Revisiting History

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  • @thenoelmiller
    @thenoelmiller  2 ปีที่แล้ว +233

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    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No you did Pearl Harbor

    • @masonpig
      @masonpig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No

    • @jonathank8741
      @jonathank8741 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up noel

    • @littletree343
      @littletree343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ngl I’m first but I just clicked on the notification on accident

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Forget NordVPN, I need to see NoelsVPL

  • @guy8200
    @guy8200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3516

    Not only did Noel think that Normandy was in the U.K, he also thought that the landing there happened in 1965.

    • @joshentertainment2
      @joshentertainment2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      France

    • @jjwang7597
      @jjwang7597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshentertainment2 France

    • @TheSludgeMan
      @TheSludgeMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      yo fr are all americans like this? how do they not know this shit?

    • @B-Durry
      @B-Durry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There also weren’t any Marines in Normandy lmao

    • @sunny100294
      @sunny100294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TheSludgeMan to be fair. They probably know way more about America that we europreans dont know

  • @SheaButterBoys
    @SheaButterBoys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2756

    Man, I loved Alex's Trick Question. It's a shame that it's gonna cost him like 30 Noel-bucks from his next check though

    • @elinorris1739
      @elinorris1739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      why is it a trick question? isn't it just a normal straightforward question?

    • @kikinatrone
      @kikinatrone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And so it should

    • @DekuSword
      @DekuSword 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@elinorris1739 last couple questions were about ww2, this one wasnt without explicitly saying it

    • @NeshaBoo21
      @NeshaBoo21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You think he gets that much to begin with?

  • @DaddyLongLegs_x
    @DaddyLongLegs_x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9353

    You can tell Noel and Aleena should be together because their combined knowledge is almost equivalent to a normal person

  • @-Alexander-K
    @-Alexander-K 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2748

    Man I’m dogshit at history and I felt like a god damn genius watching them struggle with these grade school questions. The American education system really do be hitting different

    • @soapy7619
      @soapy7619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      they’re canadian 😭

    • @BA-qn7xj
      @BA-qn7xj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@soapy7619 no they’re not? Isn’t Alena American? and I think Noel was joking about being Canadian

    • @taylorelliott9605
      @taylorelliott9605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@BA-qn7xj Alena is from London

    • @taylorelliott9605
      @taylorelliott9605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@BA-qn7xj and no he is Canadian he’s talked about it before

    • @BA-qn7xj
      @BA-qn7xj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@taylorelliott9605 really? I genuinely had no idea. I thought only Cody was Canadian. Do you know how long Noel was raised in Canada for? Did he go through the Canadian high school education system? Cuz I’m then I’d be kinda shocked that he didn’t know most of those basic questions lol

  • @codynardone8772
    @codynardone8772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    This was one of the most painful trivia videos I have ever watched

  • @bartholomew7852
    @bartholomew7852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3761

    Oooh, Alex's trick question was awesome, what a great teacher, what a great trick question. I'm gonna add that to my curriculum.

    • @JustMe-ql9li
      @JustMe-ql9li 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      right on lmao

    • @elinorris1739
      @elinorris1739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't understand what makes it a trick question isn't it just a normal question?

    • @turk58guy
      @turk58guy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@elinorris1739 everything they were talking about was related to a world War so throwing a completely different war while talking about storming beaches was the trick. Noel fell for the trap saying Normandy but completely missed the country

    • @ineedamilkshake
      @ineedamilkshake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just about what you'd expect from a mf called Bartholomew

    • @bartholomew7852
      @bartholomew7852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ineedamilkshake Homies out here really do be named Bartholomew

  • @JamilJarvis
    @JamilJarvis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2763

    Alex's trick question was criminally underrated, psychologically manipulating noel & Alena to the point where both were left in denial of his pure genius. This man was playing mental chess games with them from the very start & left no trace of his master plan leading up to it

    • @TurnTheCameraOff
      @TurnTheCameraOff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      You should add it to your curriculum

    • @JamilJarvis
      @JamilJarvis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@TurnTheCameraOff It's actually gonna be my thesis for my PHD

    • @trishaagz
      @trishaagz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dude I was so proud when I got that one

    • @JamilJarvis
      @JamilJarvis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trishaagz as you should

    • @JamilJarvis
      @JamilJarvis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trishaagz As you should

  • @bigfish3846
    @bigfish3846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5433

    As a midwesterner I’m more pissed off by Noel calling Idaho the Midwest than by Alena’s joke

    • @MahkReeProductions
      @MahkReeProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      lol - same

    • @case_0223
      @case_0223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Facts, but that’s Canadians for you

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      What do people in Idaho refer to themselves as? Potatoes?

