Could we take a moment to appreciate that... not only did Mark remember 92 countries off the top of his head... he also remembered _the 91 countries that he had already mentioned while doing so_.
Aisling's attempt is such an underrated cruel moment. She named 61 countries, which means she spent over 10 minutes on the task, only for it to mean absolutely nothing.
Orrrr even better, take the noose off, throw a handful of cans onto the grass so they don't buckle near the table, then run back and forth from just the table and Alex and get your lil pile stacked up. Then get back to the trolley and repeat
And here's Sally Phillips, who graduated from Oxford University with a first-class degree in Modern Languages! *proceeds to only be able to name 2 unique countries before repeating* Remarkable
… as well as Alaska … I can’t actually believe she thought those were countries. I think she just forgot it had to be countries and started naming different places instead.
@@CH-od8ni That's what I thought too initially, until she said towards the end "please god let that be a country" after naming Doha. So all along, while naming cities and states, she thought she was naming countries 😯
When Bob asked Alex if it said on the card that he had to stay in the noose, he let Bob look and didn't blow the whistle. Mark asked to think for a minute and Alex blew the whistle straight away 😂
It’s because there is a difference between checking the rules, and just trying to come up with a clever way around the rules. Bob came up with something, and checked if it was allowed. Mark just wanted to plan
That is one of my favorites. Mundane activity used to measure success but with a twist that lets them do something really impressive and still not necessarily score well. Brilliant.
@@jelmervanos2592 It is an independent country that still gets aid from Denmark in a lot of affairs Edit: It's a constituent country under the kingdom of Denmark
Åland , Gotland , Aruba , Curacao , Vatican city.Commonwealth of Australia. The Uk or GB ? What is a country , a nation , souverainity. With Brexit and Cremlin in mind those are good questions at current times.
@@tpilot_error404 On the "Pointless" TV quiz show they explicitly define it as as sovereign state that's recognised by the UN its own right. So - sorry Taiwan, Kosovo et al.
My list of countries would start with United States, then Canada, then Mexico and Panama, and continue on to sound suspiciously like a certain 90's cartoon segment.
I think my strategy would be starting from the north west, to the south west, to north east and south east. That way I wouldn't have to bounce around too much wondering if I already said one.
@@gustavo.paixao And do two countries in a row (i.e. say a country just before the whistle goes, let the whistle go, then say another). Gives you perhaps 15 seconds to go to the cart and get cans, and means you're only thinking about countries for half the time, not all the time. Much easier to stack cans this way.
@@antenant9294 Greg mentions reading the task in a pedantic way, they could have argued that they had to say they were from a different country to the one they are actually from, for example repeatedly saying Zimbabwe. He said they could not just say "I'm from a different country" though, but that makes sense as the card didn't say to say that, it said to say "you're from a different country", so maybe they could have repeatedly told Alex he was from a different country.
Ye, but in a fair few of the tasks where contestants try to get him to move he doesn't do it willingly. Asking him to move wouldn't have been a bad move though, might backfire in not letting you get enough time to think of a country though
Assuming I'd be able to think straight during the actual task, I would combine Nish's idea of going alphabetically while moving the cans close to Alex. Preferably by throwing them in his general direction, hoping to score a bonus point by accidentally hitting his shins. Repeatedly. Once I'd have a huge pile of cans next to him, I could move the table close to us and start building. This would mean spending quite some time just moving the cans while still trying to keep track of 10 second intervals and thinking of new countries, but eventually I could build my can tower peacefully, and like a pyramid for stability.
as a geography nerd i would 100% fail this task by trying to showboat by naming really obscure countries like western sahara, fail to build much of a tower at all because i'd spend most of each 10 seconds thinking of my next country, then once i failed to name one and the game ended it'd turn out i never named some really obvious country like france.
So simple when you are just a spectator watching it back. Release the rope, drag the table and little Alex Horne over to the shopping cart and leisurely rely on basic education that should mean we all know at least 20 countries. 3mins 20secs to stack some tin cans? Easy peasy lemon squeezy right? I have been listening to/watching Alex Horne for many years with varying degrees of appreciation but it has got to be said, the format for Taskmaster was a stroke of genius.
I feel like Taskmaster could have been such a dud. It feels like such a daft format on paper. Yet here we are since Alex, Greg, and all really made it come alive.
I think after reading the comments as well. Moving the table and Alex etc etc. One thing got overlooked which could make this task slightly easier. After the initial whistle, shake his hand and name the country. That way every time the whistle blows it reminds you to repeat the process.
The smartest way of hacking this task would have been to shake Alex's hand, wait till he blows the whistle, and immediately shake his hand, then run around for ten seconds, and shake his hand immediately AFTER he blows his whistle EVERY time. That way they've shaken his hand before the 10 seconds is up, AND the whistle serves as a reminder.
@@mrfocigaz4942 yeah sure it's region that self-governs itself but it's still under Denmark so it could be said it's like situation with Taiwan and China except Greenland doesn't want to be apart of Denmark... so it's part of Denmark. Yes again, it's self-governin region but a country.. ehh. You can say it's country within Denmark aka country that is another coyntrys country but whatever, that's kinda silly but valid.
