£97,000 on the line… one finalist couldn’t bring himself to answer. After surviving every round of The 1% Club, four contestants reached the final with a chance to split a £97,000 jackpot. Three trusted their instincts and locked in the same answer. One finalist, David, couldn’t decide—and left the answer blank. When Lee Mack revealed the solution, the studio fell silent. The other three each walked away with £32,333, while David left with nothing after turning down the guaranteed £10,000 earlier in the game. One unanswered question made all the difference.

A CONTESTANT on The 1% Club missed out on a share of the jackpot in a tricky final question – but would you have got it right?

Hosted by Lee Mack, the tricky ITV quiz tests players’ logic and common sense rather than general knowledge.

Game show question: find the difference between four nearly identical number sequences.
Could you work out this tricky final round question on The 1% Club?Credit: ITV
Man on game show.
David was one of four players to reach the final – but failed to make a guessCredit: itv
A man announcing a prize of £32,333.
His three opponents each won £32,333Credit: ITV

Four players reached the prestigious 1% question – Hazel, David, Helen and Shashi.

They were all competing to take home a share of an incredible £97,000 jackpot.

The 1% question asked: “The following rows all represent something.

“What specifically does the last row of numbers represent that makes it different from the other three?”

The contestants were shown four rows of numbers, each with 24 digits altogether – and only 30 seconds to figure it out.

Once time was up, Lee asked the four finalists to reveal what their answers were.

Although David didn’t have a guess – the other three had all answered “leap year”.

As they were correct, it meant Helen, Shashi and Hazel each walked away with £32,333.

Poor David was left with nothing after turning down the chance to take home a share of the £10,000 prize offered to all contestants who reach the 1% question.

Lucky Shashi had reached the final with his “pass” intact, so he bagged an additional £1,000.

Elsewhere, a tricky family question wiped out 32 players on the ITV game show.

This 40% question asked: “Which of these would it be impossible to do?”

He then read aloud the three options.

These were – “marry your cousin’s cousin”, “marry your brother’s widow” or ” marry your widow’s sister”.

The contestants were then given 30 seconds to attempt to correctly identify the answer but for 32 – it was clearly a struggle.

Reacting in shock as time was up, Lee remarked: “Wow! That is massive!

“32 people went out on that one. Let’s have a look at the answer.”

Amid gasps from the crowd, Lee told them that the right answer was – “marry your widow’s sister”.

This was the correct answer as it would be impossible to marry your own widow’s sister as you would already be dead.

Cracking out another joke, Lee said: “And before we get any complaints, yes, I accept that is a bit Zombie-ist!”

Man smiling in blue shirt.
David appeared gutted to lose outCredit: ITV
Quiz show question:  The last row of numbers representing the days in a leap year.
Would you have got the right answer?Credit: ITV