I think this was pretty revealing actually. This two Americans were educated and smart, but the Europeans still destroyed them in a quiz in their second or third language. The stereotype is true, not that Americans are dumber, but they are definitely less informed, less interested in the world beyond their borders.
@@Xzazashake Considering being ignorant affects your understanding of the world, I think it's reasonable to think that being ignorant still makes you dumber. Not dumb, but dumber that you could be. Admittedly not the only factor though far from it.
@@marcbecker Exactly. It would also be more fair if everyone could just write their answer on a board. Some people are faster with buzzing. Some people are faster at reading. Some people are faster in understanding a question in a foreign language. Some people are better at guessing (especially when the other person gave already a wrong answer to a 3 choice question). I don't think the result would have been much different though.
Having more people in this case was more advantageous for the US team tho. Because you cab clearly see that the German girl was overwhelmed because she couldn't read fast in English. So the number of people was compensated
no hate towards the girls whatsoever but I just hate when one of them tries to justify their educational system based on how big is their country compared to other european ones, when it has nothing to do with it. There are big countries in europe as well, you could drive 8 hours in italy, germany, spain, etc and still be in the same country, the US system just doesn't care about certain topics or countries unless it benefits their government somehow
No offense but your the ones who sounds ignorant America is huge literally 3 most populated country in the world meanwhile Europe is the size of the the state sure the population is large but some states alone has double the population than some of the countries
And it’s very dumb to think most americas are stupid sure there people are the smartest but that can be said in any country I been to many different counties in Europe I have some of the least educated people in my life
@@user-ov7mb2qs2y no one is denying the fact that there are also dumb and ignorant people in Europe, but of course you have to understand that even if one of the US states is bigger than a european country it doesn't justify the lack of culture or knowledge of some parts of the US population. US is a federal state, even if its bigger than many countries each state has its own government that means that even if the country itself is huge you still have respective governments on different regions to administrate its respective population, even in Spain each autonomous community regulates its educational system following the basic structure set by the national government. So, yes, not all americans can be put in the same box, but no, the size of your country has nothing to do with the matter so stop using it as an excuse for the lack of culture some of your population has. The stereotype is, as you say, that the US is the third most populated country which means the stereotype is proportional to your population
Well if you drive from westernmost part of the island of java to its eastermost part, it could take more than 24 hours, so i say european countries are quite small compared to other countries
@@Xzazashake Seattle-Miami 4400km....as Gibraltar-Kirkenes 4300km , same scale....On average it is 4000km including western Russia (up to Moscow), similar from the east coast to the west coast (in a straight line).Sicilia - North cape 3900km.... If the seas were dry (North Sea, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea), the surface area would be equivalent. When it comes to population, it is similar between Europe and the USA. The US is therefore a “continental state”.But ,in europe, despite the different peoples crammed into a smaller surface area, we learned to know others during history....to make war or peace. This is perhaps why history and geography are better mastered in Europe.
Argentina ??? In flag Red and white ???? That’s funny, not even close, if you mistake with a flag similar blue and white I understand, but red and white???? 😅
@@robert111k Of course it´s not as popular as the USA or Japan flag, but at least the basic colours you know... Like basic stuff.. But i guess in a fast game you can get frustrated and think less. I mean i don´t know for sure the flag of Mongolia for example because it´s on the other side of the world, but Argentina it´s literally in the same continent than USA... It´s like a person from UK not knowing the Ukraine flag or something. It´s not that it means that you are stupid, but it shows that the education is more centered in your own country and maybe some Europe, China and Japan. But in my school we learned every country and their capitals (i don´t remember most of the capitals tbf and honest) but i went to a really common school and even in that school i learned that.
The problem with this video is the same mistake that many people make (all over the world), that is, confusing two completely different things, intelligence (which is extremely difficult to evaluate) and knowledge, i.e. culture. In general it's true that when it comes to culture, North Americans are in very bad shape because their school system is ridiculous, but, in fact, this has nothing to do with intelligence. Having said that.... damn!... I must say that they all fared quite badly... even the Europeans didn't shine, hesitating on some very simple things. For example how did they not recognize immediatly Argentina!!??... Damn I could have understood, for example, Montenegro! Which is a small European state... But Argentina... damn!! It's one of the largest and most famous countries in the world! But I must also say that not all the questions were as easy as the first ones, for example the last ones, the ones with Andrea, were objectively very difficult. Despite everything, in the end the result was clear, and this despite the fact that European girls also complained a lot about the school systems of their countries, highlighting the problems that certainly exist. Education is truly one of the great problems of our time!!
This is not completely true. Intelligence can be trained. Visiting school will raise your intelligence like visiting a gym raises your strength. Use it or lose it.
I'm American, and I had to learn all of the countries of the world in middle school. We were tested on each one... Maybe it's more of an issue that our system is inconsistent, depending on state to state? Everyone should have the same basic understanding of the world. Either way, there are so many things that actually determine knowledge. Interest in whatever topic fuels you to actually remember what you learn... In reality, every country is a mixed bag and there is no "smart" or "dumb" nationality. What education/experience you were able to have and how interested you are is what makes or breaks your "smartness"
I'm European and in my country we had to learn all the continents, all the countries, all the capitals, all the flags and etc. back in elementary school. We also had to place them. It was painful but rewarding
@@moondaughter1004 was it rewarding tho? The European girl couldn't place Argentina in the map, the second biggest country in South America and the 8th in the world.
@@eladrio2311 it was rewarding enough for me to know that Argentina is situated in South America. The name of the capital is Buenos Aires. And their flag looks like this 🇦🇷. Btw I'm not from the same country as her
If you are still in the u.s after 8 hours and that's an excuse, then let me tell you after driving for 21 hours with car from south of sweden to the north then you are still in sweden.
@@ricartlu It's your sass, your competitivness but unlike the americans who are very smiley you're not trying to fake a smile you're very honest like the dutch
What they said about driving eight hours and still be in the same country it's funny because I'm Catalan and you can cross Catalonia in just four hours by car, though it takes obviously longer with public transport. In fact, I'm from a small town in Barcelona's province and it takes me 30-40 minutes to go to Barcelona city by car when it can takes me 1h 30 min or even 2h to get to the city using public transport, I have to take a bus, the train and maybe the metro (subway/underground).
I si vas de Cadiz a Barcelona trigues més de 8h ... Es relatiu, ja que hi ha un munt d'habitants dels Estats Units que viuen a menys de 8h de la frontera amb Mexic o amb Canada 🤷
Well, let's see the reality that the video showed. One of the Americans has a degree in political science and it's obvious that she studied international politics and some general geography, so she did a little better. Even so, the first 1/4 of the video was used to refute the reputation of American stupidity in relation to the world. In the middle 1/2 of the video, the Europeans massacred the Americans and showed the reality of American education in relation to geography, geopolitics and general knowledge, and the last 1/4 was for the Americans to apologize and the Europeans to show that in addition to having better educational background and general knowledge, they are also very polite. Lol P.S.: Please don't get me wrong, these American girls are very sweet people and it's nothing personal.
Very polite? There was so much subtle hints of superiority complex towards the American women. Those Europeans were not nice at all. When they were losing, one of them tried to make the excuse that this isn’t about being smart anymore, it’s about how fast you are. They were taking this too personally. Then later on, the Spaniard woman hit the bell too hard and the American comforted her while the Spaniard was quick to say “oh but I pressed it first” when no one objected it in the first place. Then once they won, one of them gloated about winning. Okay, Europeans on average are more educated than Americans but this video also solidified the stereotype that Europeans more conceited and judgmental whereas Americans on average are more nicer and humble. Nothing personal but that is the way things are.
@@robertovoce5545 It's not just the school, it's the whole society. We hear about the whole world in the news every day too. Quite different over on the other side.
