Episode 22 Impossible

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

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! CONTESTANTS:

-Hello!

Raring to go. They're with us for two weeks, and every day,

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

Whooo!

..giant exclamation mark filled with 10,000 golden pound coins.

At the end of each show, one of this dirty two dozen will face the final

question, and here...

..it is. Today's £10,000 question.

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

Today's new player is Alison,

replacing Jason who left us yesterday to go and do some work

on his garage with the £1,200 daily prize pot that he won.

Alison, how are you doing up there?

I'm fine, mate. Really pleased to be here.

-What do you do, Alison?

-I'm retired now.

So what did you do and what are you filling your time with now?

Oh, well, I worked in change management before,

-but it's more fun to talk about what I do now.

-Go on, then.

-Go on.

-Well, I'm a keen walker and I live in Eastbourne,

-right on the edge of the South Downs.

-Right.

-I've learnt to sail.

-Have you now?

Got yourself a little boat, Alison?

I've got a share in a boat, in a sailing boat called Taka Taka.

How far have you sailed in Taka?

Oh, we've sailed her to France.

-Have you now?

-Yes.

Pretty good. What would you do

if you were to win the £10,000, Alison?

Well, most of my family live in New Zealand,

and I've got great nephews and nieces that I've never,

ever seen, so I guess it would be an airfare and then hopefully something

left so I can spoil them when I get there.

Yeah, great having you on the show, Alison. Hope you enjoy yourself.

And also this is Jackie, a British sign language interpreter for Asif.

Let me, let me have a quick go here.

Welcome to...

Perfect.

Good luck to everyone.

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

each with three answers.

The right answer gets you a point, the wrong answer gets you nothing,

but if you choose the impossible answer...

Oh, no!

That immediately knocks you out of today's show and you'll have to try

again tomorrow. After five questions,

the highest scorer gets the first chance to bag a place

-in today's final. Are we all ready? CONTESTANTS:

-Yes!

Here's your first question.

Everyone has gone for A, Antonio Banderas.

Bit of teamwork to start the show. Let's see if you're all right.

You are! Point to everyone.

Give yourselves a round of applause. APPLAUSE

That's enough. That's enough.

It was quite easy. The impossible answer...

Emilio Estevez.

Not a Spanish actor, he's an American actor.

Question number two.

The right answer...

..is C, Carlos Tevez.

Point to all of you.

-Alison.

-Yes.

Luis Suarez.

You know, I hadn't a clue on any of them so I sort of went middle for

-diddle.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Sometimes middle for diddle will work.

Bernie, you went for A, Robinho.

I couldn't remember who used to play for Man City out of those.

It's such a small team compared to my own.

Oh, are you a United fan?

No, no. I'm a Chelsea fan.

PAINED: Oh, God!

Right, then. One of you has given the impossible answer.

Let's find out who.

B, Luis Suarez.

The only Premiership team he's ever played for is the mighty Liverpool.

Which means we have to say goodbye to nine of you at this early stage.

-See you all tomorrow.

-Bye!

-Bye!

Question number three.

Only 15 of you left in play.

The answer you should have gone for...

..is C, Two-Face.

Point to all of you.

-Sue.

-Oh, dear.

You went for Green Goblin.

I'm not a Batman fan.

-Not a Batman fan?

-No, not seen any of the films, actually.

-Do you like Spider-Man, or...?

-Yeah, he's all right.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Harvey.

-Yes, sir.

-Riddler.

-Riddler.

-Went for Riddler.

What were you thinking?

I was thinking that it wasn't Green Goblin,

so it was a 50-50.

Well, let's see, then.

It is B, Green Goblin,

-who is a Spider-Man villain, Sue.

-OK.

-See you tomorrow.

-Yeah, see you tomorrow.

So with 14 of you left, we go on to question four.

The right answer...

..is A, A Clash Of Kings, so a point to everyone who went for A.

Haris. You a Game Of Thrones fan?

Yeah, I am, but don't really know anything else

that George R R Martin has done, so it was a bit of a guess.

How do you feel about your guess?

Only OK because of the majority seemed

to go A and C, so...

