@@davidbutler7602 am I wrong though?? I grew up in and went k-12 and university in California. Moved here as a 28 year old and started working. Was talking to my colleagues about the differences in school, particularly American highschool/university vs GCSE/A levels and uni here and was blown away 😂
@@kingeddiam2543 eh? I think that really depends on the person. I tutored American middle/high school and any kid I ever worked with would have had no trouble with the content. You also have to look at how old he was when he was going back and taking those exams. I know adults in the UK that passed GCSEs that if they had to take it tomorrow would struggle as well. 🤷
Some of those questions relate to my childhood and I'm 33, the dads army question is only known by younger generations because its a classic program and many schools show an episode when learning about the home guard etc
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler? " isn't from WWII, it's the theme tune to an old TV programme called Dad's Army. You should do a reaction to it - it's fairly uniquely British!
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDad Yeah, given that the BBC has been the national broadcaster for literally 99 years and 11 months, if you don't 'do' the BBC then you're obviously going to miss out on a lot of British culture.
As a millennial from the UK I'm pretty sure I would have got at least 9 out of 10, probably 10. The answers were pretty obvious and I aproove it as a citizen test. That said I feel like maybe anyone maybe 5 years younger than me would struggle. Certainly not boomer only material.
Yeah I think Evan's assuming they're all dated references because they've been around for a while. On the whole they're still pretty much in the zeitgeist.
I think it's a good test. They're not 'dated' because even young people know the answers - or they will. I missed one or two, but when I heard the correct answer and why, it was obvious and I should have known.
Common People was released in 1995. It's not incredibly old by any measure. Also while a lot of these references may be old as an Irish millennial who grew up watching British TV I know most of these so I definitely wouldn't call it a boomer test.
It's more a millennial test. Maybe younger Brits would struggle but it feels like they're still things you would know as they're so common. Bruce Forsyth, the man with the nice catchphrase, died in 2017 and was last on TV in 2015 but he was going for such a long time I feel that people would still pick the reference up. He started using the catchphrase in the 70s and was still using it in 2015 when he retired.
I would also say it's not an old song, but then then I look at what songs were released about 5 years before I was born, and I would call them old songs. Haha.
yeah i’m literally 19 and got most of those questions right, i think it makes more sense for most of them to be old references rather than new things - they’re still known but old enough to be ingrained in british culture which is the whole point!
Fun fact! Ant and Dec whenever they take pictures make sure Ant is on the left. And the Kidding Mr Hitler bit is the theme to dad's army. The most granddad show around.
As a Thai who has seen a lot of British TV shows, I'm surprised you didn't get that first question! It's such a classic British call and response that I hear all the time
Bruce Forsythe (Nice to see you, to see you ... nice!), Dad's Army (Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler, if you think old England's down ...), the band Pulp (she came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge) and a children's rhyme (Hitler ... has only got one ball, the other, is in the Albert Hall).
The version I always heard was "Hitler, he's only got one ball. Goebbels, two but very small." I didn't get the Common People reference when I was watching the video, but now it's stuck in my head.
@@dwinterx Born in 74 here and it was definitely in my Grimsby playground .... but these things can be hyper local (different adjacent schools can have different versions).
I think part of the point is that these are mostly references to things that a lot of people might have seen in their childhood growing up. Like Dads Army, football chants, anything with Ant and Dec, anything that had Bruce Forsyth, and songs.
Hence "the test ... has been devised mostly by Twitter users to more accurately differentiate British citizens from johnny foreigner." It fulfils that purpose!
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" is the theme to Dads army, which we watched a LOT in the 90s, it's set in the war, but definitely not from wartime! it's a great little tune :)
Evan: 'Common people' is a "very old song". Me: What? That only came out a few years back. OK, it was released in 1995, that was only....oh, oh dear. Tears well up in my eyes, as my entire world collapses around me, as I realise....I AM A OLD!
I'm 28, Irish, and still got 10/10 in this. The only attribute I would argue that makes one British rather than just a British citizen would be knowing it as fact & not needing to try prove yourself all the time 😅
1. Nice - Bruce Forsyth's catchphrase 2. Applause (Maybe followed by a Wayyyyyy!) 3. Ant Left, Dec Right 4. Yes - A question asked at all Chippys 5. When Hell Freezes Over 6. Hitler - Dad's Army Theme Song 7. Scorcher 8. Knowledge - First line of Pulp's Common People 9. In a f****** ambulance 10. One of Hitler's testicles - Hitler has only got one ball, The other is in the Albert hall (etc)
For 2. I think the wayyyy normally happens more or less instantly whilst the applause follows a second or two later when people have had a chance to put down their pint or cutlery.
I’d argue it’s not a matter of gatekeeping for those who claim your not really British, I think it’s more a culture thing, you are American born, so you are raised on the idea that people want to come to your country and work to become American themselves. Citizenship is seen a something that’s very important, once you earn it you are American, so to an American I can understand British citizenship = British person. But I don’t think the UK culture works the same way, if you ask a British person what their nationality is, they will most likely say where they were born, ie Scottish, English etc. I’d argue that it’s because citizenship isn’t really something Brit’s think about. We are not taught that everyone else wants to come to our country and be one of us like the Americans are taught. I apologise for the rambling nature of this comment but TLDR national identity is much more important to Americans and is tied to citizenship because earning citizenship an “becoming American” is seen as a goal for none Americans. Were as national identity for Brits tends to just be were you were born because is far less important to us so we have never really considered it. That’s just my 2 cents.
I would tend to agree. People who are born here tend to say they are English, Scottish etc you don't really hear people refer to themselves as British off the bat.
If someone says they are "British", they likely come from one of the protestant parts of Northern Ireland. The catholics will generally say they are Irish.
And yet, on the American census, which nationality we have in us matters such that we can't say we are 'American'. We don't really discuss nationality here either, unless we are foriegners trying to get American citizenship, perhaps. We will say we are from America if overseas but within America, we might discuss our ancestry instead.
If you're curious, Retsina is a Greek white wine which is infused with pine resin, usually the needles left to soak in the liquid for a period of time. Despite my grandmother being a Greek Cypriot and having a bottle in the house at various times over the years, I've never personally tried it. Fry and Laurie did a Greek restaurant sketch in the 80s that mentions it.
Not really boomer stuff, but stuff you would know if you went to school in the UK and grew up watching Sunday TV in the UK, I guess the problem is that if you come here later in life your probably not going to sit down and watch repeats of classic comedies on a Sunday afternoon for no reason.
"the one on the left has Dec energy". I can't believe you passed up the opportunity to say he had Big Dec Energy 😂 You're a better man than me - I wouldn't have even hesitated
Lol, these are really not Boomer-only references! They're things that everyone knows. I took the test myself before watching you answer it, and I was thinking that they were far too easy and it wouldn't prove anything. It doesn't really compute that anyone could get half of them wrong. 😂 "Hitler, has only got one ball. The other, is in the Albert Hall His mother, the dirty bugger Cut it off him, when he was small." *whistling intensifies* (p.s. You asked what rhyme "You're going home in a fucking ambulance!" comes from. But it isn't based on a famous rhyme. Because it doesn't rhyme. And that's it, that's literally the chant. Haha.)
