Episode 12 Impossible

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

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Welcome to !mpossible, the quiz with the third dimension.

Most quiz shows have just right answers and wrong answers,

but here we also have impossible answers.

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

Hoping to get lots of right answers whilst dodging those pesky impossible answers are 24 players.

-Hello, players. ALL:

-Hello!

My hashtag squad in good voice.

They're with us for two weeks, and every day

one of them will have the chance to unlock this...

Whoo!

..huge exclamation mark rammed with 10,000 genuine pound coins.

At the end of each show,

one of this tremendous two dozen will face the final question.

And here...

..it is. Today...

It's no laughing matter. Today's £10,000 question.

Get this right, and all of that cash comes flooding out, kerching!

Yesterday, Mike left with £1,300 to put towards his wife's happiness,

and he's been replaced by Karen.

-Hello, Karen.

-Hi, Rick.

-How are you?

-I'm all right, thank you.

-Looking forward to it?

-Yeah, raring to go.

Good luck, Karen. Let's crack on.

Here's your first question.

So most of you have gone with B, Alec Baldwin,

but we have got seven Stephen Baldwins as well.

Emily, you went with Stephen Baldwin.

It was just a guess.

I think C's the impossible one, so I didn't know between the other two,

-so I just guessed.

-Ah.

But you're confident you've avoided the impossible.

I was until you started asking me, but I hope so.

It's always a good sign when I talk to someone, Emily!

Said, you went with Alec Baldwin.

Yeah. It's definitely him.

Like, I remember having watched all of the impressions

that he was doing every Sunday morning,

so it's definitely him.

Let's see if you're right.

You are. So a point to everyone who went for Alec Baldwin.

Emily, you think you've avoided the impossible answer.

-Hope so.

-Let's see.

You have.

Stanley Baldwin not one of the Baldwin brothers.

He was Prime Minister, British Prime Minister in the '20s and '30s.

Question number two.

So we've got all the answers out there,

which is exciting.

But also terrifying,

as it does mean that some of you have given the impossible answer.

George, feeling good?

Yeah. I think water's obviously not dry ice,

because it's wet when you put it in your hand.

Carbon dioxide can't form ice, so I'm pretty sure it's A, nitrogen.

Jackie, George is saying carbon dioxide cannot form ice.

Nitrogen is an element, it's not a compound.

Water is a compound, but it's not dry.

So I think the answer is C, carbon dioxide.

I've got to say, Jackie's answer is the most comprehensive.

Let's see if Jackie is talking sense.

The right answer...

..is C, carbon dioxide.

So a point to everyone who went for carbon dioxide.

So we're now either going to be losing three of you, or 14 of you.

So the answer you should all have been avoiding like the plague...

A, nitrogen.

Which has wiped out 14 of you.

You must listen to Jackie!

Jackie was very clear, nitrogen is not a compound.

It's an element. So we have to say goodbye.

We'll see you all tomorrow.

Question number three.

All answers represented again.

Josh. You went The Style Council.

Yes. So, The Clash is fronted by Joe Strummer, I think,

so that's impossible.

-And it was a guess between the other two.

-Let's see if you were right.

A, The Clash.

Paul Weller was not a member of The Clash.

Pam and Jinesh, see you both tomorrow.

See you later.

And the correct answer...

C, The Style Council.

Reached number four in 1983.

Point to all of you. Only eight of you remaining

as we go into question four.

Even split between A and C.

Derek, feeling confident in your answer?

All I know is that Laura Robson is a British female tennis player, so...

So you've not given the impossible, you don't think.

-Yeah.

-Said, you went Johanna Konta.

That's the only name that I kind of recognise.

I've got a friend that likes tennis

and he's always talking about Johanna Konta

and I think she is British, so that's what I've gone for.

OK, so you also think you've avoided the impossible.

I think so, yeah.

Let's have a look at the impossible and see if you both have.

You have. Samantha Stosur is an Australian tennis player.

So let's see if it's Said or Derek who is right.

Said. The correct answer is Johanna Konta,

so a point to all of you who went for her.

So, just eight people left in. After four questions,

only one of you is on four points.

And that is Said.

It is still all to play for,

because Said could wipe himself out with an impossible,

or just give a wrong answer and get no more points.

Question number five...

Said...

