General Knowledge QUIZ BATTLE !! US vs UK vs Australia vs Newzeland vs South Africa!! 

It's not totally correct. An Englishman discovered the recipe of sparkling wine but champagne was born and created in the region of Champagne in France by Dom Perignon (champagne is called Champagne because of the region of production.) It's a protected name, a Champagne produced outside the region of Champagne-Ardenne can not be called Champagne.

Every sources I've found about Champagne origins lead to... France. Grapevine were imported by the romans, in the north east of France, that's were they made wine and a derivated version: Champagne. It was centuries later that a French monk made THE Champagne we all know about today. As to the name Champagne, it comes from an old French province, which still existed in region name: "Champagne-Ardennes" which is today called Grand Est. Champagne has also a protected designation of origin so not everyone can make it that's why you can sometimes find "vin pétillant" elsewhere.

About the Champagne question: UK is the closest to France... as a german my heart explodes as Germany shares a direct border with france

4:00 Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation

I love how Odessa answers New Zealand and that wasn’t one of the answers 😂

Well they are chatting out of their arse. Champagne is made in France and can only be called champagne if it comes from the region of France called “Champagne”

Geography Fact : In some parts of the world think that there're 6 continents ( Europe , Asia , Africa , Antartida , Oceania and America ) and 5 continents ( Europe , Asia , Africa , Oceania and America ) , like There's no "South" or "North" America , just the "America" as a continent itself

Another great and enjoyable video with Odessa 🇳🇿 , Beth 🇭🇲 , Jakob 🇿🇦 , Emma 🇺🇲 and Clare aka Lauren 🇬🇧

The champagne answer is totally wrong. "Champagne" sparking wine is actually named after the Champagne wine region in France and sparkling wine was first made in this region in the late 1600s. It's therefore obviously impossible for a region of France to have originated in the UK. Yes, "sparkling wine" was apparently first invented in the UK, but that's not the same thing as champagne. This question was probably formulated by a wine ignoramus who made the rookie mistake of referring to all sparkling wine as "champagne".

The Champagne answer is incorrect. While England pioneered the development of bubbly wine, Champagne, by definition, can only come the the Champagne region of France. Everything else is just sparkling wine. Similarly, Tequila may only come from the Mexican state that contains the city of Tequila (everything else is a mezcal). Scotch can only come from Scotland; even though the Taketsuru learned how to make it in Scotland and brought the process back to Japan (along with his Scottish wife, Rita) during the Taisho Era, Japanese Whisky [note the spelling] is not Scotch (even though in blind taste tests, many drinking the Yamazaki 12 Year single malt would swear they were drinking a Scotch from Speyside). Bourbon is sort of like this; even though it is associated with the state of Kentucky, it can be made anywhere in the US. It just must be made from at least 51% corn [maize] mash and aged in new, charred oak barrels. Since there is a requirement of new barrels, many Scotch distilleries (maybe Irish Whiskey as well - I am less sure about it) buy these used-once barrels to age their whisky/whiskey in them. If one is interested in a not-Bourbon, try the Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky from Japan. I am not an alcoholic. I swear.

Oceania's countries : Australia , New Zealand , Tuvalu , Papua New Guinea , Nauru , Kiribati , Vanuatu , Samoa , Palau , Fiji , Micronesia , Solomon Islands , Marshall Islands and Tonga

The Champagne answer was totally wrong! The history of Champagne began when the Romans planted vineyards in this region of northeast France in the 5th century, or possibly earlier. Over centuries, Champagne evolved from being a pale, pinkish still wine to a sparkling wine.

Champagne come from the Champagne region in France near Reims. So champagne is French. However, where the method was invented is up to debate ... In Champagne, they say that Dom Pérignon invented it. I'm sure that in Spain (where they produce cava) they have another view ;)

She said UK is closer to France than Germany Lmfaoo!! 😸😸😸nice Australian woman!!