Actually Greenland is an autonomous country that belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark. Importantly that does NOT make Greenland part of the country of Denmark. If the task had been to name Nations then Greenland would have been wrong but it is a country, just like England and Scotland are countries despite being part of the United Kingdom.
Actually Greenland is an autonomous country that belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark. Importantly that does NOT make Greenland part of the country of Denmark. If the task had been to name Nations then Greenland would have been wrong but it is a country, just like England and Scotland are countries despite being part of the United Kingdom.
Interesting that Aisling got upset about missing the first one and found out that she had said 61 countries in total before her session stopped. But in her on stage outburst her second example of a country was Guadalajara???....
It's highly unlikely Aisling remembered the first three she had said in the task and just spouted random ones, but yeah the Guadalajara one would have ended the task if she hadn't missed the first whistle
Commenting live from Botswana. It is always heart warming to hear someone mention my country name. NB: Botswana is located right on top of South Africa and has the largest Diamond Mine in the world, and the Biggest Elephant Population.
Botswana is beautiful! And you've got a society that's doing much things much better than your neighbours and y'all deserve much more recognition for it
Isn't the trick shaking Alex's hand just AFTER the whistle? That way you just have to go to him when he blows the whistle... Oh and have Alex move next to the cart and put the table there as well.
Actually, Alex blowing the whistle is just to help you keep track of time, you have to shake his hand nonetheless. Solo... you just screw yourself if you steal his whistle xD
Strategy: - Say the countries in alphabetic order to avoid repetition - Say them immediately after whistles, so you don't have to remember the time - Move the cart - Try brute force if it does not roll easily - Ask Alex to go to the cart if you can't pull it to him - Pull Alex to the cart at one of the handshakes if he's not going there on his own (it's unlikely he'll go back) - Move the table to Alex - Optionally take off the loop if it annoys you in the setup, although it does not really matter Of course it's easier if you have time to think, which they did not :D
I'd have just moved the table, and Alex, right next to the trolly, and started stacking without having to move. Never said things had to stay where they were.
Yeah, I would have *tried* to move Alex after finding the trolly unmovable, but given he's mobile, he might have not stayed near the trolly, but it would have been worth a shot.
@@michaelsorensen7567 It has NO wheels. An empty steel shopping trolley alone weighs about 25 kg. The cans inside (quick counting gives me estimate of 200-300 cans) weigh another 15-20 kg if empty, or another 80-90 kg if full. In total it has about 50 kg (110 lbs, if empty cans) or over a 100 kg (220 lbs, if full cans) of weight to drag on legs that dig into the ground. It might as well be bolted.
as a geography nerd i would 100% fail this task by trying to showboat by naming really obscure countries like western sahara, fail to build much of a tower at all because i'd spend most of each 10 seconds thinking of my next country, then once i failed to name one and the game ended it'd turn out i never named some really obvious country like france.
He blew it the second time before she returned to give a country. The rule was that she had to give a country before he could blow the whistle again. The smart way to do it is give a country at the start, then every time he blows the whistle, rather than before he blows the whistle
WITH HINDSIGHT: 1 - lose the rope around contestant. 2 - move Alex and the table towards the trolley. Option 2 - take alexs whistle away. The task said it is over when alex blows his whistle twice, a time frame isnt the deciding factor.
I'm surprised no one asked Alex for his whistle, taking care to ensure he didn't have an extra hidden away. Then, after they had built a sufficiently high tower of cans, they could return the whistle... or not, and keep the clock running until this very day.
It wouldn't work because you have to shake Alex's hand once every ten seconds, and he blows his whistle every ten seconds. So if you take his whistle, you basically screw yourself because you have to keep track of time all by yourself 😂
@@Mysteriums68 Hmm. Their time ends when they fail to shake his hand and say a country before he blows his whistle. So, their time wouldn't necessarily end, but they'd still fail the task by not fulfilling all parts. Then I suppose they could make their task somewhat easier by saying the literal words "You're from a different country," each time, rather than keep track of different countries.
@@jw5870 Yeah they'd definitely fail. The wording was "say that you're from a different country", so technically you could say "I'm from a different country" or "that you're from a different country" but as they specifically told the first option wouldn't be accepted, although your option should work in theorie, I'm pretty sure they would refuse it. Anyways it.s a risky attempt. In my opinion, the easiest way to win the task would be to ask Alex to come by the cart and bring the table by the cart. Of course, untying yourself from the cart like Bob did, and as some comment say, shake Alex's hand before and after the whistle every ≈20seconds so you have longer uninterrupted time. Then build 3-4 towers around your first to prevent it from falling. As they don't let any time to think about it before the task starts and that you have so much to think and do at the same time. So I think it's completely normal to not being able to think about any of these tricks when you receive the task, but it's fun to analyse !
