Episode 11 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards and this is Impossible.

Welcome to Impossible, 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.

It's a new week and indeed a new fortnight

which means we have 24 brand-new players. Hello, players.

THEY CHEER

We're in fine voice.

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

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A giant exclamation mark filled with 10,000 shimmering pound coins.

At the end of each show,

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

Here is that final question.

Today's £10,000 question.

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

Angela. Lovely to have you here.

-How are you feeling?

-I'm feeling good, thanks, Rick.

Yeah. What do you do, Angela?

Well, I watch every quiz show that's on television!

Let me ask you, got a favourite at all, Angela?

Um, I couldn't possibly answer that question.

Very good, Angela.

I like you, Angela.

-Terry.

-Hi, Rick.

-Are you well?

-I'm very well, thank you.

I'll feel even better with £10,000 in my pocket!

If you were to win it, what would you do with it?

Ideally for my wife and myself to go to New Zealand for a trip.

-How come?

-I love rugby, Kiwis are the best rugby team in the world,

so I'd go in the summer, when they're playing rugby.

What a great trip for your wife, Terry.

-Absolutely.

-Good luck to all of you.

This is Ian, by the way,

who is the British Sign Language interpreter working with Ciaran.

We'll be getting to know all of our lovely players over the next

two weeks. Shall we crack on?

-Yes!

-That's the right answer.

You'll face five multiple choice questions, each with three answers.

The right answer scores you a point,

the wrong answer scores you nothing,

but if you choose the impossible answer, it's a bit of a nightmare -

you will immediately be knocked 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,

and do answer as quickly as you can because if there's a tie,

whoever locked in their answers the fastest will qualify.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

The vast majority of you have gone with A, Sagittarius.

Let's see if that's right.

It is, so a point to all of you.

Now, Abigail. You're one of the few who went for Aquarius.

I have no idea what...

I should... I thought it could be between A and B.

Well, it was A.

-Definitely was A.

-The impossible answer...

..is C, not a sign of the zodiac.

Nefarious means wicked.

So Franklyn, Linda and Abigail, you survive.

Question number two.

All answers out there, which means we are going to be losing one

or more of you at this early stage I'm afraid.

The right answer...

..is C, Seville,

so a point to all of you.

Now, I don't want to feel like I'm picking on you here, Abigail...

However...

You're slightly out on your own again.

Yes.

Just do what you've got to do, Rick.

We know what's going to happen!

Tell me, what do you think is going to happen, Abigail?

I'm about to be out.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Almada.

-It's not a Spanish city.

-Are you sure?

-I am actually, Abigail.

-100%?

It's in Portugal.

And I'm also 100% sure that means we have to say goodbye now.

We'll see you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Question number three.

So we've only got As and Bs out there.

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

You have, that was C, Captain Sensible.

Not a fictional sailor. A music artiste.

He was the guitarist in The Damned.

And the right answer...

So a point to all of you who went for A,

Captain Pugwash.

Question number four.

A full house of answers.

Means we're going to be losing some people.

-Kurtis.

-Hi.

The krona. Ever spent any krona?

No. I thought it sounded like a type of currency so I went for it.

-Annie?

-I don't think sloten.

I think that might be the impossible one,

so I'm hoping that I might be still in.

Ciaran, you went for sloten.

How are you feeling about it?

After what they've just been saying with regards to sloten

I think I've got the impossible one,

and for me it sounded like a Dutch word anyway so that's kind of why I

picked it. So, good luck to me!

Well, let's find out. The impossible answer...

..is A, sloten.

Not a currency.

Sloten does sound like a Dutch word because it was a village that is now

part of Amsterdam.

So Ciaran and Junaid, we'll see you both tomorrow.

Let's see where the points are going.

C, guilder.

So a point to all of you who went for C.

Krone is a currency used in Denmark and Norway.

Going into the final question of this round, 21 of you still in play.

Nine of you on a maximum four points.

So this might well come down to who locks in their answers the fastest

across the round, so get those fingers ready.

Question number five.

Almost all of you have gone with B, crochet.

You haven't, Sam.

Have you avoided the impossible answer?

-I think so.

-Eve, are you feeling happy in the pack?

I've been known to do a bit of crocheting before.

Oh, have you now, Eve?

