The 1% Club knocks out 17 players with simple picture question – but would you get it in 30 seconds?

A PICTURE round on The 1% Club wiped out a whopping 17 players – yet would you have guessed it in the 30-second time frame?

Saturday’s episode of Lee Mack‘s ITV game show – which has taken the nation by storm – left many flustered with what appeared to be a relatively easy round.

The 1% Club is a unique format that doesn’t test players on their general knowledge like other shows.

Instead, it tests them on their logic, reasoning skills and common sense.

100 players are whittled down, question by question, as they are tasked with solving different riddles.

They aim to get to the last round where only one percent of the public could answer the final question correctly.

On Saturday, show anchor Lee – who was recently slammed by fans after a personal comment to one player on-air – told the players: “Right we are at the 25 per cent stage now.

“In this puzzle, where are you going?”

An image flashed up on screen of the word round, surrounded by circles in different colours.

After the time was up, he told how the answer was: “Round in circles.”

Out of the 17 contestants wiped out, one was Harvey.

He told Lee how he had put “round the centre” instead, before being eliminated from the game.

Yet those watching at home took the opposite stance.

They branded the episode “easy” with one posting on X: “Another abysmally easy episode of #The1PercentClub.”

Another put: “That 5% question was really easy – more like a 90% question.”

A third noted: “Blimey. That’s three weeks running I’ve got the final question correct.”

The 1% Club's Most Difficult Questions

The 1% Club sees 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot. Here are just some of the show's most difficult teasers.

Players had to compare and contrast three images of butterflies then explain which of the butterflies were exactly the same on both sides. Find the image and answer here. Players were shown groups of six symbols then asked which were in the same order whether you read them from left to right or right to left. Find the image and answer here. Players were asked how many different combinations were there of displaying four digits on one hand. Find the answer here. Peter had recently found his old diary that he’d written in secret code but he couldn’t remember how to decipher what he wrote. Players were asked to crack the code and find out what the bold word was. WH89 I GR1W UP I WA92 21 B8 A 5L1RI72. Find the image and answer here. Players were tasked with working out how many eyes they could see in an image, which was made up of letters, symbols and emojis. Find the image and the answer here. A 1% question was based on a grid of numbers going in ascending order from 1 to 49.  Starting on 25, the middle square, SEEN took you to square 27. From there, NEW took you to 20. From there, which square would SEWN take you to? Find the image and the answer here. And finally, an easy one – What common food in bold has had its letters rearranged into alphabetical order? ABDER If you really don’t know you can find the answer here.

The show wrapped with contestant Marc scooping the 94K prize.

Previously, a swathe of competitors were knocked out by a very “easy” question.

A picture of a cat also posed issues for some brainboxes.