ITV The 1% Club fans floored by 'too easy' question in final round

Viewers of The 1% Club have been left scratching their heads over a question they've deemed "too easy" for the final round.

The ITV quiz show, fronted by Lee Mack, has been a roaring success since its debut in 2022, bagging two National Television Awards and spawning international versions in the US and Australia, among others.

The game's format involves posing questions that have already been answered by the general public to 100 studio contestants, each starting with a £1,000 stake.

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Lee fires off 15 questions of escalating difficulty, with the first being what 90% of the population answered correctly and the last one being what only 1% got right.

Contestants have 30 seconds to lock in their answers and can progress to the next round if they answer correctly, or pass that round after the 50% question, reports Bristol Live.

Those who reach the final question could pocket up to £100,000 or split shares of the prize pot, while viewers at home get to enjoy the spectacle.

The final question, which supposedly only 1% of the general public know the answer to, often leaves fans "bamboozled", but one question, after making the rounds on social media, was labelled "too easy".

It read: "Bonnie is planning a heist. In a coded message she instructs her accomplice about which type of escape vehicle to bring. What vehicle will Bonnie be using?"

The question then displayed the message, which read: "Meet me at the gazebo atop the hill after 11am."

One viewer took to Facebook to share the question, stating that both finalists got it wrong despite giving different answers - leaving fans baffled.

"Boat? Surely If that's right it can't be a 1% question," one person remarked, while another added: "If the answer is boat that's incredibly easy for a 1%."

Another individual commented: "How can that be a 1% question def the easiest I've ever seen 5 seconds."

"Got this in about 2 secs, far too easy," another echoed, and someone else chimed in: "I got in like 3 secs... Boat just stood out to me."

"Boat surely. Took me half a second," another agreed, as one exclaimed: "No way was that the 1%!".

One person reasoned: "Atop is an unusual word to use so directs you to the word boat."

Another chuckled: "11am - I'm going for llama, it's an odd choice, but I like it," while someone else mused: "As it's the 1% question 'BOAT' could be a decoy and would it really be at the top of the hill at eleVAN?"

The 1% Club is available to watch on ITVX.