Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett - College Students Fail American History Trivia
Aired: 2023-03-24
Duration: 14:15


=== America's Independence Mystery (09:29) ===

[00:00:00]  What is the capital of the United States?
[00:00:04]  You know what?
[00:00:05]  The capital of the United States?
[00:00:08]  Madison.
[00:00:09]  What year did America gain its independence?
[00:00:13]  Oh.
[00:00:15]  Oh, come on.
[00:00:17]  It's not 1942, because that would be Christopher Columbus.
[00:00:20]  Who did America gain its independence from?
[00:00:24]  Christopher Columbus.
[00:00:27]  What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention?
[00:00:31]  Declaration of Independence.
[00:00:32]  In what city did American colonists throw tea into the harbor to protest?
[00:00:37]  What city?
[00:00:38]  Mm-hmm.
[00:00:38]  Oh.
[00:00:39]  Oh.
[00:00:41]  Is it...
[00:00:45]  It's England, right?
[00:00:46]  Where was the Vietnam War fought?
[00:00:52]  John, please.
[00:00:54]  I'm in history class.
[00:00:55]  What happened during World War II?
[00:00:57]  Big, big, terrible event.
[00:01:00]  The Boston Tea Party.
[00:01:01]  Name four of America's founding fathers.
[00:01:04]  Oh, George Washington.
[00:01:06]  Uh-huh.
[00:01:07]  Thomas Edison.
[00:01:09]  What president freed the slaves?
[00:01:13]  John.
[00:01:13]  John.
[00:01:14]  You have to answer this one.
[00:01:17]  Oh my god!
[00:01:18]  Oh my god!
[00:01:19]  *laughter* *Dies*
[00:01:28]  After a couple years away, we are back on the beach asking people basic American history questions.
[00:01:33]  Let's go see if anybody learned a thing or two while I was away.
[00:01:47]  You go to college, so you should know all of these.
[00:01:50]  Okay.
[00:01:51]  What is the capital of the United States?
[00:01:55]  Oh my God.
[00:01:56]  I'm finished with the face.
[00:01:58]  No!
[00:02:02]  Oh my God!
[00:02:03]  What is the capital of the United States?
[00:02:06]  Washington, Washington.
[00:02:07]  No, it's not Washington, D.C. It's Washington.
[00:02:09]  No, it's not.
[00:02:10]  Isn't it just Washington?
[00:02:11]  It's Washington, D.C. That's a state.
[00:02:15]  It's a state.
[00:02:16]  It's Washington, D.C. What is the capital of the United States?
[00:02:21]  You know what?
[00:02:22]  The capital of the United States?
[00:02:26]  Madison.
[00:02:26]  So what's your name?
[00:02:27]  Shamar.
[00:02:28]  Okay.
[00:02:28]  Where are you from?
[00:02:29]  Azerbaijan.
[00:02:30]  Okay.
[00:02:30]  And you want to be famous?
[00:02:32]  Yeah.
[00:02:32]  What is the capital of the United States?
[00:02:35]  Washington, D.C. Very good, very good.
[00:02:37]  Some Americans don't know that.
[00:02:39]  What year did America gain its independence?
[00:02:41]  I don't know.
[00:02:52]  Don't know?
[00:02:53]  I have no idea.
[00:02:53]  1863.
[00:02:56]  Do you have a better guess, Abby?
[00:02:59]  I don't.
[00:02:59]  17 something?
[00:03:01]  Okay.
[00:03:02]  1774.
[00:03:04]  1757.
[00:03:07]  What year did America gain its independence?
[00:03:10]  1767.
[00:03:16]  You're very close.
[00:03:18]  1762.
[00:03:23]  What year did America gain its independence?
[00:03:26]  1974.
[00:03:29]  Yeah, we.
[00:03:31]  Never mind, that's right now.
[00:03:33]  What year did America gain its independence?
[00:03:36]  Oh.
[00:03:38]  Oh, come on.
[00:03:40]  It's not 1942, because that would be Christopher Columbus.
[00:03:44]  That's not Christopher Columbus.
[00:03:46]  That's 14.
[00:03:47]  Oh, yeah.
[00:03:48]  Oh, yeah, 14.
[00:03:50]  I don't know.
[00:03:50]  I don't know.
[00:03:51]  I'm not going to lie.
[00:03:52]  What's your major?
[00:03:53]  I'm in flight school to be a pilot.
[00:03:55]  Oh, okay.
[00:03:55]  All right.
[00:03:56]  All right.
[00:03:56]  What's your major?
[00:03:58]  I'm going into teaching.