You went for Finian's Rainbow.

-Yeah...

-Out on your own there, Said.

-Yeah.

-In the lead at the moment.

Yeah, pure guess, like,

Catcher In The Rye I feel is set somewhere in America.

Brigadoon, for some reason in my head I thought it was set on a ship,

so Finian's Rainbow was the only thing that I could go for.

Let's see if anyone's given the impossible answer.

No. Catcher In The Rye is a novel by JD Salinger.

So, either you are right, Said, or everyone else is right.

Let's see.

Ah. Everyone else, I'm afraid, Said.

-Yeah.

-So a point to everyone who put B.

Which has changed things.

There are now four people on four points.

And by a whisker,

the person who locked in their answers the quickest across the round...

..was Sam.

Congratulations, Sam. You have the first chance

to grab a place in today's final.

-Here we are again, Sam.

-Yeah, good to be back already.

Yeah. First down yesterday, first down today.

Have you won anything significant in your life?

Yeah, I used to run for Great Britain.

-I won six gold.

-Oh, wow.

I'd say that so early on in a conversation, by the way!

In a youth Olympics...

-Still.

-I won six gold medals when I was younger.

Any of your peers who were at that Olympics,

have they gone on to do amazing things?

Erm...

I did once run with Usain Bolt when I was younger.

Not in that, not in that.

I assume you beat him.

I beat him over 20 metres and then he sort of, yeah, left...

He does do that.

He does do that, yeah. I was better at the start and then he just,

right in the distance, yeah.

OK, you know the drill with this,

so I'll give you a choice of four topics.

Here they are.

Pop Music, The UK, History or Sport.

OK.

Not bad at some sports,

but there are so many out there that I'm not good at.

-Let's go history.

-History?

OK. I'm going to show you nine answers.

-What do you reckon?

-Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

-Just trying to remember them.

-Right, well,

you're going to see the first half of the question.

Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World...

Well, thank God that came up.

Yeah.

So, five of those answers are impossible.

-Right.

-Where would you like to start?

Diocletian's Palace.

Is Diocletian's Palace an impossible answer?

Yes.

APPLAUSE

It is a Roman palace in Split in Croatia.

OK, so, Colosseum is a tourist venue.

And there is only one of those seven wonders that are still standing

properly, and the Colosseum isn't one of them.

OK. The Colloseum, is the Colloseum an impossible answer?

It is.

APPLAUSE

In a similar vein, the Parthenon's another tourist spot that isn't a

wonder of the world, ancient anyway.

Is the Parthenon an impossible answer?

It is.

APPLAUSE

£300 put in the prize pot.

There's no such thing as the Tower of Hercules, to my knowledge.

There's pillars of Hercules, but that's different, so,

-the Tower of Hercules.

-OK.

Is the Tower of Hercules an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

It is a working Roman lighthouse.

I'll go for the Temple of Hephaestus.

OK. The Temple of Hephaestus.

Is that an impossible answer?

Once again, Sam, five from five.

£500 in the daily prize pot.

We need to find out if you're going to be playing for that money and

a shot at the £10,000 question in today's final.

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

I'll be looking for the right answer.

Find it, that place in the final is yours.

If you give me a wrong answer,

then the next best player will have the chance to steal your place in

the final. And I can reveal that that was your old enemy, Josh.

Oh.

-So...

-Right.

-You are in a strong position,

because once again we've got rid of all the impossible answers,

so they aren't left to trip you up.

Let's have a look at the full question.

Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World...

was located in Ephesus in modern-day Turkey?

Right, so it's not the is still standing one.

The Great Pyramid is at Giza in Egypt.

Hanging Gardens was in Babylon.

Zeus was in Olympia and Artemus was in Ephesus, so,

-Temple of Artemis.

-Pretty comprehensive stuff.

Is the Temple of Artemis the right answer?

Absolutely. Spot on.

That was exemplary, Sam.

-You're through to the final.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

There are still two places left in today's final alongside Sam.

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

Only seven of you left.

-Are you ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

All answers out there.

Derek... You went with C, Gozo.

I did. Well, I've been to Malta

and swam there in the Blue Grotto in the

Blue Lagoon, which is azure.

And I'm thinking Gozo might have an Azure Window.

Yeah. The right answer...

