Episode 6 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards, and this is !mpossible.

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

Most quiz shows have just right answers and wrong answers, but here,

we also have impossible answers.

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

Hoping to get lots of right answers

whilst dodging those pesky impossible answers

are 24 players.

-Hello, players. ALL:

-Hi, Rick.

Lots of Monday cheer in here, as there should be.

They've been with us for a week.

They'll be here for another, and every day

one of them will have the chance to unlock this.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

-Our pride and joy here on !mpossible -

the giant exclamation mark

brimming with 10,000 pound coins.

At the end of each show,

one of this marvellous crew will face the final question.

And here it is,

today's £10,000 question.

Get this right,

all of that money comes tumbling down.

So, week two, five more chances to win some cash.

We have got a new player in Karen.

-How are you, Karen?

-Good, thanks. Hi there.

-What do you do, Karen?

I work in IT at a pensions company.

-Uh-huh.

-Well, it's a bit technical,

but I write and analyse code.

Oh, I'm not going to ask you anything about that.

I wouldn't bother. You'll nod off.

-Well, best of luck for the show.

-Thank you.

And, Mal, how are you doing up there?

-I'm fine, thank you.

-What do you do, Mal?

I'm retired, very happily retired.

What about if you were to get your hands on some of this money, Mal?

I'm going to join a racing syndicate.

I'm going to buy a leg of a racehorse.

So, how much does a racehorse cost, then?

-No idea.

-You're just hoping you'll get a leg for it?

Yeah, a piece of a leg, probably.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Well, best of luck with that.

-Thank you very much.

-And also best of luck on the show.

Let's crack on.

You will face five multiple-choice questions,

each with three answers.

The right answer will score you a point,

the wrong answer will score you nothing,

but if you choose the impossible answer...

Uh-oh...

That is a disaster.

That will immediately knock you out of today's show

and you'll have to try again tomorrow.

After five questions,

the highest scorer gets the first chance

to bag a place in today's final.

-Are we ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Here's your first question.

The vast majority have gone with A, pelican.

Is that the right answer?

It is C, puffin.

A point for you four.

And now let's hope that 20 of you haven't given an impossible answer

on the first question of the day.

The impossible answer was...

..penguin.

There is no road crossing called penguin.

Moving on to question number two.

The answer you should have gone for,

the right answer, is...

..Two Tribes.

It's by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

and spent nine weeks at number one.

A point to all of you who put B.

It does mean, however,

that several of you have given an impossible answer.

Justin, you went with A, The Reflex.

Do you remember that?

Hard to say whether I remember it or not.

I had a pretty good time in the 1980s.

LAUGHTER I'll bet you did, Justin!

I knew it was Frankie Goes To Hollywood,

but whether it was... Couldn't remember the name of the song.

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

..C, Vienna by Ultravox.

It never hit the number one spot, I'm afraid.

We have to say goodbye to Leslie, Mal, Colette, Cecilia,

Will and Wisdom. We'll see you all tomorrow.

Question number three.

Everybody has gone for B, Miss Havisham.

Let's see if that's the right answer.

It is. A point to you all.

The impossible answer...

..A, Madame de Pompadour,

who was the mistress of King Louis XV of France.

Question number four.

The right answer is...

Iona.

So, a point to all of you.

Now, Jason, what made you go for Orkney?

I just wasn't sure. I didn't know.

Not a fan of monasteries or islands, it would seem.

-And, Shirley, you went for Jura.

-Yes.

Well, I think it's a Hebridean island

and I wasn't sure about Orkney, and I wasn't sure about Iona.

But I'm pretty sure Jura is a Hebridean island.

OK. The impossible answer was...

..Orkney, I'm afraid.

Not a Hebridean island, Jason.

Means we have to say goodbye.

-Goodbye.

-See you tomorrow.

Just three of you are on four points.

They are Ian, Sai and Ursula.

Question number five.

The three of you who are on four points

have all given different answers.

I'll start with you, Ursula.

Panna cotta's a pudding.

