Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett - Clueless Americans Don't Know What 4th of July Is
Aired: 2022-07-02
Duration: 14:40


=== The Revolutionary War Mystery (14:34) ===

[00:00:00]  Who did we gain our independence from?
[00:00:03]  What?
[00:00:05]  George Washington.
[00:00:08]  What year did we gain our independence from Great Britain?
[00:00:12]  Uh in 1492.
[00:00:16]  What was the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:00:20]  The Civil War?
[00:00:22]  World War II?
[00:00:23]  One.
[00:00:24]  I don't know.
[00:00:26]  I didn't pay attention in history.
[00:00:28]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:00:30]  Who was the first president of the United States?
[00:00:36]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:00:39]  Oh my gosh, I don't even know how to spell that.
[00:00:42]  So I'm gonna say three?
[00:00:43]  A-E-N-D-A-N-G.
[00:00:45]  Oh, you're an English teacher.
[00:00:48]  I'm so embarrassed.
[00:00:49]  What do Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?
[00:00:51]  The End We are back in Jacksonville for another edition of Pop Quiz on the Beach.
[00:01:03]  But this time, we are doing a special 4th of July edition where we're going to find out how much these people know about the 4th of July.
[00:01:13]  Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?
[00:01:16]  I don't.
[00:01:17]  I just like to eat barbecue.
[00:01:18]  Okay.
[00:01:19]  Yeah.
[00:01:19]  Is that how am I supposed to answer it for real, for real?
[00:01:22]  Oh, these are your answers.
[00:01:24]  Yeah.
[00:01:24]  Well, why do Americans celebrate the 4th of July?
[00:01:27]  Oh, well, in my household, there's another day off work.
[00:01:31]  Okay.
[00:01:31]  I missed some more barbecue.
[00:01:32]  What do Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?
[00:01:45]  Pass.
[00:01:46]  Who did we gain our independence from?
[00:01:51]  I don't know.
[00:01:53]  Think long and hard.
[00:01:54]  Does anything ring a bell?
[00:01:56]  No.
[00:01:57]  Who did we gain our independence from?
[00:02:00]  What?
[00:02:02]  George Washington.
[00:02:07]  Okay.
[00:02:09]  Yeah.
[00:02:09]  What famous document was signed on July 4th, 1776?
[00:02:18]  I'm going to take a step at it and say, I don't know.
[00:02:24]  It has to do with another country.
[00:02:28]  Do you know what that country is?
[00:02:34]  No?
[00:02:35]  Does Great Britain fighting the U.S. for their independence ring a bell?
[00:02:44]  No, not at all.
[00:02:46]  You don't know.
[00:02:46]  You don't know how we became America?
[00:02:50]  What year did we gain our independence from Great Britain?
[00:02:57]  In 1492, Christopher.
[00:03:01]  I don't know.
[00:03:02]  Well, at least you know about Christopher Columbus, right?
[00:03:05]  What year did we gain our independence?
[00:03:08]  Oh, I don't know either.
[00:03:10]  No.
[00:03:10]  Do you at least know what our national anthem is called?
[00:03:15]  I haven't got this.
[00:03:16]  I haven't got this book in so long.
[00:03:18]  I forgot everything.
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[00:03:40]  Who was the first U.S. president?
[00:03:41]  Why?
[00:03:44]  She didn't even know.
[00:03:47]  You know?
[00:03:50]  Don't ask me.
[00:03:53]  He had a nice wig.
[00:03:57]  Are you guys immigrants?
[00:03:59]  No.
[00:03:59]  No?
[00:04:00]  You're from here?
[00:04:01]  Yeah.
[00:04:02]  Who was the first president of the United States?
[00:04:08]  George Washington.
[00:04:10]  Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?
[00:04:14]  It's your turn, man.
[00:04:16]  Okay, I'll tell you why.
[00:04:17]  Because America is the greatest country on earth.
[00:04:21]  Why are we the greatest country on earth?