..is Gozo. So a point to Said, Derek and Jackie.

You were spot on actually, Derek,

so we're now either saying goodbye to three of you or just to Jenny.

The impossible answer...

..was A.

Madeira is not a Mediterranean island, which,

-when you thought about it, you knew, Josh.

-I did, I'm afraid.

Unfortunately we will have to say goodbye to three of you now.

See you tomorrow.

Madeira is an island in the North Atlantic.

Just four of you remaining.

If at any point during the round you are the last man or woman standing,

you will automatically qualify for the grid.

If you all knock yourselves out at the same time and no-one is left,

everyone comes back into play.

MUTED CHEERS AND LAUGHTER

So 20 people...

..are not cheering you on.

Question number two.

All of you have gone for B, Versace.

Let's see if you're right.

You are. So a point to everyone.

The impossible answer...

Dior is a French fashion house.

Question three.

I'm pleased to say we have all answers out there.

Derek, you went for Fahrenheit.

I did, and it is 212 degrees Fahrenheit,

but at least it's a temperature scale.

So you played it a little safe there, Derek?

Said?

I guessed because I thought Fahrenheit would be lower,

so Kelvin was the only one.

Candela might be a measurement of light, perhaps, but not temperature.

Oh.

Jenny. You reckon Candela might be the right answer.

Well, I hope so anyway.

Jackie is shaking her head.

Jackie, talk me through the whole thing, please.

I can't do it as comprehensively as before but I do know that Candela,

whoever said it up there, it is a measurement of light.

So therefore the temperature scales are Fahrenheit and Kelvin and I'm

not sure which applies in this case.

So the answer you were looking for...

..is C, Kelvin.

A point to Said and a point to Jackie which does mean

we will be losing Derek or Jenny.

Let's see if your luck has run out.

I'm afraid it has - exactly as Jackie and Said said,

Candela is a measurement of light.

Jenny, we will see you tomorrow.

Question four.

Said.

Well, I think Robin and Maurice are members of the Bee Gees because the

other one would be Barry.

That is what I was kind of hoping to see because that is the only name

that rings out, but Nick Gibb,

I don't know who that is so it was a choice between either A or C and I

went for A.

Your neighbour Derek went for C.

It's the one, definitely Mr Lulu.

Oh!

Said is laughing, but he is dying inside.

Inside I'm crying.

Let's see if you are right about Mr Lulu, Derek.

You are.

Maurice Gibb was married to Lulu in 1969.

A point to Derek and a point to Jackie.

Said, you think you have avoided the impossible.

-I think so, yes.

-Let's check if you have.

Yes. Nick Gibb is not a member of the Bee Gees.

He is a Conservative MP.

Here is your final question.

So you have all gone for A, Norway.

If you are right, Jackie will be going through to play the grid.

Let's see what the right answer is.

It's A, Norway.

The capital is Oslo.

A point to all of you.

The impossible answer was...

..Latvia, not a Scandinavian country.

The capital of Sweden is not Stockholms.

That means at the end of the round,

Jackie, you have the chance to grab the next place in today's final.

How are you feeling, Jackie?

-A bit trembly.

-That's OK to be trembly.

We'll definitely get through this.

-What do you do, Jackie?

-I'm a retired medical secretary.

OK, and how do you occupy your time now?

Oh, Lord, I'm very active in our local amateur dramatic society.

I played a mad Dutch psychic in a play called Death Trap which is sort

of a comedy thriller with various twists and turns.

And I played this mad psychic called Helder Tendork.

I had to try and work up a Dutch accent.

The more I tried the more it turned into the Swedish Chef from the

-Muppets.

-This isn't making me want to hear it any less, Jackie.

No. No, no, no, no.

-Jackie!

-I did try very hard mostly by watching interviews with Dutch footballers.

-Oh.

That is a very good source of a Dutch accent.

It is. Just ask Steve McClaren.

I tried very hard but I did not get it right.

Would you do me a great honour and just do one line in the accent?

-No.

-Jackie.

-No.

-ALL:

-Aw!

-ALL:

-Boo!

-Don't boo her!

-OK, my entering line was...

I came in in a great hurry and said,

"I apologise for coming... for so late I come, but you will forgive when I make the explaining."

It's as if there was a mad Dutch psychic in front of me.

-Absolutely.