Welsh rarebit is...

on toast with ham in it, isn't it?

So that only leaves croque madame, in my reckoning.

Sai, she's saying that panna cotta is a pudding.

Ursula sounds a lot more qualified in that than I am.

Panna, now, when I think of it, reminds me of bread,

so I don't know. I think I'm wrong.

I hope I'm not impossible, but I do think I'm wrong.

Ian? You went with Welsh rarebit.

I did, yeah.

With egg on top sounds nice, probably tasty.

-I don't know if it's right or not.

-Hmm.

OK, let's first reveal the impossible answer...

It's panna cotta, A, I'm afraid.

It's an Italian custard pudding.

-So close, Sai.

-Yeah, man.

But we have to say goodbye, and we'll see you tomorrow.

Let's see what the right answer is.

Which is B, croque madame.

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

which means that one player finishes on five points, and that is Ursula.

Congratulations.

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

Hello, Ursula.

-Hello, Rick.

-Nice to be down here, isn't it?

-I've done it.

-You have done it.

-For once.

-Little bit more to go, though.

-Yeah, I know.

-How are you feeling?

-Very nervous about this next bit.

I just hope the category's for me, that's all.

OK. If you were to get your hands on all of that shimmering money,

what would you spend it on?

Well, I want to abseil off the Golden Gate Bridge.

-OK.

-I want to do a parachute jump.

I've got a bit of a bucket list, and they're on it,

so it would mean I'd be able to do it.

OK. Got a head for heights?

I'll know when I get up there.

I guess you find out, don't you?

All right, let's get our game faces on.

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

and, crucially, take a massive step

towards playing the £10,000 question.

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

Here are your topics.

I'm going to try Musical Theatre and hope

it's something that I've seen or I recognise.

So I'm going to go with that.

-Yeah?

-Best chance.

This is how it works -

I'm going to reveal nine answers. And they are...

And we're also going to see the first half of the question.

It goes...

SHE GROANS

-What was that sound, Ursula?

-Well...I'm not sure.

I know some, I think, but I'm not sure about others now on that.

OK, well, we know that five of those answers are impossible.

All you have to do is locate those impossible answers

and then remove them from the board.

You're going to have five goes,

and for every one you successfully remove,

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

Where would you like to start?

Well, Bernie Taupin, he writes with Elton John.

They did that one with the animals in...

The names escapes me now,

and I don't think that's an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical,

so I'll say Bernie Taupin first.

So, Bernie Taupin.

Is Bernie Taupin an impossible answer?

It is. £100 in the prize pot.

We're off.

Bernie Taupin is an Elton John collaborator,

although he didn't work with him on The Lion King.

That was Elton John and Tim Rice.

Now, I don't think Mike Read

has written for Andrew Lloyd Webber,

so I'm going to say Mike Read.

Is Mike Read an impossible answer?

It is.

Mike Read did write a musical about the life of Oscar Wilde.

-Where next?

-Richard Stilgoe hasn't written with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

I don't think it's his style of thing,

so I'm going to say Richard Stilgoe.

Richard Stilgoe.

Is Richard Stilgoe an impossible answer?

Oh...

No, he has worked as a lyricist on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

-Two goes left.

-Morrissey's not.

Surely that's not his style.

Is Morrissey an impossible answer?

Course he is. Where next?

I'm going to go with Ruby Wax.

I can't see Ruby Wax's type of show being a musical

for Andrew Lloyd Webber,

so I'm going to say Ruby Wax.

Is Ruby Wax an impossible answer?

It is.

-Well done, Ursula.

-Thank you.

£400 put into the prize pot.

We now need to establish whether you're going to be playing

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

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

and I'm going to be looking for the right answer.

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

If you give me a wrong answer,

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

in the final.

I can reveal that it was

our new bridesmaid, John.

-LAUGHTER

-I'll get my veil.

There is an impossible answer still up on the board.

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

Let's reveal the full question.

Right, it's down to two, I think.

There's one there that pairs

very commonly with Andrew Lloyd Webber,

and I think he probably did some of his earlier work,

so I'm going to say Tim Rice.

