Episode 18 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards and this is Impossible.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to Impossible, the quiz where the questions aren't impossible,

but some of the answers always are.

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

As usual, I'm joined by 24 beautiful players.

-Hello, players. ALL:

-Hello, Rick.

Looking good today.

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

ALL: OOHH!

Our humongous exclamation mark, filled with 10,000 glittering 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 comes flooding out.

Yesterday, Catherine left us with £1,000.

Our new player today is Sean.

-Hello, Sean.

-Hi.

-How are you?

-I'm not too bad, cheers.

-What do you do, Sean?

-I'm a student in Newcastle.

-What are you studying?

-Accountancy.

OK. If you were to win the £10,000, what would it go on?

I'd probably buy my parents something nice,

but the rest would probably go on nights out.

Wow, that's some night out, Sean.

LAUGHTER

Well, best of luck to everyone today.

Just a reminder, this is Ian, our British sign-language interpreter,

who is working with Ciaran.

-Shall we get started? ALL:

-Yes.

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

The right answer scores you a point.

The wrong answer scores you nothing,

but the impossible answer will knock you out of today's show and you will

have to come back and try again tomorrow.

At the end of the round, the highest scorer gets the first chance to bag

a place in today's final.

-Shall we do it? ALL:

-Yes.

Here's your first question.

Good luck.

So we've got 23 Hollywood Boulevards, and Tracey.

LAUGHTER

The right answer...

..is Hollywood Boulevard, so a point to all of you, except for Tracey.

-Tracey...

-I'm just hoping that

my choice is a wrong answer and not an impossible one.

Let's find out, shall we?

The impossible answer...

..is Bourbon Street, so you have avoided it.

There's a famous Bourbon Street in New Orleans, but not one in LA.

Question number two.

Full house of answers.

-Eve...

-I've done it wrong.

I already know, I know Sorry is a song by Justin Bieber, but

Despacito, that was out this year and that was obviously the answer,

but Shape of You is by Ed Sheeran,

so I know that's the impossible answer.

Very comprehensive stuff from you, Eve, thank you.

OK, let's see if you're right.

What was the impossible answer?

Yes, B, Shape of You, is an Ed Sheeran track,

Linda, Angela and Vicky.

-See you all tomorrow.

-Goodbye.

-Bye.

-Bye. And the points are going to...

..the Cs. Despacito.

Any idea how many times Despacito has been streamed, Sam?

-Probably over a billion.

-Well over a billion.

Over 4.6 billion times.

Wow.

Question number three.

All answers out there.

The correct answer...

..is B, the Lake District, so a point to everyone who went for B.

Let's see what the impossible answer is.

And that is C, Sherwood Forest,

not a UK National Park, so, Steve and Evonne, we have to say goodbye.

Goodbye.

Question number four.

So just Bs and Cs.

The right answer...

..is C, Mikhail Baryshnikov.

So a point to everyone who went for C.

Check that - Bs have avoided the impossible answer.

They have, Andrey Arshavin is a footballer.

19 of you left in play.

Four of you on a maximum of four points.

They are Jordan, Terry, Abigail

and Franklyn.

ALL: OHH!

Here we go, Franklyn.

That's what I'm talking about.

Can we do this, Franklyn?

Let's hope so. I'm doing it for my crew up here.

Do it for your crew. Question number five.

All answers out there.

The impossible answer...

..is C.

There's no such listing as Grade III.

Eve and Sean, see you both tomorrow.

The right answer...

..is Grade I, A.

So a point to everyone who went for A.

Meaning, at the end of the round, the only person on a maximum

of five points is you, Terry.

CHEERING

Congratulations. You have the first chance to grab a place

in today's final.

-Hello, Terry.

-Hello, Rick.

-How are you doing?

-Very well, again.

Very well, again.

Now, we know that you're good at getting through to the final, Terry.

-Yeah.

-You've been in the final three times.

You've lost three times.

You've been first out of the final three times.

We need to work on that bit of your game.

Have you been doing your buzzer-finger exercises?

-Yes.

-That's not quick enough.

Just show me quick fingers.

Lovely. Quicker.

Even quicker. That's lovely.

That's what we need to see.

That's the kind of technique we are looking for, Terry.

You know exactly what we're doing here.

-Indeed.

-I'm going to show you four topics.

You're going to pick one. You're going to get through,

you're going to get to the final and then you're going to use

-those quick fingers.

