Episode 14 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.

Full of beans.

They're here two weeks, and every day,

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

-ALL:

-Whoo!

Our giant exclamation mark,

filled with 10,000 lovely pound coins.

At the end of each show, one of this mob will face the final question.

And here...

it is.

Today's £10,000 question.

Get this right and all of that money comes crashing out.

Yesterday, Sam left with the first £10,000 win of the week.

And our new player today is Sue.

-Hello, Sue.

-Hi, Rick.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-What do you do, Sue?

-I took early retirement about 11 years ago,

so I'm enjoying life now.

I run my local ladies' darts team. We play in a league.

-Oh, very nice.

-But we're not very good.

But we enjoy ourselves, we're trying harder.

Must do better, I think.

Ever got close to a nine-dart finish, Sue?

You must be joking!

OK, well, best of luck to you and to all of our players.

Are we ready?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Yes. Here's your first question.

All 24 of you have gone for B, Any Dream Will Do.

Really hope it's not the impossible answer.

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But it does mean we get to go home early, so...

The right answer...

Any Dream Will Do. A point apiece.

And the impossible answer...

Anyone Can Fall In Love.

Which was a song by Anita Dobson to the tune of the EastEnders theme.

Moving on to question two...

22 of you have gone with 1912.

See if that's the right answer?

It is. So, a point to 22 of you.

The impossible answer...

Is 1910 - leap years are divisible by four.

Moving on to question three.

The majority As.

Quite a few Cs, and a few Bs.

-Kate.

-Yes.

You're one of the few Bs.

I know B isn't the right answer, but I'm 99% certain he won it last year.

So I don't know from the other two, so I thought, I don't want to go out

on an impossible, so I've played it safe, I hope.

OK. Holly, you went for Winston Churchill.

Yeah. At first, I thought it could be A.

Then I thought it could be B.

Oh, right, I see where this is going.

Then you thought it could be C.

I did. And then I thought it could be A again.

And then I thought, just make a decision,

so one, two, three, countdown - C it is. I hope.

Let's have a look.

The right answer...

-Is B.

-What?!

-Bob Dylan.

-It is you, Kate.

-Wow! OK.

So, Rachel, Kate, Carolynne and Pat get a point.

There are an awful lot of Cs and As out there.

And either A or C is the impossible answer.

Let's find out which.

It is A, Salman Rushdie.

He has never won the Nobel Prize for literature.

Which means we're losing 13 of you.

Wow! LAUGHTER

We will see you all tomorrow.

Kate, you're exactly right about Bob Dylan winning it in 2016.

And Winston Churchill won it in 1953.

Question number four.

OK, the right answer...

A, Lake Superior.

So, a point to all of you who went for Lake Superior.

And the impossible answer...

Lake Geneva is not in North America.

So, moving on to our final question in this round.

Just two of you are on four points

and they are Kate and Pat.

Question number five.

Kate, you've gone with C, Sacha Baron Cohen.

-Yes.

-Seen the film?

-I love the film.

I'm not 100% sure it's the answer.

I know it was A or C. So whoever put B, I'm sorry, are out.

But I love it and I cried in it, embarrassed myself in the cinema

and none of my friends cried and I was just there with tears.

I tell you who else is crying.

-Pat.

-I know.

I hated the film. Walked out before it finished.

It was so miserable.

Well... LAUGHTER

That's what I thought, there was a clue in the title.

-Obviously.

-Who knew?!

It's just a guess, so I think I've gone.

Let's see if you have given the impossible answer, Pat.

You have.

Sorry, Pat. We'll see you tomorrow.

OK.

If you're right, Kate, you're going to come down and play a grid.

If you're wrong, it'll all be up in the air.

The right answer...

Is C. Sacha Baron Cohen. APPLAUSE

A point to everyone who went for C.

Which means, Kate, you have the first chance

to grab a place in today's final. Congratulations.

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-Here we are, Kate.

-Here we are.

-At last.

-Yeah.

So, you're on maternity leave at the moment, aren't you?

-Yes, I am, yeah.

-And you're having a little, I guess,

-holiday from the baby.

-I am, yeah.

I love him to bits, but my husband very kindly is looking after

the baby at the moment and I'm here to hopefully win us some money.

And what do you do when you're not on maternity leave?

When I'm not off having babies, I'm busy organising events.

I used to organise hen and stag weekends.