So Haris is sort of feeling all right cos he's with the majority.

You're not with the majority, Sonia.

You're on your own. Just the one B, A Murder Of Crows.

-Sounds like a good book.

-Yeah,

I've watched a few Game Of Thrones programmes,

but I haven't really read

any of the novels, so it was just a guess.

OK, well, one of you has guessed impossibly.

Let's see which one.

I'm afraid it's you, Sonia.

A Murder Of Crows is not a George R R Martin book.

Murder is the collective noun for crows.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Going into the final question in this round,

just 13 of you left in play.

Question number five.

Let's check whether you've avoided the impossible answer.

You have. That was B, The Chainsmokers.

The Chainsmokers are an American duo.

So our three leaders - Kath, Steve, and Izhan -

all gave the same answer, A, Clean Bandit.

Let's see if you're right

and you're all going up to five points.

You are. Everyone who went for A gets a point.

That does mean that Kath, Steve,

and Izhan finish on five

and it comes down to who locked in their answers

the quickest across the round.

And I can tell you that that was Izhan.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

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

final.

-Hello, Izhan.

-Hi there.

Very good round from you.

-Yeah.

-Did it feel good?

-I think so.

I think I felt on a couple of them I knew the answer before it

-came up, so...

-Lovely feeling, that is.

Lovely feeling. What do you do, Izhan?

So I graduated from university last year

and I'm sort of taking a year off

before I sort of start the real world later this year.

So, what's the real world going to hold for you?

-Do you know?

-Yep,

so it's going to be sort of management consulting

-in London somewhere, so...

-OK, and what was your degree in?

-Engineering.

-Right, OK.

So how come the...?

I suppose, I think, after four years of doing nothing but maths and

physics, I thought I got a bit bored of it.

So I just tried something else instead.

All right, let's focus. This is your chance to put up to £500 into the

daily prize pot and take a big step towards playing that £10,000

question. Going to give you a choice of four topics.

Here they come.

What do you think?

I think,

like, all of them I would be OK at,

maybe with the exception of Geography.

-Right.

-I think I probably have bigger knowledge gaps

in Pop Music and Famous People than I'd like to admit,

so I think I'll stick with Film and see what happens.

All righty. I'm going to reveal nine answers, and here they are.

Have you seen all nine?

-No.

-How many have you seen, do you reckon?

-Two maybe?

-Well...

I recognise a couple more, but we'll see how this goes.

Let's see if the first half of the question helps.

So five of those answers are impossible

because they do not star Marilyn Monroe.

You've got five goes, and each impossible answer

you successfully identify will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

Just trying to avoid the ones that I think I know are right.

Perhaps Bus Stop?

Bus Stop? OK.

Why have you picked it?

Seems like an interesting name of a film.

I don't know if that's something that would appeal to Marilyn Monroe.

Yeah, would Marilyn Monroe be in a film called Bus Stop?

The age-old question, Izhan.

Let's see, is Bus Stop an impossible answer?

And the answer to the question is, yeah, she would, and she is.

LAUGHTER

OK, four more goes, though.

Let's go for The Apartment.

The Apartment. Is The Apartment an impossible answer?

It is.

Starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

£100 into the prize pot.

We're off and running.

Breakfast At Tiffany's is a big film.

It's quite a famous one.

And I don't know if that's because she was in it or

famously someone else was in it.

I think someone else was in it, so I'm going to go for that next.

OK. Is Breakfast At Tiffany's an impossible answer?

Yes. Famously stars Audrey Hepburn.

So £200 in the prize pot.

-Two more goes.

-Let's go for Who's That Girl.

OK. Is Who's That Girl an impossible answer?

It is. Stars Madonna.

£300 in the prize pot.

-One more go.

-Let's say The Seven Year Itch.

Is The Seven Year Itch an impossible answer?

It's not, I'm afraid.

-Nevertheless, £300 in the prize pot.

-Mm-hm.

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 and I'll be looking

for the right answer. If you give me the right answer,

you're in the final. But if you give me a wrong answer,

the next-best player will have the chance to steal that place.

