Episode 12 Impossible

Hello, I'm Rick Edwards and this is !mpossible, day 12.

Welcome to !mpossible,

the quiz where the questions aren't impossible but some of the answers

always are. They're not just wrong, they couldn't possibly be right.

For example, if I were to ask...

The right answer is yellow, the wrong answer is red,

but orange is not a primary colour so that is the impossible answer.

Hoping to get lots of right answers, whilst dodging those pesky

impossible answers, are 30 players.

Hello, players. PLAYERS: Hello!

They are with us throughout the series,

competing not only for a daily prize pot of up to £1,500...

PLAYERS: WOO!

..but also for a shot at the £10,000 question.

PLAYERS: WOO!

Yes, this exclamation mark is filled with 10,000 shimmering pound coins.

At the end of every show our winner faces one final question.

Here it is - today's £10,000 question.

Get this right and all of that cash will come flooding out.

So, last time, Gerard left us with £10,000,

and now we welcome to his seat Chris!

APPLAUSE

Hello, Chris.

-How are you?

-Oh, very well, yeah. Glad to be here.

And what do you do when you're not on quiz shows, Chris?

I'm an actor and also a salesman

but, at the end of the day, they're one and the same, aren't they?

-What kind of stuff do you act in?

-Mainly commercial acting.

I'm just the father, the businessman,

or the tradesman, it seems.

OK. Let's crack on.

You'll face five multiple-choice questions, each with three answers.

The right answer scores you a point.

The wrong answers scores you nothing.

But if you choose the impossible answer...

Oh, dear -

that immediately knocks you out of today's show

and you'll have to try again tomorrow.

After five questions, the highest scorer gets the first chance

to bag a place in today's final.

And do answer as quickly as you can because, in the event of a tie,

whoever locked in their answers the fastest will qualify.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Let's reveal the right answer.

So a point to all of you who went for Snoopy.

-Alan.

-Yeah, I'm a big fan of Snoopy.

But I do know that Snowy is Tintin's dog

and has been in cartoons, so I'm safe.

You do run a comic book shop, which gives you an advantage here,

in theory, Alan.

And Shaggy is Scooby Doo's...

friend.

-Bim.

-I thought there is a dog called Shaggy.

You think there is a dog called Shaggy?

I thought that, yeah.

Well, let's reveal the impossible answer.

I'm sorry, Bim.

As Alan said, Shaggy is Scooby Doo's human friend.

So that means we have to say goodbye to six of you at this early stage.

We'll see you all tomorrow.

Question number two.

Let's reveal the right answer.

A point to everyone who went for Major.

That does mean that either one or a lot of you

have given the impossible answer.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

Commodore is not a rank in the Army.

It's in the Navy.

It's the senior rank equivalent to brigadier.

OK. I don't know if that helps you.

LAUGHTER

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-Cheers.

Question three.

Let's reveal the right answer.

A point to everyone who went for Mark.

-Kurtis?

-I think she was in Big Brother at some point,

which is the only reason why I've heard of any of them, unfortunately.

I'm not even going to say it, actually.

No, go on, go on.

Pretty sure I'm safe...

OK. Let's see.

I mean, your voice was breaking.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

HIGH-PITCHED: You are safe... Kurtis.

Pretty sure I'm safe.

Denis Thatcher, of course, her husband.

I think Carol was in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

Yes.

Question number four.

The vast majority of you have gone for "Framboise"

but we have some "Grenadine" and a couple of "Calvados".

Let's reveal the right answer.

It's B - Framboise, meaning you all get a point if you went for that.

Anthony.

I kind of panicked. I saw Framboise,

I thought, yeah, it's got to be that.

And then I saw Calvados and I went, oh, it's that.

But then I think, I'm hoping, that Calvados is a type of brandy.

OK.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

Grenadine is not a brandy.

It's a syrup made from pomegranate.

That means, Paul and our newcomer, Chris,

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye but we will see you both tomorrow.

You'll be pleased to hear, Anthony,

that Calvados is a type of apple brandy.

