The 1% Club seriously divides viewers over an ‘incorrect’ answer – but would you get it right?
Viewers tuned in for the latest instalment of Lee Mack‘s ITV hit, which aired on Saturday.
It sees 100 contestants compete for a £100,000 prize pot by answering 15 logic-inspired questions that get progressively harder.
It kicks off with a question which 90 per cent of the population polled got right.
It then goes on to ask questions which smaller and smaller percentages of the country got right, culminating with a 1% question.
In the latest episode, the contestants faced a baffling animal-related question: “Without reordering any letters, how many animals appear in the sequence below?”
The question included the jumbled word “PHEASANTORTOISEALION”.
Viewers attempted to answer the question on social media but fans were divided on what constituted the correct answer.
Later, Lee revealed the answer was six animals – pheasant, sealion, ant, seal, tortoise, and lion but fans weren’t as sure.
One viewer said: “#The1PercentClub An ant is NOT an animal! Outrage!”
Another added: “Pheasant is a bird, ant is an insect, seal and sealion are mammals, so the correct answer should be 2 (lion and tortoise).
“If the question was ‘how many creatures…’ then it’s 6. Bad question wording #The1PercentClub”
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“Ant is an insect.. #The1PercentClub…” agreed another.
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“To all those saying otherwise. Yes an ant is an animal. All insects are. #The1PercentClub”, added another.
“Insects are animals” agreed another viewer.
“Yes, ants are animals! As all insects, they are arthropods (along with spiders, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes). A lot of people need a visit to the Natural History Museum!” ranted another.
Later in the show, five contestants were left, vying to answer the final 1% Club question correctly.
They were given a choice of taking £10k home, which would see them all walk away with £2,000 or take on the question.
One player called Christoper decided to take his share and bow out, while the rest played on.
The rest were asked: “The words below share a specific pattern. Why could VOTING also be part of the group?'”
The words listed were Bandleader, Nickelodeo and Silverback.
Only one contestant attempted to answer the question but they got it wrong, meaning nobody took home cash.
Host Lee, 56, revealed that each word contained a metal – including lead, nickel, silver and tin.
ITV viewers at home branded the question the ‘easiest ever’ and flooded social media with comments.
One said: “That was the easiest 1% question I can remember. Thought it must be wrong as it couldn’t be that easy. Amazed not one of them had a clue.”
A second wrote: “Got this within five seconds was far too easy with silver and nickel as the start of the words and tin being the only other word in voting.”
“My 12-year-old got this. Metals in the words,” said a third.
While a fourth posted: “That seemed a pretty easy 1% Question to me?!”
The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.