Episode 18 Impossible

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

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APPLAUSE

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, our 24 players.

-Hello, players! ALL:

-Hello!

One team, one dream.

Every day, one of them will have the chance to unlock this.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

Our punctuation colossus, rammed with 10,000 shimmering pound coins.

At the end of each show, one of this 24 dons will face

the final question. And here...

..it is! Today's £10,000 question.

Get this right and all of that cash comes flying out.

We have a new player with us today. It's Terry. How are you, Terry?

-You all right?

-I'm very well, Rick.

-Yeah, very well, thank you.

-Tell me a bit about yourself, Terry.

-What do you do?

-I work on the railway.

So I'm a conductor or guard.

So I'm there to look after everybody, to sell tickets

and ding the bell and so forth. Blow my whistle.

How long have you been working on the trains for, Terry?

Only for about a couple of years now.

-Oh, what were you doing before that?

-Oh, lots of things.

-Go on.

-I've been a musician all my life,

and I've not really been successful.

But I have played in several bands. I also write songs.

I've written an album for an ex-Pop Idol.

-Oh, who?

-It was a young man called Rik Waller.

Ah, yes. Yes.

Anybody remember? Apart from that I've been a driving instructor,

I've been an estate agent, I've been a delivery driver.

-You've done the lot, Terry.

-I've done the lot, yes.

-I have, yeah.

-Well, lovely to have you here, Terry.

-Thank you very much.

-Good luck with the show. OK. Only three days left

to make your mark and get the chance to win £10,000. Good luck, everyone.

Let's crack on. You will face five multiple-choice questions,

each with three answers. The right answer scores you a point,

the wrong answer gets you nothing.

But if you choose the impossible answer...

!mpossible.

..it's a disaster that will immediately knock 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. Everyone ready?

-Yes.

Here's your first question.

We've got 20 Bs.

Groundhog Day. And a few As.

Let's see what the right answer was.

It is B. Groundhog Day. You get a point.

Let's see if you've avoided the impossible answer.

You have. Bill Murray is not in Trading Places.

Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis are.

Question number two.

Now, we have got a darts player in our midst,

so we'll just go over to our darts correspondent, Sue.

You are the captain of the ladies' darts team, Sue?

-Yeah. And I've messed it up!

-What, Sue?!

I've put C. And I know it isn't C.

Because that's the best checkout, isn't it?

-It should be A.

-Why have you gone for C then, Sue?

I don't know. I had a mental block.

You probably got excited when you saw darts and you thought,

-"I know this, I know this! Oh, no!"

-That's just what it is.

Emily, you went for B. 169.

-A big darts player?

-Absolutely not.

And not good at maths. And I think I probably got the impossible.

-Yeah.

-Sue is slightly nodding in agreement there.

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

It is B, 169.

Not a possible three dart checkout.

So we have to say goodbye at this early stage to seven of you,

I'm afraid. See you tomorrow.

So, Sue, you thought you should have gone for A.

Can you talk me through the scoring?

Well, C is the best because you get two treble 20s, making 120,

-and then finish on bull.

-Lovely.

-That gives you 170.

-Yeah.

-So A, you would get treble 19, which is 57, treble 20, 60,

which is 117, and then finish on bull again, 167.

Can't say fairer than that, Sue. Let's see if you're right.

Yes. A 167. Treble 20, treble 19, bull.

That is the second highest attainable three dart finish

after 170, as Sue talked us through.

So a point to everyone who went for A. Question number three.

Fairly even split between Bs and Cs.

Just the one A. The answer you should have gone for?

It is B. Leslie Ash.

Everyone who went for that, give yourself a point.

Alan, you are the only one who went for A, Jennifer Saunders.

Yes, I wasn't aware of any of them being in it particularly,

so it was just pot luck.

OK, let's see if your pot luck has been pot lucky.

No, Jennifer Saunders was not in Men Behaving Badly, I'm afraid.

-We have to say goodbye, there, Alan. We'll see you tomorrow.

-Thank you.

Caroline Quentin played Dorothy. Question number four.

The correct answer was...

..A, New Jersey. Point to all of you.

Stewart, you went for B, Delaware.

Just wasn't sure. Pot luck.

Kerry, you went with C, Atlanta.

-Yeah.

-And I saw you wince.

