Episode 3 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards and this is !mpossible.

# Impossible

# Impossible. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome to !mpossible, the quiz with the third dimension.

Most quiz shows just have right answers and wrong answers,

but here we also have impossible answers.

For example, if I were to ask...

The right answer is David Soul.

The wrong answer is Paul Michael Glaser, he played Dave Starsky.

John Thaw is impossible, cos he never appeared in Starsky And Hutch,

tragically.

Hoping to get lots of right answers whilst dodging those pesky

impossible answers are 24 players.

-Hello, players. ALL:

-Hello, Rick!

Lovely to see them as always.

They're going to be with us for two weeks and every day one of them will

have the chance to unlock this.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

A magnificent,

glittering exclamation mark filled with 10,000 pound coins.

At the end of each show,

one of this fantastic two dozen will face the final question

and here...it is.

Today's £10,000 question.

Get this right,

all of that money comes flooding out.

Yesterday, of course, we saw exactly that,

as Bob took £10,000 and is probably right now packing for Australia.

-Matthew...

-Hello.

-Big boots to fill up there in Bob's seat.

-How are you doing?

-I'm all right, I've got a decent view and by that I mean of Mal and Lesley, but, yeah.

I know exactly what you mean, Matthew.

-I'm in a decent sandwich.

-LAUGHTER

We'll be getting to know all of our players as the series progresses,

but for now let's crack on.

So, you're going to face five multiple-choice questions each with three answers.

The right answer will get you a point,

the wrong answer will get you nothing,

but if you choose the impossible answer -

nightmare - you're immediately knocked out of today's show,

but you will be back again tomorrow.

Let's go for the first question.

So, most of you here have gone with A, Dopey,

and the remainder have gone with B, Sleepy.

Let's see what the right answer is.

A, Dopey, a point to all of you.

So, we're now just hoping that the remainder

haven't given the impossible answer.

-Cecilia, you went for Sleepy.

-Yeah.

I know he's one of the dwarves and I know Snoopy's a dog.

Peanuts character, I believe?

Mmm. I think you might be right, Cecilia.

So, you think you've avoided the impossible answer?

-Yeah.

-Let's see if you have.

Absolutely right. Snoopy was a cartoon dog.

Question two, which is...

So we've got all answers represented here.

Most of you have gone with B, Jacob Zuma.

Let's see if that's right.

It is, so a point to all of you guys. Well done.

It does mean that one or more of you

has given an impossible answer.

Shirley, you went with Desmond Tutu.

You're the only one who went with Desmond Tutu.

Slapped wrist, I think.

-How come?

-Well, I know for a start he was a preacher, wasn't he?

Let's see if you did give the impossible answer

or if it was Nelson Mandela.

I'm afraid your suspicion was correct, Shirley.

Desmond Tutu was the Archbishop of Cape Town, but never the president.

It means we have to say goodbye, but we'll see you tomorrow.

Moving on to question number three.

Once again all answers represented.

Let's see who picked the right answer.

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

Jen, you went for A, Perth.

Total brain freeze.

Ah, and what did the brain freeze lead you to do?

THEY LAUGH

Pick A by mistake.

Quite a few others have also gone with Perth.

Let's see what the impossible answer was.

Perth, not a state.

It's located in Western Australia.

Meaning we say goodbye to you, Jen and Colette

and Matthew and Cecilia and Winston.

See you all tomorrow.

Question number four.

Once again, all answers represented,

so the right answer there is...

C, nigiri.

A few of you got that.

So a point to all of you.

That does mean that some of you have given an impossible answer.

Dan, you've gone with temaki.

Just, any reason?

I thought it sounded Japanese, but I mean, maybe not.

They sort of all do, don't they?

Well, I don't know. I thought maybe C sounded a bit African, maybe.

But maybe that was just, like, the start sounded like Nigeria, but...

Mmm.

-My logic's gone.

-I don't think it is named after Nigeria.

Let's see if you did give the impossible answer.

Mal, I'm afraid it's you and also John.

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

Anyone want to have a guess at what konishiki is?

