What do AMERICANS KNOW about AUSTRALIA?

good idea amy laura joe georgia oh i hope you're doing all right down under so today i want to find out what americans know about australia let's go find some americans right almight let's do it sorry good mate sorry good mate so good sorry good such a good question [Music] when you think of australia what is the first thing that comes to mind sydney sydney sydney okay the most poisonous animals in one place in the world the video of the young farmer man squaring up with the uh kangaroo when he had his dog in a headlock and i believe that was a righteous right fist vegemite it's it's pretty solid it's pretty good on toast but if you're not into like tart flavors then i probably wouldn't recommend it and the forest fires that happened and kangaroos kangaroos tame impala tash toltana as well the rolling blackouts coastal fever all right yeah yeah loki i do kind of like australian music right now i would say like the forest fires and kangaroos and koalas honestly like the sydney opera house also zebras kangaroos yeah um giraffes giraffes lizards and lizards great people really fun people yeah awesome and then yourself actually i was going to say the same thing aussie friends close your friends so on a map where do you think australia is located right there awesome yep and yourself i am going to choose this area i'm just your best guess okay my my best guess is probably it's like somewhere over there okay all right final answer yes so that's closer to like england uh australia is right there oh my god it's so far right here final answer yes okay and yourself i'm not changing it it's right there right there yeah right there yes you all got it right so how many people mess that up yeah that's right there okay oh my god your best guess here here okay somewhere here okay all right so the closest person actually you got it right it's boom right there and yep and yourself same yeah awesome easy nailed it what is the capital of australia is it canberra sydney adelaide or melbourne melbourne melbourne melbourne melbourne's my final answer okay and then yourself melbourne is my final answer which one do you think i want to say adelaide italy mm-hmm yeah canberra sydney sydney melvin melbourne adelaide sydney man you threw melbourne in there and that really is messing me up and i'm going to go sydney sydney okay sydney sydney yeah universal sydney canberra canberra and sydney sydney i don't really know okay so the answer is canberra i wasn't okay the one i've never heard of right canberra oh good eye i was so confident about it what is the national animal of australia is it the koala the wombat the kangaroo or the bogan the wombat wombat wamba final answer all right and yourself well kangaroo kangaroo kangaroo kangaroo kangaroo koala okay um i really hope it is the koala bear i'm going wombat i feel like i feel like kangaroo and koala are way too obvious answers right okay yeah i'm also gonna go with wombat i'd say kangaroo kangaroo koala koala okay so it is the kangaroo um the kangaroo that was the obvious answer it's actually the kangaroo so the kangaroo really it felt so basic a kangaroo yeah final answer yes it is the kangaroo um which leads me to my next question is eating kangaroo legal or illegal in australia it's got to be illegal legal legal i think it's legal i mean it's that legal i was gonna say legal is it illegal no legal legal legal illegal yeah okay illegal i think it's illegal illegal illegal illegal okay i think that it is legal in the tribes legal legal yeah it's our national animal oh it's legal i know for a fact legal legal i really don't know i'm not sure so this one it is legal so you can actually eat kangaroo it's not illegal i don't think it's super super common to eat a kangaroo but it is like available at their stores like deer meat yeah it's like deer meat illegal you can eat um kangaroo oh that's kind of good eyes it is legal so i see lego tribes so i kind of they should change their national animals to the wombat then yeah they should eat their national animals so what is the name of australia's indigenous people is it the aboriginal the inuit the maori or the maus lanes the aboriginal the third one maori yes mario okay muslins muslins yeah all right um i'll go with her answer yes aboriginal aboriginal aboriginal aboriginal yes it is the aboriginal nailed it okay it's not the maori it's not the inuit the aboriginal right original yeah yeah yeah yeah i'm pretty sure it's aboriginal or average knees like yes it is the aboriginal you felt you were pretty confident now did you know you because hiatus coyote another australian bands they're constantly advocating for aboriginals they're aboriginal so you're at least aware now okay the correct answer is aboriginal what is the most popular sport in australia is it basketball soccer also rules slash rugby or cricket rugby qriket soccer soccer rugby rugby um rugby too rugby yeah cookie rugby rugby yes i'm gonna go cricket cricket rugby rugby aussie rules rules aussie rules aussie rules this one i would say it's more cricket it's kind of open to interpretation because yeah it depends on where you live i think for the most part it is cricket so so it is actually cricket yes you're right um rugby slash aussie rules is like a big part of their like culture i would say it's subjective special guest he's actually from spain what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of australia finding nemo where's dory kangaroos yep yep and um beaches like cool beaches yeah yeah beautiful yeah like the water and sand it's like beautiful yeah okay so i'm gonna show you a map of the world you point out where you think australia is it's bingo nailed it yep yay what is the capital of australia is it canberra sydney adelaide or melbourne i'll go for sydney it is actually canberra whoa what is the national animal of australia is it the koala the wombat the kangaroo or the bogen my heart will go to kangaroos bro yes it is kangaroo it's eating kangaroo legal or illegal no no it's illegal like for sure yeah yeah it's actually gonna be like you can eat your it's like what is the name of australia's indigenous people is it the aboriginal the inuit the maori or the mausolenes aboriginal yes yeah is it you got it now what is the most popular sport in australia i'll go for soccer soccer funny if it's not soccer it's going to be now yeah yeah guys we love you from barcelona we love you yeah so there it is folks that's what some americans know about australia uh keep in mind i didn't interview the entire population of america so take what they know for a grain of salt i'm sure some americans know a lot more than others some know a lot less than others um but for what it's worth thank you to the people who went on camera to do the interviews special thanks to the older people who went on camera um because trying to get older people to go on cameras like trying to catch a mewtwo with a great ball now to all the americans out there i ask you the same question what do you know about australia what's the first thing that comes to your mind let me know motorcycle guy yeah motorcycle guy yeah you

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Length: 10min 15sec (615 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 02 2020