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  • Thumbs up for the video.

    Thumbs down for all but Grandpa.

  • just comes to show alot of people didnt pay attention in history class

  • grandad always the smartest, the older you go the smartest you are.

    

  • Lmao: What did Paul Revere shout when the british were coming?

  • I have an Idea lets let the government take over the education system.

    Then we will all be smart.

  • @dntueva

    yay thanks to that shithead jimmy carter who established the deparment of education

  • Man, I'm homeschooled, and I could answer every one of those questions before they did.

  • INDEPENDECE?????????????? more like divorce!

  • i always wonder if this was actually real?

    it has to be a script it can not be real...please people what do yall think?

  • @gsus723 What's wrong with young people being stupid and ignorant and old people being wise and smart??????????????

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  • I saw some crazy Swedes know the concept of Jaywalking aswell.. "Goliath and the Giants" track "Jaywalking"

    Really cool!

  • that shows exactly the euphory of americans when you say things like freedom, independence, democracy or something in that way. it's so easy for american politicians...

  • @whenindoubtbjitout Actually, most Americans are not this stupid. What do you think they do? They ask a bunch of people a question, and when they find one that can't answer a question, it's action, cut and it's a rap. Use your brain. There isn't anyone I know that is this dumb in the US, and I am from England.

  • :/ i'm canadian and knew almost all of these...

  • People who try to know every little fact are annoying but in this day and age not knowing basic things, there is no excuse. It's 1000 times easier compared to even 50 years ago. Information is really easy to find.

  • What a dumbass fucking family!! How can ANYONE growing up in this country not know the very foundation of it? To not know that July 4th is Independence day? From England? How can they not even know the YEAR? What's wrong with these people? Thank god for Grandpa! HE grew up when an education was held in high regard because it deserved to be.

  • Leno is a condescending misanthrope.

  • If you don't think that there are people who know nothing about their nations history in EVERY country you're fool'n yourself.

  • @Safecu1 No one could argue that. The problem though is that ratio in other countries compared to America, which statistically is the worst in this area. Heck, there is problem a tribal family living in Indonesia sitting by a campfire that knows it's countries history better then this, without internet/tv/schooling etc etc.  Not knowing every detail of history isn't a big deal but it's a symptom of a much bigger problem. Chronic dumbness!

  • @whenindoubtbjitout well i live in america and i hate mtv. All they do is play shitty pop music. I prefer hard rock. But i know what u mean most americans have no taste in tv or music

  • commenting ruined youtube. man, you people need to lighten up. it's COMEDY. :P

  • you can go to any country and find stupid people... but if America was truly stupid... and its the strongest country on earth... what does that say about YOUR country and YOUR people?

    .... Just sayin

  • All those people vote Republican thats the sad part lol

  • So knowing 3 trivia questions makes you smart and not knowing them makes you stupid...

    ... idiots 'one', perception of intelligence 'zero'.

  • these people make me sick XP

  • well i dont think many ppl have an indepth knowledge of what happened during their country's independence even non americans except if u were a nerdy historian

  • This is in California. Everyone of these people are peace loving, pot smoking, tree hugging Democrats.

  • gyros and falefal are not greek, you idiot!

  • tougher teachers .... got the job done,,,check grandpa for proof at 05:40.

  • He also probably interviewed like 300 people and only picked the stupid ones but idk..

  • Stop at 3:06 - Jay's profile is right out of a comic book character

  • ...and that's why people elected idiots like Bush in office.

  • @MSW121185  You meant Obama right?!!

  • @gogdee you must be crazy if you think bush was better than obama is...

  • @Sk8isBetterThanLife Uhhh nothing can be worse than Obama... except for maybe Lincoln.

  • 'merica, F yeah!!

  • it is a common misconception that Paul Reveare shouted the "British are coming." however at the time everyone was British so he more likely would have yelled "the reds are coming" or most likely would have yelled the "regulars are coming"

  • @captaincumswap oh it's a 'misconception' but you were there right ? Too funny.

  • SOOO.....STUPID!!!!! I want to gauge my eyes out.

  • I understand these people may be using ALL their knowledge in the voting process this Election Day. I'm so comforted !!!!

  • What did paul revere say when the british were coming? hm..."the British are coming??"

  • Sad but true of our school systems; what does it take to get a High School diploma, now days? even a college instructor position? 

  • Are these people even learning anything in school????

  • Go Gramp's!

  • Lets hear it for the Grandpa's !!!!!!

  • Actually, Paul Revere shouted "The Redcoats are coming." The people then thought of themselves as British and it wouldn't have made any sense to them.

    Even then, Paul Revere didn't make the whole ride. It was Israel Bissell.