It's a sumo wrestler. LAUGHTER

-Delicious.

-Mmm. Yeah.

A lot to eat, definitely.

So, going into our final question, we have five people on four points.

So the quicker you answer the better.

Question number five.

Let's find out the right answer.

It's A, Chris Chataway.

Won it in 1954.

So, a point to all of you.

Let's see if the five Bs have avoided the impossible answer.

The impossible answer was...

..Magnus Carlsen. So the five of you survive.

Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

So at the end of that round, five of you on five points.

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

..was Flic.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Flic.

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

APPLAUSE

-Welcome back, Flic.

-Thank you.

Had you down here on Monday.

Feeling more or less nervous than that time?

More nervous, cos I didn't get the job done last time,

so hopefully this time I won't be back up there!

I didn't want to mention it, Flic.

No, Lesley, of course, stole your place in the final.

Are you feeling geed up and ready to make sure that you take your place

-this time?

-I'll do my best. I'll do my best.

See what my choices are first and then we'll get more or less confident.

Yeah, yeah. OK, let's focus.

This is your chance to bounce £500 into the daily prize pot

and to take a step towards playing the £10,000 question.

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

And they are...

All the big ones.

LAUGHTER

Oh, dear.

All of the things you're not supposed to talk about at a dinner party, hey, so...

Luckily, this isn't a dinner party.

So I think I'm going to go with Geography.

I think out of the choice of four, that's probably my best option.

Let's pick Geography, then.

This is how it works. As you know, I'm going to reveal nine answers.

And they are...

-Nine Bens.

-Mmm.

Happy?

SHE SIGHS

I could be happier, but, erm... Yeah. We'll see.

Let's see if the first half of the question makes you happier.

So five of those are impossible.

So your first job is to find those impossible answers and banish them.

-OK.

-You've got five guesses.

Each impossible answer you eliminate

will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start?

I will, I'll start with Ben Harper.

OK, let's lock in Ben Harper.

And why are we going with that?

Because when it came up I, erm... I thought of the chap from My Family.

OK, so you think it's a character in My Family.

Hoping that it isn't named after a mountain in Scotland,

is Ben Harper an impossible answer?

Yes, it is.

Excellent. Good start.

£100 in the prize pot.

Where would you like to go next?

I think next I'll go with Ben Te'o,

cos that sort of sounds like

it should be in the sort of South Pacific.

OK.

Ben Te'o.

Let's lock that in.

Is Ben Te'o an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. An England rugby union international.

-Oh, there you go.

-SHE LAUGHS

OK, I think the last of the ones I'm reasonably certain about

would be Ben Jonson. I'm thinking sprinter, Seoul 1998,

-rather than a mountain.

-Your third go.

Ben Jonson. Let's lock that in.

Let's see. Is Ben Jonson an impossible answer?

Yes. £300 in the prize pot.

Now, the Ben Johnson you're thinking of

has an H in his surname.

This one is the English playwright.

-Oh, OK.

-But absolutely not a Scottish mountain.

Now, we're getting a bit more iffy, are we?

I think I've got four in mind that I think are Scottish mountains.

I think I'm going to eliminate Ben Macdui.

OK. Let's lock in Ben Macdui.

Is Ben Macdui an impossible answer?

-Oh.

-No. It does sound Scottish,

-is a mountain.

-OK.

Still one more go.

OK, I think I'm going to go with Ben Lawers.

Ben Lawers.

What's the rationale behind that?

I think the others sound more mountainy so...

Yeah? Good a reason as any.

So Ben Lawers doesn't sound as mountainy as the others.

Is it an impossible answer?

-Oh, dear.

-Unfortunately, it is very mountainy...

in that it's a mountain.

-OK.

-Still, £300 in the prize pot.

It's pretty good.

But we need to work out if you're 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'm now looking, of course, for the right answer.

If you find it, a place in the final is yours.

As you are all too well aware, if you give a wrong answer,

the next best player will have the chance to steal your place

in the final. I can reveal that, as ever, that is Mike.

LAUGHTER

Bridesmaid Mike over there,

always biding his time.