[00:04:23]  Because of freedom.
[00:04:24]  Okay.
[00:04:25]  Good.
[00:04:25]  Along those lines, what war gave us our freedoms?
[00:04:30]  Oh, the Civil War.
[00:04:32]  Oh, man.
[00:04:34]  No.
[00:04:35]  What was the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:04:38]  Oh, I can't even...
[00:04:49]  Uh...
[00:04:52]  The war that won us our independence.
[00:04:54]  What was that war?
[00:04:55]  The Independence War.
[00:04:59]  Close?
[00:04:59]  Close?
[00:05:00]  You're taking me back to history.
[00:05:03]  How many stars were on the first U.S. flag?
[00:05:06]  47.
[00:05:09]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:05:12]  Oh my gosh, I don't even know how to spell that.
[00:05:14]  So I'm gonna say three?
[00:05:16]  Wait, independence!
[00:05:18]  One!
[00:05:19]  Right?
[00:05:19]  Spell it for me.
[00:05:21]  I just don't know how to spell that.
[00:05:22]  I need Google Translate.
[00:05:24]  It's English!
[00:05:26]  Oh.
[00:05:27]  There's not any from what she said.
[00:05:29]  Right, right, right.
[00:05:30]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:05:34]  One.
[00:05:37]  Where at?
[00:05:38]  Spell independence again.
[00:05:40]  I-N-D-E-P-N-D.
[00:05:45]  A-E-N-D-A-N-G.
[00:05:47]  No, there's no A's.
[00:05:49]  It's independence with an E at the end.
[00:05:51]  Are you serious?
[00:05:53]  Oh, you're an English teacher.
[00:05:55]  I'm so embarrassed.
[00:05:57]  All that education.
[00:05:58]  I got nothing.
[00:05:59]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:06:07]  And one.
[00:06:08]  One.
[00:06:08]  You have a different answer?
[00:06:09]  Zero.
[00:06:12]  A-N-D-E.
[00:06:13]  Yeah.
[00:06:14]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:06:18]  Three.
[00:06:19]  Three.
[00:06:19]  Spell it for me.
[00:06:20]  Oh, I have no clue how to spell it.
[00:06:22]  Zero.
[00:06:23]  Yeah.
[00:06:24]  I don't even know how to spell it.
[00:06:25]  No, that's definitely not me.
[00:06:26]  Tell me how you're raised to you.
[00:06:29]  Yes.
[00:06:30]  Girl, that's you.
[00:06:32]  I'm a culturally appropriating culture right now.
[00:06:35]  Girl.
[00:06:36]  Girl, I follow your Twitter.
[00:06:38]  Thank you for following me and supporting my work.
[00:06:41]  Actually, she supports my work.
[00:06:42]  She follows me on Twitter.
[00:06:44]  You can also support my work at patreon.com/slash Caitlin Bennett there.
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[00:06:52]  What year did we gain our independence?
[00:06:56]  So 1782.
[00:07:03]  No, dude.
[00:07:04]  What year did we gain our independence?
[00:07:10]  1886.
[00:07:13]  Was it?
[00:07:14]  1846?
[00:07:16]  Oh, I don't know.
[00:07:19]  18.
[00:07:20]  Does not start with 18.
[00:07:22]  Who's the author of our national anthem?
[00:07:26]  Uh, Fitzgerald.
[00:07:29]  I don't know.
[00:07:32]  George Washington.
[00:07:34]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:07:38]  Revolutionary.
[00:07:41]  That's his name.
[00:07:43]  That's the name of the war.
[00:07:44]  Revolutionary War.
[00:07:45]  Who won it?
[00:07:47]  I don't know.
[00:07:47]  You don't know?
[00:07:48]  Uh-huh.
[00:07:49]  When did the Revolutionary War happen?
[00:07:51]  Maybe that'll help jog your memory.
[00:07:54]  Last year.
[00:07:57]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:08:02]  Um, I don't know.