  • To be honest, I don't know the answer to about half those questions. Then again, I live in the middle of Africa.

  • I knew some of these and I am Canadian.

  • are these people from texas?

  • @annibanannifofanni

    Why do you automatically assume these people are from Texas?

  • @mk4ut He doesn't. He asked. There's one guy who clearly says he's from Texas, and there's little chance the crew traveled to different states for the purpose of such a short interview. Anyway, Texas is big enough to host all these people from the video and still be a smart state.

  • GO GRANDPA!! =D

  • @youngs1ncere

    THE KID DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH OUR SCHOOLS!!!

  • @Revis you

  • The greece monkeys enslaved the americans!

  • This is just a demonstration of how our education system has gotten worse and worse over the years. Grandpa knows it, but his descendants don'ts.

  • its americans! what do you expect!

  • No wonder they voted for Obama. They don't even realize that you must be an American citizen to run for potus. As well you can ask the question; are we a democracy? No. We are a Republic.

  • @pat52010 Which is a type of representative democracy. No, we are not a direct democracy but our form of government, a republic, is under the larger title Democracy.

  • Blame the teachers for now teaching this stuff in their classrooms.

    But with that being said, I'm a 20-year-old American and I knew every question.

  • Grandpa RULES!!

  • Proof positive that American History has not been taught in our schools for some time. Jennifer, the college instructor won the prize for inexcusable ignorance. Grandpa, who knew every answer to the questions made me proud. There was a time when American History was required in our schools. VOUCHERS now!

  • @anebt

    No, it was signed in 1783 by had no legal binding till it was ratified by the king and the Congress of the Confederation in 1784 (which is why I said 1784). Also since independence is an international legal matter the declaration of it does not mean squat. Vietnam declared independence in 1945 but the North did not get it till 1954 and the south 1975 after the legal recognition was acknowledged. The US declared its independence in 1776, but became an independent nation in 1784. 

  • A lot of Texas tourists in L.A. it looks like

  • Jennifer is a whore.

    Grandpa looked like Don Rickles.

  • It hurts to watch....

  • You know, I talk with Europeans and they are always surprised at my intellect. When they ask which university I went to, and what degree, I tell them I failed out.

  • Grandpa knew his shit!!!

  • even they can't locate alaska's location on the map...hehe americans ;)-

    come on england do it again :D

  • God Help America!!!

  • WOW please do NOT vote if you cant answer basic questions

  • They already are attacking [again]: check out the Rockefellers, Rothschild, etc.

  • "To get to the other side" AHAHAHAHAHA

  • @roxyboarder94

    I saw that coming too.

  • Grandpa FTW. On a topical note, I bet we know less about "our country" then the Native Americans who actually were here before us. What a shame, this country is really going to the shitter.

  • America did not get its independence in 1776, they got their independence in 1784 when the Treaty of Paris (signed 1783) was ratified. In 1776 America declared its independence but people forget the little war that happened before independence was granted.

  • churchill seriously wtf

  • actually, Paul Revere was accompanied by two other men. they yelled, "The Regulars are coming!" not "the British"

  • at 4:56 jay sounds like he said ''do u buttfuck with their homework''

  • shit if england knew how dumb the americans are they invade in a second lol.....

  • ...Hmm...I didn't know Greece had kings...!?!? But some mighty fine

    mathematicians from antiquity!

  • Grece want the f@@kBoy your americain are soooo do.....

  • 6:13

    What do you mean "these people"

  • @ampedcam19 Ugh...in case you think he's being racist, which you have to be a complete moron or a very racist person....by "these people" he told the grandfather to take "these people" mentioning and motioning to the FAMILY!!!! to take them home. He was joking....so lets not view things through such a racist light.

  • @ampedcam19 you have to be kidding me? are you really implying that? omg you are insane.

  • wow people are soo stupid...i know 8 yr olds who can answer all of these questions!!!!!!!!

  • no wonder people think americans are stupid

  • @FreakyB12 stfu

  • I knew every question and I'm swedish.. Can it be we have more american history in school then u do?

  • @iRbabo0n

    we have tons of american history, its just that for every smart american, there is also a really stupid one lol

  • @iRbabo0n no just these people are idiots... i promise you not all america is like this lol.. atleast i hope not

  • who knew getting right answers to history questions at the end could be so refreshing xD

  • Jay Leno SUCKS!!!!!

