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Today we'll be attempting to learn literally everything on Earth
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This is the Memorize Earth website, which I think basically very slowly allows you to learn all of the countries
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all of the capitals, all of the rivers, etc, etc. And it seems to be in a bit of a Jeopardy format
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I have been told I need to play this, but I've not looked into it. I thought it'd be more fun to just sort of discover and work it out together
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So what we'll do is we'll start with name that country, because I should be good at that in theory
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Now the cheaper the price, the easier it should be. So let's do an easy one to begin with
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Okay, find the country whose capital is Wellington. Ah, right, okay. So I might not be very good at this because I don't know that many capitals
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But fortunately, I do know the first one. That's Wellington in New Zealand
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Oh, look at that. It gives you extra info. Don't confuse with Australia because they've got similar looking flags
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Don't worry, I know that. All right, let's work through all of these. Find North Korea on the map and click it
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Okay, I can do that as well. Yes, very nice. Back to board, back to board
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I'm going to go through all of these, I reckon. The flag is flown by which country
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Oh, this flag. Okay, that's Thailand, which is right there. Nice. Looks similar to Costa Rica
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Locate Costa Rica. Hmm, I might get this one wrong. It's next to Panama, right
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Yeah, we got it. We got it. And its capital is San Jose. Okay, okay, okay
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Right, should we try the $1,000? Name the country whose flag is shown
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Oh, that's Seychelles. But can I find Seychelles? I'm gonna try this one
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Ah, that's Mauritius. Yeah, it was between those two. Okay, back to board. So now I guess I've lost that and I think it's the kind of thing that I'll have another go at in the future
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Because you can see I've learned five out of 981 facts. So subscribe because this might turn into a series
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Right, so world capitals I'm very scared of. Asian countries should be generally fine. Wet stuff concerns me, as does world rivers
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I know nothing about rivers. I've got a really bad river knowledge. European countries should be the easiest one
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So let's work our way through that. Ooh, capital of Zagreb is..
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Czechia. Oh, it's Croatia. Of course it is. See, look at that. I'm so bad at capitals. And I didn't even click Czechia
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I clicked Austria. Oh, it's all falling apart. Find the country whose capital is Tallinn
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It's one of these three. It's basically a 30% chance that I'm going to get this right. Is it Estonia
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No, I'm going middle. It was Estonia. Oh, it gives you a little mnemonics
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I like this. An Estonian East stone rolls into a very tall inn
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Estonia tall inn. Yep, that is a thing. Yeah, I can probably use that to be fair
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So, so far I've screwed up on both of these. I'm a little bit scared. Identify the capital of Austria
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Okay, I know that one. It's Vienna, definitely. There you go. Phew, phew, phew
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Right, what we'll do is we won't do these two just yet. we'll have a little bit of a dabble around. Let's see if we can actually get the $200 world capital
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Which city is the capital of South Africa? So they've got three capitals, Pretoria, Cape Town
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and Blom 14. That's fine. All right, now let's do Asian countries. Afghanistan's capital is
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it's Kabul. I know that one. I wouldn't have been able to just say it, but when I see multiple
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choice, I can get it. Wet stuff. What do you think wet stuff even is? I don't know. Which description
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best matches lake superior europe's largest lake uh great lake it's definitely a great lake right
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could it be the largest great lake by area though lake superior it's gotta be yes so here we go i
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can actually look at it we can learn some lake stuff i don't know anything about lakes so these
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are the great lakes which makes sense because they are pretty ginormous to be fair but lake superior
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is understandably the biggest one which is obvious given that its name is superior next world rivers
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Okay, back-to-back wet stuff. Which description best matches the yangtze river? Yangtze river longest river in asia
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I'm pretty sure it's that one southeast asian river. Not that one. I'm gonna go longest river in asia
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Yes, longest river in asia flows from tibet to shanghai. So entirety of china is the yangtze
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Yangtze. I don't know. How do I pronounce it yangtze study this real quick
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Whoa, things are popping up talan is the capital of estonia. You get this wrong a lot
