Hey everyone! Dana here and today I've got Cari with me from Easy German.
Thanks for coming to film here in Munich with us. - Thanks for inviting us. - Of course!
And you're gonna be going on a tour around the U.S., right? - Yeah, that's true. For the first time we'll visit, uh,
schools, universities, and individual learners, like Easy German viewers who
invited us to do workshops with them.
That sounds really nice. - It's really nice I think. - And so Cari told me that they're going to
be visiting, um, Washington D.C., New York, a road trip from Colorado to California
and so today I have prepared a little true or false quiz - Uh-huh. - with, yeah, some
interesting questions. Let's see what you know and, ah, what you can learn before your trip.
And also everyone watching this also people in the U.S.
see how you do on this quiz and let us know down in the comments below, and be
honest; how many did you get right and what did you learn?
So for New York City - Yeah. - and having to do with languages...
True or false: fifty percent of New York City residents speak a language other than English at home
Fifty percent.
Fifty percent. - Uh-huh. - So that means people who are coming from other
countries and born in the U.S.? - Yeah, so just... - but have another native... - of the residents
in New York City... - False. - It is true.
Wow! Really? - It is true. Yeah, according to the official city of New York website that
is a fact. Yeah, it's very multicultural. - Heard that, uh, like twenty-five percent of
visitors to New York are Germans. Can that be true? - I have no idea. I've actually
never been to New York City. - What? What? - Yeah, so you will be there, you'll be going there before me.
Really? - Yeah, so... - You're from the U.S. and you've never been to New York. - Uh-huh. - That's like being
German and...no it's not the same. - Another New York City question for ya. - Uh-huh.
I see you looking! I see you looking at my phone!
Times Square
Yeah - was actually built on top of a huge cemetery so there are actually bodies still
decomposing there under the concrete.
True. - It is false. - Ugh, damn! - But, you know, the interesting thing
is Times Square was not but many of the parks in
New York City, I found from my research - Yeah. - were. Including Washington Square Park,
Madison Square Park, and Union Square Park were built - Really? - on top of...yeah...
cemeteries. - Does this really work out? When people, like, relax, having fun?
I mean you tell me. When you go, let me know. Change of location and change of
location for the question. - Okay. - Alright,
Washington D.C.: all museums in Washington D.C. are free. - True. - False.
But, to be fair, all 17 of the Smithsonian Museums in D.C. and the Smithsonian's
National Zoo - Yeah. - are free. So... - That's what read, yeah. - Yeah. - So I thought it could be true.
But then there are some other museums they you have to pay to get into.
The National Mall in Washington D.C.
is the largest mall on the East Coast of the U.S. and even has an S. Oliver
in it, a German brand, right?
What a question. True. - It is false. - Nein! - But here's the thing. I, here's the thing. I didn't
play very fair because the National Mall is not a shopping mall.
The National Mall is this - Thanks, Dana. Thanks.
Is it's a huge open area of land - Yeah. - that spans between the Capitol building and the
Lincoln Memorial. So it's this huge open area and there's just a lot of stuff to
see there. So all the tourists and visitors and locals go there, as well. So it's not a shopping mall.
So yeah. - So it's, like, trick questions, Dana, right? It's trick questions. - Yeah they're kinda...I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
I'm tricking you. - Okay. - But the things is, when I did another video with Trixi from - Yeah.
Don't Trust The Rabbit, she got them all right. They were all too easy. So I had to kind of
step up my game now, so, I'm sorry. - I'll end up with 10 questions wrong. - But so much information, so much
knowledge - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - you know? To take with you to the U.S.
You'll be starting your road trip in Colorado. - True. - So something about Colorado:
Colorado is home to over 1,000 official breweries
I'll be wrong again. I'll say false.
You are right. - Yeah! - Congratulations. You are right. - Yeah, 1,000 is a bit much.
Yeah, Colorado is known for its breweries. They do actually have a lot.
From what I could find, Colorado is home to over 200 official breweries. Um, but not a thousand.
But still. - Nice. German breweries? - No, American. There a lot of also microbreweries there. - Yeah.
Um, so all kinds of...yeah, oh so,
coming onto the next question - Yeah. - as far as the breweries in Colorado go:
there are some really interesting names for these breweries. You know, there are a
lot so people get a little creative with the names.
True or false: there is a brewery in Colorado called Verboten Brewing.
Verboten Brewing? - Yeah, well, Brewing, like, the English word. - Verboten Brewing.
Yeah. Verboten Brewing. - And it's exactly like this combination of German and English?
Yeah. - Verboten Brewing. - Exactly. - Okay, true. - True! You're right. There is a place in Colorado,
Verboten Brewing, and they got their name because they do not follow the German Beer
Purity law. - Ahhh. - They put all sorts of stuff in their beer: spices and fruits and just
whatever they want.
So that's why it's verboten. - Does that sell in America? - They seem to be doing fine.
They're still open.
Alright, jumping back to New York City for a second:
the Statue of Liberty is actually a lighthouse.
Yeah, you thought I was going to say something else! I told her one of the questions, but then I changed it.
