Improve English Speaking Skills (General Knowledge questions) English Conversation Practice

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hello and welcome to a new program of  Tangerine TV my name is Sam and this  
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is Charles hello everyone I am an English  student they told me I have to answer some
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questions that's correct Charles today  I'll be asking you some questions in  
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English are you ready yes I am I mean  I am excited what kind of questions are
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they well today we will be asking  you some questions about general
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knowledge you can also participate and  help Charles if you want you can comment  
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the correct answer yes please please I need  your help comment the correct answer to let's  
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start all right we will start for an easy  question what is the longest river in the  
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world oh that's easy last year I went to South  America and they told me that Amazon River is  
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the longest are you sure about your answer you  can change it if you want to do it but right
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now no I'm sure I mean I heard that I  was there and it was very long Believe
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Me Okay well I'm afraid to tell  you that your answer is not correct
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chars the Nile River is the longest  river in the world at 4,132 miles it  
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flows from central Africa northward through  Northeastern Africa to the Mediterranean Sea  
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oh really I thought it was the the  Amazon River anyway next question
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please okay next question a similar  one which desert is the largest in the
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world I don't know I mean I don't  know much about deserts Egyptian
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desert wait a minute I know I know the  Sahara Desert yeah that's the largest  
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you were so close the largest desert  on Earth is Antarctica which covers  
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14.2 million squar kilometers I didn't know  that but I think it's good to learn something
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new you're right next question which  country is known as the Land of the  
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Rising Sun The Land of the Rising Sun wow  I don't know it's the first time I hear  
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that Japan is called the land of the Rising  Sun because the country is considered to lie  
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close to where the sun rises next question  let's see in which year did the Titanic
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sink oh that's a famous movie um can I Google it
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no you can't I know it's easy to  check the answer on the internet  
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but you can't do it all right then  I will say that Titanic sang in 19
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1994 that's not correct Titanic sang in the  early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the  
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north at Atlantic Ocean next question what ancient  civilization built the matchup picure complex in  
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Peru match picture that's one of the Seven Wonders  I went there many years ago but I don't know the  
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Myas yeah that's correct the Mayas no that's not  correct Machu picture was constructed as an estate  
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for the Inca Emperor so the Incas oh I remember  now I'm really sorry May are from Mexico right
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damn next question something  about medicine who discovered
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penicilin penicillin that's probably the most  important medicine right I should know that but  
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no Alexander flaming was a Scottish physican  scientist who was recognized for discovering
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penicillin penicillins are used to treat  infections caused by bacteria remember  
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that and talking about important people  who was the first woman to win a Nobel
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Prize I know that it's Merry something merry
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blaming only one woman Mary Cy has  been honored twice with the Nobel  
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Prize in physics 1903 and the Nobel Prize  in chemistry 1911 you should know that next  
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question which country gifted the Statue  of Liberty to the United States do you
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know finally an easy question it was
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France that's correct the statue  of Liberty was gifted to the United  
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States of America by France next question  what year did the United States declare
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independence I have no idea it was  long time ago so I suppose in 1912
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1812 that's not correct the Continental Congress  
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adopted Ed the Declaration  of Independence on July 4
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1976 next question oh a good one who  was the first human to journey into  
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space I know I know that it was Neil  Armstrong yeah he's very famous he's  
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an astronaut no Yuri Gagarin from the  Soviet Union was the first human in
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space next question let's talk about  sports what is the national sport of  
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Japan Japan um let's see it  has to be karate uh is that
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correct no it's not technically speaking  Sumo is the national sport of Japan but  
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with soout stadiums around the country  baseall is very popular that's the
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thing next question in what year were women first  allowed to participate in the modern Olympic
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Games again I have no idea I didn't know  they couldn't participate in the Olympics
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wow well believe it or not women competed  for the first time at the 1900 games in
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Paris of a total of 997 athletes 22 women  competed in five sports including tennis  
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and golf you're right I should know that  it's part of our history I'm really sorry
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can you give me some time to study more please  I promise I will study hard to answer more
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questions sure then we will come back with  more questions in the next video do you agree  
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guys I hope you liked this conversation if you  could improve your English a little more please  
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subscribe to the channel and share this video with  a friend and if you want to support this channel  
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