Episode 12 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards and this is Impossible.

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Welcome to Impossible,

the quiz where the questions aren't impossible

but some of the answers are.

They're not just wrong, they couldn't possibly be right.

As ever, we have 24 players, all keen to get started.

-Hello, players. CONTESTANTS:

-Hello!

-Very keen.

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

-CONTESTANTS:

-Woo!

..our giant, wondrous exclamation mark filled with 10,000 pound coins.

At the end of each show,

one of our players will face the £10,000 question.

Here it is.

Get this right and all of that money will come cascading down.

So, yesterday, Dean won £10,000. What a great way to start the week.

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And we now have our new player, who is Andrew.

-Hello, Andrew. How are you?

-Hello, Rick. I'm fine, thank you.

-Lovely to have you here, Andrew. What do you do?

-I'm retired.

I've been retired five years now. My last job was a guard on the railway.

-OK, and you're enjoying retirement, Andrew?

-Absolutely.

Good to have you here. Best of luck. Tracey, how are you?

-Hi, good thank you, Rick.

-What do you do, Tracey?

I'm just about to start my masters by research.

-I completed my degree at uni.

-What's the masters going to be in?

-19th-century literature.

-OK. Don't want to be presumptuous, Tracey,

but I'm assuming you're a mature student.

Well, they call me a mature student. I'm not sure I behave like one.

But, yeah, I just decided... I had my last child when I was 40

and thought, "It's now or never,"

and it's been the best thing I've ever done, I think.

And have you given yourself a chance to dream

about what you might do with that 10 grand?

I have a little bit, yeah.

I've always loved the film Dirty Dancing

-and it's the 30th anniversary this year of the film.

-Mm-hmm.

So I'd love to go and stay in the hotel that they filmed it at.

-That would be quite fun.

-That would be really good.

-Where is that?

-It's in Virginia somewhere.

-OK.

-That would be nice.

-So, a pilgrimage to the Dirty Dancing hotel.

-Yeah.

-Lovely, Tracey.

-Well, best of luck today.

-Thank you.

And just to remind you, this is Ian,

who is the British Sign Language interpreter

who's working with Ciaran.

-Shall we crack on? CONTESTANTS:

-Yes!

So, 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, disaster.

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, in the event of a tie,

whoever has locked in their answers the fastest will qualify.

-Are we ready? CONTESTANTS:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Not often we have all 24 players in agreement, but we've got it.

Let's hope you haven't all given the impossible answer.

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The right answer...

..is B, of course, so a point to every player.

The impossible answer...

C, nine. Nine is not a prime number

because it is also divisible

by three as well as one and itself. Question number two.

You've not stuck together on this one. We have all answers out there.

-Sue, you've gone for the blue-footed booby.

-I have.

Um, I've heard of that.

I've heard that bird and I haven't heard of the purple hooter.

-I'd rather go for the blue-footed booby.

-Yeah. Franklyn.

Yeah, I didn't have a clue, to be honest.

-Not a keen bird-watcher?

-Not a keen bird-watcher.

-You feel like you might have given an impossible answer there?

-Yeah.

I can tell you the impossible answer...

..is B. The purple hooter is not a bird, Franklyn. It's a cocktail.

-I knew that!

-Well, you shouldn't have gone for it, then,

-should you, Franklyn!

-I know!

-LAUGHTER

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-See you later.

Let's find out where the points are going.

A, the blue-footed booby, so a point to all of you.

Question number three.

Once again, all answers out there, meaning we may well be losing

some people. Angela.

Favourite Barcelona footballer?

Do you know how much I know about football?

I'm getting an idea, Angela.

You could write it on the back of a postage stamp, right.

But, listen, I'm old. All these are young people and I'm old.

I remember Stanley Matthews played for Blackpool.

There we go. LAUGHTER

Sorry, option D, Stanley Matthews. LAUGHTER

The right answer...

..is Neymar, so a point to everyone who went for that.

And the impossible answer...

..is A, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo does not play for Barcelona.

