A RECORD number of The 1% Club players reached the final but most struggled at the final hurdle – could you get it?
The popular ITV game show tests the audience’s common sense and logic, rather than general knowledge.
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Tonight’s (April 12) made history with a whopping 12 contestants reaching the 1% question.
Host Lee Mack began the round by saying: “Because there are 12 of you in the final, that’s actually a record for The 1% Club.
“So that means you are officially our cleverest contestants.”
Despite having the option to take a share of £10,000, all 12 finalists opted to face the episode’s final brainteaser.
The £93,000 question asked: “If you removed all the underlined letters from the sentence below, what word can be spelt if you rearrange all the remaining letters?”
The sentence looked as follows: ONE SELLING FRESH SALMON
By rearranging the letters, you’ll find the word “fishmonger”, with the sentence itself also being a hint.
Only three of the 12 finalists managed to successfully find the answer under an intense time limit.
Lee declared: “Congratulations David, Ellis and Govind, you are members of The 1% Club!”
It meant the trio each took home an incredible £31,000 for their efforts on the show.
However, not all contestants can be so lucky – with some often getting caught out by tricky questions.
A previous episode saw contestants struggle with a tricky word sequence.
“Which word continues the pattern to complete the sentence?”
The sentence offered up to the players then read: “Silly dummies running loose…”
Three answer options were then provided – wildly, happily and frequently.
Hardest Quiz Show Questions
Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV’s hardest questions
- 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.
They were then given 30 seconds on the clock to see if they could answer it correctly.
The tough question saw four players eliminated as they struggled to see a definitive pattern.
It was then revealed that the answer was Happily.
The 1% Club continues on ITV1 and ITVX.
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