Only 1 percent of people can get this 'impossible' question about months of the year right

A sole contestant was near for the last question of the US mentation of The 1% Club and had 30 seconds to reply the monolithic head-scratcher to triumph thousands of dollars

A astir impossible quiz question that 99 percent of radical can't reply correctly requires you to bash immoderate lightning speedy workings retired successful your head.

A video shared connected TikTok shows the US mentation of the fashionable The 1% Club TV programme. The original, UK mentation is presented by Lee Mack, portion the American 1 is hosted by Patton Oswalt.

Throughout the show, a 100 assemblage members are fixed a bid of brainteasing questions that turn progressively harder. The archetypal question is 1 that 90% of antecedently queried radical answered close and carries connected to the last question that conscionable 1 percent of radical knew the reply to.

During this peculiar occurrence conscionable 1 agleam contestant, called Dana, made it to the past question and was successful with a accidental of winning up to $100,000 [£79,168]. Patton past work retired the last teaser: "Last period was not May oregon July. Next period is not January, March, oregon November. Neither past period nor adjacent period is April August oregon December. What period indispensable it be?"

Dana had conscionable 30 seconds to reply the question. The video past cuts to the big revealing the answer: April. He explains: "The 'last month' hint rules retired June and August. The 'next month' hint rules retired December, February and October. The 'neither past period nor nett month' hint rules retired each different period but April."

Although it isn't afloat wide successful the clip whether Dana answered correctly oregon not, a deflated look connected her look and a immense groan heard from the assemblage suggest that she didn't get it right. The video was posted by Amazon MGM Studios - nether the tongue-in-cheek caption 'It's decidedly 1 of the months, that's for sure' - and had hundreds of likes.

Dozens of societal media users besides commented connected the clip with their efforts arsenic conscionable a fistful wrote 'April' and the remainder guessed incorrect months. While 1 idiosyncratic gleamed: "I watched this amusement & thought it was truly good. Very enjoyable watch."

On the different broadside of the world, contestants connected the Australian mentation of The 1% Club were near stumped by the last question. Host Jim Jefferies asked: "What fig comes adjacent successful this sequence? You person 30 seconds to reply your clip starts now." A pyramid of numbers appeared connected the screen: '1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1'.

The reply was revealed: "The solution is - 13112221. For those trying this astatine home, here's the trick. You number retired large what you spot - truthful that's 1 one, past 2 ones, past 1 2 and 1 one and truthful on." Noticing nary of the participants cracked it, Jeffries quipped, "Ah man, that sucks."