INSANE: Simple questions Americans can't answer

I go out into the streets of NYC and ask people basic questions to see if they can answer them, and their answers will surprise you! If you like the content, please give the video a thumbs up, leave a comment, and subscribe :)

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[thomasmacisaac]

What is becoming more apparent in the recent videos with questions like, "Who fought in the Mexican-American war" and "What country is the Panama canal in?" isn't just that the youth has no concrete knowledge of even the simplest things, but that they can't even reason out the right answer when it's staring at them.

[peteengard]

These videos should be shown at every school board meeting and PTA meeting.

[ritatodd]

I don't even laugh at these anymore, I just shake my head at the abundant ignorance of the young people, it's actually frightening.

[wcottee]

Some people will argue that he only showed the ones who couldn't answer the questions. The real problem is that he was able to find ANYONE who COULDN'T answer them.

[ep]

Astonishing that an American in New York can't tell you what country New York's in.

[rosemiranda]

It's not only ignorance, but the inability to think. It's actually quite sad to see.

[jimgoldstein]

This is your brain on McDonalds and TikTok

[corymaclean]

"Civil War 1, 2, 3.... you never know, so like, which one you talkin' about?"
"The Civil War. "
"Aight. So you wanna get technical."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's the greatest quote.

[gordonayres]

I grew up in New Zealand in the 1950s and 60s . I knew the names of American States, and cities -masses of them. I knew a lot about the US history as well as my own countrys and also that of Britain. And some of European countries . We all had to learn our times tables and how to add, subtract, divide etc and do basic arithmetic and spell correctly. Reading was a big thing. Television had not started yet until the early 1960s so we were really interested in books and comics were a great way to get kids into reading .Something has gone badly wrong over the last 50 years with this section of society!

[CoffeeFiend]

When these kinds of people are your ''superiors'' and they talk down to you in every interaction.

[harmlesscreationsofthegree]

You can tell that this is the first time some of these people have even thought about these concepts. That girl thinking about how many people were on earth looked like she was just given a zen puzzle. Please never stop making these

[countycalling]

What’s scary is these people want us to pay for their college, and can vote. Prime example as to why people should be tested before having children or voting

[kds]

Going to put a sign on the edge of a cliff that says " free wifi" with an arrow.

[mikestevanovic]

If only the Colonial Founding Fathers of the USA knew this was going to happen, they wouldn't have bothered.

[gyges]

Not unbelievable - I’m a teacher and every year the students know less. Their basic skills and facts aren’t at grade level. Kids don’t want to learn, there is no curiosity and they don’t read. Tic Toc has won!

[shannaesq]

Justin, you're actually providing a valuable service. Seriously.

[Anchor-Supreme]

Here’s the thing, majority of these questions aren’t even things you’d be taught in school, it’s just common knowledge.

Not being able to name other countries, not knowing where a national monument is located, not understanding that there are nation-specific holidays, all of these are just common stuff people know.

The fact that those points aren’t known by some people should probably worry them more than us. I genuinely wonder how they even got to the age they are when they lack so much common sense.

[tylerthompson]

It's just so crazy that alot of the questions have the answer in them and they can't even stop to think about that. What happened to school? Or common sense?

[geraldinedunne]

I wish the young man asking the questions wouldn't say yes when they answered incorrectly.

[Larryhodge-ojmb]

Our education system is failing badly. So many can't even think a simple question through.