--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World description: In light of Trump's trip to Europe to meet with foreign leaders, Jimmy Kimmel wanted to test some everyday Americans' knowledge of the world. canonical: https://time.com/5338151/jimmy-kimmel-name-a-country/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-13T14:52:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:50.491Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World og:description: The results were not great og:url: https://time.com/5338151/jimmy-kimmel-name-a-country/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51ed797cb9076463/69893552cf40a81323c4cb8a/screen-shot-2018-07-13-at-10-19-39-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Name-A-Country og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World twitter:description: The results were not great twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51ed797cb9076463/69893552cf40a81323c4cb8a/screen-shot-2018-07-13-at-10-19-39-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World and the Results Were Not Great  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 13, 2018 2:52 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 13, 2018 2:52 PM UTC In light of [President Donald Trump’s trip to Europe](http://time.com/5337267/trump-nato-estonia-allies/) to meet with foreign leaders, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5334475/jimmy-kimmel-trump-rally-story/) wanted to test some everyday Americans’ knowledge of the world [beyond the United States](http://time.com/5332763/donald-trump-nato-europe-foreign-policy/). So naturally, he sent his team out to Hollywood Boulevard to ask random passerby to name just one country on a map. “It’s imperative that America has strong relationships with and knowledge about people in other lands,” Kimmel said. “And that responsibility extends to all of us, not just the president. So we came up with a test. The test is very simple. We went out on the street and asked people who were passing by to name a country on a map. That’s it.” Unfortunately, it appeared that the _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ team wasn’t able to find many people who were up to the challenge. “Oh my gosh,” one participant exclaimed after hearing her task. “Shouldn’t I have been taught this in school?” Watch the full clip below. Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338151/jimmy-kimmel-name-a-country/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338151/jimmy-kimmel-name-a-country/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World and the Results Were Not Great","datePublished":"2018-07-13T14:52:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:50.491Z","description":"Not many were up to the task","url":"https://time.com/5338151/jimmy-kimmel-name-a-country/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51ed797cb9076463/69893552cf40a81323c4cb8a/screen-shot-2018-07-13-at-10-19-39-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51ed797cb9076463/69893552cf40a81323c4cb8a/screen-shot-2018-07-13-at-10-19-39-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy-Kimmel-Name-A-Country","caption":"","creditText":"ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5338151/jimmy-kimmel-name-a-country/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Asked People to Name One Country in the World and the Results Were Not Great"}}]}] ```