@@robertovoce5545it’s not tho because if you look at the Pisa test you would see that America is on par with most countries in Europe and better then some like France, Greece and Portugal
@@bluedreamkush2392 being competitive doesn't equal being impolite. They were not impolite in the slightest. As for the "being fast" argument : it's not an excuse, but a fact. On general knowledge, the Spanish girl didn't have the time to read the questions. It's way harder to read in English, to understand the question and to formulate an answer when it's not your mother tongue. They were not taking it personally, you're over-reading it. Don't project on people.
i knew all the flags right away along with the languages. my geography got better when i started learning languages in general. but not knowing doesnt make u any better or worse as a person.
I'm glad they touched on how not knowing much about a subject doesn't make someone dumb. It's sad that there are people who are stupid enough to think Americans are dumb because they don't know where some random european country is on the map.
What a lot of people overlook about the US is that, it's basically 50 (main states) and other territories combined into one. Within the US main federal law, it let's these 50 states and territories govern themselves to how they see fit. In the relation to education, it is up to the States on how they want their education system to be ran. Some states prioritize education and some states, do not. Which is why Americans for the most part, their education isn't on par with other countries.
@@theodorefruchart7058 This German lady doesn’t seem quite knowledgeable though. I don’t mean to be rude but well, her performance in the ’’general knowledge’’ test is quite bad.
US here. When she says, "Good at some things, not so good at others.", I am not good with flags outside of North America and Western Europe. I even messed up and guessed Australia for New Zealand. Countries I'm fine on unless it's in Central Africa, then I might mess up.
To me the hard ones are the ones down from Russia and up from Pakistan-Iran. Uzbekistan, and all those than end in stan or start with a K. They sound so complex and similar at the same time that it confuses me.
I think its like this, Europe is a lot of different countries, languages, culturs, one learn in school, (one often forgett after classes) but learn again, by visiting them, and read daily about them in newspapers. We europeans know that language, cultur, climate, religion change, from north to south/west to east! My prejudice is that US citicens dont get minimum 20-25 days payd vacation.. they seldome leave there "comfort zone"/language zone!
Also though, we have a big country, so a lot of our travel or vacation is still spent within the country. We can’t drive and be in another country with a different language etc.
very unfair questions I think... especially in round 3...Population and ocean question is easy For Americans ....in General there were No questions For the areas near Europe....but many near America... First two rounds were often south American countries...
I loved the video Europeans are great and languages and discovering countries. Usonians are great in cities, places, events and flags. They are different intelligences, that's all, there's no talk of superiority. Education is different from country to country, there are subjects that one country understands more and another not only that. But it will be great if countries have the same base of international education now and tomorrow, it helps a lot for cultures to respect each other.
i love when people attach "smart" to when someone knows something, smart is not just knowing something is your thought process when fixing problems or how you handle certain stuff, to be very general. someone that speaks 4 languages isnt smart they simply just learned how to speak the languages, an example of smart is, a doctor but not because they know everything about medicine, is what they do with that knowledge, when surgeons go into surgery they understand how everything works and then they fix the issue, or a mechanic, same shit, ur not smart for knowing everything about cars, your are smart if you able to get that knowledge and put it into work and invent new things or improvise to fix certain problems, or even find temporary solutions etc, there is a reason why IQ test are literally a bunch of figures and shapes and lines and pictures, and not whos country flag is this
i only know a few flags cuz ive seen them often other than that i dont know, cuz im not a flag researcher but is really not that special ?a flag should only be special to whoever is from said country, you should know your own flag
These are basic facts you (should) learn in primary school and if not by simply being alive for a handful of post childhood years. If you can’t name the largest ocean or where South Africa is on a map …. 🤦🏾♀️ … I just don’t know what else to say. I’m sorry but you don’t have to be a geography nerd here just a functioning adult
@@NebraskaGonvilleJones Not everyone is interested in the same things as you, surprised? You really think everyone should know everything just because you know it and it’s considered dumb not to. Grow up
@@HfdguuUesv Of course people have different interests and areas of knowledge. My point is that the level of questions even for simple ‘general knowledge’ was way too basic for grown adults. The premise of the quiz was to establish if “Americans are dumber than Europeans” - how can you separate them asking questions 12yo’s should know?
A good argument is to say that Europe has countries that are close together and therefore know each other. But the USA is not alone on the continent, and it knows NOTHING about its neighbors.
That’s a lie most people know about Mexico and Puerto Rico because you don’t even need a passport to pr people who live close to Canada know about Canada
@@bigtj5607 Well Puerto Rico it´s an USA colony... it´s half way of being part of USA, so it makes sense people knowing about it like from people. But the critic point of this i think it´s more about the education differences more than what country do you know people from. ( i mean that helps, but education matters more i would say).
@@felipevlllll yea even in the education system America is on par with most countries in Europe and better than so like France, Germany, Portugal, and that the public school system no higher education we are better without a doubt
American education is actually good, but it is hyperspecialized. You choose your classes early on and you learn them really well, but you don't learn anything else. It gets even more noticeable at college and university levels. As a result you have amazing American specialists, among the best in the world, but they have very little knowledge outside their field. It is really weird to see how even high-profile Americans have lots of diplomas, earn a lot of money, are respected in their field, but they don't know basic things that children in other countries know.
That´s not a bad thing though, as long as you don´t change your mind in the middle of the process, it´s actually really efficient. I mean why would you choose to know a little of everything instead of a lot of what you will use? The big difference i think is in high school. Most countries teach general knowledge in high school, while in USA, as you said, they specialize in an early stage. This might be the con, but there are a lot of pros of it too.
@@felipevlllll When you focus on one thing too much you lose perspective of a greater world. That comes with a lot of reprecussions. One of them is that a person gets vulnerable and poorly prepared to face unfamiliar problems. Once this person gets in a situation outside their field they often lack knowledge and critical thinking to understand what's going on. Often they either blindly trust everything an expert tells them or paranoidly distrust that expert. If a problem is also complex it gets really bad. One of the reasons American politics are so messed up is because in the greater world everything is connected to everything. A policy choice in one field affects the other fields too. A nation of hyperspecializers has a particularly hard time understanding those connections. You basically ask people who know very little to make far-reaching multidisciplinary choices. For example, U.S. foreign policy is extremely important both for the country and the rest of the world. But the general course of that policy is chosen by voters who mostly have very little understanding of their own history and interests, let alone history and interests of other countries. Which often leads to a disaster. I don't want to make it look like it is only the American problem, but in other countries with greater emphasis on general knowledge it is not as pronounced. People there have more systematic and holistic point of view. There are also other problems caused by hyperspecislization like cross-team misunderstandings delaying projects and the like. But the important thing is people's lack of balanced development. If they don't know what else is out there, how would they grow? And finally, it is unreasonable to make teenagers make far-reaching career choices before they even turn 18. Again, it is not just American problem, but American hyperspecialized education, and especially paid education system make it hard for people to back out if they are unhappy with their choice. A chemistry student in Finland, who realizes that it is not their thing (for personal or career prospects reasons) would have a far easier time backing out and switching careers. They have more general knowledge, so they don't have to begin from zero, they may have received education for free (no student loans) and they may not pay for their next education either. American student in the same situation would either stay in their field, no matter how unhappy or low paid they are or switch and lose a lot of time and money.
I've noticed this too! I was surprised that European universities often have much stricter class scheduling. You often can only pick one or two electives per semester. We tend to encourage students to pick a topic to excel in rather than be a jack-of-all-trades.
Idk In my opinion standardized testing is one of, if not the worst way to organize an education system. You don't learn how to adopt knowledge and you don't have to actually understand the topic. You just need to know the answer to certain specific questions
@@tentonmotto6779 Memorizing national flags, national animals, national mottos, etc of other countries really doesn't add much to your perspective of the world. This is information that can be found in 2 seconds with an internet search. The information quizzed about here is truly rather superficial. A study of world culture and history, however, would be a good use of one's time.