Yeah, Dad's Army used to be on TV all the time back before everything was streamed it was used for filling time along with a whole bunch of other shows from the 60s to the 80s that are all classics embedded in British Culture that would be hard to find on streaming services now because they're not politically correct or locked to only one service nobody uses anymore.
Weird thing is, although a lot of those are old, you find a fairly large chunk of those in their late 30’s and back will know them. Streaming services kinda killed a lot of them. prior to this you watched what you were given, including repeats of older show. When streaming came around people chose their viewing. I suppose in a way, even cable and satellite did a fair bit of damage to their longevity. When you called common people an old song a small part of me died lol
tbf I feel like anyone that grew up in england that was born before like 1999 should get a solid 9/10 on this as those songs where still quite popular even when i was at secondary school in the 2010s although the dads army theme i probably know cause my dad got the box set for christmas one year and he would just watch it on repeat for about 2 years straight until the dvd player broke xD
I don't think it's a boomer/older people quiz. I was born in 1994 and got old references. Knew the Mr Hilter as my Father is a fan of the old comedies like 'Dad's Army'. I don't remember where I learned the Hilter Ball one I must heard it when I was younger (maybe from my Father). I'm sure that Ant & Dec have said they stand in alphabetical order. I'm pretty sure even during an episode of their show they present, Saturday Night Takeaway, that in 2017-19ish a few of their own fans couldn't tell the difference when asked. I think they've made jokes about it themselves. The only one I didn't know was about the Greek girl. I never heard of the song myself. I would've chosen to get the salt & vinger one wrong as well I can't stand salt but my Father would dip his spring onions in just salt and I don't know why.
I actually think this is a good test, it really does weed out who isn’t natively born and raised in the UK - I’m a Gen Z and I got most of them. Whether it should be used as a citizenship test is a different matter
As an American it didn't hit me immediately like Gorbachev's death did but by the end of the day it was starting to get to me and I'm still kind of shocked by it. Not only was she a major historical figure but all of the "Her Magesties" stuff has to be renamed. Plus even though the role is largely ceremonial they do have the potential to mess with a lot of politics over there and that kind of concerns me. I don't follow the Royal Family at all (some Americans are obsessed with them) but for whatever reason I don't really feel the same kind of respect for the new guy as I did her.
@@RRW359 Very little needs to happen Her Majesty's Ship, becomes His Majesty's Ship, both HMS. The major one is Queens Council (barrister QC) becomes KC. I grew up with coinage with Victoria's image on them still in circulation, it will be many years before the image of ER2 disappears. I would like you to cite one instance in the last 100 years that the monarch has overridden the democratic government. Respect in any role has to be earned, a Prince is not a King.
Understandable for anyone to not have it effect them much if at all, but my American friends have told me there's been a lot of bashing and taking the mess of The Queen over there in the states, and quite a few giving false facts on her life. For me, I personally don't care too much about the royals but I saw The Queen as Britain's sweet old grandmother.
@@CmdrBrannick Probably depends on where in America they are from. I don't really have much of a social life but I think most people where I live had a positive or neutral opinion of the Queen so I wouldn't imagine them bashing her. Maybe the family and King or the system but not her specifically.
@@tda2806 His Majesties just doesn't sound the same, although it may just be me not liking change. As for what he can do, it's kind of like the electoral college here. Have they overwritten the democratic process enough to cause problems? *No. Does the possibility that they can, even if it's self destructive, scare me a little? Yes. *Of course they have been the reason some elections have gone against the popular vote but that's due to how people are represented rather then them going against the vote.
As a gen x who spent the first 29 years of my life in England , I got 9/10. And a flipping earworm from Dad's Army! I'm not siding with the xénophobes, but it'd have to pertain to popular working class culture (TV) that you'd watch with your Nan (growing up). Any over stayer can clue up on current (fleeting) pop-culture references. 🤔
Friggin......nw I have that "who do you think you were kidding mr Hitler" stuck in my head! And it hurt me a bit you didnt know that one.......(I am a 79 baby, born in Holland I knew quit a few answers which surprised me! )
@@jwb52z9 Every sunday from the early 80's till mid 90's we had English sitcoms on tv I loved them! After that we had more than 3 channels and they faded away.....such a shame really..
Dad's Army! Dad's Army! Dad'Army! You really need to see some of these all British TV shows: who do you think you're kidding Mr. Hitler? It's the start of the theme tune of the show ;)
Hitler only having one ball thing is because he was either shot in the groin or because of shrapnel (can't fully remember) during WW1. It didn't actually even hit the ball bag. But is more funny to sing that, than about his groin. They also made it rhyme with 'Albert Hall'. I saw it on a documentary quite awhile back, where they had his hospital records from the time.
Evan trying to answer the questions seriously was hilarious. I somehow got 10/10 which confirms I am indeed British, didn't know half the answers but thinking like a Brit, the answers were obvious.
Evan, love your show but if you don't know the show Dad's Army "Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" (I am 40) you are not quite a British citizen yet lol watch Dads Army and you can try for your citizenship again 😂 It is sure to be be dated (probably all cast members have passed away by now but it's a classic) but still British sense of humour funny!
@@MrDannyDetail oh that's sad but time stops for no-one I suppose. Going to have to find out if can watch them on a streaming service and have a binge 😂
As a Brit, I really don't think this is particularly dated. I was born in the Mid-ninetees and I'd say my generation would know all of these pop references. The stuff that is 'from the war', I think are still relevant, because they're more in reference to it, than from it, e.g. the Hitlers Ball one, I didn't even know that was a war song, it's just what kids used to sing at School. Tbf though, the Mr Hitler one is a bit outdated.The Pulp one, while they we're a ninetees band, that song is still very popular in bars/clubs and like you said, on playlists, so again, not too outdated.All in all, I think they're mostly jokey nods to often quoted things between brits, those sorts of things tend to be fairly traditional and less from the last 5 years. That's just my 2 pence on the matter lol... Great Video once again!!
I took the test four years ago. I studied 12,000 years of UK history from the stone age (several months of studying!) - through the modern era. All to have a twenty-four question, multiple choice test. It felt anti-climatic! It took me six minutes. I got all right but one - because I am clueless when it comes to modern composers. As I said, it's been four years, and if you ask me any of those questions now? I'd likely be kicked out. 🤣
I've lived in the UK for 24 years (my entire life) and haven't watched Dad's army either. I still know the theme tune somehow though; I can't prove it but I suspect it's imprinted onto our DNA at birth.
Spot on with Q2 there. Good to see you know it's not just applause but the required "WHEEEEY" which really makes it. Also, the real answer for when the DFS sale ends is "this Tuesday", however the next one starts straight after
"You're going home in a f****** ambulance" is one I haven't heard for a while. Did you know that the girl from Greece was studying sculpture at St Martin's College, was from a very affluent family, and thought it funny to order a rum & coke?
As a long time subscriber to your channel, I believe that you are officially British, but have naturally kept some Americanisms in your day-to-day life. As someone who has not been through our education system and doesn't watch much UKTV (you said this recently in your TV licence video), you have not been exposed to some areas of British culture which this test referred to.
Who do you think you're kidding Mr Hitler is not a war song like Hitler's only got one ball, it's the theme to Dad's Army, which ran from the late 60s to the late 70s. Dad's Army is set during WWII. Also Hitler may have genuinely have only had one testicle if you didn't know, the rumour created the song not the other way around.