I'm calling shenanigans on Bob's total. He had, at least, seven. Considering the rules, if the whistle is the 'no more past this' mark, as it seems to have been for both the ladies (all their cans stacked did not matter past the point of whistle blowing a second time), then Bob should be counted in for seven, maybe eight. When the whistle blew he had placed eight cans down. Granted, the 8th was a bit iffy, but as he didn't add any *more* and it was standing at the time of the blow, it could be argued that he reached that mark officially. Personally, I think the eighth was a bit too teetery to be considered standing, but I can see an argument for 'but it WAS standing at the time of the whistle!'. Either way, he had seven cans securely placed. It was not until the whistle blew and he, himself, removed the eighth and seventh cans turning, thinking 'I have to shake his hand!' and the host said no, it's already over. The host counted the cans here at that point... though the whistle blew when he had eight stacked insecurely/seven cans securely. If they can retroactively 'correct' the count for the first lass and drop her down to one by way of checking the footage, least they could do is be consistent in the positive range as well. ...Or, if they really wanna stick it to poor Bob, count him in at five then as the top three were about to fall when the whistle blew.
@@minoarno7415 I often wonder if the most effective way of promoting a country would be "product placement" in different shows. Imagine a task - get to speak to someone from Slovenia, your time starts now - or a whole episode of Grand Tour/Top Gear shot in the mountains of Slovakia with a cameo of flying Slovak car.
I would have: Taken the rope off, moved the cart closer, told him “you’re from a different country”, and told him as soon as I heard the first whistle so I always had a 10 second safety buffer.
Snatch the whistle, leisurely build a suitable tower, return the whistle to Alex "Your time ends when you fail to shake Alex's hand... before Alex blows his whistle" "I'm going to blow my whistle, and before I blow it again, you have to shake my hand"
I'd run over and say "You're from another country" every time, per the information on the task. Then argue everyone else was wrong for saying actual countries.
I would've moved the table next to the trolley, put Alex next to the trolley, and just keep moving the cans from the trolley to the table. Cuts out all the running wasting time.
Ecuador was first for me to think of, but I'm not from nor ever been to England, where the show is aired. But there is this known phenomenon where people just blank out very simple things when pressured a certain way. The best demonstration of this was a guy asked a lady in a very urgent tone, name me a woman. She couldn't think of any female names.
I'm furious at Bob for not moving the table closer to the trolley. And even more so at Aisling for not doing the only logical thing and greeting Alex before doing anything else. I also reckon you could make the claim that you don't have to both shake Alex's hand and greet him, only one or the other.
I feel like if you say "I'm from (city name here)" it ought to count as the country that city is in? If you tell someone you're from new york, people generally understand that that's in the US or if you say London people know the UK right? I realize it wouldn't have mattered for anyone's task score but they did buzz at the last person saying alaska
@@mrfocigaz4942 1) I never said that I'm American. 2) If you're from Arizona, you're necessarily from the US. If you say you're from Arizona, you're also saying you're from the US. Am I wrong on that? 3) Why would you A)bring American education into it(I'm genuinely curious why that quote is tied in your mind to it) B) not even address my point while asserting I'm wrong. Telling someone they're wrong while refusing to or just failing to elaborate why sounds pretty American to me.
I mean it was never stated you could not use the same country twice, it didn't say a different country every time it said "a different country" Which I initially interpreted as "a different country from the one you are actually from"
:56 Ok immediatly I'm think 1, Grab the cart and pull it over to Alex's side so I don't have to keep running back and forth like a mad man. 2: I would say "Hello I'm from another country." instead of just coming up with other places. I would LOVE to be on this show and try bending these rules as far as I can.
I initially thought what is the challenge or fun in saying “I am from a different country”? But then I realised they meant naming a different country every time. And also that the first interpretation would probably be a lot easier. However I would probably still start with naming countries as I am pretty good at geography and too vain for my own good and would like to demonstrate I can name at least 150 countries without mixing them up. After which I would miss the first time limit wondering if I should start with England or the UK.
The UK isn't a country but it's completed of countries. I do know some places try to say that it is a country, but countries cannot contain countries. However, it is a state.
Task did not say build the tallest tower of cans using only cans. It said make the tallest tower of cans. Take two cans. Stand on the table holding two cans over your head. Task done.
I would have left the table upside down sort of use one of the supports to lean up or support the cans. Taken off the rope and kindly ask him to come closer. Then stack one at a time saying countries alphabetically or take numerous cans to get ready and say what country I was from. That is all with the benefit of foresight, however. Would have probably acted like the other contestants, trying to do it as fast as possible, though asking him to come closer I think would be intuitive.
All very easy sitting here on my fat arse having had time to think about the task and not in the heat of battle - but if the game stops when Alex blows the whistle, just take the whistle off him - take as long as you like without having to name any countries
Could we take a moment to appreciate that... not only did Mark remember 92 countries off the top of his head... he also remembered _the 91 countries that he had already mentioned while doing so_.
For italics the _ has to be the very first and the very last thing in the string. Put the period before the underscore and you'll be in business
@@richardmillhousenixon Thanks _mate
_like this._
You _certainly_ learn something new every day! _Sweet!_
Also being in his 40's.. remembering his geography lessons after 30 years is amazing too!
