That’s kinda true

Welll being intelligent also means that you are educated but well educated

@@jonjonboi3701 high intelligence means you have high capacity to learn, but it doesn't mean you're well educated. Being well educated is a point of privilege that even many incredibly intelligent ppl haven't been exposed to. Being "an intellectual" however is indeed a highly educated person.

@@bodyofhope Except an IQ test also requires you to have a solid common knowledge about things going on in the world. For example, there might be a question like "what's the capitol of Iran" or "what's the largest land animal on Earth". There's no reasoning or problem solving skill required, either you know the answer to these questions or not.

@@Atombender and this is why IQ test is flawed

Yeah I was thinking Harry Potter because of that too lol

I was thinking something more along the lines of "Gone With The Wind"😂

@@briantravelman I’m pretty sure “Gone with the Wind” has at least some kind of achievement though so it’s not too bad of a guess 😂

@@briantravelman I think gone with the wind held the highest grossing book to date, or something like that. It had some kind of record achievement, can't remember what.

I Thought it was diary or a wimpy kid

Came here to say that! 😂

It's disputed

@@Mikerrrrrrrrr disputed? It's not though 😅 the end of the cold war is marked by the collapse of the USSR. On what basis do you say it's disputed?

@@HarJBeRw some people believe it ended when the Berlin Wall was destroyed since the ussr lost a lot of influence.

​@@MikerrrrrrrrrAfter the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the fall of USSR was almost innevitable, but it doesn't mean that the cold war ended, and it could have ended in an other way so we can't say that the cold war ended in 1989. By the way, the historian are all agreed on that.

yeah. most americans dont even speak a second language. here in europe it is common to know at least one other language (except the british.... they only speak english)

​@@Arzeena1990 I think British are better than American because British at least choose to learn second language

@@Arzeena1990Europeans seem really bad at understanding that it’s the European environment of living on a small “continent” the size of the entire United States that but speaks like 25 distinct languages is the reason why Europeans have a need and incentive to learn second languages. Here in the US we literally can’t afford the 3 thousand dollar round trip plane ticket it would cost to get to Europe once, much less enough times to learn the language. Like you remember that the us is mostly full of Europeans? We’re all the same just living in different places

@@monhi64 i'm european and you are spot on. Couldn't have said it better myself.

@@monhi64 Haha as if they don't speak Spanish or French in your neighbouring countries. And we do learn second and third languages because we constantly take part in other cultures in various formats, such as television, literature, music etc. I think that even in that sense, the US is very US-centric. You rarely learn a language just because you are going to that specific country for travel, it's a lot more than that so I think that the argument about the cost of plane tickets falls kind of short. There is less of a tendency in the US to care for other cultures and that's pretty much a fact if you look at what is taught in school

Will they be allowed to write in each of their mother tongue in this case?

True

@@user-wh3lp3nx6g wouldn't matter

Yeah I was thinking that too.

@@user-wh3lp3nx6g I don't know if this is a joke or why you'd complicate it for no good reason.

*use gosh please

He was writing a message to his friend God, who's from Portugal

Do you use your hands too?

Yeah. I was preparing my keyboard, because I thought they were gonna say some other country. These quizzes don't always get their facts right.

Dont worry. I was screaming at the Americans sometimes when they weren’t getting things that Americans know

It means nothing.

@@noriceformeplzyeah good luck learning the dialects for each country

@@noriceformeplz I also know two phrases in Spanish. Do I count as a bilingual by an American system?

@@pesticide1596 No

Unfortunately many spanish speakers are natives. As an american. Depends on the state. I am trilingual actually because of my parents and because I lived in germany. Here in indiana it’s very rare to be bilingual, but in like california more people are

the Madagascar part is so true, i saw another video where young people from the US were asked for countries in Africa and one of them said Wakanda haha

😂😂😂couldnt agree more

I couldn't have said it better. Agreed 100%

Which is ironic when they cry foul at china and north Korea for brainwashing curriculum.

I would argue that the biggest problem with the US education system is that it isn't nationally standardized-- The states each follow their own curriculum. What is taught in one state and how thoroughly could be vastly different from what is taught in another. For me, I attended school in Texas. From 4th to 8th grade, social studies cycled through Texas history (4th), then US history (5th), Geography/World Cultures (6th), Texas history (7th), and US history (8th). In high school, you are required to take Geography, World History, U.S. history, and Economics and U.S. Government (two separate classes, each one semester rather than a year) in no particular order. My school also offered European history as an elective. Suffice to say, I learned a fair amount about Texas, the US, and international history-- although "World History" is mostly concerned with Europe and Asia, so there's that... As for Madagascar... size is relative. You say it's huge, but Texas is even bigger, so I beg to differ. As for only knowing the name of it because of the animated movies, well, that's possible. But before the Madagascar movies, there was an educational children's show called Zoboomafoo, which starred a Coquerel's sifaka. Those of us who grew up watching that show at least knew of Madagascar before the animated films.