For the ambulance one watch Lee Evans Stag Night Antics video. It's one of those chant type things that people do when they drink. You basically just repeat "You're going home in a f*cking ambulance"
It was a good effort for a non-native but most of those were pretty easy. Watch Dad’s Army & The Generation Game (Bruce Forsyth version) & you’ll get 2 right straight away.
I don't think it's a boomer test - I'm in my thirties and got all of them pretty easy about from the girl from Greece question. Surprised you didn't know the Dad's Army theme tune though!
Also, you can't dismiss things as being old as a reason to not know them. Many younger people will also get most of the references - they are part of British culture to this day.
I got 9/10. Though I have never been to the UK I do consume a lot of British media, and apparently media from a certain era. 😂 The one being the girl from Greece question
I’d say that quiz is far more relevant than Evan gives it credit for. Even if some of the references aren’t recent, they’re fairly timeless. Honestly the war references have seeped into our culture so much that even younger generations are aware of Dad’s Army and “Hitler Has Only Got One Ball”. That’s what happens when you’re the only nation in the world who thinks Britain were most responsible for winning World War II, and where politicians say “the Blitz Spirit” will help Brits get through the cost-of-living crisis. Meanwhile, Gen Z is definitely aware of Ant & Dec and Bruce Forsyth bc we grew up with Saturday Night Takeaway and Strictly Come Dancing. Common People by Pulp is a hallmark of Britpop, and you’ll hear it on the radio a lot. Yeah, it’s pretty on the money.
I can tell Ant from Dec because they once gave Dan and Phil a tip about being a duo, saying that they always stand in order of their names when viewed from the front. So Ant is always on the left and Dec is always on the right lol.
Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler was from the song in the opening credits of Dad's Army. Dad's Army ran from 1968 to 1977, but it's been repeated endlessly on the BBC (and other channels) since then, so no excuse. The wartime ditty (to the tune of Colonel Bogey) has been a playground song for decades. Whether it is still sung, I don't know, but there's a fair chance it is. The proper response to Ant and Dec was always I can't tell because most, apart from teenage girls for a brief period at their height couldn't care less. Salt and vinegar on Fish 'n' Chips was, and still is a defining British thing. The Common People song is not really from the boomer period as it was released in 1995; it was Jarvis Cocker, not Joe Cocker.
Hi Evan It’s not really possible to live in the UK and not know the Dad’s Army Theme Song quote 🤣 The last time you did a quiz with UK TV and other everyday cultural references … you did not know them either ? I was raised the first 20 years in the UK, moved to the US and lived there for 30 years and lived without a TV … but I still get all the cultural and TV references … even stuff before I was born. Some how picked it up through everyday interactions with a broad variety friends of all ages. I am baffled and delightfully amused that you have not picked up these everyday references and expressions but it’s kind of fun that you have not 🤗 I love watching your channel and think you are a very genuine person. I came back to the UK to give end of life care to a number of my elderly family members. Once that job was completed. I came back to sunny California. I could not adjust to the inefficiency of everyday life in the UK, and the grey cloudy damp winter weather ! Have watched both of your channels for many years. Love your humour and sense of fun. Thank You Kate
Nah, you're the same age as my sister and we didn't grow up with a lot of these things but we still got them on TV reruns or waiting for the kids bloc or channels to start since they were always on filling time in schedules. Or our parents would be quoting them because they grew up in the 60s and 70s.
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" was the theme tune to the seminal sitcom Dad's Army, which was 68 to 77 but ran on constant repeats on the BBC well into the 90s. Combined with "Nice to see you, to see you nice" (catchphrase of light entertainment legend Bruce Forsyth), I also thought heavy on boomer culture, but all references that would have resonance with all Gen X'ers and most Millenials. I am mortally offended that Pulp's Common People is now "a really old song". I mean, you're not wrong, but still - how very dare you!
The BBC has continued to regularly repeat Dad's Army right up to the present day (certainly the BBC website shows repeats in 2020 and 2021 anyway, I didn't check every single episode to see if there have been any repeats this year), so I'd say it's a sitcom, and theme tune, that all generations in the UK would find instantly recognisable. Bruce's catchphrase too was heard regularly on TV, most recently on Strictly Come Dancing, right up until a couple of years before his death, so about 2015, meaning again, all but the youngest children would instantly know his catchphrase. And I too am also really offended that Evan thinks that Common People is a really old song, as it's one of those songs that is still regularly played across the UK, and therefore still has a sort of currency now, in the same way that Mr Brightside is about 18 years old now but has never gone away and continues to turn up in the lower reaches of the Top 100 with regularity. The only reference that I'd agree with Evan was a little too old was the Hitler's testicle one. I knew the song 'Hitler has only got one ball, Goerring has two but very small, and poor old Goebbels has no balls at all', but I don't recall ever knowing about a verse that referenced the Albert Hall (which, in case Evan is reading this, was named by Queen Victoria after her late husband, Prince Albert, The Prince Consort, and is not named after a saint of any kind).
Man that DFS sale question is actually difficult. Your instinct is to say "when hell freezes over" because there's ALWAYS a sale - but are they the SAME sale? Their adverts usually say "HURRY, ENDS MONDAY", and yes maybe that sale does, but then a NEW sale starts immediately. It's like the monarchy. There's no gap in the passing of the crown, and there's no gap in the DFS sales
This test is so similar to the mini mental status testing the use on older people if they get taken to hospital in a state of confusion, after a fall, infection, traffic accident, getting drunk, a football match etc. the only one a little out of place was the Pulp one, which I failed to get too. Most people would get most of the answers at any age because of British Christmas tv programming, an exception could be many legitimate British citizens who never really watched tv but preferred Bollywood movies instead. However even they would get about half right, just from having co workers, neighbours, schoolmates etc who did. I approve 9/10 questions.
Why am I so excited to see your flat tour? I did the same thing when me eldest got his first flat and it was TINY and the "tour" took all of four minutes... I think I must have a house snooping fetish or something. Still can't wait to see it. BTW, the eldest in question is who got me watching you so he might see my comment and laugh...
If you are a legal resident of Britain - not a visitor, student, refugee or foreign worker, but have legal residency then regardless of looks, age, races, religion or ethnicity you are British... A questionnaire may test your level of acclimation but it doesn't test your nationality... Try watching the Krypton Factor for this kind of mental test.... You might like the maths and puzzle sections. 1. Bruce Forsythe is before your time... Game show host later, his catch phrase... 3. Dad's Army. It's a TV show long before the remakes...
Why is "I can't tell" the right answer? I'm not even British (Irish) and everyone I know knows Ant and Dec stand in order, with Dec on the right. Also that Dec is the shorter one.