-Shall we get on with it?

-Yes, please.

-OK, so you have a choice of three topics.

And here they are.

Pop Music, The UK and Sport.

Well, it's a bit of a no-brainer,

since the only ones I've got wrong today have been on pop music and sport,

so I think I won't go for those!

-Good plan.

-May I have The UK, please?

Yes, you may.

So, you're going to see nine answers, and here they come.

Mean anything to you?

They're all periodicals, magazines.

-Shall we have a look at the first half of the question?

-Yes.

Which weekly magazine...

So, five of those answers are impossible,

because they aren't weekly magazines.

I think Private Eye is only monthly.

OK. Private Eye.

Is that an impossible answer?

Yes.

£100 added to the prize pot.

It's actually fortnightly.

Oh, right, OK.

-Um...

-Country Life, I think, might be less than weekly, for people

to be able to go to all of these big events that they report on.

Is Country Life an impossible answer?

Oh.

No, it is a weekly magazine.

-OK.

-Not to worry.

Three more goes remaining.

Along the same lines, Tatler.

For the same sort of reason.

Is Tatler an impossible answer?

There we go.

Tatler is a monthly magazine.

Two more goes.

There's two I'm fairly sure are weekly.

Try History Today, because it's sort of a learning thing.

There wouldn't be much new from week to week.

Is History Today an impossible answer?

Yes. Another monthly magazine.

One more go, Jackie.

Let's go New Statesman.

-New Statesman?

-Yes.

Is New Statesman an impossible answer?

No, it is a weekly magazine.

Not to worry, though. You've put an extra £300 into the prize pot,

now stands at £800.

Now, will you be playing for that money and a shot at the £10,000

question in today's final?

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

I'll be looking for the right answer.

-OK.

-If you find it, a place in the final is yours,

but if you give me a wrong answer,

the next best player will have the chance to steal your place in the final.

And I can reveal that that is Said.

-OK.

-Also I have to warn you, Jackie,

there are still two impossible answers up there.

Magazines that are not weekly.

And if you give me either of those,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

OK, which weekly magazine...

..was formerly edited by Boris Johnson?

The Economist?

-Um...

-Shall we lock in The Economist?

It's my best guess.

-Yes?

-Yes.

-OK.

If The Economist was formerly edited by Boris Johnson,

you go through to the final, Jackie.

If it's a wrong answer, Said will have a chance to steal.

If it's an impossible answer, if it's not a weekly magazine,

then unfortunately you will be eliminated from today's show.

Is The Economist the right answer?

-Nope.

-It's not.

But equally, not an impossible answer.

But we are going to throw to Said.

I think...

..the two that kind of call out to me would have been the New Statesman

and The Spectator, but I'm going to choose The Spectator as my answer.

That one

just in the back of my head I feel is associated with Boris Johnson.

Is The Spectator the right answer?

-Yes.

-It is.

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

Sorry, Jackie. But well done, Said,

you have nabbed her place in the final.

Just to clear up the grid.

Viz comes out about ten times a year.

That was an impossible answer.

And then Empire is a film magazine that is monthly.

Bad luck, Jackie. You are back in the pack for the next round,

but of course it is just a pack of two.

-Oh, yes!

-Said, please take your place next to Sam.

So, just one place left up for grabs in the final.

Who is it going to be? I tell you one thing,

it is going to be Derek or Jackie.

It's the Clash of the Titans that we've all been waiting for.

-Are you both ready?

-Yep.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Both gone for the same answer, A.

Vasco de Gama.

Let's first of all see the right answer.

B, Ferdinand Magellan.

Now, if you've both given an impossible answer,

you will both go out,

and everyone comes back into play.

Have you avoided the impossible answer, Derek?

Galileo Galilei. Italian, I think.

-I'm pretty sure.

-Well, let's find out.

The impossible answer...

As you say, Galileo was a philosopher,

astronomer and mathematician,

not a Portuguese-born explorer.

So, no points, but you both move on to question two.

Still can't separate you.

You've both gone with C, palindrome.

Confident again, Derek?

Yes, the same both ways.

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.

Not bad, is it? Not bad.

I feel like you're showing off a bit, Derek!

-Jackie, your turn.

-Madam, I'm Adam.

Lovely stuff from both of them.

Was C the right answer?