As an american, it's fun to hear these fellow americans discuss the stereotypes regarding american's education... especially considering... how well they measure their words. "I believe nobody is dumb..."Ya, I'm like politcal science, ya like"
Yes. Because "blood" matters..... There is nothing European about US Americans just because they had some great great great something that came from Europe. It's insanely stupid when US American calls themselves italian or something when they don't speak a single word of italian and have never been to Italy.
@@jm4050 But that still doesn't mean that they retain the nationality that their great great great grandmothers had. Or maybe that is the problem with the US. They think they are still in Italy in the year 1854. Would explain quite a lot actually.
@@jm4050 Exactly. So the US Americans have very little in common with todays Europeans. Just a very general "western culture". Which by the way the so called "african" americans also have. Which of course is an even worse misnomer.
I don't fully agree with what they are saying. You don't learn this things at school, you know them if you are interested and learn it by yourself. That's the diference between people that are good or bad in general knowledge; interest.
I agree. A large part of the reason why geographical knowledge is greater outside of the US is because of exposure. International sports teams, entertainment, and news are just much more common and popular outside of the US
I know that clothes don't make the (wo)man and you can't judge a book by its cover... but the two Americans look like the students in the front row of the classroom, whereas the Europeans look more like those in the back of the class next to the radiator... and yet.... 😂
@@eladrio2311 Please forgive, the flags are way too simular, admit it. One just need to remember if the color goes at the top or bottom lol at least she did not say something completley wrong like Argentina. There are other countries that easily get's mixed up for being way too simular, like the Palestina flag and then another flag from another country looking exactly the same but have a star on it lol.
My swedish teacher in school taught me to think about the inner material of planet earth (magma) red and white as clouds. Poland is located north of the equator and therefor the white clouds are on top of red magma. Indonesia is south of the equator so the magma is on top and white clouds are on the bottom.
The questions are somewhat stupid and evaluating by speed is also controversial. I prefer to have equal number of participician and have the same questions individually and later calculate sum. Questions should also include logical questions.
These people are in Korea, meaning they have traveled the world! This type of quiz would only work with native people, who are not so interested in other cultures!
5:29, What? Canberra is the capital of Australia? That's shocking to me. I thought the capital of Australia was Sydney. But why is Canberra is the capital of Australia. Sydney is the largest city in Australia, but why is Canberra, the capital of Australia.
it's also a state....as Washington as a western state, and the district of Washington. Many contries don't have the biggest city for capital.....Berne for Switzerland,wellington in New Zeland, Abuja in Nigeria,Beijing in China ,etc......
From what I've heard, it's because Sydney and Melbourne could not agree on which city would be the capital and thus it was agreed that Canberra, which lies between both cities, would be the capital of Australia.
Like they all said, the quizzes did not really test intelligence. If they did something like this again, a random knowledge would be a better show. Also, I did want to point out that Americans and Europeans were tied going into the final round of identifying language by its fonts. They both were hitting the bell nearly simultaneously and two of them (as was mentioned) looked nearly the same. It really came down to who could hit the bell faster, again not really measuring intelligence. (More like who had more coffee that morning) - Try getting a better test than getting smarter participants as they were all great.
"Some people don't have the chance of having a good educational system": See that's the thing, in many european countries, there's is a general system that ensures you to have access to education. US system is so about a finality of making business that if you don't have the money you won't access a decent school and if you do you'll have to specialize in 1 task and ignore general knowledge or other domains. I personally think the US system is dumb, i'll let you judge the effects on its population...
I think there are several reasons why (north) americans might know less about other countries. For example, they are separate from all countries, except Mexico and Canada, by 2 oceans. So they aren't really close geographically to any countries besides those 2, whereas europeans have been historically very close to each other. Also americans have less historical relationship with the inception of other countries than europeans, since europeans started the Age of Exploration and the United States is the result of it. So it makes more sense that europeans know more about those places they historically explored, traded with and/or conquered. Plus the United States is a much younger country than the european ones. Another reason is that the U.S. has been the global super power for decades, and they have been exporting their culture to the world (films, music, fashion, food, etc) to a greater extent that they have been importing other cultures (granted, the culture of the United States is a mix of the cultures of the people who historically built the country, but you get what I mean, they have their own distinct culture). That may change in the future, but until know that has been the case. So I think part of it is that they know less about other countries because they didn't need to know. Also the U.S. is a big country, almost as big as the geographical territory of europe, so it is a bit like they live in their own world and learn mostly about their own history and geography.
I mean if someone went to school and doesn’t know the difference between country and continent that’s dumb, you can’t name the all continents or countries that’s still ok but one should know the difference.
i think it´s more a thing of people just enjoy bashing americans cause they think they are living in the biggest bestest country in the world. and it does gives ALOT of clicks having the title americans stupid or what ever cause they know people will click on it and then laugh at the people not knowing where japan is and such. i haven´t read about geography and flags in years my self. so even i would mistake and point at wrong place on certain countries and i am from sweden.
For Europeans I wouldn't recommend they bother trying to measure Americans by their intelligence. A country founded through genocide and built by slave labor is sure to have long term issues and it's still actually active in the US. We never ended the culture of slavery. It still exists in our industries and institutions. The cruelty is still there. We're actually worse in that way now than before. It goes further than racism now. If only it were just that. We're cruel to anyone that is vulnerable. Deeply and shamefully cruel. We derive everything we know about others from stereotypes, insults, and just general bigotry. What we've done with our SSDI programs and the way we deny disabled pple who develop conditions from the insane work environments & pressure strategy administrators is monstrous.
Cara,falar que alguém e burro ou não,só pq essa pessoa não sabe sobre outras coisas é muita maldade. Vou usar os Estados Unidos como exemplo: lá nos Estados Unidos,eles consomem 100% do que eles produzem(eu falo em questão de filmes e músicas etc...) Acho que por essa razão,eles,no geral,não devem ter muito interesse em outras coisas que não sejam do seu próprio país. Mas veja essas duas moças americanas,elas gostam de estudar outros idiomas e saber mais sobre o mundo a fora,por essa razão,elas viajaram e estão aí mostrando os seus conhecimentos.
O povo dos EUA vive em um país extremamente rico e com bem menos desigualdade social do que o Brasil, no entanto é ao mesmo tempo um dos povos mais ignorantes do mundo nas mais diversas áreas, sendo a única excessão os esportes.
Isso não tem nada haver, os americanos são burros msm. O país que mais consome sua própria Cultura é o Brasil. Pode pesquisar no Google. E nem por isso somos burros.
@@animalcordial ignorância é falta de conhecimento,foi exatamente o que eu disse. Como eles são autos suficientes,acabando não necessitando de coisas fora do seu país.
Isso de não querer ter interesse em outros países porque aparentemente o seu país "tem tudo" é só ignorante e preguiçoso, achar que o país é tão excepcional que nenhum outro tem algo único ou interessante. Ou é ignorante ou é só cope por não conseguir viajar pra outros países por qualquer razão. Brasileiros também vêm com esse papo como já vi várias vezes. E a cena é que nunca vi nenhum país europeu a falar uma coisa dessas
You know Swedish are smart people (not all) because they read books everyday or want to know the world, when I see Melodifestivalen they are the most technological, when Loreen sang last year the stage was in another level more than Eurovision. We love singer Dotter here This is the Argentina Flag: 🇦🇷 Uruguay: 🇺🇾 Greece: 🇬🇷
But I don’t learn flags in geography, I studied them myself and now I can remember all 195/197+ flags without needing help AND I’m Thai and we’re so much underdeveloped than USA so she literally cannot be saying that right now
The American gal said exactly what I was thinking. The US is so big many people never leave it because we've got so many different topographies and cultures blended within our nation. We aren't close to much of the rest of the world. Have the same people do another trivia with state flags and see how that goes.
