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America's Independence Mystery
00:09:29
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| What is the capital of the United States? | |
| You know what? | |
| The capital of the United States? | |
| Madison. | |
| What year did America gain its independence? | |
| Oh. | |
| Oh, come on. | |
| It's not 1942, because that would be Christopher Columbus. | |
| Who did America gain its independence from? | |
| Christopher Columbus. | |
| What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention? | |
| Declaration of Independence. | |
| In what city did American colonists throw tea into the harbor to protest? | |
| What city? | |
| Mm-hmm. | |
| Oh. | |
| Oh. | |
| Is it... | |
| It's England, right? | |
| Where was the Vietnam War fought? | |
| John, please. | |
| I'm in history class. | |
| What happened during World War II? | |
| Big, big, terrible event. | |
| The Boston Tea Party. | |
| Name four of America's founding fathers. | |
| Oh, George Washington. | |
| Uh-huh. | |
| Thomas Edison. | |
| What president freed the slaves? | |
| John. | |
| John. | |
| You have to answer this one. | |
| Oh my god! | |
| Oh my god! | |
| *laughter* *Dies* | |
| After a couple years away, we are back on the beach asking people basic American history questions. | |
| Let's go see if anybody learned a thing or two while I was away. | |
| You go to college, so you should know all of these. | |
| Okay. | |
| What is the capital of the United States? | |
| Oh my God. | |
| I'm finished with the face. | |
| No! | |
| Oh my God! | |
| What is the capital of the United States? | |
| Washington, Washington. | |
| No, it's not Washington, D.C. It's Washington. | |
| No, it's not. | |
| Isn't it just Washington? | |
| It's Washington, D.C. That's a state. | |
| It's a state. | |
| It's Washington, D.C. What is the capital of the United States? | |
| You know what? | |
| The capital of the United States? | |
| Madison. | |
| So what's your name? | |
| Shamar. | |
| Okay. | |
| Where are you from? | |
| Azerbaijan. | |
| Okay. | |
| And you want to be famous? | |
| Yeah. | |
| What is the capital of the United States? | |
| Washington, D.C. Very good, very good. | |
| Some Americans don't know that. | |
| What year did America gain its independence? | |
| I don't know. | |
| Don't know? | |
| I have no idea. | |
| 1863. | |
| Do you have a better guess, Abby? | |
| I don't. | |
| 17 something? | |
| Okay. | |
| 1774. | |
| 1757. | |
| What year did America gain its independence? | |
| 1767. | |
| You're very close. | |
| 1762. | |
| What year did America gain its independence? | |
| 1974. | |
| Yeah, we. | |
| Never mind, that's right now. | |
| What year did America gain its independence? | |
| Oh. | |
| Oh, come on. | |
| It's not 1942, because that would be Christopher Columbus. | |
| That's not Christopher Columbus. | |
| That's 14. | |
| Oh, yeah. | |
| Oh, yeah, 14. | |
| I don't know. | |
| I don't know. | |
| I'm not going to lie. | |
| What's your major? | |
| I'm in flight school to be a pilot. | |
| Oh, okay. | |
| All right. | |
| All right. | |
| What's your major? | |
| I'm going into teaching. | |
| Oh, okay. | |
| Okay. | |
| So. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Okay. | |
| I mean, it's not really fair, is it? | |
| Nah. | |
| Who did America gain its independence from? | |
| Christopher Columbus. | |
| What? | |
| That's my final answer. | |
| Do you have a different one? | |
| Can you repeat the question? | |
| Who did America gain its independence from? | |
| Everybody else. | |
| What do you think about high schoolers that don't know that? | |
| College students that don't know that. | |
| It's sad. | |
| Sad. | |
| They need to just take more courses. | |
| They have courses, but instead of picking volleyball or bowling, they should pick history and social subjects. | |
| When is the next presidential election? | |
| 2024. | |
| 2028. | |
| Huh? | |
| 2028. | |
| Wait, no, no, no. | |
| Go on, it's 2024. | |