Did Tim Rice write the original words for Starlight Express?

He didn't, I'm afraid. But it's not an impossible answer.

It is a wrong answer, however, so we go over to John in his veil.

John, if you can get this right, a place in the final is yours.

What would you like to go for?

I think it was probably Richard Stilgoe.

If that's the right answer, John,

you will steal Ursula's place in the final.

Is Richard Stilgoe the right answer?

-It is.

-Sorry, Ursula.

Well done, John. You have nabbed Ursula's place in today's final.

Ursula, bad luck.

You are back in the pack for the next round.

Just to quickly clear up the grid,

the remaining impossible answer was Richard Curtis...

Oh, was it?

..who wrote Four Weddings And A Funeral, amongst others.

John, you're in the final.

APPLAUSE

So, still two places left in today's final alongside John.

Good luck, everyone. Here is your first question.

Let's see what the right answer was.

It was B, Lesotho, meaning all of you get a point.

Les...

-Yeah.

-You had a crack at Burundi.

Geography, not me strong point.

Mind you, I haven't found me strong point yet.

No, we've still got, you know, another week to go, Les.

We'll find it, don't worry.

But I didn't think Guyana was in Africa.

-Ah.

-A lot of people get it mixed up, Ghana and Guyana.

Craig, have you got mixed up between Guyana and Ghana?

No, I'm not getting mixed up, I'm not thinking it's Ghana,

but I am kicking myself now,

cos I am thinking it's maybe a little tropical island somewhere,

it's not in Africa,

So I think I'm going to be waving you cheerio soon.

OK. Let's see.

The impossible answer is...

..Guyana. You are waving me goodbye.

Guyana is in South America.

We'll see you tomorrow, Craig.

Question number two.

Rob, you went for letter A, Bert Fry.

Yeah, bit of a pin the tail on the llama. I've no idea.

LAUGHTER

Take a bow, Rob. That's very good.

No idea, Rick.

The impossible answer is...

..B. Pat Clifton is the real name -

or full name, rather - of Postman Pat.

So, Ian, Justin, Les, Catherine and Ursula,

I'm afraid we'll have to say goodbye and we'll see you tomorrow.

And the answer you were all seeking out is...

..C, Lynda Snell.

So, a point to all of you.

Moving on to question number three.

All but one of you have gone for letter A, The Mean Machine.

Let's see if that's the right answer.

It is, so a point to all of you.

Shirley...

I have never heard of Wacky Races, so I just took a punt on B.

Let's see if it was a good punt, Shirley.

The impossible answer is...

Oh, thank God for that!

..C, the Gadgetmobile, Inspector Gadget's car.

It was a good punt. Question number four.

Matthew, you went for C, Cedar.

-Yeah. I thought it said delicious at first.

-Uh-huh.

And then I just thought cedar was a tree.

I've no idea what deciduous means, but in all honesty,

I have blagged my way to this point already, so, so be it.

Have you blagged it any further?

We will find out shortly, Matthew.

Dan, are trees your thing, Dan?

Well, I thought aspen was a type of cereal,

but then I've realised that's Alpen,

so now I'm kicking myself a bit.

I know it's a tree, I think,

but it's probably not deciduous.

OK, the right answer...

..is A, Aspen.

So, a point to Angela, Jake, Jen and Shirley.

The impossible answer was...

..C, Cedar.

Matthew and Rob, we're going to have to say goodbye.

The cedar is an evergreen conifer.

Any idea what deciduous means now, Matthew?

I have been informed either side of me

that it means it loses its leaves,

which is ironic, cos I've lost and I'm now leaving.

Yes. LAUGHTER

Exactly right. We'll see you both tomorrow.

Question number five.

Now, unfortunately, Shirley,

a little bit late on the buzzer.

Yes, and I was thinking...

This is the dangerous thing. We've talked about it, Shirley.

Unfortunately, we are going to have to say goodbye to you now.

-Oh.

-I think, this evening, a bit of quick-finger practise.