  • Fuck!!! how can they be so proud of thier country they know know nothing of there history!!! should have asked the indians( THE real Americans) they would know more about their history

  • @suzukidude1000

    This show is fabricated...they only show the stupid answers. Most Americans like myself know the answers to all of these questions....its just funny to see stupid people answer easy questions wrong. Peace

  • Way to be proud of your nation Americans, do y'all even know where it's at? lmao

    This is shameful....good job grandpa lol

  • Wait when the blonde girl said the Red Coats are coming she was right. It would be preety stupid to say that The British are coming when in fact the coloniest themselves thought of themselves as Brithish subjects so she was right when she said the Red Coats are coming.

  • wow this bitch is dum

  • What's happened to our educational since grandpa was a lad?? What makes it even worst is the fact that those were'nt even hard historical questions. They were the sort of facts that most people are susposed to acquire in grade school.

  • You had to have seen the to get to the other side answer coming just like why did the chicken cross the road.

  • and when grandpa is laid to rest so will the nation

    "a people can't be free and ignorant at the same time" Thomas Jefferson

  • I'm so ashamed of my people, and the Minute Men were volunteers who were ready to fight in a minutes notice. And this is why other countries think we're idiots.

  • How could you not know the answers to these questions.. This truly makes us look bad!

  • we need grandpa up in here

  • I don't know about the Minute Men but I do know everything else that was asked.

  • I am not from USA, but i know all these answers!

  • The 52 dislikes has to be the idiots, or the family and friends of the idiots on the video..

  • lol my teacher told us the reeson we teech s.s. is so u dont look stupid on the jay leno show thn showed us this vid

  • grandpa schooled them

  • We live in an idiocracy. Who do you think voted for Obama!

  • oh man how humiliating that these people don't know their own culture's history... good thing the old man was there to save the day.

  • ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah­ahah

  • i cudve answered all those questions correctly and im only 15....wow

  • im american and i dont know any of these really

  • Oh my gosh.... This is seriously an embarrassment to America... all I can say is WOOOOW

  • Go Grandpa! :p

    wow i am not even from the U.S. and even i knew all the answers :p

  • Grandpa's my hero--the "Greatest Generation" comes to the rescue again!

  • Im not even from America and i knew that stuff

  • @clelli1 Exactly! Now-a days, with the liberalism and socialism being pervasive in out school systems, kids don't learn anything.

  • You could just tell that last guy was intelligent the first time he opened his mouth... even just by looking at him. You could tell the rest were stupid and shallow just by looking at them

  • Sad part is, most of these people probably voted for Obama....

  • But you don't suppose Jaywalking is edited to make sure only people who give dumb answers get on the show? You don't think Jay should actually show those who kept getting all the questions right?

  • @dezzlok Well obviously they only show the ones who get it wrong. That's certainly no secret. The point is, how could ANYBODY think America won its independence from Greece or that General Churchill led the American troops?

  • I can't believe none of you have heard of General Churchill.

  • @Kirke182 well his part in history is old enough not to be on the news, but recent enough to not be huge in history class. And the classes that do get to it probably emphasize the American part of WWII.

  • @1StopDrop We're talking about the Revolutionanry War not WW2. There was no General Churchill--at least on the American side. And Winston Churchill was never a general to my knowledge.

  • @Kirke182 No shit, Sherlock? He wasn't even an American.

  • @powskier I'm sorry, was I talking to you?

  • LAWL Grandpa kickin ass with those general questions! XD

  • I don't understand, i'm 15 and i'm way smarter than those adults. How can you not know about Independence Day. I bet that professor teaches at a community college.

  • lol that last family needs to go back to school

  • paul revere said "the regulars are coming out"

  • American Education Results.

  • independence from stupidity..

    \

  • independence from stupidity..

  • Grandpa ROCKS!!!

  • Now is a good time for Britain to attack again.

  • @waluum BRITAIN SUCKS BIG CAWKS

  • @waluum With what?

  • I'm foreign and I knew ALL the answers.. I'm just amazed ...how..???

    with cartoons by scooby doo and the muppets talking about the 4th of july.

    on tv.. how can they miss this questions???

  • To be fair, Jay himself failed some of the questions. For example, we didn't get/gain our independence on July 4, 1776, we merely declared it. It took quite some time to actually gain it. And Betsy Ross did not actually sew the first American flag--it's one of those American urban myths.

    Gotta love Grandpa, though. Didn't miss a beat. Seems we've more than doubled the per student spending in the public school system over the past few decades and are getting half the results.

  • grandpa nailed it!

  • dang grandpa know everything

  • AMURRRIRIRIRIRIRCAAACACACAAAAA­!!!!! No wonder your gov't leads you all by the nose so easily! I feel so bad for the intelligent US citizens who see just how bad it is getting. I sympathize with the powerlessness they must feel, knowing that even if they wanted to change anything, they couldn't because these animals will do whatever their masters bid them to do to keep them in power.

