Episode 9 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards and this is Impossible.

Welcome to Impossible, a 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 - and let me tell you, they are pumped.

-Hello, players! ALL:

-Hello, Rick.

So pumped!

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

Ooh!

An exclamation mark rammed with 10,000 £1 coins.

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 cash will come flooding out.

Just two chances left, everyone,

because next week, I'll have 24 brand-new players. So I need focus.

-Have I got focus?

-Oh, yes!

-That's what I wanted to hear.

-Today, we welcome Hollie.

-Hello.

-What do you do, Hollie?

-I'm a care worker.

-And who do you care for?

Mainly elderly people.

And what do you do when you're not caring?

I have two stepchildren and I had a baby last year,

-so they mainly keep me busy.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

Karen, you're a fitness instructor, right?

-I am, yes.

-Anything simple we can do as a group?

We can. Just reach up and reach out.

-So it's, it's... Up. Everyone.

-And out.

Up and out. And then, up and then out.

It's an absolute mess, Karen!

-Shall we crack on?

-Yes.

All right. Five multiple-choice questions.

The right answer scores you a point. The wrong answer scores you nothing.

The impossible answer...

..is a disaster that will immediately knock you out of

today's show and we'll see you tomorrow.

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

to bag a place in today's final.

Here's question one.

We've got 20 As and four Bs.

The right answer...

..is A, Grey's Anatomy.

Points for everyone who went for Grey's Anatomy.

Let's check that the Bs have avoided the impossible answer, which was...

C, Pratt's Bottom.

Not an American TV drama, a village near Orpington.

Question two.

So, we have an overwhelming number of Cs, and three Bs.

The right answer...

..is C, I'm absolutely Hank Marvin.

A point to all of you.

Now, Heemy?

I don't really know what The Shadows are.

I just think Beck sounds like a hungry guy.

So, yeah.

-Hmm...

-Yeah.

-Colin, what was your logic?

It's just completely wrong. Obviously, it's starvin' Marvin.

-I was just trying to press very quickly.

-Mm-hm.

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

I'm afraid you haven't. Jeff Beck was not in The Shadows.

Heemy, Colin, Elizabeth, we'll see you all tomorrow.

Question number three...

All answers out there.

The right answer...

..is B, emu.

A point to all of you.

Now, Alice, you're our resident bird expert.

-You've gone with C, cassowary.

-Yeah, erm...

-Can you describe a cassowary for me?

-They're very deadly birds.

Yeah, they actually think they're one of the most deadly birds ever.

They are very mean, very aggressive animals.

They're smaller than ostrich, definitely,

but they're all members of the ratite family, so...

-Hmm!

-Yes.

-Are they Australian?

I believe so. I believe ostrich is Africa.

-Ah, so you think you've avoided the impossible answer, then?

-I think so.

Susan, is the ostrich African?

Well, I thought it was Australian, so I'm not sure now.

-You did, Susan!

-I'm not sure.

It feels like Alice knows her stuff on this, doesn't it?

Yes, I think so, yes.

The impossible answer...

..is A, ostrich.

It is native to Africa, exactly as Alice said.

-Susan and Robert, we'll see you both tomorrow.

-OK.

Question number four, then...

Mainly As and Bs, but we have got one Charterhouse.

The right answer...

..is B, Gordonstoun, so a point to all of you who went for that.

Lisa, you went for Fettes College.

-Yeah, it's definitely in Edinburgh.

-So, you think definitely C.

I think so, yeah.

I mean, I always doubt myself as soon as you speak to me, but...

-Sorry, Lisa!

-Constantly. Never speak to me again, please.

OK, noted. Can we just turn Lisa's light off?

She's still in the game. Just so I remember.

Tracey, Lisa seems fairly confident that Fettes College is in Edinburgh.

I also thought that clavichord was a shoulder bone, so...

You did, actually, Tracey. I remember that.

-Shall we find out?

-OK, yeah.

The impossible answer...

C, Charterhouse, which is a school in Surrey.

-Sorry, Tracey.

