THE 1% Club wiped out 14 people with a challenging age riddle – but would you have got it right?
Hosted by Lee Mack, the popular game show tests logic and common sense rather than general knowledge.
Contestants hope to reach the final round and be in with a chance of winning up to £100,000.
An episode of the ITV show saw a whopping 14 people eliminated after not knowing the answer to a tricky riddle.
The question read: “Richard is older than Clare. Jojo is older than Hennie. Hennie is older than Richard. Who is the oldest?”
Naturally, the available options were A) Richard, B) Clare, C) Jojo or D) Hennie.
This question was 60%, meaning just over half of the public would be expected to get it right.
The correct answer, once you’ve read through the sentence, turned out to be Jojo.
It’s not the first time viewers have seen large numbers of players stumped on a question.
In a different instalment, an “easy” question knocked out a total of 25 people.
The question posed: “Which of the following words contain the most vowels?”
The answers to choose from were: vowel, consonant and letter.
As this was the 90% question – the first to be asked – it seemed deceptively simple only to catch many out.
The correct answer was revealed to be consonant.
Elsewhere, another episode saw three people eliminated on a simple letters question.
The 80% puzzle showed a five letter word with the first three letters missing.
Lee then asked: “What vegetable can you insert here to make a fruit?”
The image displayed the following spaces and letters: ___CH
Lee joked: “Please do not try to insert a vegetable at home, our contestants are trained professionals.”
When the time was up, it was revealed that three had been eliminated.
He then explained the answer was the vegetable pea – which when added to the CH would make the word peach
Meanwhile, popular host Lee previously revealed his real name – much to fans’ shock.
The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