I agree with your comment, it's impressive to answer these question in a foreign language. However, in the case of "Cold War", it really wasn't a big issue. "Cold War" literally means "Kalter Krieg", it doesn't have a weird extraordinary translation or anything. I knew the translation, but I wouldn't have guessed 1989 either :D In German schools, our history lessons are almost exclusively about WW2, lol. At first we learn about Ancient Greeks and Romans, then about the Medieval Age, and then it's all just WW2. Year after year again and again WW2. I do remember hearing "Kalter Krieg", but we only talked about it very briefly. And by that time most students didn't even pay attention anymore, because we were all exhausted by all this WW2 stuff...

@@Nutzername92a maybe there's a difference between the federal states or they changed it? I'm German and at school we dedicated half year to the time after 1945, of course talking much about the cold war and about how it ended. That was in 1996 in Bavaria. But I remember when I moved to Italy and I heard the term "guerra fredda" for the first time, I didn't realize they were talking about the cold war. I first thought about some war in Russia or Canada or Iceland 🤪 When they explained, it seemed obvious as also in Italian it's the literal translation. But if you have a good level in a foreign language you don't do translate, you just think in that language. I switch between four languages nearly every day and sometimes I just get stuck with things like those. Like my brain comes up with the right term in all languages, except the one I'm actually using in that moment. So annoying, but I know it happens to many people that switch languages daily. I was really impressed especially by the Italian girl about how quickly she could think in English.

@@helgaioannidis9365 I guess it's more of a generational thing. You learned about it in 1996. I wasn't even in kindergarten in 1996. Jessica was probably not even born in 1996. Back then it was of course much fresher and the teachers had personal experiences and memories from that war. Nowadays it's simply not that relevant anymore, especially to younger people in West Germany.

@@Nutzername92a this is interesting. I thought because every year we celebrate the 3rd of October at school at least in higher classes they talk about reunification and therefore about the end of the cold war. So for your generation 1990 feels like really far away?

@@helgaioannidis9365 I was born in a reunified Germany, so all this talk about Ossis and Wessis always sounded completely alien to me :D I never understood why our media is so obsessed with this whole topic every year. Many young Germans feel that way. For us it's just Germany; our brains usually don't divide between East and West. I know 1990 isn't that long ago, but for us it might as well have been 1910, that's how distant it is for us. Also, just for the record: If the question had been "When did the Berlin Wall fall?", I would have immediately known the answer (1989). Or if the question had been "When was the German reunification?", I would have immediately known it as well (1990). We learned about reunification and all. I just didn't make the connection to the Cold War. We talked a lot about the reunification and what happened after it; not so much about what happened before it.

Fr I was abt to say-

Just when you think India can't get anymore disgusting🤮🤮🤮

You just said it: now When they made the video it wasn't

I literally paused the video to check the time when it was uploaded 😂

Yep, terrible. The Berlin Wall fell on 1989 and the Soviet Union in 1991, that’s so important to know!!

Dude they don't need to know the exact dates let alone history

You really don't need to be a history major to be shocked by that... Everyone finishing highschool have to know that! It's BASIC knowledge!

The fact that the german girl didn't get it was astonishing. Germany was directly affected by that

​@@LuriTV the fact that the americans didn't get is astonishing, they were literally 1 of the 2 countries envolved, I am Brazilian and my country had nothing to do with the war, but if you ask me i can tell the whole story of the war

AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE DUMB, IS IT TRUE ?! Yes Absolutely

Yeah like the USSR wasn't a nation yet Russia was still a federal Republic

yes 😅 in particular for germans and americans. This is most recent history wtheactualf

they didn't even try to use any logic to figure it out, either.

I said 1990 over and over in my mind, doubting I was right since I thought it might have ended before. but I guess 89 was right. I just remember it ending with the fall of the berlin wall, east and west all in one. But I don’t always trust my intuiton🤷🏼‍♀️.

Yeah, by the numbers game, the bible individually has sold more copies, but Harry Potter as a collective series has sold twice as many copies. So both are kind of right. haha

I was thinking Harry Potter as well 😂

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 me too 😅

@@est9949 books are not for everyone and I did not read harry potter because of the author. i agree with you that JK Rowling is a terrible person but that doesn't mean that harry potter is shit. You may have your own opinions on the book if you have actually read it without the actions of the author in mind

I remember in the Davinci Code, the main protagonist tells his publisher that the best selling book of all times talk about the secret. The publisher is astonished and says he can't believe even Harry Potter tells the story about this secret, he is then reminded that the best selling book of all time is the Bible. I knew from then that the Bible is the best selling book of all time, but then again, Davinci Code came out 2003, and Harry Potter still had two more books to hit the charts.

Yes, that is correct, your point being?

incorrect, the cold war ended in 1989. 1991 was the year the ussr officially was dissolved. and india only recently passed china in population, this video was made over a year ago.

​@Eternal The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. The cold war only ended when the USSR was dissolved in 1991.