So many people in the comments getting all the answers 😭 I’m 20 and have never heard any of the war related ones so I guess it probably depends on where you grew up :)
To fill in some cultural references: "Hitler has only got one ball The other is in the Albert Hall His mother, the dirty bugger Chopped it off when Hitler was small" There are several other versions, all with the same first line. To the tune of the Colonel Bogey March (a tune written during the First World War). The various rude lyrics about Hitler were indeed from the Second World War - but became better known outside the military as a result of the film "Bridge over the River Kwai" (1957), when Allied soldiers in a Japanese prison camp whistle the tune (and the audience supply the lyrics mentally). The film is one of those that was repeated endlessly on TV in the 1980s and 1990s, and plenty of people who were kids then had the lyrics explained to them by a rather embarrassed parent. The version I first learned in the school playground was: "Hitler has only got one ball, Göring has two but rather small, Himmler is very sim'lar, But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all." "Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler?" is the theme tune to Dad's Army, a 1970s sitcom about a bunch of old men and young kids serving in the Home Guard during WWII. It is still regularly shown on BBC TV in repeats. Certainly for me, hearing that tune provokes a very strong reaction - I want to find the remote control and change channel before it starts, as I think I must have seen every episode several times back when I was a kid and the jokes have long since ceased to be funny. If you ever do want to watch it, though - The Deadly Attachment is probably the most sensible episode to pick: season 6 episode 1.
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler is from the 1960s written for Dad's Army, a British sitcom about the Home Guard during WWII that is still repeated on Gold and ran for umpteen years.
Ahhh, a proper UK citizen test ... this will sort the wheat out from the chaff! :) Ant & Dec always stand in alphabetical order. Who do you think you are kidding Mr.Hitler was the theme to Dad's Army which is repeated most Saturday nights on BBC2. Nice to see you was Bruce Forsythe's catchphrase on The Generation Game. And we all know that Hitler only had one ball ... and Goebbels had no balls at all !!!! 😁
Tail end of Gen X here. The war related ones were obvious to me due to Dad's Army being endlessly repeated on TV and the songs also being playground chants. Common People by Pulp was very much my era. Bruce Forsyth was using the "nice to see you" catchphrase on primetime TV since before I was born. "You're going home in a fucking ambulance" is less about the match itself and more about what our team's supporters (or at least the "Casuals") are going to do your team's supporters after the game. The rest you either got or were kind of jokey answers. For example, we all know which one is Ant and which is Dec but they are never seen apart so we jokingly pretend that we don't know. At the end of the day, there is no "Ant" and there is no "Dec", there is only "Ant and Dec".
I’m 36 and we sang this in the play ground at school because we got to sing about balls “Hitler has only got one ball. The other is in the Albert Hall. His mother, the dirty bugger, chopped it off when he was small” And the other is also a song from the 90s by the band pulp. NIce to see you, to see you nice was the catchphrase of Bruce Forsyth for the ‘Generation Game’ which was a variety game show in the 90s. I suspect this quiz was made by a millennial.
it's not really dated because most of these are based on songs and rhymes which kids would sing as common thing. it's basically a did you grow up in England test
Gen X here. Did the test before watching this video and got 10/10. I've got to agree that references to "Dad's Army" and WWII do make this test lean older, but not really boomer old. Ant is always on the left of Dec as you look at them. You can read them left to right: Ant and Dec.
I don't get why they chose the band Pulp for an example of a song most people from Britain should know? Surely there are better options? How about: "What does your granny always tell you? a) Son, you are a bachelor boy, and that's the way to stay. b) The old songs are the best. or c) When are you going to live your life right."
Are you sure you didn't pass? By British education standards isn't a 50% basically the equivalent to an American C?
Harsh!! Cheeky sod 😂😂
@@davidbutler7602 am I wrong though?? I grew up in and went k-12 and university in California. Moved here as a 28 year old and started working. Was talking to my colleagues about the differences in school, particularly American highschool/university vs GCSE/A levels and uni here and was blown away 😂
What were you blown away by?
@@brynbloom5993 you are bc the exams in america are easier, you can see by how much evan struggles with the gcse exams in the videos hes done
@@kingeddiam2543 eh? I think that really depends on the person. I tutored American middle/high school and any kid I ever worked with would have had no trouble with the content. You also have to look at how old he was when he was going back and taking those exams. I know adults in the UK that passed GCSEs that if they had to take it tomorrow would struggle as well. 🤷
The fact that you said “saint albert hall” rather than “Royal Albert Hall” automatically annuls your Britishness 😂
Pretty sure Queen Victoria would have made him a Saint if she could have done.
100%. Loved the video!
Its named after a Piercing don't you know.
For the record, those dated references are not really dated, they are embedded in the culture to an insane degree.
Some of those questions relate to my childhood and I'm 33, the dads army question is only known by younger generations because its a classic program and many schools show an episode when learning about the home guard etc
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler? " isn't from WWII, it's the theme tune to an old TV programme called Dad's Army. You should do a reaction to it - it's fairly uniquely British!
Don't tell him Pike
And more to the point, it gets aired regularly even now.
Don't panic!!
They don't like it up'em, sir!
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDad Yeah, given that the BBC has been the national broadcaster for literally 99 years and 11 months, if you don't 'do' the BBC then you're obviously going to miss out on a lot of British culture.
As a millennial from the UK I'm pretty sure I would have got at least 9 out of 10, probably 10. The answers were pretty obvious and I aproove it as a citizen test. That said I feel like maybe anyone maybe 5 years younger than me would struggle. Certainly not boomer only material.
As a gen z I have no idea actual fucking Idea what the fuck anyone of these is on about
Born in 2001 and got them all right with ease
Yeah I think Evan's assuming they're all dated references because they've been around for a while. On the whole they're still pretty much in the zeitgeist.
I'm 17, and I knew all of these.
100%
I think it's a good test. They're not 'dated' because even young people know the answers - or they will. I missed one or two, but when I heard the correct answer and why, it was obvious and I should have known.
As your name is "Bagpuss" you can hardly be described as young. Immortal, perhaps...
Not me lol.
@@cyberwomble7524 don't have to be young to know of, or seen bagpuss, BBC showed every episode on I player during lockdown
Common People was released in 1995. It's not incredibly old by any measure.
Also while a lot of these references may be old as an Irish millennial who grew up watching British TV I know most of these so I definitely wouldn't call it a boomer test.
And it’s a great song
It's more a millennial test. Maybe younger Brits would struggle but it feels like they're still things you would know as they're so common. Bruce Forsyth, the man with the nice catchphrase, died in 2017 and was last on TV in 2015 but he was going for such a long time I feel that people would still pick the reference up. He started using the catchphrase in the 70s and was still using it in 2015 when he retired.
I would also say it's not an old song, but then then I look at what songs were released about 5 years before I was born, and I would call them old songs. Haha.
1995 was 27 years ago; It's old, you're old, we're old.
I'm sorry; Good song, though!
yeah i’m literally 19 and got most of those questions right, i think it makes more sense for most of them to be old references rather than new things - they’re still known but old enough to be ingrained in british culture which is the whole point!
Fun fact! Ant and Dec whenever they take pictures make sure Ant is on the left.
And the Kidding Mr Hitler bit is the theme to dad's army. The most granddad show around.
Tbh it makes sense, cause English obvs reads left to right, so Ant on the left, Dec on the right
Dad's Army has been on constant repeat every Saturday evening for the last 20 years so no excuses for not getting that one.
@@MeFreeBee ngl I think 20 years is an underestimate!
It's rumoured that if you rotate around them, on their other side, somehow they're still Ant on the left, and Dec on the right.