Question number five.

We have a full house, and a pretty even split across the answers.

Let's first reveal the impossible answer.

He wasn't in "Are You Being Served?".

He was in the remake of Porridge.

Have to say goodbye to eight of you.

I'm sorry. We will see you all tomorrow.

So now it's all about the right answer.

A point to everyone who went for Jason Watkins.

Which means that, after those five questions,

just three people are on five points.

Penny, Dan and Deb.

APPLAUSE

Now, I know you three are firm friends.

But only one of you can be the winner of this round,

and that was the person who locked in their answers the fastest.

And that person, by a hair,

was Penny!

Congratulations, Penny.

You have the first chance to grab a place in today's final.

-Hi, Penny.

-Hello again.

So, last time, of course, was the...

-What I like to call...

-The animal round.

The grid of death.

Where no-one knew the answer.

OK, Penny, this is your chance to put up to £500 into today's prize

pot and take a big step towards playing the £10,000 question.

I'm going to give you a choice of four topics.

It's the first time you've had a choice of four.

-Yes, it is.

-So that's good.

-Hopefully.

-The topics are...

Aha! Animals!

My eye is immediately drawn.

-Oh, no...

-Animals, Geography, Film, or Classical Music.

I am going to pick animals again.

Yes! You've got to conquer your fears, Penny.

OK.

Here's how it works. I'm going to reveal nine answers.

They are...

And the first half of the question...

Which species of primate...

We know that five of those answers are impossible because they're not

-primates.

-Yeah.

-Each impossible answer you manage to eliminate

will add £100 to the prize port.

-Where would you like to start?

-I am definitely going to take out

pangolins. That's an anteater, on the endangered list.

You think it's a type of anteater and not a primate.

Is pangolin an impossible answer?

It is.

The pangolin is a scaly anteater.

Which next?

I'm going to go for drongo,

which sounds like it ought to be some kind of Australian thing.

Is drongo an impossible answer?

It is.

£200 in the prize pot.

-The drongo is a bird.

-OK.

I'm going to take out dugong.

Is dugong an impossible answer?

It is.

The dugong is a marine mammal, bit like a manatee.

Oh, right.

Now, it's more interesting.

Can I take out potto?

Is potto an impossible answer?

I'm afraid it isn't.

-Potto is a primate.

-Right, OK.

I'm going to take out sloth.

Is sloth an impossible answer?

It is.

Well done, Penny.

Sloth is a mammal but not a primate.

OK, Penny, we need to find out if you'll be playing for that money

in the final and the shot at the £10,000 question.

In a moment, I'm going to reveal the second half of the question

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

-OK.

-Find it, and that place in the final is yours.

If you give a wrong answer,

the next best player will have the chance

to steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that that was Deb.

PLAYERS: Oh!

There is one impossible answer remaining on the grid.

If you were to be tripped up by that,

-then sadly you would be eliminated from today's show.

-OK.

Let's reveal the full question.

Which species of primate is endemic to Madagascar?

I know that Madagascar has a lot of animals that are endemic to it,

like lemurs and so on.

I'm going to go aye-aye.

Is aye-aye the right answer?

For your first win on a grid.

It is!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We got there. We got there in the end.

I'm so sorry, Deb.

Aye-aye is a type of lemur.

The one impossible that you missed was the zorilla

which is a kind of polecat.

Congratulations though, Penny.

-You're through to the final.

-Thank you.

Still two places left in today's final alongside Penny.

Let's find out who's going to be claiming the next one.

Only 12 of you left, so your odds are getting better.

Are you all ready? PLAYERS: Yes.

Here is your first question.

Let's reveal the right answer.

Points to all of you who put that.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

K is not a Roman numeral.

Anyone want to have a go at what MLV is?

1,055.

1,055.

Exactly right. Question number two.

The majority of you have gone for The Martian.

Let's reveal the right answer.

So a point to everyone who went for the Martian.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

It is B, The Town.

That film didn't star Matt Damon.