That is the problem, many believe that their country is the center of the world and show little interest in what is happening around them. Even with languages, why are so many people in the US upset when they hear/read someone speak/write in other languages than English? Why are they told "speak English, you're not in your country"? When the people have private conversations... many 'americans' want their language to be respected and foreigns learned english for their comfort rather than they studying a new language.
I agree with you about most countries feeling they are the center of the world. Fact is some are, at least on a global stage, more important (the country and it's power/politics not the individual). As far as the demand to speak English in America I'm sorry if that has been your experience but it seems anecdotal to you as I've not really seen that nor do I care personally. I would never go to another country and demand they cater to my native language. @@wendyangel8717
You know, just France ( and just couting metropolitan ) have a lot of different topographies too, a tons, same for culture, regional culture always been a huge thing in France, just drove 100 or 200km away and you are in a different area of France, with a different culture, there is probably more different culture and historical background in one french area that you could find in the USA, same for architecture, gastronomy, history etc. France is the biggest example of that, but it was the same for all others European countries. And you have also huge country with lots of variation, but still people move, even if they are far away from others countries and if they are more poor. So the size etc is absolutely not the issue. You also have Germany who is big on the regional thing. Still we move around our countries but outside too. You differents states is just the same thing as the different Lander, or Departement, or region, canton etc that you will find in every single country of the world, it's not proper to USA. The main issue with USA is the education, that make americans really stuck to their country and clueless about what's outside. Because your education make USA seems to be the centre of the world, the most important thing etc etc Wherever we are from, each time we met an American it's hard to believe what is he saying, because most americans are just clueless about the others cultures of the world, and the general history of the world.
I don't want to ruin your beautiful video but....the "indonesia" flag showed in the video is actually the principality of monaco...the indonesian has the same colors but is a little bit different. (i'm European)
as a German (or better as a thinking individual) I say: people who dont recognize that 2 vs. 4 is unfair (means: out of more options to pick one who knows more about something specific - like with the flags - can do the job) are generally not smart. they lack of even basic understanding of probabilities.
You should have put those answers in papers and show them at the same time, this game didn't really show anything... this was just speed game and for most for their non-native language.
One of the Americans is more knowledgeable than the other. I guess the American public school system is deficient, too much freedom and rap for the kids.
American education system doesn't care about the 195 different national flags...and why should it? I can find this information with an internet search.
1:00 - Well, your "feel" is wrong, my dear. 1:14 - Many people, even in the US, know lots of things that they were not taught in school, so your point is moot, my dear.
I think this is not fair!! They are Europeans vs girls from the US!! You guys should do Europeans vs Americans ( INCLUDING LATIN AMERICANS, CANADIANS, ETC) we are Americans too!!! Thank you!
In English, American means "someone from the United States of America". It's not meant to be offensive! If you wanted to include people from across the continents, you'd have to specify. (North Americans, South Americans, people from the Americas, etc.) It comes down to a difference in language!
No, according to the United Nations, back in April this year India (1.429 billion) surpassed China (1.426 billion), projections show India will keep growing for some decades, while China's population will decline. There's no way China has hit 1.5billion while India hasn't.
So as a German: If I drive 8 or 10 hours north, I'm in Denmark, maybe Norway. In the West we have Netherlands and England (a bit Northwest), in the Sothwest we have Belgium, France and Spain. In the South we have Switzerland an Italy. In the East Poland (Northeast), Tschechoslavakia and Hungary! If you do the same in USA you are still in the USA. But in a different State, not in a different Land!!! There are 52 States that depends on USA not Countries! So what would you think if you are an americen citicen? Not knowing the European Countries doesn't make you less intelligent. This is my personel oppinion!
By your logic, Russian should be knowledgeable in geography then, right? Not knowing geography doesn't make you stupid, but it does make you a little more ignorant about the world you live in. PS: As spanish I could say if I drive 8 or 10 hours from south to north you are still in Spain xD🤣
@@juangarrido7430 Well I think it depends on where you get your knowledge! Internet? A good geography teacher? Books? And it depends on your self. Do you trust what you read / hear? Or do you have doubts about what you get? To make it crystal clear: this is my own oppinion. Teach me right if I'm wrong, okay? ;-) Have a nice weekend everybody!
D'apres ce que j'ai pu comprendre les américains ont pu lire plus vite le texte (la questions). Donc il avait un avantage. Si le texte était écrit dans les deux langues alors elles pourraient être plus rapides pour répondre.
Not knowing geography does not make you stupid, but it does make you ignorant.
Everybody's ignorant of many things.
@@thevannmannIts true but the amount of americans ignorance is on way different level compared outside the US
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@@thevannmannYes but some things are considered basic I think
Well, If there is no one who teach you that there is more than the USA, you think that it is the truth! Thanks google Maps we know it better!
I think this was pretty revealing actually. This two Americans were educated and smart, but the Europeans still destroyed them in a quiz in their second or third language. The stereotype is true, not that Americans are dumber, but they are definitely less informed, less interested in the world beyond their borders.
Completely agree. Americans are not dumber, just usually much more ignorant und less well educated in a broader sense. Not their fault per se.
@@Xzazashake Considering being ignorant affects your understanding of the world, I think it's reasonable to think that being ignorant still makes you dumber. Not dumb, but dumber that you could be. Admittedly not the only factor though far from it.
@@xenotypos So, it limits the expression of your potential.
@@programaths That's what I think yes.
@@xenotypos I was shortening 😂
You should've made the teams have the same amount of people to be more fair
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True, it's just a game but still
And also not in English 😂
@@marcbecker Exactly. It would also be more fair if everyone could just write their answer on a board. Some people are faster with buzzing. Some people are faster at reading. Some people are faster in understanding a question in a foreign language. Some people are better at guessing (especially when the other person gave already a wrong answer to a 3 choice question).
I don't think the result would have been much different though.
Having more people in this case was more advantageous for the US team tho. Because you cab clearly see that the German girl was overwhelmed because she couldn't read fast in English. So the number of people was compensated
no hate towards the girls whatsoever but I just hate when one of them tries to justify their educational system based on how big is their country compared to other european ones, when it has nothing to do with it. There are big countries in europe as well, you could drive 8 hours in italy, germany, spain, etc and still be in the same country, the US system just doesn't care about certain topics or countries unless it benefits their government somehow
No offense but your the ones who sounds ignorant America is huge literally 3 most populated country in the world meanwhile Europe is the size of the the state sure the population is large but some states alone has double the population than some of the countries
And it’s very dumb to think most americas are stupid sure there people are the smartest but that can be said in any country I been to many different counties in Europe I have some of the least educated people in my life
@@user-ov7mb2qs2y no one is denying the fact that there are also dumb and ignorant people in Europe, but of course you have to understand that even if one of the US states is bigger than a european country it doesn't justify the lack of culture or knowledge of some parts of the US population. US is a federal state, even if its bigger than many countries each state has its own government that means that even if the country itself is huge you still have respective governments on different regions to administrate its respective population, even in Spain each autonomous community regulates its educational system following the basic structure set by the national government. So, yes, not all americans can be put in the same box, but no, the size of your country has nothing to do with the matter so stop using it as an excuse for the lack of culture some of your population has.
The stereotype is, as you say, that the US is the third most populated country which means the stereotype is proportional to your population
Well if you drive from westernmost part of the island of java to its eastermost part, it could take more than 24 hours, so i say european countries are quite small compared to other countries
@@Xzazashake Seattle-Miami 4400km....as Gibraltar-Kirkenes 4300km , same scale....On average it is 4000km including western Russia (up to Moscow), similar from the east coast to the west coast (in a straight line).Sicilia - North cape 3900km....
If the seas were dry (North Sea, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea), the surface area would be equivalent.
When it comes to population, it is similar between Europe and the USA.
The US is therefore a “continental state”.But ,in europe, despite the different peoples crammed into a smaller surface area, we learned to know others during history....to make war or peace. This is perhaps why history and geography are better mastered in Europe.