How are you on mountains?

Not great, actually, on this one.

-I'll be honest. I wouldn't be too confident either.

-OK.

Of course, if you give me an impossible,

and there are still two up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-OK.

-All right. Let's have a look.

Which Scottish mountain

is the second-highest peak in the UK above sea-level?

I was dragged up there by my parents at some point on a family holiday,

so I'm going to say Ben Nevis.

Is Ben Nevis the second-highest peak in the UK above sea-level?

It isn't, I'm afraid.

-Again.

-Mike.

Hi, Rick.

Throwing it over to you.

If you get this right, you steal Flic's place in the final.

Remember, there are still two impossibles up there.

-If you give either of those, you'll be out for the day.

-Yeah.

Bit of pressure.

-What would you like to go for?

-On those grounds,

I think I'm going to play it fairly safe and go for Ben Lawers.

Is Ben Lawers the right answer?

No, it isn't.

Unlucky, Mike. Good news for you, Flic.

You haven't had your place stolen.

The other impossibles, Ben Crenshaw is a US golfer,

and Ben Miller, an actor, comedian.

And Ben Macdui is the right answer.

Narrow escape, Flic. We'll see you in today's final.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Still two places left in today's final to join Flic.

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

Here is your first question.

So we've got mainly Bs and a few As.

Let's see what the right answer is.

B, electron.

A point to all of you guys.

The impossible answer...

..is omicron,

which is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.

So you all survive to question two.

A full spread of answers.

The answer that you should have gone for was...

..B, Lord Emsworth.

So just three of you getting a point there.

Well done to you guys.

Does mean that some of you

have given an impossible answer, unfortunately.

-Andrew.

-Hi, Rick. How are you doing?

-I'm good, thank you.

-How are you?

-Well, if you're talking to me, probably not too well.

No, don't be... That's mean, Andrew.

I just fancied a chat.

I'm interested in why you went for Bertie Wooster.

Well, if the question comes up

and all of the answers mean nothing to you,

you've got to go for something so I thought, "Bertie Wooster,

"Jeeves and Wooster, heard of that. Let's go for that one."

Let's see what the impossible answer was.

It's C, Gilbert Chilvers.

Not a PG Wodehouse character, I'm afraid.

Chilvers is actually an Alan Bennett character.

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

Moving on to question three,

with 13 of you left in play.

Most of you have gone with Granada, B.

Let's see what the right answer is.

A point to you.

Sai, this, I think, is as far as you've come.

-Oh, thanks.

-LAUGHTER

Listen, take a personal best, Sai.

All right. PB, PB.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, I don't know.

I... I won't... Yeah.

I'll be upset if I'm out.

Let's see which of you has avoided the impossible answer.

Oh, Sai and Les.

I'm not joking, Les.

I'm sorry. I wish I was.

But Genoa is in Italy.

I thought the other one was in Italy.

Let me just check. No.

LAUGHTER

Les and Sai, we have to say goodbye to you.

Question number four.

The vast majority have gone for B.

Have the Bs given the right answer?

Yes. Jordan led the Bulls to six championship titles.

So a point to everyone who went for Chicago Bulls.

But it does mean that either Angela or Will

have given the impossible answer.

-Angela.

-I don't have a clue.

I don't do American sport.

-Oh, Angela.

-I know.

-Will?

-When Chicago Bulls came up, I was thinking, American football,

so I sort of discounted that

and then I did C and then since I pressed it, I was like, no.

-Just no.

-Just no.

Well, one of you has given the impossible answer.

Let's find out which one of you it was.

I'm afraid it was you, Will.

The New Jersey Devils are an ice-hockey team,

which means we have to say goodbye to you at this point.

-Angela.

-Dodged a bullet.

-You have dodged a bullet.

So going on to the final question,

just Jake is on four points.

OK. Question number five.

All but one of you has gone for A, mitre.

Jake, you went for mitre.

I'm feeling good now.

Rolling up the sleeves!

"Let me down on that grid."

OK, let's see if you're right to be feeling good.

Did you give the correct answer?