Aisling's attempt is such an underrated cruel moment.
She named 61 countries, which means she spent over 10 minutes on the task, only for it to mean absolutely nothing.
She very clearly messed up the task, not a "cruel" moment just a "sad" one
@@levihalperin7649 So did alex.. he coulda stopped her.. he said he missed it..
Well...she implied that at one point she said she was from the country of "Guadalaraja".
Not true.
It earned her one point .
Which is better than getting nothing, right Mark?
So my country was not mentioned...... can any of you guess where I come from??? I definitely know that non of you will get it.. hint 🌍🧐😉.
Bob had a good idea, but I'm also surprised that none of them asked if Alex could stand next to the shopping cart.
Thats what i kept thinking. A key thing in this game is kindly asking alex for small things is often a huge help.
Orrrr even better, take the noose off, throw a handful of cans onto the grass so they don't buckle near the table, then run back and forth from just the table and Alex and get your lil pile stacked up. Then get back to the trolley and repeat
@@obs4281 orrrrr... do everything you mentioned, but have Alex stand next to the table.
@@JustAnotherConspiracyTheorist Virtually what I was getting at, that's why I said near Alex and the table. Yep, could have worded it better I know :P
Ask Alex to stand on the table holding two cans in the air stacked "highest tower of cans"
I like how they didn't show any of Aisling's footage after she missed the first whistle, but kept all of Sally's mistakes to troll her.
Different mistakes requires different trolling
And here's Sally Phillips, who graduated from Oxford University with a first-class degree in Modern Languages!
*proceeds to only be able to name 2 unique countries before repeating*
Remarkable
lol then she starts naming cities in other countries /Abu Dhabi (the capital) and Dubai (the largest city) in the same country.
… as well as Alaska … I can’t actually believe she thought those were countries. I think she just forgot it had to be countries and started naming different places instead.
in a stress situation a degree means nothing
@@CH-od8ni That's what I thought too initially, until she said towards the end "please god let that be a country" after naming Doha. So all along, while naming cities and states, she thought she was naming countries 😯
And then names multiple cities and states in the US
When Bob asked Alex if it said on the card that he had to stay in the noose, he let Bob look and didn't blow the whistle. Mark asked to think for a minute and Alex blew the whistle straight away 😂
difference between reading the card and thinking about it I guess xD
Alex didn’t give Mark a chance as he had been “marked” as someone who took his time for his task…haha
seniority bias! its fixed! boycott!
It’s because there is a difference between checking the rules, and just trying to come up with a clever way around the rules.
Bob came up with something, and checked if it was allowed. Mark just wanted to plan
I'm sure it's a clever edit to make it more funny, cus that's how it looks like. Alex's no is a straight cut
Alex pretending he didn’t know that Aisling missed the whistle 🤣🤣🤣
Aisling's slow realisation is absolutely amazing.
Aisling's look of pure innocent bafflement which then turns to furious anger is priceless 😂😂😂
I would love to see Aisling's full attempt.
i'd like to see her full..., well, never mind
Pervert
Screwing over the contestants is easily the best part of the show. Outside Ed having to rely on old mates drawing skills
That is one of my favorites. Mundane activity used to measure success but with a twist that lets them do something really impressive and still not necessarily score well. Brilliant.
It’s always nice to see nish do somewhat well in a task
the basketball task was rather impressive...
if you leave off the other attempts
6 cans high - 3 countries vs 92 LMAO
And greenland isnt even one right? Its from denmark i thought
@@jelmervanos2592 It is an independent country that still gets aid from Denmark in a lot of affairs
Edit: It's a constituent country under the kingdom of Denmark
Åland , Gotland , Aruba , Curacao , Vatican city.Commonwealth of Australia. The Uk or GB ? What is a country , a nation , souverainity. With Brexit and Cremlin in mind those are good questions at current times.
@@tpilot_error404 On the "Pointless" TV quiz show they explicitly define it as as sovereign state that's recognised by the UN its own right. So - sorry Taiwan, Kosovo et al.
Aisling's freakout about this is one of my favorite Taskmaster moments. I feel for her, but it's still hilarious.
Bob's "I knew I had a bit of leeway because it was rsia" comment is so underrated
I think it's fairly rated, because it's good and people laughed at it in studio almost immediately.
No he said "I knew I had a bit of leeway because I was rushin' "(said like russia)
@@lhfirex I bet you're great fun Todd :D Thanks for the feedback :)
saying that rated things are underrated is such bullshit
@@amemelia no he didn’t😂
My list of countries would start with United States, then Canada, then Mexico and Panama, and continue on to sound suspiciously like a certain 90's cartoon segment.
Anamaniacs ❤
The real question:
Would they give you Czechoslovakia?
I think my strategy would be starting from the north west, to the south west, to north east and south east. That way I wouldn't have to bounce around too much wondering if I already said one.
Segment old enough to include Yugoslavia...