-Right, thank you.

Shall we have a look at the four topics?

Indeed. All right.

Science, History, America and Musical Theatre.

Drawn to History or America.

HE EXHALES

-History, I think.

-Going for History.

-History please, yeah.

-I'm going to reveal nine answers relating to History.

Former Russian satellites...

-States, that is.

-Mm-hm, mm-hm.

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

Please.

So five of those are impossible.

I want you to identify them and get rid of them.

Each one you successfully identify,

I'll put £100 into the daily prize pot.

Where do you want to start?

Let's go with Hungary.

Hungary. So you don't think Hungary signed the Warsaw Pact.

Is Hungary an impossible answer?

Oh.

They were a Warsaw Pact signatory.

Moldova.

Moldova.

Is Moldova an impossible answer?

Yes, Moldova, at the time, was part of the USSR.

Armenia.

Is Armenia an impossible answer?

Yes.

It was also part of the USSR.

-Yeah.

-Er...

..Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan.

Thoughts on Turkmenistan?

Other than it was a former Russian state, I believe,

I can't think of anything else that...

It's just going on gut instincts with these, I think.

OK.

Is Turkmenistan an impossible answer?

Yes, £300 in the prize pot.

Again, part of the USSR, at the time.

Then I think I'm going to go for the Ukraine.

Is Ukraine an impossible answer?

Yes.

So £400 added to the prize pot.

Are you going to be playing for that money and a shot

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

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

and I want the right answer. Find it, 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.

Who would you least like to steal your place in the final, Terry?

Well, I might not say, least like, but the one that would

get me laughing, I suppose, would be Sam.

I think you're getting mugged off there, Sam!

-Just trying my luck.

-Anybody who picks Roger Moore, I've got to say is...

LAUGHTER

Never going to live that down, I'm afraid, Sam.

Well, I can say that the person standing by...

is... Of course it's not Sam!

It's Matthew.

Well done, Matt.

Now, we know there is still one impossible answer up there.

Yeah, I think I know it.

OK. Fine. Shall we have a look at the full question?

Yes, please.

Between two, for me.

I'm going to go with Romania.

-Romania?

-Yeah.

Feeling confident?

Not 100%.

Toss up between two, is it?

Yeah, yeah.

OK, you've gone with Romania.

Is Romania the right answer?

It is. Well done.

Thank you.

Well done, Terry. Through to the final.

-Fourth-time lucky.

-Yeah.

The last remaining impossible, you think you knew it?

Lithuania.

Spot on. Lithuania.

As soon as I got Hungary wrong, I knew the context then.

Yeah, Lithuania was also part of the USSR, at the time.

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

Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

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

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

16 of you left.

-Are we all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck, here's your first question.

We've got an even split between Fargo and Little Rock.

The right answer...

..is C, Fargo, so a point to all the Cs.

Let's check that the Little Rocks have avoided the impossible answer.

Oh, you haven't.

Little Rock is not in North Dakota.

It's in Arkansas.

We say goodbye to eight of you in one fell swoop.

It was all going so well, Franklyn.

LAUGHTER

-It was, but, hey.

-I mean, that has absolutely nailed the top row,

by the way!

LAUGHTER

-See you all tomorrow.

-Bye-bye, Rick.

Goodbye. So only eight of you left as we go on to question two of round two.

We've got all answers out there.

Tracey, ever celebrated Hogmanay in Scotland?

Well, usually when I start celebrating Hogmanay, it lasts until

-March the 1st.

-You absolute legend, Tracey.

Er, I know that it's the wrong answer, Rick,

but I didn't want to risk going impossible and I wasn't,

I know Balamory as a kids' TV show,

but I'm not sure if it's also a festival,

so I didn't want to risk it.

Played it nice and safe, Tracey.

-Yeah.

-Abigail...

As soon as I looked at it and wondered why Balamory was familiar,

I was like, it's a TV kids' show, that's why I've heard of it before.

-Mm.

-I'm hoping it's also a Scottish festival, though.

-Fingers crossed.

-Fingers crossed indeed, Abigail.

And the impossible answer is...

..A, Balamory, which is a kids' TV show

and not a Scottish festival as well,

I'm afraid, Abigail. See you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow.

-Let's see where the points are going.

Just down at the front, for our two Whuppity Scoories.

Laura and Eddie.