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I went wrong once. There's not really any need for that, is there? Okay, yeah, because a stone rolls into a tall inn
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Anyone remember that? All right, keep it going. World rivers back to back. Which description best matches the Niger River
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A major Canadian river? Probably not. West Siberian river? Probably not. Northeastern Siberian river
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Nah, West Africa river with a famous arc through Mali. Gotta be
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It's the Niger River. Ooh, so it goes through Niger, Mali. Starts over here
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I'm not sure exactly where that is. It goes through Nigeria. Big long river. West African river with famous arc through Mali. It is an arc, isn't it? Okay
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fair enough, fair enough. I like that. It's quite nice, this. I'm actually getting to learn new
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things. Normally, I'm just sort of recycling, like, the countries and the flags, but we're
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actually getting some new bits and bobs here. I quite like the idea of just slowly wiping my way
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through from top to bottom, so let's start doing that. Chad's capital city is, uh, it's not
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Ljubljana. It could be any of the others, really. I think this could be Oceania, maybe. I don't know
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This sounds Asian. I'm gonna go yee-undee. Ah it is jemaina So Chad the Jimbro is jammin on a drum chad jamming jemenya see my god capitals are so unbelievably difficult i don know if that gonna stay in my head i be
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honest i know something about jamming now why is the gym bro jamming on a drum why is he not in the
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gym i'm not sure about this memory hook asian countries for 400 please which country does this
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flag belong to? Uh, it is Mongolia. That's Kazakhstan, so that's Mongolia. And Ulaanbaatar
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is the capital, which I did know. Would I always be able to say it from memory? Possibly not
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but on a good day, I think I would. Okay, wet stuff. Find Caribbean Sea on the globe. Drag
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to rotate. Scroll to zoom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Caribbean Sea. I mean, that's the Gulf of Mexico
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so it's got to be this right yeah the caribbean sea between central america and the antles i don't
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know what the antles is right that's all the 400's gone so we're just working our way left to right
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and then we're gonna have just a chaotic time at the end where it's just a thousand over and over
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again so let's go for it what's the capital of iceland recuvik give me a hard one give me a hard
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one uh asian countries i don't know the capital of cambodia it's not kabul it's not annoy this
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sounds Cambodian. I think it is. Yeah. So it's what? It's from Prenner. Hmm. See, I could do with
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a little memory hook for that because it's the spelling, isn't it? The spelling is just outrageous
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on capitals. Wet stuff. I hurt my own ears shouting wet stuff. Find Melkong on the globe
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Oh, and it shows us all these big rivers. Melkong. All right. Well, we know that that's the
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Yangtze. Melkong. I don't know. I'll go with that one. I just have no idea. Oh, I was quite close
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We were at least in the right area. Southeast Asian river running through six countries
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I chose the Ganges, which is a very famous Indian river. That's fair enough
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Very northerly as well. But it was actually over here. So it goes through China, Thailand, et cetera, et cetera
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Okay. Mekong. It definitely sounds Thailand, doesn't it? Mekong. At least to a British person
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World river. Not rivers again. Right. We're going to start jumping about a bit
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Okay. Locate Albania. See, all of these. This is a thousand dollar question, but I'm just, I've already got all these locked in
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That's not even a problem for me. Look at that. Thousand gone. Right, we're just dilly-dallying now
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Which description best matches the Philippine Sea of Antarctica? Salty inland body of water near Israel, Palestine, Jordan
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Between Europe and North Africa, Western Pacific Basin, east of Luzon and Taiwan
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Philippine Sea. I mean, there's only one obvious choice there, isn't there? Study this real quick
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I know this one, right? South Africa, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Blom 14 is the capital of South Africa
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Okay, there's gonna be so much great pronunciation in this video. Let's do wet stuff for a thousand
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I'm absolutely getting this wrong. Find Great Bear Lake on the globe
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Hmm, now I feel like, I feel like Russia loves bears. That doesn't look much like a bear though, does it
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Great bear? It's probably more like over here, is it? Is that a bear
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Let's try, oh, so close. I was thinking it sounded more Canadian, didn't it
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Largest lake entirely within Canada. Ooh, that's Great Slave Lake. Does this look like a bear