But now I work for a university, so I organise massive conferences

-for 200 people, training courses, things like that.

-All right.

You know the drill. This is your chance to put up to £500

into the daily prize pot. And, crucially,

take a massive step towards playing the £10,000 question.

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

-OK.

-Here they come.

The UK, History, Fashion or Pop Music.

-Not great.

-Any grab you?

I was hoping for the ones we had the other day.

-History is a no.

-I was lucky with the Titanic question.

Fashion, I am not a fashionable person at all.

-I don't agree, but carry on.

-Thank you.

It's going to have to be pop music.

And I'm the opposite to everybody else so far,

I'm going to pray it is current stuff.

All right. So I'm going to show you nine answers...

So, we're going to have a look at the first half of a question.

Five of those answers are impossible.

They couldn't possibly be the answer

-because they aren't Duran Duran singles.

-OK.

You have five goes.

Each impossible answer you successfully eliminate

will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to begin?

I just don't know Duran Duran, so I'll just give it a go.

I don't think it is You Spin Me Round.

That's Pete Burns.

-I don't know which band he's with. But I know that's not them.

-OK.

So, You Spin Me Round.

Is that an impossible answer?

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Exactly.

Pete Burns with Dead Or Alive.

-Dead Or Alive.

-£100 in the prize pot.

-It's a good start.

-Erm...

The only Notorious song I can hear in my head is like the rappy one.

So I'll go for Notorious.

So, is Notorious an impossible answer?

-Ugh.

-Ah.

-OK. Told you this was going to go well(!)

-Not the rappy one.

Not the rappy one. OK.

It would help if I knew if any of these were Duran Duran singles,

-but I...

-That WOULD help.

-..I don't know, so...

Let's just have a guess and...

get rid of Ordinary World.

Let's see if it's a lucky guess.

Is Ordinary World an impossible answer?

-Ah.

-Ouch.

-No.

-It is a Duran Duran single.

-OK.

I've lost all confidence now.

To Cut A Long Story Short.

Is that an impossible answer?

-Here we go.

-Yay!

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Here we go.

That's Spandau Ballet.

One more go.

Let's get rid of another impossible answer.

The Wild Boys.

What's drawn you to The Wild Boys?

-I like wild boys.

-There we go. LAUGHTER

Say no more, Kate.

Is The Wild Boys an impossible answer?

No.

-Tough board.

-It is tough if you don't know it, yeah.

But you have added £200 to today's prize pot.

But are you 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.

If you find it, you take your place in the final.

But if you give me a wrong answer, the next best player

will have the chance to steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that that was Brett.

Yay!

I've been in this position a few times,

but I haven't managed to get down there. Hopefully I can this time.

-Because I do quite like this board.

-That's fighting talk, isn't it?

-It is fighting talk.

-Well, luckily, I like Brett.

He lives down the road from me in Newport.

So if he nicks my place, that's fine.

Now, we do know that, unfortunately,

-there are three impossible answers still up there.

-Yep.

If you give me any of those,

-you will be eliminated from today's show.

-Yep.

Let's reveal the full question.

-Nice. It sounds good.

-It does sound good.

Sounds good.

But I'm obviously going to play safe and go for one of the ones I know,

seeing as I've got really bad luck.

Literally, it's a complete guess.

Let's go for Notorious, please.

So, going for Notorious, because you know that it's not an impossible answer.

I know it's not an impossible answer, so I'm hoping I can come back down again.

And I reckon you'd be pretty notorious if you were strapped to a windmill.

-People would know who you were, so...

-That makes sense.

If Notorious is the right answer...

..you'll be going through to the final.

If it isn't, then we will be throwing over to Brett

who likes this board.

Is Notorious the right answer?

-No.

-I'm afraid it isn't, Kate.

-That's all right.

-It's a wrong answer.

-Not an impossible answer, as you know.

-Yeah.

Which means we go over to Brett.

I think I know the impossible answers there.

Erm...

One's Pet Shop Boys, I think one's A-ha

and I think one is David Bowie.

I'm going to go for Wild Boys.

I'm tempted to go for Girls On Film.

I think that's on a boat, isn't it?

I think it's unlikely a windmill would be on a boat.

So I'm going to go for Wild Boys.

If this is right, you will steal Kate's place in the final.

Does the video for The Wild Boys feature Simon Le Bon

strapped to a windmill?