And I can reveal that the person standing by is Kath.

-Hello, Kath.

-Hi there.

Fan of Marilyn Monroe?

Well, she's more my era, really.

Going back, well, maybe not that far.

-Not going to say.

-Thinking about it.

Have you seen a few of these films, Kath?

I think I have in my day, but I can't remember them very well.

Hm. Well, we shall see.

There are two impossible answers still up there, Izhan.

If you give me either of those,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Let's go for it.

-All right.

I think I know the scene, but it doesn't help at all.

I'm going to go for Some Like It Hot.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-If Some Like It Hot is the right answer and does feature

that iconic scene, you're in the final.

If it's wrong or impossible,

I will throw over to Kath.

Is Some Like It Hot the right answer?

It isn't. That means I throw it over to Kath.

Kath, get this right and you nick his place in the final.

So what's your answer?

I'm pretty sure it's The Seven Year Itch.

OK.

Is The Seven Year Itch the right answer?

-It is.

-Sorry.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Kath.

You've got Izhan's place in the final.

Just to clear up the grid, the other impossible answers are...

Sunset Boulevard...

..with Gloria Swanson, and The Girl Can't Help It,

which starred Jayne Mansfield.

Bad luck, Izhan. You're back in the pack for the next round.

-That's all right.

-Kath, you're in the final.

Thank you.

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

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

12 of you left, all ready?

-CONTESTANTS:

-Yes!

-Here's your first question.

11 of you have gone for C.

We've just got the one B.

I notice your head dropped there, Linda.

It did. It did.

Let's see what the right answer is.

It is C, Ohio.

So 11 of you get a point.

Linda, have you avoided the impossible?

Honestly, I don't know.

-I hope so.

-The impossible answer...

Yes?

-..is Omaha.

-Oh, wow.

-So you have avoided it.

-Brilliant.

-Omaha is not a US state.

Omaha is a city in Nebraska.

Question number two.

Similar breakdown. 11 of you have gone with A.

Just one of you has gone with B, Jack.

The right answer...

..is A, Kelly.

So a point to all of you.

-Ndaba.

-Hello.

You've done a bit of a Linda here.

I have.

Have you avoided the impossible answer?

I think he has a son called Jack,

but I don't really know.

Let's see what the impossible answer was.

It was C, Liberty.

So you have avoided it.

Liberty is the daughter of George Osborne,

the former Chancellor.

Question number three.

All answers out there.

Kym, you've gone for Leeds Castle.

Feeling good about that answer?

I'm pretty sure Leeds Castle is in Kent.

I really don't know if there's a museum of dog collars there,

so I was trying to play it safe. Could be completely wrong now.

You're looking at me in that dubious fashion, so I'm not sure.

This is how I look at everyone.

Yeah, I've just got a very dubious face.

Huw, you've gone with Peveril Castle.

Yeah, I thought it might have been Leeds cos that would have been a

curveball, but then I talked myself out of it cos I thought Leeds

would be in Leeds. But now I'm thinking Leeds is probably in Kent.

Cor, it's a real journey for you with Leeds Castle, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

Laurence, you went for Hever Castle.

I was riding along on that journey with you actually, yeah.

You two, just having a great time.

But you ended up at different places.

Yeah, exactly. He dropped me off at Hever Castle.

I tell you what, one thing about Huw, generous to a fault.

One of you three has definitely given the impossible answer.

Let's see what it was.

C, Peveril Castle, is in Derbyshire I'm afraid,

which means that Huw and Izhan have to say goodbye at this point.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

OK, now let's see if Huw generously dropped you off

at the right location,

Laurence. The right answer...

Unfortunately not. It is A, Leeds Castle.

A point to everyone who went for Leeds Castle.

So Laurence, you survive.

Huw can just sit there and stew about the Leeds Castle journey.

Despicable.

Question number four.

Pam, you're our only A, going for Albert Finney.

Yes, I know it's wrong.

LAUGHTER

Which begs the question, Pam, why did you go for it?

I was trying to decide between B and C, and I panicked and pressed A.

Ah, yeah, yeah.