Argentina ??? In flag Red and white ???? That’s funny, not even close, if you mistake with a flag similar blue and white I understand, but red and white???? 😅
Yeah here it really show the american we know (white shirt) and american that been outside US many times (green shirt)
Nobody cares about the Argentine flag other than Argentinians, I'm afraid.
@@robert111k Of course it´s not as popular as the USA or Japan flag, but at least the basic colours you know... Like basic stuff.. But i guess in a fast game you can get frustrated and think less.
I mean i don´t know for sure the flag of Mongolia for example because it´s on the other side of the world, but Argentina it´s literally in the same continent than USA... It´s like a person from UK not knowing the Ukraine flag or something.
It´s not that it means that you are stupid, but it shows that the education is more centered in your own country and maybe some Europe, China and Japan.
But in my school we learned every country and their capitals (i don´t remember most of the capitals tbf and honest) but i went to a really common school and even in that school i learned that.
The problem with this video is the same mistake that many people make (all over the world), that is, confusing two completely different things, intelligence (which is extremely difficult to evaluate) and knowledge, i.e. culture.
In general it's true that when it comes to culture, North Americans are in very bad shape because their school system is ridiculous, but, in fact, this has nothing to do with intelligence.
Having said that.... damn!... I must say that they all fared quite badly... even the Europeans didn't shine, hesitating on some very simple things. For example how did they not recognize immediatly Argentina!!??... Damn I could have understood, for example, Montenegro! Which is a small European state... But Argentina... damn!! It's one of the largest and most famous countries in the world!
But I must also say that not all the questions were as easy as the first ones, for example the last ones, the ones with Andrea, were objectively very difficult.
Despite everything, in the end the result was clear, and this despite the fact that European girls also complained a lot about the school systems of their countries, highlighting the problems that certainly exist. Education is truly one of the great problems of our time!!
This is not completely true. Intelligence can be trained. Visiting school will raise your intelligence like visiting a gym raises your strength. Use it or lose it.
But also... geography knowledge is not the ultimate measure of overall knowledge..
I'm American, and I had to learn all of the countries of the world in middle school. We were tested on each one... Maybe it's more of an issue that our system is inconsistent, depending on state to state? Everyone should have the same basic understanding of the world.
Either way, there are so many things that actually determine knowledge. Interest in whatever topic fuels you to actually remember what you learn...
In reality, every country is a mixed bag and there is no "smart" or "dumb" nationality. What education/experience you were able to have and how interested you are is what makes or breaks your "smartness"
I'm European and in my country we had to learn all the continents, all the countries, all the capitals, all the flags and etc. back in elementary school. We also had to place them. It was painful but rewarding
@@moondaughter1004 was it rewarding tho? The European girl couldn't place Argentina in the map, the second biggest country in South America and the 8th in the world.
@@eladrio2311 it was rewarding enough for me to know that Argentina is situated in South America. The name of the capital is Buenos Aires. And their flag looks like this 🇦🇷. Btw I'm not from the same country as her
It's not just the school, it's the whole society. We hear about the whole world in the news every day too. Quite different over on the other side.
@@moondaughter1004 as a French we have only leran european capitals ad locations
Please do more of these geography type quizzes. I love the dynamic of it.
If you are still in the u.s after 8 hours and that's an excuse, then let me tell you after driving for 21 hours with car from south of sweden to the north then you are still in sweden.
United States is 22 times bigger than Sweden... so her example about driving hours is silly when she could have used actual size
Do you know how much bigger the US is than Sweden?
And? We need drive ONE WEEK from Tierra del Fuego to La Quiaca, from to southest city to northest city in Argentina😂
Very very interesting channel. Thanks for sharing this.
She's super FRENCH! 🤣
What does it supposed to mean ? 😅
oh yeah i’m curious aha what does it mean?
@@ricartlu It's your sass, your competitivness but unlike the americans who are very smiley you're not trying to fake a smile you're very honest like the dutch
I like this segment. Hope, more this segment, better.
What they said about driving eight hours and still be in the same country it's funny because I'm Catalan and you can cross Catalonia in just four hours by car, though it takes obviously longer with public transport. In fact, I'm from a small town in Barcelona's province and it takes me 30-40 minutes to go to Barcelona city by car when it can takes me 1h 30 min or even 2h to get to the city using public transport, I have to take a bus, the train and maybe the metro (subway/underground).
I si vas de Cadiz a Barcelona trigues més de 8h ... Es relatiu, ja que hi ha un munt d'habitants dels Estats Units que viuen a menys de 8h de la frontera amb Mexic o amb Canada 🤷
@@jordi95 Dic de punta a punta de Catalunya. Vaig anar amb autocar a Granada i vam trigar entre 8 i 12 hores (per parades).
Manejo 8 horas al norte y llego a Córdoba. Me faltarían 4 días enteros solos de auto para llegar a Paraguay, Bolivia....
@@marianomartinez3008 Pues aquí en Cataluña, España ya te digo que no, solo Cataluña, en 4h llegas a cualquier parte.
Imagine being graduated in Political science and not being sure if it's Argentina or not on the map...
Well, let's see the reality that the video showed. One of the Americans has a degree in political science and it's obvious that she studied international politics and some general geography, so she did a little better. Even so, the first 1/4 of the video was used to refute the reputation of American stupidity in relation to the world. In the middle 1/2 of the video, the Europeans massacred the Americans and showed the reality of American education in relation to geography, geopolitics and general knowledge, and the last 1/4 was for the Americans to apologize and the Europeans to show that in addition to having better educational background and general knowledge, they are also very polite. Lol
P.S.: Please don't get me wrong, these American girls are very sweet people and it's nothing personal.
It's just a practical problem: public primary education in US is absolutely poor, when compared with EU one.
Very polite? There was so much subtle hints of superiority complex towards the American women. Those Europeans were not nice at all. When they were losing, one of them tried to make the excuse that this isn’t about being smart anymore, it’s about how fast you are. They were taking this too personally. Then later on, the Spaniard woman hit the bell too hard and the American comforted her while the Spaniard was quick to say “oh but I pressed it first” when no one objected it in the first place. Then once they won, one of them gloated about winning.
Okay, Europeans on average are more educated than Americans but this video also solidified the stereotype that Europeans more conceited and judgmental whereas Americans on average are more nicer and humble. Nothing personal but that is the way things are.
@@robertovoce5545 It's not just the school, it's the whole society. We hear about the whole world in the news every day too. Quite different over on the other side.
@@robertovoce5545it’s not tho because if you look at the Pisa test you would see that America is on par with most countries in Europe and better then some like France, Greece and Portugal
@@bluedreamkush2392 being competitive doesn't equal being impolite. They were not impolite in the slightest.
As for the "being fast" argument : it's not an excuse, but a fact. On general knowledge, the Spanish girl didn't have the time to read the questions. It's way harder to read in English, to understand the question and to formulate an answer when it's not your mother tongue.
They were not taking it personally, you're over-reading it. Don't project on people.
i knew all the flags right away along with the languages. my geography got better when i started learning languages in general. but not knowing doesnt make u any better or worse as a person.
I'm glad they touched on how not knowing much about a subject doesn't make someone dumb. It's sad that there are people who are stupid enough to think Americans are dumb because they don't know where some random european country is on the map.
What a lot of people overlook about the US is that, it's basically 50 (main states) and other territories combined into one. Within the US main federal law, it let's these 50 states and territories govern themselves to how they see fit. In the relation to education, it is up to the States on how they want their education system to be ran. Some states prioritize education and some states, do not. Which is why Americans for the most part, their education isn't on par with other countries.
Same in Germany, and they don't have the same problems
@@theodorefruchart7058 This German lady doesn’t seem quite knowledgeable though.
I don’t mean to be rude but well, her performance in the ’’general knowledge’’ test is quite bad.