-OK.

-See you tomorrow.

Question five...

We've only got As and Cs out there.

Let's see what the impossible answer is.

Antoine de Caunes, who presented Eurotrash.

Now, crucially, where are the points going?

The right answer...

..is C, Emmanuel Macron.

Everyone who went for C gets a point.

And so, eight of you finish on a maximum five points.

Well done.

The fastest to lock in their answers across the round...

Ben!

-Congratulations, Ben.

-Thank you.

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

-Thank you.

-Ben...

-Yes.

-Fourth grid now.

I'm starting to wonder if you want that money.

Well, I'm having a great time.

I mean, you stay here a couple of weeks and you...

..you know, meet some nice people.

-Do you want the money, Ben?

-Of course I want the money.

That'd be amazing. The money would be amazing.

-Shall we have a look at the four topics?

-Sure.

Here they are...

I enjoyed games last time, and it worked well when I played it before,

so let's do board games this time.

What's your favourite board game?

-I like a bit of Trivial Pursuit.

-Great game.

-Yeah.

I like a bit of Risk, actually,

but I don't have time to play it these days.

It was a long time ago. Monopoly, preferably not with family.

Same with Pictionary, not with family.

-Just cos it gets too heated?

-Yeah, it can do.

-It can do.

-Yeah.

-Especially when you win all the time.

-And do you?

-No.

-I see!

-No.

-All right, so board games. You like a board game.

-Yeah.

Here come your nine answers.

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

-Yes, please.

Agh... Oh, no!

I'm feeling I thought I'd played that game about ten years ago,

but it could have been 25 years ago

-because it's not really helping me a lot.

-Mm.

-But you have played it.

-You just claim Papua New Guinea.

That's what you always do and then you spread out from the oceanics.

That's the way to play it. Don't really remember anything else.

-Great tactics, though!

-It's the only tactic for Risk.

Five of those are impossible.

You need to find those impossible answers and eliminate them.

Each one you eliminate adds £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where shall we start?

I'm... It's amazing.

I said I enjoyed playing Risk, and I just can't remember.

Antarctica, please.

All right.

Is Antarctica an impossible answer?

-There is no territory called Antarctica in Risk.

-No.

Hawaii, I think, is...

It's just not ringing a bell with me.

Let's have a look. Is Hawaii an impossible answer?

-So far, so good.

-Yeah.

-Well remembered.

Murmansk, cos I think it's the first time in my life

I've ever seen that word anywhere.

-Nice word, though, isn't it?

-Lovely.

Could be a nice jacket, coat, maybe a pair of trousers.

Ooh. You look so fetching in your Murmansks!

Is Murmansk an impossible answer?

Not a pair of trousers, a city in north-western Russia.

I'm just tossing up between two. I'm going to go Kamchatka.

Kamchatka.

Yeah, I'm not convinced, though. I'm not sure.

Is that an impossible answer?

Ah. No, that is on there.

Western United States, please.

Is Western United States an impossible answer?

-No. That is also a territory in the board game Risk.

-OK.

So, we've got £300 in the prize pot.

Now we need to see if you're going to be playing for that money

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

-Sure.

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

Just 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.

That player standing by is Benji.

-Played much Risk?

-Never, ever, ever.

-OK.

-Lay it on me.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Want to look at it?

-Yeah, let's look at it.

Which territory in the board game Risk

can be attacked directly from Alaska?

I'm going to go Irkutsk.

-Have you got a picture of it in your mind?

-No.

-You want to get one in your mind, quickly?

-No, it's not going to help.

-It might help.

-No, it won't.

-Ben, it might help!

-It won't help.

-Get a picture in your mind, Ben!

-It's there.

-OK, thank you.

-Has it helped?

-Nope.

-No, you said it wouldn't.

Can the territory Irkutsk be attacked directly from Alaska?

It can't, but it is at least a territory.

So, Benji, over to you.

-I'm going to go for Kamchatka.

-OK.

Can Kamchatka be attacked directly from Alaska?

It can, you know.

