THE 10 toughest ever questions on The 1% Club have been revealed.
Usually, ITV viewers see Lee Mack, 56, front the game show which tests 100 players on their logic, reasoning skills and common sense.
The toughest ever questions from The 1% Club have been revealed[/caption]
Comedian Patton Oswalt hosts the US version of the show[/caption]
The common sense and logic questions have completely divided viewers[/caption]
On The 1% Club, the contestants are whittled down as they attempt to make it to the end by answering questions with a time limit.
In the hope of winning £100,000, the last question would be something that only 1% of the country can get right.
The show also airs in the US with its own edition hosted by comedian, Patton Oswalt, with questions that completely divide viewers.
Some players think too quickly and easy with some of the questions, whilst other contestants struggle as they look into them to hard.
I wanted to spell with my spoonful of alphabet soup. What’s the longest word I could create using the letters in the spoon as many times as I want?
What’s the longest word you can find?[/caption]
Note: Players can use the letters more than once, but it’s difficult to find the longest word possible in the given time period of just 30 seconds.
Answer: Inconvenienced
Last month was not May or July. Next month is not January, March, or November. Neither last month nor next month is April, August, or December. What month must it be?
Note: This is a very tricky one because it requires multiple rounds of elimination, all in 30 seconds.
Answer: April – The ‘last month’ clue rules out June and August. The ‘next month’ clue rules out December, February and October. The ‘neither last month nor next month’ clue rules out every other month except April.
What four-word phrase can you get if you keep everything below, but remove “two letters” in order?
Think about it literally[/caption]
Note: Contestants would have to understand that removing the words “two letters” from the sequence would reveal the hidden phrase.
Answer: I am a winner
Listen up! What is the only letter of the alphabet logically missing from this list?
Note: This required players to see how letters are actually visually constructed. The missing letter V completes the group of letters that all feature one or more straight lines in their design.
Answer: V
What word are you left with if you DEBUG this line of code? VANTIFLEACTOBEETLERTICKY
Code deduction is always the hardest[/caption]
Note: Players would have to go through the meaningless jumble of characters to find the intended word. Isn’t it hard!
Answer: Victory
What are the commonly known four-letter words that can be found inside the five words listed; Pumpkin, Bicycle, Penchant, Pageant, Nowhere?
patton oswalt 1% CLUB[/caption]
Note: One would have to find the composition of longer words and spot a potential pattern. Trick question in some respects because some are more in the definition whilst others are in the spelling.
Answer: Pump, Page, Here
Logically, which letter comes next in the sequence?
The clue is in the weekday[/caption]
Note: This comes from seeing that the sequence follows the first letters of the days of the week – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Answer: A
What common word do you get using the missing five letters, once each, from the below eye exam?
I’m bad at these at the best of times[/caption]
Note: Players would have to find the missing letters, mentally organise them and find a word that made sense, all within 30 seconds!
Answer: Sight
Look at the image and follow the directions. What nine-letter word is represented by this image?
Did you get the sort of direction of this question?[/caption]
Note: Each arrow was pointing to a different direction, North, East, South, West and combine the first letters with the only visible one to form the word.
Answer: Sweetness
What letter pair could squeeze into the same position inside each of these words to make longer words?
That’s just not fair.[/caption]
Note: The words would be transformed Juice, Peering and Jeer would be transformed into Justice, Pestering, and Jester respectively.
Answer: ST
How many did you get right?
Lee Mack has won awards for the hit ITV gameshow format[/caption]
The show airs in multiple countries across the world[/caption]
How many of these questions from the US edition could you answer correctly?[/caption]
The 1% Club airs on ITV1 is available to stream on ITVX.
