Episode 7 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards. And this is Impossible.

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 raring to go.

-Hello, players.

-Hello!

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

Our exclamation mark,

filled with 10,000 pound coins fresh from the Royal Mint.

At the end of each show,

one of our players will face the £10,000 question - and here it is.

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

Now it has not escaped my notice

that we still haven't managed to give away the jackpot.

This has to change.

-Can we agree on that?

-Yes.

Thank you. Our new player today is Gary. How are you, Gary?

Hello, yeah, I'm good, thank you. How are you?

Very well indeed, thank you. What would you do with the ten grand?

I've always wanted to get a personal trainer

and get into proper shape, so maybe I'd do that.

You look in all right nick anyway, Gary.

-That's what I was teeing up.

-I know you were.

I'm not going to let you down there, Gary.

What do you do? I work for a university.

I'm like a corporate partnerships manager.

So I talk to different businesses in the local area

and try and get them to give students internships,

or maybe sponsor some of our events.

Do lots of collaborative working, so...

-All right. Alice.

-Oh, hello.

-How are you?

-I'm good.

-And what do you do, Alice?

-I work with animals.

-In what kind of sense?

I've been in a few different things.

I was a zookeeper for a while, I was a farmer for a while.

And in a couple of weeks I'm moving to Costa Rica

to do some wildlife rehabilitation.

Oh, wow!

Any specific wildlife you're going to be rehabilitating?

Well, the native wildlife there, so things like sloths and toucans,

-which are my speciality.

-You specialise in toucans?

-Yes.

-What a great speciality that is!

It's like an apprentice toucan!

Sort of, sort of, yes.

The toucan master. No, I'm kidding.

But, no, no.

I'm just heading out to do a project, monitoring toucan nests.

Lovely. Shall we crack on?

-Yes!

-Good luck, everyone.

You'll face five multiple-choice questions.

The right answer will score you a point.

The wrong answer will score you nothing.

But if you give me the impossible answer...

disaster. That will immediately knock you out of today's show.

You will have to 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 go for it?

-Yes.

Here's your first question.

16 As and eight Bs.

The correct answer...

..is B, Special Boat Service.

A point to everyone who went for that.

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

C, Special Bus Service.

Not one of the British Armed Forces.

What happens when the trains aren't running?

The SAS' motto is, "Who dares wins".

Question number two.

We have 22 Cs.

One Vuvuzela.

And one Sarabande

The right answer,

to the relief of the pack, is C, Fandango.

A point to all of you.

Heemy?

Heemy, Heemy, Heemy, Heemy!

Do you know the song, Heemy, Bohemian Rhapsody?

Yeah, I know it but I just don't remember them mentioning a dance.

I don't know it too well. Like, I don't...

I don't think anyone is accusing you of knowing it too well!

Yeah!

Elizabeth, ever heard of a vuvuzela?

Yeah, but now I think it's South African, isn't it?

Right? Is that right?

-Well, I guess it's like...

-Have you ever danced a vuvuzela?

-No. I don't know what came across.

-You really must, Elizabeth.

-You really must.

-I don't know what happened.

I literally just started pressing buttons just to quickly get there.

One of you has given the impossible answer.

So I'll have to say goodbye.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Vuvuzela.

It's a horn. It's blown at football matches.

-And it is South African.

-All right, then.

-See you tomorrow.

-Bye!

Question number three.

All answers out there.

The right answer

is B, Cerberus.

A point to all of you who went for Cerberus.

Matt, you went for C, Hydra.

Yeah. I think I've avoided the impossible answer,

which I believe is Trieste.

I think that's a city on the Adriatic.

-Craig.

-Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm impossible!

This city that Matt's talking about...

I'm pretty sure I'm out for this one.

The impossible answer...

Is A, Trieste - a city in Italy, Craig.

Fair enough. We'll see you tomorrow.

Thank you.

The Hydra is a multi-headed snake.

Question number four.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Richard Starkey.

So, I'll have to say goodbye to quite a lot of you.