I don't know if I should admit that on telly.

Well, you just have.

Let's see if you have successfully avoided the impossible answer, Sam.

You have. That was C, petanque, not a handicraft,

it's the game that old French guys play with the metal balls.

And let's see where the points are going.

B, crochet, so a point to all of you.

So at the end of that round,

nine of you finish on a maximum five points,

but the quickest to lock in their answers across the round

was Matthew.

Congratulations, Matthew,

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

-Hello, Matthew.

-Hello, Rick.

-First down.

-I know.

-I'm a bit shocked.

-You've got lovely quick fingers.

Sometimes I play quizzes at home on the PlayStation...

Ah, so you've had a bit of buzzer practice.

I've had a bit of buzzer practice,

and I'm banned from doing it now at Christmas because I always win.

-That is fighting talk, the rest of you.

-Yeah!

What do you do when you're not practising on the buzzer?

I'm a self-employed graphic designer and a letterpress printer.

Great. And just for anyone who doesn't know,

described the process of letterpress.

It's a bit like a jigsaw. You put all the wooden type in,

you put all the bits and pieces you're going to print with

in what they call the chase,

and put your paper on, and all the wooden blocks are the reverse.

So you've got to be good at trying to spell something backwards,

so that when you print it, it doesn't then read the wrong way.

One of the grids is words spelt backwards,

so you're in business, yeah.

Shall we get on with the grids?

-Please, yes.

-So 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.

Here they come.

I think I'm going to avoid the books and literature,

and probably the politics,

and I'll probably try for the pop music.

All right. Here's how it works. I'm going to show you nine answers

all relating to pop music.

Ringing any bells?

I think it's Radiohead.

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

-Yeah, please.

Very good, Matthew.

Well, we know that five of those answers are impossible.

They couldn't possibly be the answer

because they're not songs by Radiohead.

Your job is to find those impossible answers and eliminate them.

For every one that you successfully eliminate, you put £100

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

Um, we'll start with Beetlebum.

I think that might be Blur.

Is Beetlebum an impossible answer?

Absolutely spot on, one of Blur's two number one hits.

The other one was Country House.

Where next? £100 in the daily prize pot.

Um, we'll go for Morning Glory.

Is Morning Glory an impossible answer?

It is, by Oasis.

Two from two. Very nice start, Matthew.

I'll go Plug In Baby.

It doesn't sound very Radioheady, but...

Plug In Baby because it doesn't sound very Radioheady.

It is. That one's by Muse.

Three from three.

Two more goes, let's get rid of two more impossible answers.

We'll go for Fake Plastic Trees.

Is Fake Plastic Trees an impossible answer?

Unfortunately not - that is Radioheady.

-Yeah.

-One last go.

We'll go for No Surprises and hope there's No Surprises.

So No Surprises.

Oh, there is a surprise.

Still, though, £300 put into the prize pot.

Two impossible answers remain up there.

We need to see if you're going to be playing for that money and a shot at

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

So 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 a wrong answer and the next best player will have a chance

to steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that the next best player was Peter.

If you were to give me an impossible answer here,

and we know there are still two up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-Shall we have a look at the whole question?

-Yeah.

Which Radiohead song

did David Cameron pick as one of his Desert Island Discs?

I'm not going to play it safe.

I'm going to just try and go for what I think it might be,

and I'll go for...

..Creep.

Creep.

Did David Cameron pick Creep as one of his Desert Island discs?

I'm afraid he didn't.

But it is a Radiohead song so you're still in.

Given it's a wrong answer, we throw over to Peter.

I'm going to...just going to play it safe, Rick.

You said it was a Radiohead song so it won't be impossible,

so I'll say Fake Plastic Trees.

OK. So if this is right,

you've stolen Matthew's place in the final.

If it's wrong, Matthew's in the final.

Did David Cameron pick Fake Plastic Trees

as one of his Desert Island Discs?

He did, you know.

He did.

Well done, Peter.

You've stolen Matthew's place in the final.

Just to clear up the rest of the grid...

..the other impossible answers were Comfortably Numb,

by Pink Floyd...

..and This Is Hardcore by Pulp.

Another of David Cameron's Desert Island Discs was

Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West, by Benny Hill.

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

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

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

20 of you left.

-Are you all ready?

-Yes.

