Episode 29 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! ALL:

-Hello.

Great to see them, they're with us for two weeks and every day

one of them has the chance to unlock this...

-ALL:

-Wooooh!

People are already calling it a giant exclamation mark,

filled with 10,000 pound coins.

At the end of each show,

one of our 24 cheery contestants will face the final question.

And here...

-Whoa!

-..it is -

today's £10,000 question.

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

Yesterday Kym left us after winning £1,300

and is replaced today by Neil.

-Hello, Neil.

-Hi, how are you doing?

-Very well, thank you. How are you?

-Good, thanks.

-What do you do, Neil?

I'm a sales director for a telecoms company in Worcester.

And what do you do in your spare time, Neil?

I play pool for a local pool team.

-Very nice.

-I follow Liverpool Football Club.

You are my kind of guy, Neil. I love pool and I love Liverpool!

I like going to Anfield whenever I can.

They're doing OK at the moment, which is nice.

I've got four children, which takes up a lot of my time.

-I'll bet it does.

-That's pretty much it.

Lovely to have you on the show, Neil. Best of luck. Jackie is here,

as ever, our British Sign Language interpreter who is working

with Asif. Game faces on. Are we ready?

-ALL:

-Yes!

-Here's your first question.

Let's see where the points are going.

To the As. Let's see if the Bs have avoided the impossible answer.

You have.

The impossible answer was C, Bernie Clifton, who is a comedian,

not a dancer. Question number two.

The right answer...

is B, Siberian tiger.

A point to everyone who went for that.

Let's check that the Cs have avoided the impossible answer.

Yes, there is no such thing

as a Saharan tiger.

Question three...

20 As and four Bs.

Harris, you went for Fenerbahce.

OK, I'm a Man United fan and

I'm pretty sure, cos I remember the free kick and everything,

I thought this was against Fenerbahce, so...

C, I think is impossible,

-so I'm going to say...

-All right.

The right answer...

..is B, Fenerbahce. Well remembered.

A point to those four.

The impossible answer...

..Narrangansett

is a breed of turkey,

not a Turkish football team.

So all 24 of you still in as we go on to question four.

The points go to...

The Cs, Pearl Harbor.

The impossible answer...

..is B.

Independence Day,

directed by Roland Emmerich.

So goodbye to, well, loads of you.

LAUGHTER We'll see you tomorrow!

16 of you left in play.

Final question of the rounds, question five.

A pretty even split between Bs and Cs.

Let's see where the points are going.

To the Bs, Gawain.

A point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Gielgud.

LAUGHTER

Try and hide your surprise a little bit, Leon.

It's been a while since I got this far.

It's been a while.

Sir John Gielgud is an actor, who won his only Oscar

for his role in the film Arthur.

So at the end of this round we have four players on four points -

Simon, Bernie, Jane and Linda -

but the quickest to lock in their answers across the rounds

was Bernie.

Congratulations, Bernie.

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

Well, Bernie, fourth time down here, now.

A bit embarrassing, isn't it, really?

It's not embarrassing getting down here so many times -

it's slightly embarrassing that you keep not winning the final!

-I know, I know!

-What's going wrong?

I... Well, Kym gave me a pep talk yesterday.

-What did she say?

-She said press the buzzer!

I think it's a good hint.

If you don't press the buzzer, it's very hard to win the buzzer round.

-Yes!

-Shall we get on with it?

-Yeah, just get on with it, absolutely.

-All right.

As you well know,

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.

-Let's have a look at them.

Well, let's get rid of Pop Music and Geography first of all.

-I think I'll go for Politics.

-OK.

-So I'm going to reveal nine answers...

-Right.

-..relating to Politics.

-OK.

-Here they are.

-All women.

-Very good!

If the first half of the question is "Which women..."

-I'll be fine!

-I'll be surprised!

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

Which former Labour MP...?

Five of those answers are impossible,

-because they're not Labour MPs.

-OK.

You've got five goes, and each impossible answer will add £100

to the daily prize pot. Where would you like to start?

Ann Widdecombe.

Is Ann Widdecombe an impossible answer?

Former Conservative MP.

So, Edwina Currie, Tory, been on Strictly, got to go.

Edwina Currie, is that an impossible answer?

Another former Conservative MP.

-Three more goes.

-Virginia Bottomly.

Tory, gone into recruitment since then.

I think she still might be an MP, actually, not sure.

-Anyway, her husband's an MP as well, so...

-OK.

Seem to know a lot about Virginia Bottomly.