It can. That's the right answer, Benji.

-You've stolen Ben's place in the final.

-I'm in the final!

So, Kamchatka is the peninsula

just across the Bering Strait from Alaska.

-I thought that was Irkutsk.

-No, it was Kamchatka.

-Well, yeah!

The other impossible answers...

-Do you know them?

-Maybe the Caucasus, and possibly Newfoundland.

The Caucasus and Newfoundland, exactly right.

-Not territories in Risk.

-Wouldn't have helped me anyway, to be honest.

It wouldn't have helped you, unfortunately.

Bad luck, Ben. You are back in the pack for the next round.

But Benji, congratulations. You're in the final!

So, we have two places left in today's final alongside Benji.

Let's see who is going to be claiming the next one.

17 of you left.

-Are you all ready?

-Yes!

-Good luck.

Here's your first question.

Most of you have gone with A, Joe Frazier.

Scott.

Yes, I have just realised what I've done.

-You're not a big sports man, or you?

-No, I'm not.

And I refer to the item of kitchen equipment as my George Formby grill.

Uh-huh.

So, who's the guy you've gone for?

"I'm leaning on a lamp post at the corner!" I've just, like...

Which, in fairness, would have been quite an unfair fight

-against Muhammad Ali.

-I think so, yeah.

Let's just confirm whether you have given the impossible answer, Scott.

You have, yes. HE LAUGHS

And I really enjoyed the dawning realisation.

Scott and Shirley, we'll see you both tomorrow.

Let's see if all those As are right.

No.

The right answer is C, Leon Spinks.

-So, just a point to Craig and a point to Lisa.

-Yes!

Didn't know you were a big boxing fan, Lisa.

-It's my one sport.

-OK.

-I love it. I can't get enough of those mitts.

Oh, dear!

Put your mitts up.

Question number two...

So, all answers are out there.

The right answer...

So, you all get a point.

Gary, you're looking around nervously.

Yeah, Lauren Pope seems to be like she should be in Made In Chelsea.

Mm-hmm. Craig?

I know that Lauren Pope is in The Only Way Is Essex,

so I'm hoping that I've avoided the impossible answer

-and just got it wrong.

-Mmm.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Lauren Pope, who, as Craig said, is in The Only Way Is Essex.

So, Karen and Gary, see you tomorrow.

Question number three.

All answers represented once again.

The correct answer...

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

-Ted?

-Oh, dear. Erm...

Yes, I've been to Venice and I remember the Bridge of Sighs

being sort of tucked away off St Mark's,

but I can't remember where the other big bridge was.

Well, the impossible answer...

..is Ponte Vecchio, which is in Florence.

So, Alice, Seri, Hollie and Wendy, here's where we say goodbye.

See you tomorrow.

Question number four...

The right answer...

So, all but one of you get a point.

No point for you, I'm afraid, Craig.

I think I'm safe, though.

I think Antony Worrall Thompson's a celebrity chef.

I don't know who Giles Coren is.

Let's see. The impossible answer...

..is C, Giles Coren. He's a food critic, not a chef.

So, you're safe again.

Question five...

All answers out there.

The impossible answer...

The impossible answer is Twelve Angry Men, I'm afraid, Matt.

Not a play by Arthur Miller. It was by Reginald Rose.

-So we will see you tomorrow.

-Thank you.

And the points are going to...

..those of you who went for B, Death Of A Salesman.

So, four of you finish on four points,

but the quickest to lock in their answers across the round,

-Lisa.

-Yeah!

Congratulations, Lisa.

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

-You just applauding yourself there, Lisa?

-Yes. Yes, I was.

Rightly so. Nice little round for you, that.

Yeah, weirdly, especially with a sports question, so...

-Which you nailed.

-Yes, which I didn't just guess.

Of course you didn't. I would never accuse you of guessing!

Is there anything we don't know about you, Lisa?

I feel like we know quite a bit about you.

What do you want? I mean, I've got 32 years of stuff.

Give me something from the 27th year.

27th year, I moved to Australia for a year

and worked for Adelaide Festival.

