Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett - Americans Don't Know What 4th of July Is
Aired: 2025-07-04
Duration: 14:04


=== How Much Do You Know About Independence? (07:31) ===

[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]  Of South.
[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 going to say three?
[00:00:43]  A-E-N-D-A-N-C.
[00:00:46]  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?
[00:00:54]  We are back in Jacksonville for another edition of Pop Quiz on the Beach.
[00:00:59]  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.
[00:01:09]  Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?
[00:01:12]  I don't.
[00:01:13]  I just like to eat barbecue.
[00:01:15]  Okay.
[00:01:15]  Yeah.
[00:01:16]  Is that how am I supposed to answer it for real, for real?
[00:01:18]  Oh, these are your answers.
[00:01:20]  Yeah.
[00:01:20]  Well, why do Americans celebrate the 4th of July?
[00:01:23]  Oh, going to my household.
[00:01:25]  It's another day off work.
[00:01:27]  Okay.
[00:01:27]  I miss some more barbecue.
[00:01:29]  What do Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?
[00:01:41]  Passed.
[00:01:43]  Who did we gain our independence from?
[00:01:47]  I don't know.
[00:01:49]  Think long and hard.
[00:01:50]  Does anything ring a bell?
[00:01:52]  No.
[00:01:53]  Who did we gain our independence from?
[00:01:56]  What?
[00:01:58]  George Washington?
[00:02:03]  Okay.
[00:02:05]  Yeah.
[00:02:05]  What famous document was signed on July 4th, 1776?
[00:02:14]  I'm going to take a stab at it and say, I don't know.
[00:02:21]  It has to do with another country.
[00:02:24]  Do you know what that country is?
[00:02:30]  No?
[00:02:31]  Does Great Britain fighting the U.S. for their independence ring a bell?
[00:02:41]  No, not at all.
[00:02:42]  You don't know.
[00:02:43]  You don't know how we became America?
[00:02:47]  What year did we gain our independence from Great Britain?
[00:02:53]  And 1492, Christopher.
[00:02:57]  I don't know.
[00:02:58]  Well, at least you know about Christopher Columbus, right?
[00:03:01]  What year did we gain our independence?
[00:03:05]  Oh, I don't know either.
[00:03:06]  No.
[00:03:06]  Do you at least know what our national anthem is called?
[00:03:11]  I haven't got to.
[00:03:12]  I haven't got to food in so long.
[00:03:14]  Like, I forgot everything.
[00:03:16]  Who was the first U.S. president?
[00:03:22]  She didn't even know.
[00:03:29]  He had a nice wig.
[00:03:33]  Are you guys immigrants?
[00:03:35]  No.
[00:03:35]  No?
[00:03:36]  No.
[00:03:36]  You're from here?
[00:03:38]  Who was the first president of the United States?
[00:03:44]  George Washington.
[00:03:46]  Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?
[00:03:51]  It's your turn, man.
[00:03:52]  Okay, I'll tell you why.
[00:03:53]  Because America is the greatest country on earth.
[00:03:57]  Why are we the greatest country on earth?
[00:03:59]  Because of freedom.
[00:04:00]  Okay.
[00:04:01]  Good.
[00:04:01]  Along those lines, what war gave us our freedoms?
[00:04:06]  Oh, the Civil War.
[00:04:08]  Oh, man.
[00:04:11]  What was the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:04:15]  Oh, I can't even, uh, what war?
[00:04:30]  What was that war?
[00:04:31]  The Independence War.
[00:04:35]  Close?
[00:04:36]  Close?
[00:04:36]  You're taking me back to history.
[00:04:39]  How many stars were on the first U.S. flag?
[00:04:42]  47.
[00:04:45]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:04:48]  Oh my gosh, I don't even know how to spell that.
[00:04:50]  So I'm going to say three?
[00:04:53]  Wait, independence!
[00:04:54]  One!
[00:04:55]  Right?