@@slake9727 yes the berlin wall came down in 1989, but many republics of the USSR declared independence before 1991 and from the years 1989-1991 there was never any fighting or even spying, it was just a slow collapse of a union. nothing is a fact, and there are always ways to prove a fact is not true. in my opinion, the war ended in 1989. although the sources always say 1991, there was no formal end to the cold war, neither was there a formal beginning.

This was painful to watch. Had to quit after the cold war question

i think youre taking this too seriously

@@rainbows5232 no. I just think it would have been smarter to do it written.

@@jackytoska1471 it was a short video with a little amount of questions. videos like this been made before more seriously with more questions with same number of people. dont take this too seriously, its just a video, entertainment

@@rainbows5232 Yes I know. I'm not upset or anything like that. I was stating that I believe this wasn't the most efficient manner to carry out their stated mission. It's fine and I don't really care. I'm just saying.

@@jackytoska1471 ok

For real!😃 I am from Romania therefore a Balkan country that had suffred very much because of comunism regime and nasty soviet influence. Therefore not knowing any details about Cold War is not acceptable for any avarage Romanian. To be brutally honest the avarage Romanian that doesn't know about this would be considered very dumb buy other fallow Romanians. For us this is generally know because our grandparents and parents lived that part of history and talked with us about thouse times. I mean I was born a month before the national revolution came in Romania in December 1989. My very birth represents the first new generation after comunism I would be a laughingstock for my own people if I didn't know about the recent history of my country.😀

Yes! Like wth

@@leliavoinea9402 As an American with a roommate in college who was TERRIBLE with dates I can tell you that saying the Cold War ended in 1920 will also get you teased mercilessly here too. Given if Americans only know one thing about the Cold War they know it was a nuclear staring contest, so naming a date before WWII and the invention of Nuclear Weapons is just... (Too be fair to those like my old roommate though, they were just incredibly bad with time. If given a series of historical events - wars, inventions, etc - they could put them in the correct order. But ask if the car was invented in 1886 or 1668 and there was only a 50% chance they'd get it right)

How can a girl from Germany NOT know the end of the cold war? I'm lost for words. Btw. I am from Germany.

@@leliavoinea9402 yeah im Polish and it applies not just to Balkans but also every country under Warsaw pact. And i am so angry that Russians named it after our Capital. Also fun fact did you know that according to Putin's propaganda, Poland started WW2 and collaborated with Nazis? Every country in middle/eastern Europe has a ton of reasons to know what happened.

Lol that is sotrueee

Unless you are very interested - as some are always are everywhere in the world - everybody studies for the test. That is not particular for America. I am a high school teacher in Denmark, so I know this. But studying for the test does not mean that some of the obtained knowledge does not stick.

​​@@Facetterdk Americans don't retain historical knowledge beyond tests because they are not given the appropriate context. Europeans know the context off by heart and can explain it to the students without consulting the syllabus.

Она должна гордится, Я бы гордился такой историей

They did but then again she did not know about the end of the cold war / fall of the wall 1989/1990 and askin what "cold war" means translated to German... which is translated as "Kalter Krieg" which is the exact same and even if you never heard the term in English (please give me a COLD drink)... I am not sure if it was a save guess this time around ;).

I don't see a problem here. WW2 is not a taboo in Germany. We talk about it a lot.

@@notfound9816 Немного странное слово "гордиться"? Гордиться, тем что они проиграли, и что им вспоминают до сих пор? Хотя определенно, стыдиться этого не надо, а надо знать. У всех стран есть неприятные страницы в истории, больше или меньше. Надо просто помнить их, чтобы не повторять тех же ошибок. Is the word "proud" a little strange? Be proud of the fact that they lost, and that they are still being reminded of this? Although definitely, it is not necessary to be ashamed of this, but you need to know. All countries have unpleasant pages in history, more or less. You just have to remember them so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

@@ContinuumGaming I was about to say the same thing about the wall and Reagan telling Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"...

The german girl said she didn't know the translation. she probably just didn't connect the dots that the cold war was THE cold war

The Cold War ended in 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Russian Federation and other states in its place. The Berlin Wall had just fallen in 1989 and Germany reunified a year later.

I guessed it ended in 1991 because that's when the ussr collapsed

@@DragnGo Broh I knew it! I was instantly like 1991 Gorbatsjov. Then they answered 1989 and I was wondering why defuq do I have 1991 ik my head than.

Yeah wtf was that guess

They didn't ask when the Berlin Wall fell though. I can *guarantee* you that Jessica wouldn't have said 1930 then. Because I'm the same. I had no idea that the Cold War is related to the fall of the wall... But I can very well tell you when the wall fell and when Germany was reunited. Those are different questions.

@@Nutzername92a the wall fell, because of the end of the cold war.

