The 1% Club contestants 'break record' after hardest ever question

10 March 2024 , 16:37

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The 1% Club contestants 'break record' after hardest ever question

Contestants on the ITV show The 1% Club were presented with the show's 'hardest ever question' last night.

After the time limit for answering was up, presenter Lee Mack, 55, told the contestants and people watching at home that a new record had been set. The question, which you can have a crack at below, was 'passed' by more people than those who answered it, a first for the show.

The 1% Club requires contestants to ask 15 questions for a chance to win a £100,000 cash prize. They start off relatively easy, but by the time the fifteenth rolls around, it's a conundrum that only 1% of the British public are able to answer. The question came at the 60% mark, making it the ninth out of fifteen. Lee revealed that 39 players used their passes to get through the round rather than answering it and risking losing their place in the game. Lee explained: "We lost four people on that one. Here's an interesting thing you lot have just broke a record on The 1% Club.

Lee Mack fronts the popular ITV quiz show (ITV)

"Because four people went out but it's not only four people that didn't know it. 39 people used a pass. 39. I think that's the only time ever on the history of this show more people used a pass than actually knew the answer. I'm genuinely shook." Wondering if you would have sailed through this round? The question which stumped everybody was: "Which of these is the odd one out in this CONUNDRUM?" The answers were CORD, NORM, NOUN or MOON."

The answer was MOON, the only word that cannot be made from the letters in CONUNDRUM.

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The final question wasn't as hard as some viewers wanted (ITV)

There was more trickiness to come. The final question - which is meant to be the toughest - was dismissed as being "too easy" by some people watching at home. The question simply asked: "Using only two letters to fill in the blank, what is the word below? P _ _ _ E _ _ I _ N."

The answer was "Possession", did you manage to guess it? Many viewers took to X, formerly Twitter to share their thoughts. One user penned: "Don't usually get the last question but I saw that one instantly. Easy peasy," while another added: "Got it! Blimey I actually answered the 1% question."

The 1% Club continues on ITV next Saturday

Emma Gritt