It does. APPLAUSE

You were pretty much right about the impossibles.

-Talk me through it, Brett.

-I think Modern Love is Bowie.

Modern Love is Bowie, yeah, David Bowie.

It's A Sin is Pet Shop Boys.

-It is.

-The Living Daylights, I think, is Aha.

I think Duran Duran did A View To A Kill,

which is a different Bond tune.

Absolutely spot on, Brett.

The only thing you were wrong about is it's the video for Rio

-that's on the boat.

-Oh, yeah, it is, isn't it?

-Unlucky, Kate.

-That's all right.

-But you are back in the pack for the next round.

-Thank you.

But Brett, well done, you're in the final.

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Still two places left in today's final, alongside Brett.

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

-Only nine of you left. All ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Karen, you went for Orleans.

Yeah, she's the Maid of Orleans.

But I'm not sure whether that was where she was burnt at the stake.

But I know it's a French city.

Jenny, you went for Rouen.

Yeah, I know that's the actual town from history lessons.

Oh, do you? Oh, well, Jenny.

The ones I did attend, anyway.

-Jackie, are you in agreement?

-I think so.

I think she was born in Orleans.

-And died at Rouen.

-I hope.

Let's find out.

Yes. A point to all of you who went for Rouen.

That's where she was burnt.

Karen, you feel reasonably confident you haven't given

-the impossible answer?

-I think so.

I'm starting to doubt meself though now.

Let me put you out of your misery.

Trier is in Germany.

Karen, she was known as the Maid of Orleans.

But she wasn't born there, Jackie.

She relieved the city from siege by the English.

So they honoured her.

Question number two.

Let's see the right answer.

It's B, 101 Dalmatians.

So all of you who went for Dalmatians get a point.

The impossible answer...

Yes, All Dogs Go To Heaven is not a Disney film.

So, everyone progresses to question number three.

The right answer...

Is A. Nadia Comaneci.

So, just four of you get a point there.

Holly, you are the only person who has gone for Valentina Tereshkova.

Yeah, you see, I actually had logic this time.

-Go on.

-As soon as I saw the question, I didn't have a clue.

But I thought, Russians are generally good

at that kind of stuff.

So if anybody was going to do it, it was a Russian.

And the one that sounded the most Russian was Valentina.

I like the logic.

Do you like the answer though?

Well...

Let's see if I do.

The impossible answer...

Aw!

She is Russian.

Yay!

But she's a Russian cosmonaut.

She was the first woman to go into space.

-Holly, we'll see you tomorrow.

-See you later, Rick.

So, eight contestants remaining, as we go on to question four.

Let's see what the right answer was.

It was C, Lipizzaner. So, a point to the six of you.

The impossible answer...

Lollapalooza is an American music festival.

So, with eight people going into the last question of this round,

only one of you is on four points,

and that is Emily.

-Lucky.

-No pressure, Emily.

-No, I know.

Question number five.

Let's first see the answer you should have gone for.

It's C, alpha rays.

-A point to you, Jenny.

-Oh, God!

Have the other seven given an impossible answer?

Let's find out, then.

You're all safe.

Omega rays are not a type of nuclear radiation.

Gamma rays are the most penetrating nuclear radiation.

Good luck with stopping them with paper.

So, at the end of that round,

only one person is on four points, and that is Emily.

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-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

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

Thank you.

-Hi, Emily.

-Hi.

-How are you doing?

-OK, I think, yeah.

-What do you do, Emily?

-I'm a teacher.

-Yeah, I teach in a secondary school, philosophy and ethics.

-Uh-huh.

But in my spare time, I keep myself busy, so I do balloon modelling.

I do kids' parties, hen parties, I do a bit of magic as well.

A bit of magic? I'm glancing down at a pack of cards.

-Yeah.

-Like to see that. Can we have something?

-Of course.

What I'm going to do is going to take some cards,

I'm going to go like that, and you say stop.

Wherever you say stop on, that will be your card.

-OK.

-OK? So, just say stop when you want

and the bottom one will be your card.

-OK, stop.

-That's your card, OK?

-Yeah.

-Got it?

-Yeah.

-OK.

You're making me really nervous now.

I really don't know if it's going to go right.

-Can you remember your card?

-Yes.

-You can? OK.

Give them a bit of a shuffle...

OK. Do you know what...