Richard Starkey is the real name of Ringo Starr.

Not to be confused with the historian David Starkey,

which you may all have done.

We'll see you all tomorrow!

And the right answer...

..is A, Dan Snow.

So, a point to everyone who went for him.

So, moving on to the final question in this round,

we have only two players on a maximum of four points

and they are Robert and Callum.

Question number five.

So, our two leaders have given different answers.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Yahtzee, which is a dice game.

So, whoever's got the answer right out of Callum and Robert

is going to come down and play the grid.

The right answer...

..is A, Beggar My Neighbour.

A point to everyone.

But, crucially, a points to Callum,

taking him to a maximum of five points,

meaning you win the round!

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Callum.

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

-Hello, Callum.

-Hi.

-How are you feeling?

-Slightly...

Slightly surprised to be down here.

Haven't quite made it down to a grid yet.

You can't be that surprised, you're on the top row, Callum.

-Well, that's true.

-The top row love it down here!

What is it, is there a particularly strong camaraderie

-up on the top row?

-I think so, I think we...

-We get on well.

-Statistically,

the amount of you that I see down here is improbable.

Almost suspicious, I'd say.

OK, let's focus.

This is your chance to put up to £500 into the daily prize pot,

and take a massive step towards playing that £10,000 question.

I'm going to give you a choice of four topics.

Here they come.

-I think I might go for history.

-History?

-Yeah.

You're going to see nine answers - here they come.

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

-Sure.

Which of the 13 US States that declared independence from Britain...

Oh, good!

Five of those answers are impossible.

And the first thing to do is get rid of those.

Where would you like to start?

Well, I think the 13 colonies were north-west...

East. East. I can do left and right!

So, I think I'll get rid of Texas first.

Is Texas an impossible answer?

It is.

APPLAUSE

Good start. £100 in the prize pot.

Yeah. Where next?

I'm pretty sure Washington is top left.

Er, so...get rid of that.

OK. Is Washington an impossible answer?

It is.

APPLAUSE

Two from two. Lovely start.

Again, California is west coast, so, can't be that.

So, I'll get rid of California.

California.

It is.

APPLAUSE

This is kind of like a warm-up for your road trip across the US.

Possibly! Erm...

Oh, it's getting a little bit more tricky now,

because I think all of these are east coast.

I think South Carolina's on the Gulf of Mexico?

New Orleans. So, that was...

New Orleans was French, rather than British.

So, I'll get rid of South Carolina.

South Carolina, OK.

Oh, no, it was one of the 13 original US states.

Never mind.

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

I think Tennessee's more to the middle?

I could be wrong, but I'll go for Tennessee.

OK.

It is!

APPLAUSE

Good stuff, Callum.

£400 added to the daily prize pot.

Now, we just need to figure out if you're going to be playing for that

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

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

Give me the right answer - 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.

I can reveal that that...

was Ben.

Right. All right, Ben.

OK. How are you on states?

I would have gone about as well as Callum, I think,

with the same logic.

Give me an impossible answer...

-Yes.

-..and we know that there is still one up there -

you will sadly be eliminated from today's show.

-Shall we have a look at the whole question?

-Yep.

Which of the 13 original US states

that declared independence from Britain

was the first to ratify the US constitution?

Was it...? Boston was...

..to do with... A lot to do with the Revolutionary War and things,

so I might go with Massachusetts.

-Yep.

-Because I'm pretty sure it was one of the original 13.

I'll go with Massachusetts.

-Massachusetts?

-Yeah.

Is Massachusetts the right answer?

It's not, I'm afraid.

But it's not impossible.

Wrong answer means I'm going to throw over to Ben.

Ben, if you get this right, you will nab Callum's place in the final.

I really don't know.

I'm going to say Pennsylvania.

-Pennsylvania?

-Mm.

With any logic, or just...?

I know it's an old state, and it was settled early,

but it's slightly inland, as well, so that doesn't help me,

but the others...

It could be Delaware but, no, not a great deal of logic.

