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These Answers to Basic History Questions Will Make You Cringe
insider.foxnews.com ^ | January 26, 2015

Posted on 01/27/2015 6:52:59 AM PST by ilovesarah2012

Bill O’Reilly sent Jesse Watters on a mission to Aspen, Colo., for the X Games, where Watters asked some standard history questions and got very unlikely answers.

When was George Washington president? Watters heard answers that ranged from 1776 to 1983 to “way before I was born.”

What countries did America fight in World War II? Not Spain, France, or Russia, like some respondents thought.

Who bombed Pearl Harbor? Well, it wasn’t China or Korea.

Hear the cringe-worthy answers to these questions and more in the video above.

(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...


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1 posted on 01/27/2015 6:52:59 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

I wish Watters would aks these people whether they attended state run schools or private schools or if they were home schooled.


2 posted on 01/27/2015 6:56:08 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ilovesarah2012

And they VOTE!


3 posted on 01/27/2015 7:03:17 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Well, if we’d just funnel a few more billion dollars to the teachers unions, I think we can fix this.


4 posted on 01/27/2015 7:03:30 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Maybe 90% of the interviewees get all the answers right, but they only ran the film of the airheads. That’s gotta be it.


5 posted on 01/27/2015 7:04:33 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ilovesarah2012
I saw the Watter's segment, just pitiful.

And they vote democrat.

6 posted on 01/27/2015 7:05:08 AM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%---unless you're donating blood.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

“Stupid >Obama< voters.”


7 posted on 01/27/2015 7:05:19 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I doubt it.


8 posted on 01/27/2015 7:05:43 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
Thanks

These are amazing . A neighbor said his son was reprimanded in high school for laughing when his teacher announced 'today class we will be discussing World War eleven'.....HA

9 posted on 01/27/2015 7:05:59 AM PST by virgil283 (Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' men Who Started America..)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I heard it. It was pathetic.


10 posted on 01/27/2015 7:06:57 AM PST by Ditter
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To: ilovesarah2012
Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

The Germans, of course.


11 posted on 01/27/2015 7:07:30 AM PST by dfwgator
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Bluto agrees.


12 posted on 01/27/2015 7:09:39 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: virgil283

World War “eleven”? You can’t be serious!


13 posted on 01/27/2015 7:12:44 AM PST by NorthstarMom (My)
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To: dfwgator
The Germans, of course.

I won't stop you because it sounds like you're on a roll.

I would like to see some statistics on these answers. We have a lot more to worry about if five were asked and four got them wrong than if a hundred were asked and those same four got them wrong but were cherry picked for the camera.

14 posted on 01/27/2015 7:14:15 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: Texas Eagle

You don’t need to ask that question .. all you need to know is that the TEACHER’S UNIONS (obviously staffed by nothing but the most liberal liberals) have been running our schools for the last 40-50 years.

Why do you think our children are so ignorant ..??

Because, you can’t control people who are informed.


15 posted on 01/27/2015 7:14:23 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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To: SMARTY

“And they VOTE!”

Yes, potentially multiple times each.


16 posted on 01/27/2015 7:14:28 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: KarlInOhio

But they can tell you who so-and-so is dating this week.


17 posted on 01/27/2015 7:15:55 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: ilovesarah2012

Well, they sent the reporter to a site that is basically a gathering of airheads. Why are they surprised at these results?


18 posted on 01/27/2015 7:18:01 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user

He has done interviews on college campuses. Young people are not smart.


19 posted on 01/27/2015 7:21:24 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: NorthstarMom
You can’t be serious!

true story and the teacher did not even know her mistake...(and this was in one of the areas better schools)

20 posted on 01/27/2015 7:23:09 AM PST by virgil283 (Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' men Who Started America..)
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