-Yes, you did.

-Yes!

So a point to everyone who went for mitre.

Wendy, you were the only one who didn't go for mitre.

You went for montera.

I had sceptre and mitre and crown and all these things in my head

and I thought a mitre was something you held in your hand.

Let's see what the impossible answer was.

Yes!

You avoided it.

It is a mountain range in New Mexico.

-Oh, right, fine.

-But still, you avoided it.

That's the main thing. So at the end of that round, as we know,

Jake out on his own on five points.

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

APPLAUSE

-So, Jake.

-All right, Rick.

-Here we are.

-Got here, finally.

Got here. What do you do in your life, Jake?

I am a primary school teacher.

-Ah.

-This year, I'm with reception year.

-Will they be watching?

-They're four and five years old.

Yeah, it's not quite the demographic.

Also they're at school right now.

Yeah, they shouldn't be watching telly.

-They shouldn't be watching telly.

-They should be recording this

-and watching it later.

-Yeah.

All right, let's have a look at the three topics you've got remaining.

They are...

I'm going to go for Pop Music.

If it's anything before the millennium, like,

I'm going to do awful and you're going to laugh at me.

It'll be complete guesswork.

But let's hope it is later than that.

-So I'm going to go Pop Music.

-OK, we're going for Pop Music.

We've got...

Are you feeling some love for the board?

Yeah, I think it is Whitney Houston,

but I've got a few answers lined up in my head

so it's got to be Whitney Houston something.

-OK. All right.

-Yeah, I reckon.

Let's have a look at the first half of the question,

see if you are right.

Very good, Jake. Five of those answers are impossible, so you've

got to find those impossible answers and get rid.

Where would you like to start?

Let's start with

Bleeding Love,

which is...

Leona Lewis.

So that's an impossible.

Is Bleeding Love an impossible answer?

Absolutely spot-on, Jake.

It is by Leona Lewis.

Where would you like to go next?

Let's go for Endless Love.

I know it's a duet.

It's not Whitney Houston.

I can't remember who's in it but it's not her.

OK. Is Endless Love an impossible answer?

It is an impossible answer.

Lionel Richie and Diana Ross.

-Yeah.

-And Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey.

So, good start.

Yeah.

So I'm going to go

Love Is All Around next.

Is Love Is All Around an impossible answer?

The Beatles?

It is an impossible answer, it's not by the Beatles.

It is Wet Wet Wet.

I'm thinking of Love Is All You Need, that's it.

Two more goes.

Which would you like to plump for next?

Love Don't Live Here Any More.

I think it might be country or something, so

-I'm going that one.

-OK.

And is that an impossible answer?

It is.

-By Rose Royce, 1978.

-OK.

Four from four. Doing extremely well, Jake.

-Last go.

-Last one.

I'm going to go You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.

Quite a hard song to sing with a big voice, isn't it?

-# Don't... #

-LAUGHTER

You've done a pretty good job of it there, Jake.

We're going with You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

because "don't" is tough for a big voice.

It is, by Dusty Springfield.

£500 added to the prize pot, which now stands at £800.

The question is, will you be playing for that money

and a shot at this in today's final?

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

I'm now looking for the right answer.

-If you find the right answer, a place in the final is yours.

-Yeah.

If you give me a wrong answer,

the next-best scorer will have the chance to steal your place

in the final. I can reveal

that was Andrew.

Stand by, Andrew.

Are you impressed with his Whitney Houston knowledge so far?

Well, these are all karaoke classics, so...

OK. Let's reveal the full question.

Which UK hit single for Whitney Houston...

..was written by Dolly Parton?

It's I Will Always Love You.

-100%.

-100%?

-Yeah.

Not even a shred of doubt.

-No.

-OK.

Let's lock in I Will Always Love You.

Was that written by Dolly Parton?

Yes, it was!

-Great grid.

-Pre-millennium as well.

No way! Can't believe it.

-You are through to the final, Jake.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

So just one place up for grabs in the final.

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

Here is your first question.

Mike, feeling good?

Reasonably, yeah.