Is she an impossible answer?

Former Conservative MP, no longer an MP.

Three from three. Yeah, three from three.

Four, I think Gillian Shephard was a Tory,

-so, um, get rid of her, I think.

-All right.

Is Gillian Sheppard an impossible answer?

Yep. Another former Conservative.

So, now, I'm thinking it's got to be Nancy Astor,

who is the first MP, woman MP to take her place in Parliament,

albeit she wasn't the first woman MP voted in.

I think she must be a Tory.

So I'm getting rid of her anyway.

An extraordinary amount of biographical detail.

Is Nancy Astor an impossible answer?

Not only an impossible answer but everything you've said about her...

-Was wrong?

-..was spot on.

-Oh, gosh, it's a good memory.

-£500 went to the daily prize pot.

-OK.

But will you be playing for that money and for a shot at

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

In a moment I'll reveal the second half of the question

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

Give me the right answer and you're 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 next-best player...

..was Simon.

What do you think about these Labour MPs?

Yeah, very nice, aren't they?

About as good as my film knowledge, I think.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah. That good, Rick.

-Yeah.

-You are absolutely fine.

You're in a very strong position,

-no impossible answers left to trip you up.

-Right.

Let's have a look at the full question.

Which former Labour MP...

..was once a member of The Tiller Girls' dance group?

Betty Boothroyd.

-No hesitation.

-No.

Barbara Castle, Minister for Transport, Glenda Jackson, actress,

Mo Mowlam, Northern Ireland.

Betty Boothroyd, Leader of the Commons.

It's too easy for you, isn't it? Too easy.

If Betty Boothroyd was once a member of The Tiller Girls' dance group,

you're in the final. Is Betty Boothroyd the right answer?

APPLAUSE

Yes, and first female Speaker, as well.

That's what I meant, Speaker, sorry. I got that wrong.

I mean, the only thing you got wrong.

-Well done, Bernie.

-Thank you.

-That's the easy bit for you done,

-you're through to the final! The hard bit.

-Thank you.

Still two places left in today's final alongside Bernie -

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

-15 of you left. Are you all ready?

-Yes!

Good luck. Here's your first question.

The right answer...

is A, Sine.

A point to all the As.

Let's see if the Bs have avoided the impossible answer.

They have.

C, Integer is not a trigonometric function.

Question two.

Ndaba, you went Henry Cavill.

I did. It is an error on my part, I think.

Oh.

How come?

I think Chris Hemsworth,

or the Hemsworth brothers, they're both Australian.

Eric Bana, I think he was...

..The Hulk.

So Henry Cavill can't be Australian if those two are.

But to be clear you did go for the one that you worked out

couldn't be Australian?

-Yeah.

-I'll leave you be.

-Annelies?

-Yeah, I put Chris Hemsworth.

I've actually got concrete sort of reasons for this.

-Oh, go on.

-I know he's Australian

cos obviously I know Liam Hemsworth and I know they're brothers.

They're really hot. So...

Yeah, I went with C just cos I knew he was Australian.

I mean, I don't watch Home And Away so I'm not sure if

he's in Home And Away but I'm confident to say I don't have

the impossible answer.

-Very good.

-Yeah.

Let's see if your confidence is well-founded, Annelies.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Henry Cavill,

as you worked out, Ndaba!

Not an Australian actor -

he's British, played Superman.

So, Ndaba and Simon, we'll see you tomorrow.

Now, let's see where the points are going.

C, Chris Hemsworth.

So a point to all the Cs.

Question number three.

The right answer is B, Edgbaston,

so a point to all of you.

OK, the impossible answer...

..C, Collingwood.

Collingwood, not a cricket ground, a cricket player, England batsman,

Paul Collingwood, and Headingley is in Leeds.

Question number four.

The right answer...

..is C, MC Beaton.

A point to Asif and a point to James.

Let's see who we're going to be eliminating.

The impossible answer...

..CJ Sansom

is a male crime writer.

Steve and Hugh, we'll see you tomorrow.

Four players on three points, and they are all on the front row.

-ALL:

-Oooh!

Lateefah, Asif,

Linda and Izhan.

Question number five.

The right answer

was C, Songs From The Last Century.

Songs From The Last Century got to number two in 1999,

held off the top spot by Shania Twain.

So we are going to be losing about half of you here.

-Leon?

-I thought to myself,

"Oh, Crazy Love, yeah, I'll go for that,"

because Patience I thought was maybe Take That.

And then I realised, hang on, Crazy Love might actually be Beyonce.

