WEBVTT - What's the Most American Place in the World? 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:00.800 Guess what mango? 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:01.600 What's that? Will? 0:00:01.960 --> 0:00:04.920 So I was looking up little American influences around the world, 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.000 you know, like how in Japan a hot dog is 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.280 called a Hota dog ou, but a corn dog is 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:10.600 called an American dog oo. 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:12.000 I love that. What else you got? 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:15.280 Potlucks are called American parties in the Netherlands, and one 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:17.639 of my favorites, brass knuckles, are referred to as an 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:21.040 American fist from France. But the thing I wanted to 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:24.800 tell you about was this little town in Brazil called Americana. 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:25.920 So basically, when the. 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:30.000 Confederacy lost the Civil War, about twenty thousand Confederates fled 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:33.080 to Brazil, where they established two colonies. There was New 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:36.600 Texas and Americana. But what's crazy is that it still 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.440 has this touch of America there. You can spot rocking 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.840 chairs on porches, families still speak English with a Southern drawl, 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:46.680 and they still make sweet potato pots. This has all 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.360 been passed down since the eighteen sixties. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:50.320 That is crazy. 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:52.800 Yeah, But it got me wondering, if we ever decided 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.880 to leave America, what's the most non American American place 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.320 out there? Is it another country? Is it a US 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.880 territory and what is it that makes America America? I mean, 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:26.679 other than corn dogs, of course, let's dive in. Hey, 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.280 their podcast listeners, Welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm Will 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.320 Pearson and as always I'm joined by my good friend 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.959 Mangesh how Ticketter, and today we're talking about the most 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.200 American places in the world, at least ones that just 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.320 so happen to be located outside the US. 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.440 That's right. We're gonna look at some foreign places that, 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.640 for one reason or another, have a very distinct American feel. 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.600 And we're also going to explore a few offshore territories 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.680 to see which parts of the States have rubbed off 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:50.880 on them and to help make. 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.200 Sense of these somewhat mysterious locales. Will be talking with 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.960 Doug Mack, author of the book The Not Quite States 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.560 of America Now. Doug spend a year touring the US 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.680 territories and came away with all kinds of amazing information 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.120 about the parts of our own country that many of 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:05.360 us tend to forget even exist. 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:07.880 I'm super excited to talk to him and for our 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:09.720 quiest today, we've also got a couple of part time 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.720 Geniuses calling in from Washington, d C. We're gonna hear 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:14.760 their thoughts on living in a city that's got quite 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.480 a chip on his shoulder thanks to its not quite status. 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.280 Yeah, DC residents are not shy about their frustration with 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.440 the federal District's lack of statehood. I mean, for almost 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.880 twenty years now, the motto on their license plates has 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:29.840 been taxation without representation. Compare that to what most states 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:31.320 put on their plates, and you'll get a sense of 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.080 how heavily the whole not a state thing weighs on them. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.280 I know. Most states use the space to brag about 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:40.320 their accomplishments, like Ohio's plate Tatsa as the birthplace of aviation, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.680 and Utah uses the plate to boast that they have 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.080 the greatest snow on earth. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.560 How did Utah determine that it has the best snow 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.080 in the world. That seems pretty subjective. I mean, who's 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:50.720 to say theirs is the greatest? 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.520 I know, it's funny because states get away with ridiculous 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:57.160 statements like that all the time, like Virginia's for lovers. 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:58.560 Come on, now, it. 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.880 Was a very scientific study, and it's the same with Utah. 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.360 Fact checkers have shown that it isn't the driest or 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:07.440 the fluffiest or the most abundant snow, but they called 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:10.119 their unique mixture of snow the best. 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:11.320 On earth, the unique mixture. 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.760 When you try to think of a country that's most 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.560 like the United States, what comes to mind first? 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.440 Oh, it's got to be our neighbor to the north. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.200 Right exactly, or at least in theory. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.800 I mean, Canada is likely the place the average American 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.480 would say they'd feel most at home. And that's partly 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.519 because most Americans have a really positive view of Canada. 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.119 So last September, a poll from NBC and The Wall 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.600 Street Journal showed that seventy five percent of American surveyed 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:38.520 viewed Canada favorably. Well, only three percent had a negative 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.840 view of Canada. And by the way, those were the 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.520 highest ratings in the poll. People liked Canada more than 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.240 any other person or entity they were asked about. 