I guess sometimes if you can't choose between B and C,

the only thing to do is A.

-Yes.

-What did your friend think?

-Not Alison or James, the other one.

-This one.

He told me to press B.

Maybe you should have listened to him.

Asif, you've gone with C, Albert Einstein.

Six other people have gone with Albert Einstein.

Are you feeling comfortable within the group?

Yep. I feel comfortable.

Think you've given the right answer?

-Yes.

-I like that!

Very confident. Let's see if you're right to be confident.

You are. Point to everyone who put C.

And the impossible answer...

A, Albert Finney.

You didn't really want to go for it, Pam, and you shouldn't have done.

Albert Finney has never won a Nobel Prize, I'm afraid.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-Thank you.

Nine of you are left in play,

but just two of you are on four points,

and they are Harvey and Asif.

Question number five.

Both of our leaders have gone with A.

Let's just check they haven't given the impossible answer.

They haven't, that was Steph Houghton,

who is the captain of the England women's football team.

Ndaba, we'll see you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Let's have a look at where the points are going.

A, Charlotte Brew.

So a point to everyone who went for A.

And that means, at the end of the round,

Harvey and Asif are tied on five points apiece.

I can tell you that the person

to lock in their answers the quickest...

was Harvey!

Congratulations, Harvey.

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

-Hello, Harvey. How are you doing?

-All right, thanks.

Very nice round from you, Harvey.

-Excellent.

-Very quick on the buzzer.

They fell for me nicely.

They did fall for you nicely.

-What do you do, Harvey?

-I'm retired,

but most of my spare time is taken up in sport commentating.

-Oh, really?

-A commentator, yeah, football, rugby league, cricket,

I've been doing it for about 20 years,

but now, I wouldn't say it's a full-time job,

but it takes most of my spare time up.

-I love it.

-Shall we have a look at the three topics remaining?

-Yes.

They are...

-Right, I'll go for Geography.

-All right.

So you're going to see nine answers.

Here they come.

-Do you want to see the first half of the question?

-Aye, go on. Yeah.

-Right.

-So five of those answers are impossible because they are not

-island nations in the Indian Ocean.

-OK.

Each impossible answer you give me

will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

-OK.

-Where would you like to start, Harvey?

-I'll go with Fiji.

-Know where Fiji is?

-In the ocean somewhere.

I think it's in the Pacific.

OK. Is Fiji an impossible answer?

It is. In the Pacific Ocean.

I think Samoa is relatively close to Fiji, so I'll go with that one.

OK. Samoa, is that an impossible answer?

Yes, also in the Pacific.

Tuvalu is the same area.

OK. Is Tuvalu an impossible answer?

Yes, same ocean, the Pacific.

Yes. And I believe that Vanuatu is, as well.

Is Vanuatu an impossible answer?

It is still in the Pacific.

You're making this look easy, Harvey.

I know three that's in the Indian Ocean, so it's a toss-up between...

..Kiribati and Comoros.

I think Comoros is probably the more likely of those two.

Kiribati sounds more Indian, doesn't it?

I'll go for Comoros.

-Comoros.

-I'm not sure, but I'll go for Comoros.

Not sure about this one,

but hoping that Comoros is an impossible answer.

Oh, it's not, actually.

Nevertheless, £400 in the prize pot, now stands at £700,

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.

-OK.

-Give me the right answer, a place in the final is yours.

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

to steal your place in the final.

That was Asif.

You feeling ready, Asif?

If you give me an impossible answer, Harvey,

and there is still one up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-Yeah.

-Shall we look at the full question?

It's the Maldives.

The Maldives? So very confident here, actually, Harvey.

Yeah.

Is the Maldives the right answer?

Yes, it is.

Well done, Harvey. Just to clear up the grid,

-what's the other remaining...?

-Kiribati, isn't it?

And I think it's pronounced "Kiribass".

-Is it?

-Yeah, apparently.

That was the impossible, which is also in the Pacific.

Very well done. You are through to the final.

Thank you very much.

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

Who's it going to be? Everyone ready?

-CONTESTANTS:

-Yes.