    • @dingledonk8027
      @dingledonk8027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      @@jasonvargas7564 there aren't people in idaho

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@dingledonk8027 that’s true I forgot. Nothing but potatoes and wendigos there

  • @oliviagauvin8894
    @oliviagauvin8894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    i literally gasped and CHEERED when alex said the fun fact about the british intercepting the code because it is the same cipher that enabled them to get ahead in WWII and develop Turing’s enigma machine and i find that so fascinating!!!!

    • @aquaticfishiepompom
      @aquaticfishiepompom ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A bit unrelated but -It sucks that they killed Alan Turing

    • @supremebuffalo6322
      @supremebuffalo6322 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@aquaticfishiepompomit really does. I dont often feel 'british' or patriotism but I sure do feel fking shame over how our gov treated Turing

  • @eliosimpson5974
    @eliosimpson5974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    this was genuinely hilarious, we need more of alex's history corner!

  • @laurencass6449
    @laurencass6449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2771

    feeling united with Alex and my fellow history girlies in this moment

    • @jeanette3915
      @jeanette3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      the only time i’ve used my poli sci degree

    • @laurencass6449
      @laurencass6449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeanette3915 hahah

    • @mirensummers7633
      @mirensummers7633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      STEM but knew most of these

    • @gokiburi-chan4255
      @gokiburi-chan4255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Represent!

    • @Rabbit-the-One
      @Rabbit-the-One 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because you didn't know a damn thing either?

  • @pguth98
    @pguth98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3291

    "Who knows these?"
    Guys, I finally figured out why our history seems to keep repeating itself as if we've learned nothing.

    • @MrDukeSilverr
      @MrDukeSilverr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean I guess if you’re just not interested in world war history you wouldn’t know most of this, it’s still fucking cringe that they dont tho

    • @fxxalaba3836
      @fxxalaba3836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@MrDukeSilverr
      This is basic knowledge that people learn in school.
      And beside that you hear about this stuff all the time.
      You have to be a special type of „ignorant“ to not know any of these

    • @pguth98
      @pguth98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@MrDukeSilverr knowledge is never "cringe." being ignorant isn't cool.

    • @t.williams274
      @t.williams274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@fxxalaba3836 ^ i hate history and haven't taken it in 10 years and could answer all of these.

    • @TheElusiveReality
      @TheElusiveReality 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@MrDukeSilverr imagine thinking that knowing what happened in WWII, ya know, all the stuff w hitler and nazis , is CRINGE 😭😭😭 "ew bro you know roughly how many people died in the holocaust? thats cringe"

  • @gilesbuxton738
    @gilesbuxton738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2042

    Alena is so nice to Alex very refreshing to see him get praised more than the usual noel bucks.

    • @rolon-ew5kl
      @rolon-ew5kl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ying and yang there alena nice to alex, noel mean to him😂

    • @zero1487
      @zero1487 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well Alex sucks soo…

  • @elizabethtrop9924
    @elizabethtrop9924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Pls make this a series it boosted my self confidence so much

  • @beth4692
    @beth4692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    The fact Noel thought WW1 was going on in the 30s is hilarious

  • @duke8912
    @duke8912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +895

    Ah yes I remember the dropping of Winston Churchill, nicknamed Fat Man, on Nagasaki as the Japanese Air force chanted "JET! JET! JET!" Probably one of my favorite historical moments.

