PLAYERS on The 1% Club were left tackling a tricky question that combined both words and numbers in an unusual move.
Lee Mack delivered another tough question on the ITV programme that really got the contestants brains working.
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Using a combination of words and numbers, it was all about spotting the right number spelt out within a longer word for the 50% question.
Leaving the contestants scratching their heads, Lee read aloud the question before the 30 seconds was popped on the clock.
The question read: “Which of the following words includes a number in it which is NOT the same as the number of letters in the word?”
Contestants were then offered three multiple choice answers.
They were “weighted, horniness and extension”.
As the clock counted down, the 100 players could be seen deep in thought as they attempted to work out exactly what was the correct answer.
When it was revealed that two players had crashed out on the game with many others opting to use their pass to the next round, Lee revealed the correct answer – but would you have got it?
The final option – extension – was the correct answer.
This was because the number ten was featured within the word but extension is made up of nine letters instead of ten.
On the flip side, weighted features the word eight and includes eight letters whilst horniness contains the word nine as well as nine letters.
Lee then joked: “I can’t believe they got me to say horniness on TV.”
It comes after a record number of players used their pass on a question in another episode of the quizzing programme.
46 people passed on a difficult question with a further seven got it wrong meaning that more than half of the show’s contestants failed to arrive at a correct answer.
The question that caught them out, read: “Which of these words can have two of its letters swapped over and still result in a valid word?”
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The players were then given three multiple choice answers to choose from – Conversation, Dialogue and Chat.
With 30 seconds on the clock, many of the players were left scratching their heads to arrive at the correct answer – but would you have got it?
Lee went on to reveal the answer as Conversation.
The V and S could be swapped with one another in order to create the word – Conservation.
Addressing the astonishing number of passes, Lee said to the players: “Now, you’ve just broken a record you lot, because, between you, you have just used 46 passes!”
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.
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