The ‘Easy’ 90% Question Caused An Instant Wipeout—and 12 Contestants Weren’t The Only Ones Left Confused. Lee Mack’s Opening Puzzle Looked Harmless. Contestants Were Shown Four Familiar Shapes And Asked Which Was “The Largest.” As A Question Supposedly Designed For 90% Of The Public, It Appeared To Be An Easy Way To Begin The Competition. Instead, It Immediately Caused Carnage. Twelve Contestants Got The Answer Wrong And Were Sent Home, But The Controversy Didn’t End There. Viewers Soon Noticed That One Word In The Question Could Completely Change How The Puzzle Was Interpreted. What Followed Was A Debate Over Whether Contestants Had Simply Fallen For A Clever Trick—or Whether The Wording Itself Had Made The Challenge Unnecessarily Confusing. A 90% Question. 12 Players Eliminated. One Word At The Centre Of The Controversy.
The 1% Club fans furious over ‘impossible’ opening question Fans of ITV’s The 1% Club were left frustrated just minutes into the latest episode after the opening question sent 12 contestants out of the game. The question was intended to test the players’ ability to think beyond the obvious, but its wording quickly became the … Read more