I knew I shouldn't have come.

I really don't have a clue what your card is.

-What was your card?

-Queen of diamonds.

Queen of diamonds. OK.

Are you 100% sure it was the queen of diamonds?

-Yeah.

-You sure?

-Yeah.

Well, there's not a queen of diamonds in the pack.

Do you want to just check?

There's no queen of diamonds there anywhere, no?

Not that I can see, no.

Do you just want to check your pocket?

-Which one?

-Any trouser pocket.

That would be stupid, wouldn't it, if you checked your trouser pocket,

because, obviously, that's impossible.

But if I check my pocket...

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-..the queen of diamonds.

Oh, very nice, Emily.

Very nice.

You DID have me worried. LAUGHTER

-That was fantastic.

-Thank you.

So, shall we get on with it?

-OK. Yeah.

-So you've got a choice of three topics.

The remaining topics are...

I live in the UK, so I'm going to go with that.

-But I could live to regret it.

-All right.

So, I'm going to show you nine answers on the subject of the UK.

Here they are.

SHE SIGHS

A big exhale of breath there, Emily.

-Yeah.

-Not keen?

-Nope, It's going to have to be luck again.

Luck again, yeah.

Let's see the first half of the question.

So, five of those are impossible, because they're not Oxford colleges.

Each impossible answer will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

There's some of them that I know are colleges at Oxford University.

But there's some of them that I don't know.

So, I'm looking for the impossibles,

so I'm going to go for Lincoln as an impossible.

So, is Lincoln an impossible answer?

-Oh, that's a good start, innit?

-It is an Oxford college.

Where next?

I'm going to go for Sidney Sussex.

Is Sidney Sussex an impossible answer?

Yes. APPLAUSE

-At least I got one.

-That is a college at Cambridge University.

Where next?

-I'm going to go for Gonville and Caius.

-SHE PRONOUNCES IT AS "KYUSS"

Gonville and Caius, weirdly. HE PRONOUNCES IT AS "KEYS"

-Sorry, yeah.

-Is Gonville and Caius an impossible answer?

Yes. Another Cambridge college. APPLAUSE

-Where next?

-I'm trying to think about University Challenge,

because I watch that - and never get anything right -

-but there's always Oxford University in that, in't there?

-So...

I'm going to not choose any of the top row, based on the fact

I think I've heard them on that.

I'm going to go for Downing.

Is Downing an impossible answer?

Yes. It's another Cambridge college. APPLAUSE

-One more go.

-Now I'm struggling.

Erm...

I'm going to go for...

..Emmanuel.

Is Emmanuel an impossible answer?

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Very nice, Emily. Yet another Cambridge college.

So, four out of five.

-Yeah.

-So, £400 goes into the prize pot, it now stands at £600,

but are you 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.

If you find it, that place in the final is yours, alongside Brett.

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 Said.

-Oh!

-Oh!

How are you on your Oxford colleges, Said?

Erm... This wouldn't be a board for me.

I'm looking at all of those and they are words,

but they don't ring any bells in my head, I'm afraid.

So it would be a shot in the dark if I got it.

OK, Said doesn't sound confident.

We know that there is one impossible answer still up there.

If you give me that, unfortunately,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

Let's reveal the full question, shall we?

OK. I should really know this one.

I know I should know this.

I'm going to play safe though, because I'm not 100% sure.

It's between two.

But I'm going to play safe. I know that Lincoln is a right answer now,

so I'm going to go for that, just so that I know I'm going to be OK.

If Lincoln is the right answer,

then you'll take your place in the final, alongside Brett.

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

Did David Cameron attend Lincoln College at Oxford University?

-Aw.

-He didn't.

-You've played it safe.

-Yeah.

-Not eliminated.

-No.

But we have to throw to Said.

Selwyn sounds Welsh.

But I don't know whether that could just be throwing me off.

And that's the one that, when I've been looking through the grid,

was calling out at me. So I'm going to have to go with Selwyn.

Did David Cameron go to Selwyn college?

Not only did he not go there, that is an impossible answer.

It's another Cambridge college, Said,

which means you are eliminated from today's show.

I'm sorry. We'll see you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Good news for you though, Emily, you've survived.

Actually, he went to Brasenose College at Oxford University.

-There we go.

-That isn't important, Emily.

-But my luck's still holding.

-Your luck is holding very nicely.