@@theodorefruchart7058 sure😅
@@theodorefruchart7058 Germany is 3.63% the size of the US
US here. When she says, "Good at some things, not so good at others.", I am not good with flags outside of North America and Western Europe. I even messed up and guessed Australia for New Zealand. Countries I'm fine on unless it's in Central Africa, then I might mess up.
To me the hard ones are the ones down from Russia and up from Pakistan-Iran. Uzbekistan, and all those than end in stan or start with a K. They sound so complex and similar at the same time that it confuses me.
You should have added two more Americans here like Christina or Haley ..
I think its like this, Europe is a lot of different countries, languages, culturs, one learn in school, (one often forgett after classes) but learn again, by visiting them, and read daily about them in newspapers.
We europeans know that language, cultur, climate, religion change, from north to south/west to east!
My prejudice is that US citicens dont get minimum 20-25 days payd vacation.. they seldome leave there "comfort zone"/language zone!
Also though, we have a big country, so a lot of our travel or vacation is still spent within the country. We can’t drive and be in another country with a different language etc.
very unfair questions I think... especially in round 3...Population and ocean question is easy For Americans ....in General there were No questions For the areas near Europe....but many near America...
First two rounds were often south American countries...
I loved the video Europeans are great and languages and discovering countries.
Usonians are great in cities, places, events and flags.
They are different intelligences, that's all, there's no talk of superiority.
Education is different from country to country, there are subjects that one country understands more and another not only that.
But it will be great if countries have the same base of international education now and tomorrow, it helps a lot for cultures to respect each other.
i love when people attach "smart" to when someone knows something, smart is not just knowing something is your thought process when fixing problems or how you handle certain stuff, to be very general. someone that speaks 4 languages isnt smart they simply just learned how to speak the languages, an example of smart is, a doctor but not because they know everything about medicine, is what they do with that knowledge, when surgeons go into surgery they understand how everything works and then they fix the issue, or a mechanic, same shit, ur not smart for knowing everything about cars, your are smart if you able to get that knowledge and put it into work and invent new things or improvise to fix certain problems, or even find temporary solutions etc, there is a reason why IQ test are literally a bunch of figures and shapes and lines and pictures, and not whos country flag is this
i only know a few flags cuz ive seen them often other than that i dont know, cuz im not a flag researcher but is really not that special ?a flag should only be special to whoever is from said country, you should know your own flag
Today Andrea is Andrea, from Brazil! ❤❤❤❤
What the hell kind of questions are these? Are they supposed to be kindergarten children or young adults 🤦🏾♀️
Normal quizzes for people who are not geography nerds?
These are basic facts you (should) learn in primary school and if not by simply being alive for a handful of post childhood years. If you can’t name the largest ocean or where South Africa is on a map …. 🤦🏾♀️ … I just don’t know what else to say. I’m sorry but you don’t have to be a geography nerd here just a functioning adult
@@NebraskaGonvilleJones Not everyone is interested in the same things as you, surprised? You really think everyone should know everything just because you know it and it’s considered dumb not to. Grow up
@@HfdguuUesv Of course people have different interests and areas of knowledge. My point is that the level of questions even for simple ‘general knowledge’ was way too basic for grown adults. The premise of the quiz was to establish if “Americans are dumber than Europeans” - how can you separate them asking questions 12yo’s should know?
@@NebraskaGonvilleJones the same way you would seperate them asking harder questions
A good argument is to say that Europe has countries that are close together and therefore know each other.
But the USA is not alone on the continent, and it knows NOTHING about its neighbors.
That’s a lie most people know about Mexico and Puerto Rico because you don’t even need a passport to pr people who live close to Canada know about Canada
@@bigtj5607 Well Puerto Rico it´s an USA colony... it´s half way of being part of USA, so it makes sense people knowing about it like from people. But the critic point of this i think it´s more about the education differences more than what country do you know people from. ( i mean that helps, but education matters more i would say).
@@felipevlllll yea even in the education system America is on par with most countries in Europe and better than so like France, Germany,
Portugal, and that the public school system no higher education we are better without a doubt
'General knowledge' round is not fair.
Obviously the American woul read the question faster than the Getman
I guess I have to study more english to be as fast as Lexi 😂
American education is actually good, but it is hyperspecialized. You choose your classes early on and you learn them really well, but you don't learn anything else. It gets even more noticeable at college and university levels. As a result you have amazing American specialists, among the best in the world, but they have very little knowledge outside their field. It is really weird to see how even high-profile Americans have lots of diplomas, earn a lot of money, are respected in their field, but they don't know basic things that children in other countries know.
That´s not a bad thing though, as long as you don´t change your mind in the middle of the process, it´s actually really efficient. I mean why would you choose to know a little of everything instead of a lot of what you will use?
The big difference i think is in high school. Most countries teach general knowledge in high school, while in USA, as you said, they specialize in an early stage.
This might be the con, but there are a lot of pros of it too.
@@felipevlllll When you focus on one thing too much you lose perspective of a greater world. That comes with a lot of reprecussions.
One of them is that a person gets vulnerable and poorly prepared to face unfamiliar problems. Once this person gets in a situation outside their field they often lack knowledge and critical thinking to understand what's going on. Often they either blindly trust everything an expert tells them or paranoidly distrust that expert.
If a problem is also complex it gets really bad. One of the reasons American politics are so messed up is because in the greater world everything is connected to everything. A policy choice in one field affects the other fields too. A nation of hyperspecializers has a particularly hard time understanding those connections. You basically ask people who know very little to make far-reaching multidisciplinary choices. For example, U.S. foreign policy is extremely important both for the country and the rest of the world. But the general course of that policy is chosen by voters who mostly have very little understanding of their own history and interests, let alone history and interests of other countries. Which often leads to a disaster. I don't want to make it look like it is only the American problem, but in other countries with greater emphasis on general knowledge it is not as pronounced. People there have more systematic and holistic point of view.
There are also other problems caused by hyperspecislization like cross-team misunderstandings delaying projects and the like. But the important thing is people's lack of balanced development. If they don't know what else is out there, how would they grow?
And finally, it is unreasonable to make teenagers make far-reaching career choices before they even turn 18. Again, it is not just American problem, but American hyperspecialized education, and especially paid education system make it hard for people to back out if they are unhappy with their choice. A chemistry student in Finland, who realizes that it is not their thing (for personal or career prospects reasons) would have a far easier time backing out and switching careers. They have more general knowledge, so they don't have to begin from zero, they may have received education for free (no student loans) and they may not pay for their next education either. American student in the same situation would either stay in their field, no matter how unhappy or low paid they are or switch and lose a lot of time and money.
I've noticed this too! I was surprised that European universities often have much stricter class scheduling. You often can only pick one or two electives per semester. We tend to encourage students to pick a topic to excel in rather than be a jack-of-all-trades.
Idk
In my opinion standardized testing is one of, if not the worst way to organize an education system.
You don't learn how to adopt knowledge and you don't have to actually understand the topic. You just need to know the answer to certain specific questions
@@tentonmotto6779 Memorizing national flags, national animals, national mottos, etc of other countries really doesn't add much to your perspective of the world. This is information that can be found in 2 seconds with an internet search. The information quizzed about here is truly rather superficial.
A study of world culture and history, however, would be a good use of one's time.
As an american, it's fun to hear these fellow americans discuss the stereotypes regarding american's education... especially considering... how well they measure their words. "I believe nobody is dumb..."Ya, I'm like politcal science, ya like"
Please don't use that bell again
Indonesian flag in this video more like Monaco. I'm Indonesian but i can't realize that is Indonesian flag😅
I find it funny how these two Americans are also European by blood lmao. It's like watching European vs European 😅 but great video 😊 👍🏻
Yeah kind of funny american vs european when the reality they also have european blood😂
Then the only real americans are the native ones?