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If it's upside down, it's kind of like he's doing this. I could see that. I can see that
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All right, we're going to go European countries, 300. Find the country whose capital is Monaco
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Pretty easy one. It is literally just Monaco. There you go. Identical flag with Indonesia
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Well, not identical at all, but very similar. Then we've got Asian countries
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Click roughly where Burma is located. Hmm. So they're calling it Burma rather than Myanmar
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Capital of Myanmar is Nyai Pia Dua. I do not want to learn capitals
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I know this is the closest I've got to learning capitals in a long time, but do not get too excited, all right
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This better get some views if you want me to actually make this a series and be complete memorise Earth
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I'm telling you that right now, because it will be very difficult. All right, let's do world rivers for 800, please
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Find Lina on the globe. Lina, Lina. Where does Lina sound like
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Sounds kind of more European, but we've got no rivers in Europe on this
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No major rivers. Let's go here. Now, that'll be Amazon, won't it? Let's go with this one
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Oh, where was it? Ah, do you know, Russia was where I was thinking to begin with. That's why I was on about Europe
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But then I just bailed off for some reason. Yeah, it doesn't sound very South American, does it
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Northeastern Siberian River flowing to the Arctic. Okay, did not know that
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But this is about learning. I'm obviously not going to know these. Name the capital of Kyrgyzstan
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Bishkek. Yes, it just sounded right. I like that word. That is a nice word, Bishkek
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All right, world capitals, Asian countries. We've got two world rivers. Let's go for it
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Find the Yellow River. Okay, it's in Asia. Now we've established that this is the Yangtze. I think it's still in China
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I'm going to go with it. Yeah, we got it. We got it. Now can I remember what this river was called
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Mekong? I think that's right. We've just been in Asia, so let's do world capitals
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What's the capital of Burkina Faso? All right, it's not Zagreb. It's not Lisbon. It's not Santiago
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It has got to be Uagagadogo. That sounds unreal. Not when I say it, but that's clearly the correct answer
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But how am I ever gonna remember that? Like, do not just assume that I know this, please
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Please, like, remind me of this fact. Alright, back to board. Only two left. But I think we will probably play another one, because this is a lot of fun
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Find Mackenzie on the globe. And there's a river. The River Mackenzie
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I mean that must be the River of Mississippi Mackenzie it just sounds We go up here Yeah we got it Major Canadian river flowing to the Arctic Mackenzie river Never heard of that And finally
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Asian countries. Click where Indonesia is located. That's fine. We can do that. Lovely finish there
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All right. Strong round. Solid clearance. A few weak spots left to drill. 77% complete. So yeah
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that's decent, isn't it? World capitals 4-5. Name the country 4-5. Asian countries 5-5
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European countries, look at that, three or five, but it's because they were asking about capitals
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Wet stuff and wild rivers actually did okay. So what happens now? God mode, or review seven wrong answers
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That's a good idea. Name the country whose flag is shown. Okay, that was Mauritius
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So Seychelles is up there, and its capital is Victoria, which I did know, actually. Find the country whose capital is Zgreb
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Zgreb? I'm going to Google a print nation in a moment. That's Croatia
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Mm-hmm. All right, let's hear it. Let's hear it. Zagreb. Zagreb. Find the country whose capital is Thailand
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Well, I'll tell you, it's bloody Estonian because the stone has rolled into a tall inn, hasn't it
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There we go. Nice. Uh, ooh, good God. Well, you've got to give me a moment
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I don't have time to do that. It's summon jammin'. Nuh, duh, j
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That's- honestly, though, that- that, like, they need to- I'm angry, actually, now
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I could have written something close, but I just did not have time there. Hey there, friend
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You doing okay? I need you to lock in and build a dumb mnemonic right now to remember this question
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You keep messing up. Wow, all right. Could you just give me a moment? I can remember that begins with an N and a DJ
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I like the DJ because that's got to do with him jamming. So the DJ jamming, and then there's just an A on the end
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We'll give it another go at some point. What's the capital of Chad? All right, you ready? N, and then it's like this
