Pointless: Episode 4 (Head-to-Head 2)

[Malkon05]

I'm sorry, the only one that I know of for sure (since I don't know if another country has "the republic of" in front of it or not) is

Costa Rica

*crosses fingers*

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Costa Rica is certainly a country. But how many people said it?

Spoiler:

25!

Pretty low considering Monaco was 42. I'd bet people were trying hard to look smart and forgot to name a more well-known one like Costa Rica.



Unfortunately, racefan12 and xofelf, this means you will not be moving onto Round 2. But you'll have a chance to compete again in the next game, and hopefully you won't have such bad luck next time. Let's look at the best three answers:

Soloman Islands: 15
Cote d'Ivoire: 4
South Sudan: 3

Well done if you came up with those last two at home. Now let's see the top three answers.

Poland: 79
Norway: 77
South Korea: 74

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Round II will begin tomorrow. You guys really flew through this first one!

[Malkon05]

Damn South Sudan was the one I wasn't sure whether it counted or not cuz of "Republic of" but apparently that doesn't matter with country names?

[Vijarada]

it's not even officially called south korea it's called the republic of korea.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

The official name does appear to be "Republic of South Sudan", but "Democratic Republic of Congo" and "Republic of Congo" were not listed as acceptable answers. I'd imagine that's because there's only one South Sudan, but there isn't just one Congo.

[Haschel Cedricson]

What about Congo-Brazzaville?

[Malkon05]

I mean technically there's a "Sudan" isn't there?

[Vijarada]

The official name does appear to be "Republic of South Sudan", but "Democratic Republic of Congo" and "Republic of Congo" were not listed as acceptable answers. I'd imagine that's because there's only one South Sudan, but there isn't just one Congo.

that's literally the exact same with the koreas. dem rep of korea v rep of korea. exact same. but still counted????? kangaroo court

[Malkon05]

kinda glad I didn't put south sudan then Don't need no controversy over my win

[CuddlyCaucasian]

I am merely the host, not the fact checker, you should consult my pointless friend Drench about this

[Vijarada]

i should have known drench was behind this

[Vijarada]

btw cote d'voir is officially the republic of cote d'ivoir #pointlesscontroversy

[Highkey]

so would a commonwealth state count as second letter o

[Vijarada]

holy shit the commonwealth of australia!!!

[Drench]

I am merely the host, not the fact checker, you should consult my pointless friend Drench about this

yeah, certainly were a lot of countries. have you ever been to south korea cc, i hear it's lovely

[Majiffy]

Costa Rica is certainly a country. But how many people said it?

Could you by chance tell me what Honduras and Romania would have both scored?

[Cheery Dog]

South Sudan was my pick!

I was also going to settle on South Africa before I posted, but South Sudan is a less known place.

[Cheery Dog]

I'm surprised South Korea was on the highest scorers list though, i thought it would have stayed all european with Portugal.

maybe it was counted if they just said korea?
and then where does north korea place?

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Portugal 70
Colombia 68
Bolivia 66
South Africa 64
Morocco 60
Togo 58
North Korea 56
Romania 51
Somalia 48
Honduras 46
Dominican Republic 45
Mongolia 44
Monaco 42
Kosovo 39
Moldova 37
Dominica 36
Botswana 34
Jordan 33
Comoros 28
Tonga 27
Costa Rica 25
Bosnia and Herzegovina 23
Mozambique 21
Montenegro 20

[Majiffy]

Well glad I didn't go with Honduras.

I think Costa Rica is the biggest surprise on that list.

[McMenno]

I'm glad I didn't choose colombia

I did consider south sudan though, didn't think of bosnia and herzegovina

btw how did you interview these people

[Majiffy]

Aggressive impromptu interrogations on a street corner outside of the local union headquarters

[Majiffy]

I make these assumptions because Drench is involved

[RedCoyote]

/in with SC