[00:03:59]  Oh, okay.
[00:04:00]  Okay.
[00:04:00]  So.
[00:04:01]  Yeah.
[00:04:02]  Okay.
[00:04:03]  I mean, it's not really fair, is it?
[00:04:05]  Nah.
[00:04:06]  Who did America gain its independence from?
[00:04:10]  Christopher Columbus.
[00:04:15]  What?
[00:04:15]  That's my final answer.
[00:04:17]  Do you have a different one?
[00:04:20]  Can you repeat the question?
[00:04:22]  Who did America gain its independence from?
[00:04:25]  Everybody else.
[00:04:26]  What do you think about high schoolers that don't know that?
[00:04:28]  College students that don't know that.
[00:04:31]  It's sad.
[00:04:32]  Sad.
[00:04:32]  They need to just take more courses.
[00:04:35]  They have courses, but instead of picking volleyball or bowling, they should pick history and social subjects.
[00:04:42]  When is the next presidential election?
[00:04:44]  2024.
[00:04:45]  2028.
[00:04:46]  Huh?
[00:04:47]  2028.
[00:04:48]  Wait, no, no, no.
[00:04:50]  Go on, it's 2024.
[00:04:55]  Three years.
[00:04:56]  Wait, no.
[00:04:57]  Three years.
[00:05:00]  24.
[00:05:02]  You know what month?
[00:05:05]  Wait, I don't have.
[00:05:07]  I was in school.
[00:05:11]  Can I like is it like around Silver?
[00:05:16]  It's like around those big holidays.
[00:05:19]  Yeah.
[00:05:19]  Yeah.
[00:05:20]  What month?
[00:05:21]  I believe it's in like inauguration day.
[00:05:24]  Who won the Civil War?
[00:05:27]  I'm literally stupid.
[00:05:28]  I can't do it.
[00:05:30]  What'd you say?
[00:05:32]  Nah.
[00:05:32]  Nah, nothing.
[00:05:34]  Nothing.
[00:05:36]  I have no idea.
[00:05:37]  Who won the Civil War?
[00:05:39]  That's you.
[00:05:41]  I don't know that.
[00:05:43]  The South.
[00:05:45]  Who won the Civil War?
[00:05:48]  I don't know.
[00:05:49]  The U.S. The U.S.?
[00:05:51]  Well, it was in the U.S. I know.
[00:05:52]  That's what I mean.
[00:05:53]  So, like, there's really no loser.
[00:05:55]  Oh, no.
[00:05:56]  Well, no.
[00:05:57]  Okay, well, I don't know.
[00:05:59]  Do you have an answer?
[00:06:00]  Can we steal it?
[00:06:01]  Because I don't care.
[00:06:04]  I have no idea.
[00:06:05]  Final answer: no one won because no one lost.
[00:06:07]  Yeah.
[00:06:08]  Yeah.
[00:06:09]  How many world wars have there been?
[00:06:11]  Oh, my goodness.
[00:06:12]  John.
[00:06:12]  Three.
[00:06:13]  Three.
[00:06:14]  What are people having to do?
[00:06:16]  Three.
[00:06:19]  No, no, no.
[00:06:20]  Two, John.
[00:06:21]  No, World War, two, and three.
[00:06:23]  There's not been a third.
[00:06:25]  In what city did American colonists throw tea into the harbor?
[00:06:29]  New York.
[00:06:31]  New York?
[00:06:33]  New Jersey?
[00:06:34]  Nope.
[00:06:35]  You're very close.
[00:06:37]  With Pennsylvania?
[00:06:38]  No.
[00:06:38]  What city?
[00:06:41]  Tea into the harbor.
[00:06:42]  Yes, there you go.
[00:06:43]  There you go.
[00:06:44]  In what city did American colonists throw tea into the harbor to protest?
[00:06:49]  What city?
[00:06:50]  Mm-hmm.
[00:06:51]  Oh.
[00:06:54]  Is it it's It's England, right?
[00:06:59]  American colonists.
[00:07:01]  Oh, I have no idea.
[00:07:02]  Through tea into Boston.
[00:07:04]  Yeah.
[00:07:05]  Boston Tea Party.
[00:07:06]  Oh, all right.
[00:07:07]  You're redeeming yourself.
[00:07:10]  What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention?
[00:07:13]  Oh, come on.
[00:07:17]  Bill of Rights.
[00:07:19]  Just a guess.
[00:07:20]  You know.
[00:07:21]  What's it called?
[00:07:22]  In the 4th of July, the.
[00:07:26]  The Independent.
[00:07:27]  Declaration of Independence.