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.960 That's pretty incredible. But I mean, I don't know who 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.880 those three percent are, because I can't imagine anyone actively 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.640 disliking Canada me either. Everyone knows they're pretty much like 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.480 the nicest people on earth, plus their land of great comedy, 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.600 like Lorne Michaels, Samantha bead kids in the. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:01.360 Hall, that's right. 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:02.920 I was going to say kids in the hall mainly 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.560 just kids in the hall, right, So what's not to like? 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:08.000 But you know what's funny, Remember how much love Canada 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.920 got the night of the twenty sixteen election. Sure, as 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.520 the votes were tallied, there were all these reports about 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.640 Canada's immigration site crashing due to a stampede of less 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.000 than enthused Americans. But what's interesting is that it wasn't 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:24.160 just a twenty sixteen phenomenon. Every election year, thousands of 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:26.640 Americans on both sides of the out threatened to jump 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.640 ship to Canada should the quote wrong Canada win. 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.320 Yeah, Well, the underlining thought is clearly that even if 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.479 life in Canada isn't the same as life in the US, 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:36.359 it's close enough. 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.919 Yeah, Hopping the border to Canada is apparently the plan 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.360 B for lots of Americans, or at least they pretend 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.760 it is. It's kind of a if things go south, 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.719 I'll go north mentality. But the reality is it's a 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.640 whole lot harder to immigrate to Canada than most people think. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.000 Even if you have a job in Canada, even if 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:55.359 you're married to a Canadian, becoming a citizen can be 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.880 time consuming and requires a crazy amount of paperwork. But 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.800 even setting aside the difficulty of becoming a citizen, there's 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.640 still the question of whether living in Canada would really 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.839 feel comparable to life here in the States. Is Canada 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:08.760 all that American? 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:09.120 Really? 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.120 I mean, don't get me wrong, there's a great deal 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.120 of crossover, but it's hardly a. 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:13.760 One to one. 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.080 Yeah, Canadian culture isn't too far from what we find stateside, 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.359 and the food, for the most part, isn't that exotic, 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.400 though they do have stuff like proutine flavored potato chips 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.040 and camel meat apparently. 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.200 Yeah, I don't think that sounds very American. 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.680 Because we share the same continent, our economies and environmental 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.760 concerns are intertwined. But yet there would definitely be some 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:36.000 growing pains involved for American transplants. For example, According to 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.440 Canadian Business, buying stuff online is much more of a 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.320 challenge in Canada than it is in the US. 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:42.160 I like that you go straight to shopping as the 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.560 litmus tests for whether a place feels truly American. But okay, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.080 what makes e commerce worse in Canada is that the 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:49.040 spotty Wi. 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.760 Fi not exactly in fact, Canadians are more likely to 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.159 have access to the Internet than residents of any other 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:58.120 G twenty nation, and that includes the US. Canadian citizens 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.160 have long since embraced the digital age, but Canadian businesses 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.040 are a totally different story. Fewer than half of all 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:07.120 Canadian companies have websites, much less the ability to sell 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:08.280 their products online. 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:09.000 Well, that would. 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.240 Definitely be a rude awakening for many Americans, and I 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.040 think the weather in Canada would be an even ruder one. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:15.839 I don't want to blow your mind here, Mango, but 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:17.960 it gets pretty chilly in Canada. 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.120 Yeah, that's a good point. There are parts of the 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.920 US that experience some freezing cold winters, but that's true 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.520 of all of Canada. In fact, Canada vies with Russia 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.080 for the title of coldest country in the world. Oh wow, 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.680 The average daily annual temperature in the Great White North 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.120 a bomby twenty two degrees fahrenheit. 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.480 Iike's just thinking about that makes me want to reach 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.440 for the thermostat. So but I'm glad we're touching on climate. 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.560 That's one of the major points of departure you're going 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.960 to run into with any stand in for the States. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.719 Yeah, our location in the sheer size of the continental 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.080 US allows for a lot of diversity in terms of 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:52.120 geography and climate. That's an aspect of life in America 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.479 that's tough for a lot of regions to match, even 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.120 if they do have same data delivery from Amazon. But 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.280 I think the biggest obstacle in trying to find another 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.880 country that feels American is the history itself. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:03.360 What do you mean by that, Well, a. 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.480 Country's history and the sense that it's shared by the 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:07.800 people who live there. That's a large part of what 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.560 makes a place feel like home. Countries like Canada and 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:14.200 Australia have similar histories of European colonization to that of 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.800 the US. That's maybe part of the reason they feel 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.480 more American. Does Still, all the specifics of those histories 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:23.480 and the cultures they spurred are very different, and it's 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.560 those kind of details that really seem to help us 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:27.320 identify ourselves as Americans. 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.200 Yeah, that sounds right to me. I mean, imagine in 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.800 America where the people didn't feel a swell of pride 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.160 when they spotted the Statue of Liberty, or feel a 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.040 twinge of childhood nostalgia when they heard notes from Yankee 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.720 Doodle could you ever really say a place like that 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.880 felt American? Well, plenty of people wouldn't be so lofty 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:46.120 and describing what makes America America. I mean, it's not 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:48.800 for nothing that we have the largest economy in the world. 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.560 Americans like to spend money, and we have tons of 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:53.600 options for where to spend it. See, it all comes 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:56.880 back to shopping. It really isn'tes capable. I mean, look 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.080 at fast food, for better or worse. It's become synonymous 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.280 with American culture. So any stand in country worth its 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.320 salt would have its fair share of golden arches. Now, 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.760 it's no surprise that the US leads and the total 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:12.800 number of McDonald's restaurants at about fourteen thousand, but there 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.800 are a few countries that are gaining ground. China, for instance, 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.880 has around two thousand McDonald's, in Japan nearly three thousand. 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.120 Whoa, they're really catching off. 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.080 In fact, US sales now only account for about thirty 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.840 one percent of McDonald's total revenues, according to Investipedia. The 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:31.240 rest comes from countries that are fast adapting to American taste. 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.240 And it's not just burgers. The KFC chain has become 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:35.720 ubiquitous in Asian markets. 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.080 Yeah, I get that. I mean KFC has been steadily 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.080 expanding in both Japan and China for the past decade. 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.280 China has even overtaken the US for a number of 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.040 total KFCs, more than forty five hundred. 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.319 Oh wow, So as Kentucky Fried Chicken more Chinese than America. 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.280 Now, well, it's actually more Japanese. 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:52.840 Oh really, how's that for one thing? 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.800 KFC's mascot, Colonel Sanders, is hugely popular in Japan. He's 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.840 emphasized in all the marketing, the employee uniforms, even in 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.319 his trademark bulow tie. They even have a Colonel mascot 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.960 costume with a big Emoji style head for the customers 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:06.800 to take selfies with. 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.600 It's a little bit creepy. I mean, he was also 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.120 the founder, right, a real person. It's sort of like 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.280 if Disneyland had employees wearing big Walt Disney mask prowling 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:16.640 the park instead of Mickey Mouse. 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.960 Thankfully, that's something even the international Disney parks have avoided doing. 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.760 But it does get me thinking, could Disney theme parks 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:24.480 be some of the most American places in the world. 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.880 Well, you might be onto something there. Last year, Branding 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:30.880 magazine pulled nearly five thousand people between sixteen and sixty five. 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.080 They asked him to evaluate the patriotism of two hundred 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:35.640 and forty eight US brands. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:37.640 Any idea who was at the top of the list. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:41.000 I'm gonna go on a limb here and say, uh, Disney. 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:41.080 That's right. 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.680 In fact, ninety eight percent associated the Disney brand with 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:44.920 US patriotism. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:48.199 Yeah, a study, exposure to American brands in entertainment has 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.360 gone a long way toward making other parts of the 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:53.360 world feel a little more American, for better or for worse. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.520 In fact, that's even true of our own offshore territories, 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.120 which are their own unique mixes of island native and 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.240 modern American col Very true. 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.199 But before we get into the strange, not at all 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:05.560 straightforward world of US territories, what do you say we 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.600 check in with our DC residents for an all American quiz? 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:09.360 Let's do it. 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:17.920 So, who do we have on the line today? Mango? 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.160 We have Drake and Don who are both DC residents 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.520 and in a strange coincidence, both of them have traveled 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:24.960 to nearly all fifty states. 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.120 Oh wow, yeah, So let's start with you. Will, You've 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.120 been to forty nine states, Is that right? 