| Three years. | |
| Wait, no. | |
| Three years. | |
| 24. | |
| You know what month? | |
| Wait, I don't have. | |
| I was in school. | |
| Can I like is it like around Silver? | |
| It's like around those big holidays. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Yeah. | |
| What month? | |
| I believe it's in like inauguration day. | |
| Who won the Civil War? | |
| I'm literally stupid. | |
| I can't do it. | |
| What'd you say? | |
| Nah. | |
| Nah, nothing. | |
| Nothing. | |
| I have no idea. | |
| Who won the Civil War? | |
| That's you. | |
| I don't know that. | |
| The South. | |
| Who won the Civil War? | |
| I don't know. | |
| The U.S. The U.S.? | |
| Well, it was in the U.S. I know. | |
| That's what I mean. | |
| So, like, there's really no loser. | |
| Oh, no. | |
| Well, no. | |
| Okay, well, I don't know. | |
| Do you have an answer? | |
| Can we steal it? | |
| Because I don't care. | |
| I have no idea. | |
| Final answer: no one won because no one lost. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Yeah. | |
| How many world wars have there been? | |
| Oh, my goodness. | |
| John. | |
| Three. | |
| Three. | |
| What are people having to do? | |
| Three. | |
| No, no, no. | |
| Two, John. | |
| No, World War, two, and three. | |
| There's not been a third. | |
| In what city did American colonists throw tea into the harbor? | |
| New York. | |
| New York? | |
| New Jersey? | |
| Nope. | |
| You're very close. | |
| With Pennsylvania? | |
| No. | |
| What city? | |
| Tea into the harbor. | |
| Yes, there you go. | |
| There you go. | |
| In what city did American colonists throw tea into the harbor to protest? | |
| What city? | |
| Mm-hmm. | |
| Oh. | |
| Is it it's It's England, right? | |
| American colonists. | |
| Oh, I have no idea. | |
| Through tea into Boston. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Boston Tea Party. | |
| Oh, all right. | |
| You're redeeming yourself. | |
| What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention? | |
| Oh, come on. | |
| Bill of Rights. | |
| Just a guess. | |
| You know. | |
| What's it called? | |
| In the 4th of July, the. | |
| The Independent. | |
| Declaration of Independence. | |
| At the Constitutional Convention. | |
| Oh, that's a different one. | |
| Yeah. | |
| What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention? | |
| Declaration of Independence. | |
| The Constitutional Convention. | |
| Oh. | |
| Constitution. | |
| Yes. | |
| Let's go. | |
| Very good. | |
| Very good. | |
| What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention? | |
| Declaration of Independence. | |
| Constitutional Convention. | |
| Constitution. | |
| Is our current president a Democrat or a Republican? | |
| Democrat. | |
| Very good. | |
| Are we big fans? | |
| No. | |
| No? | |
| Okay. | |
| Oh, no. | |
| No. | |
| Are you big fans? | |
| Sorry, here's a question. | |
| Are you a fan of Joe Biden? | |
| I'm Brandon, so you answered that first. | |
| Alright, where was the Vietnam War fought? | |
| Vietnam. | |
| You sure? | |
| I was. | |
| You sure? | |
| I'm going to say. | |
| Is this like over in like Thailand, kind of? | |
| Where was the Vietnam War fought? | |
| John, please. | |
| I'm in history class. | |
| Yeah, you. | |
| Vietnam. | |
| Okay. | |
| Do you? | |
| You agree? | |
| Okay, you sure? | |
| Yeah, I'm sure. | |
| Okay, all right, perfect, perfect, perfect. | |
| Okay. | |
| Come on, let's go. | |
| Vietnam? | |
| Is that your final answer? | |
| Yes. | |
| See, this is the problem: high schoolers Are in history. | |
| Not in history! | |
| That's true. | |
| Who bombed Pearl Harbor? | |
| Pearl. | |
| No. | |
| The Japanese. | |
| Mr. Krabs' daughter? | |
| Yeah. | |
| Where is Pearl Harbor? | |
| Hawaii. | |
| Hawaii. | |
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Thinking About WWII
00:05:00
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| Yeah, it's very good. | |
| Where is Pearl Harbor located? | |
| Honolulu. | |