[00:04:56]  Spell it for me.
[00:04:57]  I just don't know how to spell that.
[00:04:58]  I need Google Translate.
[00:05:00]  It's English.
[00:05:02]  Oh.
[00:05:03]  There's not any from what she said.
[00:05:05]  Right, right, right.
[00:05:06]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:05:10]  One.
[00:05:10]  It's one.
[00:05:11]  One.
[00:05:12]  Right?
[00:05:13]  We're at.
[00:05:14]  Can you spell independence for me?
[00:05:16]  Yeah.
[00:05:16]  I-N-D-E-P-N-D.
[00:05:21]  A-E-N-D-A-N-C.
[00:05:24]  No, there's no A's.
[00:05:25]  It's independence with an E at the end.
[00:05:28]  Are you serious?
[00:05:29]  Oh, you're an English teacher.
[00:05:32]  I'm so embarrassed.
[00:05:34]  All that education.
[00:05:35]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:05:43]  Hey, one.
[00:05:44]  One?
[00:05:44]  You have a different answer?
[00:05:45]  Zero.
[00:05:47]  Oh, it's I-N-D-E.
[00:05:49]  Yeah.
[00:05:50]  How many letter A's are in the word independence?
[00:05:54]  Three.
[00:05:55]  Three.
[00:05:55]  Spell it for me.
[00:05:56]  Oh, I have no clue how to spell it.
[00:05:58]  Zero.
[00:05:59]  Yeah.
[00:06:00]  I don't even know how to spell it.
[00:06:01]  No, that's definitely not me.
[00:06:02]  Tell me your raids to you.
[00:06:05]  Yes.
[00:06:06]  Girl, that's you.
[00:06:08]  I'm a culturally appropriating culture right now.
[00:06:11]  Girl.
[00:06:13]  Girl, I follow your Twitter.
[00:06:14]  Thank you for following me and supporting my work.
[00:06:17]  Actually, she supports my work.
[00:06:18]  She follows me on Twitter.
[00:06:20]  You can also support my work at patreon.com slash Caitlin Bennett there.
[00:06:24]  Again, to my private Facebook group for only $5 a month.
[00:06:28]  What year did we gain our independence?
[00:06:35]  1782.
[00:06:39]  No, dude.
[00:06:40]  What year did we gain our independence?
[00:06:46]  Was it 18?
[00:06:48]  1886.
[00:06:49]  Was it?
[00:06:50]  1846?
[00:06:52]  Oh, I don't know.
[00:06:55]  18.
[00:06:56]  Does not start with 18.
[00:06:58]  Who is the author of our national anthem?
[00:07:02]  Uh, Fitzgerald.
[00:07:05]  I don't know.
[00:07:08]  George Washington.
[00:07:10]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:07:14]  Revolutionary.

=== First Battle of the Revolutionary War (06:08) ===

[00:07:18]  That's his name.
[00:07:19]  That's the name of the war.
[00:07:20]  Revolutionary War.
[00:07:21]  Who won it?
[00:07:23]  I don't know.
[00:07:24]  You don't know?
[00:07:24]  Uh-uh.
[00:07:25]  When did the Revolutionary War happen?
[00:07:27]  Maybe that'll help jog your memory.
[00:07:30]  Last year.
[00:07:33]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:07:37]  Really?
[00:07:39]  Um, I don't know.
[00:07:41]  I have no clue.
[00:07:44]  Mr. Ringpike, what do you have?
[00:07:47]  What was the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:07:51]  The Civil War?
[00:07:53]  World War II.
[00:07:54]  One.
[00:07:55]  I don't know.
[00:07:57]  I didn't pay attention in history.
[00:07:59]  Okay?
[00:08:00]  Do you know the name of the war that won us our independence?
[00:08:07]  I'm horrible.
[00:08:09]  I think I slept in history, apparently.
[00:08:11]  I guess so.