Hogmanay, as Tracey knows,

is celebrated at New Year, but can continue till March the 1st.

LAUGHTER

Question number three.

We've got As, Bs and Cs.

The right answer...

..is C, Blazin' Squad.

Marcel Somerville used to be in Blazin' Squad,

though they didn't really talk about it on the show.

A point to all the Cs.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Boys II Men.

Boys II Men are an American group,

so I'm afraid that's the end of the road for you, Ciaran.

Bye.

Question number four.

Just Bs and Cs.

The right answer...

..is B, baobab.

Just a point to Matthew and Laura.

Have the Cs avoided the impossible answer?

That is...

..A, mandrill.

Mandrills are the largest species of monkey,

they are the ones that have got the blue and red faces.

As we move onto our final question in this round,

only one contestant is on a maximum of four points, and that's Laura.

-ALL:

-WHOO!

Question number five.

As and Cs, no Bs.

Let's have a look at the right answer.

That's A, contralto, so a point to Matthew and a point to Wendy.

The impossible answer

..is B, pizzicato, not a type of female voice type in opera.

It's an instruction to pluck a stringed instrument

rather than use your bow.

Which means, at the end of the round, finishing on four points,

our winner is Laura.

CHEERING Congratulations. You have the second chance

to grab a place in today's final.

-Hello, Laura.

-Hello.

-Nice to have you down here.

Nice to be here, finally.

So you're a primary school teacher, right?

-Yeah.

-Will your class be watching?

-Hopefully.

-Do you want to say hello to the class?

-Yeah, I will do.

-Just there.

-Hi, class four.

-Hello, class four.

-ALL:

-Hello, class four.

OK, shall we press on?

-OK.

-So a choice of three topics, Laura.

I am actually, like, Head of Science at my school,

so I don't know whether to go for it or avoid it,

in case I get it really wrong and embarrass myself.

I think it's probably embarrassing either way.

It's between Science and Musical Theatre.

Take your time, Head of Science.

LAUGHTER

Oh, I'm going to have to go for Science, aren't I?

-Just go for it.

-You probably are, yeah.

All right, so we're going to see nine answers relating to Science.

-Your thoughts.

-They are all things.

They are all things.

I don't know any more than that, I've got no idea.

Maybe a measurement of something.

-Maybe.

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

OK.

Now, a measurement of things.

So five of those answers are impossible.

Your first job is to eliminate those

five impossible answers.

For each one that you get rid of

successfully, I'll put £100 into

the daily prize pot, which currently

stands at £400.

OK.

Where would you like to start?

Let's go for stretch.

Is stretch an impossible answer?

It is, you're off.

-OK.

-£100 added to the prize pot.

-Good start, Laura.

-Erm...

I'm going to go for epoch.

Is epoch an impossible answer?

No. Unfortunately that is a division

of geological time.

-OK.

-Three more goes.

Eon, I think that might be something

to do with electricity,

or something like that.

Eon.

Is Eon an impossible answer?

It's not, I'm afraid.

-I'm not doing very well, am I?

-They weren't thinking of

the electricity company. Weirdly.

Still might be related.

Erm, span.

Span.

Let's get back on track, shall we?

Is span an impossible answer?

There we go.

£200 added to the prize pot,

£600 it now stands at.

One more go.

Let's remove another

impossible answer.

I'm torn between phase and duration,

I don't know.

Phase, I think it might

be a bit vague.

-Let's go with that.

-Phase feels vague, OK.

Is phase an impossible answer?

It is. Salvaged something there,

I think.

-OK, I did OK.

-£300 added to the pot.

It now stands at £700.

Now we need to find out if you'll 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.

-OK.

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

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

to steal your place in the final and that player is Matthew.

Again.

Perennial bridesmaid - Matthew.

Now there are still two impossible answers up there.

If you give me either of those,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-OK.

I'm going to play it safe, because I know it's not impossible,

and I'm going to say epoch.

Epoch.

Is epoch the right answer?

Yes!

Yes, Head of Science.

CHEERING

Absolutely nailed it, nailed it.

The other two impossible answers up there are cycle and duration.

I said that.

An epoch is shorter than a period, a period is shorter than an era,

and an era is shorter than an eon.

Well done, Laura, through to the final.

CHEERING

Just one place up for grabs in the final now.

Who's going to take it? Only five of you surviving.

