The 1% Club player crashes out over difficult number question – but would you have solved it in 30 seconds?
A PLAYER on The 1% Club crashed out over difficult number question – but would you have solved it in 30 seconds?
The hit ITV show tests 100 participants – and viewers at home – on their logic and common sense rather than general knowledge.
Each show starts with a question that 90% of the public can get right, and works its way down to the holy grail 1% question.
Every time someone in the audience gets the answer wrong, their £1,000 stake goes into the prize pot, meaning there’s always a large sum of money up for grabs.
In a recent repeated episode from series two, one player crashed out a couple of questions too early when they got the 15% question wrong.
It read: “If 2 and 3 go together, and 6 and 7 go together, which two out of 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9 are a pair?”
The contestants – and viewers at home – had 30 seconds to try and work out the answer.
When the time was up, host Lee Mack revealed that one person among the remaining lit up players was out.
He then explained the answer was “4 and 5” because “numbers are grouped with numbers with which they share a first letter.”
Would you have figured it out in time?
The previous question was also a sticking point for some participants, with six crashing out on the 20% one.
It read: “Which four-letter word is missing from this list?”
The list of words started with ‘spot’ and also included ‘pots’ and ‘tops’.
Lee revealed the missing word was “Post”.
The episode concluded with just one person making it to the 1% question.
Brett knew he already had £1,000 in the pocket, and could leave with a further £10,000 if he chose not to take on the final question.
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- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the “worst” question in the show’s history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: “From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?” The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000.
- The 1% Club – Viewers of Lee Mack’s popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: “Edna’s birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen’s birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir’s birthday must be the ‘X’ of January.” It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir’s birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence.
- The Chase – The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: “Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?” The options were – sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots – with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes.
But with the temptation of the full £96k jackpot all to himself, Brett decided to go for it.
Unfortunately, he got it wrong and missed out on the chance to win the life-changing sum.
The 1% Club airs Saturdays on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.