He plays for their archrivals, Real Madrid,

meaning, Linda, Andy, Angela and Vicky, we'll see you all tomorrow.

Oh, God.

It's not that bad, Angela! It's OK.

I'd like to request some old lady questions for tomorrow, please.

OK, OK, I'll have a word with you after this show

-and see what you mean.

-Right.

-LAUGHTER

Question number four. Famous old ladies.

LAUGHTER

Question four.

So, we've just got As and Bs.

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

You have. Isobel.

Isobel not a weather term,

it's just an idiosyncratic way of pronouncing the name Isabel.

And the right answer...

..is B, isobar, so a point to all of you.

And lovely little high-five up there between Josh and Sue.

Very pleased with themselves.

An isotherm connects points of equal temperature of a weather map.

Question number five.

Just got Bs and Cs.

The right answer...

..is C, Oprah Winfrey.

Let's just check whether our Bs, Sam, Ciaran and Eddie,

have avoided the impossible answer.

They have. Elizabeth Warren, not a talk-show host,

she was a US senator.

We finish the round with six of you on a maximum five points,

but the quickest to lock in their answers

across the round was Matthew.

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-Congratulations, Matthew. Bit of Groundhog Day.

-Yeah.

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

-Brilliant.

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Hello, Matthew. Very nice to see you again.

Yeah, second time lucky, hopefully.

Yes, so yesterday, rather unfortunately,

-you sort of got through a grid and then had it stolen...

-Yeah.

-..quite cruelly.

-Yeah, Radiohead wasn't my area of expertise.

I'm going to give you a choice of four topics. Let's look at them.

Um, I think...

-I'm a little bit spoilt there. I think I'll go for Film.

-All right.

So, I'm going to reveal nine answers. Here they come.

All relating to Film.

-Reese Witherspoon maybe.

-Mm-hmm.

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

Yes, please, yeah.

In which film, starring Reese Witherspoon...

-Five of those answers are impossible.

-Yeah.

So, your first job is to find them.

Each one that you successfully get rid of

-adds £100 to the daily prize pot.

-Yeah.

-Where would you like to start?

-We'll start with The Help.

-The Help.

-Seen The Help?

-I've not, no. I can't member who was in it

but I don't think Reese Witherspoon was in it.

You don't think it was Reese Witherspoon, OK.

Is The Help an impossible answer?

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Yeah, doesn't star Reese Witherspoon.

It stars Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis.

-Where next?

-We'll go Mona Lisa Smile.

Is Mona Lisa Smile an impossible answer?

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Absolutely spot-on. It's a Julia Roberts film.

I'm going to go 27 Dresses. It's a wedding-based film.

OK, let's find out. Is 27 Dresses an impossible answer?

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Yeah, the lead in that film is Katherine Heigl.

-Right.

-Three from three.

Jerry Maguire, cos I don't think she was in Jerry Maguire.

Is Jerry Maguire an impossible answer?

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Yes, Jerry Maguire stars Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger.

-That's the one, yeah.

-Four from four.

I know three for definite, and it's a toss-up between the last two.

The Holiday.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Seen The Holiday or not?

-No.

Is The Holiday an impossible answer?

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There are two couples

and the female leads are Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.

So, after a slightly nervy start, five from five.

-You smashed it, man.

-I know, yeah.

We have to now find out if you're going to be playing for that £500

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

I'll reveal the second half of the question

and I'm looking for the right answer.

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

-You know all this.

-Yeah.

Give me a wrong answer, the next best player has the chance to steal.

And that next best player, in this instance,

..is Kathryn.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Yes. Well, you are in a strong position here, Matthew,

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

-Yeah.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Please, yeah.

In which film, starring Reese Witherspoon...

..does she play the character Elle Woods?

-I think that is Legally Blonde.

-Watched the film?

-I've seen that, yeah. I've seen all but Wild.

-OK.

Does Reese Witherspoon play the character

Elle Woods in Legally Blonde?

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The second time of asking, well done, you're through to the final.

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We still have two places left in today's final alongside Matthew.

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

18 of you left. Are you all ready?