-Good luck.

Here's your first question.

Mainly As, five As in fact.

Let's see if they were right.

They were, so a point to you five.

That does mean that, down on the bottom row,

we're going to be losing one of

Linda or Asif.

Linda, you went for The Gremlins.

I did, I know that Matilda is a Roald Dahl novel,

but I didn't know it was made into a film.

I knew it was a musical.

I didn't think it was The Goonies, so I just hope I'm safe.

Mm-hm. And, Asif, you went for The Goonies.

Well, to be honest, I'd got no clue.

It was just a thought, I just did it off the cuff.

Pure, pure guesswork from you, Asif.

Slight guess from you as well, Linda.

One of you has got lucky.

The other, we're going to have to say goodbye to.

That's it.

Classic handholding.

Love the camaraderie in here.

The impossible answer...

..is C, The Goonies, I'm afraid.

The Goonies, not written by Roald Dahl,

which means we'll have to see you tomorrow.

Question number two.

Laurence, on your own with the B.

Yeah, I mean, a bit of a guess.

I believe Roger Waters might be in Pink Floyd.

Bernie, you were the only C.

I just thought Syd Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd

and had died, but I might be entirely wrong.

What about Keith Moon, then, Harris?

I used to see lunar stuff with Pink Floyd, so I have no idea why.

Let's have a look at the impossible answer.

It is A, Keith Moon, which means it is carnage out there!

We lose four of you in one fell swoop.

We'll see you all tomorrow.

Keith Moon was the drummer in The Who.

The right answer...

..is C, Syd Barrett.

-A point to you, Bernie.

-Thank you.

Ready for question three.

Bernie and Laurence, you are not in agreement, which is exciting.

Let's see if you have avoided the impossible answer first.

You both have.

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek dramas.

Let's see who is going to get the point.

Laurence. With B, Phobos.

Which means you tie the scores up, both on two points.

It's getting nice and tense, isn't it?

Question number four, see if we can separate you.

You've both given the same answer.

Have you both given the right answer?

You have. Still can't separate you.

The impossible answer...

C, Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor is a real city in Michigan.

Question number five.

You've gone for different answers.

Let's see if you both avoided the impossible.

You have, B, Estragon.

Estragon is from Waiting For Godot, not Twelfth Night.

Whoever has got this right...

..is coming down to play the grid.

The right answer...

..is A, Orsino.

Bernie, you get the point, which means, congratulations,

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

Thank you.

Hello, Bernie, how are you?

I'm fine, Rick, thank you.

-What do you do, Bernie?

-I own a chocolate cafe, in Margate, in Kent.

Oh, nice! So just exclusively selling chocolate?

Well, we sell hot chocolates and fresh waffles and chocolate sauces,

and we overlook the beach in Margate.

-Oh, delicious.

-It is, yeah, you have to come down.

What's your most expensive chocolate?

Well, now you ask, Rick, this'll creep you out totally.

-Go on.

-But it's called a Hot Rich Italian.

Oh, OK!

And what is in the Hot Rich Italian?

Well, it's very, very rich, dark chocolate and it's very smooth.

OK. Sounds good, actually.

-Yeah.

-Does sound good.

-A hot rich Italian would be.

I'm going to pop down...

-I think you should.

-..and guzzle down a Hot Rich Italian!

Come to the counter and ask for one, why don't you?!

I think we should have a look at the grid now.

-OK.

-I'll get myself in trouble here, Bernie.

-Oh, dear.

-So the two remaining grids to choose from are Pop Music and

Famous People.

I'm going to go for Famous People.

I know nothing about Pop Music, so...

-All right.

-OK.

So I'm going to show you nine answers relating to famous people.

-Sure.

-Here they come.

-What have you got for me, anything?

-Politics?

-I don't know.

-OK. Shall we have a look at the first half

-of the question?

-Yeah.

-That'll help.

So, yes. So five of those answers are impossible,

because they were not members of Parliament.

-Mm-hm.

-You've got five goes, and

each impossible answer you successfully identify

will put another £100

into the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

I'll start with Christine Hamilton.