-I shall.

And we'll see you ready tomorrow.

The answer you were all trying to avoid, the impossible answer, is...

..C, Mary-Jane.

She is a Spider-Man character,

a different cinematic universe and comic universe.

The right answer...

..Alfred, B.

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

And that does mean that three players are on five points.

Full marks. And they are Angela, Jake and Jen.

And I can tell you that the quickest to lock in their answers

across the round

was Jen.

Again.

-Oh, my goodness!

-Congratulations, Jen. APPLAUSE

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

Nice to see you down here again, Jen.

-How are you feeling?

-Still as nervous as before,

but it's a little more familiar, let's say.

Have you been on telly before, Jen?

Yes, I was on Top Of The Pops a couple of times.

-Oh, get you!

-Not performing or singing, I hasten to add.

My friend and I, we were picked out from the crowd to dance behind

-some pop group.

-That's pretty good.

Have you got a tape of it?

No, and to be honest,

neither of us can remember for the life of us what year we did it,

but it was in the early '80s, so it was a wee while ago.

OK, we should try and dig that out, Jen.

Oh, no. No, no, no.

We're going to try and dig it out, Jen.

I shouldn't have let you know that.

So, one topic down, three topics remaining,

you have the choice of...

Well, with my last film questions,

I didn't do too well,

so I think I'm going to have to go for Food and Drink.

-Food and Drink.

-Yeah.

You're going to see nine answers.

Here they come.

And the first half of the question...

So, five of those answers are impossible.

Find those impossible answers, eliminate them.

Each one you successfully eliminate will add £100 to the prize pot.

I'll have to guess some of them,

but I think I could have a stab at a few, let's say.

OK, where shall we stab first?

Solenodon, first of all.

And what's the logic?

I think it's actually a type of dinosaur.

Is solenodon an impossible answer?

It is. Not a dinosaur, but a forest dwelling mammal.

What would you like to eliminate next?

I think I'll go for Kilner.

-What do you think that is?

-Well, I've heard of Kilner jars,

that's all I can think of, which are preserving jars.

Is Kilner an impossible answer?

It is an impossible answer, and you were spot-on.

It's a brand of glass jar.

Where next?

I think I'm going to risk Selleck,

cos all I can think of is Tom Selleck.

Is Selleck an impossible answer?

Tom Selleck played Magnum.

Three from three. Excellent work, Jen.

I think I'm going to go for Lother,

cos I think he's a character in,

not Batman, one of the others, one of those comic characters, I think.

Is Lother an impossible answer?

Absolutely bang-on, Jen.

Lother is a German boy's name.

I think you're maybe thinking of Lex Luther.

-I think so.

-Yeah.

OK, let's see if we can make it five from five, then,

get rid of that last impossible answer.

I know three of them there, but the other two,

it's going to be a real guess.

I'm going to go with Jezebel.

Is Jezebel an impossible answer?

Yes. Five from five, Jen.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Jezebel was a queen of Israel.

That's right.

Fantastic stuff.

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

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

If you give me a wrong answer,

the next quickest player will have the chance to steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that because John is sitting over there...

LAUGHTER

..it was Angela.

Stand by, Angela.

Let's now reveal the full question.

I'm just going to go with the one I think.

It might be Methuselah.

Just a sheer guess.

Is a Methuselah bottle

the equivalent of eight regular 75cl bottles?

It is!

I can't believe that.

Very, very well done.

Sorry, Angela.

-Oh, my goodness!

-You are through to the final.

Thank you.

Just one place up for grabs in the final now.

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

Only four of you surviving.

If at any point you are the last man or woman standing,

you automatically qualify for the grid.

If you all knock yourselves out,

everybody comes back into play.

It's exciting.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

Good luck, everyone. Here's your first question.

Jake, you've gone for Middlesbrough.

Boro makes me think of, like, a collection, I don't know.

And Truro, I'm sure,

is like maybe one of the smallest cities in the country,

so I just can't believe that it would be made up of six towns.

Er, Wendy does not agree.