-Like it out there?

-Yeah, it was great,

and then I went on to Melbourne

and then actually went to LA that year as well,

to work for a fringe there and then came back to Australia. It was fun.

-That was a good year to pick, wasn't it?

-Yeah, it was a lot of fun.

What are you going to do with the £10,000 if you win it?

He'll hate me for saying this on TV,

but when I was on a girls' holiday in Ibiza, my husband Graham

thought he would do a really nice thing and lay a patio.

-Mm-hm.

-It is honestly the worst patio...

It just looks... Nine crooked stones.

Yeah, but it's really sweet that he's had a go, though.

-It's awful.

-Yeah, but you've got to get rid of it.

-It needs to leave!

-OK, fine.

-Shall we have a look at the three remaining topics?

-Please.

All right.

OK, I think it has to be pop music.

So, pop music it is.

We're going to look at nine answers. Here they are.

I think it might be bands that have got siblings in them.

-Mm-hm.

-Maybe.

Oh, OK.

-Cool!

-So, five of those are not musical duos.

-They are impossible answers.

-Yup.

We need to find those, get rid of them, and for each one that you do,

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

OK.

So, Scissor Sisters, I'm pretty sure they're a band of more.

-Like, there's two main front ones but there's definitely others.

-OK.

Scissor Sisters. Is Scissor Sisters an impossible answer?

-It is.

-Thank you.

They are not a duo.

It's Jake Shears, Ana Matronic and then the others.

Some others, yes. OK...

So, £100 added to the daily prize pot. Good start.

I think I'm going to go for the Walker Brothers.

I'm not sure who they are but let's hope there's more than two of them.

-OK...

-Yeah.

-So we're hoping for a whole bunch of Walker Brothers.

Yay!

Three of them.

I just like the thought that Noah And The Whale

are just Noah, and a whale.

-That's the duo.

-Yeah. It's a hell of a duo.

Amazing. I would pay to see that.

Although on that, I do think Noah And The Whale are a

sort of bigger, folky band from Brighton, maybe.

-Mm-hm.

-So, let's go Noah And The Whale.

Is Noah And The Whale an impossible answer?

Yay!

They are a band from Twickenham.

-Oh, really?

-Or they were. I think they've split up.

-Aw.

-I know, it's sad.

-That's a shame.

Artistic differences, the whale...

-Er, right. Back to it.

-Yes, yeah. Sorry.

-Stop mucking about.

-Sorry.

Let's stop having fun here, Lisa!

I feel like the Everly Brothers also, I think there's more...

Yeah, I feel like there's more of them,

so let's go Everly Brothers, please.

Is the Everly Brothers an impossible answer?

-Oh...

-Ah.

-Man!

-No, there is two of them.

-OK.

-One more go.

-Let's go for the Doobie Brothers.

-Mm-hm.

Because I don't... I have no idea.

No, I don't know who they are.

Is the Doobie Brothers...

..an impossible answer?

-Yay!

-Yes.

The Doobie Brothers have had a kind of rotating line-up,

but they've never been a duo.

-Cool. Good.

-So, £700 now in the daily prize pot.

-Obviously, we'd like you to be playing for that money.

-Ideally.

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

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

And I'll obviously be looking for the right answer.

-OK.

-Give me that right answer and a place in the final is yours.

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

That next best player...

-..as per, is Ben.

-Of course it is.

Hi, Ben!

Because if Ben's not playing a grid,

he's damn well going to steal a grid.

-Lisa.

-Yes.

There is still one impossible answer up there.

-Mm-hm.

-And if you give that to me,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

OK.

So, this for a place in the final.

The Everly Brothers is my answer.

-Yeah?

-Yes.

-Yes?

-Yes.

-Yes?

-Yes.

Yes.

Is the Everly Brothers...

..the right answer?

-Yes!

-Yes.

It is. Any idea what the other impossible was?

I think it's The Righteous Brothers, but then I feel like,

is Bob And Roberta Smith, like, a red herring?