Ben Affleck was in it,

which means you're all successfully through having avoided

that impossible answer.

Question number three.

Most of you going for Patagonian.

Let's reveal the right answer.

So a point to all of you.

Alan, you went for Mojave.

Hi, Rick, it's always geography with me.

It is. Do you think you might have given the impossible answer?

Definitely the impossible answer.

OK, let's reveal the impossible answer.

It is B, The Mojave, it's in North America.

Alan, we'll see you tomorrow.

-Bye.

-Bye.

The Atacama is on the Pacific coast of South America.

Question number four.

Let's reveal the right answer.

It's A, Tinie Tempah, a point to all of you.

-Jane?

-I happen to know Dizzee Rascal is a rapper and I know

Tinie Tempah's a rapper.

Don't know about Lil Wayne.

But I don't know if Dizzee Rascal's British.

I think I might be OK, I'm not sure.

All right. Let's find out if you are OK, Jane.

-OK.

-Let's reveal the impossible answer.

Whoa!

It's Lil Wayne.

Dizzee Rascal IS British.

Lil Wayne is not, he's an American rapper.

Good old Dizzee Rascal.

You love Dizzee Rascal.

-He's bailed you out there, Jane.

-Oh, brill.

Question five.

So we just have Khrushchevs and Brezhnevs.

Let's reveal if either of those is the impossible answer.

No, the impossible answer was Nureyev,

he was of course a ballet dancer.

Kurtis and Anthony, both on four points.

You have gone for different answers.

-Have you got it right, Anthony?

-Yeah, I think so.

Brezhnev was in, I think, the '80s and it was,

Kennedy and Khrushchev,

knocking heads in the '60s.

OK. Just a single tear from Kurtis, there, Anthony.

You were going into the detailed description of why you were right.

Let's reveal the right answer.

It is Nikita Khrushchev.

All of you who put Khrushchev get a point.

Crucially, Anthony and Megan are in the lead on five points.

The times are extremely close.

But I can tell you that the quickest to lock in their answers

across the round was Megan.

Congratulations, Megan, you have the chance to grab a place

in today's final alongside Penny.

-Hello, Megan.

-Hello, Rick.

-How are you doing?

-Yeah, I'm OK.

Now, you did steal a place in the final before

and make it to the £10,000

question and win £1,200.

We're going to see if we can get you some more money now.

What's the next thing that we're going to get for the wedding?

I haven't saved enough money yet for my dress so maybe my dress.

OK, so you have the chance to add £500 to today's prize pot

which already stands at £400, thanks to Penny.

You can also take a huge step

towards playing the £10,000 question.

Of the three remaining topics, which do you fancy?

Geography, Film or Classical Music?

I'm going to go for film because my geography is absolutely terrible

and I've no idea about classical music.

Film it is. OK, here are your nine answers.

The first half of the question,

which film directed by Stephen Spielberg...?

Five of those answers are impossible

because they're not Stephen Spielberg films.

Each impossible answer that you manage to eliminate will add £100

to today's prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

I don't think Jerry Maguire was Stephen Spielberg

because it's more light-hearted, I could be completely wrong.

OK, let's lock in Jerry Maguire.

Is Jerry Maguire an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. £100 in the prize pot.

I'm going to go for Gangs Of New York.

Is Gangs Of New York an impossible answer?

It is. Directed by Martin Scorsese.

I'm going to go Apollo 13.

Is Apollo 13 an impossible answer?

It is.

It was directed by...?

-I don't know.

-Ron Howard.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah!

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Two more impossible answers to find.

I'm going to go for...

..ET. I think might be an obvious Spielberg film though

now that I've just said that.

Do you want to lock it in or not?

No, actually... Yeah, I'll lock it in.

OK. Is ET an impossible answer?

I knew it.

Unfortunately not.

I'm going to go JFK. I'm drawn to it, I don't know why.

I just automatically assumed the airport in New York.

Because you don't think Stephen Spielberg

would have directed a film about an airport.

SHE LAUGHS

Is...

LAUGHTER

No, I know who JFK is!

Is JFK an impossible answer?

Yes, it is.

JFK was directed by Oliver Stone.

OK.

So we've put £400 into the prize pot.

Now let's see if you're going to be playing for the money which now

stands at £800 and for a shot at the £10,000 question in today's final.

I'm going to reveal the second half of the question

and I now need you to tell me the right answer.

Find it and you're in the final, you give a wrong answer,

the next best player, who's Anthony,

will get a chance to steal your place in the final.

There's one impossible remaining on the grid.

The full question.

Which film directed by Steven Spielberg

won him his first best director Oscar?

Phew...

I'm trying to think which film is possibly the oldest film.

Oh, gosh. I'm going to go Schindler's List.

I don't know.

Is Schindler's List the right answer?

-It is!

-Yay!

Total guess.

A really good guess.

The impossible answer that you missed was The Blues Brothers

which is directed by John Landis.

Megan, congratulations, you're through to the final!

So, just one place left in today's final alongside Penny and Megan.

Let's see who's going to be.

There's only ten of you surviving now.

Here are your five multiple-choice questions starting with...

Let's reveal the right answer.

A point to all of you who went for Edberg.

Helen.

Yeah, I really didn't know.

It seemed like a familiar name but as soon as I pressed it,

I turned and saw all these Cs.

-I just thought, "Oh, God".

-Horrible feeling.

This hasn't been my game today.

-Guy?

-Hi, Rick.

You went for Mats Wilander.

I did. But I really haven't got a clue,

I just don't have a clue on it.

OK.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

It's A, Lars Ulrich.

He may be familiar to you because he's the drummer in the Metallica.

SURPRISED MUTTERING

Helen, not a great day for you today,

-I'm sorry, we'll see you tomorrow.

-Bye.

Question number two.

Let's reveal the right answer.

A point to everyone who went for Chesterfield. Just three of you.

-Richard.

-Initially I was wanting to go for Chesterfield,

geographically, I'm trying to place them in my mind map.

Oh, yeah.

I thought Macclesfield was a wee bit too high up

so I ended up plumbing for Buxton.

OK. Let's reveal the impossible answer.

Macclesfield is in Cheshire.

Kurtis and Dan, we'll have to see you tomorrow.

Just seven remaining as we move on to question three.

Let's reveal the right answer.

So four of you get a point.

-Deb.

-Brer Rabbit is not a Beatrix Potter character,

I'm sure of that so I've got the wrong answer

by putting Pigling Bland, but I think I've played safe.

OK. Let's reveal the impossible answer.

It is A, Brer Rabbit, a character from American folklore.

Sorry, Richard and Guy, we'll see you tomorrow.

Just five left as we move onto question four.

Let's reveal the right answer.

It is PDSA, a point to everyone who put that.

Stands for People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.

-Jo?

-Well, I was going,

"avoid RoSPA, avoid RoSPA,

"press PETA," which is only about 20 years old.

You avoided RoSPA which you think is the impossible answer.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

Yes, that's the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

So you did manage to avoid that.

You were right about PETA, Jo, only founded in 1980,

stands for People for the Ethical Treatment Of Animals.

Final question.

Let's first reveal the impossible answer.

There's no Nobel Prize for biology.

-See you both tomorrow.

-Thank you.

Let's reveal the right answer.

So a point to everyone.

It takes Jo to three,

Jane to four, but Anthony is the winner with five points.

Congratulations, you have the chance to grab the last place

in today's final alongside Penny and Megan.

Anthony, you had a wonderful first day last week,

got to the final,

narrowly beaten in the final by Gerard.

Gerard's not here any more,

Gerard took £10,000 home yesterday of course.

So, things should be looking good for you.

-Hopefully.

-You can add another £500 to today's prize pot which already

stands at £800 thanks to Penny and Megan.

You'll also be a step closer towards playing the £10,000 question.

Of the remaining topics,

we've got Geography and Classical Music.

Well, I'm going to have to choose the lesser of the two evils for me

-so I'm going to have to go for Geography.