So I kind of guessed and I've got an impossible answer.

Mmm.

It's fine. Once you've got more time to reflect on it, it's fine.

-Oh, it's absolutely fine.

-It is!

-Yeah.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Crazy Love

is an album by Michael Buble.

So, Leon, Asif, Linda, Clair and James and Hazel,

we have to say goodbye. See you tomorrow.

So only five of you remaining in play

and two of you are on three points.

Izhan and Lateefah.

And the quickest to lock in their answers...

..was Izhan.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Izhan.

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

-Hello again, Izhan.

-Hello again, Rick.

-How are you doing?

-I'm good, thanks, yeah.

So, what I thought we'd do here is we'll plan this road trip

-just in case you get the £1,000.

-Sure.

-Where we going to go?

I think we'll start in Melbourne.

-Yes.

-Perhaps catch the Boxing Day Test, if you time it right.

OK, and then where next?

Just drive towards the centre and see what happens.

Quite a loose plan. What are we driving?

Ideally, a mid-1980s Land Rover,

maybe deep blue.

Mmm, you've thought about this a bit, haven't you?

Just a little bit.

-Shall we have a look at the three topics?

-Let's.

-All right.

Let's go for Geography, yeah, change it up.

All right. You're going to see nine answers relating to Geography.

Here they come.

-Would you like to see the first half of the question?

-Yes.

Which bridge in New York City...?

So five of those answers are impossible,

because they're not bridges in New York City.

Each impossible answer you give me will add £100

to the daily prize pot. Where do you want to start?

Golden Gate Bridge.

I think that's in San Francisco.

Is the Golden Gate Bridge an impossible answer?

Yes. And, as you say, it's in San Francisco.

I think Williamsburg Bridge would be where I'm going next.

Mm-hmm.

On what basis?

I think Williamsburg was a...

..a pivotal city in sort of the US Civil War

and I don't think New York City was a part of that sort of

particular battle ground so I'm hoping that it's named after

where it is, rather than sort of a different place.

Mm-hmm. Is Williamsburg Bridge an impossible answer?

-No.

-OK.

-It is a bridge in New York City.

Three guesses remain.

I'm tempted by the Swinford Toll Bridge.

I'm not sure.

Cos they do have tolls quite often in the US.

Um...

No, let's go for the Great Belt Bridge instead.

Is The Great Belt Bridge an impossible answer?

Yes.

The Great Belt Bridge links two Danish islands.

Two guesses remaining.

Seven Mile Bridge.

What's led you to Seven Mile Bridge?

New York City is pretty dense, pretty small,

a seven-mile bridge would be impressive,

if indeed it is seven miles long.

-I don't know. But that's what it's based on.

-OK.

Is Seven Mile Bridge an impossible answer?

Yes. It's in Florida.

One more go. Let's get rid of one more impossible answer.

The Rialto Bridge.

Let's see if the Rialto Bridge is an impossible answer.

It is.

One of four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice.

So you've put £400 into the daily prize pot,

which now stands at £900,

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.

Give me the right answer, you're in the final.

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

the chance to steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that that is Lateefah.

There she is! There is still an impossible answer up there.

If you give me that, sadly,

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

Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Yeah.

-All right.

Which bridge in New York City...

..links Manhattan with New Jersey?

I'm going to go for Williamsburg Bridge.

I know it's right,

or it's a New York City bridge, so...

So you know it's not impossible,

so you're playing it safe here?

-Yeah.

-Is Williamsburg Bridge the right answer?

It's not. That's a wrong answer, so now we throw over to Lateefah.

The only bridge that I know which is

like in New York is Queensboro Bridge

so could I just, yeah, try that one.

Is Queensboro Bridge the right answer?

No.

It isn't,

which means Izhan, you will be going through to the final.

The right answer...

..is the George Washington Bridge.

And the one remaining impossible answer is the Swinford Toll Bridge.

Not in America. The Swinford Toll Bridge is in Oxfordshire.

Well done, Izhan, you're in the final.

APPLAUSE

Just one place left up for grabs in the final,

let's see who it's going to be. Only four of you surviving.

-Are we all ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Two As and two Bs. The right answer...

..is A. Bones McCoy.

Point to Annalies and a point to Jane.

The impossible answer...

..C, Jean-Luc Godard.

Jean-Luc Godard is a French film director,

Jean-Luc Picard was a character played by Patrick Stewart

in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Moving on to question two.

One A, one C, and two Bs.

Stewart, you went with Hoopoe.