Yeah, I realised as I was pressing it that I'd actually pressed

the wrong one. I don't think Atlanta's a state.

Oh, dear.

-George.

-I lived in America for a year.

It's pretty embarrassing.

Like Kerry said, I'm pretty sure Atlanta's a city.

-Ah.

-Never mind.

OK, the impossible answer.

C, Atlanta.

As you say, Kerry, not a state, it's a city.

-George, Kerry, we'll see you tomorrow.

-Thanks.

14 of you are left in play as we move to our last question in this

round, and only one of you is on four points and that is Shannon.

Yeah, Shannon!

-No pressure!

-Well...

Question five.

Jinesh, you were hammering away, but slightly after the time had gone,

so we have to say goodbye. Better luck tomorrow.

We got all answers out there. Let's have a look at the right one.

It was B, Stop. So, five of you get a point there.

Well done. Sue, you went for C, Viva Forever.

Spice Girls fan, Sue?

-Certainly not.

-So, just a bit of a punt?

Total punt, yeah. I just thought I'd heard of it,

I'd never heard of A, which is why I left A alone, and B or C,

-I went for C.

-Carolynne...

-Oh, dear.

-..you went for C'est La Vie.

Yeah, C'est La Vie, that is my swansong, C'est La Vie!

-Not confident, Carolynne?

-Absolutely no!

Oh, Carolynne. The impossible answer...

-See, C'est La Vie!

-C'est La Vie!

-See you tomorrow, Carolynne.

-Bye!

C'est La Vie was by B*Witched.

Crucially, there is just one person left in the pack on five points,

and that is Shannon.

APPLAUSE Congratulations, you have

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

-Hello, Shannon.

-Hello, Rick.

-Nice to have you down here.

-Nice to be here, Rick.

What do you do for work, Shannon?

So, I work in finance in London, in the City.

-Oh, right, what kind of stuff?

-I work in the compliance section,

so just ensuring that everybody does the right thing, really.

-Everyone behaves themselves?

-Yes.

-No dodgy dealing when Shannon's watching!

-No, precisely, yes.

-Got you. OK, shall we focus?

-Yes.

-Let's get some money.

-Yes, hopefully.

-This is your chance to put up to £500 into

the daily prize pot, and crucially, take a big step towards

playing the £10,000 question.

Going to give you a choice of four topics.

-OK, thank you.

-The Bible, Science, Pop Music and Famous People.

Famous People. Fingers crossed, yes.

Yeah? Fingers crossed. You're going to see nine answers.

Your kind of famous people, Shannon?

I recognise some of the names as being married to Elizabeth Taylor,

but aside from that, don't really know.

Well, let's have a look at the first half of the question.

Which of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands...?

There we go! Five of those are impossible,

they were never married to Elizabeth Taylor. You will have five goes,

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

Where would you like to start?

Aristotle Onassis was married to Jackie Kennedy who then became

Jackie Onassis, so I'll go for him as being an impossible answer.

OK, Aristotle Onassis, with good reasoning.

Is that an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Spot on, Shannon. Exactly as you said.

Married Jackie Kennedy. So, where next?

Burt Lancaster was quite a famous film actor,

but I don't recall him being married to Elizabeth Taylor,

so I'll go for Burt Lancaster.

Is Burt Lancaster an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Yes, Burt Lancaster is impossible.

-£200 in the prize pot.

-Excellent.

-Two from two.

Errol Flynn, I believe, starred in some Westerns.

I don't recall him being married to Elizabeth Taylor, though.

So I'd like to go for Errol Flynn, please.

OK, is Errol Flynn an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Never married to Elizabeth Taylor.

-Where next?

-Mike Brearley, just don't recognise the name,

-so I'll go for Mike Brearley.

-Yeah?

Mike Brearley - is Mike Brearley an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE Yeah.

Former England cricket captain. Never married to Elizabeth Taylor.

-Four from four.

-Excellent, I've done really well so far.

-You have!

-I've surprised myself, to be honest.

-Do your own commentary, Shannon!

-Yes!

It's a toss-up between two.

I can't decide which one to go for.

I'm going to go for John Warner.

Is John Warner an impossible answer?

-Sadly not.

-OK.

-He was married to Elizabeth Taylor.

Still, £400.

