Hello
and thank you for joining us.
My name is Burnie Burns and we here at Rooster Teeth
would like to celebrate the Fourth of July which is a very important day
in American history by sitting down with one of our
foreign friends, Mr. Benjamin King who is a British teenager
and the product of the
obviously superior British school system and discuss
basic American history.
What is the Fourth of July?
It's a day when people set off fireworks
because they want to celebrate that they are independent.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He's a guy
who has a hat.
That is correct.
And he was killed while watching a play.
Right. What is something that is significantly different about America,
when it started as a country as opposed to where it is today?
When it first started
a had tribal people who lived in tents
What were those people called?
I know them because they gamble.
Alright. What's a famous court case that's been before the Supreme Court,
that had a major impact on American history and culture.
The one about Michael Jackson?
Where he was alleged to be like... a child...
Like, that... the whole thing.
Mmhmm. Michael Jackson...
Where he was alleged to be a child.
Okay. Who was a better
American president and why, do you think, George Washington or Benjamin Franklin?
Benjamin Franklin has to be the better one because he's on the hundred dollar.
You gonna be cool to be on a hundred dollars.
What are the denominations of American currency?
100
'Kay
20?
Yes, and who's on that?
George Bush?
Correct.
Do you know what Prohibition is?
Something to do with alcohol?
You like, after a time you couldn't have it.
And what ended Prohibition?
*Sigh...*
There was like a civil war?
Civil War? Kay.
And who was President during the Civil War?
Franklin.
Franklin?
That's not right...
Benjamin Franklin?
Benjamin Franklin.
And...
But I don't know who would be leading the other ones.
It wouldn't be like two presidents fighting each other, would it?
Here's the thing.
Stop living in the past.
We don't need to know this.
So you want to go to more recent American history?
What is Vietnam?
Vietnam is a place.
Vietnam is a place. Where is Vietnam?
hah
Well it's hot, it's like somewhere near Brrrazil?
Brazil. Okay. What direction is the UK from America?
Left and up a bit.
So if I was gonna get on a plane and travel to the UK
I would say "Just turn left,"
"and go up a bit." Right?
Alright. When did World War II happen?
World War II was the Hitler one.
World War II was the Hitler one, yes.
World War II happened in like the...
1800's?...
1800's? Thats a big... It's a whole century then.
What part of the 1800's?
1850?
1850.
Just like, split the difference. I don't know.
What was the event that drew America into World War II?
I guess Germany must have...
tried to attack America, with like a missile something?
Where did they attack the US?
Good question...
Washington? That's where all the stuff happens.
If I say Pearl Harbor to you, as an event that drew us into World War II,
Right...
What was Pearl Harbor?
A boat. Like a ship?
That... was involved in this fight.
And the movie makes up that America won when in actual fact Germany won.
The movie says that America won the the battle of Pearl Harbor...
against the German missile but in reality it wasn't, it was the German missile that won.
Okay.
Any other wars?
You lost World War I.
We lost World War I. To who?
Was France in there?
So we beat Germany twice but lost France.
Alright.
You're doing great by the way.
How many stars are one the American flag?
52.
Why are there 52 stars on the flag?
Because there are 52 states.
That is correct.
How many original colonies were there in America?
10?
Who was the first President of the United States of America?
Abraham Lincoln.
What is Watergate?
There was this...
Waiter...
Who killed someone at a party.
Who is Bill Clinton's Vice President?
George H.W. Bush? (British pronunciation)
George H.W Bush. (American pronunciation)
Well Ben, I want to thank you for coming and filling us in on American history.
I hope I've enlightened you.
You did an incredible job.
I'm just glad that I can teach people
what they just didn't know before.
Clearly you have, clearly you have. And I think that we learned a little bit about the
American history and a lot about the British school system, today.
Thank you for joining us.