[00:08:05]  Snowflake.
[00:08:08]  Mr. Mefeck, you have it.
[00:08:11]  What was the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:08:15]  The Civil War?
[00:08:17]  World War II.
[00:08:18]  One.
[00:08:18]  I don't know.
[00:08:21]  I didn't pay attention in history.
[00:08:23]  Okay?
[00:08:23]  Do you know the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:08:27]  I'm horrible.
[00:08:33]  I think I slept with history, apparently.
[00:08:35]  I guess so.
[00:08:36]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:08:39]  Tony, you want to take this one?
[00:08:40]  The North?
[00:08:42]  What?
[00:08:42]  The Revolutionary War?
[00:08:45]  We did.
[00:08:46]  Who's we?
[00:08:48]  America.
[00:08:50]  The South?
[00:08:52]  The North?
[00:08:53]  I don't know.
[00:08:54]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:09:00]  Um, I don't know.
[00:09:03]  No clue.
[00:09:04]  Mr. Riff, I can't be happy.
[00:09:09]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:09:15]  Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
[00:09:22]  Um, the first battle.
[00:09:24]  First battle.
[00:09:25]  He said, can I Google it?
[00:09:28]  Was Alabama?
[00:09:30]  No.
[00:09:31]  No, I'm on the south, in the south, in the south.
[00:09:33]  Was it Texas?
[00:09:34]  No.
[00:09:35]  Oh, not Texas, not Texas.
[00:09:38]  Georgia?
[00:09:38]  Nope.
[00:09:39]  Oh, not out of the black.
[00:09:41]  You guys are very cold.
[00:09:42]  Very cold.
[00:09:43]  Very good.
[00:09:45]  Very cold.
[00:09:45]  Very cold.
[00:09:49]  Russia?
[00:09:49]  I have no idea.
[00:09:50]  Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
[00:09:56]  Is that all the same?
[00:09:58]  Savannah.
[00:10:00]  North.
[00:10:01]  Up further.
[00:10:04]  Well, further further than Florida.
[00:10:06]  It's in Georgia.
[00:10:09]  South Carolina.
[00:10:10]  North Carolina.
[00:10:11]  Virginia.
[00:10:14]  Same Augustine.
[00:10:17]  Nope.
[00:10:19]  Was that the Battle of Bunker Hill?
[00:10:22]  No.
[00:10:23]  What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
[00:10:30]  I don't know that one.
[00:10:32]  Do you remember the answer?
[00:10:34]  No.
[00:10:36]  I just told her 10 minutes ago.
[00:10:37]  Okay, in high school, did they tell you where the first battle was fought of the Revolutionary War?
[00:10:43]  It's not Daddy's Bag.
[00:10:45]  It is not.
[00:10:46]  I'm not sure.
[00:10:47]  First Battle of the Revolutionary War.
[00:10:50]  I don't know.
[00:10:51]  I want to say Valley Forge, but no, not Valley Forge.
[00:10:56]  Lexington and Concord?
[00:10:57]  Okay, Lexington and Concord.
[00:10:59]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:11:03]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:06]  Not my grandma.
[00:11:07]  Not your girl.
[00:11:08]  No, I don't think so.
[00:11:09]  Is she alive in 1776?
[00:11:11]  No.
[00:11:13]  I don't know her name.
[00:11:15]  Well, I don't know.
[00:11:16]  Are we allowed to assume gender?
[00:11:18]  I just know it was a woman.
[00:11:22]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:27]  I have no idea.
[00:11:27]  It would have been something.
[00:11:29]  Elizabeth Warren?
[00:11:33]  No, she's old.
[00:11:34]  Elizabeth Warren is old, but no, it's not her.
[00:11:36]  No, I have no idea.
[00:11:37]  I can't answer that.
[00:11:38]  You say Sarah Palin?
[00:11:39]  Yeah, it's a joke.
[00:11:41]  Who made the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:44]  George Washington.