@@MeFreeBee I think it's been mentioned Evan doesn't have a TV licence so doubt he watches live TV
Some of them were fairly old references, but to be fair as a gen z british person I think most of us would get them!
Im a fairly young Gen-Z (not saying my age on the internet for obvious reasons) and I got most of these (I got 9. Hitlers jUnK was threw me off)
As a Thai who has seen a lot of British TV shows, I'm surprised you didn't get that first question! It's such a classic British call and response that I hear all the time
Bruce Forsythe (Nice to see you, to see you ... nice!), Dad's Army (Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler, if you think old England's down ...), the band Pulp (she came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge) and a children's rhyme (Hitler ... has only got one ball, the other, is in the Albert Hall).
I didn't know the Pulp one.
The Albert Hall reference was never in the version we sang in school (child of the 70's here and northern). You learn something new every day! 😀
The version I always heard was "Hitler, he's only got one ball. Goebbels, two but very small."
I didn't get the Common People reference when I was watching the video, but now it's stuck in my head.
Indeed.
It was
Hitler has only got one ball, Goering, has two but very small, Himmler, it's very similar and poor old Goebals has no balls at all.
@@dwinterx Born in 74 here and it was definitely in my Grimsby playground .... but these things can be hyper local (different adjacent schools can have different versions).
No excuses Evan. These were all references aimed perfectly for someone of your age.
Dad's Army does get repeated every year on the BBC. But youngsters don't watch television.
I think part of the point is that these are mostly references to things that a lot of people might have seen in their childhood growing up. Like Dads Army, football chants, anything with Ant and Dec, anything that had Bruce Forsyth, and songs.
Hence "the test ... has been devised mostly by Twitter users to more accurately differentiate British citizens from johnny foreigner." It fulfils that purpose!
Ant and Dec always stand in the same place when on tv from left to right
And hey, don't say Pulp is as old as the WW2 questions. It was like 1994!
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" is the theme to Dads army, which we watched a LOT in the 90s, it's set in the war, but definitely not from wartime! it's a great little tune :)
When Evan called common people an incredibly old song I cried a bit. It’s 27 years old and I wasn’t even alive but even still…
Evan: 'Common people' is a "very old song".
Me: What? That only came out a few years back. OK, it was released in 1995, that was only....oh, oh dear.
Tears well up in my eyes, as my entire world collapses around me, as I realise....I AM A OLD!
Me too, mate, me too.
It wasn't that long ago TBF, before I was born, but not a long time ago
I'm 28, Irish, and still got 10/10 in this.
The only attribute I would argue that makes one British rather than just a British citizen would be knowing it as fact & not needing to try prove yourself all the time 😅
This better ask if you can tell the difference between a kettle and a teapot 😂😂
Hahahaha imma need to make a follow up video to last week!!
That was my first thought too 🤣
They’re both black 😂
1. Nice - Bruce Forsyth's catchphrase
2. Applause (Maybe followed by a Wayyyyyy!)
3. Ant Left, Dec Right
4. Yes - A question asked at all Chippys
5. When Hell Freezes Over
6. Hitler - Dad's Army Theme Song
7. Scorcher
8. Knowledge - First line of Pulp's Common People
9. In a f****** ambulance
10. One of Hitler's testicles - Hitler has only got one ball, The other is in the Albert hall (etc)
For 2. I think the wayyyy normally happens more or less instantly whilst the applause follows a second or two later when people have had a chance to put down their pint or cutlery.
Nice to see you- to see you nice you got correct. It’s what a presenter who used to host strictly used to say.
Bruce Forsyth. Absolute legend. It came from a game show he hosted in the 80s I think. But he used it until his death
@@Blub_blubby 'Play Your Cards Right' might've been the first one he used it in.
Out was just one of his catchphrases. One of many. And the generation game was 1970s.
@@AndrewHalliwell Ah I'd forgotten The Generation Game, I was born in the late 70's so I probably missed most of his run on it.
@@shaggybaggums I was born in the 50s and missed most of Bruce Forsyth's career.
I'm a British 15 yr old and I got 10/10 lmao. I think they're just ingrained in me at this point.
I’d argue it’s not a matter of gatekeeping for those who claim your not really British, I think it’s more a culture thing, you are American born, so you are raised on the idea that people want to come to your country and work to become American themselves. Citizenship is seen a something that’s very important, once you earn it you are American, so to an American I can understand British citizenship = British person.
But I don’t think the UK culture works the same way, if you ask a British person what their nationality is, they will most likely say where they were born, ie Scottish, English etc.
I’d argue that it’s because citizenship isn’t really something Brit’s think about. We are not taught that everyone else wants to come to our country and be one of us like the Americans are taught.
I apologise for the rambling nature of this comment but TLDR national identity is much more important to Americans and is tied to citizenship because earning citizenship an “becoming American” is seen as a goal for none Americans. Were as national identity for Brits tends to just be were you were born because is far less important to us so we have never really considered it.
That’s just my 2 cents.
I would tend to agree. People who are born here tend to say they are English, Scottish etc you don't really hear people refer to themselves as British off the bat.
If someone says they are "British", they likely come from one of the protestant parts of Northern Ireland. The catholics will generally say they are Irish.
@@katbryce I say I'm British and I'm not from Ireland
That’s my opinion too, though we don’t use dollars and cents in the UK! We say that’s my penny’s worth where I’m from, and I avoid Americanisms.
And yet, on the American census, which nationality we have in us matters such that we can't say we are 'American'. We don't really discuss nationality here either, unless we are foriegners trying to get American citizenship, perhaps. We will say we are from America if overseas but within America, we might discuss our ancestry instead.
It's not SAINT Albert Hall! It's named after PRINCE Albert (Queen Victoria 's husband)
Thank you for this, I heard the St. in there and physically winced. :P
I had to look it up because I was getting confused.
Idk why I kept saying saint 😂
Victoria thought he was a perfect Saint,she would approve.
Two people spending their entire joint career being left to right: Ant & Dec (née PJ & Duncan)
*Evan:* “the one of the left looks deccy..”
😂
If you're curious, Retsina is a Greek white wine which is infused with pine resin, usually the needles left to soak in the liquid for a period of time. Despite my grandmother being a Greek Cypriot and having a bottle in the house at various times over the years, I've never personally tried it. Fry and Laurie did a Greek restaurant sketch in the 80s that mentions it.
It's also mentioned in one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with reference to something being found in a lost holdall.
I was born in the 80s and feel this quiz is aimed at my demographic!
Yeah a lot of it really does feel 'elder millenials'...
I was born in the late 80's and I didn't know a few of these
Me too! Dad's Army, Common People, Hitler has only got one ball...
Ginger, beardy boat bothering demographic.
@@randomness051 born in 98 and knew them all, as would most my school mates.
Not really boomer stuff, but stuff you would know if you went to school in the UK and grew up watching Sunday TV in the UK, I guess the problem is that if you come here later in life your probably not going to sit down and watch repeats of classic comedies on a Sunday afternoon for no reason.
21 years old, I would’ve got 9/10 on this
Which one did you miss?
"the one on the left has Dec energy". I can't believe you passed up the opportunity to say he had Big Dec Energy 😂 You're a better man than me - I wouldn't have even hesitated
Lol, these are really not Boomer-only references! They're things that everyone knows. I took the test myself before watching you answer it, and I was thinking that they were far too easy and it wouldn't prove anything. It doesn't really compute that anyone could get half of them wrong. 😂
"Hitler, has only got one ball.