-Yes, that's really good.

-As you said!

Are you going to be playing for that money and for 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 give me the right answer, that place in the final is yours.

If you give me a wrong answer, the next best player will have the

chance to steal your place in the final and that was Stewart.

-Feeling good about this one, Stewart?

-Yeah, loving it, loving it.

I know nothing about Elizabeth Taylor.

I thought she was married to Richard Burton twice.

I don't know how many times she was married.

-That sounds all right, doesn't it, Shannon?

-I think she's safe enough.

Now, there is still one impossible answer up there that you

didn't eliminate, Shannon. If you were to give me that now,

sadly, you will be eliminated from today's show.

-OK.

-Shall we look at the full question?

Yes, please.

Which of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands

had previously been married to the actress Debbie Reynolds?

Debbie Reynolds was Carrie Fisher's mum,

so on that basis, I'll have to go for Eddie Fisher.

If Eddie Fisher was one of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands and was previously

married to the actress, Debbie Reynolds,

you're through to the final.

If it's wrong or impossible, I'll throw over to Stewart.

Is Eddie Fisher the right answer?

Yes!

APPLAUSE

Exactly right, Shannon. Exactly right.

Just to clear up the board, quickly.

The one remaining impossible answer - any idea?

Larry Mize.

Larry Mize, the golfer.

That doesn't matter. Shannon, you're through to the final.

-Thank you, Rick.

-APPLAUSE

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

Who's going to be claiming the next one? 11 of you left.

-Are you all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

All answers out there. Jennifer, you went for Never Let Me Go.

-Have you seen any of the films?

-I hope I'm thinking of the right film.

I think I have seen it, I think it's Never Let Me Go.

I think Carey Mulligan might also be in it.

I hope I'm thinking of the right film.

Let's find out if you are thinking of the right film, Jennifer.

You are. And you're right, it does star Carey Mulligan as well,

and Andrew Garfield. A point to all of you.

That does mean that I'm going to be plunging one of Anne or JT

into darkness. The impossible answer...

..is B, The Reader.

Keira Knightley is not in that film, I'm afraid, Anne.

-Anne and Stewart, see you both tomorrow.

-OK.

Question number two.

The right answer you should have gone for...

..is A, Foghorn Leghorn. A point to all of you.

Pat, you went with Road Runner.

Well, it sounds like a large rooster, really, doesn't it?

So, you think you've probably avoided the impossible answer

-at least, do you?

-I haven't got a clue, really!

I think I have, yeah, I think I have.

Well, let's see. The impossible answer...

..Yakky Doodle.

Yakky Doodle is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Question number three.

The answer you should have gone for...

is A, Rene Magritte. So, a point to all of you who went for Magritte.

Sally, you're one of the few who went for Salvador Dali.

I know that Degas painted ballet dancers,

which doesn't sound particularly surrealist,

so I'm just hoping it's wrong rather than impossible.

Mm-hm. Let's see.

Absolutely. Degas was not a surrealist, he was an impressionist.

All nine of you proceed to question four.

We have eight Bs and just the one A.

The right answer...

..is B, Tony Award, so a point to all of you.

Dan, the only one who went for Emmy Award.

The Emmys is an award show in America.

-So you feel OK?

-Well, yes, in that sense.

Let's see if you have avoided the impossible, as you think.

Yes. The Ernie Award is a kind of humorous award in Australia for the

most sexist remark made by a public figure.

LAUGHTER

Nine of you left in play, but only one of you is an four points,

and that is Kate. Question number five.

Jamie, you're the only one who plumped for Cecil, Henry Cecil.

I honestly had no idea, so Cecil sounded like a crime novel-ly

kind of name, so I went for that.

Does sound a bit crime novel-ly. Sue, you went for Dick Francis.

Yeah, I like horse racing, Dunwoody and Dick Francis were jockeys.

I think Henry Cecil is a trainer and I know Dick Francis was an author.

You sound pretty confident, Sue. Let's see what the right answer is.

It is B, Dick Francis, as you thought, Sue.

So, a point to Pat, Sue and Sally. The impossible answer...

Jamie, you have given the impossible answer.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow, thank you.

Henry Cecil WAS a trainer, not a jockey.

So you were ahead on four points, Kate.

