Below you’ll find The 1% Club questions and answers for the UK show, specifically for the four straight episodes that aired in December 2024 for Season 3. Unlike the US show with Patton Oswalt, this UK version (which is actually the original version of the game show) is hosted by comedian Lee Mack on ITV. It still poses brain-teasers based on logic, wordplay, and common sense that gradually become more difficult during an episode. Here’s a list of every question and answer for the December 2024 episodes of The 1% Club.
List of The 1% Club (UK) questions and answers for December 2024
The following is a chronological list of The 1% Club questions and answers by episode in Season 3 (December 2024). We have hidden the answers (click on the arrows to reveal them!), so that you can figure them out without spoilers. You can use the quick list below to jump to the Season 3 episode you want the answers for.
Episode 13 Questions and Answers – December 9, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: In order to move the puppet’s left arm, does the puppeteer need to move their left hand or right hand? (image above)
(A) Left hand
(B) Right hand
Answer to 90% Question
– B: Right hand.
80% Question & Answer
Q: What common two-word phrase for someone who is lazy is being represented here? (image above)
Answer to 80% Question
– Couch potato.
70% Question & Answer
Q: If there’s a man in Germany and a gent in Argentina, which of these countries has a lad in it?
(A) SPAIN
(B) MOROCCO
(C) BANGLADESH
Answer to 70% Question
– C: BANGLADESH. (The word has “LAD” in it.)
60% Question & Answer
Q: Lee takes his bath on the same day each week according to this strict set of rules. Which day is Lee’s bath day?
No more than three days after the weekend
No day with an even number of letters
Never on a Wednesday
Answer to 60% Question
– Tuesday. Rule 1 removes Thursday and Friday, rule 2 removes Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and rule 3 removes Wednesday leaving only Tuesday.
50% Question & Answer
Q: Which word would fit in the grid to replace the question mark? (image above)
(A) drastic
(B) deadly
(C) drama
Answer to 50% Question
– A: drastic. The letter in the left-hand column dictates the starting letter and the letter in the top row dictates the end letter, so it needs to be a word beginning with D and ending in C.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Bob has a collection of individual letters to use for the new sign on his antiques shop. There is one letter A, two letter Bs, three letter Cs and so on. Which of these signs could he not make?
(A) BOB SELLS ANTIQUES
(B) ANTIQUE BITS AND BOBS
(C) ANTIQUE SHOP
Answer to 45% Question
– B: ANTIQUE BITS AND BOBS. It has two As and three Bs – and Bob only has one A and two Bs available to him.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Which two letters are missing from this musical instrument?
Answer to 40% Question
– U and E. (This forms the word “UKELELE”.)
35% Question & Answer
Q: You count down from 10 to 1, pausing for one second between each number. How many seconds in total will you have paused for by the time you complete your countdown?
Answer to 35% Question
– 9. There are 9 pauses between 10 and 1.
30% Question & Answer
Q: You wake at 11 and stay awake until you go to sleep at midnight. What’s the minimum number of hours that you’re awake?
Answer to 30% Question
– 1 hour. The question does not indicate whether it is 11am or 11pm and there is only 1 hour between 11pm and midnight.
25% Question & Answer
Q: These groups of letter share a pattern.
EOT MRA RAE ???
Which of those below could also be included in the list?
(A) CRA
(B) MIA
(C) GEL
(D) RAB
Answer to 25% Question
– C: GEL. They are all body parts backwards. TOE, ARM, EAR and LEG.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Daisy doesn’t not not not dislike dancing… Does she like dancing?
Answer to 20% Question
– B: NO. The ‘nots’ and the ‘dis’ cancel each other out so the distance essentially reads ‘Daisy doesn’t like dancing’.
15% Question & Answer
Q: Ignoring syllables, logically which of these words does not belong with the others?
(A) VACATE
(B) DOGMATIC
(C) TRANSFORM
(D) HOWLER
Answer to 15% Question
– C: TRANSFORM. All the other words contain the names of animals.