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D-J-A-M-E-N-A. Nice. This country has the capital of Jemena. That would be Chad, of course
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Correct. Oh, this is nice. Which country does this flag belong to
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It's a good little website, this. They've done a really nice job on it. Uh, find Mekong on the globe
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Not a problem, mate. Right there, bro. Find the Great Bear Lake on the globe. This little wrong answers review is actually unbelievably useful
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Find Lena on the globe. Um, is this one, right? Yeah. It's just the northeastern Siberian river flowing into the Arctic from Russia
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Review one again. Chad's capital city. No. No. I got it
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I'm happy with that. What do you think God mode is? Should we do it or should we do a new board
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Let's do a new board and we're going to go quick. Where is California? Okay, it's right there
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Mountain Rangers. Which description best matches the Andes? Western South America. World flags
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Name the country. Yep, that's fine. Caribbean nations. Find the country whose capital is Port of Spain
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No idea. It's Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain. A trinity of tobacco cigars sails into a Spanish port
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Trinity of tobacco cigars. Port of Spain. Fair enough. That's fine. Find Washington on the US map
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Find Washington on the US map. So that's oddly specific. How accurate is it going to want me to be
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We'll go about there. Ah, I'm trying to find Washington, DC. That was silly, wasn't it
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Yeah, obviously. Okay, locate Oregon. We're actually at US states now, so this is tricky
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Can I get Oregon? I think I maybe can. Yes, we can. All right deserts. Where is New Mexico? Oh, we're actually plowing through the states. Okay, New Mexico's that one
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We may as well do all the states. Where's Vermont? It's over here I think it's that
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Ah, that's New York, Jack, you silly Billy. Okay, fair enough. How do we want to do it
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I like working my way through random ones. Find Gobi Desert I don't know about Gobi Desert. I like this though. That'll be a Sahara Desert though. Let's go there
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bottom of mongolia southern mongolia and northern china gobi desert okay fair enough fair enough
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middle east armenia's capital city is no idea i'm gonna go doha okay in armenia giant arms steal
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your van and drive it to your van your van in armenia giant arms steal your van today i come up
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with these memory hooks because they're fine they're a little bit literal aren't they like i'd much rather go with, you know, I am a man. Armenia has men in the middle and that's my van because
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I'd love a van. So that's just a little bit more personal to me. It's objectively worse than the
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memory hook you suggested, but it's the one I'm taking. All right. All right. We're going random
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now. You ready for this? We're going rogue. Which of these is the flag of Syria? Don't worry about
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it, mate. It's changed recently as well. World flags pick out Azerbaijan. No big deal when it
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comes to flags. Caribbean nations. This flag is flown by which country? Okay. That's Barbados
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but that's pretty difficult can i say these is this correct ah that's british virgin islands you
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you moron barbados and bridgetown okay it's all right because we'll get them all in the review
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this flag is which country uae uh mountain ranges find scandinavian mountains on the globe i mean
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gotta go with that one border region of norway and sweden coming into finland scandinavian
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mountains caribbean nations we need to get some of these which of these the flag of granada
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That's fine. Deserts, thousand. Find Great Victoria Desert. I've got to go down here
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Wait, no, because it wasn't that, was it? So where would it Ah of course Yes Great Victoria Western and South Australia That makes a lot of sense Let go back into deserts again Which description best matches the Arctic desert
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Glacier-covered, far northern island regions. Glacier-covered, far northern island regions. It's got to be, hasn't it
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ooh. Quite interesting to see it as a squared-out zone
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Let's do... We're avoiding all of these 400s for some reason. I never know the country represented by this flag
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And that is going to be Jordan, which I need to think about. Syria? No, that's Jordan
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That's Syria. Wait, what? Ah, it is the little one. Where did I click
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I clicked... Wait. Wait, I thought... Ah, I see what's happening. I see what's happening
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I did click on Jordan. I thought it was the Jordan flag, but it was the Palestine flag because it didn't have the little nipple
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That's my bad. We're making a lot of mistakes here. A lot of mistakes. Named the capital of Dominica
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But that is the point of this. It's about learning, isn't it? The capital of Dominica is not Bridgetown