Yes. Jackie, what was the impossible answer?

Decoupage is a craft, it's not a literary term.

Yes. Do you want to come and do this, actually, Jackie?

Let's see if you're right.

Yes. Decoupage is a craft.

It involves paper cutting and decorating objects.

Points to both of you.

Question number three.

A, Haymarket, B, Selly Oak, or C, Waverley?

Same answers again.

Derek, confident?

Yes. Scott's monument right outside Waverley Station.

210 steps to the top, I believe.

All right, mate, don't show off!

Let's see if C is the right answer.

It is. A point to you both.

And the impossible answer...

Selly Oak.

It is Selly Oak, which is in Birmingham.

How many steps on the monument, Derek?

210, I believe.

Don't believe it. It's 287.

Oh, right.

Between 200 and 300.

Better, but doesn't sound as good!

So, let's go on to question four with you both on two points.

Finally, a difference of opinion.

Let's first see if either of you have given the impossible answer.

You haven't, that was C, Cruel Intentions.

Not based on a Shakespeare play.

-Jackie?

-I haven't seen either of them.

But it did strike me that there are a number of Shakespeare comedies

which involve women playing men or vice versa, so...

-Derek?

-I think 10 Things I Hate About You could be something to do

with maybe Taming Of The Shrew or something like that?

Well, let's see which of you has given the right answer.

It's A, so a point to you, Derek, and you're absolutely right.

10 Things I Hate About You is based on Taming Of The Shrew.

She's The Man is based on Twelfth Night, Jackie.

So that means Derek just nips ahead.

Three points ahead of two as we go into the final question.

You have both gone for the same answer.

Let's have a look at the right answer.

C, Yitzhak Rabin.

Now, if you've both given the impossible answer,

everyone's back in play.

I like it when I ask you.

Derek, have you given the impossible answer?

Sadly not, for the rest of the team.

Oh, Derek. Let's see.

The impossible answer was B, Primo Levi.

He was an Italian scientist and novelist.

And that means, at the end of that round, that Derek, on three points,

you have the last chance to grab a place in today's final.

How are you feeling after that tense battle with Jackie, Derek?

I'm feeling very well, thank you.

I'll bet you are.

And raring to go for the grid?

-Indeed.

-So, what do you do with yourself, Derek?

I'm retired now.

-OK.

-I spent the last 30 years of my life as a taxi driver,

but I spend most of my time now in my local working man's club,

Gosforth Empire Club.

-Can I give them a mention?

-Well, you just have, Derek.

Where I serve on the committee.

And what would you spend the money on if you were to be lucky enough to

-win it, Derek?

-Well, if it was the daily prize,

I'd be doing what I love doing, which is going to watch musicals.

-OK.

-Musical theatre, which I would have loved for to be the category.

Sorry, Derek.

But travel. That's what I love to do.

OK. Anywhere particularly on your hit list?

I've never been, kind of, anywhere east.

I've been to the Caribbean, America, all over that way.

I haven't been, sort of, Seychelles, Maldives, so that would be nice.

A bit of the world still to go.

-That's right.

-Let's see if we can get you there.

So there are two topics left.

As you said, musical theatre isn't one of them.

Sadly. But which do you fancy - Pop Music or Sport?

It's got to be Sport, I think.

Any particular sport you'd like to see?

Well, not cricket or rugby.

-OK.

-Football would be good.

OK. Going to show you nine answers.

Doesn't look bad for you, Derek.

-Looks good.

-And the first half of the question...

Which FA Cup-winning club...

So, five of those answers are impossible.

Where would you like to start?

We'll start with good old QPR.

Queens Park Rangers.

Know for sure they haven't won it?

Pretty sure I know the four that have won.

There we go, then.

Is Queens Park Rangers an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

They've only been in one FA Cup

final and they lost it in a replay in 1992 to Tottenham.

Stoke City.

Stoke City. We can just rattle through these, can't we, Derek?

-We could if you want.

-OK.

Is Stoke City an impossible answer?

Yes! £200 in the prize pot.

-Wigan Athletic.

-Oh, we're straight in.

I was going to give some detail but no need.

Wigan Athletic.

Is that an impossible answer.

Ooh!

Wigan!

Derek, you were not expecting that.

-Never mind.