Good luck, here's your first question.

All answers out there.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Graham Norton.

Graham Norton is Irish, not British,

-which means Yvonne, and Angela...

-Yeah.

-..we'll see you both tomorrow.

-See you, Rick.

-Bye.

And a point to everyone who went for the right answer, which is..

..B, Eddie Izzard.

Question number two.

Again, all answers out there.

Let's reveal the impossible answer.

It's B, the Australian Open is not one of the four majors, I'm afraid,

so Alyssa and Kurtis, we'll see you both tomorrow.

And the right answer...

..was C, the Masters, which is always played at Augusta.

So a point to everyone who went for that.

The four major championships in golf are the US Open, the Masters,

the Open or the British Open, and the PGA.

16 of you left in play, question number three.

And we have got all answers out there.

Eve, why did you go for A?

I've read this book so many times to my kids I'm hoping I've got it

right. I think it's, "There was an old lady who swallowed a horse,

"she's dead of course."

Not very jolly for a kids' book!

Yeah. It's pretty morbid.

Let's see if Eve's confidence in the books that she's read to her kids

is well placed. The right answer...

..is A, horse.

So well done to everyone who went for that.

A point to you. And your recall of the rhyme was exactly correct, Eve.

Let's see what the impossible answer is.

It's C, pig.

At no point does she swallow a pig,

so, Sam, Linda and Eddie, I'm afraid we say goodbye.

Question number four.

Pretty even spread here between the As, the Bs and Cs.

The impossible answer...

..is A, hyena.

The hyena is not a wildcat.

So Joe, Tracey and Eve, I'm afraid we say goodbye here.

If only the old woman had eaten a hyena, Eve.

And the right answer...

..is C, the ocelot.

So a point to everyone who went for that.

Going into the final question,

ten of you left in play.

Three of you have a maximum four points.

Question five.

So we've only got Caesars and Corneliuses.

Let's see if you have all managed to avoid the impossible answer.

You have. That's B, Caligula.

Not a character in the film, was a Roman emperor.

And the correct answer...

..is A, Caesar.

So a point to all of you who went for Caesar.

Which means at the end of that round the middle row continue to have

a stormer, two of them finishing in a maximum of five points.

They are Terry and Kathryn.

Well done!

But the quickest to lock in their answers across the round...

..was Kathryn.

-Oh, wow!

-Congratulations, Kathryn.

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

-Hello, Kathryn.

-Hello, Rick.

-How are you?

-Um, quite amazed that I'm here,

-and a bit nervous.

-Fine to be a little bit nervous, Kathryn.

-That's OK.

-You did very well up there.

-Hm-mm.

-What do you do, Kathryn? I'm a retired tax collector.

-AUDIENCE: Ooh!

-See, works every time, Rick.

An absolute charm.

How to win friends and influence people over here.

Exactly. Yes.

And what do you do now you're not collecting taxes?

Well, I sing in Huddersfield Rock Choir.

-Rock choir!

-Yes.

And what is your absolute favourite to belt out in the choir?

The choir anthem for some years

has been the Labi Siffre Something Inside So Strong,

because that's really...sort of gets the old juices flowing

-so that's a good one.

-Um, OK.

Shall we get on with it?

-Yes.

-So I'm going to show you a choice of three topics.

They are...

Um, I think I'll go for books and literature, please.

-Yeah?

-Mm-hm.

-Right, here we go.

Nine answers, and they are...

Means nothing.

-Nothing?

-Odd ones like Toby Belch is Shakespeare, I think.

Shall we see if the first half of the question helps you out a bit?

I think so.

-Any help, Kathryn?

-Well, not really, I've never read Moby Dick.

Going to be pure guesswork, I think, is this one.

OK, so five of those answers are impossible.

They couldn't possibly be the answer because they're not characters from

Moby Dick. I want you to find those answers, get rid of them.

For each one you successfully get rid of,

put £100 into the daily prize pot, which currently stands at £300.

Where do you want to start?

Well, I've mentioned Belch,

and I think that's a Shakespeare character, so I'll go for that.

Is Belch an impossible answer?

Yes.

Sir Toby Belch from Twelfth Night.

-You were spot on.

-It's pure guesswork from now on.

Starbuck seems a bit wrong, doesn't it, for Moby Dick?

