Lee Mack could hardly believe the result when a deceptively simple question on The 1% Club sent 22 contestants crashing out of the game.
The ITV quiz show is designed to test logic and common sense rather than traditional general knowledge, with 100 contestants gradually whittled down as the questions become increasingly difficult.
But one 50% question proved to be a major stumbling block for a surprisingly large group of players.
Can you count the dancers correctly?
Lee presented the contestants with a grid containing eight images of ballet dancers before asking:
“How many of these dancers have their left leg in the air?”
Once the time ran out, the result left the host stunned.
A total of 22 contestants had given the wrong answer.
Lee jokingly described the outcome as “a massacre” before reminding the remaining players that they had been told they could use a pass.
The correct answer was four.
Lee then went through the images, pointing out which dancers had their left leg raised.
The question was another example of how The 1% Club can turn what looks like a straightforward visual puzzle into a surprisingly difficult test of attention.
Did you get it right?Credit: ITV
Another question left contestants scratching their heads
It comes after viewers and contestants were recently challenged by another tricky question on the show.
The puzzle asked:
“If you are careful to dot all the small Is and cross all the small Ts, how many crosses on the small Ts and dots on the small Is are there in this particular sentence?”
The contestants offered answers ranging from nine to 14.
Lee eventually revealed that the correct answer was 14, but only one of the five finalists managed to get it right.
Viewers divided over the 1% question
Another episode produced a very different reaction when three contestants reached the final 1% question and had to decide whether to attempt it or take a smaller amount of money.
All three chose to go for the final puzzle and a share of the £93,000 prize pot.
The question used a sequence of letters and a visual rule. Contestants were told that, starting from the word “START”, LLL = A and RRR = H, before being given the sequence:
LLR, LLL, LRR, RRL, RRL
Some viewers watching at home thought the puzzle was surprisingly easy for a 1% question.
One viewer called it “the easiest 1% question ever”, while another suggested the final question was easier than the earlier 5% question.
But others found themselves completely lost, with one viewer admitting they did not even understand the question, let alone know the answer.
The solution was “BADGE.”
With questions ranging from visual observation to wordplay and logic puzzles, The 1% Club continues to demonstrate that a question that looks easy at first glance can quickly become a major test of concentration.
So, how would you have done with Lee Mack’s ballerina challenge?
The correct answer was four.