As a French person, more precisely born and raised in Champagne (the region) the miniature nearly gave me a heart attack 😂😭

Lauren here 🇬🇧 this was really fun and REALLY difficult lol. I did mention that champagne comes from Champagne in France but it was edited out 😅😅😅

Loved how he mentioned the biggest Bungy Jump in the World, which is the Bloukrans Bridge which my sister and I jumped from in 2012 when we visited :-D

In the U.S. in the '70's we were taught 7 continents, one of them being Australia; the only nation/continent. I guess I was asleep for 25 years because then I started hearing 'Oceania' and I thought they were using terms from George Orwell's '1984'. LOL

The speed camera was a Dutch invention. A racing driver wanted to measure his cornering speed to improve his racing. It's probably one of the most hated inventions today, but giving people speeding tickets wasn't the intended use.

The reason champagne is known for being French is because although it can be made anywhere the grapes have to be grown in a specific region of France, called champagne, for it to be champagne otherwise it’s just sparkling wine.

I've never seen "ZA" used for South Africa. Every time I see sports or other instances where abbreviations are used for countries, I only have ever seen "RSA" for "Republic of South Africa"

Some of these were kinda wrong but it was still enjoyable

La champaña es francesa, se le atribuye a un monje benedictino de la Abadía de Hautvillers fue el creador de la champaña, Dom Pierre Perignon y era el encargado de custodiar el sótano de la abadía, lugar donde se guardaba la producción de vino. La champaña surgió cuando Perignon elaboró vino blanco a partir de uvas tintas

All champagne is French. It's named after the region, where it is made, and where it originated. The English scientist Christopher Merrett may have figured out how to deliberately add fizz to wine, including champagne. But that doesn't mean champagne was invented in the United Kingdom. It's critical to understand that champagne always naturally had some fizz. But when exported to England, due to it being transported in wooden barrels that were then left out, it would lose that fizz. That's where Christopher Merrett comes in, as he figured out how to intentionally make wine fizz by adding sugar to it. So champagne was in fact invented in France.

Champagne is French ! It is THE sparkling wine from the Champagne region, not some random fizzy wine ... Only in other countries Champagne is sometimes used as a generic term for white sparkling wines, regardless of origin. But is it not the same !

1:41 South Africa uses ZA due to the fact that Saudia Arabia uses SA so in order to avoid the confusion South Africa went with ZA and not SA. Suid-Afrika is the standard spelling in Afrikaans.

It depends how you define a continent.

Beth's smile is so nice. I hope she will always be happy. 😊

As someone from Reims, Champagne Ardennes, people proudly defending the origins of Champagne in the comments warms my heart!

I love when the subtitles are completely off from what the person is saying 😂 I mean no disrespect in that btw, must be SO hard for a non-native to understand some things and they do a great job most of the time! My favourite this video was 'Nuclear' going to 'New Caledonia'

I was never too sure about Australia being a continent alone or at all, because it wouldn't make sense for Oceania to be another completely separate continent, and I was correct. Australia in itself isn't a continent. And since Antarctica does exist, it is its own continent as we speak.

I enjoyed this - the questions were not the typical ones.

Google bought the Australian map company 2Technologies. they didn't ask for it to be made but saw what 2 technologies had created as an opportunity.

the number of continents is up for debate. There are those who consider America one single continent (I personally don't). There are also those (and that actually makes sense, I kind of agree there), who consider Eurasia one single supercontinent I'd say: North America, South America, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica and Eurasia: 6

The oldest recorded mention of sparkling wine or champagne, dates back to Benedictine monks in the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, near Carcassonne in 1531, in France. What sources are you citing that say it originated in the UK?

Oh wow, how is the uk closer to France when Germany literally shares a border 😂 and also why did 2 of them choose New Zealand for the speed camera when it wasn’t even an option 🤦‍♂️

Bunjy Jumping comes from Vanuatu Pentacost island jumping from heights with vines

Hard Job you got there Jacob.

The concept that geographers use to define a continental mass can vary according to the criteria that these specialists adopt in each case, which can be physical, cultural, political or historical. The physical definition of greatest spread considers the division into seven continents: Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and Australia. This model is taught as standard in countries such as China, India, Pakistan and in most English-speaking countries with large populations, which makes it the standard used by more than 45% of the world's population. However, following both cultural and political criteria, education systems in Latin-speaking countries tend to consider Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Antarctica and Oceania as continents.

