Humans are curious creatures, and honestly, that’s not a bad thing. We ask questions all the time—some are genuinely thoughtful, some are wonderfully random, and then there are those that make you pause for a second and think, “Wait… you’re actually serious?”
That’s exactly what happened when someone online asked Europeans on Threads, “What’s the craziest question someone in the US has asked you?” The responses did not disappoint. From people being asked whether they have TV or internet to someone wondering if they’ve ever seen eggs before, some of these questions are so unexpected that you can’t help but laugh. Keep scrolling, Pandas, and see which ones left people completely speechless.
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#21
1. Do you have TV over there?
2. Do you still have a King?
3. Do you have cars?
4. How do you handle all those wild cangaroos?
5. Why did they built Windsor Castle so close to the airport?
2. Do you still have a King?
3. Do you have cars?
4. How do you handle all those wild cangaroos?
5. Why did they built Windsor Castle so close to the airport?
I am from Austria by the way and it was 1992!
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16points
#22
I was asked why i do not participate in singing the us athem, I explained that i am german and it is not MY anthem, they were super confused, told me that it is THE anthem for everyone and that the german one was forbidden anyway.
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16points
Clearly, Europe has contributed quite a lot to the world—from inventions and scientific breakthroughs to traditions that millions of people still enjoy today. And these are just a handful of examples. European history is filled with discoveries and ideas that have shaped transportation, medicine, technology, science, art, food, architecture, and even the way people spend their free time. Some of these contributions are so deeply woven into everyday life that we rarely stop to think about where they came from. Whether you're using Bluetooth headphones, browsing the web, driving a car, or simply enjoying a festival, there's a good chance you're benefiting from ideas developed somewhere in Europe's long and complicated history.
#23
“Do you see Big Ben from your window?” A New Yorker asked me upon learning I was from London. I replied “can you see the Statue of Liberty from yours?”
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16points
#24
"what did you do with your eleven sheep when you left New Zealand?"
He had read the statistics that there are a ratio of something like 11:1 sheep:people in NZ and assumed we all owned 11 sheep each.
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16points
#25
Not a European. However one time I was having a nice lunch in a touristy restaurant in Rome. An American family sat at the table next to mine. The teenaged daughter looks at the menu and exclaims, "OMG. Italian food AGAIN! Why are there so many Italian restaurants here?!"
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16points
#26
I've been told I can't be Irish because I don't have red hair and freckles.
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15points
And that’s exactly what makes these random questions so entertaining. Sometimes, people can ask things that make you wonder if they’ve been living under a rock—or somehow skipped a few centuries of human progress! But honestly, that’s also what makes the internet fun: there’s always someone asking a question you never expected to hear. So, which one had you scratching your head, laughing out loud, or simply wondering, “Wait… they seriously didn’t know that?” Let us know, Pandas!
#27
Met a guy at a pub in Ireland, we got chatting and he asked where I was from. I told him Germany, he asked where, I said East Germany. He proceeds to ask me with the utmost sincerity: “Wow, how are you here then?” I was confused and said “… I got on a plane?” And he proceeded to ask HOW I COULD HAVE GOTTEN ON A PLANE IF I’M FROM EAST GERMANY WHAT WITH THE WALL AND ALL? He genuinely thought I had escaped the GDR and was looking to hear about my adventures.
This was in 2013 (!) btw.
This was in 2013 (!) btw.
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15points
#28
- How do you say that in European?
- Do you mean Italian, German, Swedish, French …?
- No, how do you …
- Do you mean Italian, German, Swedish, French …?
- No, how do you …
14points
#29
"If you're French, why do you speak Spanish? French is already a foreign language, why learn another just to show off speaking two?"
"These two foreign languages being... Spanish and French?"
"Yes." Not stopping for a moment to consider that we were having this conversation in English, which actually is the first foreign language I ever learned.