-Are you all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Best of luck. Here's your first question.

All answers out there.

The right answer...

..is A, The Secret Garden.

A point to you, Tracey.

And the impossible answer...

..is C, Mary Poppins, not by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

By PL Travers, I'm afraid, Wendy.

-I know.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Question number two.

As and Cs.

Jordan, are you confident in Erik Lehnsherr?

Yes, yes, very much so.

He is Magneto, which is the villain in the X-Men.

Charles Xavier is Professor X, who is, like, the leader of the X-Men.

Lucius Fox is the technological guy in Batman who helps build

all of his, you know, his Batmobile and make his suit and stuff,

so I'm pretty confident, yeah.

You sound pretty confident, Jordan.

Let's see if that confidence is well-placed.

Yes, the right answer is A, exactly as Jordan said.

Erik Lehnsherr is the real name of the character Magneto.

So a point to all of you.

And Tracey, that sounds like you've avoided the impossible answer.

Yes, Lucius Fox, as Jordan said, does all the tech for Batman.

Charles Xavier is Professor X.

Question number three, everyone has got a point.

Three Cs

and a B. Matthew, you're the only person who's gone for B.

Insulin. I do know insulin is a hormone, or I hope it is,

because I am diabetic, so I kind of need to know that.

Mm.

The right answer...

..is B, insulin, so a point to you, Matthew.

Eddie, have you avoided the impossible answer?

Well, I thought I had when I picked adrenaline.

I'm not so sure now. I thought insulin was the pancreas.

Insulin is produced in the pancreas, but the islets of Langerhans

are in the pancreas. The impossible answer...

..is A, sebum, so you've all avoided it.

Sebum is not a hormone,

it's a kind of oily substance that protects and moisturises the skin.

Adrenaline is produced in the adrenal glands.

Four of you still left in play as we go on to question four.

Two Bs and two Cs.

The right answer...

..is B, Nighthawks.

Matthew, you get a point, as does Eddie.

Now we see if Tracey and Jordan have avoided the impossible answer.

You haven't. The Night Cafe is by van Gogh, I'm afraid.

Tracey and Jordan, unlucky.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

Question number five.

So you've both gone with A, Sundance.

The right answer...

..is C, Y Not.

So either

you've both given the wrong answer and Matthew is coming down to play

the grid, or you've both given the impossible answer,

in which case, everyone will be back in for one last deciding question.

-ALL:

-OH!

I know.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Sundance.

Sundance is not a music festival, it's a film festival.

Matthew and Eddie, you've knocked yourself out,

but you're bringing everyone back in.

CHEERING

So, one question.

The fastest person to answer correctly will come down and play

the final grid. Understood?

-ALL:

-Yes.

-Here is that question.

We have got all answers out there.

I think there was some panicked pressing going on.

LAUGHTER

The impossible answer...

..is C, Burundi.

Not a French word for a day of the week.

It's a place in Africa.

Kurtis, Abigail, Andy, Andrew, Angela and Eddie,

you were given another chance, you threw it away.

-Bye.

-Bye.

The correct answer..

..is A, Vendredi.

13 of you got that right, but the winner of this finger race...

..was Tracey!

CHEERING

Lovely quick fingers, Tracey.

High-tension situation, but you've outed.

Please come down and play the final grid.

-Hello, Tracey.

-Hi, Rick.

How do you feel, down in the grid area?

Really excited.

Yeah, it's the only part of the show that I've not managed to do yet,

so I'm really looking forward to it, actually.

Yeah, because you skipped this stage yesterday by stealing, cruelly,

from Andy. So we're going to play a grid.

Shall we have a look at the last remaining topics?

Yes.

They are...

Which I think might be OK for you.

Yeah, Musical Theatre for me.

All right, shall we have a look at the nine answers?

-Yes, please.

-All related to Musical Theatre.

Know any of them?

Yeah, I recognise

quite a few names up there.

I think it might have something

to do with Chicago.

-Shall we have a look?

-Yes, please.

First half of the question.

It has got something to do with Chicago.

Five of those answers are impossible,

because they're not characters in Chicago.

You need to eliminate those five answers.

For each one you successfully eliminate,

we'll add £100

to the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

OK, so I recognise a few, um...

..as not being Chicago characters.

I think first of all I'm going

to go for Tracy Turnblad.

Tracy Turnblad.

Where is she from?