Uh-huh. So the Statue of Liberty is actually a lighthouse.
True. - False. But, but, but, but, you're not that far off. It actually was at the beginning for
a few years used as a lighthouse. - Uh-huh. - But now it was not. - So it's right. - We'll give you half a
credit. Depending on where your road trip from Colorado to California takes you,
you might drive through Arizona. So if you drive to Arizona here's a question
for that. - Uh-huh. - In Arizona is the original London Bridge from London.
Dammit. Your questions are good
Yeah, is, ah, truth stranger than fiction? - Okay, let's say it's, like, true.
True! - Yeah? - It is true, yeah. - 'Cause it's so crazy you couldn't make that up. - In the 1960s - Yeah.
this guy, Robert P. McCulloch, he wanted the bridge for his development
that he had. He owned some land, and he wanted the bridge as kind of an
attraction. And so he bought the London Bridge and dismantled it in London and
rebuilt it in Arizona. And now there is some confusion because sometimes people think
the London Bridge, they think Tower Bridge, but no, no - Yeah. - it's a different bridge.
Okay. - It's called the London Bridge, and it's, ah, it's not exactly as exciting as Tower
Bridge. It's just kind of look, looks like a bridge. But yeah...
Just looks like a bridge. - It looks like a bridge. If your road trip takes you through Utah,
you could stop and see a huge art installation of a bunch of semi-trucks,
so LKV, yeah, trucks? - LVK, yeah. - Um, in the earth, so the long way, so that they're really
standing with the head in the earth and the whole truck coming up out in the
formation of a square.
So they are standing on, on their... - On the front.
On the front. - Yeah. So that the whole truck is up in the air. - On the screen. On the wind screen.
Yeah. exactly. On the windshield. - On the windshield. - Yeah. True or false. - False. False.
You are right. It is false. You got me. But I got this also from something that is real.
Cadillac Ranch in Texas - Yeah. - is a bunch of Cadillacs just as I described, so that the front of
the car is in the earth, and they're in a long row formation and, yeah, it's an art
installation. - Who would buy Cadillacs and stick it into...? - It was an art installation.
And now they're all spray-painted, brightly colored. - Okay. - And there is a similar one in
Florida done with the Airstream RVs. - Still it's not trucks. - It's not trucks.
No, it was, you were correct. You got it. California is know for having some
pretty huge trees,
yes? - True. - True, yeah good job, that wasn't the question, though.
Alright, so, true or false: the largest tree in the world is in California.
False. - True. It is. Um, it's called the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is
believed to be the largest by volume tree in the whole world. At the ground
the circumference of the tree is 31 meters. - So you would need maybe 15 people,
if you have, like, two meters each. - A lot of people. Yeah.
Final question: in Southern California there is a yearly Marilyn Monroe parade
where thousands of people, men and women, dress up like Marilyn Monroe.
True. - False. I just totally made it up.
There's nothing, I mean if there is that, I don't know. But I just made it up.
Why not? You know, why not? - It would be wonderful, right? - Yeah. - Yeah so,
people of California maybe an idea? - There's so many parades that you
would never - I know. - think if they are necessary, but - But that one I just - they are there, you know?
Exactly, sorry. I got you with that one.
Okay, but I had so much fun. Thank you so much for answering my questions - Yeah. - and playing
along. I hope, I hope that you all learned something as well. Please let us know down below:
how did you do on this quiz? Did you get the answers right, wrong, did you learn
something new? And what other tips and information do you have for Cari on
their trip through the U.S.? - We'll be happy about any idea. - And also if you
enjoyed this video be sure to go over and check out the Easy German YouTube
channel. All links down below, where we will also be doing a quiz, right? - Exactly
and the video will also come out today so if you want to see how Dana does
in my German quiz,
you should check out the Easy German channel and see also how people in Munich - Yeah.
answered the questions - Exactly we're going to go around Munich - Exactly. - and
not only will I answer the questions, but also the people of Munich.
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Wahr oder falsch: Deutschland ist das Land mit dem höchstem Bierkonsum der Welt.
Falsch. Ich würde sagen, um, Tschechien.
Verdammt. Ja, weil du, in Tschechien warst. - Ja, ich habe in Prag gelebt. - Weisst du das. - Ja.
All you have to do is we say our, when I say auf Wiedersehen, you can say it too.
Auf Wiedersehen! - That's all you have to say. Exactly. Just be ready for that.
50-50 I heard. - Yeah. - Yeah? - Yeah. So you're doing, um, well, not too great but also not too bad.
Stefan said I'm doing pretty well. - Yeah,
okay you are. Yeah. You're doing really good, Cari.
And remember, it's all about the knowledge - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - that you gain from this. - That I'm,
I'm taking home. - Right, exactly. What you can take away.
Hey everyone! Dana here and today Cari from Easy Languages is visiting us here
in Mu- I almost said Germany. She's visiting us in Germany today!
And...what is it? - These people with a giant pretzel. I wonder what they're going to do with that.
Not gonna eat it. It's a blow-up pretzel.