“75% OF CONTESTANTS FELL FOR THE SAME TRAP… AND THE REAL SHOCK CAME AFTER THE ANSWER WAS REVEALED.” What appeared to be one of the easiest questions ever asked on The 1% Club suddenly turned into a game-changing disaster as contestants crashed out in huge numbers, convinced they had spotted the solution almost instantly. But as the puzzle’s hidden twist became clear, viewers at home found themselves just as divided as the players, with many admitting they would have made the exact same mistake. The fallout has sparked fierce debate online, with fans arguing over whether the question was a brilliant test of logic or an example of a puzzle becoming so clever that it crossed the line into pure misdirection.

Viewers tuning into ITV’s The 1% Club were left absolutely baffled after seeing an ‘easy’ question catch out three quarters of contestants.

Us Brits sure love watching a game show. From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to The Chase and Deal or No Deal, there’s nothing we enjoy more as a nation than judging other peoples’ general knowledge and shouting ‘how did you not know that‘ at our television sets every time a contestant slips up on an obvious question.

Which is why several viewers were left confused after seeing 75 per cent of contestants on taking part on TV show The 1% Club slip up on what should have been an easy question.

Hosted by comedian Lee Mack, the gameshow tasks participants on using their ‘logic and common sense’ to figure out a series of increasingly difficult questions, with a share of the £100,000 cash prize on offer.

In a recent episode, contestants were asked the following question ‘Which square has the biggest total area?’ and given the option to pick from three different answers labelled A, B and C, also of which are below.

Take a look at the question below and see if you can choose an answer within 30 seconds, which is the length of time contestants are allowed per question.

Seems pretty straightforward right?

The shapes and numbers are fairly reminiscent of something you’d find on a maths exam paper, which means that some of you will be thinking back to your school days and trying to remember how to calculate the total area of a shape.

Or perhaps you’ve decided to eyeball the question and go for option B, as it looks the biggest so should therefore be the correct answer right?

Well, if you did any of the above options before selecting your answer then you would’ve been in the 75 per cent of people who slipped up while answering the question.

As it turns out, the question does not involve any mathematical calculations at all, but instead requires you to pay specific attention to the wording.

The focus isn’t asking to choose the biggest square not the biggest of the three shapes on-screen.

Two of the answers are rectangles, which means that answer A is the correct one as it is the only square option. The size isn’t relevant, as it is the correct answer by default.

It caught a few people off guard, as one person wrote on social media that they ‘went for B at first’ before re-reading the question.

While another said: “I’m [not going to lie] at first instinct I got it wrong too, then I saw the question again.”

It proves the importance of making sure you re-read a question before quickly answering on instinct.