-We'll see you a bit later on in the final.

-Thank you very much.

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

Only six of you surviving now.

-All ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here is your first question.

All six of you have gone with A, Lillie Langtry.

Let's see if you've all got the right answer.

You have. So, points to all of you.

The impossible answer...

Fanny Cradock, who was a TV chef.

Question number two.

Rachel, you went for C, Rijksmuseum.

Yeah, I've been to the Rijksmuseum,

and I'm pretty sure I saw this painting.

That does not sound promising for you, Kate.

Have you been to the Rijksmuseum or seen the painting?

No. I was going to ask you what Rachel had put

and I was hoping I had the same, but obviously not.

The answer you should have gone for...

Is C, the Rijksmuseum.

So, points to the four of you.

So, now we are hoping that Kate and Carolynne

have avoided the impossible answer.

Which was...

Sorry, both.

The Groeningemuseum is Belgium.

-So we'll have to see you both tomorrow.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-Bye.

So, four of you left in play, as we move onto question three.

So, we've got three Bs and one A.

Jackie? You went for Hallelujah.

Yes, I think it was...

I can't remember her name,

from one of the talent shows, who won and that was her release.

And he definitely wrote it, Hallelujah.

-Rachel?

-I'm thinking I'm wrong.

In fact, I'm pretty sure...

-I think I'm impossible.

-Why?

I just had a bit of a realisation after I clicked

that I think I might be impossible.

-I'll tell you.

-Thank you.

-The impossible answer...

Was A, I'm afraid, by REM.

Not a Christmas number one.

So we have to say goodbye at this late stage, but still,

-massive improvement, Rachel.

-Thank you!

-See you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow.

Let's see if Jackie, Jenny and Karen have given the right answer.

All three of you have. A point to everyone.

All tied on three points.

On to question four.

Still can't separate you.

You've all gone B, Mary Quant.

Let's reveal the correct answer.

It is B, Mary Quant.

So, a point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

Marianne Faithfull. Not a fashion designer, a pop singer.

So it is going to come down to this final question.

The three of you are tied on four points.

Question number five.

We have one Herr Flick and two Officer Crabtrees.

Jackie, you went for Herr Flick. Feeling all right about your answer?

Not at all. I never watched 'Allo 'Allo except the snippets I saw.

I totally disliked it.

And Herr Flick's the only character which I'm certain was in it

-and it's not an impossible.

-All right.

-Jenny?

-I know the other two characters,

so I know he played the French policeman who couldn't

speak French properly. So Officer Crabtree seemed the possible answer.

-Karen?

-He was a policeman and the only one up there

who was a policeman was Crabtree, I think.

Well, let's see if you've all managed

to avoid the impossible answer?

You have. That was Rene Lacoste, who was a French tennis player.

But now the right answer...

A, Officer Crabtree.

So a point to Jenny and Karen.

You were right. Officer Crabtree had the catchphrase, "Good moaning,"

as an Englishman pretending to be French.

So, Jenny and Karen, tied on five points.

It has come down to who's locked in their answers

the quickest across the round.

And that was...

..Karen. APPLAUSE

Congratulations.

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

-Karen.

-Yeah?

-How does it feel to be down here?

Mind-blowing, really.

What do you do, Karen?

I don't at the moment, I've been medically retired.

-What did you used to do?

-I used to work in a call centre.

-OK.

-I mean, I do still do a little bit of voluntary work

for Citizens Advice.

But I'm hoping that, when I go back, I can go back and do the reception,

just for a couple of hours a week,

just to get me out of the house and get me to know people.

-Shall we have a look at the topics that are remaining?

-Yes.

All right. They are...

I think I'll probably have to go for history and just hope

that it's not something I don't know, which is most history.

-Let's hope it falls kindly for you, Karen.

-Yeah.

Here are your nine history answers.

-What do you reckon?

-Kings of Spain?

Let's have a look at the first half of the question.

So, there are five impossible answers up there.

Your job is to try and eliminate those impossible answers.

For every one you successfully get rid of,

you'll add £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

Right, well, I know two definites who are, so I'll avoid those.

-Yes, please.

-I'll try Calixtus III.

Because he sounds more Roman.

Is Calixtus III an impossible answer?

Yes. APPLAUSE

He was Pope in the 1400s.

Who next?

I think I'll try Massiel.

-Any reason?