She said she didn't know the German translation for "cold war" so probably is she had she would have said 1989 right away

Im confused ...the cold war was mostly between USA and Soviet Union. Germany had little to do with it since they lost Significantly after WW2. Cold war "ended" in late 1960s..well past the end of ww2. Then it picked back up again a few years later and ended "officially" in 1991. Thats far too recent and also has almost nothing to do with germany by that point. A lithuanian would be more familiar with it than a german

@@martinafrancese9379 the German name for the Cold War is Kalter Krieg, which is a literal translation: kalt (cold) + Krieg (war). 🤦🏼‍♂️

Spain has no _official_ national animal, but the Osborne Bull is widely used, say by sports fans (except in Catalonia).

I am very proud of the 3 unofficial national animals of Spain: the Bull, the Lion and St John´s Eagle, the emblem of the Catholic Monarchs.

@@Daneelro las corridas de toros estan prohibidas en Cataluña y desde mucho antes en las Islas Canarias. Sin embargo en Cataluña se celebran otro tipo de "eventos", por así decirlo, que involucran a los toros. Así que si hablamos del uso del toro como entretenimiento, solo esta prohibido en Canarias.

Do you guys even have lion in spain

@@quantumballs1488 we don't 🤣. There was an european lion but it is extinct. Actually the hispanic lion is a "national animal" of Spain, not because of its presence, but because of the symbology, you know the lion being the king of the animals, strong, good leadership, blah blah blah

Italian education system is pretty good tbh

@@melr.6738 Its good compared to the american one . But in reality its bad. How many italians know english?(not a lot). And Italian geograpy clases suck c*c. A lot of Italians dont eaven know which countries they border.

But maby it has changed. I heard that in recent years Italians put a lot of efford into the educational sistem. So i hope that new generation will have a better education than their parents.

@@refe6430 that’s very general and not entirely true, there are plenty of younger people who speak English well (I can be proof of that). Plus, people tend to forget that that people who already speak a Germanic language have an advantage with English. That’s why Germans, Scandinavians etc are better at English than others, because their languages are all Germanic and more similar to English, while Italian, Spanish etc. are all Romance languages. I can tell you that Italians speak way better Spanish than English speakers, does that not count? I’ve honestly never met an Italian that doesn’t know at least what countries they border. But what makes the system good to me is their focus on history and literature, which many forget how important they actually are

I am Italian and she actually seems to me to be a bit stoned

Hmm.. Excuse me for the question.. Why it's the last topic to talk about in Germany? I don’t want to be tactless, honestly I didn’t even know about it. Could it be related to pride or glory? Nod if

@@argonaut5617 ah no, I didn’t mean last in that sense. It’s just scheduled as the last one in line. Like, in 8th / 9th grade you have French Revolution and industrialisation, then in 10th grade again, then 11th and 12th grade you go through some topics I don’t exactly remember, French Revolution, German Revolution, Industrialisation (again x.x) then WW 1, the 20s, Rise of the Nazis and WW 2 and then you’d theoretically talk about Cold War but as I said, we usually don’t manage to get there because it was too much content to get through in just 1 1/2 years (half of 12th grade is just preparation for graduation exams)

What are you talking about, Germans learn so much about world war II and the nazis in school. It's a big topic and great importance in the curriculum.

@@ramzi0 yeah world war 2, but I was talking about the Cold War.

@@rzuue oh yeah, i somehow missed that.

I had a similar experience in high school when a new Moroccan student who was trilingual (Arabic, French, English) joined my school. They literally printed my class schedule and gave it to him, so I had a direct comparison. I just felt overwhelmed by his impressive skills in the advanced math/physics/Spanish classes and made me realize how behind I was in the US education system. He also thought I was a clueless American who didn't anything about the outside world, but I was never exposed to many international topics at the time besides some cultural topics in Spanish class. No surprise that he got a full-ride scholarship to Cornell, while I only got into my top state public university (not upset, but disappointed in US education system leaving me "behind")

I'm also in the 98th percentile and I'd kill myself if I was moved up a grade

I have my kids in American public schools and I disappointed that they don't teach them nothing I did my school in Mexico public school and way different us actually I have teach my kids about geography

You skipped a grade for getting in the 98th percentile?!

There is a difference in being intelligent and being educated

Lies again? Disgrace America

So you're american?

@@brett255 what kind of reply is this lol😅😂

@@brett255 Yes. Which makes them smart enough to know this game wasn't about who had more knowledge but who had better reflexes.

@Blake r/whoosh

I don't necessarily think the public education system is the problem. Does it contribute? Sure, but a lot of the onus is on the student and their parents. If a student doesn't put in the effort to learn, or to remember what they do learn, and if the parents aren't involved in their child's education, then you can't expect the public education system to step in. Too many parents expect the education system to raise their children for them...

I (German) think that sometimes the home schooling in the US is a part of the problem. In many European country it isnt allowed to home school(or really hard to get a permission to do so) . Im currently studying to become a "high school" teacher in Germany and the amount of stuff we have to learn is insane. But really necessary as well. There is a reason you study a certain subject for years before teaching it . And i think no parent can really teach all this on their on. In public school you have up to 12 different subject, all teached by people who studied their subject. Its impossible to know 12 different subject well enough to teach them to your children.

