History Buffs Unleash Facts! | Pointless | S04 E42 | Full Episode

[@tirsojed]

There are 30 rivers longer than the Danube. Hard to believe that only those 6 were pointless. As a Brazilian, I would have gone for Paraná, São Francisco and Tocantins-Araguaia, 3 correct answers.

[@metropod]

Spoiler Mode On: So basically the first pair were screwed over no matter what they chose as they were never scoring less than 41…

[@georgehellerman9344]

Would they have accepted Makenzie by itself? I would have eon if so.

[@nevillemignot1681]

The comments from the people who flew in the Sunderland Flying boats was so interesting, in that that they seen as one of it's safety features that it could fly so slow without out stalling the engine.

[@rogerjohnson6676]

You don't stall the engine, you stall the wing by flying slow making the plane fall out of the sky

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Lol some of us don't watch the history channel, I don't know airplane models😂 my grandfather trained pilots while stationed in Texas so he didn't talk much about the war. Lol names the first dog sent to space, epic😂

[@22espec]

I knew the Alec Guiness movie since it was my father favorite movie

[@icturner23]

*Guinness

[@baby_joe]

*father's

[@baby_joe]

*favourite

[@tirsojed]

Laika was a terrible answer, but Carron would lose no matter what she picked. Very unfair.

[@bobburroughs6241]

How old is this?

[@KenTrosper]

I believe somewhere around 2010 or 2011.

[@arzamarsh1146]

I mean, Jane is a Narnia character, just not a Pevensie. She and Eustace are the protagonists of The Silver Chair and The Last Battle.

[@davidbaxter5111]

It’s not Jane, the female protagonist was Jill in The Silver Chair and Last Batyle.

[@rogerjohnson6676]

I know I'm 62, but that aircraft round was a sad indictment on British history education. 80% of those planes were at the very least well known, and 50% were historically significant in WW2. Education is in a sad sad state world wide.

[@icturner23]

Learning aeroplane names is not important. It is understanding the societal factors that shape history that matters.

[@rogerjohnson6676]

@ who said that learning plane names wasn’t important, and even if it isn’t, WWII was, and socially important too. The names of these planes were in many instances synonymous with that war and its socioeconomic forming of the future. Even more important were the names of the designers who went on where possible to change the world technologically and helped shape the world we live in today. So the names of the planes to some degree helped shape pride in manufacture, technology, and thus some level of sociological growth. But hey I’m just an old fart who admits to knowing a fair bit about some elements of history, and at least a smattering of most history and I never cease to want to learn stuff.