Now Sue and Sally have both caught you up.

The fastest to lock in their answers across the round...

..it was Kate! APPLAUSE

Congratulations. You have the second chance to grab a place

-in today's final.

-Thank you.

-Hello again, Kate.

-Hello again.

-Third time down here, third time lucky, maybe?

-I hope so.

Now, you mentioned the other day that you think your

different coloured eyes might be lucky?

Well, hopefully, but they haven't really worked so far, so we'll see.

Normally it's just the butt of many ridiculous comments whenever I go

out and about. I get a lot of people going,

"Did you know you've got different coloured eyes?"

"You look just like David Bowie," I get a lot.

"You look like my dog." That's nice(!)

"You look like my dog!"

I'd take Bowie, but I don't want to look like someone's dog.

Quite a few dogs do have different coloured eyes, but I don't want

-to be told I look like it!

-No.

-But the best one I ever had was,

"Do you see different colours out of each eye?"

So I closed my brown eye, and I said,

"Yes, you look just like a Smurf."

So, yeah, it's good fun.

Right, shall we do this?

Let's do this, yes.

You have a choice of three topics.

They are The Bible, Science and Pop Music.

Pop music, as you know, normally I would go for, but Duran Duran

-last week tripped me up.

-Yeah, that tripped you over, didn't it? Yeah.

But saying that, I'm going to go for it again, in the hope that

this time... It can't be Duran Duran again, so we'll see who it is.

You're going to see nine answers on Pop Music. Here they come.

I'm not a big rap music fan, but at least I recognise

most of the names, so fingers crossed. Better than Duran Duran.

Let's have a look at the first half of the question, see if it helps.

Which British rapper...?

-OK.

-Five of those are impossible because they're not British rappers.

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

which currently stands at £400. Where do you want to start?

OK.

-Eminem.

-OK, is Eminem an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

He is. From Detroit, from 8 Mile.

£100 added to the prize pot. Where next?

-50 Cent.

-Where do you think 50 Cent's from?

-I think he's also American.

-Yeah, not British?

-No.

-He's not called 50 Pence, is he?

LAUGHTER

-That's a good point!

-Is 50 Cent an impossible answer?

Yes, it is.

APPLAUSE

-He's from New York.

-OK.

Drake.

Is Drake an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

He's actually Canadian, from Toronto.

This is where it gets harder. I think I know three that are British.

OK, let's go for...

-..Ice-T.

-Is Ice-T an impossible answer?

Yeah. APPLAUSE

Ice-T is from the Garden State, New Jersey.

-Where next?

-I've never heard of Method Man.

I have absolutely no idea who Method Man is.

Let's go for Method Man, because I think the others are British.

Is Method Man an impossible answer?

-Yes!

-APPLAUSE

-You've never heard of Method Man?

-Sorry.

-From the Wu-Tang Clan?

-I've heard of the Wu-Tang Clan.

-Crucially, he is American.

-The Wu-Tang Clan are from New York.

-OK.

So, £900 in the prize pot. Will you be playing for that money

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

Hopefully.

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

Give me the right answer and you take your place in the final.

Give me a wrong answer and the next best player will have the chance

to steal your place in the final and that was Sue.

Great(!)

Who's your favourite rapper, Sue?

Erm, Dizzee Rascal.

There you go. She's got a favourite!

Now you are in a strong position, Kate, because there are no

impossible answers left up there to trip you up.

Let's have a look at the full question.

Which British rapper has the real name Dylan Mills?

That's not what I was hoping for.

I've no idea.

Lethal Bizzle.

-OK.

-Please.

So, if Lethal Bizzle's real name is Dylan Mills,

you're through to the final. If not, I will be throwing over to Sue.

Is Lethal Bizzle's real name Dylan Mills?

No. Lethal Bizzle's real name is Maxwell Ansah.

-Sue.

-I know nothing about rappers, as you might have guessed.

But I have heard of Dizzee Rascal, I have heard of Tiny Tempah

and I've not heard that name Dylan Mills, associated with

either of them, so I'm going to - complete guess - go for Stormzy.

So, if Stormzy's real name is Dylan Mills,

Sue's going to nick your place in the final.

I think she's right.

Is Stormzy the right answer?

No! It wasn't between those two.

Stormzy's real name is Michael Omari.