-CONTESTANTS:

-Yes!

-Good. Here's your first question.

All answers out there.

The right answer...

..is A, The Waldorf Astoria.

A point to all of you.

Joe, I'm not a body language expert,

but you immediately going... like that afterwards

made me think that you were worried about your answer.

Yeah, it's in Vegas, Caesars Palace, I believe.

I changed at the last minute.

Sounds like good news for you actually, Kurtis.

As you can tell, I'm not a salad man.

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I would never, ever have said that.

Don't worry, I did. It's fine.

Well, one of you has given the impossible answer

and that impossible answer is...

..B, Caesars Palace. Exactly as you said, Joe,

Caesars Palace is in Vegas and the salad isn't named after it anyway.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow.

Question number two.

We've got a couple of you on B,

but most of you are on C.

Have you all avoided the impossible answer?

You have. St Leonards-on-Sea is in East Sussex.

Let's see where the points are going.

The right answer is C, Southend-on-Sea.

So, a point to all of you. Question number three.

Any S Club 7 fans in today?

There's a few. Abigail, confident in this one, then?

There ain't no party like an S Club party

-and I definitely remember the show.

-LAUGHTER

Yeah, I loved S Club 7, so, yeah,

-and I do remember this show, vaguely.

-OK.

Let's see what the impossible answer is.

It's C. Melanie Blatt was not a member of S Club 7,

but was a member of...? Abigail?

-All Saints.

-Bang-on.

The two Ks, Kurtis and Kathryn, we'll see you tomorrow.

-Okey dokey, bye.

-And the points are going to...

..the Bs.

Question number four.

No-one tempted by Magnumopus.

LAUGHTER

Let's see what the impossible answer was.

B, Magnumopus. It's a character from the Asterix books.

-Eddie, reckon you're getting a point here?

-Hopefully.

I know that "saurus" is "lizard"

and "docus" isn't "saurus" so, hopefully...

No, "docus" is not "saurus". The right answer...

..is brachiosaurus. A point to everyone who went for A.

Going into the final question, 15 of you are left in play.

Six are on the maximum four points, so all to play for. Final question.

Of the six players on four points,

the only person to go for A, Roger Moore, was you, Sam.

The one thing I didn't want to do

when I came here was embarrass myself.

LAUGHTER

And I think my five other lads in my house that I live in

are going to absolutely roast me when I get home. So, bye.

You don't think Roger Moore was ever married to Demi Moore?

-I might be the only one who's got it right, you never know.

-You might be.

Exactly, Sam, you might be. The impossible answer....

..is A, Roger Moore,

who has never been romantically involved with Demi Moore.

Sam, we'll see you tomorrow. Have a think about what you've done.

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All of our other leaders

have, more conventionally, gone for the answer B.

Let's see if they're right.

They are. The answer is Bruce Willis.

A point to all of you.

Which means five of you finish on the maximum of five points.

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

..was Annie. APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Annie.

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

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-Hello, Annie.

-Hello, Rick.

You look genuinely surprised to have won that round.

I'm in a state of shock, to say the least, yeah.

-What do you do, Annie?

-I work in housing.

I'm a governance officer for a social housing provider

-and I work mainly with the tenants' associations.

-OK.

-And what you do with your spare time?

-I like to walk a lot.

I've just taken up the Couch To 5K,

so I did my first 5K just two weeks ago. And I like to travel abroad.

I've got a weekend booked to Milan near Christmas

and a weekend in Poland and I've got a campervan.

So you just drive the van around and sort of pitch up by the roadside.

OK, fine, fine.

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

-OK.

-Here they come.

-Any of those that you fancy?

-I'd have to go with the UK.

-OK.

-Yeah, I live here, so...

-Yes, that should be an advantage.

So, we're going to see nine answers relating to the UK, Annie.

Here they come.

-Any ideas?

-No, blank look. No.

Possibly newer towns? I don't know.

That's just because of Milton Keynes. No, no clue.

Have a look at the first half of the question, see if it helps.

-So, Milton Keynes is a new town.