@@thebear2665 that’s reasonable, but most people who homeschool use curriculums that were made by qualified individuals. Also, I feel like if your putting in that much effort German high schools have a higher quality than American ones. Once again, basically everyone in America: whether Teacher, Politician, Parent, or Student, agrees that our Public schooling system is bad. It’s more focused on making sure everyone achieves the average, and while that does lift up people who are bellow, it also presses down people who are above. Anyway all that said, more than 90% of people I know would do better than these. I am convinced these people are faking their stupidity to draw views, or they had a ton of people, and only showed the bottom percent.

I have to say, as an American, I can’t deny the faults we have in our education system. I think it’s pretty obvious that there are major issues that need resolved. Also, if it brings anyone any solace, I was put through the private school system and scored within one point of the Europeans. Intelligence isn’t about what side of the ocean you were born on.

Yet they still answered quicker than the Americans. Kudos to them. 💀 These Americans weren't a good representation. (For ex. I'm American and I got all but 2 right.)

Asians in US are smarter than the people in all european nations lol

@@megbae9127 It's a disgusting stereotype that asian people always have to love math and be smart

@@christinasanderford5849 Same. I got most of those questions immediately. I was kinda surprised that I knew more of those answers than all of them. Especially the Cold War one. 1920????

@@rudzwal2314 Its not because its true. Asians are smarter

Well... I dont think it matters much. They were like '1940' and even '1920'... It makes me goosebumps... There are so many movies and media about World War II, and even just by waching Avengers Captain America, you can get some knowledge of the Cold War period. I cant believe they said 1920

I was thinking the same

Yes, but she really said 1920

@dumedume269 The US was litterally at the other side of the cold war. Like what do they teach them in school??

@dumedume269 what?? your school system not informing about the most basic history facts. In Europe it's very common, like it's part of our program in high school. This is kinda messed up ngl

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇮🇳

that is quite interesting, it occurring in the Bible as well hmm

@@onemillionpercent there's another expression: "pietra miliaria" , originally stones placed along roman roads every "milia" (plural form of "milius"). Then translated as "milestone" in all its meanings

The mile is not a unit of measurement used in the Bible. The word may be used in a modern English version or two but not in most English versions and most certainly not in the original.

@@MisterHowzat I didn't say the mile was used as a unit of measurement in the Bible. However, most English translations use the word "mile" in their renditions of Matthew 5:41, as does the Italian Nuova Diodati: "se uno ti costringe a fare un miglio, fanne con lui due." Among modern translations, the CEV and NLV circumvent the term "mile." Wycliffe opted for the literal Latin "thousand paces."

Alitalia reward program: milemiglia

Yeah, I feel the same way about the metric system. When I'm out and about, I'm not trying to do math on my daily outings!!

Sounds awesome. How long did it take you?! And did you drive essentially straight up or you were kind of driving around the States until you reached Canada

@@hanillegiolo3386 Hi there, the road-trip was straight up from Mexico City to Anchorage, it took around a week and a half. Within the US, I passed through the states of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana.

@@ludvigsilva1 okay. Sounds lovely. Thanks for the reply

Rough conversion for distance is pretty simple. 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers. 1 kilometer is .62 miles. For temperature, you must use the formulas.

@Martin Cregan Dude, they don't know when Cold War ended How do they know quite a lot? XD

@@domiiinik4320 The end of the cold war is a trick question because you could just as easily say the it was the signing of the Belovezha Accords in December 8, 1991. It not like when David Hasselhoff sings the war is over, although that would make it easier.

@@southcoastinventors6583 Their first guess was 1920...

@@southcoastinventors6583 Well, doesn't matter if they would say 1989 or 1991, both are good options, but they were saying 1920 or 1950, that's just dumb

@Martin Cregan they don’t even know basic information. They base themselves on cultural stands. The girl literally said she knew the black death because of horror movies and Halloween stuff when literally I haven’t seen neither. The American literally hesitated when they asked how many stars was in the UNITED STATES FLAG!! And her excuse was “I was too slow”, like no she wasn’t. She wasn’t sure of her answer. They don’t know basic knowledge because they all were hesitating on easy answers and most of them were luck, guess, or just plain recent consent on a topic.

Yeah, I'm from the US and lived in Vietnam. While there, I was trying to explain that 'infamous' doesn't mean not famous, but someone known for something bad, and used Hitler as an example and got crickets (this was with 14-16 year olds in Hanoi). I switched to 'Pol Pot', and everyone was like, 'oh, yeah! That guy!' Let's go try that in the West and see how many people know who Pol Pot is. And one of my smartest students was 16 and in an advanced history class, and she had just learned about the Holocaust and asked me why Hitler hated Jews. I said I wish I knew, but she had just learned about it at 16. But y'all have your own history, most people here don't know anything about, say, the Chinese occupation of Vietnam, or the Nguyen dynasty. Europeans are so arrogant, though, they act like are so much better than us, I'd rather go to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, etc over Europe any day! Food is way better, too.