[00:11:46]  George Washington?
[00:11:47]  I don't know.
[00:11:48]  It was a woman.
[00:11:49]  Oh.
[00:11:50]  Yeah, I don't know that.
[00:11:51]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:53]  That I don't know.
[00:11:55]  You know if it's a woman or a man?
[00:11:57]  I would say man because woman just seems too logical.
[00:12:02]  It's a woman.
[00:12:04]  Yeah, sewing, right?
[00:12:05]  That's a woman's job.
[00:12:06]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:12:10]  I don't know that one.
[00:12:12]  You know if it's a boy or girl?
[00:12:14]  Or neither?
[00:12:17]  Non-gender.
[00:12:19]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:12:21]  That's Ross.
[00:12:23]  You're the first one to get that.
[00:12:24]  You redeemed yourself.
[00:12:25]  I think whoever was separately, right?
[00:12:26]  Okay, how many stars were on the first U.S. flag?
[00:12:29]  Uh, what is it?
[00:12:31]  Ten?
[00:12:32]  Five?
[00:12:33]  One?
[00:12:34]  No, I don't know that one.
[00:12:38]  Who was the king of England, Great Britain, during the time of that?
[00:12:44]  I don't know.
[00:12:44]  I don't remember.
[00:12:45]  No?
[00:12:47]  Nope.
[00:12:48]  Unfortunately, I don't know that one either.
[00:12:50]  Who was the king during that time?
[00:12:53]  King Louis.
[00:12:55]  Nope.
[00:12:55]  I'm not really sure.
[00:12:56]  Do you know who that king was?
[00:12:58]  Maybe that jogs your memory?
[00:13:00]  I don't know.
[00:13:01]  What's that guy's name?
[00:13:02]  Put it?
[00:13:06]  I thought you said put it.
[00:13:09]  Okay, yeah, well, it wasn't Putin.
[00:13:11]  Not that guy.
[00:13:13]  That I don't.
[00:13:14]  That I don't.
[00:13:18]  He is a king, right?
[00:13:20]  King of Henry.
[00:13:21]  No, I have no idea.
[00:13:24]  I don't know.
[00:13:25]  King Arthur.
[00:13:26]  I don't know.
[00:13:27]  That's a first.
[00:13:29]  All right, King George.
[00:13:30]  King George.
[00:13:31]  I third.
[00:13:32]  He enjoys the third.
[00:13:38]  Who was the first person who signed the Declaration of Independence?
[00:13:43]  George Washington.
[00:13:45]  Who was the first person who signed the Declaration of Independence?
[00:13:48]  Thomas Jefferson, wasn't it?
[00:13:50]  First person?
[00:13:52]  I don't know.
[00:13:53]  George Washington?
[00:13:54]  No.
[00:13:54]  Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
[00:14:01]  Ben Franklin.
[00:14:02]  Ben Franklin?
[00:14:02]  No.
[00:14:03]  Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
[00:14:06]  Ben Franklin.
[00:14:07]  Nope, okay, nope, I'm wrong.
[00:14:09]  Second guess?
[00:14:10]  Hang on.
[00:14:13]  Let me give you a hand.
[00:14:14]  Okay.
[00:14:15]  It's what you call a signature.
[00:14:18]  Oh.

=== 150 Million Hot Dogs? (00:21) ===

[00:14:19]  My, um, my.
[00:14:22]  Well, you know what?
[00:14:22]  You answer it.
[00:14:24]  John Hancock.
[00:14:25]  Fun fact: how many hot dogs are eaten every year on the 4th of July?
[00:14:30]  I don't know.
[00:14:31]  Gross.
[00:14:31]  It's a gross number.
[00:14:33]  I don't know, millions.
[00:14:34]  It's gotta be millions.
[00:14:35]  150 million hot dogs.
[00:14:38]  I like hot dogs.
[00:14:39]  You like hot dogs?
[00:14:40]  I guess they're okay.