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00:00Oh, Common Prime Minister

00:02The Lawrence Wong

00:03Oh yeah, the Lawrence Wong, you're right, the Lawrence Wong

00:07Are you a GE Whiz?

00:09GE 2025 is just around the corner

00:11and we are out and about to see how well Singaporeans know their GE facts

00:15Let's go!

00:16What does GRC stand for?

00:18Grassroot Community

00:20Grassroots Council?

00:22Grassroots Company

00:23Government Recreational Centre

00:25Good Representative

00:27Community?

00:29So it's Group Representation Constituency

00:32What does SMC stand for?

00:34Small Medium Constituents

00:36Super Micro Computers

00:38Small Medium Companies

00:39Single Member Constituency

00:41Ah, you guys are really good ah

00:44Do you recognise these party logos?

00:46I need PAP and WP

00:47Okay, nice

00:48This is a N or a C or something

00:50PAP

00:52Okay

00:53Uh

00:54Label

00:55PAP

00:56Okay, awesome

00:57The Workers Party

00:58Awesome

00:59Everything has to know

01:00Everything has to know

01:01This is NSP

01:02And this is PSP

01:03Which is a newly announced SMC slash GRC for G2025?

01:07What's the name of Pongka?

01:08C, is it?

01:09Pongka, I've never heard of that

01:10Pongka, okay, how about you?

01:12Pongka

01:13Huh?

01:14Okay, if you don't know anything, you choose P

01:16So what's your answer?

01:17P

01:18That's actually correct

01:19Kawang West SMC is correct

01:20These hairstyles belong to previous or current prime ministers of Singapore

01:24Can y'all name them?

01:25Ah, this I know

01:26But not that I see their hairline every time, okay?

01:28No

01:29Lee Kuan Yew

01:30Okay

01:31Is it ah? I don't know LB is there

01:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, Lee Kuan Yew

01:33Isn't that LB is Presley?

01:34LB is Presley

01:35Oh, current prime minister

01:37The, the Lawrence Wong

01:38Oh yeah, the Lawrence Wong

01:39You're right, the Lawrence Wong

01:40Oh, Sachuk

01:41Lawrence Wong

01:42Go Chok Tong, Lee Sien Long, Lee Kuan Yew

01:45Well done, you are Sachuk

01:46When did Singapore hold its first GE as an independent nation?

01:50Okay, I go B

01:51B, yes

01:52Answer is like B

01:531968

01:54Correct, 1968

01:55Oh, not bad lah

01:56Do you recognise these party uniforms?

01:59What's that like?

02:00Traffinite

02:01I don't know what to say lah

02:02Something like food bandwap

02:05Food bandwap

02:08BAP?

02:09I think

02:10BAP is all white

02:11Oh

02:12No

02:13Not at all

02:14Okay

02:15So this is NSP

02:16This is SDP

02:17This is SDA

02:18Can you please match the GRC's to the map?

02:20UT

02:21Right, right, awesome

02:22That's right

02:23This is Aljunit, is it?

02:24Yes, correct

02:25G is the last one

02:26Aljunit

02:27Muscling

02:28Jalan Besar

02:29Wow

02:30Muscling UT

02:31Aljunit

02:32And Jalan Besar

02:33Wow, well done, man

02:34I take Deja Mati everyday, bro

02:36How many elected seats are up for grabs

02:38This GE 2025?

02:39I think I'm feeling 83 eh

02:4183, you?

02:42I'm feeling a

02:43I'm feeling a 93

02:4487

02:46Trust your gut feeling B

02:47B

02:48B

02:49Answer is B

02:5097

02:51So how many questions did you get right?

02:53Keep following ST's coverage of GE 2025

02:56To be a true GE Whiz by Pauling Day

02:58We'll see you in the end

02:59We'll see you in the end

03:00We'll see you in the end

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