-I'll go for Starbuck.

-Is Starbuck an impossible answer?

-No.

-It's not.

-Oh!

-Never mind.

-Three more goes.

-I'll go for Smollett.

Is Smollett an impossible answer?

Yes. Smollett is a character from Treasure Island

-by Robert Louis Stevenson.

-OK.

Hall seems too normal so I'll just go for Hall.

-Hall, because it's a bit boring.

-Yeah.

OK. Is Hall an impossible answer?

Doing slightly better than I thought.

Doing very nicely.

Three out of four. Hall is the real surname of the music artist Moby,

who claims to be related to Herman Melville

-and that's why he's called Moby.

-Ah.

Right.

Well, I have an idea...

..which two are,

so I'm left with three now that I don't know anything about at all.

I'll go for Quisling.

Wasn't he a traitor in World War II?

OK. Is Quisling an impossible answer?

And, once again, Kathryn, you're absolutely right.

He was a famous traitor in World War II

and is now a term for any traitor who sides with the enemy.

-Right.

-So you didn't like the look

of this grid, but you've got four out of five.

Yeah, it's pure luck, pure luck.

Keep that luck going, Kathryn.

The prize pot now stands at £700.

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

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

So I'm going to reveal the second half of the question

and I want the right answer.

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

Give me a wrong answer,

the next best player will have the chance to steal. As you know,

that is your neighbour, Terry.

Uh-huh.

Terry. Have you read Moby Dick?

-Yes.

-Oh!

Ooh! Ooh!

But it was over 50 years ago.

So a bit of encouragement there.

Maybe he can't remember it. Now, if you were to give me an impossible

answer here, Kathryn, and there is still one up there,

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

-OK.

Shall we reveal the full question?

Please do.

I'm trying to think.

I think I know who the narrator of the story is,

but I don't know if that's the same person as the captain.

-Hm.

-So I can only guess.

-Mm-hm.

-And I will say Ishmael.

Is Ishmael the captain of the whaling ship the Pequod?

For a place in the final, Kathryn.

-No.

-Oh, so that is a wrong answer.

-Not an impossible answer, though.

-Hm-mm.

Terry, we're throwing over to you.

You read it 50 years ago.

-Yeah.

-Let's dig deep.

Give me the right answer.

-Ahab.

-Yeah.

Ahab. Kathryn thinks you're right.

Yeah.

Is Ahab captain of the whaling ship the Pequod?

Yes.

Well done, Terry.

Sorry, Kathryn.

Absolutely right, and you were kind of right as well, Kathryn,

-Ishmael is the narrator but not the captain.

-Hm. Captain.

The other impossible answer that you avoided was Fawley,

Fawley is Jude Fawley from Jude The Obscure, the Hardy novel.

Wouldn't have known that in a million years.

-Bad luck, Kathryn.

-Never mind.

-You're back in the pack for the next round.

-Hm-mm.

Terry, please take your place in the final.

Just one place up for grabs in the final - whose is it going to be?

Only nine of you surviving now.

-Are we ready?

-Yes.

OK, good luck. Here's your first question.

So we've just got As and Bs out there.

No-one tempted by a nip of Calvados.

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

You have. Calvados is a French apple brandy.

And the points are going to...

..the Bs. Retsina.

Retsina is a Greek white wine.

Question number two.

Only As and Bs out there.

Josh, you've gone for C, Red Dragon.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Hannibal, but on second thoughts

I think I might have got this wrong.

I think it is Silence Of The Lambs.

Sue, you thought Silence Of The Lambs.

I know it's not The Firm, because that's John Grisham.

I don't know anything about Red Dragon but I do know that obviously

Hannibal Lecter was in Silence Of The Lambs so that's why I pressed A.

So, sort of played it a bit safe.

I did.

The right answer...

..is C, Red Dragon.

So a point to all of you.

Published in 1981.

And have you played it safe, Sue?

The impossible answer...

..is B, exactly as you said, that is a John Grisham novel,

no Hannibal Lecter in that.

The Silence Of The Lambs wasn't actually published until 1988.

All nine of you still in play as we move on to question number three.

So we have just As and Bs.

Well ,let's see where the points are going first.

The right answer

is C, Leif the Lucky.

So the points are going nowhere.