Yes, because the rhea I think is Asian

and the cassowary, I believe flies, I think.

Annelies, Stewart

thinks that the rhea is Asian, and the cassowary flies?

Yeah, so looks like I'll be flying home today.

LAUGHTER

Well, one of you has definitely given the impossible answer,

which was...

..B, the hoopoe.

-Oh.

-The hoopoe is a flighted bird.

-It flies, Stewart.

-Never mind. Never mind.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

Let's see where the point is going.

-Yes!

-It's going to Jane.

The rhea is a flightless bird native to South America,

the cassowary is a flightless bird

but it's not native to South America.

With just two people remaining,

a straight shoot-up between Jane and Annelies.

We move on to question three.

You've both given the same answer, C.

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

You have. My Fair Lady is not a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical,

it's by Lerner and Lowe and it's based on Pygmalion.

Let's see if you've both got a point.

Yes, you have. A point to Jane and a point to Annalies.

Oklahoma was first staged in 1943.

Question number four.

You've both given the same answer, C.

The correct answer...

..is A, Jay.

Jane, do you think you might have knocked yourselves out here?

I know nothing about The Inbetweeners,

so I'm just hanging on by a thread here.

OK. The impossible answer...

..is B, Ross.

There's no character called Ross in the Inbetweeners.

So moving on to the last question.

Jane, you have three points. Annelies, you have two points.

It's still anyone's game.

Question five.

-You've both given the same answer again.

-Oh, God.

C, Rob Roy.

The right answer is...

..A, Guy Mannering.

Have you eliminated yourselves on the last question, Annelies?

I don't think Moll Flanders is by Walter Scott.

I don't think it is.

I might be wrong but...

Please, let you be right!

Jane is absolutely rooting for you.

For once!

The impossible answer...

..is B, Moll Flanders,

written by Daniel Defoe, which means we finish the round

with Annelies on two, but Jane on three.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Jane, come down here and see

if you can grab the last place in today's final.

-Hello, Jane.

-Hello.

-How does it feel to be down here?

-A bit nerve-racking.

Well, it was nerve-racking up there as well, so...

Sort of the same, really, just lower down.

It is, yeah. That's right!

I'm just not hanging on to the edge down here!

Jane, tell me a bit about what you do with your spare time.

We know that you like to paint. Anything else?

I do property developing, I do a bit of acting, I do all sorts.

So, have you ever sold any of your artwork, Jane?

I've only ever had one commission.

People have asked me for them and I've just given them away,

but I've never actually gone down that avenue yet.

Is that something you'd like to do, then?

Yes, well, always make money, yes.

Yeah, yeah, I'm getting that, property development, doing the art.

Yes, something you enjoy, and somebody else appreciates it, yes.

OK. I'm going to show you the topics that are remaining.

-Yes.

-They are...

..Film and Pop Music.

Which of those grabs you, Jane?

Neither, because they couldn't be the worst subjects for me,

but I'll have to take Film.

So we're going to see nine answers relating to film.

Here they come.

SHE LAUGHS

Excellent reaction, Jane!

It's like a foreign language to me.

There's only one name I recognise up there and that's it.

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

-and see if that helps?

-Yeah, go on. It won't help.

Which character in the Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring...

Have you seen the Lord Of The Rings?

I have, but many moons ago.

So, five of those answers are impossible

because they're not in that film.

-OK.

-Five goes.

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

Right.

-Where would you like to start?

-It doesn't matter.

LAUGHTER

Barbossa.

Is Barbossa an impossible answer?

Oh!

There we go, Jane.

That is Jeffrey Rush's character in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films.

Right, I've never watched those.

Um...

Legolas doesn't sound great for Lord Of The Rings

but I expect I'm completely wrong, but...

Yeah, go for Legolas.

-Legolas?

-Yep.

-OK.

Is Legolas an impossible answer?

-Oh.

-Oh, unfortunately not.

-That character is in The Lord Of The Rings.

-Right, OK.

Saruman.

Saruman. Why have you picked Saruman?

It's just got a nice ring to it.

-A lovely ring, hasn't it?

-It just flows off the tongue.

A lovely Lord Of The Ring to it!

LAUGHTER

Is Saruman an impossible answer?

-Oh, gosh!

-Too much of a Lord Of The Ring to it.

It's a character in the film.

Oh, gosh.

Two guesses left. And I feel that they probably ARE guesses.

Yeah, course!

-Er, Lorek.

-Iorek.

-Oh, is it? Oh, well...

