Your name is Mahal.
Taj (Touch) Mahal.
- (PD) Hi guys. - HI!
- Why?! - You're so loud.
Do you consider yourself well-travelled?
I go to Malaysia a lot.
I like when I'm travelling, but it's more about the company (I am with).
I do travel vlogs. I explore places near Singapore.
So am I well-travelled? Not bad.
He likes to climb mountains and go to jungles.
Italy is shaped like a boot.
- I took Italian when I studied in Australia. - Mamma mia.
- Yes! - Oh, yeah. Mamma mia.
- 40% land, 60% water. - I thought it's 30% land, 70% water.
- That's our body. - Body where got 30% land?
For Geography, I always had As. Until 'O' Levels...
because it was Combined (Humanities), I suddenly got C5.
I wanted to do very well because my teacher was very hot.
But he was also very distracting, so I ended up doing... not... so well.
For the Geography we learned, we didn't get tested on world maps.
It's more like... 'When the water falls...' 'The corrosion of the rocks"...
- Erosion. - Oh, erosion.
Maybe this is why I got C5.
On this episode of Singaporeans Try, you'll be trying a World Geography Quiz.
Ooh.
Wow.
Bring it.
7 continents.
(PD) Yes, correct.
Yeah!
What did you write?
- What's that? It starts with R? - I wanted to write 'Russia'.
I was like, 'No leh, Russia is a country.'
So I just wrote Australia.
Antarctica is (in the south). I remembered wrongly.
Honestly, the world is round, so anything goes.
- Are you a flat earther? - No!
I don't believe in this flat earth thing.
Round means left and right is ok, but top and bottom is still...
But it can go lu lu lu.
It still can turn what. Who says that North America must be...
Does the Earth spin like this, or like that?
- Yes, I know! - Aiya, you went to this country recently.
This country kind of looks like a shoe.
- It's Bootopia. - Yep.
I remember telling you guys that I have not been to been to this side of the world.
So I don't know...
This country is associated with its shape. What does it look like to you?
It looks like a hand that is doing this.
- It's not Bootopia. - It's Italy.
- Yes! - That is right.
Italy~
So interesting, right? It really looks like a high heeled boot.
- Oh yeah! - That's the heel. The stiletto heel.
Oh, ok, I know.
Telepathically communicate it to me.
Dis one very easy.
This is so difficult :( How can you know :(
It looks like a heart shape, so it must be a romantic country.
Ah, France.
I think there are two possible answers but I'm pretty certain that I'm correct.
I just know that that big thing is China.
Remember I said how I never been to the left side of the map, but I always visit countries on the right side.
This must be the right side.
- Don't laugh at me. - Wah lao eh.
- Oh :( - Thailand.
Do you know why I know this? Because I subscribe to TSL Thailand.
So please subscribe to TSL Thailand.
Why do flags look almost the same?
- I know this. I had a lot of Poland friends when I was studying in Taiwan. - Polish.
Poland friends. Ha.
I'm so confused.
- 'B' is Indonesia for sure. - Then it should be 'C'.
It's not 'B' or 'D'. So it should be 'A' or 'C'.
'C'.
- 'C'. Is it 'C'? - I know it's not 'A' or 'B'.
I know! I know!
I know too.
Which country's flag is this?
So wait, that is the full flag? This is the full flag? It's not even a rectangle flag?
The flag is not rectangle.
There are countries with flags that are not rectangular?
- I know this. - Honestly, I'm not even looking at the flag. I'm looking at the person's outfit.
It looks like he is wearing a little vest. I guess it is a cold country.
But his shoes are hip. It looks like he is wearing some kind of Nike or Adidas.
Maybe he is near a place that produces lots of these.
Maybe it's an Adidos.
- Shit, I suddenly forgot... - I'll give you a hint.
It sounds like a naughty body part.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
I'm very good right? I helped you.
Kazakhstan?
The country I was trying to remember was not Nepal.
- The first time I saw the question, I knew the answer. - I feel like it's a trick question.
I hesitate to jump at the obvious answer, because I get the feeling I'm wrong.
- Apparently it's a common misconception. - This one confirm correct.
Dubai.
Ah, ok.
Replay: This one confirm correct.
No, but if you rearrange the letters it will still spell 'Dubai'.
This is also a common misconception. Everyone thinks it's *that one* but it is not.
I remember this as trick question.
It's not Sydney, or Melbourne.
- Really? - Yeah.
- I got my answer locked down. - Huh... Ok, there's Sydney, Perth...
Darwin...
Canberra.
You still said all those things about it being a common misconception...
"I guess you will write Sydney..."
I watched a documentary where they said it's split between 3 different countries.
It's the lungs of the Earth, you know.