Champagne is 100% French. The sparkling wine was first produced in the French region after which it was named. Any relation to the UK is a made-up story.

when i worked in China in the mid 2000's I was surprised at the number of Australian wine makers were working there.

I feel insulted by the fact they don't acknowledged France as one of the best wine making countries. First, 7/12 of the most cultivated varieties are from France (Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Syrah, Merlot, Carignan, Cabernet sauvignon) We have a lot of well recognised wines, like Cotes du Rhone, Riesling (yes it comes from Germany but also from France in Alsace), Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Chablis, Gewurztraminer, Silvaner, Mâcon, Pinot gris, Muscat, Pouilly-Vinzelles, etc...)

"Does China make wine? I guess they make everything " lol

I'm in Aus and never heard of bluebelt. Just Googled it and it only shows a water runoff system in New York.

The Champagne part is very misleading, to the point it's wrong. Currrently, it's only "claims", but absolutely not a fact that's accepted. Champagne is it's own protected domain and name, and that includes the varieties of grapes, the land where the grapes are grown, and the exact process of how it's made. Champagne doesn't equal/mean that it's any sparkling wine. You can only call a wine, _Champagne_ , if it's produced in the Champagne region in France, same as how Moscato d'Asti has to be from the actual Asti region in Italy, which is another famous sparkling wine. If it's sparkling and not from Champagne, you'll see "Sparkling Wine", or "Brut", etc., as generic names for it, because there are various varieties of sparkling wine around the world. But why was the answer UK in the video? Well it came from an interview of Pierre Taittinger, who is a famous Champagne producer, that the English accidentally created the first "Champagne", a bit earlier than Dom Perignon, the French monk who have pioneered, developed, and perfected the process of making Champange, and who also has a famous expensive wine named after him. There was a record that the English added sugar and molasses to the wine imported from France so more people can enjoy it, but a lot of this wine were acciddentally left on the docks longer than usual where a 2nd fermentation process enabled the wine to be carbonated, hence creating a sparkling wine, which was back in 1633. The process is different from Dom Perignon's, so it's not Champagne. Hence, it's currently only discussed as "claims", and not factual. So tldr, there was a claim that the English may have accidentally invented a type of sparkling wine a few years earlier than Dom Perignon(the pioneer of Champagne making), but the actual _Champagne_ , with it having it's own unique process, grapes, and domain, was invented in France, NOT the UK. 😉

Champagne pronunciation is most commonly as: /SHAM-pein/ in English, and in French it is rendered close to /SHOM-pan-je/ or /SHOM-pan/, when using English phonetic spelling.

There are TONS of speed cameras here in Australia

Lauren 😍

I got all of them right! I've never felt so smart lmao

I'm in shock now. Back in the day we were taught that there are only 6 continents...so now I googled it and since then North- and South-America are counts as two separate continents... whooo... it's like Pluto getting out of planets then back but as a dwarf planet.

Who wrote these questions? They must not speak English as there first language because the questions had spelling mistakes and poor grammar. But still entertaining.

Champagne is from France! From the Champagne region! Dios mío, pero qué brutos!

Well the Bungee Jump answer was wrong. The first bungee jump was in Bristol off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in April 1979

The number of continents depends on what you were taught. At school I was taught 5 continents, America was a continent.

I'm an Australian and I got more questions right than Beth, AS A KID 😅😅😅

New Zealand is spelt wrong in the title!

I just read the title and they spelled zealand wrong in new Zealand

Speaking as an Australian, I deeply care about the Great Barrier Reef.

An Australian man also invented WiFi too. We Aussies are smarter and worldly-wise people.

i don't mean to roast their English, but who wrote down the questions? the tenses are all over the place. Also, the question is "Who invented Champagne? Champagne is a protected designation restricted to the French region of the same name, i.o.w. only sparkling wine from that particular region can legally be labelled as champagne. this does not mean the French invented "sparkling wine". But it stands to reason that phrasing the question by using the word "champagne" would automatically refer to the sparkling wine produced in that region. The British introduced the rest of the world to "sparkling wine", but the French capitalized on branding it and popularizing it as "Champagne".