Cos you love them on this show.

We do love a red herring, and Bob And Roberta Smith...

Are a band!

A single man, actually, who is a contemporary artist.

-I love him already.

-He's great, isn't he?

Him and the Whale are my favourites!

-Congratulations, Lisa.

-Thank you.

-You're in the final.

-Yay!

One last place up for grabs in the final.

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

Here's your first question.

All seven of you have gone for A.

Let's see if that's right.

It is. So, a point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

..is B, Pepe Le Pew, who's an animated skunk.

Erno Goldfinger was an architect.

Ian Fleming hated his houses so much that he named his villain after him.

Question number two...

The right answer...

A point to all of you.

Ahmed, you went for Ryan Gosling.

I thought Kevin Spacey was in the picture.

And I didn't know who Bradley Cooper was, so...

Yeah, I took a punt on Ryan Gosling.

But you thought that Kevin Spacey was in it.

Yeah, possibly. Yeah.

The impossible answer...

He was not in that photograph. Kevin Spacey was.

-Ahmed, we have to say goodbye. See you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow.

Question three.

So, we've got all answers out there.

-Ted?

-Emmeline Pankhurst was a suffragette, definitely,

and I'm sure it was her who jumped in front of the horse.

Right, so you're feeling pretty good, Ted?

Yeah, I'm feeling... Yeah.

-Anna?

-I am the social second campaigns officer

of the Feminist Society at my university.

Let's hope you've got this right, then!

So, I was waiting for an Emily and I was pretty sure

Emily Dickinson is a poet.

OK.

The impossible answer...

She's an American poet.

-OK.

-So, Mark, we'll see you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow.

And the right answer...

So, you're OK, Anna!

I think I might have been kicked out of the committee, to be honest.

I think you might have been, yeah.

But you're safe! You get a point, as does Annie.

Question number four...

The right answer...

Hooke's Law. A point to all of you.

Craig, you've been pretty good at avoiding the impossible answers.

Not so good at getting the right answers.

Let's find out. The impossible answer...

-Oh!

-..is C. Augustus John is a Welsh painter.

Pierre Curie was a physicist

and did have a law that relates to magnetism.

Going into the final question with just five of you in play.

One person is on four points and that is Anna.

-No idea how that happened.

-Question five, then.

So, Anna, if you've got this right, you're coming down to play the grid.

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

That was A, Benfica, so everyone avoided it.

Benfica are not a Spanish team.

They're Portuguese.

But what is the right answer?

So a point to Ted and a point to Ben.

So, we now have a three-way tie.

Anna, you've been joined on four points by Ted and Ben.

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

..by a whisker...

..is Ben.

Congratulations, Ben.

-Come down and play another grid, mate.

-Thank you.

I don't know what to say to you, Ben.

Well, I'm not someone who likes to waste my opportunities.

And yet you are wasting quite a lot of opportunities.

I am, and I feel like I'm stopping other people

from having those opportunities.

So, I need to buck my ideas up here.

-You do, really.

-Mm-hm.

Do you want to do something quite bold and go for a grid

that you don't think you're going to know the answers to?

-Well...

-Just really mix it up.

-I'm going to be honest with you,

I don't think I know the answers to either of these two.

-Perfect.

-So, that is what's going to happen.

-OK.

So, it's politics...

-Yeah.

-And the UK.

So, I'm going to go with the UK, I think, because it could be anything,

and I've been around the UK a little bit.

If it's motorway service stations, I might be done.

All right. Let's have a look.

-Any thoughts?

-No. Actually none.

-I mean, I've heard of a lot of these...

-That might be good.

-Totally clear your mind and just go on instinct.

-Yeah.

I've heard of a lot of these things,

but not necessarily in the same context.

-Shall I try and give you a bit of context now?

-Please.

This is the first half of the question.

-Yeah.

-Now, we know five of those answers were impossible

because they are not castles in Hampshire,

so we need to eliminate those to add £100 each

to the daily prize pot.

-Where would you like to start?

-Well, I'm basically just...