I can spot two Mel Brooks films up there,

one of which I'm confident wasn't a musical,

so ended up going for The Producers.

Victory, you went Little Shop Of Horrors.

I didn't get the impossible answer,

but I think I might have got the wrong one.

-OK.

-Maybe.

-I can tell you that the right answer was...

..C, The Producers.

So a point to all of you.

So now we're hoping, Victory and Wendy,

you haven't given the impossible answer.

You have, I'm afraid.

Little Shop Of Horrors was

a musical which was made into a film,

but not involving Mel Brooks.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

So question number two.

So everybody bar one has gone for B, alibi.

Let's see what the right answer is.

It is B, alibi.

So a point to all of you.

Mike, you're out on your own.

Yeah, I'm uncomfortable.

You went with alias.

Yeah, not feeling too good.

As soon as I answered it, I looked at B, and I just thought, "Oh, no."

But fingers crossed.

I'm not sure which one will be Latin out of astro and alias.

If you had to guess now?

Astro.

Let's see if you've got lucky.

The impossible answer was...

..astro. So you've survived.

Astro is from the Greek astral for star.

Question number three, then.

So we have all answers represented.

The majority of you

have gone with A, Pastoral.

Let's see what the right answer was.

C, Eroica.

Up on the top row there, Angela and Andrew.

I hope you're not conspiring.

We're totally not.

Let's see which of you has given the impossible answer.

I'm afraid it's B, New World, which is by Dvorak, Mike.

I'm sorry. You were clinging on there.

-Yeah, big-time.

-But we'll see you tomorrow.

-Thanks, Rick.

So six players remain as we move on to question four.

So we have all answers represented.

The right answer that you should have gone for is...

Jason, Angela and Rob all get a point.

Ursula, you went for B,

and as soon as you went for B, I saw you kind of go, "Oh!"

Yeah, it's a football team, I think.

Let's see if you're in a way right

and you've given an impossible answer. The impossible answer was...

..Raith Rovers. Sorry, Ursula.

You said a football team.

And I let you down. Yeah, I let you down.

Never mind. There's always tomorrow.

We will see you and Justin then.

Here is question number five.

So we've got a full spread of answers.

That means that one or more of you

has given the impossible answer.

-Angela.

-Hello.

-You're out in the lead.

-Yeah, I don't think I am any more, though.

-No?

-Yeah. I think it might be Skegness.

Why did you go for Bognor Regis, then?

I don't know. It's the pressure, Rick.

-It is getting to me.

-It can happen.

Let's first find out what the impossible answer was.

It was Prestatyn.

There is a Pontins resort called Prestatyn Sands,

but there has never been a Butlins there.

-Sorry, Jason.

-That'll be it.

We have to say goodbye.

Now to the right answer.

Angela, if you're right, you'll be coming down to play the grid.

If you're wrong, it will come down

to who has locked in their answers the fastest. So the right answer...

..was

Skegness,

C,

which means Andrew and Rob

both get a point,

which of course means that all three of you are now tied on four points.

The player who locked in their answers quickest across the round...

..was Andrew.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations.

-Hopefully.

-You have the chance to grab the last place

in today's final.

Welcome down to the grid area, Andrew.

-It's nice to be here.

-Very nice to have you here.

What would you spend the money on, if you were to get it?

Well, there's a local hospice in Durham city

that looked after my mum when she was very ill

and myself and my brother

-try and raise as much money as we can each year for it.

-Great.

And I'd like to give at least half of whatever I win to that,

just to say thank you for what they did.

OK. And what would you do with the other half of the money, then?

I'd like a new suit. My cousin's getting married in Edinburgh

very soon, so I'd like a new sort of really good designer suit,

to show her up in the bride photographs.

Let's have a look at the categories you've got left.

Politics and The Bible.

-What do you reckon?

-As you saw in yesterday's show,

I got knocked out on an MP question,

so I'll go for The Bible, to be honest.

So we're going to go with The Bible.

You know how this works. You're going to see nine answers.

We've got...

What do you reckon?

Apostles, I hope.

Hm! Well, here is the first half of the question.