[00:08:12]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:08:15]  Tony, you want to take this one?
[00:08:16]  The North?
[00:08:18]  What?
[00:08:18]  The Revolutionary War?
[00:08:21]  We did.
[00:08:22]  Who's we?
[00:08:24]  America.
[00:08:26]  The South?
[00:08:28]  The North?
[00:08:29]  I don't know.
[00:08:31]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:08:34]  Really?
[00:08:36]  Um, I don't know.
[00:08:39]  I have no clue.
[00:08:42]  Mr. Reinhack, hold me back.
[00:08:44]  South?
[00:08:45]  Who won the Revolutionary War?
[00:08:47]  South.
[00:08:51]  Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
[00:08:57]  Can you google this shit?
[00:08:59]  First battle.
[00:09:00]  First battle.
[00:09:01]  He said, can I Google it?
[00:09:04]  Was that Alabama?
[00:09:06]  No.
[00:09:08]  In the South, in the south, on the south.
[00:09:09]  Was it Texas?
[00:09:10]  No.
[00:09:11]  Oh, not Texas, not Texas.
[00:09:14]  Georgia?
[00:09:15]  No.
[00:09:17]  You guys are very cold.
[00:09:18]  Very cold.
[00:09:19]  Very tight.
[00:09:20]  There's some overseas type of cold.
[00:09:21]  Very cold.
[00:09:22]  Russia.
[00:09:23]  Russia.
[00:09:24]  Why would it be Russia?
[00:09:25]  Russia?
[00:09:25]  I have no idea.
[00:09:26]  Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
[00:09:32]  Is that all the same?
[00:09:34]  Savannah.
[00:09:36]  North.
[00:09:37]  No further.
[00:09:40]  Well, further than Florida.
[00:09:42]  It's in Georgia.
[00:09:45]  South Carolina.
[00:09:46]  North Carolina.
[00:09:47]  Virginia.
[00:09:50]  St. Augustine.
[00:09:53]  Nope.
[00:09:55]  Was that the Battle of Bunker Hill?
[00:09:58]  No.
[00:09:59]  What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
[00:10:06]  I don't know that one.
[00:10:08]  Do you remember the answer?
[00:10:12]  I just told her 10 minutes ago.
[00:10:14]  Okay, in high school, did they tell you where the first battle was fought of the Revolutionary War?
[00:10:19]  It's not Getty Square.
[00:10:21]  It is not.
[00:10:22]  I'm not sure.
[00:10:23]  First Battle of the Revolutionary War.
[00:10:26]  I don't know.
[00:10:27]  I want to say Valley Forge, but no, not Valley Forge.
[00:10:32]  Lexington and Concord?
[00:10:34]  Okay, Lexington and Concord.
[00:10:35]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:10:36]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:10:38]  My grandma.
[00:10:39]  Not your grandma.
[00:10:40]  No, I don't think so.
[00:10:41]  Is she alive in 1776?
[00:10:43]  No.
[00:10:45]  I don't know her name.
[00:10:46]  It was.
[00:10:47]  Well, I don't know.
[00:10:48]  Are we allowed to assume gender?
[00:10:50]  I just know it was a woman.
[00:10:54]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:10:56]  Oh.
[00:10:58]  That's it.
[00:10:59]  I have no idea, but something.
[00:11:01]  Elizabeth Warren.
[00:11:05]  No, she's old.
[00:11:06]  Elizabeth Warren is old, but no, it's not her.
[00:11:08]  No, I have no idea.
[00:11:09]  I can't answer that.
[00:11:10]  You say Sarah Palin?
[00:11:11]  Yeah, it's a joke.
[00:11:13]  Who made the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:16]  George Washington.
[00:11:18]  George Washington?
[00:11:19]  I don't know.
[00:11:20]  It was a woman.
[00:11:21]  Oh.
[00:11:22]  Yeah, I don't know her name.