@@TheBLGL everyone has their preferences and i don't think all European think they are better just like not all American think they are better . ( If someone came up to me thinking "i am better then you" and attitude too i would make it hard time for them untill i can bash the arogance and ego down from them thinking their better then me in everything . I had some luck to meet with these people and they latter get their "friends" but they did nothing .. . Thou there where a lot of amezing people from all around the world and i can tell ya when you know where to look and know how to choose people to hang out with .. its just a nicer world )

say whatever you want, but the statistic and result on tests dont lie

@@rainbows5232 not that I’m going to defend the American education system to the end here but til it stagnated it produced the most effective early public education in the world. As usual the places we “liberated” made better on our inventions, which is what inevitably happens in the progress of democratic institutions. Though I will say “statistics” and “tests” do lie, very often actually. Especially when you have never looked at their sampling method, or the featured requirements and how they compare to home nations or the intent of design. Often the US places a greater priority on extracurriculars than many other places which is one of many factors that aren’t tested for example. It’s not that you are wrong, but the basis of your argument absolutely is.

@@Souledex Even the word "Kindergarten" is German for a reason, so nope you don't. What do you do with our invetions e.g. the car, the computer..we even brought you Americans to the moon with our German NASA director :D

I made the same comment. To be fair, she said she didn't know what that translated to in German.

I Hope too...

@@mementomori1022 well I meant the European grls since they actually answered individually and the questions weren't asked in there native languages nor in universal for that matter Korean. I said a little advantaged and it was a game so still no big deal

And thts with every country with india too english just makes us to loose confidense

i had to think a long time about how in english they call the black death, the black plague. and i dont use miles so i have no idea where to begin

Eh even with that advantage they still lost 😂

hey also ich bin 18 Jahre und wusste grob 1990... sowas hat nichts mit dem Alter zu tun sondern mit dem Allgemeinwissen! Ich meine man muss nicht das exakte Datum können aber man sollte auf jeden fall wissen dass es deutlich nach dem 2. Weltkrieg und von 9´11 war. Lg

Me too :O In Denmark, WW2 is such an important part of history curriculum, I cannot imagine NOT knowing this :O If it was further back, like world war 1, it would be more understandable.

But Germany still has noticiable differences between east and west to this day due to the iron curtain. Plus Reunification Day. Sorry, but I don’t think age is any excuse. I haven’t lived through any of the devastating events of my own country during the 20th century either, but they consecuences are inevitably present and it’s impossible to not know, much less not heard, about them all.

Its such an integral part of German history because of the devision and the reunification that Jessica MUST know this! This war really not good of her.

I’m French and I just finished high school, and I studied the Cold War a lot. I was shocked by their answers too.

Yeah, getting a point for that mile-kilometre question, after she had guessed 3.5km, was pretty ridiculous. Clearly she didn't know the answer at all, lol.

But it’s just for fun. Nothing competitive here.

@@Nutzername92a also for the cold War one. The American girl answered 5 times while the European one 2.

Its 89

​@@dampframme8960 89 was when Germany reunited but in 91 was when the USSR dissolved

Not international schools they rnt.

@@simonjaz1279 hold up you’re taking about Japan’s leading international school😂 I’ve got friends in America who go to public and private schools, all of them don’t compare to this school. That being said it’s not particularly hard, just selective and with a high budget

@@bookwormd8627 umm no. In fact, most international schools are significantly slower than public schools because of language and cultural barriers.

@@simonjaz1279 ??? My school is completely American. It’s a selective school, not everyone gets in. It’s based on MAP testing and people under the 70th percentile can’t get in. I mean if it fulfills your snowflake heart to say your public school is better than go ahead.

i'm not even moving between country's. just gone back to school for a higher level degree then i have. but 15 years later. and oh my god. this is supposed to be a higher level education and yet it's a joke compared to what i learned 15 years ago. seriously education as a whole is just going down the drain.

As a German, I'm baffled about that as well.

That is just an arbitrary position. Show me one academic paper that specifically puts and "end to the Cold War" to 1989. The dissolution of the USSR is a much clearer ending point.

@@desperateswabianhousewife8317 Well.... probably no one here would snidely comment if she had said "1991!"..... instead of 1920 or 1940....

Me being German also wondered how she could not know that and was so far off with her guess ...

@@desperateswabianhousewife8317 I never said that the war ended in 1989 but the fall of the Berlin Wall was the kickstarter to the end of the war....

Yes, it's deliberate. And you are being let down badly, in my opinion.

@@bornwithteeth I agree, sadly.

It depends upon how you see it. In 1989 the Soviet Union did stop opposing the west which was why the fall of the Berlin wall became possible. After that the negotiations about the reunification of Germany started - unthinkable under the conditions of a cold war. You may see it from the point of the "winners" of the cold war and therefore with the destruction of the Soviet Union. But I think this is a false and also a dangerous interpretation of history, which brought us to where we are now.

who th thinks china is larger than russia 💀

​@@meowmeow3532and the Cold war ended in 1920😭💀☠️

According to this videos we are all dumb

idk everyone taking it was pretty dumb

To be honest though, a proper IQ test has tight time limits. Speed of response can indicate a better performing intelligence. But, it kind of doesn't matter here because it's only a fun, pop quiz.