Didn't feel like telling him I also speak decent Portuguese (nowhere near my English or Spanish level) because his brain would have imploded.
"These two foreign languages being... Spanish and French?"
"Yes." Not stopping for a moment to consider that we were having this conversation in English, which actually is the first foreign language I ever learned.
Didn't feel like telling him I also speak decent Portuguese (nowhere near my English or Spanish level) because his brain would have imploded.
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14points
#30
I'm Canadian, but was in Europe when an American asked me where I bought my shorts. Then a light bulb went off - our stores sell them for when we travel! He figured Canadians wouldn't have any reason to buy shorts in our land of ice and snow, unless we needed them for travel. I told him that I left my igloo to travel by dog sled to the store.
13points
#31
While I was working as a palace guide in one of the many royal palaces in and around Stockholm, Sweden, a man from Texas kept asking me how much the furniture in the royal banquet hall cost so he could buy them. He would just not accept that king Gustav III’s custom made furniture from 1780’s was not up for sales.
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11points
#32
Also, whilst looking at a sunset...
"Is this the first sunset you've ever seen?"
What??
"Isn't Britain so small and built up that you can't see the horizon?"
"Is this the first sunset you've ever seen?"
What??
"Isn't Britain so small and built up that you can't see the horizon?"
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10points
#33
I met a young man in a pub in Oxford 25 years ago.
He: So where are from?
Me: I'm from Finland.
He:?
Me: It's a country between Sweden and Russia.
And then he turned to his friend, not me, and asked him "Is there a country between Sweden and Russia?"
And these students had somehow made it to the University of Oxford.
He: So where are from?
Me: I'm from Finland.
He:?
Me: It's a country between Sweden and Russia.
And then he turned to his friend, not me, and asked him "Is there a country between Sweden and Russia?"
And these students had somehow made it to the University of Oxford.
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10points
#34
I live in Edinburgh, popular for US tourists. Our castle is about a thousand years old. A tourist once asked me "Why did they build it so close to the railway station?" I've also heard "Is that the same moon as in America".
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10points
#35
Whilst in a diner in Utah.
USian: Where are you from?
Me: Scotland
USian: Blank look
Me: United Kingdom.
USian: Blank look.
Me: Europe
USian: Blank look
Me: waves hand in easterly direction "east from here"
USian: East coast then.
Me:.
USian: Where are you from?
Me: Scotland
USian: Blank look
Me: United Kingdom.
USian: Blank look.
Me: Europe
USian: Blank look
Me: waves hand in easterly direction "east from here"
USian: East coast then.
Me:.
9points
#36
Someone told me that I was lucky for being able to eat the best tacos every day (I'm Spanish).
9points
#37
Her: do you have hot water in Italy?
Me:??
A friend of her: no, they don’t. I’ve been there.
Me:??? The Ro… the Romans spent their afternoon at the Thermae, man.
Me:??
A friend of her: no, they don’t. I’ve been there.
Me:??? The Ro… the Romans spent their afternoon at the Thermae, man.
9points
#38
American lady asked the hotel reception to call her a cab. The receptionist explained that as we were in Venice, they didn't have cabs, only water taxis. To which the American lady replied “No, I want a cab I don't do boats”.
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9points
#39
Not a question, but on holiday in Chile almost 20 years ago an American couple asked me where I was from:
Me: I'm from Ireland.
Them: Ireland, Texas?
Me: No... Ireland, the country in Europe.
Them: oh, Holland.
Me:...
Me: I'm from Ireland.
Them: Ireland, Texas?
Me: No... Ireland, the country in Europe.
Them: oh, Holland.
Me:...
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8points
#40
"So how comes you're white?"
I come from the Czech republic.
"Czechoslovakia? With Havel?"
"Czechoslovakia? With Havel?"
Yeah, Burl, almost home.
"So how comes you're white?"
"You had communism. So you must be near Cuba. How comes you're white?"
Sir, I was born in the middle of Europe!
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8points