So, five of those answers are impossible.

They couldn't possibly be the answer to that question

because they are not disciples. Where would you like to start?

Right. There's a couple I think I do know,

so I'm going to take gambles on the ones I don't,

and I don't think Joseph was one.

Joseph. OK, let's lock in Joseph. Is Joseph an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. £100 added to the prize pot.

Good stuff. Where would you like to go next?

-We'll take Daniel next.

-Is Daniel an impossible answer?

-Yes, it is. Two from two.

-Next we'll go David, I think.

OK. Let's lock in David.

-Why are you going for David?

-I think he's a king.

OK. So we think David is a king, not a disciple.

Is David an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. £300 added to the prize pot.

-Two more goes.

-We'll take Philip next, I think.

Philip. Is Philip an impossible answer?

No. So one more go.

We'll go for Saul next, I think.

Saul. So, is Saul an impossible answer?

Yes, it is. Great stuff.

£400 added to the prize pot, which now stands at £1,200.

Any moment, I'm going to reveal the second half of the question and I'm

going to be looking for the right answer.

If you find it, you take a place in the final.

If you give a wrong answer,

the next-best player will have the chance

to steal your place in the final. That is Angela.

Oh, man!

Let's reveal the full question, then.

Which of Jesus's 12 disciples named in St Mark's gospel

is described as a son of Zebedee?

So, if you give me an impossible answer,

and we know that there is still one up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show. Let's go for the right answer.

Well, we're in trouble. But because it's a good name,

-I'm going to go with Andrew.

-Kind of know why you've gone for Andrew,

I think, Andrew.

Is Andrew a disciple described as a son of Zebedee?

-I'm afraid not.

-Should have called me something else.

Should have done. So that's a wrong answer, which means that, Angela,

we throw it over to you.

I have no clue whatsoever.

I haven't been to Sunday school since I was about eight, so...

I'm just going to stab in the dark. Philip.

Is Philip described as a son of Zebedee?

No. That is wrong, Angela,

which means that, Andrew, you've dodged a bullet.

The right answer was actually James...

..and the remaining impossible answer was Luke.

Also not a disciple of Jesus.

You've had a nice escape there. We'll see you in today's final.

-Thanks very much.

-APPLAUSE

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 Flic, Jake and Andrew, it's time for the final.

APPLAUSE

So, Flic, Jake and Andrew,

the three of you have managed to put £1,200 into today's prize pot,

but only one of you can win that money

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

You each start with ten lives.

There they are. Questions are on the buzzer.

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

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

However, some of the questions are impossible. There is no answer.

The question doesn't make sense.

For example, in which year

did Ruby Tandoh win the Great British Bake Off?

She didn't win the show, she was a runner-up in 2013,

so that would be an impossible question.

If you think you've spotted one of these,

all you've got to do is buzz in and say, "Impossible."

That's bad news for your opponents, as they will both lose two lives,

but if you say a question is impossible when it isn't

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you who loses two lives.

So you need to tread carefully.

The last player standing takes the £1,200.

-Are we all ready?

-Yeah.

-OK. Best of luck.

By what name is aubergine usually known in the USA?

-Flic?

-Eggplant.

It is eggplant. Jake and Andrew both lose a life.

What is the name of the housekeeper in the TV show Father Ted?

-Andrew?

-Mrs Doyle.

-It is Mrs Doyle.

Jake and Flic both lose a life.

Of which chart-topping Irish boyband is Mark Owen a member?

-Andrew?

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

Take That are an English band. Jake and Flic both lose two lives.

On UK roads, give-way signs are usually what shape?

-Triangle.

-They are triangular. Another life from Jake and Flic.

Which George Eliot novel features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?

-Jake?

-Impossible.

It is impossible, it's a Dickens character,

meaning Flic and Andrew both lose two lives.

That takes you down to four.

Which scientific word is used

to describe animals that do not have a backbone?

-Andrew?

-Invertebrates.

Invertebrates is right.

You've got a biology degree, is that right, Jake? OK.

You lose a life, as does Flic.