-OK.

-That is good news for you, Kate.

-Sorry, Sue.

-You've had a very lucky escape.

-Unlucky, Sue.

-A complete guess from me, so that's...

So, the answer you're looking for is actually your favourite rapper, Sue!

Dizzee Rascal's real name is Dylan Mills.

And Tinie Tempah's real name is Patrick Okogwu.

-Lovely little escape for you, Kate.

-Yeah.

-We'll see you in today's final.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Just the one place left up for grabs in the final.

Who's it going to be? Only seven of you surviving now.

-Are you all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

So we have six Cs and one A.

Are the Cs right?

They are. Point to all of you.

-Sue, you went for Sodor.

-Mm.

I didn't know the answer,

I've never seen the programme, and I thought Barra was a real island,

not fictional, but I could be totally wrong.

Let's find out the impossible answer.

You're right, Sue, Barra is a real island, in the Outer Hebrides.

Sodor is the home of Thomas The Tank Engine.

Moving on to question two.

So we've got all answers out there.

Sally, you've gone with chough. Feeling good about chough?

-Feeling chuffed?

-Feeling chuffed!

I know it's a member of the crow family, so fingers crossed.

We are going to be saying goodbye to one of you along the front row.

Let's see who.

I'm afraid it's you, Dan.

The blackcap is not a member of the crow family, it's a greyish warbler.

-Lovely little bird.

-Lovely.

We'll see you tomorrow. And let's see if you were right, Sally.

Yes. The chough is on the Cornish coat of arms.

So a point to Sue and a point to you, Sally.

On to question number three.

Five of you have gone for A, Somerset House.

Let's see if you're right.

A point to all of you. Sally, you're out on your own there.

-You went for Kenwood.

-Didn't have a clue.

Let's see if you've avoided the impossible answer, Sally.

You have. Osborne House is not in London.

It's on the Isle of Wight. Question number four.

We've got five Cs and then Sally, out on her own again, with the A.

Have the majority got it right?

No, Sally has!

So a point to you, Sally.

-Thank you.

-You nip into the lead.

Jennifer, presumably the rest of you have avoided the impossible answer,

-have you?

-Hope so.

I mean, Winnie the Pooh likes honey, so I thought that might be

a bit of a red herring, hopefully. That's what I'm hoping for.

The impossible answer you should have avoided...

..was C, carrots.

Tigger doesn't try carrots, which means we lose five of you,

leaving only Sally in the game.

APPLAUSE

Sally, you don't even need to face the last question.

You're already coming down to play the grid.

APPLAUSE

-Hello, Sally.

-Hello, Rick.

-How you doing?

I'm delighted to be this far.

I'm delighted that you've got this far, Sally.

-What do you do, Sally?

-I work in an office,

just clerical work for a large firm down in Stoke-on-Trent.

And what do you do to kick back and relax?

I sing in a choir, I canoe, I teach horse riding,

I go long-distance walking, I travel.

-Wow!

-I garden, I read.

-You pack a lot in, Sally!

-A lot, yes.

Does that mean you've got a nice, broad general knowledge, then?

Not as broad as I'd like, I don't think!

OK. Shall we have a look at the topics?

Yes.

They are The Bible and Science.

Either of those grabbing you?

I know absolutely nothing about science and I know even less than

that about the Bible, so it's going to have to be science.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

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

Not a clue.

I think the first half of the question will help.

-Shall we have a look?

-Yes, please.

-All right.

Which so-called sea on the Moon...?

Five of those answers are impossible because they are not

so-called seas on the Moon. You've got five goes.

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

Where would you like to start, Sally?

We'll start, because I have very little idea on this,

with monsters.

Is monsters an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

It is impossible, that is £100 added to the prize pot.

The Sea of Monsters is one of the seas in the Yellow Submarine film.

I think I'm going to go for love.

-Love?

-Just because I'm a cynic.

OK. Let's see if that cynicism pays off.

Is love an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Sea Of Love was a hit for Marty Wilde,

reached number three. It's not on the Moon.

I think the third one I'm going to go for is holes.

-Yeah?

-But I don't know why.

Is holes an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

It is. Not a sea on the Moon, it's a piece of music composed, again,

for The Yellow Submarine film. It's going very well, actually, Sally.

