The 1% Club’s players smashed a record, leaving Lee Mack shocked.
For the uninitiated, the ITV game show whittles down 100 participants to a winner following a series of questions requiring reason and reasoning.
The final round is designed to be so tough that only 1% of the population can answer it (thus the game’s name), with a chance to win £100,000.
While prior programmes left viewers perplexed in the final few rounds, this week’s 50% question smashed a new record.
It read: ‘Which of these is the odd one out in this CONUNDRUM?’
The correct answer was amongst: ‘A. cord, B. norm, C. noon, and D. Moon.’
While it was only halfway through the game, the players found it so tricky that 39 of them chose to pass, which can only be done once each.
Only four people answered incorrectly, as Lee explained the correct answer was ‘D. Moon’ – the only word that couldn’t be formed from the letters in ‘conundrum’.
Despite only capturing a handful, the majority of folks had no idea what the solution was.
Lee said: ‘Now here’s the interesting thing, you lot have just broken a record on The 1% Club, because four people went out, but it’s not four people that didn’t know it.’
’39 people used a pass,’ he went on, as groans from the players in the room could be heard.
‘I think that’s the only time ever in the history of this show more people used a pass than actually knew the answer.
‘I’m genuinely in shock.’
Viewers were just as stunned, with X user Gillian writing: ’39 used their pass on this one??? #The1PercentClub Christ!! #moon.’
Others thought the question was easier than those playing in the room, with Ann writing, ‘50% is easy peasy,’ while Ken echoed, ‘Too easy so far. Still in.’
The 1% Club airs Saturdays at 8.35pm on ITV1.
Source My Celebrity Life.