-Which English "new town"...

-OK.

So, five of those answers are impossible.

Where do you want to start?

-Corby.

-Corby.

-Yeah.

Is Corby an impossible answer?

-Oh, bad start.

-It is a new town, unfortunately.

-OK.

-Next one I'll go for is Luton.

-Luton. Any thoughts on Luton?

Well, it's been there a long time so it's maybe not as new as the others.

Is Luton an impossible answer?

It is. APPLAUSE

-You're up and running.

-Yeah.

-Where do you want to go next?

-I'll go for Telford next.

-Telford?

Is Telford an impossible answer?

-It's not, unfortunately.

-Oh, right.

-Telford is also a new town.

Er, Crawley or Bedford.

-I'll go for Bedford.

-Bedford?

-Mm-hmm.

Is Bedford an impossible answer?

It is! APPLAUSE

-Right, I'll go for Crawley, then.

-Crawley next?

-Yeah, Crawley.

-OK. This to have added £300 to the prize pot.

Is Crawley an impossible answer?

-Oh, dear.

-It's not.

-Not very good.

So, you've added £200 to the prize pot.

It now stands at £700.

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

-and you're looking for the right answer.

-OK.

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.

-OK.

That player...

..is Eddie. APPLAUSE

Shall we have a look at the full question?

Which English "new town"...

..is sometimes referred to as "Little Scotland",

due to the large number of Scots who moved there for work?

I'm going to say Corby.

-Oh, with a new-found confidence.

-Yes.

I don't know why, I'm going to say Corby.

I imagine that's quite industrial.

Scotland is quite industrial, or has been. Corby.

Is Corby the right answer?

APPLAUSE It is, Annie!

Very well done. You're through to the final.

Lots of Scots came down to work in the steelworks in Corby

and around two-thirds of the population there is believed

to be of Scottish descent.

The impossible answers...

High Wycombe, not a new town,

Newport Pagnell, not a new town,

and Woking, also not a new town.

-Very well done, Annie. You're in the final.

-Thanks very much.

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So, just one place up for grabs in the final. Whose is it going to be?

-Only 13 of you surviving now. Are we ready? CONTESTANTS:

-Yes!

Here comes your first question.

We've got a clean sweep here. Everyone's gone for Wolverine, A.

Let's check you haven't all given the impossible answer.

No, that was C, The Flash.

The Flash is not a member of the X-Men.

He's in the DC Comics Universe. The right answer...

..is Wolverine, so a point to everyone.

Let's go on to question number two.

We have got all answers out there.

Just the one A, Crib Goch. Evonne.

-Yes, Rick.

-LAUGHTER

-What do you think?

-I'm out on my own.

-Yeah, it's not a great feeling, is it, Evonne?

-No, it's not!

The impossible answer...

-..is B, Pen y Fan.

-Ooh...

-So, you've avoided it, Evonne...

-Oh!

-..masterfully.

Eddie, Junaid, Andrew, Abigail and Tracey,

you've given the impossible answer. We'll see you all tomorrow.

Pen y Fan is the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons, not in Snowdonia.

Sue, you're from Wales. Feeling fairly confident in your answer?

-100%.

-I like that, Sue.

Let's see if you are right to feel 100% confident.

A point to everyone who went for C, Cader Idris. Question number three.

So, we just have As and Bs.

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

Ouch! The Bs haven't and that has wiped out the middle row.

Terry, Peter and Evonne, see you all tomorrow.

Francois Mitterrand was President of France but never Prime Minister.

Let's see if our As are getting some points.

They are.

So, we just have five players left,

and all of you are on three points. Question number four.

So, we've got four As and a B.

Ciaran, you are the only player who's gone for Jeremy Strong.

It doesn't necessarily mean you've got it wrong or impossible.

Yeah, I've never read the Wimpy Kid books before

or seen anything to do with them, any films.

-I think I'm probably going to get kicked out.

-The impossible answer...

..is C, Tom Gates.

He's a fictional character in a series of kids' books,

but not the author. So, Ciaran, you survive. The right answer...