Yes. Because "blood" matters..... There is nothing European about US Americans just because they had some great great great something that came from Europe. It's insanely stupid when US American calls themselves italian or something when they don't speak a single word of italian and have never been to Italy.
@@jm4050 But that still doesn't mean that they retain the nationality that their great great great grandmothers had.
Or maybe that is the problem with the US. They think they are still in Italy in the year 1854. Would explain quite a lot actually.
@@jm4050 Exactly. So the US Americans have very little in common with todays Europeans. Just a very general "western culture". Which by the way the so called "african" americans also have. Which of course is an even worse misnomer.
3:49 almost Monaco
I don't fully agree with what they are saying. You don't learn this things at school, you know them if you are interested and learn it by yourself. That's the diference between people that are good or bad in general knowledge; interest.
From where I'm from, we learn these things in school at the lower grades whether we want to or not.
@@lratakele7645well i don't know where you are from, but, except from geography, we don't learn the other stuff in school
You learn them in school but you forget them again if you are not interested in this knowledge.
Primary's lessions things. Cosas aprendidas del primario.
I agree. A large part of the reason why geographical knowledge is greater outside of the US is because of exposure. International sports teams, entertainment, and news are just much more common and popular outside of the US
3:49, That's Indonesia flag. I been to Indonesia before when I was a kid and it's good.
beautiful and great women...
I like watching Lexyx and Andra😊
I know that clothes don't make the (wo)man and you can't judge a book by its cover... but the two Americans look like the students in the front row of the classroom, whereas the Europeans look more like those in the back of the class next to the radiator... and yet.... 😂
Shame calling Indonesian flag as Polish. Especially as she was Swedish and should know that easily. We share the Baltic.
That proves there are uneducated people everywhere.
At least she didn't answer Argentina
@@eladrio2311 Please forgive, the flags are way too simular, admit it. One just need to remember if the color goes at the top or bottom lol at least she did not say something completley wrong like Argentina. There are other countries that easily get's mixed up for being way too simular, like the Palestina flag and then another flag from another country looking exactly the same but have a star on it lol.
My swedish teacher in school taught me to think about the inner material of planet earth (magma) red and white as clouds. Poland is located north of the equator and therefor the white clouds are on top of red magma. Indonesia is south of the equator so the magma is on top and white clouds are on the bottom.
I love how the comment sections of these kinds of videos are always a war zone
Nao tem o Brasil mas estou aqui pela Andrea
Idem! Unfortunately, no Italy, no Giulia! 😢 But Andrea is there and it's also going very well. And then I was interested in the topic!
@@raffaelefederico5427 sim!!
The questions are somewhat stupid and evaluating by speed is also controversial. I prefer to have equal number of participician and have the same questions individually and later calculate sum. Questions should also include logical questions.
These people are in Korea, meaning they have traveled the world!
This type of quiz would only work with native people, who are not so interested in other cultures!
5:29, What? Canberra is the capital of Australia? That's shocking to me. I thought the capital of Australia was Sydney. But why is Canberra is the capital of Australia. Sydney is the largest city in Australia, but why is Canberra, the capital of Australia.
it's also a state....as Washington as a western state, and the district of Washington.
Many contries don't have the biggest city for capital.....Berne for Switzerland,wellington in New Zeland, Abuja in Nigeria,Beijing in China ,etc......
I see.
I'm not american but isn't New York bigger than Washington?
From what I've heard, it's because Sydney and Melbourne could not agree on which city would be the capital and thus it was agreed that Canberra, which lies between both cities, would be the capital of Australia.
Like they all said, the quizzes did not really test intelligence. If they did something like this again, a random knowledge would be a better show. Also, I did want to point out that Americans and Europeans were tied going into the final round of identifying language by its fonts. They both were hitting the bell nearly simultaneously and two of them (as was mentioned) looked nearly the same. It really came down to who could hit the bell faster, again not really measuring intelligence. (More like who had more coffee that morning) - Try getting a better test than getting smarter participants as they were all great.
"Some people don't have the chance of having a good educational system": See that's the thing, in many european countries, there's is a general system that ensures you to have access to education. US system is so about a finality of making business that if you don't have the money you won't access a decent school and if you do you'll have to specialize in 1 task and ignore general knowledge or other domains.
I personally think the US system is dumb, i'll let you judge the effects on its population...
This was surprisingly wholesome.
6:33 blocking button with her hand and American girl pushed her hand into it lol.
Change your channel name in to european ll and amerika friends ,lol
I think there are several reasons why (north) americans might know less about other countries. For example, they are separate from all countries, except Mexico and Canada, by 2 oceans. So they aren't really close geographically to any countries besides those 2, whereas europeans have been historically very close to each other. Also americans have less historical relationship with the inception of other countries than europeans, since europeans started the Age of Exploration and the United States is the result of it. So it makes more sense that europeans know more about those places they historically explored, traded with and/or conquered. Plus the United States is a much younger country than the european ones.
Another reason is that the U.S. has been the global super power for decades, and they have been exporting their culture to the world (films, music, fashion, food, etc) to a greater extent that they have been importing other cultures (granted, the culture of the United States is a mix of the cultures of the people who historically built the country, but you get what I mean, they have their own distinct culture). That may change in the future, but until know that has been the case. So I think part of it is that they know less about other countries because they didn't need to know. Also the U.S. is a big country, almost as big as the geographical territory of europe, so it is a bit like they live in their own world and learn mostly about their own history and geography.
Lauren taught Sofia her flags
What is shown here it’s knowledge test, not a IQ test. Education and intelligence don’t necessary go together.
I mean if someone went to school and doesn’t know the difference between country and continent that’s dumb, you can’t name the all continents or countries that’s still ok but one should know the difference.
i think it´s more a thing of people just enjoy bashing americans cause they think they are living in the biggest bestest country in the world. and it does gives ALOT of clicks having the title americans stupid or what ever cause they know people will click on it and then laugh at the people not knowing where japan is and such. i haven´t read about geography and flags in years my self. so even i would mistake and point at wrong place on certain countries and i am from sweden.
For Europeans I wouldn't recommend they bother trying to measure Americans by their intelligence. A country founded through genocide and built by slave labor is sure to have long term issues and it's still actually active in the US. We never ended the culture of slavery. It still exists in our industries and institutions. The cruelty is still there. We're actually worse in that way now than before. It goes further than racism now. If only it were just that. We're cruel to anyone that is vulnerable. Deeply and shamefully cruel. We derive everything we know about others from stereotypes, insults, and just general bigotry. What we've done with our SSDI programs and the way we deny disabled pple who develop conditions from the insane work environments & pressure strategy administrators is monstrous.
The title and thumbnail are outrageous
Now, think about the level of understanding (not IQ) of pupils in countries that are less prosperous and can just not afford better education.
Cara,falar que alguém e burro ou não,só pq essa pessoa não sabe sobre outras coisas é muita maldade. Vou usar os Estados Unidos como exemplo: lá nos Estados Unidos,eles consomem 100% do que eles produzem(eu falo em questão de filmes e músicas etc...) Acho que por essa razão,eles,no geral,não devem ter muito interesse em outras coisas que não sejam do seu próprio país.
Mas veja essas duas moças americanas,elas gostam de estudar outros idiomas e saber mais sobre o mundo a fora,por essa razão,elas viajaram e estão aí mostrando os seus conhecimentos.
O povo dos EUA vive em um país extremamente rico e com bem menos desigualdade social do que o Brasil, no entanto é ao mesmo tempo um dos povos mais ignorantes do mundo nas mais diversas áreas, sendo a única excessão os esportes.
Isso não tem nada haver, os americanos são burros msm. O país que mais consome sua própria Cultura é o Brasil. Pode pesquisar no Google. E nem por isso somos burros.
@@animalcordial ignorância é falta de conhecimento,foi exatamente o que eu disse. Como eles são autos suficientes,acabando não necessitando de coisas fora do seu país.