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I'm gonna go with another... Do I know it? I'm gonna go with another port. It's what
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Rosau. Oh, these are so difficult. On Dominica, dominoes fall into a giant rose
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Rose, oh, Rosau. That's rubbish. We're gonna imagine a guy called Dom just giving someone a rose
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And she's Australian. Rose, EU. That works better. Okay. World flags, $1,000
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Easy. Pick out Nauru's flag. Don't worry about it, mate. There you go
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mountain ranges 600 find atlas mountains i love seeing them highlighted i don't know why atlas
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mountains where does it sound like it would be that'll be the alps here atlas mountains is in
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northern africa morocco through algeria i wouldn't have expected that let's go deserts find syrian
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desert on the globe okay should be a little bit easier there you go find the alpacian mountains
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Oh, we've just had them. Oh, study this real quick. This flag belongs to Indonesia
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I know that. That's fine. That's fine. Okay, $1,000. Click roughly where Dominican Republic is located
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It's this one, right? Yeah, GEO guests are helping us out there
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We've got the Dominican Republic car bars, of course. Right, let's blast through our last two 400s
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This flag is flown by which country? That is. Oh, can I click it
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That's Zambia, which is that one? Oh, I always get them wrong. I'm always getting them wrong. Okay, we'll do all our learning, don't worry. Find Mojave Desert on the globe
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I don't know. That's gonna be Sahara Desert. We'll go here. Ah, it was in the US, which I never would have expected. I clicked on the Arabian Desert, which is a reasonable name
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Mojave Desert. It might be Mojave Desert. Mojave. We're struggling in this board. We've got a lot of errors. Which flag belongs to Finland
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that is that one uh mountain rangers for a thousand dollars please find trans antarctic
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mountains on the globe it has to be transatlantic no trans antarctic okay okay and then finally
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name the cattle of oman muscat right yeah we know that one so 63 we've slipped obviously it's gonna
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just continue getting harder this is the point we just gotta keep going keep revising and keep
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relearning over and over again. Let's review our 11 wrong answers. Find the country whose capital
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is the port of Spain. It's driven out to Bego, mate. Got that locked in now. Click roughly where
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Washington is located. Another easy one that I just screwed up on because I was being an idiot
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Find Vermont. All right. Well, we have got New York. So Vermont's the one next to it. Then find
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the Gobi Desert. I don't remember where the Gobi Desert was. I feel like it was somewhere I wasn't
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expecting it to be i can't remember ah yeah yeah yeah it's a gobi desert top of china interesting
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okay what is the capital of armenia uh yur yurvan yurvan i don't buy the country uh represented by
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the flag barbados was over here right stuff's going in obviously i don't know like how long
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it's going to stay in but it is in name the country whose flag is shown that is palestine
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not to be foolishly, where is it? Foolishly mistaken for Jordan. So that's right there
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Next one, Dominica's capital city is... Can I have a hint? Oh, Rose EU
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Rose EU. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Guy called Dom's giving his girlfriend Rose a rose
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Wait, is she called Rose? And he's giving her a rose? And she's Australian? Okay, that all works for me
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Find Atlas Mountains. It was at the top, right? It was here. Is that right? Yeah, Northern Africa
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Not where are we expecting? This flag is flown by which country? So last time I foolishly clicked Zimbabwe
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So Zambia is the top one. Ah, find Mojave Desert. That is one of these
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I think it was the top one. Ah, I need to review those too. All right, Gobi Desert
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We know Gobi Desert's right there. That's fine. And then Mojave, bottom one
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Yes. Okay, I'm happy with that. New board. So we've got all of these that we can learn
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potentially in the next video. But I enjoyed that. I think that could be really interesting
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I could potentially do some pretty long videos on this if that is something that you would like to see
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So thank you very much for watching. That was Memorize Earth. Episode one. We made some reasonable progress
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I think your van is probably my favorite one. Anyway, thanks a lot. We've learned at least one capital today
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so you could all be really nice to me in the comments, I'm sure. All right, see you later
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