Is Iorek an impossible answer?

-Yes!

-Oh!

Iorek is the bear from The Golden Compass.

-Right.

-We're back on a roll now.

Let's get rid of one more impossible answer, Jane.

Right. Um...

It's a choice between two.

Cinna.

Is Cinna an impossible answer?

Oh!

-There we go.

-Right.

That's Lenny Kravitz' character in The Hunger Games.

Is it? Right. I've never watched that, either.

So you've managed to put £300 into the prize pot.

Better than I think you expected.

-Yes.

-So the prize pot now stands at £1,200.

-In a moment I'll reveal the second half of the question...

-OK.

..and I'll be looking for the right answer.

-OK.

-If you give me the right answer,

you're in today's final. If you give me a wrong answer,

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

and that is Annelies.

Have you seen the film?

I haven't. So, I...I... I don't watch Lord Of The Rings

so I'm probably as good as Jane is at this question,

if that makes you feel any better.

It sounded like a bit of a dig, Annelies!

Now, there are still two impossible answers up there, Jane.

If you give me either of those,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

Would you like to see the full question?

OK. Go on, then.

Which character in The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring...

..was played by Sean Bean?

Oh, God.

I'll go Saruman.

It sounds like a Sean Bean sort of...

-..thing.

-Yeah?

-Yes.

Saruman because it sounds like a Sean Bean sort of thing.

Oh, God.

If this is the right answer, you're in the final, Jane,

but if it's a wrong answer, I will be throwing to Annelies.

Is Saruman the right answer?

-I'm not surprised.

-It's not.

It's the wrong answer, which means that we throw to Annelies.

Annelies, if you get this right...

..you're in the final. Otherwise, Jane will go through.

Hagrid is definitely an impossible answer,

cos that's from Harry Potter.

I'm stuck between the Gimli one

and the Boromir one.

I just... I don't know.

I think it's either of them two.

I'm going to go Boromir.

-Boromir.

-Yeah, my favourite character.

Is Boromir...

..the right answer?

-Yes!

-Oh!

APPLAUSE

-Sorry. I'm sorry.

-It is the right answer.

Jane, unlucky.

It wasn't a good grid for you.

-No, it wasn't, no.

-Just to tidy up the grid, quickly.

You're absolutely right, Annelies,

Hagrid is from Harry Potter, and Itucan is a character from Avatar.

-Jane, we'll see you tomorrow.

-OK.

Annelies, you're in the final.

APPLAUSE

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

but you will be back tomorrow for one last chance at glory.

-See you then. ALL:

-Bye!

But for Bernie, Izhan and Annelies, it's time for the final.

APPLAUSE

Bernie, Izhan and Annelies, there is £1,200 in today's prize pot.

Only one of you can win that money,

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

So you're each going to start with ten lives.

There they are.

The questions are on the buzzer.

Most of them are normal, straightforward questions,

with normal, straightforward answers.

Buzz and get one right,

you knock a life off both of your opponents.

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

However, some of the questions are impossible.

If you think you've spotted one of these,

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

That will knock two lives off both of your opponents.

But be warned, if you say a question is impossible when it isn't,

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you that will lose the two lives.

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

-How are we feeling?

-Buzzy.

-Buzzy.

-Nervous.

-Fragile.

-OK.

LAUGHTER Buzzy, nervous and fragile.

We'll get started. Good luck.

A family group of which carnivorous animals is known as a pride?

-Bernie?

-Lions.

It is lions. Izhan and Annelies, you lose a life.

A quatro formaggi pizza is topped with four different...

-Bernie?

-Cheeses.

Four different kinds of which foodstuff?

Cheese.

In which decade did Madonna and Shane Richie get married?

Annelies?

Erm, the 20th.

Oh, wait. Ridiculous! Sorry.

It was impossible I'm afraid, Annelies -

Madonna married GUY Richie in the year 2000.

You lose two lives.

Which radio drama series featured a high-profile story line in 2016?

-Bernie?

-The Archers.

About the characters Rob Titchener and Helen Titchener.

It was The Archers.

Uttar Pradesh is the most popular state in which Asian...

-Bernie?

-India.

In which Asian country?

It is India.

Which British Naval officer

had a famous affair with Lady Emma Hamilton?

-Bernie?

-Nelson.

It was Lord Nelson.

Which novel by Kurt Vonnegut

was the source of the title of the BBC comedy show Room 101?

-Bernie?

-Impossible.

It is impossible. It's taken from 1984 by George Orwell.