-Take a little moment.

Reset yourself.

-Swansea City.

-Swansea City.

Is that an impossible answer?

It is!

APPLAUSE

I'll never live this down!

I'm doubting myself now.

But we will have to go with Fulham.

Is Fulham an impossible answer?

Yes.

APPLAUSE

Only one final, in 1975, and they lost to West Ham.

So, in a moment,

I'm going to reveal the second half of the question and I'll be looking

for the right answer.

If you find it, a place in the final is yours.

If you give me a wrong answer,

the next-best player has a chance to steal your place in the final.

You know who that is - it's Jackie.

All right, Jackie's standing by.

So, the full question...

Which FA Cup-winning club...

defeated Manchester City in the 2013 final of the tournament?

That was the 20-1 on.

Of course it was! How did I not remember that?

So, the answer to who defeated Manchester City is, in fact,

of course...

- ee-oh! - Wigan Athletic.

Let's see if you're right,

for a place in the final, Derek.

Did Wigan Athletic defeat Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup final?

They did!

APPLAUSE

I knew... I knew you'd kick yourself, Derek.

I absolutely knew it.

-Unbelievable!

-However, you are through to the final, so it's not all bad.

-That's right.

-The one remaining impossible, Derek?

-Leicester City.

-Yes.

Made the final four times, never won it.

Don't beat yourself up too much, Derek.

You are about to take your place in today's final.

Thank you.

For the rest of you,

I'm afraid that victory today proved impossible but we will see you all

-again tomorrow. ALL:

-Bye!

-Bye for now.

But, for Sam, Said and Derek,

it's time for the battle of the middle row in the final.

So, Sam, Said and Derek,

there is £1,200 in today's prize pot but only one of you can win that

money and the right to face the £10,000 question.

You each have ten lives.

There they are. Questions are on the buzzer.

Most of them are normal, straightforward questions with normal, straightforward answers.

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

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

However, some of the questions are impossible,

which is to say there is no answer, the question's illogical.

It's preposterous. If you think you've spotted one of these,

all you have to do is buzz in and say "Impossible".

Your opponents will then lose two lives.

But if you say a question's impossible when it isn't,

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

you lose two lives.

So you do have to be careful out there.

The last player standing will take the £1,200.

Best of luck. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Let's start.

In which year did Prince Andrew marry Kate Middleton?

-Sam.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

Prince William married Kate Middleton in 2011.

Said and Derek, you both lose two lives.

The songs Man In The Mirror and Liberian...

-Said.

-Michael Jackson?

..Liberian Girl originally appeared on which 1980s Michael Jackson studio album?

It's Bad, I'm afraid, and that means that you lose a life, Said.

The mythological sphinx has the head of a human and the body of...

-Derek.

-A lion.

..Of which species of animal?

It is lion.

Said and Sam, you lose a life.

Which Italian city is home to La Scala opera house?

-Sam.

-Milan.

-It is Milan.

Said and Derek, you lose a life.

Which of the Doctor's enemies in Doctor Who are known for...

-Derek.

-Daleks?

..For saying "Exterminate".

Yes, it is Daleks.

Lucky, Derek. Said and Sam, you lose a life.

In which year of the 1980s did Jimmy Carter become US President?

-Sam.

-Impossible.

-It is.

He became president in 1977.

Said and Derek, you lose two lives.

-Said...

-Yeah?

-Are you still awake?

-I am, yes.

-You're down to two lives and you've been deathly silent.

Which element has the chemical symbol ZD?

-Derek?

-Zirconium?

It's impossible.

No element has that symbol, Derek.

You lose two lives.

In which English county is the visitor attraction the Eden Project

located? Derek.

-Cornwall.

-It is Cornwall.

Said you lose a life, Sam, you lose a life.

Said, just one life left.

-Yep.

-In which film does the title character played by Julie Andrews

sing the song A Spoonful Of Sugar?

-Said?

-Mary Poppins?

It is Mary Poppins.

Sam and Derek both lose a life.

Derek, you're down on two now.

The BCG is a vaccination against which disease?

-Derek.

-Measles.

It's tuberculosis.

You lose a life, Derek.

Which Conservative politician was the first woman to hold the post of

Chancellor of the Exchequer?

-Derek.

-Impossible?

It is impossible - there's never been a female Chancellor.