    • @Purplesquigglystripe
      @Purplesquigglystripe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Definitely one of the most moments in history

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair he was very fat and he was a man. He was quite literally a fat man

    • @Fiemus9
      @Fiemus9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Looool

    • @samihauke4895
      @samihauke4895 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Purplesquigglystripe 😭

    • @3nzo.568
      @3nzo.568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah and it really sucked that Napoleon was rejected from art school because he was short

  • @rachemyebba8838
    @rachemyebba8838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2088

    I love how Noel is still acting like Aleena's answers are dumb even though he's been super wrong too

    • @maxschaeffer7228
      @maxschaeffer7228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      nah fr. They’re both awful but this guy said Hitler was WW1 he should be banned

    • @solangediesternenochstehen
      @solangediesternenochstehen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      that's what I was thinking. low key was worse than Aleena.

    • @jadenia
      @jadenia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its so funny how he asks what the correct answer is and goes ohhh yeah thats right like he knew it 😭😭 motherfucker u didnt

    • @rachemyebba8838
      @rachemyebba8838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jadenia 100% 😂

    • @rainy7106
      @rainy7106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@maxschaeffer7228 ngl at first I thought Noel was just into dumb girls but then I realized he was somehow dumber than her and she probably amazed him with her intellectual ability.

  • @tali6387
    @tali6387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1744

    make this a series pls as a history major this made me laugh my ass off and as a library science grad student this was horrible and i loved every minute of it

    • @juliaa.4102
      @juliaa.4102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      international affairs here - aka world history over and over again im in pain

    • @genevieve222
      @genevieve222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wtf is library science

    • @kamk.5710
      @kamk.5710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex needs to continue to host!

    • @melibeatriz
      @melibeatriz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The true MLIS experience

    • @lolbutt124
      @lolbutt124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why are we the same person? I'm also an MLIS student who studied History!

  • @JustMe-ql9li
    @JustMe-ql9li 2 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    this is really entertaining, but its also concerning to see people still know so little about basic history

    • @shircarmichael1265
      @shircarmichael1265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Right?? Like I laughed but now I feel sad lmao

    • @terradon852
      @terradon852 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well they have a more successful life than everybody in the comments telling them they’re dumb so idk if it’s all that concerning lol. They may not know the dates of important events but they know how to make lots of money from doing something they enjoy, which is a LOT more rare.

  • @jennique96
    @jennique96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The way Aleena got so excited about wanting to do statistics next was so wholesome.

  • @kaegerator
    @kaegerator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    "i was thinking vienna"
    aleena had previously implied vienna was in italy, and then gave a frenchman as her answer

    • @bradhuygo
      @bradhuygo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      On top of that Hitler was Austrian, and Napoleon was 100 years earlier

    • @jessican7151
      @jessican7151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      to be fair Napoleon was ethnically italian

    • @lavarelease2928
      @lavarelease2928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Napolean actually was italian

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jessican7151 no he was ethnically a short king

  • @andrrewgay
    @andrrewgay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    noel’s comment about idaho being in the midwest makes me want a geography version of this video

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Is Idaho considered west coast? I just assumed west coast was California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Arizona I classify as southwest along with Texas and New Mexico. Midwest is Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Dakotas (Fanning and Johnson), Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

    • @bigfish3846
      @bigfish3846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jasonvargas7564 Midwest is kinda a hard definition because of how different the eastern Midwest is the to the western Midwest. But most people inside the Midwest consider the borders to be Ohio to Kansas and North Dakota. Most people west of those states also do not consider themselves Midwesterners.

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bigfish3846 that’s interesting. I would have thought they identify more with the people from your definition of Midwest more than “west coast” states since culturally I’d say it’s more similar to Midwest than west coast, politically too.

    • @Hidden_Seeker_
      @Hidden_Seeker_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In a literal sense he’s right, it’s in the middle of the Western half of the country. People calling clearly Easter places like Chicago Midwest is what’s dumb to me. Just a poorly named region

    • @Awesomoso
      @Awesomoso 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bigfish3846 as a Midwesterner (using a corn stalk as an antenna right now) I consider just "the West" being passed Missouri but I don't see a lot of people with that distinction. Really the West is just less industry historically to me.