Wendy, you've gone for Stoke-on-Trent?

I've gone for Stoke-on-Trent,

because I don't think Middlesbrough is a city -

I think Truro and Stoke are the cities.

And I think Stoke-on-Trent is made up of lots of little towns,

because my son went to Keele University

and I know it's made up of lots of little towns.

Sounds convincing.

Great facial reaction from you as well, Jake.

Let's see what the right answer was.

It was A - Stoke-on-Trent.

You were spot on, Wendy.

You and Dan get a point.

The impossible answer was...

I'm afraid that means we have to say goodbye to both of you,

which means it is a straight shoot-out.

Straight shoot-out between Wendy and our old favourite Dan!

Ready for question two, you two?

-Yep.

-Yep.

-Let's have a look.

So, you've stuck together on this one, you've both gone with

C - Zandra Rhodes.

Let's reveal the right answer.

It's B - Pam Hogg.

Now, then, it gets interesting.

Have you both knocked yourselves out,

and consequently brought everyone back into play?

Wendy, what do you reckon?

I don't think so.

I think Zandra Rhodes is the only one I recognised as a

British fashion designer, so I don't think so.

Dan, we know that you were just avoiding the right answer.

LAUGHTER

I did not have a clue, although I did recognise Laura Whitmore,

and therefore I thought, well, if it's about fashion,

then if I know Laura Whitmore, it's clearly the impossible answer!

That... I like that, Dan!

But if it doesn't work -

I felt sorry for everyone so I helped get them all back in.

Yeah.

Just an incredibly giving and generous young man.

Let's find out if you HAVE been generous, Dan.

The impossible answer was...

..A - Laura Whitmore.

She is an Irish TV presenter.

So, you both survive, both on one point.

Let's move on to question three.

You've both gone with B - Saracens.

Couldn't help but noticing out of my peripheral vision, Wendy,

that you put your head in your hands.

Oh, I hate... I don't know anything about rugby.

But the only thing I DO know is, Wasps play at the Ricoh Arena.

So, I knew it wasn't Wasps, but they are...

used to be a London team,

but whether they're still considered a London team, I don't know.

So, no idea.

Let's find out. What is the right answer?

It is...

A - Harlequins.

Same position again.

Is Dan a generous man?

Let's find out.

The impossible answer...

..is Wasps.

You both avoid it once again,

for exactly the reason that you said,

Wendy - Wasps used to play in London, but no longer.

That's amazing, that's the one rugby fact I know.

OK. We cannot separate you.

Question number four,

in this remarkably low-scoring round!

LAUGHTER

Same again!

Let's see if you're both still in play.

The impossible answer was...

..Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Yes, you are. That is not a Graham Greene novel,

it's John le Carre.

The right answer is...

..Yes! B - Brighton Rock.

-A point to each of you, taking you to two.

-Ooh!

So, we move on to the last question,

and I can tell you that the timings are extremely close.

We finally have a difference of opinion.

I pressed the wrong button.

Dan has gone with A - Line Of Duty.

Wendy has gone with B - Luther.

Wendy, the hands went to the head again?

I pressed the wrong button, I meant to press A.

Dan DID press A.

Let's see if that slip of the finger is going to be something

that you regret, Wendy. The right answer is...

It is A - Line Of Duty.

Unlucky, Wendy. That does mean that Dan gets a point,

taking him onto three.

The impossible answer was C - The Bill,

which is an ITV drama.

Unlucky, Wendy, but congratulations to Dan -

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

-Hello again, Dan.

-Hello.

-How are you doing?

-Yeah, very good, yeah.

Nice to see you've worn your party shirt for the occasion.

Well, let's hope we can turn it into a proper party.

Yeah, yeah. And I know that you like a proper party, Dan.

Yes. Yeah, that has been known around the group.

There are two topics left.

They are Politics and Film.

-Politics.

-OK.

You're going to see nine answers.

Here they come.

Any early thoughts?

Only that I don't really know any of them!

Good early thought, Dan.

-Yep.