Pinky, Blinky,

Inky and Clyde are the nicknames of ghosts that first appeared...

Pac-Man.

..in which classic video game? It is Pac-Man.

Jake and Flic, you both lose another life.

Flic clinging on with two lives,

Jake on three, Andrew on a solid seven.

Which meat are Glamorgan sausages traditionally made from?

-Andrew?

-Impossible.

It is impossible, they're a vegetarian sausage,

which means, unfortunately, Jake, you lose two lives,

Flic, you lose your remaining two lives

and we have to say goodbye to you here.

Jake, you are just about in it on one life.

-Andrew still on seven.

-I'll turn it round now.

What was the currency of Italy immediately prior to...?

Jake?

No, I don't know.

I just had to press! I just had to press.

The full question was "What was the currency of Italy

"immediately prior to the adoption of the euro?"

The answer was lira.

You didn't get it, which means you lose your final life, Jake,

and we say goodbye to you.

Commiserations to you, Flic and Jake.

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, Andrew.

After a storming buzzer round, you are today's winner with £1,200.

That's 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.

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

That's the good news. The less good news

is that three of those answers are wrong.

If you go for any of those, you won't win the £10,000.

And the bad news is, of course,

three of the nine answers are impossible.

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

I can only accept the first three answers that you give.

If you fail to give me three answers before the ten seconds are up,

you will also lose the £1,200.

-Sure.

-Now, you only get one shot at the £10,000 question,

so whatever happens, you will be leaving the show today,

hopefully with loads and loads of lovely money.

-It'd be nice.

-Any subject that you're particularly hoping for?

-Professional wrestling.

-Professional wrestling.

-Yeah.

-Darts. Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

-OK...

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-OK... Or a combination of the three?

-That would be awesome, wouldn't it?

Well, I can tell you it's not professional wrestling.

-Oh, no!

-It is television.

-OK. We'll just give that a go.

-Feeling ready?

-Yeah, let's go for it.

-Here are your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

And your time starts now.

Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Kathy Staff.

Loads and loads of time left. But you seemed pretty...

Erm, I don't know, to be honest. I think I've got two.

The third one I'm not sure about. I had to guess it, to be honest.

OK, so, the first answer you gave was Bill Owen.

Was Bill Owen in Last Of The Summer Wine in the 1970s?

Is that a right answer?

-It is.

-Phew!

-One down.

-One down.

Little breath out. compose yourself.

Psych yourself up. You're getting hugged soon, so...

Do you know who he played?

-Was it Compo?

-It was. It was.

You then said Peter Sallis. Any idea who he might have played?

-I don't, I'm afraid, no.

-Not a problem.

Let's just hope that Peter Sallis

was in Last Of The Summer Wine in the 1970s.

Is Peter Sallis a right answer?

He is. He played Clegg.

-Clegg, right.

-So, those were the two...

-Yeah.

-..that you felt good about.

They were right. If you hadn't gone Kathy Staff,

-what would you have gone?

-Thora Hird was the other one I was thinking of,

because I'm sure she was in it at some point, as well.

There's a couple there I could get rid of...

..but this is it,

this is the one I thought stood out to me the most and I thought,

"Let's do it for the hospice, let's go for the old people,

-"let's go for Kathy Staff."

-So, if Kathy Staff is the right answer,

you will win £10,000 and go back to the hospice a hero.

Well, they were heroes for me, so it's good to return the favour.

If it's a wrong answer...

..you'll keep the £1,200.

If it's an impossible answer,

I'm afraid you will be going home with nothing.

Is Kathy Staff...

..a right answer?

Yes, it is! APPLAUSE

£10,000! Go and do what you like with it.

-I feel like a kid. Thank you so much.

-Well done. Really well done.

The impossible answers, John Cleese and Julie Andrews.

The other one was Nigel Havers.

Russ Abbot was in Last Of The Summer Wine.

-Who cares when?!

-You've won the money.

Andrew is leaving the show with £10,000.

The rest of us will be back tomorrow,

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

This has been !mpossible, the quiz

where, actually, anything is possible. Goodbye.

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