  • @ari1758
    @ari1758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1830

    Noel and Aleena’s relationship is so amazing I love how they complement each others humor so well

    • @ChristicleNielsen
      @ChristicleNielsen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      One is smart and the other is literally ratarded.

    • @jassingh6943
      @jassingh6943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      thanks ksi

    • @Rabbit-the-One
      @Rabbit-the-One 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jassingh6943 it's not later enough yet.

    • @JiggyYeetLord
      @JiggyYeetLord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Alex is such a good teacher! Wow what great questions. I will definitely be adding these to my repertoire!

    • @s.m.williams8209
      @s.m.williams8209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hop off tf

  • @Pete_Finch
    @Pete_Finch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I'm a history buff and I'm just glad you guys might have actually learned something after doing this video lmao

  • @darrenedwarddolhanty6814
    @darrenedwarddolhanty6814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    The question both times was about the years that WW1 & WW2 happened/started and ended, even hinted how many years each one was and Aleena still wrote one year down each time😂😂

  • @j03daschm07
    @j03daschm07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    I think one of the funniest things that got completely glossed over was at 10:55 when Aleena said Vienna was making her think of Italians lol

    • @turk58guy
      @turk58guy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Or that napoleon is from Vienna

    • @ratedpending
      @ratedpending 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I mean Austria borders Italy that's not as bad as answering Napoleon

    • @chchchcherrybomb37
      @chchchcherrybomb37 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@ratedpending the borders aren’t why she said it, it’s probably because she was thinking of Venice. And thinks they’re the same place.

    • @rear5118
      @rear5118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Being from Vienna myself it raises the question if "Vienna" sounds Italian to Americans?

    • @ratedpending
      @ratedpending 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rear5118 no she confused it with Venice probably lol

  • @actuallydudethatwouldbesal7644
    @actuallydudethatwouldbesal7644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2508

    Damn people like you guys make me feel really smart😭

    • @Nijha.Png.
      @Nijha.Png. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Wrong for that💀

    • @ari1758
      @ari1758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@Nijha.Png. He didn’t lie tho 💀

    • @lilypuckey3030
      @lilypuckey3030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      right 😭

    • @rarebert6794
      @rarebert6794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Fr, must be the air in LA or something ngl I might’ve lost some respect for Noel

    • @Quzga
      @Quzga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      My eyes almost popped out when she said 100k died in ww2

  • @Oneofone77
    @Oneofone77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +887

    This was… so bold of them to expose themselves like this for content. MAD respect. 😂😂

  • @kamehameha30
    @kamehameha30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    The way I SCREAMED "NAPOLEON????????” lmfao

  • @mrPurplexedYT
    @mrPurplexedYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    It's honestly brave you even posted this omg, I'm not convinced this isn't just to test how the comments would be... like a social experiment

  • @hex2637
    @hex2637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2337

    As a european I want to thank you very much. You made me feel extremely smart for knowing basic history

    • @nilssteinhauer9879
      @nilssteinhauer9879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      honestly I was terrible in history and this really bugged me lmao

    • @KatherineMcat
      @KatherineMcat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      you're not smart your education system just isn't broken

    • @Drew-kx7yf
      @Drew-kx7yf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      No just you know basic history we are taught this people just don't care after HS you'd get the same results almost anwhere

    • @yreva_02
      @yreva_02 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nobody cares mr european

    • @joshentertainment2
      @joshentertainment2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1939-1945

  • @PaolaGarcia-lw4qf
    @PaolaGarcia-lw4qf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    this should be a series tbh- Alex just quizzes them in a select range each episode

  • @Pr0fessorB1ble
    @Pr0fessorB1ble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    ALEENA GETTING A QUESTION FROM HER OWN QUIZ WRONG IS THE MOST AMAZING THING IVE EVER SEEN LMFAO

  • @orioncomet2469
    @orioncomet2469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Alex is like the unsuccessful jester to the king and queen Noel and Aleena. I love it.

  • @terryr4623
    @terryr4623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I want another history trivia video. This was gold.

  • @willpage6574
    @willpage6574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    Noel describing Occam's razor theory without even realizing killed me

    • @ethanbriggs1274
      @ethanbriggs1274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Came to the comments to say this

    • @Holocoasterr
      @Holocoasterr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait, timestamp?