Is Pennsylvania the right answer?

Ooh. No.

Pennsylvania, ratified five days after...

Delaware.

Delaware was the first state to ratify the US constitution.

Callum, you dodged a bullet there.

The one remaining impossible answer, any idea?

It must be Vermont.

It is Vermont. So, nice lucky escape, Callum,

we'll see you in today's final!

APPLAUSE

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

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

-Are we ready? ALL:

-Yes!

Good luck, here's your first question.

All answers out there. As, Bs and Cs.

The right answer...

..is C, Dracula.

So, a point to everyone who went for C.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Interview With The Vampire.

It was a book - it was written in 1976, though,

not a 19th-century novel,

which means that Tracey, Wendy, Annie and Colin,

we have to say goodbye. We'll see you tomorrow.

Question number two.

All ten of you have gone with A.

Let's hope that's not impossible!

The right answer...

..is A, gluteus maximus.

It's in your bottom, and it's massive!

A point to all of you. The impossible answer...

Surplus Dairiprodus,

who is a character from the Asterix books.

Question number three.

We've got As, we've got Bs, we've got Cs.

Ben, you're one of the As, Sergio Garcia.

-Yep.

-How are you feeling?

Very good. The, erm...

I'm a big fan of Sergio Garcia.

I think he's probably deserved it for a long time

and it was good to see him win it in April '17.

Wow!

Now, then, that's fighting talk!

It's about as confident...

about as confident as I've been in the last couple of weeks!

That's very good! I asked how you were feeling.

Gary's face dropped noticeably!

Angel Cabrera.

-Yeah.

-Are you as big a golf fan as Ben?

Clearly not, no. Erm...

No, I'm... Spanish golfers I'm not very good with.

If it was like a Jordan Spieth or... somebody I've heard of.

Let's just see if Ben's confidence is well-placed.

Although, in a way, it would be funny if it wasn't!

-It really would!

-The right answer...

..is A, Sergio Garcia.

So, a point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

..is C. Angel Cabrera is Argentinian, I'm afraid.

-Ah!

-Gary and Scott, we'll see you both tomorrow.

Question number four.

The right answer...

..is B, Lesotho.

So, a point for all of you who went for that.

Lisa and Robert went for C, Namibia.

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

..A, Zululand, not an African country,

it's an area in South Africa.

So, you both survive.

Going into question five, the final question - eight of you left,

three of you on a maximum four points,

and they are Ben, Shirley, and Matt.

Last question.

The impossible answer there...

is A, Utrecht. You've all avoided that.

Utrecht is a city in Holland.

Ben.

-Yeah.

-You are the only one who's gone with C, Hamburg.

And are you as confident as you were in Sergio Garcia?

Well, this one I'm not so sure about,

because I remember reading an article about

how Donald Trump was stuffing his face with hamburgers...

in Hamburg, it was like a satirical article.

But he could easily have been stuffing his face with Frankfurters,

-as in hot dogs!

-That's true!

So, I'm really...

It's a 50-50 for me.

Yeah, but I like the fact that you're going on Donald Trump's diet

-as the...

-I hear it's not great!

The right answer

is C, Hamburg!

It was the hamburgers, Ben!

-Thank you, Donald Trump!

-You didn't think you were going to say that!

-Ever!

-You get the points.

Thank you. Which takes you on to a maximum of five points

and means you win the round.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, you have the second chance

-to grab a place in today's final.

-Thank you.

-Nice to see you again, Ben.

-Nice to see you, Rick.

Very much enjoying your new-found confidence.

Look, it's, er, just...

Just... If they fall your way, they fall your way,

and today they've been falling my way.

-Shall we have a look at these three topics?

-Let's do it.

All right. They are...

Children's television's quite appealing.

But then I was thinking,

when I'm watching children's television with my son,

I'm not really watching it.

-Mmm.

-I'm using the sleep-deprived time to stare through the TV.

-Yes.

-So, I'm going to go science.

-Science.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Yeah.