I think Hairspray.

-Maybe.

-OK.

Is Tracey Turnblad an impossible answer?

Yes, she's from Hairspray.

£100 added to the prize pot.

Very good.

I think next

I'll go for Fanny Brice.

-From...?

-Funny Girl, maybe.

Is Fanny Brice an impossible answer?

Yes.

A character from Funny Girl.

I think I'll go with Mary Sunshine.

Is Mary Sunshine an impossible answer?

Ah, she is in

the musical Chicago, unfortunately.

Two more goes, though.

Say Mrs Lovett.

Is Mrs Lovett an impossible answer?

She is. Mrs Lovett is

in Sweeney Todd.

£300 added to the prize pot.

It now stands at a grand.

There are two names up there

that I don't recognise at all.

So it is a bit of a

50-50 between those.

I think I will go

with Miss Adelaide.

Is Miss Adelaide an impossible answer?

Yes.

Miss Adelaide is in Guys And Dolls.

The second half of the question, I want the right answer.

If you find it, you are in the final.

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

the chance to steal your place in the final.

And that next best player..

..is Sam!

CHEERING

Great reaction, Sam!

So there is still one impossible answer, Tracey.

If you give me that, you will be eliminated from today's show.

Shall we see the full question?

-Yes, please.

-Which character in

the musical Chicago was played

in an Oscar-winning performance

by Catherine Zeta Jones?

I think that might have been

Roxie Hart.

Mm-hmm.

-Seen the film?

-I have, but I always

get the characters...

Two of the characters mixed up.

So I'm hoping I've chosen the right one.

All right. Was Roxie Hart played by Catherine Zeta Jones

in the film of Chicago?

ALL GROAN

Tracey! Roxie Hart was played by Renee Zellweger.

You said you mixed two of them up.

Sam!

Come on, Sam!

Erm...

..I'll go with Mary Sunshine.

-Mary Sunshine?

-Yeah.

Did Catherine Zeta Jones

play Mary Sunshine...

..in the film of Chicago?

Oh, Sam.

-Sam.

-Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam.

Tracey, I think you know what the answer is now.

I think it was Velma Kelly.

It was Velma Kelly.

And the last remaining

impossible answer...

Sally Bowles.

Sally Bowles from Cabaret.

Very lucky escape, we'll see you in the final, Tracey.

Thank you.

CHEERING

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

But we'll see you all again tomorrow.

-Goodbye! ALL:

-Bye!

But for Terry, Laura and Tracey, it's time for the final.

Terry, Laura and Tracey,

there's £1,100 in today's prize pot but only one of you can win

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

Terry, you're an old hand here.

-Fourth or fifth final for you?

-This is the fourth.

Fourth. Feels like fifth, doesn't it, Terry?

What are you going to do to win it this time?

-Fast thumb.

-Lovely.

If you do win, Terry, we are looking for this trip to New Zealand.

Laura, you'll be getting yourself a new carpet for your bunny to ruin.

And Tracey, you'll be going to Virginia to stay in the Dirty Dancing hotel.

So there is a lot riding on this.

You each start with ten lives.

Questions are on the buzzer,

a right answer knocks a life off both of your opponents,

a wrong answer and you lose a life of your own.

Do look out for those impossible questions.

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

you lose two lives of your own.

The last player standing takes the £1,100.

Best of luck.

-Shall we do it? ALL:

-Yes.

What is the name of the main unit of currency used in India?

-Terry.

-Rupee.

It is the rupee.

Laura and Tracey, you lose a life.

Which layer of the Earth lies between the outer core and the crust?

-Laura.

-Mantle.

Yes, Head of Science, it's mantle.

Terry and Tracey, you lose a life.

Which member of the Royal Family is the third child of King George VI?

-Terry.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

George VI only had two children.

Elizabeth and Margaret.

Laura and Tracey, you lose two lives.

In which sport can you score with a layup and commit a foul

by double dribbling?

-Terry.

-Basketball.

It is basketball. Laura and Tracey, you lose a life.

Which member of the girl group The Nolans is a regular panellist...

-Tracey.

-Coleen.

On the chat show Loose Women.

It is Coleen Nolan.

Laura and Terry, you lose a life.

In which decade of the 20th century did Aldous Huxley write the novel 1984?

-Laura.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

It was George Orwell who wrote 1984.

In the 1940s.