Well you would soon hit a road block as carribean is not a country, then again they counted Greenland sooo
Nowhere was it stated that the table and Alex couldn't be moved...to say, right next to the cart of cans.
or close to Alex (and also lots of cans spilled on the floor)
@@gustavo.paixao And do two countries in a row (i.e. say a country just before the whistle goes, let the whistle go, then say another). Gives you perhaps 15 seconds to go to the cart and get cans, and means you're only thinking about countries for half the time, not all the time. Much easier to stack cans this way.
@@antenant9294 Greg mentions reading the task in a pedantic way, they could have argued that they had to say they were from a different country to the one they are actually from, for example repeatedly saying Zimbabwe.
He said they could not just say "I'm from a different country" though, but that makes sense as the card didn't say to say that, it said to say "you're from a different country", so maybe they could have repeatedly told Alex he was from a different country.
Ye, but in a fair few of the tasks where contestants try to get him to move he doesn't do it willingly. Asking him to move wouldn't have been a bad move though, might backfire in not letting you get enough time to think of a country though
@@antenant9294 the whistle goes every 10 seconds, and in those 10 seconds you have to shake the hand. The timer doesn’t reset when you shake the hand.
I loved this task!! Sally's quiet confidence while failing hopelessly was hilarious 😂
How have I not seen Aisling's rant before? It's right up there with James Acaster's meltdown over the house extension 😂
Assuming I'd be able to think straight during the actual task, I would combine Nish's idea of going alphabetically while moving the cans close to Alex. Preferably by throwing them in his general direction, hoping to score a bonus point by accidentally hitting his shins. Repeatedly. Once I'd have a huge pile of cans next to him, I could move the table close to us and start building. This would mean spending quite some time just moving the cans while still trying to keep track of 10 second intervals and thinking of new countries, but eventually I could build my can tower peacefully, and like a pyramid for stability.
as a geography nerd i would 100% fail this task by trying to showboat by naming really obscure countries like western sahara, fail to build much of a tower at all because i'd spend most of each 10 seconds thinking of my next country, then once i failed to name one and the game ended it'd turn out i never named some really obvious country like france.
So simple when you are just a spectator watching it back.
Release the rope, drag the table and little Alex Horne over to the shopping cart and leisurely rely on basic education that should mean we all know at least 20 countries.
3mins 20secs to stack some tin cans?
Easy peasy lemon squeezy right?
I have been listening to/watching Alex Horne for many years with varying degrees of appreciation but it has got to be said, the format for Taskmaster was a stroke of genius.
I would've snatched the whistle out of his hand after 4 attempts
I feel like Taskmaster could have been such a dud. It feels like such a daft format on paper. Yet here we are since Alex, Greg, and all really made it come alive.
I think after reading the comments as well. Moving the table and Alex etc etc. One thing got overlooked which could make this task slightly easier. After the initial whistle, shake his hand and name the country. That way every time the whistle blows it reminds you to repeat the process.
The carriage was too heavy to move, but none of them thought to move Alex and the table closer to the cart.
I'd love if one of them just asked and he said "oh of course" and moved closer
The smartest way of hacking this task would have been to shake Alex's hand, wait till he blows the whistle, and immediately shake his hand, then run around for ten seconds, and shake his hand immediately AFTER he blows his whistle EVERY time. That way they've shaken his hand before the 10 seconds is up, AND the whistle serves as a reminder.
this is why aisling bea is my favorite taskmaster contestant ever, this and the whole 'dignity in tact' nonsense
When Aisling kicks the chair over 😂
Really enjoyed this one.
Outdoorsy tasks are always so nice 🙂
Actually to be precise even Bob messed up since Greenland is part of Denmark 😅
no one mentioned this, was so surprised
No it isn't. It's part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is still a country by itself.
@@mrfocigaz4942 yeah sure it's region that self-governs itself but it's still under Denmark so it could be said it's like situation with Taiwan and China except Greenland doesn't want to be apart of Denmark... so it's part of Denmark. Yes again, it's self-governin region but a country.. ehh. You can say it's country within Denmark aka country that is another coyntrys country but whatever, that's kinda silly but valid.
@@mrfocigaz4942 Greenland is not a sovereign state, its not a country.
Actually Greenland is an autonomous country that belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark. Importantly that does NOT make Greenland part of the country of Denmark.
If the task had been to name Nations then Greenland would have been wrong but it is a country, just like England and Scotland are countries despite being part of the United Kingdom.
Yes I love visiting the great countries of Greenland & Guadalajara.
Thank god, somebody mentions it in the comments :D I for one am shocked that it hasn't been adressed on the show!
I wonder if they would have accepted Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England.
@@GhostBear3067 I was just wondering that myself!
Actually Greenland is an autonomous country that belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark. Importantly that does NOT make Greenland part of the country of Denmark.
If the task had been to name Nations then Greenland would have been wrong but it is a country, just like England and Scotland are countries despite being part of the United Kingdom.
Interesting that Aisling got upset about missing the first one and found out that she had said 61 countries in total before her session stopped. But in her on stage outburst her second example of a country was Guadalajara???....