Shall we have a look at the nine answers?

Let's do it. We might as well.

Here they come.

All right. Shall we have a look at the first part of the question?

Yeah. Let's go.

Which part of a standard car engine...

Five of those are impossible.

So, let's get rid of those impossible answers.

-Where shall we start?

-Let's start with, er, Petrolhead,

because that's someone who likes cars a lot.

Is Petrolhead an impossible answer?

It is.

APPLAUSE

And exactly as you said, it's someone who is a big fan of cars.

-Where next?

-Erm, ballcock, please.

I think it's part of, like, a lavatory cistern?

Yes, it is.

APPLAUSE

Used in lavatories.

Now, we're running into a bit of trouble.

Two from two, though.

I can't understand what a sync separator would be,

so let's try that one next.

APPLAUSE

It is. A sync separator is part of an analogue television.

Is it?

Let's go "my-tral", Mitral valve.

-Mitral valve?

-Yeah, please.

Any thoughts on mitral valve?

-No, it's a... It's just a stab in the dark.

-Yeah.

Is mitral valve an impossible answer?

Yes!

It's a valve in the heart.

-Four from four.

-Right.

-Oil reserve, please.

-Is oil reserve an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Yes, it's impossible. Oil reserve, not a part of a car engine,

it's an amount of crude oil.

OK.

So, five from five.

-Mm-hmm.

-£500 added to the daily prize pot,

which now stands at £900.

But are you going to be playing for that money

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

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

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

Give me a wrong answer, and the next best player

has the chance to steal your place in the final.

And that next best player

was Matt.

Hold tight, Matt.

So, shall we have a look at the full question?

No time like the present.

Which part of s standard car engine

connects the piston to the connecting rod?

I know what it's not.

I think it is as straightforward as the crankshaft.

Yeah, I'm...

-That's my best guess.

-Yeah?

Is crankshaft the right answer?

It's not, I'm afraid, Ben.

So, Matt, get this right, and you take Ben's place in the final.

To be honest, I would have probably said crankshaft.

I'll try gudgeon pin, please.

Gudgeon pin. Is gudgeon pin the right answer?

It is! It is. It is.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Matt, you've nabbed Ben's place in the final.

Ben, unlucky.

-It's OK.

-I'm sure we'll see you down here again sometime.

Matt, please come over.

Thank you.

Just one place up for grabs in the final.

Let's find out who it's going to be.

Only seven of you left now.

-Ready?

-Yes.

Good luck, here's your first question.

All answers represented.

The right answer...

..is B, Rumi.

A point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

..is C, Giselle.

Giselle is Beyonce's middle name.

Mark, we'll see you and Robert tomorrow.

Only five of you left in play, as we go on to question two.

You've all gone for the espadrilles.

And the right answer...

..is Espadrille. So, everyone gets a point.

The impossible answer...

..is C, Bicorne.

Bicorne is a broad-brimmed felt hat.

Question number three.

Full house of answers.

-Lisa.

-Hi.

-Dev Patel.

Yes. I mean, these questions, by the way,

celebrity children, shoes and teen drama - yes!

Er... Loving this! Yeah, Dev Patel and Nicholas Hoult both in Skins.

I genuinely don't know the answer,

but I'm pretty confident that I'm not impossible.

OK.

Now, Ted...

Lisa seems fairly confident

that Nicholas Hoult and Dev Patel were in Skins.

You've gone with David Oyelowo.

Yes. Is it "see you tomorrow"?

If Lisa's right...

Are you a fan of the Baftas?

Oh, yes, I quite like the Baftas,

but that doesn't really register who's won what, I'm afraid.

-Mmm.

-On there.

-OK.

Well, the impossible answer...

..is B. I'm afraid David Oyelowo has never appeared in Skins.

Ted and Shirley, we'll see you tomorrow.

And the points are going...

-..to Lisa.

-Hey!

The answer was Dev Patel.

Just Ben, Lisa and Jo left in play.

Question number four.

