THE CHASE viewers have been unable to contain their shock after one of The Chasers got a simple question horribly wrong.
ITV viewers were left baffled as quiz guru Shaun Wallace, otherwise known as The Dark Destroyer, got a simple general knowledge question wildly wrong on The Chase.
Barrister Shaun, 64, has been a Chaser since the ITV show began in 2009 and is usually a force to be reckoned with.
Yet this time he failed a simple question as he attempted to catch up to the contestants at the end of the show in the final chase.
The question, asked by host Bradley Walsh, saw Shaun asked how many centimetres are in a metre with the barrister and quiz expert answering “ten”.
The real answer is hundred, and many viewers could not get over Shaun’s spectacular fail.
Taking to social media to share their shock, one viewer wrote: “Shaun is thick as mince sometimes for an intelligent man.”
Another posted: “Absolutely no way does Shaun not know how many cms are in a metre! I’m sure he does this deliberately at times!”
“Typical Shaun throwing a question when he has a low target,” said a third.
One viewer went direct to Shaun on X to tease him for the wild answer as they wrote: “@TheShaunWallace you’ve finally beaten “methylated cheese” as your worst ever answer.”
Another thought he might have gotten it wrong on purpose in an attempt to play down his intelligence as they pointed out: “The chasers aren’t allowed to deliberately play badly, its in their contract. But Shaun…. If he’s not throwing it, then he genuinely knows nothing…”
Another thought the same as they shared: “Q: How many centimetres in a metre? Shaun: Ten. Shaun trying his best to throw another Chase. GET IN THE BIN!”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”The Chase fans furious over question Jenny Ryan gets” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6366902494112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]The blunder from Shaun comes just weeks after he revealed his ‘kryptonite’ that would see him stumped on the ITV show.
Speaking to The Sun’s TV Mag, the former Mastermind champion revealed his ‘kryptonite’ – his weakest subject area.
[authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D105616%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]He shared: “Every Achilles has a heel and my own quizzing kryptonite is soaps.
“I don’t watch them, I don’t like them, so if I’m ever asked questions on the subject, I’ll just guess!”
The Chase airs on ITV1 and ITVX.