-Geography.

Your nine answers are...

The first half of the question -

Which Scottish city...

Happy with what you're seeing up there?

A little bit, yeah.

They all seem familiar

from the football classifieds.

Five of those are impossible.

They couldn't possibly be the answers to a question like that

-because they're not Scottish cities.

-OK.

Each one that you do find will add £100 to today's prize pot.

-OK.

-Where would you like to start?

Let's start with Dumbarton.

Any thoughts on Dumbarton?

Yeah, I think it's in a city but it's not a city.

Is Dumbarton an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. Where next?

Melrose.

What are your thoughts on Melrose?

It just doesn't jump out to me as being a city itself.

OK.

Is Melrose an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. £200 added to the prize pot.

Melrose not a city.

Fort William.

Is Fort William an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. £300 added to the prize pot.

Fort William is not a city.

Where next?

Dumfries is calling out to me.

Dumfries is calling out to you so let's get locked in.

Is Dumfries an impossible answer?

It is. Four from four.

One more impossible to eliminate.

Definitely know three cities there.

Which is the one it isn't?

I'm going to go for...

..Paisley.

Is Paisley an impossible answer?

It is.

£500 put in the prize pot.

It now stands at £1,300,

but are you going to be playing for that money and the shot

at the £10,000 question in today's final?

You need to give me the right answer when I reveal the whole question.

The next best player from that round, who was Jane...

-JANE LAUGHS

-Amazing.

She's so ready to steal your place in the final,

Anthony, if you give a wrong answer.

-OK.

-There are no impossibles left.

The full question is -

Which Scottish city is situated on the River Forth?

I'm going to take a punt

at Dundee.

OK.

Is Dundee the right answer?

It isn't, I'm afraid.

That's a wrong answer.

That means Jane, we throw it to you.

JANE GASPS

Although I've been to Inverness, I'm not sure if it's on a river or not

and I don't know about Stirling

and because the salmon run goes through Perth...

Oh!

..I'm going to say Perth.

-You're going to take Perth?

-Yep.

Is Perth situated on the River Forth?

Never mind, never mind.

It's not, I'm afraid, Jane.

Perth is situated on the Tay.

-Never mind.

-The right answer is Stirling.

Well done, Anthony.

-Thank you, Jane, unlucky, sorry.

-You're welcome.

Anthony, you've had a lucky escape.

-Take your place in the final.

-Thank you.

For the rest of you, I'm afraid that victory today proved impossible

but we'll see you all tomorrow.

For Penny, Megan and Anthony, it's time for the final.

Penny, Megan and Anthony,

there's £1,300 in today's prize pot but only one of you can win that

money and get the chance to face the £10,000 question.

You each start with ten lives.

Questions are on the buzzer.

Buzz and get one right, you knock a life off both of your opponents.

Buzz and get one wrong, and you lose one of your own lives.

However, some of the questions are impossible.

For example, "What's the 28th letter of the English alphabet?".

There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet

so that's an impossible question.

If you think you'd spotted one of those,

all you have to do is buzz in and say impossible.

That will mean double trouble for both of your opponents

as they will lose two lives each.

But be warned, if you say a question is impossible

when it's not or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you who will be losing the two lives.

Best of luck to all of you.

Are you ready? PLAYERS: Yes.

A deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?

Anthony.

-C.

-It is vitamin C, ascorbic acid.

A life from Penny and Megan.

Which Adele song was the theme tune to the 20...

Anthony.

-Skyfall.

-Unfortunately you didn't let me finish.

To the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, which is impossible.

Sam Smith wrote that one.

Adele did write the tune for Skyfall which was the previous film,

you lose two lives, Anthony.

Who became editor of Private Eye in 1986?

Anthony.

-Ian Hislop.

-It is Ian Hislop.

In and around which fictional village

is Radio 4's The Archers set?

-Penny.

-Ambleside.

I mean, close but not right.

Ambridge. You lose a life, Penny.

Which former England rugby international

married Christine Bleakley in 2015?