It's highly unlikely Aisling remembered the first three she had said in the task and just spouted random ones, but yeah the Guadalajara one would have ended the task if she hadn't missed the first whistle
Greenland is not a country, it’s a territory of Denmark
Funny thing is, not only could they take the rope off but they could move the table AND Alex closer 😆
Commenting live from Botswana. It is always heart warming to hear someone mention my country name. NB: Botswana is located right on top of South Africa and has the largest Diamond Mine in the world, and the Biggest Elephant Population.
Botswana is beautiful! And you've got a society that's doing much things much better than your neighbours and y'all deserve much more recognition for it
May I come visit?
I am from Albania and I feel the exact same when someone mentions our country.
Botswana was rated 148th in the world on self reported happiness index, so i wouldn't say most are as glad to hear about their country as yourself.
Isn't the trick shaking Alex's hand just AFTER the whistle? That way you just have to go to him when he blows the whistle...
Oh and have Alex move next to the cart and put the table there as well.
Bob had 8 when the whistle was blown, he took two off in a panic after the whistle. His score should have been at least 7 for the win.
The tower had to stay upright for 10 seconds, so Bob's didn't have 8 cans for long enough to count.
Aisling Bea angrily choking me is a dream I had once.
Nobody thought to ask Alex to come stand next to the cart full of cans.
Mark and Ninsh need there own reality show 😂
I'm surprised no one stole the whistle from alex before it started
that would have been an absolute rhod move XD
Would have been hilarious if someone had done that and Alex just pulled another whistle from his pocket.
@@GhostBear3067 oh wow i can absolutely see alex doing something like that XD
Actually, Alex blowing the whistle is just to help you keep track of time, you have to shake his hand nonetheless. Solo... you just screw yourself if you steal his whistle xD
Strategy:
- Say the countries in alphabetic order to avoid repetition
- Say them immediately after whistles, so you don't have to remember the time
- Move the cart
- Try brute force if it does not roll easily
- Ask Alex to go to the cart if you can't pull it to him
- Pull Alex to the cart at one of the handshakes if he's not going there on his own (it's unlikely he'll go back)
- Move the table to Alex
- Optionally take off the loop if it annoys you in the setup, although it does not really matter
Of course it's easier if you have time to think, which they did not :D
I'd have just moved the table, and Alex, right next to the trolly, and started stacking without having to move. Never said things had to stay where they were.
Yeah, I would have *tried* to move Alex after finding the trolly unmovable, but given he's mobile, he might have not stayed near the trolly, but it would have been worth a shot.
Why not move the trolly? Lol
@@michaelsorensen7567 Actually watch the video and pay attention to when one of the contestants tries to move it. The trolly is immovable.
@@tylisirn or just a pain. It's heavy, and not designed for grass, but they didn't bolt it to the ground lol
@@michaelsorensen7567 It has NO wheels. An empty steel shopping trolley alone weighs about 25 kg. The cans inside (quick counting gives me estimate of 200-300 cans) weigh another 15-20 kg if empty, or another 80-90 kg if full. In total it has about 50 kg (110 lbs, if empty cans) or over a 100 kg (220 lbs, if full cans) of weight to drag on legs that dig into the ground. It might as well be bolted.
.... just wonder if anyone ever pointed out to Aisling that ... Guadalajara is not, in fact a different country.
just snatch the whistle out of Alex's hand after the first country and build the tower being perfectly calm and relaxed?
"poland, denmark, georgia, poland, denmark, georgia" The fact that Sally felt zero deja vu saying this 😂
"that you're from different country"
I thought so too , but Alex said cannot just say the specific line … 😅
as a geography nerd i would 100% fail this task by trying to showboat by naming really obscure countries like western sahara, fail to build much of a tower at all because i'd spend most of each 10 seconds thinking of my next country, then once i failed to name one and the game ended it'd turn out i never named some really obvious country like france.
Technically the task was once he blows his whistle during the task... Which isn't blowing the whistle to start the task.
He blew it the second time before she returned to give a country. The rule was that she had to give a country before he could blow the whistle again. The smart way to do it is give a country at the start, then every time he blows the whistle, rather than before he blows the whistle
"It's not very complex." Savage.
WITH HINDSIGHT: 1 - lose the rope around contestant. 2 - move Alex and the table towards the trolley.
Option 2 - take alexs whistle away. The task said it is over when alex blows his whistle twice, a time frame isnt the deciding factor.
But then Alex could just whistle with his mouth; mouth can be defined as a whistle like how it is used in the phrase wet my whistle.
Mark is such a fun contestant lol
I'm surprised no one asked Alex for his whistle, taking care to ensure he didn't have an extra hidden away. Then, after they had built a sufficiently high tower of cans, they could return the whistle... or not, and keep the clock running until this very day.
It wouldn't work because you have to shake Alex's hand once every ten seconds, and he blows his whistle every ten seconds.
So if you take his whistle, you basically screw yourself because you have to keep track of time all by yourself 😂
@@Mysteriums68 Hmm. Their time ends when they fail to shake his hand and say a country before he blows his whistle. So, their time wouldn't necessarily end, but they'd still fail the task by not fulfilling all parts.
