The 1% Club viewers in awe as ‘genius’ footballer wins £100k for charity – but would you have got final question right?
THE 1% Club viewers were left in awe as a 'genius' footballer bagged an incredible £100,000 for charity.
Lee Mack presented a Soccer Aid special of the popular ITV quiz show.
A star-studded lineup including Jill Scott, Iain Stirling, Paddy McGuinness and Tommy Fury played on behalf of UNICEF.
In the end, former footballer Clarke Carlisle and comedian Lloyd Griffith reached the final round.
Lee asked the pair: "In the opening verse to the original version of Three Lions, what TWO words feature exactly three times in the lyrics?"
The lyrics were shown on screen as a reference as they tried to figure out the answer in 30 seconds.
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When it came time to answer, Lloyd, 41, admitted he'd misread the question.
Meanwhile, Clarke, 45, offered up "it" and "know" as his answer to the puzzle.
It was soon revealed that Clarke was correct - and had bagged a whopping £100,000 for UNICEF.
Fans took to X and sang the star's praises, with one penning: "Clarke Carlisle you Brainiac!! Well done!"
Another shared: "Absolutely delighted for Clarke! Always had a brilliant brain - but came close to losing him!"
A third chimed in: "Clarke Carlisle is a genius!!"
Having reached the 1% question, Clarke and Lloyd had won £10,000 for UNICEF.
Unlike the regular show, this money was not in jeopardy and was guaranteed whatever happened.
Clarke also still had his pass intact, meaning the charity would be definitely receiving £11,000 altogether.
Not every contestant is as lucky - as a tricky alphabet question in the regular show knocked out 18 players.
Contestants were shown four words and asked to spot the one that does not contain three consecutive letters from the alphabet.
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 options were, Unopenable, Understandable, Unquestionable, and Undefineable.
The answer turned out to be C, 'Unquestionable'.
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' Unopenable' contains 'NOP', 'Undefineable' includes 'DEF', and 'Understandable' also hides 'RST'.
The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
