ITV The 1% Club fans say 'really' as animal question causes huge divide

The 1% Club viewers were near divided aft an carnal question connected Saturday's show

The 1% Club viewers were near debating 1 question that appeared connected Saturday's occurrence of the show.

The unsocial quiz amusement returned connected Saturday nighttime (February 1st) for its 2nd occurrence successful the caller series, offering players a accidental to triumph up to £100,000.

Comedian Lee Mack hosts the show, wherever each week 100 caller contestants are chosen to reply logic-based questions that progressively get harder. The archetypal question is 1 that 90% of Brits could answer, according to a survey conducted by the show's producers. However, the past question is 1 that lone 1% of radical tin reply correctly.

During the latest episode, 1 question astir animals near viewers earnestly divided. The question was: "Without reordering immoderate letters, however galore animals look successful the series below?" arsenic the connection spelt retired "PHEASANTORTOISEALION".

Viewers were speedy to stock their answers to the question connected Twitter, present X, but it soon led to a statement betwixt fans arsenic the reply divided amusement watchers. The reply was six - pheasant, sealion, ant, seal, tortoise and lion - but fans were divided implicit whether an ant could beryllium classified arsenic an animal.

One idiosyncratic said: "#The1PercentClub An ant is NOT an animal! Outrage!", a antithetic relationship put: "Pheasant is simply a bird, ant is an insect, seal and sealion are mammals, truthful the close reply should beryllium 2 (lion and tortoise). If the question was ‘how galore creatures…’ past it’s 6. Bad question wording #The1PercentClub", different wrote: "#The1PercentClub An ant is an insect not an animal!", a antithetic relationship wrote: "Ant is an insect.. #The1PercentClub..." portion different added: "#The1PercentClub An ant? Really."

However, others were speedy to deed back, with 1 saying: "The magnitude of radical connected the hashtag saying an ant isn't an animal... #The1PercentClub" with a look thenar emoji, different wrote: "To each those saying otherwise. Yes an ant is an animal. All insects are. #The1PercentClub", different put: "Insects are animals" portion a antithetic spectator added: "Yes, ants are animals! As each insects, they are arthropods (along with spiders, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes). A batch of radical request a sojourn to the Natural History Museum!"

Elsewhere connected Saturday night, The 1% Club near viewers heartbroken aft the last question wiped retired each remaining contestants. However, fans astatine location claimed it was the "easiest ever" connected the challenging show.

The 1% question was: "The words beneath stock a circumstantial pattern. Why could VOTING besides beryllium portion of the group? BANDLEADER NICKELODEON SILVERBACK." 

The reply was that they each incorporate the names of metals. LEAD NICKEL SILVER - and TIN successful VOTING. Fans of the amusement took to societal media to explicit their opinions.

One spectator posted: "That was the easiest 1% question I tin remember. Thought it indispensable beryllium incorrect arsenic it couldn't beryllium that easy. Amazed not 1 of them had a clue."

A 2nd spectator remarked: "That seemed a beauteous casual 1% Question to me? #The1PercentClub." Others agreed, adding: "They're a spot excessively casual truthful acold tonight… #The1PercentClub" and "that past question was p*** easy. Can't judge they didn't spot that. #The1PercentClub."

The 1% Club airs each Saturday nighttime connected ITV1 from 9pm.