Does mean we're going to be losing some of you.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Ethelred the Unready,

he was an English king in the late tenth

and early 11th century.

Not a Viking explorer.

So, Andy and Josh, we say goodbye.

And, as I'm sure you all knew,

Erik The Red was actually Leif The Lucky's father.

No? OK!

Question number four.

Kathryn, you're the solitary Finn.

I think the Madison is a cycling event.

-I'm not sure.

-Vicky?

Madison sounded so...

-Sailing.

-..sailing.

Kathryn's saying it might sound a bit cycle-y.

She obviously knows more than I do.

The right answer...

So just a point to Kathryn.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Madison.

It is a cycling event

which will be coming back into the Olympics in 2020.

Sue, Franklyn and Vicky, we'll see you tomorrow.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-See you.

So only four of you left in play as we go on to our final question,

and Kathryn is out in the lead...

-Oh.

-..on three points.

Question five.

Matthew, you're the only one who's gone with Love Story.

Teenage Dream, I think that's Katy Perry.

So let's see if you've all avoided the impossible answer,

which Matthew thinks is A.

It is.

It's a song by Katy Perry.

And the right answer...

That peaked at number two in 2009.

So at the end of that round, once again,

our winner is Kathryn on three points.

Congratulations, Kathryn.

Come and have another go at a grid.

How nice to see you again, Kathryn.

And you. It's been such a long time since we've spoken, Rick.

-It has. We must catch up.

-Yeah, I know. I know.

Some people would have been a little despondent

after seeing Terry steal their place in the final.

-Not you, though, Kathryn.

-Not at all.

-You've rallied.

-I have.

-Here you are again.

-Mm-hm.

So you know exactly what we're doing here.

-I do, yeah.

-You know what topics we've got.

-Uh-huh.

-They are...

-Whoopee.

-Are you being sarcastic with me, Kathryn?

-Which do you fancy?

-Neither.

OK. Back up you go.

Although I've travelled quite a lot, my geography is pretty ropey,

so I think I'll go for politics, please.

-Politics?

-Mm-hm.

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

-UN Secretary-Generals?

-Could be.

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

-Uh-huh.

-Not bad, Kathryn.

-No.

So five of those are impossible,

because they have never been Secretary-General of the UN.

You need to get rid of those five.

For each one you successfully get rid of,

we put £100 into the daily prize pot.

-OK.

-That stands at £700, in part due to your fine work earlier.

-Thank you.

-Where would you like to start?

Although I knew what it was about,

it doesn't mean that I know all the people.

But I know Pierre Trudeau is the Canadian leader.

He's not been a Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Is Pierre Trudeau an impossible answer?

Yeah, that's the former Canadian Prime Minister.

The current one is his son, Justin.

-Son, mm-hm.

-£100 added to the prize pot. Good start.

I'll try Bettino Craxi.

Not heard of that name at all.

Bettino Craxi.

A former Italian Prime Minister.

-Ah, right.

-Two from two.

I will try Juan Gabriel.

Is that an impossible answer?

I never realised I was such a good guesser.

You're a very good guesser.

Juan Gabriel is a late Mexican pop star.

-Ah, right.

-Three from three.

Learie Constantine.

Is that an impossible answer?

Learie Constantine was a West Indian cricketer.

Oh. And finally I'll go for Fritz Lang...

..cos the other four seem familiar.

For a clean sweep of the board, is Fritz Lang an impossible answer?

Fritz Lang was an Austrian-born film director.

-I see.

-Right. He directed Metropolis.

Well, that's amazing.

Five from five.

-Uh-huh.

-So, no impossibles left.

£500 added to the prize pot.

It now stands at £1,200.

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

-Mm-hm.

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

If you give me the right answer, you're in the final.

If you give me a wrong answer,

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

-Mm-hm.

-You obviously know how that feels.

-Mm-hm.

-And that is Dean.

-Wow.

-Hold tight, Dean.

So you've eliminated all the impossible answers,

which means there's none left to trip you up.

-Mm-hm.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Mm-hm.

-All right.

I do not have a clue. So this is a total guess.

Kurt Waldheim.

Kurt Waldheim.

Did Kurt Waldheim die in a plane crash while on

a peacekeeping mission to the Congo?

-No.