-Megan?

-Impossible.

It is impossible. She married the footballer Frank Lampard.

Penny and Anthony both lose two lives.

Which US state has the postal abbreviation BO?

-Megan?

-Boston.

It's impossible, I'm afraid.

None of the 50 states has the abbreviation BO.

In fact, none of them begin with B.

Which chart-topping band of the 1970s had a lead singer

whose real name was Neville Holder?

-Anthony?

-Slade.

It is Slade.

The 2010 film The Social Network is about the creation of...

-Megan.

-Facebook.

The creation of which website?

It is Facebook.

In which decade of the 20th century was the Danish firm Lego founded?

-Megan.

-Impossible.

I'm afraid it isn't impossible.

It was the 1930s. Founded in 1932.

Who did Muhammad Ali defeat in the 1975 fight

known as the Thrilla in Manila?

-Anthony.

-Joe Frazier.

It was Joe Frazier.

Who's 1995 autobiography was called Long Walk To Freedom?

Anthony? Nelson Mandela.

It was Nelson Mandela.

Penny and Megan now on one life each.

When spelling the word ecstasy...

-Penny.

-Impossible.

It was worth a guess.

It was worth a gamble.

I was going to say when spelling the word ecstasy which letter comes

immediately after the C?

It's S. It's not impossible.

Penny, I'm afraid you lose your remaining life

and you're eliminated.

Megan, you're just about still in this.

What's the softest mineral on the Scoville scale?

-Megan.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

Scoville measures the hotness of chilies.

It is the Mohs scale that measures hardness.

Which American composer wrote the musical Into The Woods?

-Anthony?

-Gershwin.

It wasn't Gershwin. It's Stephen Sondheim.

Megan, you have one life.

Anthony, you have two lives.

Which is the first month of the year to contain exactly 30 days?

-Megan.

-April.

It is April.

This for a chance to play the £10,000 question.

Gloucester Old Spot is a breed of which...

-Anthony.

-Pig.

..is a breed of which farm animal?

It is the pig.

Megan, you lose a life.

Commiserations to Penny and Megan, very close indeed.

We'll see you both next time.

Well done, Anthony, time to face the £10,000 question.

-Anthony.

-Hello.

-You are today's winner with £1,300 but you could be

leaving with a whole lot more if you can answer the £10,000 question.

Here's how it works. I'm going to show you nine answers

and then ask a question. Three of the nine answers are correct.

If you can find them all within ten seconds, you win that £10,000.

That's the good news.

The less good news is that three of those answers are wrong.

Pick any of those and you won't to win the £10,000.

The bad news is that three of those nine answers are impossible.

Give me any of those answers and you'll lose the £1,300 as well.

OK, here it is, today's £10,000 question.

I hope it has fallen well for you.

It has, it's sport.

Good luck.

Here are your nine answers.

You're looking for England football

managers at World Cup finals tournaments.

Your time starts now.

Bobby Robson. Glenn Hoddle.

Sven-Goran Eriksson.

You've locked in your answers nice and quickly.

-You must've been pleased when football came up, Anthony?

-Yeah.

But also you're a little bit wary because if you get it wrong,

you're going to get ruined by all your mates.

-And you wouldn't have the money.

-Exactly.

So, was Bobby Robson an England manager at a World Cup finals?

He did.

One down, two to go.

Was Glenn Hoddle an England football manager at a World Cup finals?

Yes. He was.

Now just one answer away from £10,000.

If Sven-Goran Eriksson was an England manager

at a World Cup finals...

..all of that money is going to come cascading...

..out of the exclamation mark.

Is Sven-Goran Eriksson the right answer?

It is!

CHEERING

It's the right answer!

Take a look at your money!

£10,000, Anthony.

It's all there. Counted it myself.

The impossibles you correctly avoided, Brian Clough,

Bill Shankly and Matt Busby have never managed England.

So Anthony leaves the show with £10,000,

this has been !mpossible,

the quiz where anything is possible.

See you next time. Goodbye!