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:30.000 That's right? 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.440 So which one is missing on the list? 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:34.600 I have not been to North Dakota yet. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.600 To North Dakota, it's going to say Hawaii or Alaska. 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.400 So what do you have against North Dakota. 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:43.320 Well, if you think about everything that's cool to visit 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:48.400 in the Dakota's whether it's Rushmore or Deadwood or Rapid City, 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.280 that's all South Dakota. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.360 Man, all of our North Dakota listeners are going to 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.640 be so angry after hearing this. This could get out definitely. 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:01.960 Well yeah, yeah, alright, Well that's still pretty impressive. And 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.719 don I think you've been to what is it forty. 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:06.240 Eight I've been to forty eight states? 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:06.920 Yes, all right? 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:08.240 And what's missing on your list? 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.679 So what's missing is Wyoming and Alaska. But so as 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.400 somebody that has visited North Dakota, you haven't lived until 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.280 you've had dinner in Bismark. 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:19.640 Some bulled words, I like that. 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:21.680 Yeah, all right. 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.880 Well, actually, Drake, you're also in the process of striking 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.640 off another list, and that is visiting every Major League 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.240 baseball park in America. Now, how many of you hit 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:31.719 at this point? 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.160 As of a few days ago twenty six wow. 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.240 Okay, all right, twenty six out of how many are there? 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.120 Thirty? 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:40.400 Yeah? 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.360 Okay, okay, well done. All right, well let's get to it. 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:46.120 We've got two DC residents here to play a game. 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:47.360 And what's the game called Mango? 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.080 It's a little quiz called DC or not DC? 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.720 All right, So we'll read a statement about Washington DC, 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:54.719 and if you think it's true, you'll say d C. 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.720 If you think it's false, you'll say not DC. Not 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.640 that confusing, all right, So you'll be working as a team. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.280 We thought DC residents need to stick together and all 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.280 of their anger over not being a state, So we're 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:09.360 gonna let you collaborate, you guys. Ready, I good, Ready, 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.560 all right, let's do it. Question number one, It wasn't 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.439 until nineteen sixty one that DC residents got the right 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:18.880 to vote in presidential elections DC or not DC. 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.000 I'm not sure the date, but that sounds right. What 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:22.840 do you think done? 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:26.280 I don't know why it would have been nineteen sixty 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.760 I'm gonna go not DC. Actually, I think I think 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:30.559 we've been able to vote presidential longer. 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:32.480 I'm gonna deffer. 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.760 He's deferring, such a gentleman, but unfortunately. 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.040 It is d C. The twenty third Amendment gave them 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:42.320 the right. Yeah, and they first exercised that right in 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:43.720 the nineteen sixty four elections. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.280 So don was actually thinking along the right lines of 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.360 like why would it be nineteen sixty one when it 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.559 wasn't exercised until sixty four. So I think we should 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.200 give him half a point for like putting that reasoning together. 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:55.319 So let's let's do that. 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.400 So just like DC's have to state that's. 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.880 Right, all right, not even all right? Question number two. 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.240 Underneath d C, there's a semi secret metro line that 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:10.720 runs congressmen and staffers between the office buildings. That is true, 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:15.000 all right, absolutely, yeah, Yeah. 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:15.640 What's it called. 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.560 It's called a Capital Subway system, and it makes over 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:19.600 two hundred runs a day. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.120 Oh wow, okay, all right, so they have one and 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.199 a half points so far. Let's see what happens next. 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.560 Question number three. When Nixon accepted the gift of two 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.920 pandas to DC's national Zoo, he returned the favor by 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.600 sending them a pair of RCA speakers and a collection 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:34.960 of Danny k records. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:39.600 D C or not DC, it's just dumb enough that 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:40.280 it might be true. 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.760 I don't know, you think that sounds like that sounds 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:45.760 like a tacky, tacky American thing to do. 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:46.719 Who is it, Danny K? 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:51.280 Yeah? Is that not the jam you were listening to 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:52.280 before you call it? 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:54.600 I just turned off the eight tracks. 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:56.040 I'm gonna go DC. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:14:00.160 Yeah, it's actually not d C. Nixon actually sent them 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.160 a gift that was way tack here a pair of 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.720 Muskoks named Milton and Matilda, and according to the New 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.000 York Times, they weren't exactly quality cattle. Milton in particular 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.680 was complaining of post nasal drip, a cough, and his 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.000 hair seemed to be falling out on arrival. 