Pointless.

[cupid04]

One of the questions on 'Pointless' today was think of a country what begins with the same letter as its capital. For example Brazil= Brasilia.

One of the contestants put forward Taiwan whose capital is Taipei but it was disallowed and I don't remember hearing an explanation. Do any of you know the reason why?

[squarebear]

You sure that was today Cupid? I just skimmed through it on iplayer and couldn't see that question.

[Canary42]

I didn't see the programme, but I think that Taiwan is no longer a UN-recognised sovereign state which I believe is one of the criteria in this show. This is only conjecture, I may be wrong though.

[WHU010]

It was the final round and yes we wondered the same - could it be that Taiwan is not recognised by the UN?

[squarebear]

Sorry, I was looking at yesterdays show. You are right though, he didn't give a reason as to what I would have considered a valid answer.

[cupid04]

Thankyou canary, I think you've hit it it on the head. I was probably only half listening. All the answers had to belong to the UN!

I can assure you I watched the programme today squarebear. I think it was near the end of the show.

[squarebear]

Ah yes. He did mention it had to be a sovereign state in the United Nations. It would have been clearer if he had explained that at the end though.

[Jemisa]

Yes I too was waiting for an explanation..

Yes it was today sqB.

jem

[squarebear]

I know. I was looking at yesterday's show on the iplayer. I've just seen today's.

[Nodger]

Yes - I wondered that too. Apparently the Republic of China has sovereignty over Taiwan (according to Wikipedia) but it's very controversial. I'm surprised they didn't explain it, though - and I'm pretty sure they didn't. We can't all have missed it.

[Tilly2]

I though Ricahrd said something about Singapore but I might have been dreaming.

[gollob]

The answer should have been allowed . I was suprised that no explanation was given as it was one of my picks. The only answer I can think of is it is also known as the Republic Of China, which has nothing to do with China as they hate each other. Then again I would think every Atlas would call the country Taiwan.