-Oh, Kathryn, I'm sorry.

Welcome to the final, Dean.

Hey, Dean.

-Now, Dean...

-Yes.

No impossible answers left up there.

All you've got to do is give me the right answer and you'll steal

Kathryn's place in the final,

which I think Kathryn's getting a bit fed up about.

Well, the only one of those that are left that I've heard of

is Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and I think I would have known

if he'd died, so based on the 50-50,

I'm going to have a stab at Dag Hammarskjold.

Did Dag Hammarskjold die in a plane crash while

on a peacekeeping mission to the Congo?

This to steal Kathryn's place in the final.

He did. He did.

I'm sorry, Kathryn.

-Well done, Dean.

-So sorry.

And you've stolen Kathryn's place in the final.

-Fine.

-Which is fast becoming my catchphrase.

-Sorry, Kathryn.

-No problem.

Very bad luck, once again, Kathryn.

That's OK.

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

but we'll see you all again tomorrow.

-Goodbye.

-Bye!

But for Peter, Terry and Dean, it's time for the final.

So, Peter, Terry and Dean, there's £1,200 in today's prize pot,

which you have contributed nothing to.

I'm sure Kathryn and Matthew are wishing you all the luck here.

Only one of you can win that money,

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

Peter, if you were to get your hands on the money,

-what would you spend it on?

-We have two children and a grandson,

so I'm sure they'd take a chunk.

Oh, I'm sure they would, Peter.

-Yes.

-I'm sure they would. And, Terry,

we know that you would spend the money on a trip to New Zealand

to go and watch the All Blacks with your wife in tow.

I mean, it felt more like a trip for you than your wife, but that's fine.

And, Dean, what would you spend the £10,000 on?

I've started to learn to fly, so that's quite expensive, so...

In a plane or just yourself?

No, no, just with some wax wings, you know?

Really? Nothing can go wrong there.

OK, best of luck to all of you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-You each start with ten lives.

Questions are on the buzzer.

Most of them are normal, straightforward questions with

normal, straightforward answers.

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

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

However, some of the questions are impossible,

which is to say there is no answer.

The question's illogical.

It makes no sense.

If you think you've spotted one of these,

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

Bad news for your opponents, because they will both 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 is you who loses the two lives.

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

Best of luck.

-Are we ready?

-Yes, thanks.

Which former star of Blackadder went on to present the TV show Time Team?

-Dean.

-Tony Robinson.

It was Tony Robinson. Peter and Terry lose a life.

The Menai Strait separates which island from the mainland of Wales?

-Terry.

-Anglesey.

It is Anglesey. Peter and Dean lose a life.

How long is an Olympic-sized swimming pool?

-Dean.

-50 metres.

It is 50 metres. Peter and Terry lose a life.

On which date in September is Saint Andrew's Day celebrated in Scotland?

-Dean.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

It's November the 30th.

Terry and Peter, you both lose two lives.

Are you playing, Peter?

Obviously not!

Which jazz singer has the nickname Lady Day?

-Peter.

-Billie Holiday.

Yes, Billie Holiday.

All you needed was a little gee up, Peter.

Terry and Dean, you both lose a life.

Grizzly and polar are species of which kind of...? Dean.

-Bear.

-Which kind of mammal?

It is bear. Peter and Terry, you both have four.

Dean has eight.

Which football league club based in Nottinghamshire are nicknamed

the Magpies? Terry.

Impossible.

It's not impossible.

It's Notts County.

Notts County and Newcastle are both called the Magpies,

meaning you lose two of your lives, Terry.

What does the U stand for in the abbreviation UFO,

meaning a mysterious...?

-Dean.

-Unidentified.

Meaning a mysterious object in the sky. It is unidentified.

Unidentified flying object.

Terry and Peter, you lose a life.

How many lines are there in a traditional limerick?

-Peter.

-Five.

There are five. Dean, you lose a life.

Terry, unfortunately, you lose your last life, and you are out.

Peter, you're hanging on in there with three lives.

Dean, you have seven.

Who is Paul Weller singing about on his song Englishman In New York?

Peter.

Impossible.

It is impossible.

It's by Sting and he's singing about Quentin Crisp, the English writer.

Dean, you lose two lives, and you are now down to five.

Peter is on three.