The answer was A, Jeff Kinney. CHEERING

Five of you left in play. All of the top row are on four points,

but you can still catch them, Ciaran.

You have three points. Last question.

Starting to spot a bit of a pattern here.

LAUGHTER The top row will do their own thing.

Ciaran, once again, it's just you going with C.

Yeah, I don't feel as good this time.

I think my luck's definitely run out, but I had absolutely no idea,

so, yeah, just went for it.

Let's have a look at the right answer first.

Ooh, it's C, Carthusian!

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Just a point to Ciaran. You should have felt good, Ciaran.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Orcadian.

Orcadian is not an order of monks, it's someone from the Orkney Isles.

So, a lovely finish to this round

means that all five of you finish on four points.

But the fastest to lock in their answers...

..was Josh. APPLAUSE

-We did it!

-Congratulations, Josh.

You've got the chance to grab a place in today's final.

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-Hello, Josh.

-Hello, Rick, how are you doing?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-How are you?

-I'm a little bit nervous, but I'm good, thank you.

I enjoyed the celebration that you and Sue had there.

I mean, it's only the second show, but I'm very nervous

and she's been my little mum up there,

-so she's keeping me sane and keeping me happy.

-So, what do you do, Josh?

I'm a dispatcher and accounts booker for an executive vehicle company.

What you do in your spare time when you're not booking executive cars?

I love weightlifting, I love ice hockey.

Detroit Red Wings is my team and I follow them.

-Do you play ice hockey as well?

-No, no, I can ice skate,

but I'm a little bit too big to be an ice skater.

-Shall we have a look at the topics?

-Please do.

So, the remaining two are Science and Classical Music.

Don't even need to think about it, it's Science, please.

-Science straight off, OK.

-Yes.

So, I'm going to reveal nine answers relating to Science. Here they come.

That's not what I was expecting.

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

-see if that helps?

-Yes, please.

Which description of wind speed, according to the Beaufort scale...

So, five of those answers are impossible.

They couldn't possibly be the answer

because they are not descriptions of wind speed,

-according to the Beaufort scale.

-Of course.

The prize pot currently stands at £700. You'll add £100

every time you successfully eliminate an impossible answer.

-OK.

-Where would you like to start?

Um, straight off, "Somewhat blowy" seems too colloquial

to be on a scale, so let's go for that.

"Somewhat blowy" feels a bit too casual to be on a Beaufort scale?

Is "Somewhat blowy" an impossible answer?

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Yeah, "Somewhat blowy" is something like my mum would say.

-Exactly, yeah.

-Where next?

-I'm going to go "Mild storm".

-"Mild storm".

Is "Mild storm" an impossible answer?

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-Yes, doesn't really make sense, a mild storm.

-No, exactly, yeah.

Um, I'm tempted to go "Violent storm" on the same principle.

-Yeah, let's take out "Violent storm", please.

-OK?

-Yeah.

Is "Violent storm" an impossible answer?

-No, violent storm is on the Beaufort scale.

-That's fine.

Um..."Fresh breeze", please.

-"Fresh breeze".

-Yeah.

Is "Fresh breeze" an impossible answer?

-Ooh.

-It is on the Beaufort scale.

OK, I've just looked top right.

"Severe breeze". That's a bit of an oxymoron,

so let's go "Severe breeze". Yeah, that's...

"Severe breeze", on the same logic as "Mild storm".

Is "Severe breeze" an impossible answer?

It is, it is. APPLAUSE

So, £300 added to the daily prize pot.

-It now stands at £1,000.

-Nice.

Now, I'm going to show you the second half of the question

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

-Okey doke.

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

If you give me a wrong answer,

I will throw over to the next best player, who will have a chance

to steal your place in the final.

Now, this is going to hurt,

because that player is Sue.

-I'm fine with that.

-APPLAUSE

Josh!

-The old team back together.

-Oh, go on, Josh.

No, if it goes wrong, I'm happy it'll be Sue, so I'm happy.

-Oh, go on, Josh.

-Shall we look at the full question?