[00:11:23]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:25]  God, I don't know.
[00:11:27]  You know if it's a woman or a man?
[00:11:29]  I would say man simply because woman just seems too logical.
[00:11:34]  It's a woman.
[00:11:36]  Yeah, sewing, right?
[00:11:37]  That's a that's a woman's job.
[00:11:39]  Who sewed the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:42]  I don't know that one.
[00:11:43]  You know if it's a boy or girl?
[00:11:46]  Or neither?
[00:11:49]  Non-gender.
[00:11:51]  Who sowed the first U.S. flag?
[00:11:53]  Betsy Ross.
[00:11:54]  Very good.
[00:11:55]  You're the first one to get that.
[00:11:56]  You redeemed yourself.
[00:11:57]  I did another one.
[00:11:58]  Okay, how many stars were on the first U.S. flag?
[00:12:01]  Uh, what was it?
[00:12:03]  Ten?
[00:12:04]  Five?
[00:12:05]  One?
[00:12:06]  No, I don't know that one.
[00:12:07]  Who was the king of England, Great Britain, during the time of that?
[00:12:12]  Gosh, I don't know.
[00:12:13]  I don't remember.
[00:12:14]  No, nope.
[00:12:17]  Unfortunately, I don't know that one either.
[00:12:19]  Who was the king during that time?
[00:12:22]  King Louis.
[00:12:24]  Nope.
[00:12:24]  I'm not really sure.
[00:12:26]  Do you know who that king was?
[00:12:27]  Maybe that jogged your memory?
[00:12:29]  I don't know.
[00:12:30]  What's that guy's name?
[00:12:31]  Put it?
[00:12:35]  I thought you said pudding.
[00:12:38]  Okay, yeah, well, it wasn't Putin.
[00:12:40]  Not that guy.
[00:12:41]  I said put it.
[00:12:42]  That I don't know.
[00:12:43]  That I don't know.
[00:12:47]  She is a king, right?
[00:12:49]  King of Henry.
[00:12:50]  No, I have no idea.
[00:12:53]  I don't know.
[00:12:54]  King Arthur.
[00:12:55]  I don't know.
[00:12:56]  That's a first.
[00:12:58]  All right, King George.
[00:12:59]  King George.
[00:13:00]  III.
[00:13:01]  King George III.
[00:13:02]  Who was the first person who signed the Declaration of Independence?
[00:13:06]  George Washington?
[00:13:09]  Who was the first person who signed the Declaration of Independence?

=== Fun Fact: Hot Dogs on the 4th (00:54) ===

[00:13:12]  Thomas Jefferson, wasn't it?
[00:13:14]  First person?
[00:13:16]  I don't know.
[00:13:16]  George Washington?
[00:13:18]  No.
[00:13:18]  Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
[00:13:24]  Ben Franklin.
[00:13:25]  Ben Franklin?
[00:13:26]  No.
[00:13:26]  Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
[00:13:30]  Benjamin?
[00:13:31]  Nope.
[00:13:31]  Okay, nope.
[00:13:32]  I'm around.
[00:13:32]  Second guess?
[00:13:34]  Hang on.
[00:13:37]  I'll give you a hat.
[00:13:38]  Okay.
[00:13:39]  It's what you call a signature.
[00:13:41]  Oh.
[00:13:43]  My, um, my well, you know what?
[00:13:46]  You answer it.
[00:13:47]  John Hancock.
[00:13:48]  Fun fact, how many hot dogs are eaten every year on the 4th of July?
[00:13:53]  I don't know.
[00:13:54]  Gross.
[00:13:55]  It's a gross number.
[00:13:56]  I don't know, millions?
[00:13:57]  It's gotta be millions.
[00:13:58]  150 million hot dogs.
[00:14:00]  150 million hot dogs.
[00:14:01]  I like hot dogs.
[00:14:02]  You like hot dogs?
[00:14:03]  Well, I guess they're open.