Yes, but it's getting harder now.

Again, based on nothing whatsoever, I'm going for Azov.

Is Azov an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

It is. It's a sea in Eastern Europe, linked to the Black Sea.

Four from four, Sally. Starting to think you're having me on.

You know all these!

I'm just very lucky, clearly, today.

Clouds.

Let's see if clouds is the last remaining impossible answer.

Ooh, the luck just running out there.

The Sea of Clouds is on the Moon, but you've added £400 to today's

prize pot, which now stands at £1,300.

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 and a place in the final is yours. If you give me

a wrong answer, the best player of those eliminated

in what will forever be known as the Tigger Massacre

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

Everyone had two points, but the fastest across the round...

..was Jennifer.

Spent much time gazing up at the seas on the Moon, Jennifer?

-Not enough!

-So that sounds...

Sounds OK, Sally. 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?

-Yes, please.

-All right.

Which so-called sea on the Moon...

was the site of the Apollo 11 landing in July 1969?

I'm looking for the right answer, for a place in the final.

I'm going to go, again, based on no logic whatsoever, for tranquillity.

-For tranquillity?

-Yeah.

Did Apollo 11 land at the Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon

in July, 1969? This for a place in the final.

Yes! APPLAUSE

For a board that you didn't like the look of,

and a subject you didn't like the sound of, very nice, Sally!

You've made it through to the final. Just to clear it up,

the one remaining impossible answer is Marmara,

which is an inland sea in Turkey.

-Sally, take your place in the final.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

but we'll see you all again tomorrow.

-Bye. ALL:

-Bye.

But for Shannon, Kate and Sally, it's time for the final.

APPLAUSE

Shannon, Kate and Sally, first all-female final of the series.

-Yay!

-Delighted.

And there is £1,300 in today's prize pot.

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

£10,000 question. Questions are on the buzzer, most of them are normal,

straightforward questions with normal, straightforward answers.

Buzz and get one right, both of your opponents lose a life,

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

However, some of the questions are impossible.

If you think you've spotted one of those,

you just have to buzz in and say, "Impossible".

If you do that successfully, both of your opponents lose two lives,

but if you say a question is impossible when it isn't,

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it's you that loses the two lives.

The last player standing will take the £1,300.

Good luck. Ready?

-ALL:

-Yep.

-Let's start.

What is the name of Super Mario's brother?

-Kate.

-Luigi.

It is Luigi.

At the start of a game of chess,

which piece is positioned between the rook and the knight?

-Sally.

-Bishop.

I'm afraid it's impossible. They are adjacent.

Sally, you lose two lives.

What is the UK's most northerly city?

-Shannon.

-Inverness?

It is Inverness. Don't look so worried, Shannon!

Who preceded Les Dawson as the presenter of the BBC show,

Blankety Blank?

-Sally.

-Terry Wogan?

It was Terry Wogan.

What is the surname of the two brothers who competed for leadership

of the Labour Party in...?

-Shannon.

-Miliband.

..in 2010? It is Miliband.

Kate and Sally lose a life.

Which body of water surrounds Gibraltar,

separating it from the Spanish mainland?

Sally.

-Impossible.

-That was too much of a hesitation, I'm afraid, Sally.

You didn't get your answer in in time. It was impossible.

Gibraltar is attached to the Spanish mainland,

meaning you lose two lives.

Which animal is used to represent a zoo on road signs in the UK?

-Sally.

-Elephant.

It is an elephant.

What is JK Rowling's first name?

-Kate.

-Joanne.

It is Joanne.

Sally, you're down on two lives, Kate, you're on six.

Shannon, you're on six.

In which lane is the Great Fire of London said to have started?

-Kate.

-Pudding.

It is Pudding Lane.

Sally, you lose a life. Shannon, you lose a life.

Sally, down on one now.

Which of the films in the Dirty Harry series was the last

to star John Wayne?

-Sally.

-Impossible.

It is Impossible. It was a Clint Eastwood series of films.

John Wayne was not in them.

Shannon and Kate, you lose two lives.

In which sport are goal shooter and wing defence...?

-Kate.

-Netball.

..playing positions? It is netball.

Shannon, you lose a life.

Sally, unfortunately you lose your last remaining life,

and you are out of the game.