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:18.200 What a sweet gift. God, Okay, all right, I sense 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.800 the stormback. They've got three questions left, all right? Question 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:24.440 number four. While Washington, d C. Isn't a state, it 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:28.560 does have a listed state flower, the American Beauty Rose 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:30.200 DC or not DC. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.880 You know what it sounds to me like, it's probably right? 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.520 Yeah, you're right, d Here we go, two questions left. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.960 The first show, Viz Pizza, opened in Washington, d C. 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.360 In nineteen eighty. Vice President George Bush joins Spain's ambassador 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:49.600 to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony DC or 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:50.120 not DC? 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:56.480 Where does this stuff come from history books or not? 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.160 There's no way that's true. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.560 I think Don should probably agree with you. 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:08.240 Let's see correct, all right? To finish up strong for 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.600 the big prize, here we go Question number six. Spiked 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.640 dog collars were invented in Washington, d C. By famed 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:19.560 dog breeder Gareth Winchester to make his Bassett hounds look 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:23.000 more intimidating. DC or not DC. 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.600 I'm going I'm going correct. 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:30.520 Who is Gareth Winchester? 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.960 We don't know who Gareth Winter? Say that name up? 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.680 Well, okay, so how have these guys done? 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.560 Our contestants got a stunning four point five out of five. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:40.640 So not only will they get the note to their 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.200 mom or boss from us singing their praises, but we're 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:47.160 also sending them a vintage Republican Congressional cookbook filled with 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:51.080 delicious American recipes fans of any political party can enjoy. 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.840 So congratulations Don and Drake. Thanks for joining us on 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:54.720 Part Time Genius. 0:15:55.640 --> 0:16:10.600 Thank you guys. 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.040 You're listening to Part Time Genius and we're talking about 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.400 the most American places in the world. So Mango, we've 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.520 been focusing on places that somehow feel American despite being 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.080 outside of the United States. 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.200 But before the break, you've touched on the topic of 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:24.280 US territories. 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.760 Yeah, the territories are like these incredible scattered American gens 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.480 that are sadly overlooked by most of US. Puerto Rico 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.560 is the most famous by far of the five inhabited 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.760 US territories, the other four being the US Virgin Islands, 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.240 which is also in the Caribbean, plus American Samoa, Guam 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.440 and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific. They're also 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.360 about a dozen uninhabited islands that also technically count as 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:46.080 American soil. 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.040 All right, so there are five of them. That is 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:49.880 not something I could have told you before. And I 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.200 feel like we need a way to commit them to memory. 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.040 And you know how much I like namonic device is mango. 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:56.760 Can we just take a minute to come up with 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.000 a good way to remember all five. 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.000 That's a great idea, Okay, So we go by population 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:06.520 size from largest to smallest. That gives US Puerto Rico, Guam, 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:11.240 US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands pg 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:12.640 U A N. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.080 I was kind of hoping it would make a word 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.880 by myself. All right, well let's think about this then. 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:21.640 How about let's see pg u a peguan. 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.560 That's not a word, all right. Pancakes grow under. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:30.800 A nice tree, and nice tree is one word, by 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:32.159 the way, so don't call me out on that. 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:34.480 Pancakes grow under a nice tree. That's how you remember. 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:39.040 Oh that's good. Or maybe pickles get ugly after man. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:41.600 I was gonna say knifing, but that's supposed the k 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:45.920 or gnawing, which starts to the G stupid silent letter. 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:54.639 How about pickles get ugly after negotiations? Negotiations, Yeah, negotiations 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:58.560 will wear anyone down. I was going to suggest neglect there, yeah, if, 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.879 But negotiation is just funny to picture and easier to remember. 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:02.720 All right, good point. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:04.480 Okay, I think we both nailed it, But we know 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.040 our listeners are smarter than we are. 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:08.880 So let's make this a contest. Come up with a. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.719 Better mnemonic for how to remember the five US territories, 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.600 and we'll award our favorite three with part Time Genius 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:17.200 t shirts. Just send your entries along with your mailing 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.439 address to part Time Genius at HowStuffWorks dot com, or 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:22.639 you can find us on Facebook or Twitter. 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:24.840 I can't wait to hear from them. Okay, back to 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:25.600