[00:07:29]  At the Constitutional Convention.
[00:07:32]  Oh, that's a different one.
[00:07:33]  Yeah.
[00:07:33]  What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention?
[00:07:36]  Declaration of Independence.
[00:07:37]  The Constitutional Convention.
[00:07:39]  Oh.
[00:07:40]  Constitution.
[00:07:41]  Yes.
[00:07:42]  Let's go.
[00:07:42]  Very good.
[00:07:43]  Very good.
[00:07:44]  What major document was signed at the Constitutional Convention?
[00:07:48]  Declaration of Independence.
[00:07:52]  Constitutional Convention.
[00:07:53]  Constitution.
[00:07:55]  Is our current president a Democrat or a Republican?
[00:07:58]  Democrat.
[00:07:59]  Very good.
[00:07:59]  Are we big fans?
[00:08:00]  No.
[00:08:01]  No?
[00:08:01]  Okay.
[00:08:02]  Oh, no.
[00:08:02]  No.
[00:08:03]  Are you big fans?
[00:08:04]  Sorry, here's a question.
[00:08:05]  Are you a fan of Joe Biden?
[00:08:06]  I'm Brandon, so you answered that first.
[00:08:09]  Alright, where was the Vietnam War fought?
[00:08:12]  Vietnam.
[00:08:14]  You sure?
[00:08:16]  I was.
[00:08:21]  You sure?
[00:08:22]  I'm going to say.
[00:08:27]  Is this like over in like Thailand, kind of?
[00:08:30]  Where was the Vietnam War fought?
[00:08:35]  John, please.
[00:08:38]  I'm in history class.
[00:08:39]  Yeah, you.
[00:08:40]  Vietnam.
[00:08:41]  Okay.
[00:08:42]  Do you?
[00:08:43]  You agree?
[00:08:44]  Okay, you sure?
[00:08:45]  Yeah, I'm sure.
[00:08:46]  Okay, all right, perfect, perfect, perfect.
[00:08:47]  Okay.
[00:08:51]  Come on, let's go.
[00:08:52]  Vietnam?
[00:08:53]  Is that your final answer?
[00:08:55]  Yes.
[00:08:58]  See, this is the problem: high schoolers Are in history.
[00:09:01]  Not in history!
[00:09:04]  That's true.
[00:09:04]  Who bombed Pearl Harbor?
[00:09:07]  Pearl.
[00:09:08]  No.
[00:09:10]  The Japanese.
[00:09:11]  Mr. Krabs' daughter?
[00:09:12]  Yeah.
[00:09:13]  Where is Pearl Harbor?
[00:09:14]  Hawaii.
[00:09:14]  Hawaii.

=== Thinking About WWII (05:00) ===

[00:09:15]  Yeah, it's very good.
[00:09:16]  Where is Pearl Harbor located?
[00:09:17]  Honolulu.
[00:09:19]  What?
[00:09:19]  Who did we fight in World War II?
[00:09:25]  World War II.
[00:09:27]  Everyone?
[00:09:29]  I know that.
[00:09:32]  I don't know.
[00:09:34]  It was the Allies.
[00:09:36]  The Allies versus the See.
[00:09:41]  Who did we fight in World War II?
[00:09:47]  Germany?
[00:09:48]  Ann.
[00:09:52]  You want to phone your friend?
[00:09:55]  You see her phone?
[00:09:58]  Put her phone sign on.
[00:10:00]  Oh.
[00:10:04]  I want to say Japan.
[00:10:06]  Yeah.
[00:10:06]  There you go.
[00:10:09]  I'm thinking about going.
[00:10:10]  I'm thinking of Call of Duty.
[00:10:11]  Russia.
[00:10:14]  I don't know.
[00:10:15]  No, okay, who?
[00:10:17]  Germany.
[00:10:17]  Yes.
[00:10:18]  And very good.
[00:10:18]  Italy.
[00:10:20]  Very good.
[00:10:20]  Very good.
[00:10:21]  Are you in history?
[00:10:22]  No, I'm a chemistry major.
[00:10:23]  Okay, alright.
[00:10:24]  Well, you're killing it.
[00:10:25]  Very good.
[00:10:26]  Okay.
[00:10:26]  Japan.
[00:10:27]  Let me put two.
[00:10:28]  Yeah.
[00:10:29]  And was it Russia?
[00:10:31]  No.
[00:10:32]  I got it.
[00:10:34]  That was a USSR.
[00:10:36]  No.
[00:10:39]  The Soviet Union.
[00:10:43]  Christopher Columbus.