Right right right.
- Brazil! - Yes.
Yes!
Because you said that this was this 'lungs of the earth', I put this...
Are you just thinking about the movie? The one where they go 'I like to move it move it'.
This is my worst subject. I don't know oceans. I anyhow.
Bikini Bottom.
- This is what the world looks like, right? - This is what my lava lamp looks like.
You know the movie 'Pacific Rim'? If monsters came out of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Rim,
The Bermuda Triangle is at the Pacific Ocean.
These stories are American stories. So these might be from their surrounding ocean.
Atlantic.
Pacific Ocean.
South China Sea?
Yeah! It's called 'Sea'!
It's still the... hai (sea).
- It's in Asia, at the Singapore area... - So the Bermuda Triangle is in Asia?
I'm talking about the Asian Bermuda Triangle. (????)
- I think it's an island by itself, so... - It's not part of the mainland?
It's either this long blue strip or this purple patch.
If this is China...
This is India, right? I think it's this one.
Huh? Really?
(PD) 3, 2, 1.
- (PD) Correct! - Oh!!!
- Oh really? Ok... - What did you write?
Walao eh.
So, the answer is this one here. This is India. They always say that India is shaped like Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Then Sri Lanka is the piece of nugget below the chicken wing.
Largest dessert on Earth? I know. Bingsu.
Sahara.
- Same concept. Don't think so much. - It's quite straightforward, what.
If you really think about it, Antarctica is a frozen desert.
I know. I heard someone say.
Largest desert... Pretty sure they are talking about sand.
See? You see?
- (PD) 3, 2, 1. - Sahara Desert.
- The producer... - Wait... why do you have two S's in 'desert'?
Is it the Sahara?
Yes!
Wait! How can the Antarctica be a desert? It's cold.
Isn't it ice? Desert also?
I remember - you know why? The difference between 'desert' and 'dessert'.
That's what teachers taught us.
So if you say 'desert', make sure that there is sand there!
ANTARCTICA GOT SAND MEH?!
Honestly, that would have been my original answer. But some producer spoilt it for me.
Ya sia.
The deepest~
- Just now you said... - Trench? Bikini Bottom?
I feel like it has been mentioned in song lyrics before.
The unknown. The untraveled.
The depths of our soul.
Oh!
Correct? Wrong? No?
Mariana Trench.
- Oh... - Oh my God.
I swear I know this Mariana... girl...
Sounds like risotto.
- Somehow, in my head, greenery reminds me of South America. - But maybe Africa too.
- Confirm not Asia. - And I don't think it's Antarctica.
Oceania (Aussie + NZ).
- Africa. - Australia.
Oh my God.
I knew it!
(Lion King opening song)
I've only been to Brighton and London...
Great Britain...
Oh my God, I forgot the last one.
You are doing great, though.
Scotland. Maybe those that ends with -land.
4 nations... that form the United Kingdom.
I have no idea...
Oh! Wow.
- Alison, you've got this. - No, I'm very slow.
(PD) Ready? Go.
Statue of Liberty.
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Roman... Colosseum.
Golden Gate Bridge.
- This is ours! Ferris wheel. - Singapore Flyer!
- Cathedral. - Notre Dame?
Arc de Triomphe.
- Eiffel Tower. - Tokyo Tower!!!
Taj Mahal.
Your name is Mahal.
Taj (Touch) Mahal.
The Great Wall of China...
Mount Rushmore.
- Tower Bridge! - The Sphinx.
Stonehenge.
Ah, Sydney Opera House.
(PD) No more.
That's it? Yay.
You are damn fast!
Terribly.
Just now I said I was a 5/10. Now I give myself a 0.5/10.
- I think you're really good. You can be a teacher. - I just like some of this general knowledge stuff.
I think we did fantastically. We will win the other pairs.
Yes! Now I've learnt what a desert is.
So interesting.
- Yes. - Of course, otherwise you'd just be a dumbass in your own little world.
But I think that what's happening at this places is more important.
There are so many countries and so many things to explore...
It will inspire you and help you converse with people too.
- It's good to know more about the world. - Yes, especially current affairs.
- Like the Amazon Rainforest... - Yeah, it's not in Madagascar.
It's also not the Amazon warehouse.
Based on this... I think that the best way to learn is a YouTube spiral.
Watch and enable autoplay.
"Where is Tanzania?" Click the first one and let it autoplay.
When you are in the toilet taking a shit, instead of looking at your phone... read the world map.
Instead of zooming into Singapore, just click minus.
See what is around you.
A good resource I use when traveling is Lonely Planet. They always tell you extra fun facts.
Watch the news. Stay woke.
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Bye!
Ciao!
If you watched Money Heist you'd know what they're singing lol