-No, I just don't like the name.

-Don't like the name!

-Don't think it's regal enough.

Not regal enough. Is Massiel impossible?

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Not royal enough.

She was Spain's first Eurovision winner.

LAUGHTER

Getting along very nicely at the moment, Karen. Three more goes.

Try Ebro.

Is Ebro an impossible answer?

It is. APPLAUSE

It's a river in Spain.

This is too easy for you, Karen.

Well, lucky guessing.

Let's keep those lucky guesses going.

Amadeo sounds too much like Mozart, Amadeus. So, yeah, Amadeo next.

Amadeo.

Is Amadeo an impossible answer?

Ah. That is a Spanish monarch.

One go remains.

Let's remove another impossible from the grid.

I'll try Cardenio then.

Is Cardenio an impossible answer?

Yes! APPLAUSE

A character in Don Quixote.

So, £400 added to the prize pot.

Now stands at £1,000, Karen.

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, that 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

and that is Jenny.

-Ready, Jenny?

-Yeah, I'm ready.

Now, we know that there is one impossible answer still up there.

If you give me that, you will be eliminated from today's show.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Yeah, go on.

-I'm ready.

Philip II.

-You're smiling, Karen.

-Yeah.

I'm pretty sure that's the correct answer.

Is Philip II the right answer?

For a place in the final.

Yes, Karen! APPLAUSE

Did it!

Well done. You are through to the final.

-Thank you very much.

-Just to clear up the grid,

let's have a look at what the impossible answer is.

-Is it Raul?

-It is, yeah.

He's from Les Miserables, isn't he?

Well, actually, he's one of Spain's best footballers.

-Oh, right.

-Yeah. Well done, Karen.

-You are through to the final.

-Thank you very much.

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

But we will see you all again tomorrow.

-Bye. ALL:

-Bye!

But for Brett, Emily and Karen, it's time for the final.

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Brett, Emily and Karen,

there is £1,000 in today's prize pot,

but only one of you can win that money and the right to face

the £10,000 question.

You're each going to start with 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'll knock a life off both of your opponents.

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

But some of the questions are impossible.

If you think you've spotted one of these,

all you've got to do is buzz in and say "impossible".

That's really bad news for your opponents,

because they'll both lose two lives.

But if you say a question is impossible and it isn't,

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you who will lose the two lives.

The last player standing will take the £1,000.

-Feeling ready?

-Yeah!

-Good luck. Let's start.

Which British comedian played punk rocker Vivian in the TV comedy...?

-Brett.

-Adrian Edmondson.

..in the TV comedy The Young Ones. It was Ade Edmondson.

In which year did James Cameron direct the film Jurassic Park?

Brett.

1990... No, it's impossible. I've messed up there.

I have to take your first answer, I'm afraid, Brett, it is impossible.

-It was not directed by James Cameron.

-Yeah.

It's a Steven Spielberg film. Means you lose two lives.

Of course it is. I'm kicking myself.

The priest Father McKenzie features in the lyrics of

which Beatles single?

-Karen.

-Eleanor Rigby.

It is Eleanor Rigby.

Which US state is the only one to begin with the letter, P?

-Brett.

-Pennsylvania.

It is Pennsylvania.

In the TV series Star Trek, what colour is Vulcan blood?

-Emily.

-Blue.

It's green, I'm afraid. You lose a life, Emily.

At the 2017 Brit Awards,

which Little Mix song won British Single of the Year?

-Brett.

-Black Magic.

It wasn't. It was Shout Out To My Ex.

Which member of Guns N' Roses went on to form the band, Foo Fighters?

-Emily.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

Set up by former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl.

Brett, you only have four lives.

Emily, you have six, Karen, you have six.

The Nick Hornby book Fever Pitch

is an account of his life as a supporter of which football...?

-Brett.

-Arsenal.

..of which football team? It was Arsenal.

On which TV quiz show was Major Charles Ingram the first million...?

-Karen.

-Impossible.

..the first million-pound winner?

It is impossible.

He was one of three people convicted of deception

on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, but he did not win £1 million.

Which musical takes its title from the nickname of the Argentinian

political figure Eva Peron?

-Brett.

-Evita.

-It is Evita.

Very, very tight. Brett, you're on two lives.

Emily, you are on two lives. Karen has four.

Which female US singer performed the half-time show

at the 2017 Super Bowl?

