The Chase embroiled in ‘fix’ row as fans slam ‘ridiculously easy’ questions – but would you get them?

ITV has copped criticism from fans of The Chase who slammed questions on a recent episode for being too easy.

Hosted by Bradley Walsh, the ITV quiz show sees regular people take on ‘Chasers’, quiz masters with unending general knowledge.

But during Tuesday’s installment, viewers watching at home complained it was too easy for the contestants who were competing against Chaser Jenny ‘The Vixen’ Ryan.

The contestants were Toby from London, Becca from Marlow, Sophia from Liverpool and Neil from Manchester.

They all smashed their individual rounds and brought the total prize pool to £20,000.

The four players made it to the final round against The Vixen, which is a rare occurrence to see all contestants making it that far.

But it was in the final round that viewers became irate and accused the show of fixing the competition.

They accused show bosses of putting difficult questions to the contestants, but “ridiculously easy” ones to the Chaser.

The players were asked questions such as,  “What is the most popular city in Algeria?” and “Pat Rafter Arena is a Brisbane stadium court for what sport?”

While The Vixen received questions such as, “In which century was 1812?” and “What UK airport is known as NCL?”

Other questions The Vixen had to answer were, “A clumsy person is said to be like a bull in a what?” and “The term ‘spousage’ refers to the state of being what?”

Fans vented their frustration on X, formerly Twitter.

“next question to the chaser would have been, how do you spell your name… absurdly easy questions to the vixen… ITV should be ashamed,” wrote one person.

Another added: “Jenny always seems to get ridiculously easy questions ‘What planet is on the Discovery Channel logo?'”

And a third commented: “Bradley might just as well have asked Jenny her name address and date of birth – her questions were a joke. ITV you should be ashamed of yourselves!”

The Chase is no stranger to receiving accusations of fixing, with The Vixen even defending the show as far back as 2017.

She explained in a tweet how the questions, which are written by world champion quiz masters, are chosen for each episode.

“It is the team who pick the question set A or B, overseen by independent adjudicator,” The Vixen wrote in 2017.

“The questions are only ‘easy’ if you know the answer. Look up ‘confirmation bias.’ We all answer more quickly/interrupt when we are face high scores, we have to to win.”

The Chase airs weekdays on ITV1 from 5pm and is available to stream on ITVX. 

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