Then I suppose they could make their task somewhat easier by saying the literal words "You're from a different country," each time, rather than keep track of different countries.
@@jw5870 Yeah they'd definitely fail.
The wording was "say that you're from a different country", so technically you could say "I'm from a different country" or "that you're from a different country" but as they specifically told the first option wouldn't be accepted, although your option should work in theorie, I'm pretty sure they would refuse it. Anyways it.s a risky attempt.
In my opinion, the easiest way to win the task would be to ask Alex to come by the cart and bring the table by the cart. Of course, untying yourself from the cart like Bob did, and as some comment say, shake Alex's hand before and after the whistle every ≈20seconds so you have longer uninterrupted time.
Then build 3-4 towers around your first to prevent it from falling.
As they don't let any time to think about it before the task starts and that you have so much to think and do at the same time. So I think it's completely normal to not being able to think about any of these tricks when you receive the task, but it's fun to analyse !
Bob is the funniest man on the planet
The task never said that you couldn't move the cart or table. I was expecting someone to move them next to Alex to make building quicker.
I'm calling shenanigans on Bob's total. He had, at least, seven. Considering the rules, if the whistle is the 'no more past this' mark, as it seems to have been for both the ladies (all their cans stacked did not matter past the point of whistle blowing a second time), then Bob should be counted in for seven, maybe eight. When the whistle blew he had placed eight cans down. Granted, the 8th was a bit iffy, but as he didn't add any *more* and it was standing at the time of the blow, it could be argued that he reached that mark officially. Personally, I think the eighth was a bit too teetery to be considered standing, but I can see an argument for 'but it WAS standing at the time of the whistle!'. Either way, he had seven cans securely placed. It was not until the whistle blew and he, himself, removed the eighth and seventh cans turning, thinking 'I have to shake his hand!' and the host said no, it's already over. The host counted the cans here at that point... though the whistle blew when he had eight stacked insecurely/seven cans securely. If they can retroactively 'correct' the count for the first lass and drop her down to one by way of checking the footage, least they could do is be consistent in the positive range as well.
...Or, if they really wanna stick it to poor Bob, count him in at five then as the top three were about to fall when the whistle blew.
Loophole: Unrap the rope, move the table to trolley. Take the whistle until you are ready to give it back.
I would have moved the table and shopping cart right next to him on the first one then you wouldn’t have to run around anymore
I would like to award an extra point for an unexpected Slovakia! Usually nobody thinks of Slovakia :-D
Actually I think about it alot. It is usually Slovenia that gets forgotten for me.
Normally St. Vincent and the grenadines is forgotten
@@minoarno7415 I often wonder if the most effective way of promoting a country would be "product placement" in different shows. Imagine a task - get to speak to someone from Slovenia, your time starts now - or a whole episode of Grand Tour/Top Gear shot in the mountains of Slovakia with a cameo of flying Slovak car.
Some older people in 🇬🇧 have never got out of saying ‘Czechoslovakia’.
@@kisbie well, it would be easier to blame it on ignorance but I will say instead that Slovakia should try harder to present itself to the world
I wonder what would have happened if they had asked Alex to move closer to the cans.
I would have: Taken the rope off, moved the cart closer, told him “you’re from a different country”, and told him as soon as I heard the first whistle so I always had a 10 second safety buffer.
Snatch the whistle, leisurely build a suitable tower, return the whistle to Alex
"Your time ends when you fail to shake Alex's hand... before Alex blows his whistle"
"I'm going to blow my whistle, and before I blow it again, you have to shake my hand"
Yakko’s Nations of the World starts playing.
Nothing said you couldn't move Alex.
I'd run over and say "You're from another country" every time, per the information on the task. Then argue everyone else was wrong for saying actual countries.
I would've moved the table next to the trolley, put Alex next to the trolley, and just keep moving the cans from the trolley to the table. Cuts out all the running wasting time.
reasonable approach, but alex might refuse to move^^
@@SharienGaming Usually he does what the contestants ask him as long as its not against any rules, he has loads in previous tasks
This is my new favorite clip, I laughed out loud at least 3 times (first obviously being at the first attempt)
I'm surprised that Greg didnt mention that most of Sallys countries werent even countries but just capitals.
Just realised what Alex meant when he said to Nish "Couldn't think of one beginning with E?"
Fucking England!
Ecuador was first for me to think of, but I'm not from nor ever been to England, where the show is aired.
But there is this known phenomenon where people just blank out very simple things when pressured a certain way. The best demonstration of this was a guy asked a lady in a very urgent tone, name me a woman. She couldn't think of any female names.
Could have stolen the whistle so he couldn’t have blown it again
if it makes her feel better Guadalajara isn't a country, it's a city in Mexico, so she might have failed on that too
I'm furious at Bob for not moving the table closer to the trolley. And even more so at Aisling for not doing the only logical thing and greeting Alex before doing anything else. I also reckon you could make the claim that you don't have to both shake Alex's hand and greet him, only one or the other.