Which uncle of footballer Paul Gascoigne

is a former host of University Challenge?

-Dean.

-Bamber Gascoigne.

But it's impossible because Bamber Gascoigne

-is not Paul Gascoigne's uncle.

-OK.

-Dean, you lose two lives.

I should have known better.

It means... You should, really.

Dean and Peter, you're both tied on three lives apiece.

After a slow start, things are going well, Peter.

In Greek mythology,

what remained in Pandora's box once all the miseries...?

-Peter.

-Hope.

Once all the miseries had been released.

It was hope. Dean, you lose a life.

Down to two now.

Ralph Fiennes played which historical character

in the 1998 film Elizabeth?

-Dean.

-Impossible?

It is impossible.

He is not in the film.

Joseph Fiennes is, but Ralph is not.

Peter, you lose two lives.

And then you are down on one.

Dean has two.

This is nice and tight.

Which Spice Girl duetted with Bryan Adams on the...?

-Dean.

-Melanie C.

Very early interruption.

On the UK top five hit When You're Gone.

It was Mel C.

Peter, you lose your last remaining life, I'm afraid.

Commiserations to both you and Terry.

We'll see you back in the pack tomorrow, but, Dean,

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

-Very well done, Dean.

-Thank you.

-You are today's winner with £1,200.

That's great.

-Yeah.

-But you could be leaving with a whole lot more if you

can answer the £10,000 question.

What would be a good subject for you?

Something popular culture related. Maybe football.

Something quite recent would help me out.

OK. This is 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 can find them within ten seconds, you win ten grand.

-OK.

-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 £10,000.

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

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

I can only accept the first three answers you give.

-OK.

-So tread carefully.

-OK.

-If you fail to give me three answers

before the ten seconds are up, you also lose the daily prize pot.

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

so, whatever happens,

you will be leaving the show today, hopefully laden with money.

All right, shall we have a look at the topic?

And this is to get you up in the air.

This is to get you flying.

Yeah.

The subject is television.

OK. That could be good.

-Best of luck, Dean.

-Thank you.

Here are your nine answers.

You'll have ten seconds to lock in your answers

and you're looking for...

And your time starts now.

Edith, Violet and Rosamund.

-Quick.

-Yeah.

-Are you a fan of the show?

-Um, yeah, I wouldn't say I'm a fan.

I watched it begrudgingly with my other half.

-You might be thanking her.

-I don't know.

We'll have to wait and see.

Where are you feeling most confident?

Um... Edith, Lady Edith.

Is Edith a right answer?

It is.

One down, two to go.

Any others on the board that you were tempted by?

See, I know cousin Rosamund

was the one who appeared later on in the show,

and she was a bit of a troublemaker,

so by the cousin label you'd think she was a Crawley,

but let's give it a crack.

Is Rosamund a member of the Crawley family in Downton Abbey?

Yes.

Rosamund is the Earl of Grantham's sister.

You're actually thinking of the troublemaking cousin Rose.

Oh, OK, that was lucky, wasn't it?

-You got a little bit lucky there.

-Yeah.

We are very close to that £10,000.

We are. We are.

How do you feel about Violet?

I... I think, although judging by that, I might be wrong,

that that was Maggie Smith's character in Downton.

I'm pretty sure there is a Violet,

so I'm hopefully not going home with nothing,

but fingers crossed it's the ten.

OK.

For £10,000, is Violet a member of the Crawley family on Downton Abbey?

Yes, Dean!

Thank you. I can't believe it. I can't believe it.

£10,000, Dean. What an absolutely fantastic result.

-I can't believe that.

-On the first show of this batch.

But literally... When I saw the names come up, the answers,

I thought, "I have not got a clue what this could be,"

until the question came, and then I thought, "I might be...

-"I might have a chance here."

-I was worried, when I read out

the answers, I looked in your eyes, I was like,

-"He doesn't know this."

-No.

It was absolute mortifying fear,

-but it's worked out, thankfully.

-It's worked out incredibly well.

The impossible answers that you cleverly avoided...

..Patricia,

Petunia,

and Jemima.

There are no such characters and the rest are all below stairs.

None of that matters, Dean.

What matters is you've just won £10,000.

So, Dean leaves with £10,000. The rest of us will be back tomorrow

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

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

Goodbye.