Ohhhh myyyyyy God... I get that it can be a little tricky but by gum you'd expect better answers than those two... 😆 I think I woulda gone for Vanuatu here.
Yes and it's a banker but the issue is you are also trying to find less obvious countries to get lower down the list. So something like Vanuatu would be what you would be looking for. Spain would probably give you at least 70pts.
@@ryanwade6019 no need to be sarcastic I'm just explaining why they they might have been avoiding a more obvious answer and flustered themselves into a corner. I even agreed with you and liked your answer.
I probably would’ve ended up going for Bahamas or Haiti, I know every country in the world but I think on the spot that’d be the best I could think of.
I take it you are referring to the quote where she mentioned she could see Russia from Alaska, well she was technically correct about that. There is technically a Russian island very close to Alaska, back in 2008 this was widely misreported by the media to try and make a fool out of her back in 2008. They even misreported this on an old episode of Have I got news for you, I was soshocked that nobody seemed to know about this.
For the curious, here are all the countries that do not contain the letters W, O, R, L or D are: China Pakistan Japan Egypt Vietnam Tanzania Kenya Spain Uzbekistan Afghanistan Ghana Yemen Kazakhstan Zambia Guinea Benin Tunisia Haiti Cuba Panama Jamaica Namibia Gambia Guinea-Bissau Fiji Bhutan Guyana Bahamas Vanuatu Vatican City I may have missed a couple.
@@annalog002 Why after 2016? The country has always been Czechia.... but for some reason, "Czechia" or the "Czech Republic", is one of the only countries, _on Earth_ where most English speakers, seem to refer to it by its _official_ name, rather than the shorter name. Almost _no_ other country is ever commonly in everyday speech ever referred to by its official name, as much as Czechia/Czech Republic. No one says "Slovak Republic" instead of "Slovakia", no one says "Hellenic Republic" instead of "Greece", no one says "Republic of China" instead of "Taiwan", etc. Yet.... everyone says "Czech Republic"? The only other country which the "official" name is somewhat commonly mentioned, is the "Republic of Ireland" or "Irish Republic"... although some people simply call it "Ireland".
Two answers, neither of which is a country, and one of which has an L in it.
So apart from all that, well done.
Country = “Sovereign State that is a member of the UN in his own right”
@@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14 yes.....yes we know
Well, at least it's not Paris 🤣
I just saw that clip. Dear G*d!
@@stevevasta For those who haven't seen it....A country ending with two consonants.
2:24 “If you gonna join the 200 club, you gotta do it in style”
Vanuatu, a Pointless classic.
My head hurts now.
I’ve been to the Ganges, it’s a wonderful country.
and bordered by both the Indias, isn't it?
Ohhhh myyyyyy God... I get that it can be a little tricky but by gum you'd expect better answers than those two... 😆
I think I woulda gone for Vanuatu here.
She may have been thinking of The Gambia.
I like your generosity of spirit, but no. No, she was not.
I think she means the Gambia
And I bet they've both been to Spain
Yes and it's a banker but the issue is you are also trying to find less obvious countries to get lower down the list. So something like Vanuatu would be what you would be looking for. Spain would probably give you at least 70pts.
@@TheWPhilosopher well done Einstein 👏
Better to give a high scoring answer that's right than show yourself up as a total thicko on national TV.
@@ryanwade6019 no need to be sarcastic I'm just explaining why they they might have been avoiding a more obvious answer and flustered themselves into a corner. I even agreed with you and liked your answer.
@@davidspear9790 also true but when you are trying to avoid an obvious answer, to get lower points, and on TV, your brain can do funny things.
I can only think of 2: Japan and China.
Uzbekistan
@@xdstatic5895 Oh, yeah.
@@xdstatic5895 I just thought of 3 more: Egypt, Pakistan and Vietnam.
@@Mrmoviefan123 Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan
@@xdstatic5895 Two of those have R's actually.
The Ganges are lovely at this time of year
There are tons, off the top of my head : Egypt, Tunisia, Mali, Hell even Vatican city works ! But then geo is my strong point 😄
Ah crap, forgot Mali had an L! Harder than it looks...lolll
St Kitts and nevis
I probably would’ve ended up going for Bahamas or Haiti, I know every country in the world but I think on the spot that’d be the best I could think of.
Tajikistan
Vanuatu. No one would’ve guessed that.
Anyone know what the pointless answers were
Sarah Palin Geography Class grads
Sarah Palin knows Alaska. Perhaps you meant Michael Palin?
I take it you are referring to the quote where she mentioned she could see Russia from Alaska, well she was technically correct about that. There is technically a Russian island very close to Alaska, back in 2008 this was widely misreported by the media to try and make a fool out of her back in 2008. They even misreported this on an old episode of Have I got news for you, I was soshocked that nobody seemed to know about this.
For the curious, here are all the countries that do not contain the letters W, O, R, L or D are:
China
Pakistan
Japan
Egypt
Vietnam
Tanzania
Kenya
Spain
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan
Ghana
Yemen
Kazakhstan
Zambia
Guinea
Benin
Tunisia
Haiti
Cuba
Panama
Jamaica
Namibia
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Fiji
Bhutan
Guyana
Bahamas
Vanuatu
Vatican City
I may have missed a couple.
I thought of Yemen and Cuba
@@kylahross5103 I said those.
Vatican City doesn't count, it's not a UN member. People have been wrong on Pointless for exactly this reason.
If this TV episode was filmed after 2016, Czechia would be accepted.
@@annalog002 Why after 2016? The country has always been Czechia.... but for some reason, "Czechia" or the "Czech Republic", is one of the only countries, _on Earth_ where most English speakers, seem to refer to it by its _official_ name, rather than the shorter name. Almost _no_ other country is ever commonly in everyday speech ever referred to by its official name, as much as Czechia/Czech Republic. No one says "Slovak Republic" instead of "Slovakia", no one says "Hellenic Republic" instead of "Greece", no one says "Republic of China" instead of "Taiwan", etc. Yet.... everyone says "Czech Republic"? The only other country which the "official" name is somewhat commonly mentioned, is the "Republic of Ireland" or "Irish Republic"... although some people simply call it "Ireland".
One can only think that the pressure of TV got to them...
Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan
Fiji?
Egypt, China, Japan
The Ganges river passes through India and Bangladesh, which would have both been incorrect answers since they contain one of the five letters.
Dumb and dumber. Can't they look at a map.
So cringeworthy! Unbelievable ignorance! Not even 2 countries!
Yemen.....??
Yeah, and...
@@willdaubney7311 that's all
@@dead9008 k
@@willdaubney7311 Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kenya
Kiribati
.. that all
@@dead9008 lmao
Zambia or Gambia
Just makes me so mad
India, Mexico, Sweden, Vietnam,China Egypt, Vanuatu, Bahamas, Haiti, St Kitts and Nevis, Tuvalu, Myanmar, Kosovo and Greece.
Sweden has a 'w'
Sorry to be that guy, but more than half of those would be wrong.
@@chrisninety1 Oh yeah. I stupid.
@@samanthageso6887 It has a W and a D, even.
Pointless : Name a country with none of the letters in the word "WORLD".
@@anguillaball9067: inDia, mexicO, sWeDen, myanmaR, tuvaLu, gReece, kOsOvO.
Tajikistan
😂😂😂😂😂
Embarrassing
Wtf was that first answer?!? Does that even exist...
The Ganges is a river in India.
+721deco OHHH Yea I heard him say river ok thanks
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Fiji?