    • @jolintoh
      @jolintoh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Holocoasterr around 17:17

    • @LukasThyss
      @LukasThyss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was thinking recognition heuristic

    • @sjpd3352
      @sjpd3352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yh not entirely sure if its what noel was going for but I get your drift... idk occam is more about complexity over which is more obvious/well known

  • @hoodiebk
    @hoodiebk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Noel and Aleena forgetting basic knowledge and us knowing the answer to every question is the exact reason why they’re up there and we’re down here

  • @msw3314
    @msw3314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Alex is such a great teacher. I’m gonna add his stuff to my curriculum.

  • @mariamendonca1508
    @mariamendonca1508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    shocked by noel's performance on this he looks like someone who is really into ww2

    • @juhhloki
      @juhhloki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shmuel cosplay

  • @amybaby3694
    @amybaby3694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I keep laughing at the automotive secrets 😂

  • @jrpark1945
    @jrpark1945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    I feel super smart right now. Thank you Noel and Aleena

    • @andreaskatsikakis5223
      @andreaskatsikakis5223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not a very high bar apparently 😂

    • @halatiny6537
      @halatiny6537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You’re just basically HS educated

    • @PedroLucas-nh1mh
      @PedroLucas-nh1mh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      fr we all learned this within the past 4ish years, been a few decades for noel though

    • @WileChile51
      @WileChile51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@PedroLucas-nh1mh A few decades?? Man, you wrong for that. xD

    • @KazzieBB
      @KazzieBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@halatiny6537 so were they

  • @goos3billogn4
    @goos3billogn4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    I'm absolutely astonished and physically excited about the Vietnam question. good job alex

    • @elinorris1739
      @elinorris1739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      can you explain to me what made it a trick question? it seems like a straightforward question to me

    • @adamrose524
      @adamrose524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@elinorris1739 this whole quiz is about WW1 and WW2 so that’s what Noel and Aleena had in mind, but throwing in a Vietnam question to see if they’d catch it was the trick

  • @alexishermes5932
    @alexishermes5932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    I’m yet another history major begging for this to be a series I just laughed so hard. It’s even funnier knowing Noel said he was getting into WWII stuff in the podcast

  • @AubreyKennedyx
    @AubreyKennedyx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I want a series where the two of them just do quizzes like this like trivia, I really liked this video

  • @amerillys97
    @amerillys97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loved this so much lmao. They are so cute together and their answers had me cracking tf up 😂. This should be turned into a series.

  • @PRED_exe
    @PRED_exe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    Can testify that you don't need to be a history buff to know most of these questions

  • @connorfagan3574
    @connorfagan3574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    As a history buff myself, this was a wonderful quiz Alex. And your trick question was lovely.

    • @JoeLigmama
      @JoeLigmama 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonderful? More like super easy

  • @swarlz_jr8042
    @swarlz_jr8042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    Noel, please make this a series! This is fire

  • @alumnae
    @alumnae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    the napoleon bit literally made my jaw drop LMFAOOOOOOOO

  • @D0cJ0hn
    @D0cJ0hn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    14:56 Getting a mid-roll ad for Oppenheimer right as Alex shouts out “BOMB!” was hilarious and great timing 😂

  • @Whyohwhymybrain
    @Whyohwhymybrain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    So glad Noel's carer is doing these history flashcards with him, so nice to get into his special interests! 😁

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Odds are at least 5 of his family members had a hand in Pearl Harbor considering his racial ambiguity.

    • @ncense1608
      @ncense1608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@jasonvargas7564 BROTHER....

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Link to the Clip : one of us is Dead
      th-cam.com/video/mCfYi7634rU/w-d-xo.html

  • @goldwhining
    @goldwhining 2 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    She wrote Napoleon with so much confidence, holy shit...

    • @kazakukog
      @kazakukog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      fr it's not even funny atp it's just sad 💀

    • @ariiannaperez
      @ariiannaperez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i was legit thinking the same answer

  • @pibro3861
    @pibro3861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Can’t wait to see what next guests Alex has on!