-Yes, please.

Which description of wind speed, according to the Beaufort scale...

..corresponds to Force 8,

with speeds of between 39 and 46 miles per hour?

I'm going to go with...

39 to 46 miles per hour. That's quite fast.

-It's a decent lift.

-Yeah, yeah.

-You'd know about it.

-Definitely.

I'm going to go for "Violent storm".

-"Violent storm"?

-Yeah. That's... Yeah.

If it's a wrong answer, we throw to your row mum, Sue.

Is "Violent storm" the right answer?

-It's not, unfortunately.

-No prob.

-But it is on the Beaufort scale, as we knew.

-Mm-hmm.

So, we throw over to Sue.

Josh, if I get this right, I'm really sorry.

I'm going to punt for "Heavy wind".

-"Heavy wind".

-Mmm.

Is "Heavy wind" the right answer?

Oh, Sue! You've sacrificed yourself there, Sue,

and knocked yourself out, I'm afraid.

That's OK. Good luck, Josh.

-Thanks, Sue.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-OK, bye.

Good news for you, Josh.

-That means you're through to the final.

-Awesome.

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Do you want to have another guess at the right answer?

Based on that, I'd have to go "Gale".

-Yeah, "Gale" is absolutely right.

-Ah.

The other impossible answer?

-"Brisk air".

-"Brisk air".

Josh, very well done. We'll see you in today's final.

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

-but we'll see you all again tomorrow. Goodbye. CONTESTANTS:

-Bye!

But for Matthew, Annie and Josh, it's time for the final.

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So, Matthew, from the middle row,

Annie, from the bottom row,

Josh, from the top row,

there is £1,000 in today's prize pot.

Only one of you can win that money

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

You're each going to start with ten lives.

There they are. Questions are on the buzzer.

The right answer will knock a life off both of your opponents.

A wrong answer loses a life of your own.

But look out for the impossible questions.

You can knock two lives from your opponents but, if you mess up,

you lose two of your own lives.

The last player standing takes the £1,000.

-Ready? ALL:

-Yes.

-Best of luck.

In the film Wall Street,

which meal does Gordon Gekko famously say is for wimps?

-Matthew.

-Breakfast.

It's not breakfast. It's lunch, Matthew. You lose a life.

What type of meat is traditionally served as the centrepiece

on the American holiday of Thanksgiving?

-Josh.

-Turkey.

It is Turkey. Annie and Matthew, you lose a life.

In The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy,

what is the first name of the Paranoid Android?

-Josh.

-Marvin.

-It is Marvin.

Matthew and Annie, you lose a life.

In which year of the 1990s was the first Comic Relief Red Nose Day?

-Josh.

-Impossible.

It is impossible. The first Red Nose Day was in February, 1988.

Annie and Matthew, you lose two lives.

Josh, you're absolutely flying.

Animals described as "arboreal"

typically live in which type of environment?

-Annie.

-Wooded.

We'll accept that. Trees. Matthew and Josh, you lose a life.

In chess, which piece is traditionally represented

by a horse's head and neck?

-Josh.

-Knight.

It is the knight. Just in time. Matthew and Annie, you lose a life.

Which airbase in Berkshire was home to a women's peace camp

for over 15 years?

-Annie.

-Greenham Common?

It was Greenham Common. Matthew and Josh, you lose a life.

In which Asian country is OR Tambo International Airport?

-Josh.

-I'll go impossible.

It is impossible. It's in South Africa.

Meaning, Annie, you lose two lives.

Matthew, unfortunately, you lose your last two lives and you're out.

Which former champion jockey was jailed for tax fraud in 1987?

-Annie.

-Lester Piggott.

It was Lester Piggott. Josh, you lose a life.

Little fight back maybe, Annie.

Which vowel comes immediately after the "I"

in the conventional spelling of the word "weird"?

Josh.

"E".

-It's not. It's impossible.

-Yeah.

-W-E-I-R-D.

So, no vowel after the "I",

which means you lose two lives, Josh.

Si King and Dave Myers make up which hirsute presenting duo?

