“I Think She’s American”: South Africans Bust as Woman Fails R8k General Knowledge Quiz

• Cape Town-based content creators Dream Boys took to Canal Walk and quizzed a shopper on her general knowledge for R8 000
• Unfortunately, the woman answered most of the answers incorrectly, even with assistance from the men
• The answers she produced had many South Africans laughing in the comment section and joking that she was American

A Cape Town woman hoping to win R8 000 by answering a few general knowledge questions failed to answer correctly, leaving the interviewers and the online community in stitches. Although she got some answers wrong, one cannot overlook how confidently she answered some of the questions.

Dream Boys, local content creators who often hand out prizes to eager participants, shared the hilarious video of their interaction on their TikTok account on 21 August, 2025. They noted that the first question was R1 000 and would double thereafter.

The woman started off on a rough note. When asked what the capital of England was, she said Los Angeles. Dream Boys, who held the interview at Canal Walk, moved on to a new question, asking what the largest ocean in the world was.

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To give credit where credit is due, the woman partially answered the question, saying 'specific' instead of Pacific and earning R1 000.

For R2 000, she quickly and correctly answered who the singer of Water was (Tyla). Things got a bit rough when it came to the R4 000 question:

"Which continent is experiencing the fastest growth in Crypto?"

The woman said to the content creators:

"I would say it's definitely South Africa."

"Try a continent, that's a country," said one of the guys.

Even with assistance, the woman incorrectly said the Western Cape before answering Africa.

After winning R4 000, the woman received her final question: What is the opposite of a bull market?

She said to the two men:

"You must think of something slow. The sloth market?"

While her answer humoured the Dream Boys, she didn't get the desired R8 000.

Woman's answers humour South Africans

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The viral video, which garnered over 200 000 views in six hours, had hundreds of social media users flooding the comment section with laughter. Some people shared how frustrated they were and noted that they could easily answer the questions.

With Americans being stereotyped as less than smart when it comes to geography, @imeldaderichauntie cheekishly said:

"I think she’s American."

@theboreduno, who also found humour in the post, remarked:

"As a teacher, this pains me. Who gave you geography, my dear?"

@deedeemagadoodoo jokingly told the online community:

"She was overthinking and having flashbacks of not listening in class."

@victorian4411 stated with a laugh:

"She may not know her exact location, but she knows Tyla."

Referring to one of the woman's answers, @3s.genre added in the comment section:

"Los Angeles as the capital of England is genuinely crazy."

@cafu_makhafula shared under the post:

"I'm disappointed that she struggled with the continent."

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@sinekylietitus noted to people on the internet:

"Yoh, education is important, guys! Imagine not being able to answer these questions after they've been so lenient."

Take a look at the woman answering the general knowledge questions in the comical TikTok video below:

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• In another article, Briefly News reported that a local teacher had the online community demanding she give a learner marks for a question she marked wrong in a test. The Gr8 pupil's answer was also seen as amusing.
• A learner's hilarious wrong answers puzzled his teacher, who gave him a score of zero in an exam. The teacher, identified as John, shared the funny, incorrect answers online.
• A toddler was eager to get his homework done as he thought he was nailing all the answers to the questions. The child blazed through maths sums, completing all the additions and paying no mind to corrections.

Source: Briefly News