An ‘easy’ question on hit game show The 1% Club left viewers scratching their heads after an astonishing 75 percent of contestants got it wrong.
The game show, which is hosted by comedian Lee Mack, challenges 100 hopefuls to test their common sense and intelligence.
Participants can win a share of up to £100,000 depending on how far into the quiz they get.
In a recent episode, one question proved too difficult for most players despite its apparent simplicity.
The controversial question read: “Which square has the biggest total area?”
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The 1% Club viewers have been left baffled by contestants missing out on an easy answer (Image: ITV)
The contestants were shown three geometric shapes labelled A, B, and C.
Despite the question seeming like something you would be asked during a test in primary school, only 25 percent of the contestants answered it correctly, leaving viewers baffled.
Content creator George Stokey took to Twitter to express his disbelief, sharing a screenshot of the question captioning it with: “Only 25 percent of the British public got this question CORRECT?”—complete with a sad face emoji to emphasize his disappointment.
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The key to the question lies in the second word (Image: ITV)
So, what was the answer? As it turns out, the key to solving the question lies in paying attention to the second word in the sentence.
While options B and C were larger shapes, they were rectangles, not squares.
Option A was the only actual square on the screen, making it the correct choice.
This revelation sparked a wave of reactions online, with many admitting they had initially been fooled.
One Twitter user confessed: “Went for B at first then read the question again.”
Another added: “I’m [not going to lie] at first instinct I got it wrong too, then I saw the question again.”
A third explained: “Properties of a square: all sides are equal. A has equal sides. B and C are rectangles, having two opposite sides equal to each other.”