..throwing darts at balloons here.

-Good game.

-Carisbrooke.

I feel it might be Scottish.

OK.

-Yeah.

-Is Carisbrooke an impossible answer?

Yes.

About as far from Scotland as you can get.

-Is it?

-On the Isle of Wight.

-Ah!

I'm going to go for a random, Tattershall,

because I know that Tattershall Castle is a riverboat

on the River Thames.

Is that an impossible answer?

Yes.

It's a castle in Lincolnshire.

Not a riverboat that has stand-up comedy nights.

It is also that, but not the one we were thinking of.

Berkeley Castle.

Is Berkeley an impossible answer?

Yes, Berkeley Castle is in Gloucestershire.

OK. All of this is meaning nothing.

Erm...

Can we go in the middle, please, Hurst Castle?

Is Hurst Castle an impossible answer?

It's not. That is a castle in Hampshire.

I am not surprised.

One more go.

Highclere Castle, please.

Is Highclere an impossible answer?

No, Highclere is a castle in Hampshire.

-OK.

-So, you've put £300 into the daily prize pot,

which now stands at £1,000.

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

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

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

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

-Oh!

-Hold tight, Ted.

-Oh, again! Oh.

-Visited many castles, Ted?

No. But I know one of those is definitely wrong.

It sounds like you might have a bit more to go on than Ben.

I've lived in the UK longer!

OK.

There are two impossible answers up there.

-Ted thinks he's spotted one of them.

-Mm-hm.

If you give me one of those, of course,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Sure.

So, you've given me a county I don't visit often,

things I don't go to visit, and a programme I've never watched.

-That's exactly what I've done, Ben.

-This has been marvellous.

Um...

I'm just trying to put...

I'm going to have to go with one I know is in Hampshire,

out of the two,

though I'm tempted to go for another that's right on the back of my mind,

but I'm not going to take that chance.

I'm going to go for Highclere Castle, please.

-For Highclere?

-Yeah.

Playing it safe. You know it's a castle in Hampshire.

-Correct.

-I feel Ted might be a Downton Abbey fan.

Is Highclere the right answer?

-Oh!

-It is, Ben. It is.

-Well played.

-What a blagger!

Absolute blag. I like it!

The impossible answers that you avoided were Belvoir,

which is in Leicestershire,

and Urquhart Castle is on the shores of Loch Ness.

-Right.

-Ben...

-Mm-hm?

-..you're in the final.

-Thank you.

For the rest of you,

I'm afraid that, today, victory proved impossible,

but we will see you again tomorrow for your last day.

-Goodbye.

-Bye!

But for Benji, Lisa and Ben, it's time for the final.

Benji, Lisa and Ben, there is £1,000 in today's prize pot,

but only one of you can win that money

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

Benji, if you were to take home the £10,000,

-what would you do with it?

-I mean, being a student,

I'd probably save a bit. Save up for fees.

But I've got one of my best friends, he lives in Malta now

with his partner, so I'll go and say hello to him.

It's his birthday in November, so I might go and say

-happy birthday for him.

-You could do it as a surprise.

-Yeah.

-And maybe give him five grand?

-No. He doesn't deserve it.

-No?

-No, no, no.

-Not that good a friend?

-No.

-Ben, we're trying to get you a lovely bespoke drum kit.

-Correct.

Lisa, we're tearing up your husband's terrible patio.

-And he won't mind me saying that.

-No.

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

There they are. Questions are on the buzzer.

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

A wrong answer means you lose one of your own lives.

But do look out for those impossible questions.

You can knock two lives from your opponents,

but mess it up and you will lose two lives of your own.

The last player standing takes the £1,000.

Good luck to all of you.

In 2015, which member of the Kardashian family

married Justin Theroux?

-Lisa.

-Impossible.

It is impossible. He married Jennifer Aniston in 2015.

Benji and Ben, you lose two lives.

According to legend,

through which English city did Lady Godiva ride naked?

-Benji.

-Coventry.

It was Coventry.

Which 1970s BBC cartoon character lives at 52 Festive Road?