-Let's see if the first half of the question helps.

So, five of those are impossible.

So, you need to find those impossible answers

and then get rid of them from the board.

Where do you want to start?

Barry Humphries doesn't sound... Is it Barry Humphries? Yeah, yeah.

He doesn't sound very Australian.

OK. Is Barry Humphries an impossible answer?

Yes. Maybe not very Australian-sounding -

IS Australian...

-Great!

-Plays Dame Edna Everage.

-OK.

-Where next?

He seems like quite a famous name, maybe he's a cricketer,

-there's a lot of Australian cricketers about, isn't there? There are.

-So, we'll go Bob Hawke.

Is Bob Hawke an impossible answer?

-Oh.

-No. He WAS an Australian Prime Minister.

-Where shall we go next?

-Judith Durham.

Is Judith Durham an impossible answer?

She is.

She was a singer in The Seekers, an Australian pop group.

-OK.

-Where next?

-Joan Sutherland next.

Is Joan Sutherland an impossible answer?

Yes. Joan Sutherland was an opera singer.

One go remaining.

-OK.

-Well, it is a complete stab in the dark between the three

which I think it could be.

So, I'm going to go for...

-..Mark Little.

-Is Mark Little an impossible answer?

Yes.

-An Australian comedian who played Joe Mangel in Neighbours.

-Ah.

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

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

But if you give me a wrong answer,

the next best player has the chance to steal your place in the final, and,

of course, that is Wendy.

-Hello, Wendy.

-Hi.

-Sorry, I...

-Have you followed Australian politics much?

Oh, yes, yes, in detail.

Yeah. Now, if you give me an impossible answer,

and we do know that there is still one up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-OK.

-Let's reveal the full question.

I'm going to go for Tony Abbott.

Is Tony Abbott the right answer?

No.

But not an impossible answer.

The wrong answer means that we throw over to Wendy,

and we find out whether she was being genuine or not.

Wendy, if you get this right, that place in the final is yours.

Otherwise, Dan will go through.

Erm, I'm going to go for Julia Gillard.

Let's see if Julia Gillard is the right answer.

She is. I'm sorry, Dan.

No worries.

Just to clear up the grid -

Mitchell Johnson is one of these

-famous Australian cricketers that are around so much.

-Ah.

Well done, Wendy, you have nabbed Dan's place in the final.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Dan, we'll be seeing you in the pack again tomorrow.

But for John, Jen and Wendy, it's time for the final.

So, John, Jen and Wendy -

there is £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're all going to have ten lives to start off with.

There they are. Questions are on the buzzer, buzz and get one right,

and you'll knock a life off both of your opponents.

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

However, some of the questions are impossible.

If you think you've spotted one of these,

all you've got to do is buzz in and say impossible.

That's really bad news for your opponents,

as they will both lose two lives.

But if you say that a question is impossible when it isn't,

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

you will lose the two lives.

Best of luck to you all, are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yep.

-Yeah.

-All right.

Get those fingers on buzzers.

In Egyptian mythology, who is the wife of Zeus?

Impossible.

It IS impossible.

Zeus is a god in Greek mythology.

Jen and John both lose two lives.

In which James Bond film did Grace Jones

play the character May Day?

On Her Majesty's Secret Service?

It wasn't, it was A View To A Kill,

I'm afraid, John. You lose a life.

Nicholas Lyndhurst plays Del Boy in which TV comedy?

Impossible.

It IS impossible.

David Jason played Del Boy in Only Fools And Horses.

Jen and John, you both lose two lives.

First time down here, Wendy.

-Yeah!

-Taken to it like a duck to water!

In which Mediterranean country is the birthplace of the explorer

Christopher Columbus?

Portugal.

No, it's Italy.

You lose a life.

Jinxed!

In which Scottish city is Croke Park stadium located?

Impossible.

It IS impossible. It's in Dublin.

Jen, you lose two lives. Wendy, you lose two lives.

What is the name of the first video game to feature

the character Lara Croft?

-Frozen.

-It wasn't Frozen!

