“20 CONTESTANTS WERE ELIMINATED BY A QUESTION MANY THOUGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET WRONG.” What began as a routine numbers puzzle on The 1% Club quickly turned into one of the night’s most shocking wipeouts when a deceptively simple question sent 20 players crashing out in a matter of seconds. As confidence turned to confusion and contestants realized they had all fallen into the same hidden trap, the studio atmosphere shifted from calm to complete disbelief. The fallout has sparked fierce debate among viewers, with many arguing that the puzzle wasn’t difficult at all—until the moment it exposed just how easily the brain can overlook the most obvious detail.

THE 1% Club eliminated a whopping 20 players thanks to a tricky numbers question – but could you have got it right?

Contestants are regularly left stumped on the ITV quiz – which tests logic and common sense rather than general knowledge.

 

 

A previous episode saw 20 people knocked out on a tricky 45% question.

Lee Mack was on top form as the game edged towards the latter stages.

He asked the remaining players: “How many left hands are there in this photo?”

The audience were then shown pairs of hands arranged together in a circle.

They tried to work out the right answer in 30 seconds, with Lee quipping: “Tell you what, throw one single Malteser in there, and you’d cause a riot.”

Once time was up, it was revealed 20 people gave the wrong answer and were therefore out.

The correct answer turned out to be eight – and Lee pointed out an additional hand which had stumped him in rehearsals.

In a different episode, 15 contestants were eliminated on a difficult letters-based question.

For this 70% puzzle, Lee asked: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

“Is a sentence that uses every letter in the alphabet but which letter appears the most?”

The 1% Club contestants had the choice between either A, E, I or O.

Another instalment saw 25 players flummoxed and eliminated on an “easy” picture question.

Contestants were shown side-by-side photos of a clock and a pair of flies.

This outcome shocked even Lee, as he remarked: “I was not expecting that.”

Elsewhere, a past player opened up about her time appearing in the ITV quiz.

The contestant – whose episode aired earlier this year – discussed a strict show rule.

She also gave an insight into filming secrets, compared to what viewers at home see.

The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX.