canadian/Australian (and probably others) coin that is 1/100 of a dollar is called a cent. Pennies are British coins that are 1/100 of a pound.

    • @lawabernathy9256
      @lawabernathy9256 Před rokem +1

      We also have dollar gold coins, dollar silver coins, 50 cent peices and 2 dollar bills.

    • @dynamodan8216
      @dynamodan8216 Před rokem +1

      @@joe3eagles The value is 1 cent, but the physical coin is called a penny. At least US and Canada, not totally sure on Australia.

  • @GilaMonster971
    @GilaMonster971 Před rokem +14

    I lived in New Mexico for 8 years, I was always shocked at how many people out of state thought it was part of Mexico 🤣

    • @csulb75
      @csulb75 Před rokem +1

      New Mexico used to be part of Mexico, as did California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. The US whipped Mexico's butt between 1846 and 1848, et voilà, from sea to shining sea.

    • @rightoftheline6521
      @rightoftheline6521 Před rokem

      Isn't Alamogordo the capital of Mexico?

    • @GilaMonster971
      @GilaMonster971 Před rokem

      @@rightoftheline6521 no it’s Santa Fe

    • @rightoftheline6521
      @rightoftheline6521 Před rokem +1

      @@GilaMonster971 Santa Fe is the capital of Mexico? I stand corrected.

    • @georgerutledge9581
      @georgerutledge9581 Před rokem

      How sad is that!

  • @ptgizmo
    @ptgizmo Před rokem +7

    I’m so embarrassed! America doesn’t stand a chance! This is so sad! This is making me sick!!! You two are great!

  • @stellaandes759
    @stellaandes759 Před rokem +29

    The thing that got me was that he replied yes to everyone's awful guesses. It might be better to give them the right answers.

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Před rokem +9

      I think he does it to emphasize how dim they are. It is a form of mockery, really. He appears friendly to them to get them to talk on camera, but he is really just taking advantage of them for the video.

    • @CaptainFrost32
      @CaptainFrost32 Před rokem +1

      He has to reveal the truth after cuttng the camera, before he gets the release to use the footage. He avoids enraging the people. Those reactions where they are embarrased are not aired in these clip compillations.

    • @NarwahlGaming
      @NarwahlGaming Před rokem

      They didn't learn the information the first time, while in school.
      They won't retain any of this information, now, if he gave it to them.

    • @nathanpeterson1320
      @nathanpeterson1320 Před rokem

      I think he had people argue that they were right when they were wrong so he just started saying yes to everything. (I could be wrong but just something I read)

  • @Courtnec
    @Courtnec Před rokem +8

    It takes about a day to find the few that don't know the answers to the questions asked. Back on Jay Leno's Tonight, he had to film over several days just to get the few that made good TV.

    • @easein
      @easein Před rokem

      Says who? Don't believe you. I think you wish to ignore how mind-bendingly ignorant the majority of humans walking around you everyday actually are.

    • @theflamingeagle572
      @theflamingeagle572 Před rokem

      Finally someone with common sense

  • @Boethius4748
    @Boethius4748 Před rokem +6

    He was being kind saying 3x3x3. If he had said 3 cubed their heads would have exploded.

  • @hunterswildlifejimmyw3314

    These people are what our men and women in uniform are fighting for. People who dont even know where they live or know the history of their own country...its so sad... what is being taught in school? I asked my 8 year old son a couple of these questions and he answered half of them right, and under 5 seconds!

    • @bhswarrior94
      @bhswarrior94 Před rokem +6

      How cherrypicked were these responses though cause you only see what they want you to.

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Před rokem +2

      I would not necessarily blame the schools. People can actively tune out what they don't want to hear, and the best of school systems cannot make apathetic students learn. U.S. public schools have to take all students, even the ones who don't give a rodent's hairy rear end about learning anything. Rather, these people are more an embarrassment to their families, not the rest of us.

    • @bhswarrior94
      @bhswarrior94 Před rokem +3

      @@BenjaminFranklin2A Their. Idk if you should be commenting on a video like this making those kinda errors.

    • @bhswarrior94
      @bhswarrior94 Před rokem +1

      @@BenjaminFranklin2A Grammar is part of education don't speak on schooling if you failed it.

    • @JK-dl6ql
      @JK-dl6ql Před rokem +2

      @@bhswarrior94 the fact that there is more than one young adult in the country, let alone a city block speaks volumes. I'd love to see how many people were interviewed who got these right also. But the fact he found this many in this small area is pathetic. I grew up in NY. We have state exams that u need to pass in order to graduate. No way these idiots have a legitimate high school diploma.

  • @codyholt2358
    @codyholt2358 Před rokem +17

    I’ve lost faith in the future of my country after watching this video. Time to move to across the pond… How’s Somerset? Would they accept a fast talking Chicagoan?
    Edit: Most people think that Chicago is the Capitol of Illinois, but it’s actually Springfield.

  • @yotaninja2419
    @yotaninja2419 Před rokem +3

    It proves you two would be better citizens than most of ours. Gladly welcome it

  • @mattherbert873
    @mattherbert873 Před rokem +7

    11:35 a dime is 10 cents. Penny = .01 - Nickel = .05 - dime .10 - quarter = .25 Great video.

  • @KittCrescendo
    @KittCrescendo Před rokem +8

    This is embarrassing not because I don’t know the answers, but because I do…

  • @billbrosey5909
    @billbrosey5909 Před rokem +7

    Lol. Love your reactions. Actually, Springfield is the capital of Illinois, although Chicago is the most famous city in that state.

  • @debk5427
    @debk5427 Před rokem +20

    Yep. They show how bad our education system is in the USA also shows neglect by parents.

    • @funnyusername8635
      @funnyusername8635 Před rokem +6

      The only thing this shows is deceptive editing.

    • @arrobrewer2730
      @arrobrewer2730 Před rokem +2

      @@funnyusername8635 R U Melting

    • @debk5427
      @debk5427 Před rokem +1

      @@funnyusername8635 could be

    • @TheMadMadman
      @TheMadMadman Před rokem +2

      @@funnyusername8635 It shows bad education and neglect for these people at least.

    • @pointlessmanatee
      @pointlessmanatee Před rokem +2

      I mean maybe the education system isn't bad, maybe these kids just don't give a shit about school. it's the whole can bring a horse to water but can't make them drink thing

  • @johnhelwig8745
    @johnhelwig8745 Před rokem +24

    Wow! That was painful to watch. Makes me want to cry for our future.

    • @theflamingeagle572
      @theflamingeagle572 Před rokem +2

      Don't worry they just didn't show the people that answered correctly because that would defeat the point of the video.

    • @johnhelwig8745
      @johnhelwig8745 Před rokem

      @@theflamingeagle572 Yes I know, It is a knock-off of Leno's jaywalking interviews.

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Před rokem +1

      These gotcha videos do rely on the phenomenon that people tend to get rattled in situations where they are in front of a camera and microphone, in a setting where they do not normally expect to face test questions. I mean, I would like to think I would answer all of these pretty quickly, even if I was somewhat ambushed on a day out. But I think it'd possible I might actually mess up a couple of easy questions that I normally would nail easily if I was sitting at a desk and prepared. So, people are not at their best in these situations. But even so. . .

    • @Jamessmith-xk3fh
      @Jamessmith-xk3fh Před rokem

      I'm 38 and I'm sitting there yelling the answers and getting mad at how dumb they are. I'm over here spitting out the answer as soon as he finishes the question and they are having to think. Either public schools suck at teaching now or younger people are more worried about celebrities or trying to be famous

  • @michaelcannaday3046
    @michaelcannaday3046 Před rokem +5

    I hate the fact that these kids just get a pass for everything nowadays they will not even hold children back when they fail in schools near me. Even worse, they do not learn anything aside from getting handouts and pity parties and blast anyone they do not agree with.....I'm only 37, I think..

  • @-EchoesIntoEternity-
    @-EchoesIntoEternity- Před rokem +6

    9:55 Milly, actually Springfield is the capital of Illinois not Chicago

  • @KRAMPUS_420
    @KRAMPUS_420 Před rokem +2

    They always seem to find the most ignorant among us and put them on video. Gotta luv it.

    • @theflamingeagle572
      @theflamingeagle572 Před rokem

      No it makes us look bad to the entire world the thing is people actually believe it.

  • @danbarry4772
    @danbarry4772 Před rokem +1

    The only question I didn't know was how many Kardashians? I am proud I didn't know that.

  • @jefffitzgerald8410
    @jefffitzgerald8410 Před rokem +19

    I'm 44 years old and have lived in Canada my entire life. Although I'm also an American citizen. It's painful to watch how little these people know. You two in Jersey know more than them. And all of this is common knowledge as far as I'm concerned. Especially for an American.

    • @sandraleigh4023
      @sandraleigh4023 Před rokem

      It is completely embarrassing. But to know they are sharp on the Kardashian facts reveals where their headspace is. Kids today seem to only care about tik tok, insta, and other social media and being an inflluencer.

    • @Catherine.Dorian.
      @Catherine.Dorian. Před rokem +1

      We aren’t all like this! I’d say you mostly find these people in NYC and LA. I can answer all of it without thinking. It also seems to be more prevalent with those who spent their high school with smart phones

    • @sabalomglitz6478
      @sabalomglitz6478 Před rokem +1

      Stupidity and ignorance is much desired in America in 2022. Knowledge is confrontation. Ignorance is bliss.

    • @barbiincognito13
      @barbiincognito13 Před rokem

      @@sabalomglitz6478 Make a bunch of dumb shit up and throw it at the comments section huh? Did your Harvard or Yale professor tell you all that or are you pulling your expertise off the internet?

    • @sabalomglitz6478
      @sabalomglitz6478 Před rokem

      @@barbiincognito13 wow, you keep get5ing younger and more elementary if you keep this up you'll devolve even more. Maybe you'll end up with a pacifiers and a diaper. (Presuming you don't already that is).

  • @timlamb6196
    @timlamb6196 Před rokem +3

    This generation knows more about pop culture than important stuff. Sad

  • @Cramblit
    @Cramblit Před rokem +21

    This is what I mean when I say the Education system isn't about learning.. It's about indoctrinating, and regurgitating answers on a sheet of paper, with participation trophies to get you a passing grade..
    It's terrible..

    • @dustinhaynes2617
      @dustinhaynes2617 Před rokem +2

      Glad I graduated in 2017. My town is lucky to be a little more old fashioned, but who knows how much longer that will last.

    • @sabalomglitz6478
      @sabalomglitz6478 Před rokem

      @@dustinhaynes2617 it hasn't

  • @dennisstafford1749
    @dennisstafford1749 Před rokem +1

    OMG. Any 5th grader should know the answers to these questions. This is pitiful. Why aren't they embarrassed?

  • @markhall4073
    @markhall4073 Před rokem +6

    I see and talk to people like this quite often. It's really sad that our children are not learning basic facts.

  • @dbsagacious
    @dbsagacious Před rokem +4

    "But we're not American" Dammit James, Millie is!!!! Edit 14:30 I take it back🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

  • @robertcook9253
    @robertcook9253 Před rokem +1

    You guys are correct. 50 states/50 stars on the flag.

  • @lindadeters8685
    @lindadeters8685 Před rokem +12

    Schools stopped teaching geography years ago and this just shows what an error that was.

    • @theflamingeagle572
      @theflamingeagle572 Před rokem +2

      No they still teach geography they just didn't show the people who answered correctly because that would defeat the point of the video.

    • @kennethsmith6367
      @kennethsmith6367 Před 10 měsíci

      They also stoped teaching cursive. Honestly I’m not surprised, because the government is trying to control insted of educate the people.

    • @barryeva8862
      @barryeva8862 Před 8 měsíci

      Ask an American anything to do with the rest of the world they have no idea

  • @bobbyquinting3918
    @bobbyquinting3918 Před rokem +4

    Stars on the US flag question is a classic one. While there are only 50 states, there are 52 cards in a deck of cards.

  • @oliverbodnar
    @oliverbodnar Před rokem +3

    I can't even finish watching this is because it's so SAD!!!

  • @krisellison6650
    @krisellison6650 Před rokem +2

    I'm 33 and know all those questions, because I was programmed to know. It's clear the education system doesn't want to program the youth about history, especially in cities.

  • @tylerstewart2474
    @tylerstewart2474 Před rokem

    Window lickers are always a great laugh.

  • @jimjackson5544
    @jimjackson5544 Před rokem +3

    This guy simply says Yes to even obvious wrong answers. He never corrects them.

  • @desertdawn540
    @desertdawn540 Před rokem +3

    It's very frightening to know, that some day these people will be in charge! Evidently they don't teach anything in school any more. Maybe, these people never attended school! OMG! Unreal!

    • @drchapman6501
      @drchapman6501 Před rokem

      Now I think I understand why Joe Biden sounds so stupid when he is speaking on camera.
      I was being waited on in Walmart not too long ago when their computer froze up. All they had left to do was total up my purchases and add on the tax. I totaled it up in my head and told them what my purchases would come to. I told them I may be off a penny because I didn't know what the city tax in their city was. True enough, I was off by a single penny. The clerk couldn't total up my purchases using pencil and paper. And they were so far off in guessing a ballpark figure.

    • @Inaflap
      @Inaflap Před rokem

      They'll never be in charge.

  • @tyROOne226
    @tyROOne226 Před rokem +1

    _"Welcome to Costco, I love you."_

  • @jpwoelfling
    @jpwoelfling Před rokem +2

    Beesley's should do a British version of these types of Questions. Maybe head to Piccadilly Circus or Leicester Park and ask some British Gen Zs the same type of questions. Like
    How many sixpence in a pound?
    Who fought in the War of the Roses?
    Name the 4 countries that make up the UK.
    What is the body of water between the UK and France called?
    What does 9X9X9 equal?

  • @manjisaipoe517
    @manjisaipoe517 Před rokem +5

    This video shows the sad state of the education program currently in use here in the U.S.A. I believe that the experiment of Government controlled schools has shown itself to be a failure of incredible magnitude and needs to be put back under the direct control of the local people using the schools. You two know more about the U.S. and its history than the average person on this video, and there is no acceptable excuse for that in my opinion. Keep up the fun, love your videos.

  • @defftony
    @defftony Před rokem +3

    OH MY GOD. Pray for Millie. I can not compute what I saw.

  • @BTinSF
    @BTinSF Před rokem +1

    What year was America founded? That's a complicated question. Was the country founded when other Declaration of Independence was written and sent (1776)? When the Constitution was signed (1789)? When the first Europeans settlers landed at Jamestown (1607)? When he asked when England was founded, that's obviously even harder but I'd probably answer 1066 when the Normans conquered the place and superseded the older Anglo-Saxon dynasty which never ruled a united England.

  • @hanssolo8795
    @hanssolo8795 Před rokem +2

    Don't give them the benefit of the doubt.Thats why you guys deserve to be citizens more than a lot that are.

  • @joeb5316
    @joeb5316 Před rokem +4

    To be fair, a couple of those questions were tricky for anyone. I can't tell offhand the number of Presidents because it's not really all that important to me, and most people would guess either 1776 (when the Colonies declared independence from England) or 1787/1789 (when the Constitution was drafted/ratified) when the technical year of the United States' founding was 1777 when the Articles of Confederation and Union was ratified.

    • @LaurieRein
      @LaurieRein Před rokem +4

      The actual date America was founded was July 2, 1776 when we declared independence from Britain. It was signed into law on July 4, 1776. That is the legal date of when we were founded as United Colonies. On Sept. 9, 1776, the term United Colonies was changed to United States of America but the date of legal founding is still July 4th, 1776 - Independence Day.

    • @80081355318008
      @80081355318008 Před rokem +3

      Yeah the number of presidents would have been tricky I just remember everyone always referring to Trump as “45” so that was the only reason I know it’s 46 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @LaurieRein
      @LaurieRein Před rokem

      No - Independence Day - July 4, 1776 - ibit: see my answer.

    • @johnwjr7
      @johnwjr7 Před rokem

      True, but it sure wasn't 1995.

    • @LaurieRein
      @LaurieRein Před rokem

      True but 1995 was hysterical.

  • @jonsmith9045
    @jonsmith9045 Před rokem +5

    Dime in $0.10, you are thinking a penny which is $0.01. meaning 10 would have been correct. 100 would be correct if the question was about a penny. The President question is confusing. If you are counting the presidents under the articles of confederation you will get a different answer.

    • @empice2k
      @empice2k Před rokem +2

      The official title under the Articles of Confederation was The President of the United States IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED. This position was little more than the presiding official for Congress; it was NOT the same position as we know the Office of the President of the United States today to be.

    • @vass0922
      @vass0922 Před rokem

      Number of presidents 10 years ago would have been more difficult. Trump touted his 45 every chance he got so it made it easier to remember

  • @bobculwell5375
    @bobculwell5375 Před rokem +2

    This is why I never support those initiatives to get people to vote. Most voters are shockingly ignorant.

    • @Jml416
      @Jml416 Před rokem +1

      And these are the same people telling me who to vote for!🙃

  • @Blu9_Nin9
    @Blu9_Nin9 Před rokem +1

    This is what happens when kids spend too much time in the echo chamber of their phones.
    ...and people used to say Gen X and Millennials were bad

    • @runrafarunthebestintheworld
      @runrafarunthebestintheworld Před rokem +1

      I'm part of this generation so yeah. Pretty much everyone is on there phone. It took me longer than some of them to have a phone. Pfft

  • @doughukill9595
    @doughukill9595 Před rokem +3

    just shows how bad our public school has gotten

  • @frances4309
    @frances4309 Před rokem +12

    I am sure there were lots of gen z-ers who could answer the questions correctly, they just don't show them. There are 10 pennies in a dime, there are 10 dimes in a US dollar.

    • @damonbryan7232
      @damonbryan7232 Před rokem +4

      Nope. There wasn't. Look up his video of some faith left in gen z. He only got 2 people with correct answers. Out of 36 he got to ask.

  • @empice2k
    @empice2k Před rokem +2

    American here… I’m so embarrassed for my country… what’s really bad these are low-information VOTERS.
    🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼

  • @anthonyramirez9003
    @anthonyramirez9003 Před rokem +2

    I love you guys. If you are going 60 miles per hour. Well that means in an hour you will reach your destination of 60 miles.

  • @MichaelBSmall-jx7zo
    @MichaelBSmall-jx7zo Před rokem +14

    The video cherry-picks respondents. You can go to any country and find people who will respond similarly. That doesn’t mean they are representative of a typical person in that country.

    • @thewatermelons8305
      @thewatermelons8305 Před rokem

      True but a lot of people are idiots themselves thinking all Americans are this stupid

    • @FirstNameLastName-wt5to
      @FirstNameLastName-wt5to Před rokem +6

      The fact that this many people had trouble answering is concerning. I don’t care if 100 people got it all right. The fact that there are young adults this poorly educated is bad for the country.

    • @edithdealba1100
      @edithdealba1100 Před rokem +2

      Average and basic questions, should not stump individuals who are average and basic, using any number.

    • @UKnowtheThing
      @UKnowtheThing Před rokem

      You shouldn't be able to wander into a group anywhere in the US and find people this clueless. But I'm not surprised that your generation is this way.

  • @gregs3153
    @gregs3153 Před rokem +5

    I’m so embarrassed ! The kids today don’t even know simple questions 😔

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Před rokem

      Right. But why are you embarrassed? It is the kids themselves who should be embarrassed. I refuse to take the fall for apathetic idiots who don't have the slightest curiosity for the world around them.

    • @gregs3153
      @gregs3153 Před rokem +2

      @@johnalden5821 I should’ve said I’m embarrassed for the United States .

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Před rokem

      @@gregs3153 Yeah, I get it. But I refuse to let them off as representing the United States. Why should we? There are plenty of us in the U.S. that are not ignorant and uneducated, and I will not let these idiots be known as representing me. I am not the lowest common denominator. The rubes who do not know what a lowest common denominator is (in any sense) are the lowest common denominator. That does not define all of us, and we should never let people outside the U.S. think it does.

  • @melenedezssss
    @melenedezssss Před rokem +2

    The question of: If you drove 50 miles per hour, how far would you have driven in an hour. It might have been easier to think I'm Kilometers. Some of these questions are tricky because we get stumped that the answer is within the question. You'd get a similar result or hesitation if you'd ask, What color is the blue sky.

  • @robertcook9253
    @robertcook9253 Před rokem

    My wife didn't know that one either... Which about gave me a heart attack!!!

  • @christianoliver3572
    @christianoliver3572 Před rokem +5

    Well this certainly shows how well New York is doing in their public schools.
    I've seen these before and quite honestly it's shocking how bad our schools are in some parts of the USA.
    Most of these questions could be answered by Elementary School kids!!
    Quite honestly it's a disgrace

    • @christianoliver3572
      @christianoliver3572 Před rokem +3

      @@cygnusx-3217 Yes but no matter how they edit it those people did give those responses.
      And of course the folks who gave correct answers won't appear in their videos because that's not what this guy is after.
      But it truly is a shame the answers that were given.
      This guy didn't put those words in these people's mouths.

  • @lynrossi8409
    @lynrossi8409 Před rokem +3

    You should see if there's one like this for the youth in the UK. The comparison might reveal why the US is in real trouble!

  • @reneeb1393
    @reneeb1393 Před rokem +1

    Penny = 1 cent
    Nickel = 5
    Dime = .10
    Quarter = .25
    50cent piece =.50
    Silver dollar = $1.00
    Susan B. Anthony dollar = $1.00
    And the rest are bills

  • @jorgejimenez-velez648
    @jorgejimenez-velez648 Před rokem +1

    You are being kind, a lot of people take pride in not knowing basic stuff you learned in school. He is still humoring them.

  • @fireheart6267
    @fireheart6267 Před rokem +8

    Ah yes, deceptive editing and a biased interviewer gotta love propaganda

    • @jonsmith9045
      @jonsmith9045 Před rokem

      In that they only show the ridiculous answers and cut out all the correct answers. I would agree but there are people like this.

    • @tosweet68
      @tosweet68 Před rokem +1

      No matter what, you have to be embarrassed that there are this many people in NYC that cannot answer these basic questions that the average grade school student could probably answer.
      I'm only saying in NYC because that's where this particular video was filmed and edited from but you could find these ridiculous answers all over.

    • @GlennTheSadMarinersFan
      @GlennTheSadMarinersFan Před rokem

      right but boy the people he did pick.. eeesh.

    • @jariemonah
      @jariemonah Před rokem

      @@tosweet68 Times Square is a major tourist spot, but yes, many people in the vid seem like NYers. Definitely not that plumpy white chick with the pride shirt and Fanny pack, though.

    • @aurisaptientiael4938
      @aurisaptientiael4938 Před rokem

      @tosweet68 have to disagree. There's a significant number of ignorant people in most, if not all, cities. It's a funny video, it's not meant to convey reality.

  • @Spikedpistachio
    @Spikedpistachio Před rokem +3

    And this is why Joe Biden got elected.

    • @kikibigbangfan3540
      @kikibigbangfan3540 Před rokem

      The person before Joe was and still is and will continue to be dumber than these people. Those people that voted for him are truly incompetent.

    • @Spikedpistachio
      @Spikedpistachio Před rokem +1

      @@kikibigbangfan3540 but we know our abc’s and history of our country. It’s not Gen Z’s fault though. They were brought up to think they were special. They just didn’t know it was special education.😂

    • @kikibigbangfan3540
      @kikibigbangfan3540 Před rokem

      @@Spikedpistachio the entitled always think they are special. And if y'all know the history of "your" country....then you know it's not actually yours.

    • @Spikedpistachio
      @Spikedpistachio Před rokem

      @@kikibigbangfan3540 another lesson from our marvelous public school systems. Hate your past but don’t educate people about it honestly. Yet push political falsehoods and lies. History is just that… history. You learn from it and don’t try to cancel it.

    • @Spikedpistachio
      @Spikedpistachio Před rokem

      @UCjIDIQ3JaBbXo4EOoi6andA sorry but my hot take is truth. Try it sometime. I’m not a Republican. But I know when our country is in trouble because of the condition our younger generation is in both intellectually and morally.

  • @jariemonah
    @jariemonah Před rokem +2

    Dime” is based on the Latin word “decimus,” meaning “one tenth.” Think of decimeter, decimal, etc...

    • @jasonfire3434
      @jasonfire3434 Před rokem

      Which is funny because Americans don’t know the metric system lol (or at least freak out when they have to use it)

    • @jariemonah
      @jariemonah Před rokem

      @@jasonfire3434 The metric system is easy for us to figure out since it's all divided in tens. It's converting from the imperial system to metric that's confusing and visualizing how figurative measurements like a kilometer would look like.

  • @codyboysel3430
    @codyboysel3430 Před rokem +1

    A dime is 10 cents a dollar is 100 cents so 10 dimes makes a dollar

  • @jamescoles8142
    @jamescoles8142 Před rokem +1

    The Dumbing down of America! This is just sad how bad the American Education System has become !!!

  • @sarahblackmore1585
    @sarahblackmore1585 Před rokem

    This is a result of "No Child left behind " and Trophies for everyone.

  • @steventench8314
    @steventench8314 Před rokem

    I can literally answer every single one of those questions in 3 seconds.

  • @StevePaur-hf4vy
    @StevePaur-hf4vy Před rokem

    The Kardashian reference was a dig to show that young Americans know more about celebrities and other relatively unimportant things than they do about their own country

  • @thepragmatic6383
    @thepragmatic6383 Před 10 měsíci

    "We don't need no education - We don't need no thought control"
    "Teachers, leave them kids alone - Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!"
    Lyrics taken from the song "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" written by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.
    I didn't think Generation Z had appropriated this song, which was released in 1979, long before Generation Z.

  • @reecejahn4309
    @reecejahn4309 Před rokem +1

    Chicago is NOT the capitol!!! It is just the largest city in Illinois.
    A dime is 10 cents (so 10 dimes make a dollar)... $0.10 times 10 = $1.00... THIS IS A 7-YEAR-OLD LESSON... LITERALLY!

  • @michaelrankin4762
    @michaelrankin4762 Před rokem +2

    FYI James & Millie, a Dime is 10 cents so there are 10 dimes in $1

  • @YankeeBlues21
    @YankeeBlues21 Před rokem

    9:01
    Millie.exe has stopped working
    (After the third straight person guesses 36 for 9x9x9)

  • @ANTieT
    @ANTieT Před rokem

    $0.01 = Penny
    $0.05 = Nickel
    $0.10 = Dime
    $0.25 = Quarter
    10 dimes in a dollar
    And I am mortified and embarassed by this example of our education system!

  • @brianschafer2522
    @brianschafer2522 Před rokem

    My head just exploded!

  • @ferdinandcastagnera794
    @ferdinandcastagnera794 Před rokem +1

    If you have driven 60 miles a hour & you have driven for 1 hour, you have gone 60 miles!! Duh!!

  • @briankirchhoefer
    @briankirchhoefer Před rokem +2

    So they don't know geography, history, mathematics or simple logic, they know all about the Kardashians and that's what really important.

  • @jamesblanton3744
    @jamesblanton3744 Před rokem

    Every American should be able to answer these questions a dime is 10 cents

  • @georgerutledge9581
    @georgerutledge9581 Před rokem +1

    Dimes are worth .10 Cents (10 Dimes= $1.00)

  • @ragingangel13
    @ragingangel13 Před rokem

    9:59
    The funny thing is that Chicago isn’t even the capitol of Illinois. The capitol is Springfield.

  • @eandg330
    @eandg330 Před rokem

    Lol no matter how wrong they are he just says yes you're right

  • @barrymaramis
    @barrymaramis Před 8 měsíci +1

    a dime is 10 cents

  • @Titus-as-the-Roman
    @Titus-as-the-Roman Před rokem

    Our money is on the Decimal scale, easy-peasy. One Dollar = 100 pennies (cents), 20 Nickles, 10 Dimes, 4 Quarters, 2 Half Dollars

  • @InushiDoggo
    @InushiDoggo Před rokem +2

    The countries one probably hurt the most.. With hamburgers and pizza being so popular in the states, Germany and Italy should have been easy countries to think of.

  • @drifter_jake
    @drifter_jake Před rokem +1

    What is scary is that these people vote.

  • @wakeup6826
    @wakeup6826 Před rokem

    The look on her face when the MPH question. At least you have the Harvard shirt. Love this video!!!

  • @luigibacchetti6539
    @luigibacchetti6539 Před rokem

    Here in Italy we have some university graduates who still make spelling mistakes when writing in Italian

  • @jariemonah
    @jariemonah Před rokem +2

    Chicago is not the capital of Illinois. It's the biggest city in the state though.

  • @petertrabaris1629
    @petertrabaris1629 Před rokem +2

    Yes, as an American I can say that this is horrifying to watch. They should have knows every answer if they have graduated from grade school! That said, almost no one uses coins anymore, so I will cut them a hairs worth of slack there. By the way, the capital of Illinois is Springfield. Chicago is just the largest city in the state of Illinois. I love your channel. Cheers!

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt Před rokem +1

    American Gen Z so worried about modern issues, but have the education of a rock. These are our future leaders. Thankfully I'm 40 years old and by the time they qualify for being president, I'll be dead and not have to see how embarrassing this country becomes LOL

  • @kenwood7095
    @kenwood7095 Před rokem +1

    Well at least they have pride.

  • @Wildwanderer99
    @Wildwanderer99 Před rokem

    If I were asked "who fought in the civil war?", I'd ask "which civil war?"

  • @chrissullivan3827
    @chrissullivan3827 Před rokem

    Thanks!