10% Question & Answer
Q: The following numbers all contain the same number of vowels as consonants. What would be the next number in the sequence?
FOUR, FIVE, NINE, ELEVEN, FOURTEEN, ______
Answer to 10% Question
– EIGHTEEN. 15, 16 and 17 all have an odd number of letters, but 18 has four of each.
5% Question & Answer
Q: What famous quote is being represented here? (image above)
Answer to 5% Question
– All for one and one for all. The scoreboard on the left are all 4-1 and the scoreboard on the right has one 4 all.
1% Question & Answer
Q: If you double the number of times the word triple appears, how many t’s would there be in this question? (image above)
Answer to 1% Question
– 9. (The t’s appear in the words “the” x2, “times”, “triple” x2, “t’s”, “there”, “this”, “question”.)
Episode 14 Questions and Answers – December 10, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Leroy ordered a three-scoop ice cream. His first scoop was banana. His second scoop was going to be chocolate but he changed his mind and went for mint instead. His third scoop was strawberry. Which of these is Leroy’s ice cream? (image above)
Answer to 90% Question
– A: A is the only one with the scoops in the right order.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these statements CANNOT be true? At least one contestant on the show today…
(A) …was born on a day of the week containing the letter B.
(B) …was born in a month containing the letter B.
(C) …was born in a country containing the letter B.
Answer to 80% Question
– A. There is no day of the week that contains the letter B so that cannot be true.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these is the view across the bridge from person X? (image above)
Answer to 70% Question
– B. The yellow car is nearer and on the right side of the road. The blue car is further away and on the left side of the road.
60% Question & Answer
Q: Jeremy is on the run in his car, which has this number plate: EDIO LZC.
To try to fool the police, he decides to add black tape to his number plate. Which of these could his number plate become?
(A) EG40 LZC
(B) EDIO EZO
(C) FDIO LZB
Answer to 60% Question
– B. You can add tape to L so it becomes E and to C so it becomes O.
50% Question & Answer
Q: What day of the week is missing?
tdrmauayorauddrtytyysnhaudsandssdyaaufiey
Answer to 50% Question
– Wednesday. There is no w so wednesday must be the missing day.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Which four-legged animal appears in the following sentence?
The head waiter said “We’re going to need to buff a lot of cutlery if we’re going to be ready for opening time.”
Answer to 45% Question
– buffalo (from “buff a lot”)
40% Question & Answer
Q: Below are the names of all the girlfriends Lee has ever had. If he rearranges the letters in each of their names into alphabetical order, which girlfriend becomes the first alphabetically?
(A) Veronica Patterson
(B) Samantha Hopkins
(C) Peggy Longbottom
Answer to 40% Question
– B. The letter a appears three times in her name which means she would become the first when the letters in the names are arranged alphabetically.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Which word in this question can make a new word if you put it in front of the letters below?
Answer to 35% Question
– Can. (This forms the word CANTEEN.)
30% Question & Answer
Q: Which is the odd one out?
(A) 2 vowels
(B) 3 syllables
(C) 7 letters
(D) 10 consonants
Answer to 30% Question
– D: 10 consonants. There are 2 vowel in ‘vowels’, 3 syllables in ‘syllables’ and 7 letters in ‘letters’. There are not 10 consonants in ‘consonants’.
25% Question & Answer
Q: In this puzzle, the letter R has been mixed up. How many of the pieces are in the correct position? (image above)
Answer to 25% Question
– 4. (The left-center tile and all tiles in the rightmost column are in the correct position.)
20% Question & Answer
Q: How many of the numbers from zero to nine on a digital clock display have the same number of segments as the number itself? (image above)
Answer to 20% Question
– 3. (The numbers 4, 5, and 6 in the image have the same number of segments as the number itself.)
15% Question & Answer
Q: You are planning the summer fair and have decided that it will take place on the third Thursday of July. What is the earliest date in July that the fair could take place?
