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Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
The 1% Club's tricky number sequence question eliminates 17 players - but can YOU solve it within 30 seconds?
A tricky number sequence question eliminated 17 players on The 1% Club - but can you solve it within the 30-second time limit? The hit ITV quiz show sees 100 players attempt to answer questions that gradually increase in difficulty in a bid to win a huge cash prize. Hosted by Lee Mack, a previous episode saw several contestants trip up on one particular puzzle. The 1% Club works by putting questions to the public, with the percentage who got them right determining the difficulty of each round. Aptly, the final question is one that just 1% of the public answered correctly. Lee read the 70% question during one instalment which asked players to figure out the missing digit. It said: 'Here is a range of numbers from 1 to 61. What is the missing number?' Underneath, a sequence of numbers written in different colours were written out. As the clock ticked down, players tried their best to answer the question. After 30 seconds, Lee revealed that 17 contestants were knocked out of the game after failing to get it right. He commented: 'That was quite a lot of you, we have lost 17 there.' The host then shared the correct answer was 29. Another episode saw the final question wipe out nine players and left only two. The instalment featured 11 contestants as they battled it out for the top spot during the final round of the competition. But only two managed to get the question correct. Lee asked the players: 'What letter replaces the question mark in this sequence? 'Your 30 seconds starts now.' The remaining contestants had to figure it out after being shown the letters: YYHLY?YTRRRR. Lee asked the players: 'What letter replaces the question mark in this sequence?' In a previous episode of the ITV show, hosted by Lee Mack , 11 contestants battled it out for the top spot during the final round of the competition After their time was up, he asked them all to say their chosen letter out loud and Lee said: 'Quite a lot of different answers there, so some of them might win big tonight. 'Let's have a look at the answer...' He continued: 'It's E! They are the last letters of the month of the year and E is the last letter. 'We have two winners, Joe Clark and Liz Casey! 'You are the winners!'
Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The 1% Club return date confirmed as ITV announces HUGE shake-up to format that 'will leave the nation hooked'
The 1% Club's return date has been confirmed as ITV announces a huge shake-up to its format that 'will leave the nation hooked'. The quiz show, presented by comedian Lee Mack, started in April 2022 and has since proven hugely successful, winning two National Television Awards. It welcomes 100 contestants who all attempt to win a cash prize, with a whopping £100,000 available as the top pot. The programme's questions are put to the public before the episode, with the percentage who get it right determining the difficulty of each round. Aptly, the final quiz question is one that just one per cent of the public answered correctly. The fourth series of the show, which is normally shown on Saturday nights, ended in May - but ITV has now announced it will be back in autumn, in a brand new form. Instead of airing just one night per week, the programme will be transformed to create a five-day special event renamed The 1% Club Rollover. The basic gameplay will remain the same - but if the prize pot is not won on one episode, it will roll over to the next. It will raise the stakes massively as if all pots rolled over for all five days, it means an astonishing £500,000 could be up for grabs by the final episode of the week. Not only this, anyone who gets as far as the final one per cent quiz question will automatically win the right come back for the next episode of the week to play again. It means if someone wins big during one show, they could still potentially get more on the next episode - doubling, tripling or even quadrupling their winnings. The new five-day special version of The 1% Club recalls the structure of other popular newer quiz shows, like Richard Osman's House Of Games. It capitalises on the existing smash success of the programme, which is the biggest original quiz show in more than a decade. The show regularly sees six million viewers tune in every episode - and across its three-year run so far, it has been streamed more than 40 million times. It capitalises on the existing smash success of the programme, which is the biggest original quiz show in more than a decade. Pictured: Lee Mack with the award for Quiz Game Show for The 1% Club at the National Television Awards 2023 The 1% Club has won two Broadcast Awards and a Rose d'Or, all for Best Entertainment Show. It was also awarded a Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Award for Best Game Show. It has also received two BAFTA nominations, for Best Entertainment Show and for Best Entertainment Performance by Lee Mack. Sue Murphy, ITV's head of factual entertainment, said: 'The 1% Club Rollover as event TV is a perfect fit. 'The series continues to go from strength to strength and has become a must watch in homes across the country on Saturday nights. 'This special Rollover week will really be a primetime event that will have the nation hooked. Five nights of The 1% Club and Lee Mack… What's not to like?' The tricksy questions on The 1% Club often really challenge contestants, with viewers tuning in to try to answer themselves - and see how they would fare. One recent 'odd one out' question forced a whopping 13 players to use their one pass they are allowed in the game. Each contestant starts with £1,000 in their personal bank - so if they decide to pass, their money gets put into the prize pot and they move on to the next round. During one episode, the 45 per cent question proved tricky for several players. Lee asked: 'Which is the odd one out? A) Dapple, B) Slime, C) Spear or D) Rabbit.' The answer was 'rabbit' - and there was some quite tricky reasoning behind it. The host explained: 'Rabbit is the only word when you take away the first letter it does not spell out the name of a fruit.' And after 30 seconds on the clock, Lee revealed: 'We've only lost three of you but there was 13 passes on that one.' The 1% Club is available to watch on ITV1 and to stream on ITVX.