  • @princessacquah4317
    @princessacquah4317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m sorry but @13:48 confirms to me that Noel was indeed a school bully back in his day 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @connorbjornson8315
    @connorbjornson8315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    My favorite part was definitely Alex's trick question. Both funny, and educational... A masterpiece compared to the rest of this mid video

  • @FRANKBLACK2
    @FRANKBLACK2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Noel making fun of Alina for not knowing what the Roaring Twenties was but literally getting the year of the Great War off by 19 damn years...

  • @aidanp22
    @aidanp22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Wow what a great teacher Alex is! He shows the whits of a veteran historian, his charisma and passion for history is truly inspirational!

  • @flipflopsandsocks50
    @flipflopsandsocks50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +760

    As a history major I’m not only screaming internally but I also feel like our k-12 history education is severely lacking and it makes me sad

    • @TheTGOAC
      @TheTGOAC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Or maybe people just tend to forget information they don't use often. Not everyone is a history major. If someone was a math major and called you dumb for not knowing integrals would you think that's fair?

    • @jadenia
      @jadenia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@TheTGOAC i agree with you like i couldnt answer some of the more specific questions since the last time i took a history class was high school but most of this is pretty common knowledge not exclusive to history majors e.g hitlers domination occurring in ww2 not ww1

    • @gdoering8917
      @gdoering8917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@TheTGOAC These history questions weren't the equivalent of integrals, they were the equivalent of addition and subtraction.

    • @ewpickles864
      @ewpickles864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      i'd be screaming too if i chose to major in history

    • @Hot_Soupp
      @Hot_Soupp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@gdoering8917 Yes, I too talk about the Treaty of Versailles multiple times a day, every day, throughout my entire life, just as I add and subtract things every day of my life.

  • @salamipastrami69
    @salamipastrami69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This NEEDS to become a series.

  • @thebadguywalking7396
    @thebadguywalking7396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    changing from jet to plane to clarify is too funny

  • @chrisjyoub
    @chrisjyoub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    I love the *annoying little brother energy of Alex

  • @mattkruse2145
    @mattkruse2145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Noel be getting all the questions wrong and then nodding along to the answer lmaoo

  • @evanh1205
    @evanh1205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Noel’s gotta stop pretending like he knew that shit after the answer is revealed💀

  • @varsity.1
    @varsity.1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    14:55 should not have made me scream laughing as loud as i did

  • @SuspiciousSubstance
    @SuspiciousSubstance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When Winston Churchill comes back to tell me, "we eatin good, I'm a fat man." Truly inspirational.

  • @duke8912
    @duke8912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The reason that restaurant mentioned by Aleena in Cuba is named Versailles, a french royal residence. Is because in the 19th and 18th centuries there was a mass migration of french people to Cuba, especially the eastern part, and it heavily influenced the culture.

  • @kitty7901
    @kitty7901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    noel’s roasting aleena but they scored pretty much the same points lmao

  • @ellingw1143
    @ellingw1143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Alex really made this work, it's clear he loves being the smart one.
    I don't know how they know nothing about this

    • @TheTGOAC
      @TheTGOAC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some people just don't read all that much about history. Noel really likes cars and I bet he'd look smart talking about that. People are good at different things

    • @ellingw1143
      @ellingw1143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheTGOAC I haven't had history since school but I know all of this. Maybe because I'm european but american education really is dogshit

    • @sahilsalvi9864
      @sahilsalvi9864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheTGOAC that's literally not an excuse for getting questions like "How did hitler die", "Who helped in making the atom bomb", "What was fat man" wrong, like cmon bruh it's been almost 10 years since I have last seen any history books but even I knew the answers :(

    • @TheTGOAC
      @TheTGOAC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For everyone saying "this is basic school shit" ok how about recite the quadratic equation without looking it up. It's basic school shit so you should know it off the top right? Being an ass isn't gonna help your argument. Which isn't even an argument since I wasn't saying whether something was right or wrong. Anything to condescend though, right?

    • @ellingw1143
      @ellingw1143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheTGOAC that's not basic school shit. WW1 and 2 are the 2 most significant events in recent history. You get reminded of their consequences every day. It's a lot less abstract and complicated than the quadratic formula

  • @ponyride23
    @ponyride23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Noel really theorized Occam's razor on his own logic.