Kate, you're on four. Shannon, you're on two.

Which US President was assassinated in 1865?

-Shannon.

-Abraham Lincoln.

It is Abraham Lincoln. Shannon, you're on two lives.

Kate, you're on three lives.

The skeleton of which dinosaur appears in the logo

for Jurassic Park?

-Kate.

-Tyrannosaurus rex.

It is the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Shannon, you're down on one life. Kate, you've got three.

For which instrument did Mozart composed his

so-called Moonlight Sonata?

-Kate.

-Piano.

Kate, it's impossible. It was written by Beethoven.

You lose two lives.

That means you're both tied on one life remaining.

By what stage name was John Lydon known

in his time with the Sex Pistols?

-Kate.

-Johnny Rotten.

It is Johnny Rotten.

Shannon, you lose your last remaining life, which means that,

Sally and Shannon, unfortunately you're back in the pack.

Commiserations today. But Kate,

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Kate.

You and your lucky eyes are today's winner, with £1,300.

That's terrific, but you could be leaving with a 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 you a question. Three of the nine answers are correct.

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

That is the good news.

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

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

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

Give me any of those, and you will lose the £1,300.

I can only accept the first three answers that you give, and if you

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

you also lose the £1,300. Now, whatever happens,

you're going to be leaving the show today. You're going to be

reunited with your baby, which is going to be nice.

I hope you see him

with your pockets absolutely stuffed with shiny pound coins.

Any subject that you're particularly hoping for, Kate?

I'm really hoping for Food And Drink.

I'm really anxious that Sport hasn't come up yet,

so I've got a bad feeling it's going to be Sport.

I can tell you that the topic...

Well, it's not Sport. It's Books And Literature.

-OK.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Best of luck, Kate.

-Thank you.

-Here are your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

Shakespeare characters who appear in Hamlet.

And your time starts now.

Banquo, Horatio...

..Lurcio.

-You're shaking your head, Kate.

-I'm pretty sure Banquo is

a Shakespearean character, but I've never studied Hamlet.

I did Merchant Of Venice and Romeo And Juliet a long, long time ago.

Other than that, it's a complete guess. Complete guess.

-OK.

-Just got to hope the luck's seen me through.

How you feeling about Horatio?

-Positive, let's be positive!

-Let's be positive!

Let's have a look at Horatio.

Did Horatio appear in Hamlet?

APPLAUSE Yes.

A very famous line features his name.

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio."

-I don't know that line.

-With the old skull.

I know the skull bit, but I didn't know the line.

One down, two to go.

Banquo, you said you're fairly sure is a Shakespearean character.

Yeah. I mean, obviously, I'd love the ten grand,

but I was just going safe because I don't know any of these names.

So I think he's a Shakespearean character.

Is Banquo a Shakespearean character in Hamlet?

No, but he is a Shakespeare character, from Macbeth,

which means we're holding on to the £1,300.

Don't like this answer any more!

Don't like Lurcio?

No.

What do you wish you'd gone for?

Beatrice. I just keep looking at Beatrice. I don't know why.

But I'm still being positive, so let's give it a go, give it a go.

That's good. You went with Lurcio.

Everyone is hoping it is a Shakespeare character, at least,

so you hold on to that £1,300.

We do not want to see that !mpossible exclamation mark here.

Is Lurcio in Hamlet?

Oh, Kate, I'm so sorry.

-I knew it. It's all right.

-I'm so sorry.

Lurcio is a character in Up Pompeii!

That does mean that you leave us with nothing.

-That's all right.

-Thank you so much, though, for coming to play.

You do get to see your baby boy again at least.

-Yay!

-You've been an amazing contestant.

We've all loved getting to know you. APPLAUSE

The answers you were actually looking for

were Gertrude, Hamlet's mother,

and Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway.

Beatrice is in Much Ado About Nothing,

which is probably why you were drawn towards her.

Alonso is in The Tempest.

Xerxes and Grendel are not Shakespearean characters.

Really tough break, Kate, but you have been an amazing contestant.

-Thank you.

-Round of applause for Kate.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Kate leaves us empty-handed.

The rest of us will be back tomorrow, when someone else

will have the chance to win £10,000.

This has been !mpossible, the quiz where actually anything is possible.

Goodbye. Sorry, Kate.