Start with Christine Hamilton.

-How come?

-She was married, I think, to a member of Parliament,

but I don't think she ever stood or was there.

OK. Is Christine Hamilton an impossible answer?

Yes. £100 added to the prize pot.

-Where next?

-Esther Rantzen.

I think she stood for Parliament, but I don't think she got in.

Is Esther Rantzen an impossible answer?

She is.

Where next?

Arthur Scargill.

Arthur Scargill.

What can you tell me about Arthur Scargill?

Miners' union leader,

but I don't think he was ever a member of Parliament.

OK. Is Arthur Scargill an impossible answer?

Yes, exactly right.

Two more to go. Where are you thinking?

-Alistair Campbell.

-Alistair Campbell.

Is Alistair Campbell an impossible answer?

Yes, absolutely right again, Bernie.

My last one would be, I think, Frederick Forsyth.

Frederick Forsyth, is that an impossible answer?

Yes.

He is a novelist.

He's never been a member of Parliament.

£500 added to the prize pot.

Now stands at £1,200.

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're in the final.

If you give me a wrong answer,

the next best player has the chance to steal.

As you know, that is Laurence.

-Hello, Laurence.

-Hello.

If you were to have a little chance here?

Judging from the first section, I can't see it happening,

but, yeah, we'll see.

We will. Now, you are in a very strong position, Bernie,

given that you owned that grid

-and there are no impossible answers left to trip you up.

-OK.

Let's have a look at the full question.

I don't know.

But I'm going to guess at Gyles Brandreth.

Why are you going for Gyles?

Cos he's known for, sort of, games,

he collects teddy bears and toys and things.

So it's a guess.

You know, Robert Kilroy-Silk had a programme,

Sebastian Coe was the Olympics, Jeffrey Archer's a writer.

-It's a guess.

-So we're going with Gyles Brandreth.

If Gyles Brandreth was once European Monopoly champion,

you're in the final, Bernie.

Is Gyles Brandreth the right answer?

Yes.

-APPLAUSE

-Phew! I didn't know that.

The perfect grid.

Well done, Bernie. You're through to the final.

Thank you.

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

but we will see you all again tomorrow.

-Bye. CONTESTANTS:

-Bye!

But for Kath, Harvey and Bernie, it's time for the final.

Kath, Harvey and Bernie, there's £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 start with ten lives.

Questions are on the buzzer, and 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.

However, some of the questions are impossible.

That is to say - there is no answer, they make no sense,

they're illogical. If you think you've spotted one of these,

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

That's really bad news for your opponents

because they will both lose two lives.

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

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you who's going to be losing the two lives.

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

-Ready?

-Yep.

Good luck to you all, let's start.

In the television series,

what is the first name of the detective known as Morse?

-Bernie.

-Endeavour.

-It is Endeavour.

Harvey and Kath, you lose a life.

Christopher Columbus first landed in Australia in which century?

-Bernie.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

Columbus never went to Australia.

Harvey and Kath, you both lose two lives.

Farrokh Bulsara was the birth name of which iconic...?

-Harvey.

-Freddie Mercury.

-Of which iconic rock singer?

It is Freddie Mercury.

Bernie, you lose a life.

Kath, you lose a life.

In which UK city is the Brunel ship SS Great Britain?

-Harvey.

-Bristol.

-It is in Bristol.

Kath, you lose a life. Bernie, you lose a life.

Which letter tile in the standard UK version of the game Scrabble has a

face value of 12 points?

-Kath.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

No letter scores more than ten.

Harvey, you lose two lives.

Bernie, you lose two lives.

In which month is St George's Day celebrated in the UK?

-Bernie.

-Impossible.

-It's not impossible, Bernie.

-Yeah. It's true.

-It's celebrated in April.

-Yeah.

-You lose two lives.

In which year of the 1990s was Barack Obama inaugurated

as President of the USA?

-Bernie.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

He was first inaugurated in 2009.

Harvey and Kath, you both lose two lives.

It's very tight.

According to the opening line of a song in the film Cabaret,

what makes the world go round?

-Bernie.

-Money.

-It is money.

