A 'budding' American YouTuber decided to fly halfway around the world for a pub quiz after mistaking Worcester in the UK for Worcester in America.
Jack Carlin, who has 1.4k subscribers on the platform, attended the quiz at The Hand and Glove yesterday (August 14) after jet setting over 3,000 miles.
Despite the extra effort, he failed to place first, second or third in the quiz organised by Worcester Film Festival which was aimed at families and had a tote bag plus £10 up for grabs.
Despite not winning the quiz, the YouTuber said he had no regrets and that he would return for next year's festival according to festival director Hendrik Harms.
Mr Harms said: "He must have been 15 or 16 and he came with his grandad all the way from America.
"He said he was looking at things to do in Worcester and our quiz popped up, he likes animation and he said lets go.
"He couldn't find the address and then he realised it was in the UK, he thought what the hell and flew all the way here.
"Apparently his passport was with his mom and so he had to fly domestically to her first and then to London.
"He had never heard of Worcester in the UK, only London, but he said he enjoyed the city and loved it."
The YouTuber asked Mr Harms for recommendations for dinner and he pointed them in the direction of The King Charles for "history and proper English pub grub".
The quiz is one of many prelude events to the film festival which will show over 100 films between September 25 to September 28, with highlights including a Q&A with the prosthetic designer of Shaun of the Dead on its 20th anniversary.
Mr Harms continued: "I think he partly did it for the content because he is a budding YouTuber and flying across the world for a quiz is a good line.
"Apparently they also have a River Severn in America, so Jack Thuman (Jack Carlin's grandad) thought it would also be a really nice moment to see another River Severn.
"He flew back today (August 15) but he said that he would definitely be coming back for next year's festival and that the people in Worcester were some of the nicest people he had ever met."
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