[00:10:46]  World War II?
[00:10:49]  I don't remember.
[00:10:50]  Yeah.
[00:10:50]  Christopher Columbus.
[00:10:51]  Christopher Columbus day.
[00:10:53]  He's a really bad guy.
[00:10:55]  He's a worse.
[00:10:56]  He's the worst.
[00:10:57]  He's been alive a long time.
[00:10:58]  That's just.
[00:10:59]  Yeah.
[00:11:00]  Okay.
[00:11:00]  No one, you don't know who?
[00:11:02]  What happened during World War II?
[00:11:04]  Big, big, terrible event.
[00:11:07]  The Boston Tea Party.
[00:11:09]  They were in Normandy, aren't they?
[00:11:11]  Oh.
[00:11:12]  Were they?
[00:11:12]  Name four of America's founding fathers.
[00:11:15]  Oh, George Washington.
[00:11:17]  Uh-huh.
[00:11:18]  Thomas Edison.
[00:11:24]  Nah, I'm getting some picking up the vibe.
[00:11:27]  That was a no.
[00:11:29]  See, that was my second best guess.
[00:11:31]  So that's it?
[00:11:33]  Just the one?
[00:11:36]  I said Thomas Edison, George Washington?
[00:11:39]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:11:39]  Whoa, okay.
[00:11:40]  Or those two guesses.
[00:11:43]  I know there's one I know.
[00:11:44]  I just can't think of him right now.
[00:11:45]  But you're sticking with Thomas Edison.
[00:11:47]  I'm gonna have to go with no.
[00:11:48]  I'm gonna have to take it back.
[00:11:49]  I'm withdrawing it, yeah.
[00:11:50]  Okay, you're passing it?
[00:11:51]  Yeah.
[00:11:52]  Okay, go ahead.
[00:11:53]  I think it's George Washington, Ben Franklin.
[00:11:58]  Roosevelt was there.
[00:12:00]  And then I don't know the third one.
[00:12:03]  William McKinley.
[00:12:05]  Who is that?
[00:12:07]  It was my seventh grade project.
[00:12:09]  Oh, cool.
[00:12:11]  Did you learn anything about no, you don't know?
[00:12:13]  Okay, do you want to steal this?
[00:12:15]  Teddy Roosevelt.
[00:12:17]  I don't know what's on this.
[00:12:19]  Listen a founding father of America.
[00:12:24]  Founding fathers.
[00:12:26]  George Washington.
[00:12:27]  Yes.
[00:12:28]  Okay.
[00:12:28]  Three more.
[00:12:29]  Abraham Lincoln.
[00:12:32]  No.
[00:12:32]  No.
[00:12:36]  That's all I got.
[00:12:37]  Name four of America's founding fathers.
[00:12:40]  George Washington.
[00:12:41]  Okay.
[00:12:43]  What's his name?
[00:12:44]  Jefferson.
[00:12:46]  There was the guy, the really fat guy.
[00:12:52]  No, okay.
[00:12:53]  I don't know.
[00:12:53]  His name started with it.
[00:12:54]  Benjamin Franklin.
[00:12:55]  Okay.
[00:12:55]  See one?
[00:12:56]  Yeah.
[00:12:57]  We're missing one.
[00:12:58]  I'm missing one.
[00:12:58]  Name four of America's founding fathers.
[00:13:02]  Ben Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton.
[00:13:12]  Okay, he does know it all.
[00:13:13]  Yeah, very good, very good.
[00:13:15]  All right, very good.
[00:13:16]  Okay.
[00:13:16]  Who did we fight?
[00:13:18]  You're what?
[00:13:18]  In American history.
[00:13:20]  Okay, so you should.
[00:13:21]  Okay, you have a cheat code.
[00:13:22]  All right.
[00:13:22]  I'm in the class too.
[00:13:24]  She said, I'm in the class, too.
[00:13:26]  Name four of America's founding fathers.
[00:13:30]  Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson.
[00:13:33]  Who's the other one?
[00:13:35]  One more.
[00:13:38]  Yeah.
[00:13:39]  John Hancock.
[00:13:40]  What would it be?
[00:13:41]  Who would it be?
[00:13:42]  Who would it be?
[00:13:43]  there's several you can choose from.
[00:13:44]  Roosevelt?
[00:13:46]  That was probably the dumbest thing I ever said.
[00:13:50]  What president freed the slaves?
[00:13:55]  You have to answer this one.
[00:13:59]  Oh my god!
[00:14:02]  Oh my god!
[00:14:06]  Abraham Lincoln.
[00:14:14]  Very good, very good, very good.