  • @reubenallen7789
    @reubenallen7789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    17:26 Noel just casually discovering Occam’s Razor on his own over here

  • @dragonsrule20201
    @dragonsrule20201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    I appreciate Aleena's point about her graduating GPA being meaningless without context because I was a straight C student at best and could answer most of these. I also missed about a day of school a week. However, all my teachers loved me, I was in AP classes (they didnt require testing into), and I'd always stay after class to discuss the subject matter further. I love learning! School was just a bad time for me.
    Also this is a funny ass video. I ask for more trivia time with Aleena and Nole

    • @iamcool544
      @iamcool544 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was fucking painful to watch. The more questions were asked the dumber she seemed tbh. This is the first time I have heard her talk but when she said "what does predecessor mean" I actually yelled.

    • @maxgolub558
      @maxgolub558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No one asked for you to give your life story in this TH-cam comment section

    • @dragonsrule20201
      @dragonsrule20201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@maxgolub558 I dont think most people mind others sharing small things relevant to the video :) That said, this comment has inspired me to give an actual recount of my life now:
      You see, it all started on a chilly day in October, 1969. I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms, at night I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep. No one visits me, but I do have a few cats to keep me company. They enjoy Meow Mix. Their names are Winsor and Newton. I like to watch the birds outside my window. Thank you for showing interest

    • @jesusjimenez6499
      @jesusjimenez6499 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@maxgolub558 dude touch grass

  • @onurekinaydin
    @onurekinaydin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    It's insane how little you two got correct, this was amazing, astonishing i love you two

  • @kpoplover1901
    @kpoplover1901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Tbh I appreciate videos like these because I also took APs and did well in school when I was studying this material but now I have forgotten so many things because I honestly hate history. This quiz made me feel a bit better about myself because I knew a good amount, but a lot of information gets mixed up in my brain or I genuinely forget it lol. I do think history is important and wish my teachers helped to cultivate more of a love and interest for this subject instead of just focusing on grades.

    • @jiminsmcthighs3620
      @jiminsmcthighs3620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ok

    • @br4ve-trave1er.asf2
      @br4ve-trave1er.asf2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you happen to take AP world? if so do you potentially have any tips for me?

    • @YerMate
      @YerMate 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Theres some great channels that make well researched history content in really entertaining ways. Oversimplified and Sam o'nella academy are some good ones to start with but there are heaps of channels in different styles that make informative and entertaining history content. I love to binge this stuff in the background while I work on other things

  • @JanNeumann
    @JanNeumann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    18:36 "realistically I think anyone who's not like into world history forgets all this" nah man it's just you sorry 😂

  • @ninascarpa6752
    @ninascarpa6752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The edit at 14:54 killed me

    • @violetwtf
      @violetwtf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ME TOO IM LOSING IT RN HAHAH

  • @actionjackson3522
    @actionjackson3522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    What I've learned from this video: Aleena and Noel both slept through the WWI portion of world history.

    • @alexdobma4694
      @alexdobma4694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My bro they didnt even know WW2 or Vietnam

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Noel gets a pass since he missed history class that day since he was interned with the rest of his family because his great grandfather’s cousin is Japanese and the US government was like, let’s throw them all in just to be safe.

    • @losisd3ad
      @losisd3ad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      history is by far the worst subject so

    • @tinyprettymoon
      @tinyprettymoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At first I read this as they slept through WWI itself and I was like hold up lmao

    • @mari98_
      @mari98_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ngl ww1 is kinda skimmed over in history classes versus ww2 that I feel like is beat to the ground in public education, also there’s so much more ww2 media that covers it that I think there’s a larger collective consciousness

  • @GalinhoFC
    @GalinhoFC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    What a great trick question Alex!

  • @bulelwashezi4540
    @bulelwashezi4540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Great trick question Alex, definitely adding that to my curriculum!