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club in shock shake-up as ITV execs launch ‘new format'
THE 1% Club looks set to undergo a format shake-up with its next run of episodes. The popular quiz format, hosted by Lee Mack, has become one of ITV's most celebrated new programmes of recent years. 2 The 1% Club looks set to undergo a format shake-up Credit: ITV 2 Players now have a bigger chance than ever to win BIG Now, the stakes look set to get even higher with bosses adopting a new format for the next impending run of episodes. Instead of being aired in its usual Saturday night slot, bosses plan to air the shows every weeknight back-to-back. It means fans will be able to tune into an episode every night for five nights. Not only that, as part of a new shock shake-up, the show will be implementing a brand new roll-over feature which could see the prize money roll over from each episode. That means, on the final show of the week, there is the chance to win a staggering £500,000 on the 1% question. The shows will be known as The 1% Club Rollover in a bid to boost attention even more. But that isn't all. During rollover week, being a winner comes with extra perks as anyone who makes it to the 1% question is invited back to take part in the next day's episode again for the chance to win even more money. It means they could potentially win the prize again and in effect, double (or even treble or quadruple) their winnings. Sue Murphy, the Head of Factual Entertainment at ITV, said: 'The 1% Club Rollover as event TV is a perfect fit. The 1% Club knocks out a whopping 32 players on tricky family question - but are you smarter than them "The series continues to go from strength to strength and has become a must watch in homes across the country on Saturday nights. "This special Rollover week will really be a primetime event that will have the nation hooked. Five nights of The 1% Club and Lee Mack… What's not to like?'
The Sun
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Tricky number sequence question on The 1% Club wipes out 17 players – but would you have got it right?
A NUMBER sequence question wiped out a total of 17 people on The 1% Club in a shock result. A large number of people were left rattled by the 70% question which was all about identifying a missing number. 4 4 Lee Mack posed the question to the group in order to see who would be able to make it through to the next round. They were all hoping they could make it all the way to the end and pick up a share of £100,000. Appearing rather simple, the question read: "Here is a range of numbers from 1 to 61. What is the missing number?" Every number up to 61, bar one, were then listed and all typed out in an assortment of different colours. 30 seconds were then placed on the clock with the contestants aiming to find which number had disappeared. But it seemed that it wasn't enough time for everyone as 17 of them failed to get it correct. Lee then quipped: "That was quite a lot of you, we have lost 17 there." The correct answer was then revealed to be 29. Eagle-eyed viewers and quizzers would have noticed that the numbers jumped straight from 28 up to 30. It proved that 17 people were unable to correctly spot the missing number. The 1% Club baffles players with difficult arrows question - but could you get it in 30 seconds It comes after another question on the show wiped out 32 players. Lee posed a question which was all about identifying which statement had to be false. The star said: "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". 32 got it wrong but as the correct answer was revealed to be that it would be impossible to marry your own widow's sister as you would already be dead. Hardest Quiz Show Questions Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the "worst" question in the show's history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: 'From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?' The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000. The 1% Club - Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: "Edna's birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen's birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir's birthday must be the 'X' of January." It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir's birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence. The Chase - The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: "Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?" The options were - sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots - with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes. 4 4
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The 1% Club's mind-boggling family question wipes out 32 players and leaves Lee Mack gasping 'that is massive!' - but can you beat the odds and get it right?
The 1% Club's mind-boggling family question wiped out 32 players and left Lee Mack gasping 'that is massive!' A previous episode of the ITV show saw host Lee Mack, 56, welcome 100 players back to the studio in a bid to win some cash. The 40% question proved difficult for a number of contestants as they ended up getting eliminated from the programme. Lee asked the players: 'Which of these would it be impossible to do?' The three options were: A) marry your cousin's cousin, B) marry your brother's widow or C) marry your widow's sister. While their 30 seconds played out, Lee said: 'I would like to remind our contestants I only read the questions out, I don't set them. Lee asked the players: 'Which of these would it be impossible to do?' The three options were: A) marry your cousin's cousin, B) marry your brother's widow or C) marry your widow's sister 'Now sometimes I struggle to read them out... ' He then read out the question, adding: 'Which of these would it be impossible to do?' After the 30 seconds was up, Lee said: 'Let's see who got the answer right.' And a shocking 32 people were kicked off the programme. Lee said: 'Wow. That is massive! 32 people went out on that one... 'Let's have a look at the answer... 'It's C! You would not be able to marry your widow's sister as you would already be dead.' It comes after an 'odd one out' question on The 1% Club forced 13 players to pass. An 'odd one out' question on The 1% Club forced 13 players to pass - but can you solve it? Pictured: Host Lee Mack During one episode, the 45% question proved tricky for several players If a contestant decides to 'pass' on a question, their £1,000 gets put into the prize pot and they move on to the next round. During one episode, the 45% question proved tricky for several players. Lee asked: 'Which is the odd one out? A) Dapple, B) Slime, C) Spear or D) Rabbit.' The answer was D) Rabbit. The reasoning was, 'Rabbit is the only word when you take away the first letter it does not spell out the name of a fruit.' However, when the 30 seconds ticked down, Lee revealed: 'We've only lost three of you, but there was 13 passes on that one.' In another previous instalment, the 80% question tripped several people up. Lee read: 'You walk 10 miles northeast, then turn south and walk a further 20 miles. Aptly, the final question is one that just 1% of the public answered correctly. However in one previous instalment, the 80% question tripped several people up 'You then walk in a straight line back to your starting point. What shape do you make?' After the countdown ended, the TV host revealed that eight players had answered incorrectly and were knocked out of the game. The correct answer was triangle.