Annelies, you have one life. Izhan, you have three lives.

Bernie, you have ten.

Which British Astronaut came back to Earth in June...

-Annelies.

-I just wanted to buzz in cos I didn't want anyone else to

get me out, so I'll get myself out.

But I'll just say Neil Armstrong, cos I know he's an astronaut.

LAUGHTER Hmm.

-Fantastic!

-Yep!

APPLAUSE

You have wrested control of the game from Bernie.

In the end, quite late,

you said Neil Armstrong.

Not a British astronaut.

-Oh, yeah.

-I was going to say came back to earth in June 2016

after his mission on the International Space Station?

The answer was Tim Peake.

-Oh, yeah.

-But you had your moment in the sun, Annelies...

-I did. I did.

..and you lost your last remaining life.

-OK.

-You're out of the game.

Which crew wears red in the Oxford/Cambridge boat races?

-Izhan.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

Cambridge wear light blue, Oxford wear dark blue.

Bernie, you lose two lives.

Which North African dish is named after the cone-shaped pot

that it's cooked in? Bernie?

Tagine.

It is a tagine.

Izhan, you lose a life.

Down to two now.

In Thunderbirds, what is the name of Lady Penelope's chauffeur?

-Bernie?

-Parker.

It is Parker. Izhan, you lose another life.

You now just have one remaining.

Bernie, you have eight.

The model Twiggy launched her Biba fashion range in which decade?

-Bernie?

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

That's not her clothing range.

Izhan, you lose your last remaining life.

Izhan and Annelies, I feel like you've enjoyed being in the final.

-I've loved it.

-Unfortunately, you're going to be back in the pack.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

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

Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Bernie.

You are today's winner with £1,200.

-Wow.

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

if you can answer the £10,000 question.

This is how it works - I'm going to show you nine answers

-and then ask a question.

-OK.

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

within ten seconds, you win that £10,000.

That's the good news.

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

Pick any of those and you won't win the ten grand.

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

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

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

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

you will also lose the £1,200.

Whatever happens, you will be leaving the show today.

Everyone is rooting for you.

Thank you. Everyone wants you to be leaving with the money

and they want to see Bernie's chocolate bars

oozing across the country.

LAUGHTER

Any subject you're particularly hoping for?

Yeah, I'll just take pot luck really and see what happens.

-All right.

-Well, I can tell you how it's fallen.

It's on Science.

Oh, my God.

"Oh, my God," as in "Yes!"?

I've avoided that all the way through, haven't I, Science?

You have, and now's the time to take it on

and finally beat Science, Bernie.

-Are you ready?

-OK.

Here come your nine answers.

You're looking for chemical elements that are noble gases.

Your time starts now.

Xenon,

argon,

helium.

Sorry!

-Don't laugh, Bernie.

-All right.

You might have just won £10,000.

Unlikely, I'd have thought.

-Any clue?

-I think Xenon might be right.

I don't know about the others.

I don't think helium's a noble gas.

But then on the other hand, Zircon?

No. Some of them I didn't think were gases, so...

-Anyway. There you go.

-So shall we start with xenon?

Yes, might as well.

Is Xenon a chemical element that is a noble gas?

-It is.

-It's OK, yeah.

One down, two to go in your battle against science.

With a bit more time, any that you could definitely rule out?

I don't think Zircon is a gas and I don't think methane and ammonia

are noble gases. And I don't think chlorine is a gas but...

-Where shall we go next? Which one?

-Let's go helium.

At least it is a gas, isn't it?

Helium.

Is helium a chemical element that is also a noble gas?

-Yes, it is.

-Gosh.

Two from three. So if argon...

..is a chemical element that is a noble gas...

I'd be really surprised.

And ten grand richer, Bernie.

Right, yes!

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-What we don't want to see is the exclamation mark.

-Yeah.

-Do you think we might?

-Yeah.

Is argon a chemical element

that is also a noble gas?

Yes, Bernie! Yes, it is!

Oh, thank you!

-£10,000.

-Thank you.

Oh, my God! This was a fluke.

The impossible answers that you avoided with such ease -

-methane.

-Yes.

-Not an element, it's a compound.

-Oh!

Ammonia, not an element, it's a compound.

Zircon, not an element, Zircon is a mineral.

A mineral, mineral, right.

What's important, Bernie, is you've just won £10,000.

Wow! Thank you, thank you so much.

Thank you. Oh, my God!

So, Bernie leaves with £10,000 to spend on chocolate bars.

Not like that. 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!

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