-Annie.

-The Hairy Bikers.

It is the Hairy Bikers. Josh, you lose a life.

In which decade of the 20th century was the Berlin Wall built?

-Josh.

-20th.

-Decade of the 20th century.

-Oh.

So, it was 1960s, built in 1961. Josh, you lose a life.

Which country singer is played by Bradley Cooper

in the 2005 film Walk The Line?

-Josh.

-Willie Nelson?

No, I'm afraid it's impossible.

Bradley Cooper was not in the film Walk The Line.

Joaquin Phoenix played Johnny Cash. You lose two lives, Josh.

The holder of which ecclesiastical position

has a London residence called Lambeth Palace?

-Annie.

-Cardinal of... Sorry.

It's the Archbishop of Canterbury. Annie, you lose a life.

Which character in the Beano had a dog called Gnasher and a pig...

-Josh.

-Dennis the Menace.

-..and a pig called Rasher?

It is Dennis the Menace. Annie, you lose a life.

Josh, you have one life. Annie, you have one life.

In the well-known phrase for being very pleased,

what colour are you said to be tickled?

-Josh.

-Pink.

It is pink! Annie...

APPLAUSE

Annie, you lose your last remaining life,

which means you and Matthew are both out. Commiserations.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Josh.

You are today's winner, with £1,000.

That is 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 you a question.

Three of the nine answers are correct

and if you can find them all within ten seconds, you win £10,000.

That's the good news.

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

Give me 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 any of those and you will lose the daily prize pot.

-Any subject you'd particularly like to come up?

-Film.

-Film, popular music, not classical.

-Mm-hmm.

If it's politics or geography, then we're in a little bit of trouble.

OK. Let's have a look at the topic.

I can tell you it's Sport.

If it's US sport, yeah, I can do this. If it's any other then, meh.

Here are your nine answers.

You have ten seconds to lock in your answers and you're looking for...

..England cricket captains

who led the team to series victory in the Ashes.

And your time starts now.

Michael Vaughan, Michael Atherton...

..Mike Gatting.

You took your time which I think is wise. How are you feeling?

Atherton and Vaughan are both cricketers.

Gatting, I'd heard of, but I'm really unsure about that now.

Let's start at the top with Mike Gatting.

So, you think you've heard of Mike Gatting.

Yeah, that's the one I'm most unsure on,

so, if that's a yes, then awesome, I think.

Is Mike Gatting a right answer?

APPLAUSE

Yes, he is.

Let's go with your first answer, Michael Vaughan.

How confident are you with Michael Vaughan?

Michael Vaughan, I've heard of. I believe he's a cricketer, I think.

Um...I really don't know.

But they're the two I'd heard of.

Did Michael Vaughan lead the England cricket team

to series victory in the Ashes?

APPLAUSE

Yes, he did...

..in 2005.

You're one answer away from £10,000.

What we do not want to see is the Impossible exclamation mark,

-which will mean you leave with nothing.

-Of course.

Did Michael Atherton captain the England cricket team

to a series victory in the Ashes? For £10,000...

-CONTESTANTS:

-Oh!

-He didn't, I'm afraid, Josh.

APPLAUSE

But it is only a wrong answer.

He was an England cricket captain,

so you've avoided the impossible answers,

which means you will be going home with £1,000.

-Awesome.

-Which is not bad, is it?

APPLAUSE

The other answer you were looking for... Any idea?

Um, I had a sneaking suspicions about Brearley.

Well, your sneaking suspicion was right.

-It would have been Mike Brearley.

-I wouldn't have gone for it, so...

-Michael Burke is a newsreader.

-Oh, that's it.

Mike Oldfield, famous for Tubular Bells.

-Yeah.

-And Michael Owen is a footballer.

Mike Brearley lead them to victory three times,

including the famous 1981 Botham's Ashes,

and Mike Gatting, in '86-'87, in Australia.

Thank you very much for playing Impossible.

-You've been a great player. Thank you, Josh.

-Thank you.

Josh leaves with £1,000.

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.