The other, is in the Albert Hall
His mother, the dirty bugger
Cut it off him, when he was small."
*whistling intensifies*
(p.s. You asked what rhyme "You're going home in a fucking ambulance!" comes from. But it isn't based on a famous rhyme. Because it doesn't rhyme. And that's it, that's literally the chant. Haha.)
As soon as you read “Who do you think you are kidding Mr.” I started singing the song haha, I remember my Grandpa watching that show all the time.
Yeah, Dad's Army used to be on TV all the time back before everything was streamed it was used for filling time along with a whole bunch of other shows from the 60s to the 80s that are all classics embedded in British Culture that would be hard to find on streaming services now because they're not politically correct or locked to only one service nobody uses anymore.
Weird thing is, although a lot of those are old, you find a fairly large chunk of those in their late 30’s and back will know them. Streaming services kinda killed a lot of them. prior to this you watched what you were given, including repeats of older show. When streaming came around people chose their viewing. I suppose in a way, even cable and satellite did a fair bit of damage to their longevity. When you called common people an old song a small part of me died lol
Glad you have such a good sense of humor about all the "gatekeeping" - Yes I like the natural light
tbf I feel like anyone that grew up in england that was born before like 1999 should get a solid 9/10 on this as those songs where still quite popular even when i was at secondary school in the 2010s although the dads army theme i probably know cause my dad got the box set for christmas one year and he would just watch it on repeat for about 2 years straight until the dvd player broke xD
I don't think it's a boomer/older people quiz. I was born in 1994 and got old references. Knew the Mr Hilter as my Father is a fan of the old comedies like 'Dad's Army'. I don't remember where I learned the Hilter Ball one I must heard it when I was younger (maybe from my Father).
I'm sure that Ant & Dec have said they stand in alphabetical order. I'm pretty sure even during an episode of their show they present, Saturday Night Takeaway, that in 2017-19ish a few of their own fans couldn't tell the difference when asked. I think they've made jokes about it themselves.
The only one I didn't know was about the Greek girl. I never heard of the song myself.
I would've chosen to get the salt & vinger one wrong as well I can't stand salt but my Father would dip his spring onions in just salt and I don't know why.
I actually think this is a good test, it really does weed out who isn’t natively born and raised in the UK - I’m a Gen Z and I got most of them. Whether it should be used as a citizenship test is a different matter
Hey Evan. I'd love to see your take on the American reactions to the Queen's passing. Would you be up for making a video on this?
As an American it didn't hit me immediately like Gorbachev's death did but by the end of the day it was starting to get to me and I'm still kind of shocked by it. Not only was she a major historical figure but all of the "Her Magesties" stuff has to be renamed. Plus even though the role is largely ceremonial they do have the potential to mess with a lot of politics over there and that kind of concerns me. I don't follow the Royal Family at all (some Americans are obsessed with them) but for whatever reason I don't really feel the same kind of respect for the new guy as I did her.
@@RRW359 Very little needs to happen Her Majesty's Ship, becomes His Majesty's Ship, both HMS. The major one is Queens Council (barrister QC) becomes KC. I grew up with coinage with Victoria's image on them still in circulation, it will be many years before the image of ER2 disappears. I would like you to cite one instance in the last 100 years that the monarch has overridden the democratic government. Respect in any role has to be earned, a Prince is not a King.
Understandable for anyone to not have it effect them much if at all, but my American friends have told me there's been a lot of bashing and taking the mess of The Queen over there in the states, and quite a few giving false facts on her life. For me, I personally don't care too much about the royals but I saw The Queen as Britain's sweet old grandmother.
@@CmdrBrannick Probably depends on where in America they are from. I don't really have much of a social life but I think most people where I live had a positive or neutral opinion of the Queen so I wouldn't imagine them bashing her. Maybe the family and King or the system but not her specifically.
@@tda2806 His Majesties just doesn't sound the same, although it may just be me not liking change. As for what he can do, it's kind of like the electoral college here. Have they overwritten the democratic process enough to cause problems? *No. Does the possibility that they can, even if it's self destructive, scare me a little? Yes.
*Of course they have been the reason some elections have gone against the popular vote but that's due to how people are represented rather then them going against the vote.
As a gen x who spent the first 29 years of my life in England , I got 9/10. And a flipping earworm from Dad's Army!
I'm not siding with the xénophobes, but it'd have to pertain to popular working class culture (TV) that you'd watch with your Nan (growing up). Any over stayer can clue up on current (fleeting) pop-culture references. 🤔
Friggin......nw I have that "who do you think you were kidding mr Hitler" stuck in my head!
And it hurt me a bit you didnt know that one.......(I am a 79 baby, born in Holland I knew quit a few answers which surprised me! )
@@jwb52z9 Every sunday from the early 80's till mid 90's we had English sitcoms on tv I loved them! After that we had more than 3 channels and they faded away.....such a shame really..
Nice to see you, to see you nice is the very famous catch phrase of Bruce Forsyth, presenter of strictly come dancing until he died a few years back.
I am 32, Mexican American… and I screamed because I got 10/10- I have no idea how I managed to just know / to have heard the references before
Come on in, I'll put the kettle on.
Dad's Army! Dad's Army! Dad'Army! You really need to see some of these all British TV shows: who do you think you're kidding Mr. Hitler? It's the start of the theme tune of the show ;)
Hitler only having one ball thing is because he was either shot in the groin or because of shrapnel (can't fully remember) during WW1. It didn't actually even hit the ball bag. But is more funny to sing that, than about his groin. They also made it rhyme with 'Albert Hall'. I saw it on a documentary quite awhile back, where they had his hospital records from the time.
If you live in a country that has "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" then the first five questions in any round are usable as a citizenship test.
When watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire I have often not known the first few easy questions.
Evan trying to answer the questions seriously was hilarious. I somehow got 10/10 which confirms I am indeed British, didn't know half the answers but thinking like a Brit, the answers were obvious.
Evan, love your show but if you don't know the show Dad's Army "Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" (I am 40) you are not quite a British citizen yet lol watch Dads Army and you can try for your citizenship again 😂
It is sure to be be dated (probably all cast members have passed away by now but it's a classic) but still British sense of humour funny!
Ian Lavender is still alive, but he is the only regular cast member now, following the death a few weeks ago of Frank Williams who played the vicar.
@@MrDannyDetail oh that's sad but time stops for no-one I suppose. Going to have to find out if can watch them on a streaming service and have a binge 😂
As a Brit, I really don't think this is particularly dated. I was born in the Mid-ninetees and I'd say my generation would know all of these pop references. The stuff that is 'from the war', I think are still relevant, because they're more in reference to it, than from it, e.g. the Hitlers Ball one, I didn't even know that was a war song, it's just what kids used to sing at School. Tbf though, the Mr Hitler one is a bit outdated.The Pulp one, while they we're a ninetees band, that song is still very popular in bars/clubs and like you said, on playlists, so again, not too outdated.All in all, I think they're mostly jokey nods to often quoted things between brits, those sorts of things tend to be fairly traditional and less from the last 5 years. That's just my 2 pence on the matter lol... Great Video once again!!