@@BlackCoffeeee An IQ test will show nothing, its not about the brain capacities its about the basic knowledge that americans dont have

The Cold War didn't happen it was called Cold War be cause though the Soviet Union and United States were preparing for war but there was no declaration of war it ended up being one big dick measuring contest until the Soviet Union broke up in 1989 You are so European

Asians in US are smarter than the people in all european nations lol

@@megbae9127 It's the educational system, Japan especially has a really good education in schools

I intuitively answered 1.6 too, but didn't really know it.

Statistically there's a 1/15 chance that you're a 2 year old, and a 12/15 chance that you're under 13, which means that there's a 4/5 chance that you are violating youtube terms of service by being on this platform.

no, it actually started in 1947 or 1948. 1991 was when the ussr was dissolved, not when the cold war officially ended. it did indeed end in 1989.

That is so true. Personally my school is one that teaches tons about the rest of the world, but I also know of schools that don't do that.

well, you can say that on average in the US, there are far fewer schools that teach about the outside world, far fewer people who do any sort of overseas travel, and virtually no one without a special personal compelling reason who learn a foreign language well enough to have even a simple sensible conversation. Seriously, I lived two years in Texas and dit not meet a single non-hispanic white person with conversational Spanish skills. Sure, the US has an extreme variation and the upper elite of American schools and Universities are world leaders in just about any field - just as the lower 10% is not merely rock bottom, but somewhere well below that level. However, the Average American school really does a poor job on teaching about the outside world, and especially the second language teaching is almost universally appallingly bad.

@@christofferbuggeharder1349 As an American I used to be really bothered by the language thing. Sure, everyone I knew was required to take at least 2 years of foreign language to graduate from highschool, but to your point most just did the bare minimum to pass and forgot most of it within a few years of graduating. Then I started traveling and in trying to discover just how far behind I was from other native English speakers I discovered... that they knew just as much foreign language as my friends back home. Didn't seem to matter if I was in Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand; even Canada so long as I was on the West Coast (which shocked me given the QB is a thing). That's when I realized it wasn't an American thing but an entitled English native thing, 'If "everyone" else learns English anyways why should I bother to learn a foreign language?' So now I'm just mildly bothered because I love languages and think others should too :P And I know we're not alone now which helps too lol

@@EarlLeeByrd I mean it's crazy because it's not just the US, it's most English speaking regions, and even places like Italy. The reason so many other people learn languages is because they learn English out of necesity. Don't get me wrong, in some countries, it's normal to know 2, 3, even 4 other languages. But the general rule is people learn what they're going to use. Full stop. And in the US, most people just won't learn other languages. Hell, Italians are strange in my experience, because they either don't learn another language other than what they were raised with (most of them don't), or they know more than 4. Every time. Idk what it is. I know Spanish to a C1 level and I just started studying Mandarin. I like languages, and different cultures. But to crap on Americans because they happen to speak a language that most people they will ever interact with will know is just dumb.

America is a continent, not a country

"yet I knew all these questions" You knew all the questions? But did you know all the answers too? 😁

@@ITubeTooInc Lol, funny joke!

im 15 and sotimes i think about how little of time has passed but so much is happened in 120 years the soviet union was abolished 2 world wars we are cloning sheep it's insane

@@ewandewar3667 It's true, there are living (or recently deceased) people who remember horse and carriages, to men landing on the moon, to smartphones! That's crazy.

They should test this with younger people. I swear Boomers have more in common with GenZ, than GenZ does with millennials.

AUKUS alliance vs European alliance 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇲 vs 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, 🇦🇺, 🇨🇦 and 🇳🇿. Alliance.

Or 🇮🇪 vs 🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 vs 🇨🇦 vs 🇦🇺 vs 🇳🇿

@@eilishcorkery2364 Lol Ireland is not part of The Commonwealth 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇲🇳🇿🇨🇦 vs 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇦🇳🇱🇪🇺

Australia wins thay one hands down

But the main question , can you compare Italy against US in terms of innovation & technology ? It looks like what you study in your system is irrelevant for the future . Don't get me wrong I love la Toscana , but I would not go there for medical treatment

@@sesaba Medical treatment isn't really the problem. But the fact that we learn A LOT although a lot of things that we learn turn useless. I'm an Italian High School student and Italian students are super stressed just bc of school... Even tho we study day and night we turn 20 without knowing how to pay bills bc no one teaches this things🧍🏻‍♀️

@@sesaba I wouldn't take my chances in the US for medical treatment either. Europe has a way better healthcare system.