@@animalcordial sports, soccer, swimming they are legend tho
Isso de não querer ter interesse em outros países porque aparentemente o seu país "tem tudo" é só ignorante e preguiçoso, achar que o país é tão excepcional que nenhum outro tem algo único ou interessante. Ou é ignorante ou é só cope por não conseguir viajar pra outros países por qualquer razão. Brasileiros também vêm com esse papo como já vi várias vezes. E a cena é que nunca vi nenhum país europeu a falar uma coisa dessas
You know Swedish are smart people (not all) because they read books everyday or want to know the world, when I see Melodifestivalen they are the most technological, when Loreen sang last year the stage was in another level more than Eurovision. We love singer Dotter here
This is the Argentina Flag: 🇦🇷
Uruguay: 🇺🇾
Greece: 🇬🇷
Every time the blonde American and the French speak and are shown on the video, their face shines just like their face was a freshly painted car.
4 vs 2?? It was really US vs Sweden and the American girl took two European down. US won!
But I don’t learn flags in geography, I studied them myself and now I can remember all 195/197+ flags without needing help AND I’m Thai and we’re so much underdeveloped than USA so she literally cannot be saying that right now
americans generally dont care unlless it involves their interests and their expansions *shrugs*
Travel is the best experience. Therefore money is key
The American gal said exactly what I was thinking. The US is so big many people never leave it because we've got so many different topographies and cultures blended within our nation. We aren't close to much of the rest of the world. Have the same people do another trivia with state flags and see how that goes.
Why state flags? Cannot compare cause is the same country... then we should do too with states of Germany or Spain for example.
That is the problem, many believe that their country is the center of the world and show little interest in what is happening around them. Even with languages, why are so many people in the US upset when they hear/read someone speak/write in other languages than English? Why are they told "speak English, you're not in your country"? When the people have private conversations... many 'americans' want their language to be respected and foreigns learned english for their comfort rather than they studying a new language.
I agree with you about most countries feeling they are the center of the world. Fact is some are, at least on a global stage, more important (the country and it's power/politics not the individual). As far as the demand to speak English in America I'm sorry if that has been your experience but it seems anecdotal to you as I've not really seen that nor do I care personally. I would never go to another country and demand they cater to my native language. @@wendyangel8717
You know, just France ( and just couting metropolitan ) have a lot of different topographies too, a tons, same for culture, regional culture always been a huge thing in France, just drove 100 or 200km away and you are in a different area of France, with a different culture, there is probably more different culture and historical background in one french area that you could find in the USA, same for architecture, gastronomy, history etc. France is the biggest example of that, but it was the same for all others European countries. And you have also huge country with lots of variation, but still people move, even if they are far away from others countries and if they are more poor. So the size etc is absolutely not the issue. You also have Germany who is big on the regional thing. Still we move around our countries but outside too. You differents states is just the same thing as the different Lander, or Departement, or region, canton etc that you will find in every single country of the world, it's not proper to USA.
The main issue with USA is the education, that make americans really stuck to their country and clueless about what's outside. Because your education make USA seems to be the centre of the world, the most important thing etc etc
Wherever we are from, each time we met an American it's hard to believe what is he saying, because most americans are just clueless about the others cultures of the world, and the general history of the world.
@@wendyangel8717English is the language to communicate around the world
Be America and black haired girl you are so so so cute
Lovely Video
2:43 Can't they get someone who knows English to proofread? Three lines, three errors.
I don't want to ruin your beautiful video but....the "indonesia" flag showed in the video is actually the principality of monaco...the indonesian has the same colors but is a little bit different. (i'm European)
as a German (or better as a thinking individual) I say: people who dont recognize that 2 vs. 4 is unfair (means: out of more options to pick one who knows more about something specific - like with the flags - can do the job) are generally not smart. they lack of even basic understanding of probabilities.
Yess europe 😂
You should have put those answers in papers and show them at the same time, this game didn't really show anything... this was just speed game and for most for their non-native language.
first flag is Monaco,too. :)
Andrea se enfada cuando no sabe que es Argentina ......
One of the Americans is more knowledgeable than the other. I guess the American public school system is deficient, too much freedom and rap for the kids.
American education system doesn't care about the 195 different national flags...and why should it? I can find this information with an internet search.
France win ! in .... the breaking bells challenge
I can't figure out how came the russian start to called as a french ?
The Spanish girl is a beauty.
I want to meet you, the one with the American girl shirt
Todos los americanos, no sé, pero los estadounidenses seguro.
Andrea from Spain 🥰
Yes.
The blond american girl confirmed my opinion on her
1:00 - Well, your "feel" is wrong, my dear.
1:14 - Many people, even in the US, know lots of things that they were not taught in school, so your point is moot, my dear.
how can i try to participate in one os those video 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shallen no offense but what was any of that 😭
I’m sorry but ARGENTINA?? Omg..
I think this is not fair!! They are Europeans vs girls from the US!!
You guys should do Europeans vs Americans ( INCLUDING LATIN AMERICANS, CANADIANS, ETC) we are Americans too!!!
Thank you!
In English, American means "someone from the United States of America". It's not meant to be offensive! If you wanted to include people from across the continents, you'd have to specify. (North Americans, South Americans, people from the Americas, etc.) It comes down to a difference in language!
Buy a second bell.
YES
3:06 рускую Наташу можно вывезти во Францию, но вывести paшку из Наташи - нельзя! ☝
5:39 umm no? China is at 1.5b and india is still at 1.4b predictions show india surpassing in 2035
No, according to the United Nations, back in April this year India (1.429 billion) surpassed China (1.426 billion), projections show India will keep growing for some decades, while China's population will decline. There's no way China has hit 1.5billion while India hasn't.
@@MarcosSilva-bl6vu surrrrrre
He's right
@@qiaogao9284 thank you
Maybe offer the French girl decaf' from now on?
i don’t drink coffee at all…. ahah
@@ricartlu Pareces simpática 👏
Thsi was a little bit unfair ’cause this blond American, as I saw in others videos, is a not smart. The other American is very intelligent.
Sem Ana fica sem graça ....nem assisto
Sem Ana, sem like..🗿🍷
So as a German: If I drive 8 or 10 hours north, I'm in Denmark, maybe Norway. In the West we have Netherlands and England (a bit Northwest), in the Sothwest we have Belgium, France and Spain. In the South we have Switzerland an Italy. In the East Poland (Northeast), Tschechoslavakia and Hungary!
If you do the same in USA you are still in the USA. But in a different State, not in a different Land!!! There are 52 States that depends on USA not Countries! So what would you think if you are an americen citicen?
Not knowing the European Countries doesn't make you less intelligent. This is my personel oppinion!
By your logic, Russian should be knowledgeable in geography then, right? Not knowing geography doesn't make you stupid, but it does make you a little more ignorant about the world you live in.
PS: As spanish I could say if I drive 8 or 10 hours from south to north you are still in Spain xD🤣
@@bonnyboyer7949 Oh, man. I'm so sorry for my wrong guess! I hope you can forgive me?
@@juangarrido7430 Well I think it depends on where you get your knowledge! Internet? A good geography teacher? Books? And it depends on your self. Do you trust what you read / hear? Or do you have doubts about what you get? To make it crystal clear: this is my own oppinion. Teach me right if I'm wrong, okay? ;-) Have a nice weekend everybody!
so i'm only suppose to know countries that are bordering my country ?
ffs. that's the dumbest shit i've read today
Well, like Argentinian, if I drive from the South to North, I could drive ONE WEEK and I stay in Argentina👋
why kind of name is Lexyx? really.
not them saying that america dk other countries historys cuz they just live near themselves, im gonna k myself kkkkk
D'apres ce que j'ai pu comprendre les américains ont pu lire plus vite le texte (la questions).
Donc il avait un avantage.
Si le texte était écrit dans les deux langues alors elles pourraient être plus rapides pour répondre.