I took the test four years ago. I studied 12,000 years of UK history from the stone age (several months of studying!) - through the modern era. All to have a twenty-four question, multiple choice test. It felt anti-climatic! It took me six minutes. I got all right but one - because I am clueless when it comes to modern composers.
As I said, it's been four years, and if you ask me any of those questions now? I'd likely be kicked out. 🤣
I think I got more right than Even and I'm Irish.
How could you live in the UK for more than ten years and not have watched Dad's army!?!?!
broadcast tv is incredibly boring to me
I've lived in the UK for 24 years (my entire life) and haven't watched Dad's army either. I still know the theme tune somehow though; I can't prove it but I suspect it's imprinted onto our DNA at birth.
Anyone else have to stop watching to go listen to the dads army theme song half way through
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Spot on with Q2 there. Good to see you know it's not just applause but the required "WHEEEEY" which really makes it.
Also, the real answer for when the DFS sale ends is "this Tuesday", however the next one starts straight after
"You're going home in a f****** ambulance" is one I haven't heard for a while.
Did you know that the girl from Greece was studying sculpture at St Martin's College, was from a very affluent family, and thought it funny to order a rum & coke?
Oh who do you think you are kidding Mr hitter. Is a line from the theme of dad's army. The most resent of which came out a few years ago
As a long time subscriber to your channel, I believe that you are officially British, but have naturally kept some Americanisms in your day-to-day life. As someone who has not been through our education system and doesn't watch much UKTV (you said this recently in your TV licence video), you have not been exposed to some areas of British culture which this test referred to.
Who do you think you're kidding Mr Hitler is not a war song like Hitler's only got one ball, it's the theme to Dad's Army, which ran from the late 60s to the late 70s. Dad's Army is set during WWII.
Also Hitler may have genuinely have only had one testicle if you didn't know, the rumour created the song not the other way around.
It was a war time song, which is why they used it as the theme tune.
For the ambulance one watch Lee Evans Stag Night Antics video. It's one of those chant type things that people do when they drink. You basically just repeat "You're going home in a f*cking ambulance"
It was a good effort for a non-native but most of those were pretty easy. Watch Dad’s Army & The Generation Game (Bruce Forsyth version) & you’ll get 2 right straight away.
I don't think it's a boomer test - I'm in my thirties and got all of them pretty easy about from the girl from Greece question. Surprised you didn't know the Dad's Army theme tune though!
Also, you can't dismiss things as being old as a reason to not know them. Many younger people will also get most of the references - they are part of British culture to this day.
I got 9/10. Though I have never been to the UK I do consume a lot of British media, and apparently media from a certain era. 😂 The one being the girl from Greece question
6:00 it's from the song common people by pulp. Very popular song in the British 90s
The answer is knowledge
I’d say that quiz is far more relevant than Evan gives it credit for. Even if some of the references aren’t recent, they’re fairly timeless.
Honestly the war references have seeped into our culture so much that even younger generations are aware of Dad’s Army and “Hitler Has Only Got One Ball”. That’s what happens when you’re the only nation in the world who thinks Britain were most responsible for winning World War II, and where politicians say “the Blitz Spirit” will help Brits get through the cost-of-living crisis.
Meanwhile, Gen Z is definitely aware of Ant & Dec and Bruce Forsyth bc we grew up with Saturday Night Takeaway and Strictly Come Dancing. Common People by Pulp is a hallmark of Britpop, and you’ll hear it on the radio a lot. Yeah, it’s pretty on the money.
10/10 for me. I laughed out loud when I heard the Albert Hall question. As for DFS, before even seeing the options I was like "does the sale end?!"
I can tell Ant from Dec because they once gave Dan and Phil a tip about being a duo, saying that they always stand in order of their names when viewed from the front. So Ant is always on the left and Dec is always on the right lol.
Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler was from the song in the opening credits of Dad's Army. Dad's Army ran from 1968 to 1977, but it's been repeated endlessly on the BBC (and other channels) since then, so no excuse. The wartime ditty (to the tune of Colonel Bogey) has been a playground song for decades. Whether it is still sung, I don't know, but there's a fair chance it is. The proper response to Ant and Dec was always I can't tell because most, apart from teenage girls for a brief period at their height couldn't care less. Salt and vinegar on Fish 'n' Chips was, and still is a defining British thing. The Common People song is not really from the boomer period as it was released in 1995; it was Jarvis Cocker, not Joe Cocker.
Evan: I'm not in a musical I'm in Great Britain no one sings here.
*Carrie Hope Fletcher and Dodie screaming in the distance*
I think nearly every major musical artist of the 20th century is screaming to be fair...
@@PhilipWorthington Let's not even start on the West End...
Hi Evan
It’s not really possible to live
in the UK and not know the Dad’s Army Theme Song quote 🤣
The last time you did a quiz with
UK TV and other everyday cultural
references … you did not know them either ? I was raised the first
20 years in the UK, moved to the US and lived there for 30 years
and lived without a TV … but I still get all the cultural and TV references … even stuff before I was born. Some how picked it
up through everyday interactions
with a broad variety friends of all ages.
I am baffled and delightfully amused that you have not picked up these everyday
references and expressions
but it’s kind of fun that you have not 🤗
I love watching your channel
and think you are a very genuine
person.
I came back to the UK to give end of life care to a number of my
elderly family members.
Once that job was completed. I came back to sunny California.
I could not adjust to the inefficiency of everyday life in
the UK, and the grey cloudy damp winter weather !
Have watched both of your channels for many years. Love
your humour and sense of fun.
Thank You
Kate
The big question, did you question the amount of grief you felt and/or displayed at the passing of Her Maj?
Got 10/10 and I was born in 1991. I’m a bit of an old soul but I feel like most people would get the majority of these references.
Nah, you're the same age as my sister and we didn't grow up with a lot of these things but we still got them on TV reruns or waiting for the kids bloc or channels to start since they were always on filling time in schedules. Or our parents would be quoting them because they grew up in the 60s and 70s.
Salt n Sauce or Mayonnaise because I’m part Scottish and part German. The Ant and Dec question misses the answer - I don’t care.
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" was the theme tune to the seminal sitcom Dad's Army, which was 68 to 77 but ran on constant repeats on the BBC well into the 90s. Combined with "Nice to see you, to see you nice" (catchphrase of light entertainment legend Bruce Forsyth), I also thought heavy on boomer culture, but all references that would have resonance with all Gen X'ers and most Millenials.
I am mortally offended that Pulp's Common People is now "a really old song". I mean, you're not wrong, but still - how very dare you!
The BBC has continued to regularly repeat Dad's Army right up to the present day (certainly the BBC website shows repeats in 2020 and 2021 anyway, I didn't check every single episode to see if there have been any repeats this year), so I'd say it's a sitcom, and theme tune, that all generations in the UK would find instantly recognisable. Bruce's catchphrase too was heard regularly on TV, most recently on Strictly Come Dancing, right up until a couple of years before his death, so about 2015, meaning again, all but the youngest children would instantly know his catchphrase. And I too am also really offended that Evan thinks that Common People is a really old song, as it's one of those songs that is still regularly played across the UK, and therefore still has a sort of currency now, in the same way that Mr Brightside is about 18 years old now but has never gone away and continues to turn up in the lower reaches of the Top 100 with regularity.