Sam, you lose two lives.

Said, unfortunately you lose your last life.

You're out of the game.

Which US city is the home of the Dodgers Major League baseball team?

Derek.

LA. Los Angeles.

It is Los Angeles.

Sam, you lose a life.

He's whittling away at you, Sam.

Too slow.

Which pantomime tells the story of a poor boy who becomes Lord Mayor of

London? Derek.

-Dick Whittington.

-It is Dick Whittington.

You lose another life, Sam.

Which type of mammal is a kumquat?

-Derek.

-Impossible.

It is impossible. Kumquat is an orange-like fruit,

meaning you lose your last two lives, Sam, and you are out.

Commiserations to you, and...

I was just too slow.

..and to Said.

Derek was hammering away at that buzzer there and, Derek,

it's time to face the £10,000 question.

Very well done, Derek. You are today's winner with £1,200.

That's terrific, but you could be leaving with a lot more

if you can answer the £10,000 question.

Now, if you just hang on to the daily prize,

it's like a week of musicals in London - is that the plan?

-That's about the size of it, yeah.

-But we're hoping that you get our

£10,000 and you fly out east somewhere.

That's right. That would be nice.

OK. This is how it works, Derek.

I'm going to show you nine answers and then ask a question.

Three of the nine answers are correct and if you can find them all

within ten seconds, you win the ten grand.

That is your good news.

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

If you pick any of those, you won't win the £10,000.

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

-Very bad news!

-It is very bad.

Give me any of those and you lose the £1,200.

I can only accept the first three answers you give.

If you fail to give me three answers before the ten seconds are up,

you also lose the £1,200.

-Got you.

-Now, you do only get one shot at the £10,000 question,

so whatever happens you will be leaving the show today.

-Bye-bye!

-Hopefully with bags of money, Derek.

OK. Any subject that you would like to see?

Any geography, really, would be good.

Pretty good on geography.

All right. Let's have a look.

I can tell you...

it's on geography!

So, ready?

-Yep.

-Best of luck, Derek.

We're all rooting for you.

Here are your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

Shipping Forecast areas that are located in the North Sea.

And your time starts now.

Forties.

Rockall.

Malin.

Answered quite quickly.

-How are you feeling?

-Well, you've only got ten seconds,

so it's got to be quite quickly.

But you did it in about five and then you were just chilling.

When I saw them come up, I realised that they were shipping areas,

and then I thought the question might be which ones aren't,

because there's a few new ones.

Surtsey, I think, and Normandy, didn't use to be.

So that kind of threw me a bit.

I know for a fact the Forties is in the North Sea.

Malin, Hebrides, so they are kind of over that way.

Rockall, I'm just not 100% sure.

Shall we have a look, then? So, Forties...

Forties you feel good about?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Is Forties a shipping forecast area located in the North Sea?

It is!

APPLAUSE

That's what we needed. Off to a good start.

OK, so let's have a look at Rockall.

Slightly unsure about Rockall.

Slightly unsure about them both.

I'm not sure whether they would class that as being the North Atlantic or the North Sea,

cos they're way up there.

Where are you putting Rockall on the map?

I'm kind of putting Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, isn't it?

That's the way the shipping forecast goes.

Is Rockall a right answer?

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

Rockall's actually on the other side.

It's north-west of Ireland.

Looks like a daily prize.

Well, this is what we're hoping.

All right. So, we need it not to be impossible.

Is Malin a right answer?

No, but it isn't impossible, which means...

..you've hung on to the £1,200.

-Enjoy those musicals, Derek.

-I will do, thank you.

I think you mentioned what the impossibles are.

-What do you think they are?

-I think the impossibles are Trent,

Surtsey and it'll be either Fitzroy...

Because there is a... Yeah, it'll be Normandy, I think.

Absolutely spot on, Derek.

The right answers you were looking for - obviously,

Forties and then Cromarty and Fisher.

Well, you've been a fantastic player, Derek.

-Enjoy the money.

-Thanks very much.

-Enjoy the musicals.

-Take care.

-Thank you for playing.

So, Derek leaves us with £1,200.

The rest of us will be back tomorrow,

when someone else will have the chance to win ten grand.

This has been !mpossible,

the quiz where, actually, anything is possible. Goodbye.

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