  • @dierichtigelisa4627
    @dierichtigelisa4627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Noel's little "oh" after the "Jet" answer is hilarious 15:43

  • @bibii422
    @bibii422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    watching this as an Austrian just makes me grateful for our education system lmao

  • @benedictt.1050
    @benedictt.1050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    As a grad student in history this was both painful and hilarious to watch.

    • @alexpenneytration699
      @alexpenneytration699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As someone who studied history at school until the age of 13, this was painful to watch

  • @ggkush9956
    @ggkush9956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    09:21 That was actually a great question, Alex!

  • @lizard8694
    @lizard8694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    As a history education major this hurt so bad and I haven't even gotten my associates yet

    • @shivyadra2365
      @shivyadra2365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i only just graduated highschool without taking any senior history and this video hurt so bad

    • @S4KCx
      @S4KCx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As an unborn fetus this hurt so bad and I’ve not even been born yet.

  • @alexandracaggiano7819
    @alexandracaggiano7819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a history teacher, this whole video breaks my heart

  • @finnstaley2475
    @finnstaley2475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Alex is such a creative and good host especially with his truck question !!!

  • @abyblue7287
    @abyblue7287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Okayyy
    Is it just me or is Noel getting more and more comfortable with his dark jokes these days??
    It feels like the pre-TikTok days around here sometimes and I love it.
    Also, how tf did Nord VPN approve the beginning of that ad read?? 😂

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s what married life does to you

    • @leek6068
      @leek6068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      hes not offensive/ignorant tho (most of the time). thats the diff. however i think some people dont get satire unless it is explicitly stated so idk

    • @ppppppppp64
      @ppppppppp64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It seems like a lot of people nowadays are fighting against the gen z sensitivity (especially guys). Kind of like going back to how it was before

    • @abyblue7287
      @abyblue7287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@ppppppppp64 going back to before would maybe be going too far lol.
      It's just nice to hear something you KNOW is a joke be just that. A joke. No trying to decipher hidden meanings or whatever.

    • @rayquetzalcoatl9672
      @rayquetzalcoatl9672 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abyblue7287 Which jokes here particularly stood out to you as having hidden meanings? :o

  • @-opie-
    @-opie- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I actually really appreciate Alex’s trick question in a really non patronizing way

  • @LostandWithered
    @LostandWithered 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Got a history exam in 7 hours so this was very much needed!
    Thanks to Aleena and this guy, I’ll pass this exam easily :)

  • @prostee8843
    @prostee8843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9:30 the trick question was impressive (not patronizing)

  • @nathanthenutcase4980
    @nathanthenutcase4980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Alex, that was a great trick question! I am considering to add that question to my curriculum.

  • @wellsfinch2974
    @wellsfinch2974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Noel really came up with that razor theory as if it was his own

  • @bubbleboi2461
    @bubbleboi2461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i need more of alex' weird history facts, but next time with him reenacting important events

  • @MahkReeProductions
    @MahkReeProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    every time Noel posts a new video I check his ring finger to see if he recorded this before or after his wedding. Idk why....

  • @madid7783
    @madid7783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this should be shown in all history classes across america

  • @SurgicalStrike41
    @SurgicalStrike41 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a history major specializing in the World Wars, I could only make it through this video after drinking vodka like a Russian soldier

  • @MyceliumNebula
    @MyceliumNebula 2 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    I DID PEARL HARBOUR

    • @MyceliumNebula
      @MyceliumNebula 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@lumpenproletarier9584 it was self care

    • @SNO568
      @SNO568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Based

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I prefer her cousin, Pearl Necklace

    • @Ozzymandius1
      @Ozzymandius1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was totally Bush.

    • @jasonvargas7564
      @jasonvargas7564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jet fuel can’t melt steel pearls

  • @adamtroup785
    @adamtroup785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great use of the “trick question” shenanigan Alex! I’m gonna use this in my next class!

  • @Ms12369
    @Ms12369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Love how Noel appreciates Aleena's humor. So cute!

    • @uwu-uv4mg
      @uwu-uv4mg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So cute how he hypes her everytime

  • @beplanking
    @beplanking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This should be a series. Not necessarily just about world wars cuz there were only two of those and you kinda covered it already. But other parts of history fs