You've all stuck together with Bolshoi.

Let's see if you're all right.

You are all not right!

The answer was C, Mariinsky.

So, no points.

Have you avoided the impossible answer, though?

Let's hope so. The impossible answer...

..is A, Yashin, who was a Russian goalkeeper.

So, you all survive, but no points.

So, going into our final question,

in the lead is Lisa with three points.

Here comes that final question.

We've got an A), we've got a B, and we've got a C).

Ben. I went with Better Call Saul because it's a spin-off.

Lisa, I felt like your eyes lit up.

I love The Good Wife, I love The Good Fight, I love her.

It's... I mean, if it's not the answer,

I might have lost my mind through this show.

OK. Jo, has Lisa lost her mind?

No. And I know... OK. As soon as I hit it,

I know Big Little Lies isn't a spin-off.

The impossible answer...

..is C, Big Little Lies, as you knew, Jo, not a spin-off.

Yeah. We'll see you tomorrow, Jo.

See you, bye.

Let's see if Lisa's lost her mind.

The right answer...is A!

APPLAUSE

You've got a firm grip on your mind, Lisa, and you've won the round,

with four points!

-So excited!

-Congratulations,

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

Lisa, lovely to have you down here.

Thank you. You look very happy to be here.

I'm super-happy to be here, yeah.

What do you do in your spare time?

We know that you write and perform comedy and stuff.

-What do you do when you're not doing that?

-Not perform, just write.

-You don't perform, sorry.

Erm... I have started two new hobbies recently,

almost like I knew I'd be coming on a television game show.

Very useful - very useful, thank you!

So, I've recently started doing yoga, which is very good.

-Namaste.

-Of course.

And also just almost finished an upholstery course,

so I've been upholstering furniture.

What kind of stuff have you been upholstering?

So, we made footstools out of old cable drums.

-OK.

-They're all like beautifully covered and piped, and...

Yeah, it's really nice, it's like the best two hours,

just going in and creating something.

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

Yes, so, I think famous people

and, hopefully, it'll be one that I have some idea about.

OK.

So, famous people it is.

We're going to see nine answers.

Here they come.

Not really the famous people I was hoping for.

Like, Geri Halliwell.

But... Yeah, I mean, let's see what the question is, and...

Shall we have a look at the first half?

-Please.

-All right.

Which recipient of the Nobel peace prize...

So, five of those answers are impossible.

We want to eliminate them.

Each one you eliminate puts £100 into the daily prize pot,

which is currently standing at £900.

-OK.

-What do you think?

It's not an amazing subject for me.

I feel like they're all good people, that have done nice things.

-I think all nine of them should have got it.

-In varying amounts.

-Yeah.

-Can we just say that, and move on?

-Absolutely!

-Yeah! Take your place in the final!

-Thank you!

So, I think... Although John Lennon, good guy, maybe, like,

died too young to get it?

-I'm going to say John Lennon first.

-OK.

Yes. Yay!

APPLAUSE

-Great start.

-OK, cool.

-We're up and running. Erm...

I'm kind of thinking that Geldof,

like, do you get it for just putting on big concerts?

That have helped a lot of people, obviously!

Er...

Yeah, I'm going to...

go for Bob Geldof.

Is Bob Geldof an impossible answer?

-Yes.

-Yay!

OK, so, erm...

I'm going to say Pope John Paul II.

I'm sure, again, he's done some good work, but maybe not good enough!

OK. Yeah. So, Pope John Paul II,

has he done enough good?

-Yay!

-Yes.

-Well done, Lisa.

-Thank you very much, Rick.

-Erm...

-Let's knock out a couple more bad people.

OK. I'm going to say Winston Churchill.

Is Winston Churchill an impossible answer?

Yay!

-Very good.

-Thank you.

Four from four.

Winston Churchill did win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

-Did he, aye?

-Yeah, he did.

-And you knew?

-Yeah. And now you do.

-Thank you.

-OK, get rid of the last one then.

OK, let's...