Terry and Tracey, you lose two lives.

Tracey, you're down on three lives.

Laura, you have five. Terry, you have six.

Oswald Cobblepot is the real name of which comic book villain,

a frequent opponent of Batman?

-Laura.

-The Joker.

It's not the Joker I'm afraid, it's the Penguin.

Laura, you lose a life.

Down to four.

Which insect creates royal jelly?

-Tracey.

-Bee.

It is the bee.

Laura and Terry, you lose a life.

Who played Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the classic BBC comedy

To The Manor Born? Tracey.

It's gone, sorry.

It's Penelope Keith.

You lose a life, Tracey.

Now down to two. The fictional city of Ankh-Morpork appears in which

series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett?

-Terry.

-Discworld.

It is Discworld.

Laura and Tracey, you both lose a life.

Tracey, you only now have one life remaining.

Laura, you have two. Terry, you're on five.

Model and actor Lily Collins is the daughter of which...

-Tracey.

-Phil Collins.

Of which former member of the band Genesis?

It is Phil Collins.

Terry, you lose a life. Laura, you lose a life.

In geometry, what name is given

to the longest side of an equilateral...

-Laura.

-Impossible.

Of an equilateral triangle.

It is impossible.

All sides of an equilateral triangle are equal.

Terry, you lose two lives.

Tracey, you lose your last remaining life and you are out.

Barn, long-eared and tawny are all species...

-Laura.

-Owl.

-Of which specific type of bird?

It is the owl. Terry, you lose a life.

Now tied at one life each.

Which slang word meaning excellent, and particularly associated with

Jamie Oliver, originates...

-Laura.

-Pukka.

From a Hindi word for ripe.

It is pukka.

Terry, you lose a life,

which means once again, I'm afraid, Terry, from a very strong position,

you have lost another final.

Don't laugh, it's not comedic.

LAUGHTER

It's quite funny, Terry.

It's not funny!

Terry and Tracey, commiserations.

Terry, I'll see you here tomorrow.

LAUGHTER

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

CHEERING

Very well done, Laura, you're today's winner with £1,100.

£1,100 - it's a decent sum of money.

-Yes.

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

the £10,000 question.

Here's how it's going to work. I'm going to show you nine answers

and then I will ask you a question.

Three of the nine answers are correct.

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

That's your good news. The less good news is that three

of those nine 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.

If you give me any of those, you lose the daily prize pot.

I want you to be leaving with all of those lovely shimmering coins.

Any subject you'd like to come up?

Probably something like Film and TV, Entertainment, Food and Drink.

Not so keen on things like Politics or Geography.

-But we'll see.

-And we're going to try and get you a nice new carpet.

And I want to take my mum and dad away as well.

And take your mum and dad away.

-Which is the priority there?

-Mum and Dad.

-OK.

Good answer. Good answer.

-Shall we have a look at a topic?

-Yes.

Books and Literature.

-OK.

-OK.

-Ready?

-Yes.

-Best of luck.

-Thank you.

Here are your nine answers.

You have ten seconds to lock in your

answers and you are looking for...

And your time starts now.

King Lear, Twelfth Night...

..Henry V.

So you started with King Lear.

That was the first one you went for.

-Confident in that one?

-Ish, I'm not sure.

Is King Lear a right answer?

It is.

CHEERING

Very good.

Then you went for Twelfth Night.

How are you feeling about Twelfth Night?

I know it's Shakespeare, I think, so hopefully it's not impossible.

Is Twelfth Night a right answer?

It's not, but as you said, it is

a Shakespeare play. So you're not

going to win the ten grand, but you

are hanging on to the 1,100 at the moment.

Twelfth Night is a comedy.

Your last answer was Henry V.

Is Henry V a right answer?

No, but it is a Shakespeare play,

so it's not all bad, you win £1,100,

Laura.

-CHEERING

-Brilliant.

The right answers that you were looking for in addition to King Lear,

Coriolanus...

Never heard of it.

..and Titus Andronicus.

The impossible answers that you avoided, very cleverly,

Doctor Faustus,

Tamburlaine and Edward II.

All by Christopher Marlowe.

£1,100.

Thank you very much for playing Impossible, hope you've enjoyed it,

-you've been a great player.

-Thank you.

-CHEERING

So Laura leaves with £1,100. The rest of us will be back tomorrow,

when someone else will have the chance to win £10,000.

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