-Emily.

-Lady Gaga.

It was Lady Gaga.

Brett, you're on one life now.

Which primary colour is Donald Duck's bowtie?

-Brett.

-Red.

It is red. You needed it to be red.

Emily, you lose a life. Karen, you lose a life.

Emily and Brett both on one, Karen on two.

In which year in the 1980s was the voting age in the UK lowered...?

-Brett.

-Impossible.

..lowered from 21 to 18?

It is impossible.

It was lowered to 18 in 1970.

Hell of an escape, Brett.

Emily and Karen both lose their remaining lives.

Commiserations to you.

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

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-Very well done, Brett. You are today's winner with £1,000.

-Thank you very much.

That's great. But you could be leaving with a lot more

if you can answer the £10,000 question.

-That would be nice.

-All right, this is how it works.

-OK.

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

Three of the nine answers are correct.

If you can find them all within ten seconds, you win that ten grand.

-That's your good news.

-OK.

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

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

The bad news, of course,

is that three of the nine answers are impossible.

Give me any of those and you will lose the £1,000.

I can only accept the first three answers that you give.

So, please, do be careful.

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

you'll also lose the £1,000.

You do only get one shot at the £10,000 question,

so whatever happens, you will be leaving the show today.

Any subject that you're particularly hoping for?

I've got a bit too much knowledge about Coronation Street.

-Oh, yeah?

-I'm hoping that comes up.

-Uh-huh.

But I know a little bit about quite a lot.

But, yeah, a Coronation Street question, I should be all right on.

I can tell you...

..that it's on Politics.

Bit of a heart sinker?

It could be all right if it's of a certain period, more modern.

But going back, I'm not going to have a clue.

All right. Do you feel ready?

-Yeah.

-Best of luck.

Here come your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

And your time starts now.

Harry S Truman, Richard Nixon, Calvin Coolidge.

Answered pretty quickly.

I mean, I'm relatively happy they are US presidents.

But it's a stab in the dark, because I wouldn't know which ones were vice presidents.

They're all clearly before my time.

Let's start with your first answer, Harry S Truman.

Is Harry S Truman a right answer?

Yes. APPLAUSE

One down.

Two to go. Whose vice president was he?

-Any idea?

-I wouldn't have a clue.

Franklin D Roosevelt's.

Next, you said...

..Richard Nixon.

Is Richard Nixon a right answer?

Was he previously vice president before being president?

He was. APPLAUSE

Two from three now, Brett.

Any idea whose vice president he was?

No, I don't even know what order the presidents came.

I've heard of a lot of presidents, I don't know what order they came.

Like I said, apart from the more recent ones in my lifetime.

So, I don't... I don't know, maybe Jimmy Carter.

-But I don't know.

-Eisenhower.

With this sketchy knowledge of US presidents, so far,

-doing pretty well, Brett.

-It's done me well so far,

but we'll have to wait and see.

It would be very lucky if this is green.

The last answer you gave me was Calvin Coolidge.

Is this the one you're least confident in?

Well, I wasn't confident on any of them, so it's quite equal.

I think I can see the three impossible answers now

and I don't think Coolidge is one of them.

I'm pretty happy he was a US president.

Which would you say the impossible answers are?

I think Edward Kennedy, I think he was one of the Kennedy brothers

that wasn't president. Joseph McCarthy, I've never heard of.

And I think Woodrow Wilson

was Prime Minister during the First World War, maybe?

I don't think he was a US president.

The important thing...

..is this Calvin Coolidge?

If Calvin Coolidge was a vice president

before being a US president, you've just won £10,000, Brett.

Fingers crossed.

Is Calvin Coolidge...

..a right answer?

Yes, Brett! APPLAUSE

You're absolutely gobsmacked.

That's yours.

I cannot believe that.

I'm amazed.

I'm well happy, but I'm amazed.

This is the most shocked we've seen a winner look, I think.

I just didn't know. I can probably see the six presidents

but the three out of six, it was just luck.

The impossible answers...

You were right about Edward Kennedy.

And Joseph McCarthy.

The other one was J Edgar Hoover, was never a president.

-Woodrow Wilson was a US president.

-Right, OK.

-I mean, you don't really care about that.

-No.

I can understand that, obviously. Congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

-Enjoy the money.

APPLAUSE So, Brett leaves with £10,000.

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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