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The DJs in THR Raaga’s morning “Guys or Girls” contest repeated the same question last week and today – what is the largest mammal in the world (in tamil, of course). I’m surprised that the listeners who participated do not know the answer! Either they can’t understand the question (the guy today said cow after misunderstanding the Tamil word for mammal) or really don’t know this kind of general knowledge. I think instead of asking names and ingredients of foreign food, brands of perfume or footware, or names football team/players, It would be much more beneficial to ask questions that educate the listeners about science, general knowledge, country etc.
the blue whale… whales are called temeenggalam rite?
Kavilan: yup, blue whale is the largest living mammal in the world. tamil word is temeengilam (refer: http://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/whale)
Veena: i remember studying about mammals in school and it was stated about the whale being largest animal in the world. Not sure if its still there or not. But really, this kind of elementary stuff should be easy to answer. another possibility is the contestants panicked, but all four?
Blue whale! haha… Malaysians lack of general knowledge, it is not taught from school itself. So people think it is not important.
I believe children from the age of 2 and above need to be exposed to general knowledge. It will make learning interesting.