The concept of this video was fun but it could have been better. I mean, wouldn't it have been better if it was also informative? Like after the answer was revealed, trivia about it is displayed (at the very least). It would be entertaining and also informative. With this minimal format, viewers are just watching people struggle to answer and then react to the answer but not getting anything more from it. It would be fun to add more information like how Champagne was made in the UK and not France like how the majority of people thought or who invented the speed gun technology, etc. They already did the research when they made the questions, they could have just shared it with us.

Champagne was invented in the champagne region of France

This made me realize how little general knowledge I actually possess haha

The Champagne question is just outrageous for french people. Please do your research, and look for who Dom Pérignon is, and most importantly, in which country is located the region called Champagne (which is the name the drink is called after). If champagne is located in the UK, please ring people that made that map to correct it. ;)

how do you mess up the champagne question. to be considered champagne it must be made in a certain region in France.

i wonder if anyone has noticed the error in the New Zealand flag pinned to the person from New Zealand. The New Zealand flag has red stars in the southern cross constellation on the right side and not white.

Hello, everyone! It’s Emma here! Once again it was so much fun to be with Lauren 🇬🇧, Odessa 🇳🇿, Beth 🇦🇺, and Jakob 🇿🇦! I definitely learned a lot and now I know I have to try to keep up with general knowledge since I am clearly lacking a lot 😂 I know all over the world we have different education systems or representations of things such as world maps. I’m curious about the continents question for instance. I was taught in the USA that there are 7- how was it explained in your country? Let me know in the comments!

That Decanter Wine awards question is a bit of a curly one - there are dozens of awards handed out at that event and China, the US and France all won multiple awards, as did Australia and New Zealand. Was this referring to which country won the MOST awards?...

That champagne is from the UK is not correct. It was only suggested that the the brits might have invented it, or the origin of it, accidentally based on some records they have. The absolute truth though is that the French made it as it is now, and named it Champagne. Fact check please World Friends.

I wonder what country there in

Where does Central America fit for those who divide south and north america? For me it's just america.

Every video I see Emma in I’m less and less convinced that shes American lol

7:25 shes saying Nuclear, not new Caledonia.

First Quiz question should be how to spell New Zealand in the title

Yeah because Champagne is in France x)

but the real question is who invented pavlova

Los continentes son cinco y América es un sólo continente, aunque ahora se le agrega la Antártida, gracias un saludo desde Mérida México

Jacob can GET IT. so hot

USA: Fries + Chips UK: Chips + Crisps Aus/NZ: Chips + also Chips - it's a nightmare!

As a South African I wouldn’t be able to do the first question And Dutch is really not the second language Not even Afrikaans is up there It’s probably English first since that’s the business language Then prolly some other language from our 11 cultures and language that we register

What do UK CAN AUS and NZ have in common ?

Wait.. Champagne is totally spies (wait no) it's totally french I swear xD

Google had nothingto do with google maps, it was pitched to them by an australian company.

The champagn question is wrong. Champagne is only champagne if bottled in Champagne province. I suspect sparkling wine was invented in the UK.

The TLA (Three Letter Abbreviation) for South Africa is ZAF.

I thought gg maps was invented in denmark=)))

Did you know Australia invented wifi

“In which country has the champagne invented?” The question itself is nonsensical and the answer is misleadingly wrong.

I think the questions were terrible, everyone was fun.

9:32 what did she say??? 🤣

The continents question is pointless. There is no definitive answer as "continent" is an arbitrary description. There are between 3 and up to 8 or 9 depending on what definition you use for the word continent.

The fact that none of them got the continents correct suggests that they stopped studying after the left highschool. Champagne was invented in France. Sparkling wine wasn't.

Champagne its a walloon drink from Marne, High Marne borderline with Belgium. Nothing related with UK....🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

Can you read the questions? Please

Um, according to The Guardian, Google Maps was originally created by a Danish company which Google then purchased?

Germany has a land border with France. How is a country without a land border closer?

Champagne is from France, there is no Champagne in the Uk they discovered sparkling wine, yes.

Also there are two theories about the American continent: one single American Continent (with two subcontinents south and north region) and two continents south America and North America, for the record, none of them have been made official.

In South Africa if you talk Afrikaans it is champange

Bluetooth was invented in Denmark though