The only reference that I'd agree with Evan was a little too old was the Hitler's testicle one. I knew the song 'Hitler has only got one ball, Goerring has two but very small, and poor old Goebbels has no balls at all', but I don't recall ever knowing about a verse that referenced the Albert Hall (which, in case Evan is reading this, was named by Queen Victoria after her late husband, Prince Albert, The Prince Consort, and is not named after a saint of any kind).
'Who do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler' is not a war song but the theme song for the show Dad's Army created for the shove,
But they were lucky enough to get Bud Flanagan,a true voice of the 1940s to sing it. I think he died 2 weeks later.
Man that DFS sale question is actually difficult. Your instinct is to say "when hell freezes over" because there's ALWAYS a sale - but are they the SAME sale? Their adverts usually say "HURRY, ENDS MONDAY", and yes maybe that sale does, but then a NEW sale starts immediately.
It's like the monarchy. There's no gap in the passing of the crown, and there's no gap in the DFS sales
Another question that should have appeared on the test ... Complete the headline "Freddie Starr Ate ......................."
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Please look up William Shatner's cover of Common People.
Genuinely hilarious
Came down here to say this.
I'll have you know I have seen plenty of British orphans, chimney sweeps and nannies break into song.
And every single one of those sweeps had the most utterly ludicrous accent imaginable...
This test is so similar to the mini mental status testing the use on older people if they get taken to hospital in a state of confusion, after a fall, infection, traffic accident, getting drunk, a football match etc. the only one a little out of place was the Pulp one, which I failed to get too. Most people would get most of the answers at any age because of British Christmas tv programming, an exception could be many legitimate British citizens who never really watched tv but preferred Bollywood movies instead. However even they would get about half right, just from having co workers, neighbours, schoolmates etc who did. I approve 9/10 questions.
Why am I so excited to see your flat tour? I did the same thing when me eldest got his first flat and it was TINY and the "tour" took all of four minutes... I think I must have a house snooping fetish or something. Still can't wait to see it. BTW, the eldest in question is who got me watching you so he might see my comment and laugh...
Flat tour is almost ready! Just took SO LONG to paint my whole place
If you are a legal resident of Britain - not a visitor, student, refugee or foreign worker, but have legal residency then regardless of looks, age, races, religion or ethnicity you are British... A questionnaire may test your level of acclimation but it doesn't test your nationality...
Try watching the Krypton Factor for this kind of mental test.... You might like the maths and puzzle sections.
1. Bruce Forsythe is before your time... Game show host later, his catch phrase...
3. Dad's Army. It's a TV show long before the remakes...
"Common People" is an incredibly old song? Pfft.
In any event, the best version of it is clearly William Shatner's.
Why is "I can't tell" the right answer? I'm not even British (Irish) and everyone I know knows Ant and Dec stand in order, with Dec on the right. Also that Dec is the shorter one.
Ouch!
OK, I'm in my 40s, but Common People by Pulp is "an incredibly old song"?!?!?!?
That cuts deep!
So many people in the comments getting all the answers 😭 I’m 20 and have never heard any of the war related ones so I guess it probably depends on where you grew up :)
To fill in some cultural references:
"Hitler has only got one ball
The other is in the Albert Hall
His mother, the dirty bugger
Chopped it off when Hitler was small"
There are several other versions, all with the same first line.
To the tune of the Colonel Bogey March (a tune written during the First World War). The various rude lyrics about Hitler were indeed from the Second World War - but became better known outside the military as a result of the film "Bridge over the River Kwai" (1957), when Allied soldiers in a Japanese prison camp whistle the tune (and the audience supply the lyrics mentally). The film is one of those that was repeated endlessly on TV in the 1980s and 1990s, and plenty of people who were kids then had the lyrics explained to them by a rather embarrassed parent.
The version I first learned in the school playground was:
"Hitler has only got one ball,
Göring has two but rather small,
Himmler is very sim'lar,
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all."
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler?" is the theme tune to Dad's Army, a 1970s sitcom about a bunch of old men and young kids serving in the Home Guard during WWII. It is still regularly shown on BBC TV in repeats. Certainly for me, hearing that tune provokes a very strong reaction - I want to find the remote control and change channel before it starts, as I think I must have seen every episode several times back when I was a kid and the jokes have long since ceased to be funny.
If you ever do want to watch it, though - The Deadly Attachment is probably the most sensible episode to pick: season 6 episode 1.
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler is from the 1960s written for Dad's Army, a British sitcom about the Home Guard during WWII that is still repeated on Gold and ran for umpteen years.
If you’re born in Britain and haven’t grown up watching Dad’s Army and Bruce then there’s definitely an issue. Both timeless classics
You need to watch Dads Army!! 💕
No.. it is Bruce Forcyth catch phrase.. nice to see you ,to see you NICE!!!
Ahhh, a proper UK citizen test ... this will sort the wheat out from the chaff! :)
Ant & Dec always stand in alphabetical order. Who do you think you are kidding Mr.Hitler was the theme to Dad's Army which is repeated most Saturday nights on BBC2. Nice to see you was Bruce Forsythe's catchphrase on The Generation Game. And we all know that Hitler only had one ball ... and Goebbels had no balls at all !!!! 😁
The rule is that they always stand the same way round, as it is written. Ant, and Dec. Left to right.
blessed be thou when evan uploads
Tail end of Gen X here. The war related ones were obvious to me due to Dad's Army being endlessly repeated on TV and the songs also being playground chants. Common People by Pulp was very much my era. Bruce Forsyth was using the "nice to see you" catchphrase on primetime TV since before I was born. "You're going home in a fucking ambulance" is less about the match itself and more about what our team's supporters (or at least the "Casuals") are going to do your team's supporters after the game. The rest you either got or were kind of jokey answers. For example, we all know which one is Ant and which is Dec but they are never seen apart so we jokingly pretend that we don't know. At the end of the day, there is no "Ant" and there is no "Dec", there is only "Ant and Dec".
I know One Ball from Allo' Allo'!!! And Sam Kelly's captain Geering pops in to mind instantly!
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Nice!
That's a Brucie Bonus!
I’m 36 and we sang this in the play ground at school because we got to sing about balls
“Hitler has only got one ball. The other is in the Albert Hall. His mother, the dirty bugger, chopped it off when he was small”
And the other is also a song from the 90s by the band pulp.
NIce to see you, to see you nice was the catchphrase of Bruce Forsyth for the ‘Generation Game’ which was a variety game show in the 90s. I suspect this quiz was made by a millennial.
Are you doing a video on the Queen/King? I'd be interested in your opinions as an British-American.
it's not really dated because most of these are based on songs and rhymes which kids would sing as common thing. it's basically a did you grow up in England test
Gen X here. Did the test before watching this video and got 10/10. I've got to agree that references to "Dad's Army" and WWII do make this test lean older, but not really boomer old.
Ant is always on the left of Dec as you look at them. You can read them left to right: Ant and Dec.
I don't get why they chose the band Pulp for an example of a song most people from Britain should know? Surely there are better options? How about: "What does your granny always tell you? a) Son, you are a bachelor boy, and that's the way to stay. b) The old songs are the best. or c) When are you going to live your life right."