Actually North italian heath care system is the second/third best heath systrm in the Word. (After Japan and maybe swiss).. you coudn't get wronger than that! Touchè

@@sesaba🤣 Italy's healthcare system is ranked among the best in the world, just type it on Google

What ??? its the opposite, even you say "america" for calling the United State, despite some really dumb uneducated who are a very very ver very small proportion, we study abt everywhere, In High School we learn all about Middle east conflict, China, Korea, South America,Rwanda/Tutsi, US as always we know almost everything from ur country from the start, to wars, to the 20's crisis to ww1 /22 etc.. Its the American that are VERY VERY self centered and only when its positive to them, we only focus on Europe during Middle Age ( And Asia and Middle East )

Yeah, it’s funny both because of that and because the Italian word for it is literally “miglio”, which is not exactly hard to guess 💀

As a not native English speaker let me tell you that it's not always easy to associate words with the respective translations Plus in Italy the word "miglio" is only used in sayings basically so it's not surprising that we don't know the actual meaning The most popular saying with that word (si vede lontano un miglio) just means "it's obvious/clear" to us so we don't resonate much on it

To be fair it is the largest land animal.

Why

@@electronicbamboo6764 because elephant ain't the biggest animal in the world,

@@southcoastinventors6583 Yeah, but they weren't just talking abt land animals

@@mementomori1022 ppl like you don't worth it,

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States.

@@revolucion-socialista Technically speaking, that is true, but when most people speak of "American" anything, they most often mean specifically from the U.S.A. If they mean people from Colombia, they would say Colombians. For an Argentinian, they would say Argentinian. Speaking of someone from Canada, they would say Canadian. Across the world, when a person says anything like, "It's widely thought that most Americans..." or, "Our city welcomes many American tourists each year," it's largely understood that they're talking about people from the United States. P.S. No, I don't think that's a problem, nor do I think it's because Americans are self-centered, as if theirs is the only country that exists on the whole double-continent landmass. I think it has to do with the fact that it's the simplest and most succinct way to refer to someone of U.S.A. citizenship. United Statesman, U.S.A.-er, etc. just don't seem to work so well. I also believe it likely comes from the "America" part of U.S.A., and is not a reference to the continent at all.

@@revolucion-socialista It's because our country name is literally "United States of America"...

In general this is true. But it remains very sad that they all didn't know the answers to these very basic questions. Cold war in 1920?!?!

@@andytc4840 I wouldn't have known it. I have absolutely zero interest in history. I'm sure I studied the Cold War in school. I'm sure I took tests on it. I got good grades in history, but I hated the subject, so I didn't retain much of what I studied. When it comes to the subjects I actually enjoyed, like English and science, I have retained more of that knowledge. Does it make me stupid if I'm not able to recall dates for historical events? No. I could lick most people in a spelling bee, and I'd likely do better than many in the science category of a trivia game. Also, questions concerning specific dates are not necessarily "basic". Some people are simply bad at dates, and can't even remember their own family members' birthdays. That doesn't make them stupid.

They're not whole adults.

It's just 30 years ago, so you are not really old if you experienced it yourself.

Part of it is an age factor, I thought the 1989 date was wrong, but I remember exactly where I was when Gorbachev was ousted. It was shocking at the time as we'd built them up as a great enemy.

Bruh

Bruh

BRUH

Hmm, it's a specific historical point. Maybe she didn't knew the exact year, but World War II and the Cold War are definitely a huge topic in German education.

Same with Americans.

@@EdgarRenje that should be common knowledge and also when did ww1 start and when did it end

I was going back and forth between those two

I would say Paris Charter when a lot of nations signed literally everything together to end that era in 1990. So it was formal then.

It was taught as 1991 in school

Ok stop with the mansplanning

@@ardaciftci1416 I just had it in school today and for us it was 1989

I wish I could get a proper education like you. I live in New Zealand and I’ve basically never had homework. 6 hours of school (4.5 hours of those actually in the classroom) then I go home and do nothing till the next day. They don’t teach anything here. With the New Zealand education system I never had a chance to go to a top university because once you get to average level, they stop teaching you and you just have to wait until new average level work comes in. They don’t allow kids to go beyond average here.

But America has longer school hours…

@@rachelcookie321 they shouldn't do that. They should help you improve as much as you can , I'm from india currently in 12th grade. Biology is my major. Here i think education system is a bit different.

Guys you know i wanna make some foreign friends now to learn new culture, traditions cuz i like to learn new things. So if you're down let me know. Thank you have a nice day!

@@BharatSingh-qf9ip yea, the education system really sucks here. It makes me really sad because I feel like I could of been way further ahead if they had actually let me but now I have no chance of going to a top university. I would of studied more in my free time if I knew I needed to but I thought because I was ahead at school that would be enough but I guess not.

That would be easy, as we Europeans know basically NOTHING about US History xD

Pretty much

@@xlenaqz lol, my hustory was mostly about us lmao greets from poland

@@xlenaqz It depends on country and it's educational system tho. We had to learn about every continent's history and not just quickly run through, but really get in to it. But later on we focused mainly still on Europe and our country.

@@xlenaqz dont include all europeans as one. and i acutally learned a lot and have a good knwoledge from what i learn in school, not on my own