  • Are you fucking kidding me??? I completed public school 10 years ago and still remember this shit. I'm not smart but these are some dumb ass people!!!

  • Idiots!

  • The sad part is that these people (except Grandpa) can't tell you anything about U.S. History - but they could tell you every detail about American Idol, Lost, or what's happening with the Kardashians. Also shows you how the school systems are failing in a big way.

    It's scary that people like this are out there voting in elections when they know nothing about our country - there should be some sort of citizenship or history exam that people have to pass before they can vote.

    Grandpa rocks!!!

  • Yeah! Grampa rocks!! :D

  • At least Grandpa payed attention in history class.. JESUS CHRIST!..LOL

  • Why are people laughing? This is why Barrack Insane Obummer is taking this country to socialism. People in general are STUPID! Instead of you losers caring about what a stupid ass celebrity is doing, why not pay attention to what this government is doing to YOU!!! IDIOTS!!!!

  • @spaceace78801 Because we think it's funny, people have Different sense of humors, get over yourself.

  • @spaceace78801 I think these people that are freaking out over Obama are the ones that are turning our society into an Idiocracy. When asked about words like 'Marxism' and 'fascism', Teabaggers don't know anything.

  • @spaceace78801 - let me get this straight... we had, unarguably, one the dumbest people sitting in the White House for 8 years and you're pointing the finger at Obama? I'd be here all day if I had to list every single thing Dick & Bush did when they bent over the people of this country during their 8-year reign of fear mongering and lies. I think all that Space cut off the oxygen to your brain, Ace. Try turning off FOX and educate yourself instead of having Glenn "Crybaby" Beck do it for you.

  • @WildBill6942 So I should turn on CNN or MSNBC right Billy boy? Typical liberal trash that thinks Fox is the reason people are finally waking up to what this pile of shit Obummer is doing to this country! Why is it that you morons always go back to Bush? That is a common response with you losers. "Well Bush did this and Bush did that". Give me a break loser! This idiot you voted for is ruining this country and all you can say is "Bush did it too" like a little bitch?

  • @spaceace78801 hahaha i love u man...im 100 percent on your side...i hate people that criticize bush for whatever...thats liberals go to move....

  • @WildBill6942 and You're right, Bush was an idiot but who's the idiot who can't be without the teleprompter? Without the teleprompter, Obummer sounds dumber than Bush and that's saying a lot! LMAO!

  • @spaceass7880 - every President since Lyndon Johnson has used a teleprompter when giving speeches. You try giving a 40-minute speech off the top of your head and see where it leads. W drove his staff crazy whenever he strayed from the teleprompter and it was quite obvious whenever he did. That's why it's there and not written on note cards. It's obvious you've never done any form of public speaking before. Do us a favor, move out of your parents garage and go back to school and learn something.

  • @WildBill6942 you do realize bush graduated from yale right....lol yea he isnt dumb

  • @123ethan1234 - he got in because of his daddy and had a GPA of 2.35.  I rest my case.

  • @WildBill6942 provide me actual proof of that becuz i know thats bs....

  • @123ethan1234 - it's public record, look it up yourself.

  • @123ethan1234 Ignorant hick. Stop sucking Bush's dick. 

  • @wowismygame far from it u dumb fuck...i dont mind him just like i dont mind obama...i think they both cld be better...but im not gunna insult them on youtube...cuz they dont give a fuck what ne of us think haha...u dumb douche...u play WORLD OF WARCRAFT...ur pathetic...u dont know nething outside of that game so stfu...

  • @123ethan1234 BTW dont play WoW anymore just to state fag. What are you 13? Like I said before, "Ignorant Hick".

  • Our future is not very promising....

  • @MultiBella00 DUDE, I'M 13, AND I KNOW THAT. IT'S NOT HARD. WE BROKE FREE FROM THE BRITISH IN 1776, PAUL REVERE YELLED THE BRITSH ARE COMING, ON A HORSE BACK, 1 LANTERN BY LAND 2 BY SEA, DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING?!

  • I'm all for entertainment, but as a fellow human being, I am terrified.

  • GO GRANDPA! LMFAO. what a smarty, what went wrong with our society? did they stop teaching after the 60's?! loll

  • All this is telling me is that once again knowledge of history has no impact on your ability to succeed and contribute as a member of society and is therefor the specifics of such are irrelevant. So long as someone knows how a people came to where they are today, the adversities they faced, how they overcame it and the mistakes that were made, knowing who, what and where isn't important. Who really cares what a minute man is, or who sewed the American flag?

  • Don't know for sure, but I would take a gander to say that Grandpa is probably a veteran.