Answer to 15% Question
– 15th. If the 1st falls on a Thursday, the third Thursday would be two weeks later on the 15th.
10% Question & Answer
Q: My favourite seat in the cinema is right in the middle, three rows from the back, twelve rows from the front. How many rows of seats does my cinema have?
Answer to 10% Question
– 14. The third row from the back and the twelfth row from the front are the same row.
5% Question & Answer
Q: Which letter fork would you need to move, and which number spot would you need to move it to, to make the order 4 to 1 left to right, instead of 1 to 4? (image above)
Answer to 5% Question
– Fork I would need to move to space 2.
1% Question & Answer
Q: What word is represented by this picture? (image above)
Answer to 1% Question
– Incubate. In-cube-eight.
Episode 15 Questions and Answers – December 11, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: What food is represented here? (image above)
Answer to 90% Question
– Hot dog.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Which name comes next in this sequence?
Ashely Banjo, Charles Dickens, Ella Fitzgerald, _____ _____
(A) Gwyneth Paltrow
(B) Gloria Hunniford
(C) Greta Thunberg
Answer to 80% Question
– B: The sequence of first and last names is in alphabetical order.
70% Question & Answer
Q: A mixologist creates her special cocktail, the One Percenter, made of three ingredients. If it consists of one-fifth vodka and 60% lemonade, how much of it is the final ingredient, strawberry liqueur?
(A) Two-fifths
(B) 20%
(C) Two-thirds
(D) 35%
Answer to 70% Question
– B: 20%. (One-fifth is 20%. 20% + 60% = 80%. So there’s 20% left of strawberry liqueur.)
60% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these countries literally contains both a ‘lizard’ and ‘newts’?
(A) Brazil
(B) New Zealand
(C) Switzerland
Answer to 60% Question
– C: Switzerland. ‘Lizard newts’ is an anagram of Switzerland.
50% Question & Answer
Q: Take a look at this and answer the question:
How many times is the word LORRY written on the screen? (Don’t forget to count every instance of the word LORRY).
Red LORRY, Yellow LORRY, Red LORRY, Yellow LORRY, SORRY, RED LOLLY, YELLOW LOLLY, RED SOLLY, YELLOW ROLLY, LORRY, SORRY.
Don’t forget to count every LORRY. Every LORRY counts.
Answer to 50% Question
– 9.
45% Question & Answer
Q: How many DIFFERENT numbers on this keypad must you press to spell the name of the city NEWCASTLE? (image credit)
Answer to 45% Question
– 7. N = 6, E = 3, W = 9, C and A = 2, S = 7, T = 8, L = 5.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Answer this: (image above)
Answer to 40% Question
– 5. (Two i’s in “missing”, one i from “this”, one i from “question”, and one from the question mark.)
35% Question & Answer
Q: What item of clothing can you add below to make a commonly used word?
Answer to 35% Question
– DRESS. (This forms the word ADDRESS.)
30% Question & Answer
Q: If New Year’s Day is a Sunday, which of these dates can’t fall on a weekend?
(A) February 5th
(B) May 14th
(C) August 20th
(D) November 31st
Answer to 30% Question
– D: November 31st. There are only 30 days in November.
25% Question & Answer
Q: If all the silent letters from these words are put together, what word is spelled?
ANCHOR, GUITAR, MNEMONIC, CRUMB, GUILD, GNAT
Answer to 25% Question
– HUMBUG. (‘H’ in ANCHOR, ‘U’ in GUITAR, ‘M’ in MNEMONIC, ‘B’ in CRUMB, ‘U’ in GUILD, and ‘G’ in GNAT.
20% Question & Answer
Q: How many characters – that means letters, numbers, and punctuation marks – are there in the following?
Theremightbe37charactersinthissentence.
Answer to 20% Question
– 39.
15% Question & Answer
Q: What do you get if you remove the wrong letters from this sequence?
