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Only 1 In 10 People Can Answer This 1% Club Question Many Say ‘Can’t Be Right’
The 1% Club viewers have been left stumped by one question that only one in 10 people can answer correctly.
Anyone who’s ever shouted answers at their TV while watching a quiz show knows it feels easy.
But when you’re actually in the hot seat, the pressure makes those questions much trickier than they seem from your living room.
That’s especially true on The 1% Club, where only a fraction of participants make it to the final rounds.
Viewers were left scratching their heads by a particular question from the Australian version of the show, hosted by comedian Jim Jefferies, which left many insisting the official answer ‘can’t be right.’
The game show challenges 100 contestants to use logic and reasoning, not just trivia knowledge.
The goal? Progress through increasingly difficult brain teasers until you reach the elusive 1% question – one that only 1% of the public has managed to answer correctly.
Winners who make it that far get the chance to take home a share of £100,000.
But one episode sparked debate and confusion online when Jefferies posed a brain-bending scenario.
He asked: “Frodo has forgotten his hotel room number. All he remembers is that it had at least one ‘nine’. If the hotel has rooms numbered one to 100, how many might be Frodo’s?”
Seems straightforward? Think again.
Social media users on platforms like TikTok were quick to respond, but many gave the wrong answer.
The correct answer? Nineteen.
Let’s break it down: Any hotel room number between 1 and 100 that contains at least one ‘9’ is a possibility.
That includes 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, and every number from 90 through 99. That’s a total of 19 rooms.
Still, viewers weren’t having it.
One person commented: “I said 18 because they said at least one 9, so I thought 99 can’t be right.”
Another questioned the logic entirely, saying: “Incorrect – 18 should be the answer. He knows it can’t be a single digit #. 9 shouldn’t be an answer. Just saying lol.”
Some argued the phrasing was misleading: “If it says at least one nine, does that not mean there’s another number beside it, and nine on its own doesn’t count?”
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