-Ben.

-Impossible.

It's not impossible.

Ironically, it was Mr Benn.

-Oh, yeah!

-So you lose two lives, Ben.

Catsup is an alternative name for which popular...?

-Ben.

-Ketchup.

-For which popular condiment?

It is ketchup.

Which letter comes immediately before the N

when spelling the word PNEUMATIC?

-Ben?

-P.

It is the P.

What was the first name of George Gershwin's elder sister,

who wrote the lyrics for many of his works?

-Ben.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

Gershwin didn't have an elder sister.

Ira Gershwin was his elder brother.

St George's Chapel is located at which royal residence?

-Benji.

-Windsor Castle.

It is Windsor Castle.

It means you're all tied on four lives each.

Which character in Gone With The Wind

speaks the line, "We're not in Kansas any more"?

-Lisa.

-Impossible.

It is impossible. It's a line from The Wizard Of Oz.

The statue known as the Colossus,

one of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World,

was situated on which Greek island?

Lisa.

Rhodes.

It is Rhodes. Benji and Ben, you both lose a life.

That means you both have one remaining.

Lisa, you still have four.

In Latin, which family member is known as pater?

-Ben.

-Father.

It is the father.

Lisa, you lose a life.

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

No problem.

Which Devon village is the only English place name

to include an exclamation mark?

-Ben.

-Impossible.

It's not impossible.

There's a place called Westward Ho!

Ah, there is. I've seen it.

Meaning you lose your last remaining life.

And you are out, Ben. Not for the first time.

Not for the first time!

Benji and Ben, you're back in the pack.

You all have one last go tomorrow.

But, Lisa, it's time to face the £10,000 question!

CHEERING

Very well done, Lisa.

You are today's winner with £1,000.

That might pay to rip up a patio.

But you want to put something good in its place.

-Thank you.

-I want you to be leaving with a whole lot more,

and you will do if you can answer the £10,000 question.

This is 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

and if you can find them all within ten seconds,

you'll win the ten grand.

-OK.

-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 answers are impossible.

-Give me any of those and you lose the daily prize pot as well.

-OK.

Any subject you're particularly hoping for?

Telly, films, music, that kind of thing is good for me,

but it totally depends on what appears up there.

-OK. Shall we have a look at the topic?

-Please.

It's Geography.

-OK.

-Best of luck.

-Thank you.

Let's have a look at your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

And your time starts now.

Cannes, Nice...

..and Toulouse.

How are you feeling?

I think that Cannes and Nice are both, kind of, beachy,

and in the south of France.

Toulouse, argh!

-Bleurgh!

-I'm not sure. Hopefully, it is, but...

Two of those.

So the first one you gave me that you feel confident about is Cannes.

-You think it's beachy.

-I think so.

Is a Cannes a right answer?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Yes, it is.

One down.

Next, you said Nice.

Again, relatively confident?

I think so, yeah, but you're speaking to me, so who knows?

I'd be speaking to you whatever at this point.

Is Nice a city in France that lies on the Med?

Yes, it is.

-Now, Toulouse...

-I just don't know.

I'm now thinking, like,

maybe it's one of those quaint little French towns

that's all windy streets and... But it could be on the beach.

-Shall we have a look?

-Please.

Is Toulouse a city in France that lies on the Mediterranean Sea?

It's not.

But it is a city in France, so it's still well done...

-It's a grand!

-Cos you've won £1,000.

-Yay!

I suppose the other one, if I was going to go for another one,

it would have been Marseille, cos I know, again, France,

but I don't know if that's right.

Marseille is absolutely right.

-Is it?

-It is, I'm afraid.

-Oh, man. Oh, well!

The impossible answers that you cleverly avoided...

Lausanne is in Switzerland, Gratz is in Austria,

and Charleroi is in Belgium.

It's been a lot of fun having you on the show, Lisa.

I hope you're happy with £1,000.

-Thank you very much for playing Impossible.

-Thank you so much.

So Lisa leaves with £1,000.

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.

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