Saw Mortimer in the thumbnail, and just knew he'd think right outside the box.
Yes! I am ready for this 👍
I feel like if you say "I'm from (city name here)" it ought to count as the country that city is in? If you tell someone you're from new york, people generally understand that that's in the US or if you say London people know the UK right? I realize it wouldn't have mattered for anyone's task score but they did buzz at the last person saying alaska
Ahhh, the American education system at work. "Even though I'm wrong, I will argue that I'm right."
@@mrfocigaz4942 1) I never said that I'm American. 2) If you're from Arizona, you're necessarily from the US. If you say you're from Arizona, you're also saying you're from the US. Am I wrong on that? 3) Why would you A)bring American education into it(I'm genuinely curious why that quote is tied in your mind to it) B) not even address my point while asserting I'm wrong. Telling someone they're wrong while refusing to or just failing to elaborate why sounds pretty American to me.
I mean it was never stated you could not use the same country twice, it didn't say a different country every time it said "a different country"
Which I initially interpreted as "a different country from the one you are actually from"
This is a true expression of human joy
Surprised no one asked Alex to move closer to them
Remove the noose, bring the table near the kart of cans and ask Alex to stand near both these things and you could go on and on
:56 Ok immediatly I'm think 1, Grab the cart and pull it over to Alex's side so I don't have to keep running back and forth like a mad man. 2: I would say "Hello I'm from another country." instead of just coming up with other places. I would LOVE to be on this show and try bending these rules as far as I can.
thought the same thing, but they specifically said that in the introduction that you can't just say "hello i'm from another country."
Greenland technically isn't a country - it's a dependency of Denmark
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Usually counts as a territory or something like that. Just like the faroe islands, although they can compete in fifa and uefa events.
It is a country in the same way as England, Scotland, Wales etc. is
@@MrRedgred It depends on what definition. Greenland is not recognized as a country by the UN fx.
Naming the most countries should have been a tiebreak
I would argue getting the same result faster should be the tie breaker
They should have asked Alex to stand by the trolley, and brought the table close by as well :D
My immediate idea was to just stand on the table and hold a can above my head.
I will now finish the video and see if anyone did this.
I initially thought what is the challenge or fun in saying “I am from a different country”?
But then I realised they meant naming a different country every time.
And also that the first interpretation would probably be a lot easier.
However I would probably still start with naming countries as I am pretty good at geography and too vain for my own good and would like to demonstrate I can name at least 150 countries without mixing them up.
After which I would miss the first time limit wondering if I should start with England or the UK.
Don't forget countries like Xanth, Ankh-Morpork, Westeros, Wildmount, the United Federation of Planets, Guilder, and the like.
The UK isn't a country but it's completed of countries. I do know some places try to say that it is a country, but countries cannot contain countries. However, it is a state.
Sally Phillips got teased for repeating Italy as her third country but no one mentioned that her fourth country was Alaska
Or that most of her countries were actually cities...
Probably because the Italy repeat was what made her lose the task, although they kept the rest of her mistakes in just for the laugh
You could probably move the table and Alex to the shopping trolley
Bob guessed 3 countries lol
welll greenland isn't really even a country is it? 😅
@@kokkidaa It's a constituent country, much like Wales, though with rather more autonomy.
@@kokkidaa don’t make Trump buy it
Bob only got 4.
Greenland is not a country, but part of Denmark.
I would have asked alex to stand next to the cart, moved the table next to the cart and just stacked them right there.
As an Alaskan, I appreciate the shout out!
No one brought the cart of cans and the table over to Alex...
I' surprised nobody tried "Hi, I'm from a different country."
This is one of those tasks I'm like... I would have nailed that. But to be honest with myself, I'd probably do what Aisling did
why is it that no one ever thinks of moving the little gremlin known as alex?
These were the days before Rhod Gilbert.
Could you bring the table and the trolley near Alex so you don't have to run in between them
Not one person asked Alex to move closer or help in any way. Interesting.
Ask him to stand next to the table! And then move the table to the trolley. And then ask him to stand next to the table again!
Why not just more l move the table and ask him to stand next to the table then, or just ask him to stand next to the trolley?
Task did not say build the tallest tower of cans using only cans. It said make the tallest tower of cans. Take two cans. Stand on the table holding two cans over your head. Task done.
Charlotte Ritchie tried doing that in a similar task in series 11 but it wasnt accepted
I would have left the table upside down sort of use one of the supports to lean up or support the cans. Taken off the rope and kindly ask him to come closer. Then stack one at a time saying countries alphabetically or take numerous cans to get ready and say what country I was from. That is all with the benefit of foresight, however. Would have probably acted like the other contestants, trying to do it as fast as possible, though asking him to come closer I think would be intuitive.
All very easy sitting here on my fat arse having had time to think about the task and not in the heat of battle - but if the game stops when Alex blows the whistle, just take the whistle off him - take as long as you like without having to name any countries
Would have been hilarious if someone tried that and Alex got another whistle from his pocket.
I was so hoping someone (probably Bob) would just use the phrase “I’m from a different country” but then Alex ruined it. 😠