LAUGHTER

I'm afraid you lose a life.

It was Tomb Raider.

Which of the 12 signs of the zodiac is represented by a goat?

-Capricorn.

-It IS Capricorn.

Jen, you lose a life. Wendy, you lose a life.

Jen, now down on two lives.

"Sticks in 'ere, dun' it?"

were the first words spoken in which BBC soap opera?

EastEnders.

It WAS EastEnders. Jen and Wendy, you lose a life.

Jen, down on one now.

In which novel by HG Wells is Phileas Fogg the central character?

Around The World In 80 Days.

No! I've done it again.

Unfortunately, it's impossible, Jen,

because it IS Around The World In 80 Days,

but that's by Jules Verne.

You lose your last remaining life...

..which leaves John and Wendy tied on five lives apiece.

Huevos revueltos is the Spanish name for which dish?

Fried eggs.

I'm afraid not, John, it's scrambled eggs. You lose a life.

Which king was on the British throne during World War I?

George VI.

-It was George V.

-Ah!

You lose a life, Wendy...

..tying it at four lives apiece.

In the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle,

what did the cow jump over?

-The moon.

-It WAS the moon,

Wendy, you lose a life.

John just nicking ahead.

By which nickname was the 18th-century landscape architect

Lancelot Brown better known?

Capability.

It WAS Capability. Wendy, you lose another life.

Which Christian holiday takes place seven days after Palm Sunday?

Easter Sunday.

It IS Easter Sunday.

John, you lose a life.

Which character played by Anthony Perkins

runs the motel in the Hitchcock film Psycho?

I can't remember his name, sorry.

Well, that is quite crucial, Wendy.

-Yeah.

-I'm afraid you're going to lose a life.

-Perkins, or something.

-It was played by Anthony Perkins,

the answer is Norman Bates.

-Oh, yes.

-You lose a life, Wendy.

Down to just one now.

In bingo, which number is called as "two little ducks?"

-22.

-It IS 22.

Clinging on, Wendy.

John, you lose a life.

Bull, tiger and great white are all species of which...?

-Shark.

-..of which fish?

It IS shark.

Wendy, you lose your last remaining life,

taking you out of the game.

Jen and Wendy, commiserations, but, John,

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

That's great, but you could be leaving with a whole lot more,

if you can answer the £10,000 question.

I'm going to show you nine answers, and then ask you a question.

Three of the nine answers are correct,

and if you can find them all within ten seconds,

you will win that £10,000.

That is the good news.

The less good news is that three of the answers are wrong,

and if you pick any of those you won't win the £10,000.

The bad news - there's always bad news -

three of the nine answers are impossible.

Give me one of those and you lose the £1,300.

-Yeah.

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

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

you also lose the £1,300.

OK. I can tell you

that today's £10,000 question...

is on geography.

-Not bad.

-Best of luck.

Here are your nine answers.

And you're looking for...

And your time starts now.

The Netherlands, France, Luxembourg.

Very quick, John.

Very, very quick.

Barely three seconds. HE EXHALES

You seemed incredibly assured.

I think I am.

So, John, you first said the Netherlands.

Is the Netherlands an EU member state

with a red, white and blue flag?

It is.

One from three.

You then quickly went on to say France.

Is France an EU member state with a red, white and blue national flag?

Yes, it is.

Two from three.

Still feeling good?

Yeah, Luxembourg was the one I was least sure of, but...

-I think so.

-So, you went for Luxembourg.

If Luxembourg is a right answer,

you'll be going home with £10,000, John.

Is Luxembourg an EU member state

with a red, white and blue national flag?

-Yes, John!

-Yes!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We'll pick all those up for you, John!

Very, very well done!

Brilliant result. You're going to leave with £10,000.

Just to clear up, the impossible answers were Macedonia,

Ukraine and Montenegro.

None of them are EU member states.

Fantastic result, John, been a pleasure having you on the show.

-It's been great being here, it's really been great. Thank you very much.

-Fantastic.

-Thank you.

-So, John leaves 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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