An insanely difficult 1 Percent question leaves all nine 1% Club finalists completely stumped.
The hopeful contestants stepped up to the podium to test their luck in the quiz, which challenges 100 contestants to put their common sense, logic and intelligence to the test.
However, every single one of them was defeated by the incredibly perplexing question.
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On the Aussie game show, contestants can win a portion of up to A$100,000 in cash if they correctly answer a question that only 1 percent of the nation managed to get right.
Unfortunately for this group, the prize money was out of their reach because every one of them failed to come up with the correct answer.
The 1% Club host, Jim Jefferies, presented the contestants with the much-anticipated 1 percent question: “What number comes next in this sequence? You have 30 seconds to answer. Your time starts now.”
Appearing on the screen was a pyramid of numbers arranged from top to bottom: “1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1.”
I was already baffled simply looking at the sequence, let alone trying to figure out the logic behind the cryptic numbers.
Jefferies warned the quizzers when there were ’15 seconds’ left, followed by another alert at the ‘5 second’ mark, before the countdown finally reached zero.
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Just looking at the contestants’ faces shows you just how puzzled they were by the insanely tricky question.
Once the clock ran out, Jeffries then revealed the answer: “13112221.”
He continued: “For everyone playing at home let’s have a look at the explanation.
“Count aloud what you see -so one one, then two ones, then one two and one one and so on.”
The host concluded: “The answer is one three, one one, two twos and two ones.”
That’s too many numbers for my head to comprehend to be totally frank.
Upon realising no one got it right, Jeffries said: “Ah man, that sucks.”
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The episode has since made its rounds on social media with one TikTok user posting: “Unless you’ve seen a puzzle like this before, I’d be amazed if someone got it within that amount of time.”
A second echoed: “Hard to get in 30 seconds if you’ve never seen it before. But I’m guessing that’s the whole point!!”
Well, they don’t call it the 1% Club for no reason.
“The explanation didn’t help,” admitted one baffled viewer.
While a fourth said: “I got it, but had to pause it. took about 45 seconds. Difficult one.”
“I’ve had it paused for 3 days and still don’t get it,” wrote a final TikTok user.
We feel your pain.
@shambles_3 One of the hardest 1% questions from the 1% Club Australia. 9 Contestants made it to the question, a record for that series, but nobody could get it #onepercentclub #1percentclub #gameshow ♬ original sound – absolute shambles