Harvey and Kath, you lose a life.

Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novel Mansfield Park?

-Kath.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

It's by Jane Austen. Which means, Bernie, you lose two lives.

Harvey, unfortunately, you lose your last remaining lives.

You are out of the game.

Which famous US horse race is run at Churchill Downs, Louisville,

-on the first...? Kath.

-Kentucky Derby.

On the first Saturday of May.

It is the Kentucky Derby.

Bernie, you lose a life.

Down to one now.

Starring in movies from the 1930s until the 1960s,

which actress was born Frances Ethel Gumm?

-Bernie.

-Judy Garland.

-It is Judy Garland.

Kath, you lose a life.

Bernie, you have one life.

Kath, you have one life.

Which king of the United Kingdom was on the throne when the Penny Black

stamp was first issued?

-Kath.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

Queen Victoria was on the throne when the Penny Black was issued.

Bernie, you lose your last remaining life.

Commiserations to Harvey and to Bernie.

You go back into the pack for tomorrow's show.

But, Kath, it's time to face the £10,000 question!

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

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

if you can answer the £10,000 question.

Now, because you swept in and, well, stole Izhan's place in the final,

I've realised, I don't know what you do, Kath.

I'm a retired maths teacher.

-Oh, very good.

-But I do still have a lot to do with exam marking.

I'm a team leader on exam marking,

so I do that a couple of times a year.

Do some volunteering as well for Cats' Protection.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-I think we are going to get on absolutely famously, Kath,

because I really like maths and I really like cats.

-Super.

-We can talk about this later on, Kath.

We should get down to business, shouldn't we?

This is how this is going to work.

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

Three of the nine answers are correct.

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

That is the good news.

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

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

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

If you give me one of those, you will lose the £1,200.

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

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

you also lose the £1,200.

Whatever happens, you will be leaving the show today.

We want it to be with the problem of -

"Where am I going to put all these pound coins?"

Lovely problem to have.

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

Not so good on politics or history.

-All right.

-Films would be OK, books would be fine.

Science, anything. Maths would be brilliant, you know.

-Digits of pi.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

I can tell you, Kath, it is on history.

-Ah.

-Ah.

-Ready?

-OK.

-Just give it your best shot.

-Yeah.

-We're all rooting for you.

-OK.

-Here are your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

And your time starts now.

Edgehill, Marston Moore...

Bosworth Field?

You took your time, Kath, and on that last one, you kind of...

Didn't feel like you liked it as you said it.

No. No. I think it was drawn to that cos it's Leicestershire

and Richard III... I can't remember the dates of Richard III,

so I'm not so sure about that.

All right.

Let's take them in the order that you said them in.

You started with Edgehill.

Feeling all right about Edgehill?

I think so.

Yeah. I think so.

-OK.

-Drawn to it, but I don't know why.

Let's see if you were drawn to it because it's a right answer.

Was Edgehill a battle in the English Civil wars?

It was.

One down. 1642.

You then said Marston Moor.

Similarly confident in this one?

Yeah, I think so.

Is Marston Moor a right answer?

It is.

I know the dates of that... No, it's just gone.

Marston Moor was 1644.

You're saying that the Battle of Bosworth Field,

the dates are just coming back to you.

About 1483, something like that.

Where do you wish you'd gone for now?

I think Sedgemoor might be the one.

OK. The main thing here is that we don't see an exclamation mark.

If it's impossible, you leave with nothing.

Is Bosworth Field a right answer?

It isn't, as I think you worked out.

It was quite a bit earlier.

It was in 1485.

-I knew it was...

-But it was a battle in England, which means, well done,

you've retained the daily prize pot and you've won £1,200, Kath.

The impossible answers that you avoided - Little Bighorn,

The Bulge and Balaclava.

With a bit more time, you thought you should have gone for Sedgemoor.

Actually, the other right answer was Roundway Down.

Oh, good. I'm glad.

Yeah, which is a bit of a relief, probably.

-It is, yeah.

-And you've got that £1,200.

Thank you very much for playing !mpossible, you've been great.

So, Kath leaves 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.