You know,

I had a weird feeling Martin Luther King hadn't,

even though it seems like he should because I do think he's good, right?

That will mean a lot to his family.

Hi!

-Yeah, Martin Luther King, please.

-OK.

Is Martin Luther King an impossible answer?

Oh!

-OK.

-He did win the Nobel Peace Prize.

So £400 added to the prize pot.

It now stands at £1,300.

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 are in the final alongside Matt and Callum.

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

And that player is Ben.

Ben is lurking.

If you give me an impossible answer, Lisa,

and we do, unfortunately, know there is still one up there...

..then you will be eliminated.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Please.

Which recipient of the Nobel peace prize

was the youngest-ever winner of the award?

OK.

Let's go for

Martin Luther King.

-Martin Luther King?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-OK.

If Martin Luther King was the youngest ever winner

of the Nobel Peace Prize, you are in the final, Lisa.

If he wasn't, then Ben will have the chance to steal.

Is Martin Luther King the right answer?

Oh!

-No.

-OK.

That is a wrong answer.

But you are still in play.

Ben? Funny, when you look at this board, I had some good confidence.

Now I'm questioning it.

I think Malala Yousafzai is the young Afghan girl

-who is now at Oxford.

-OK.

Is Malala Yousafzai...

..the right answer?

It is!

She was 17 when she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

-Sorry.

-The youngest-ever winner of a Nobel Prize.

She's from Pakistan, actually.

-Pakistan.

-Ben, congratulations.

You have taken Lisa's place in the final.

Lisa, bad luck.

You had a good grid and you had a good run.

It wasn't quite enough.

But we'll see you tomorrow.

-See you, then.

-The last remaining impossible answer, Mahatma Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.

So, Ben - time to come down for the final.

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

but we will see you all again tomorrow.

-Goodbye.

-Bye!

But for Callum, Matt and Ben, it's time for the final.

Callum, Matt and Ben, there's £1,300 in today's prize pot.

But only one of you can win that money

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

You each start with ten lives.

There they are. The questions are on the buzzer.

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

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

But do look out for the impossible questions.

You can knock two lives from your opponents.

But mess up and you lose two lives of your own.

The last player standing will take the £1,300.

-Ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Good luck to all of you.

Which European country is known as Suomi in its native language?

-Callum.

-Finland.

-It is Finland.

Matt and Ben lose a life.

According to the Shakespeare quotation,

which flower by any other name would smell as sweet?

-Callum.

-Rose.

-It is Rose.

Matt and Ben, you lose a life.

Which former member of Blur formed the band Beady Eye in...

-Matt.

-Is it Damon Albarn?

..in 2009.

Unfortunately, it's impossible.

Beady Eye was formed by Liam Gallagher who was in Oasis.

Matt, you lose two lives.

In a standard game of croquet, what colour is the jack?

-Ben.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

There is no jack in croquet.

Matt, you lose two lives, Callum, you lose two lives.

Which mode of transport would feature a Plimsoll line?

-Matt?

-A, boat.

-Yeah, a boat or ship.

Callum and Ben, you lose a life.

A crash is a collective noun...

-Callum.

-Rhinos.

..for which large mammal?

It is rhinos.

Matt and Ben, you lose a life.

Which composer wrote the 1812 Overture?

-Ben.

-Tchaikovsky.

It was Tchaikovsky.

Callum, you lose a life. Matt, you lose a life.

Matt, you're down on two now.

In Sunni Islam,

what title is given to the person who leads worship in a mosque?

-Callum.

-Imam.

-It is the imam.

Matt and Ben lose a life.

In 2017, which actor announced

that he was set to play James Bond for a fifth time?

-Matt.

-Daniel Craig.

It was Daniel Craig.

You needed that, Matt. Ben and Callum lose a life.

Callum on five, Ben on four, Matt still on one.

Whom did Fred Trueman directly succeed as US President?

-Matt.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

Fred Trueman was a cricketer. English cricketer.

Ben and Callum, you lose two lives.