| What? | |
| Who did we fight in World War II? | |
| World War II. | |
| Everyone? | |
| I know that. | |
| I don't know. | |
| It was the Allies. | |
| The Allies versus the See. | |
| Who did we fight in World War II? | |
| Germany? | |
| Ann. | |
| You want to phone your friend? | |
| You see her phone? | |
| Put her phone sign on. | |
| Oh. | |
| I want to say Japan. | |
| Yeah. | |
| There you go. | |
| I'm thinking about going. | |
| I'm thinking of Call of Duty. | |
| Russia. | |
| I don't know. | |
| No, okay, who? | |
| Germany. | |
| Yes. | |
| And very good. | |
| Italy. | |
| Very good. | |
| Very good. | |
| Are you in history? | |
| No, I'm a chemistry major. | |
| Okay, alright. | |
| Well, you're killing it. | |
| Very good. | |
| Okay. | |
| Japan. | |
| Let me put two. | |
| Yeah. | |
| And was it Russia? | |
| No. | |
| I got it. | |
| That was a USSR. | |
| No. | |
| The Soviet Union. | |
| Christopher Columbus. | |
| World War II? | |
| I don't remember. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Christopher Columbus. | |
| Christopher Columbus day. | |
| He's a really bad guy. | |
| He's a worse. | |
| He's the worst. | |
| He's been alive a long time. | |
| That's just. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Okay. | |
| No one, you don't know who? | |
| What happened during World War II? | |
| Big, big, terrible event. | |
| The Boston Tea Party. | |
| They were in Normandy, aren't they? | |
| Oh. | |
| Were they? | |
| Name four of America's founding fathers. | |
| Oh, George Washington. | |
| Uh-huh. | |
| Thomas Edison. | |
| Nah, I'm getting some picking up the vibe. | |
| That was a no. | |
| See, that was my second best guess. | |
| So that's it? | |
| Just the one? | |
| I said Thomas Edison, George Washington? | |
| Yeah, yeah. | |
| Whoa, okay. | |
| Or those two guesses. | |
| I know there's one I know. | |
| I just can't think of him right now. | |
| But you're sticking with Thomas Edison. | |
| I'm gonna have to go with no. | |
| I'm gonna have to take it back. | |
| I'm withdrawing it, yeah. | |
| Okay, you're passing it? | |
| Yeah. | |
| Okay, go ahead. | |
| I think it's George Washington, Ben Franklin. | |
| Roosevelt was there. | |
| And then I don't know the third one. | |
| William McKinley. | |
| Who is that? | |
| It was my seventh grade project. | |
| Oh, cool. | |
| Did you learn anything about no, you don't know? | |
| Okay, do you want to steal this? | |
| Teddy Roosevelt. | |
| I don't know what's on this. | |
| Listen a founding father of America. | |
| Founding fathers. | |
| George Washington. | |
| Yes. | |
| Okay. | |
| Three more. | |
| Abraham Lincoln. | |
| No. | |
| No. | |
| That's all I got. | |
| Name four of America's founding fathers. | |
| George Washington. | |
| Okay. | |
| What's his name? | |
| Jefferson. | |
| There was the guy, the really fat guy. | |
| No, okay. | |
| I don't know. | |
| His name started with it. | |
| Benjamin Franklin. | |
| Okay. | |
| See one? | |
| Yeah. | |
| We're missing one. | |
| I'm missing one. | |
| Name four of America's founding fathers. | |
| Ben Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton. | |
| Okay, he does know it all. | |
| Yeah, very good, very good. | |
| All right, very good. | |
| Okay. | |
| Who did we fight? | |
| You're what? | |
| In American history. | |
| Okay, so you should. | |
| Okay, you have a cheat code. | |
| All right. | |
| I'm in the class too. | |
| She said, I'm in the class, too. | |
| Name four of America's founding fathers. | |
| Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson. | |
| Who's the other one? | |
| One more. | |
| Yeah. | |
| John Hancock. | |
| What would it be? | |
| Who would it be? | |
| Who would it be? | |
| there's several you can choose from. | |
| Roosevelt? | |
| That was probably the dumbest thing I ever said. | |
| What president freed the slaves? | |
| You have to answer this one. | |
| Oh my god! | |
| Oh my god! | |
| Abraham Lincoln. | |
| Very good, very good, very good. | |