This is a great fightback, Matt.

In which decade of the 20th century

was Nelson Mandela released from prison? Ben.

-1990s.

-It was the 1990s.

It was in 1990.

Meaning Callum, you lose a life.

Matt, unfortunately, you lose your last life and you are out,

despite a valiant effort at the end there.

Ben and Callum, you are tied on two lives apiece.

In which British comedy drama series, first broadcast in 1991,

did Catherine Zeta-Jones play the character...

-Ben.

-Impossible.

-..the character Mariette?

It's not impossible, Ben.

It was The Darling Buds Of May,

which means you lose your last two remaining lives.

Matt and Ben, commiserations.

You'll be back in the pack and we'll see you tomorrow, but, Callum,

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, Callum. You are today's winner with £1,300.

That's great, that's nearly a week and a half of tuition paid for,

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'll show you nine answers and then ask you a question.

Three of the nine answers are correct.

If you can find them all within ten seconds, you win ten grand.

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 lose the £1,300.

I want you to be leaving with a load of money here.

Any subject you're particularly hoping for?

Basically, anything other than sport or pop music.

-Shall we have a look and see what it is?

-Yes.

The chauffeur is not going to pay himself.

Yeah, might have to rethink that with trains or something.

So, the topic is Soap Operas.

-Oh, dear!

-Are we in for a rocky ride?

Well...

My mum watches EastEnders and Coronation Street,

so I've been sort of subjected to a fair amount of those,

so if it's those, I could be all right.

OK, are you ready?

-Yeah, let's have a go.

-Best of luck.

Here are your nine answers.

You will have ten seconds to lock in your answers

and you're looking for...

EastEnders characters who have been landlord or landlady

of the Queen Vic.

And your time starts now.

Peggy Mitchell. Alfie Moon.

Sharon Watts?

How do you feel?

I know two of them.

I know Peggy Mitchell and Alfie Moon have both been in the Vic.

Shall we start with one of the ones you're feeling confident with?

-Shall we start with Peggy?

-Yeah, she definitely...

She's the whole "Get out of my pub!" bit, isn't she?

You have been watching!

I'm secretly a massive fan.

So, if Peggy Mitchell is an EastEnders character

who has been landlady of the Queen Vic,

you're still in with a shout of this £10,000.

Is Peggy Mitchell a right answer?

She is.

Phew!

Confident in Alfie Moon, as well?

Reasonably, yeah. I think so.

Will your mum be watching now?

I'd imagine so. Shouting at the telly.

Yeah. So, Alfie Moon.

We need this to be right

for you still to be in with a chance of that £10,000 prize.

Has Alfie Moon been the landlord of the Queen Vic?

He has.

APPLAUSE

One answer away from ten grand.

Yeah, this is where it could all fall apart.

It could do. We're hoping it doesn't.

I think she's an older character,

well before I have ever seen EastEnders,

so...this is a bit of a guess.

OK.

If this is right, you've just won £10,000, Callum.

Oh, God!

Has Sharon Watts

ever been landlady of the Queen Vic?

She has!

CHEERING

That is a lot of money.

Go and have a look.

Oh, dear!

-It's real money.

-It is!

And it's all yours.

Oh! Did you do a little bow, then, Callum? I liked it.

Come here, let me give you a hug.

£10,000, Callum!

And extremely popular.

I can't believe I got a question right about EastEnders!

Your mum is going to be absolutely thrilled to bits, Callum.

Blimey! How are you feeling, Callum?

I don't know what to say. Blimey.

It's true, though. You've just won £10,000, Callum.

That should get you across America, I think.

I think so. Might have to be trains, I think.

-Trains and planes.

-Take them all, just take them all.

The impossibles that you avoided - Bet Lynch from Coronation Street...

..Alan Turner from Emmerdale...

..and Jack Osborne from Hollyoaks.

You've been a fantastic contestant.

-Callum, congratulations.

-Thanks very much.

-£10,000!

So Callum leaves with the ten grand.

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.