W A R O K I N S G S
Answer to 15% Question
– A KISS. (Remove the letters in WRONG from the sequence.)
10% Question & Answer
Q: What is the unusual pattern that links all these football clubs?
CHARLTON ATHLETICLIVERPOOLASTON VILLANORTHAMPTON TOWN
Answer to 10% Question
– They all have a name that begins and ends with the same letter.
5% Question & Answer
Q: Fill in the blank:
W8EDT1DOF10NE_RK
Answer to 5% Question
– 2. When the numbers are spelt out in letters, words are formed – weighted, toned, often, and then network.
1% Question & Answer
Q: In a room of 100 people, 99% are left-handed. How many left-handed people have to leave the room to bring that percentage down to 98%?
Answer to 1% Question
– 50. If 50 left-handed people leave, of the 50 people that now remain 49 are left-handed – which equals 98%.
Episode 16 Questions and Answers – December 12, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: At a zoo, the aardvark is called Adam, the meerkat is called Michelle and the rhino is called Rochelle. What is this animal called? (image above)
(A) Annabelle
(B) Zachary
Answer to 90% Question
– B: Zachary. The names begin with the first letter of the animal name.
80% Question & Answer
Q: What well-known festive phrase can you see here? (image above)
Answer to 80% Question
– Boxing Day.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Based on the results shown here, which of these sports teams is the best? (image above)
(A) Breezers
(B) All Stars
(C) Flames
(D) Gems
Answer to 70% Question
– A: Breezers.
60% Question & Answer
Q: Which of the numbers from one to ten is NOT in this grid? (image above)
Answer to 60% Question
– SIX. There is no ‘X’ in the grid so it has to be SIX.
50% Question & Answer
Q: What is the difference between these two pictures? (image above)
Answer to 50% Question
– The child on the right’s hat has changed colour.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Including the word ‘and’, what is the only number out of the numbers below that uses every vowel exactly once when spelt out?
Answer to 45% Question
– B: 206. “TWO HUNDRED AND SIX” contains every vowel.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Following these two rules, which animal will fill the centre spot? (image above)
You cannot have a dog next to another dog.
There must not be more dogs than ducks.
Answer to 40% Question
– A: Duck. If you put a dog in the centre spot, there would be more dogs than ducks so it has to be a duck.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Lee had a race with Sarah, Charlotte, John and Mike. The three men finished second, third and fourth in reverse alphabetical order of their names. Where did Lee finish?
Answer to 35% Question
– Third. It doesn’t matter that the alphabetical order is in reverse – Lee is always in the middle of John and Mike.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, what word completes the following sentence?
Aaron’s beautiful chicken dinner even featured…
(A) Cheese
(B) Tomatoes
(C) Pesto
(D) Garlic
Answer to 30% Question
– D: Garlic. Each word starts with the next letter of the alphabet from A to G.
25% Question & Answer
Q: How many of these sixteen coloured shapes in this picture have exactly four sides? (image above)
Answer to 25% Question
– 7. (The yellow trapezoid, orange square, blue rectangle, orange trapezoid, pink diamond, green arrow, and blue rhombus.)
20% Question & Answer
Q: The words that most obviously complete the following sentences all have something specific in common. What is it?
The thief was arrested for trying to ____ a bank.The teacher needed all night to _____ the homework.At the end of the meal, the waiter brought the ___.
Answer to 20% Question
– They are all names. (The words are rob, mark, and bill, respectively.)
15% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these groups of six symbols are in the same order whether you read them from left to right or from right to left?
(A) [ ] [ ] [ ]
(B) ! £ ! £ ! £
(C) < > > > > <
(D) % / % / % /
(E) + + – – – +
Answer to 15% Question
– C. (It’s not A, since ‘[‘ is distinct from ‘]’.)
10% Question & Answer
Q: What word can be put after each of these three images to make three new things?
Answer to 30% Question
– Dog. Sausage dog, watchdog, and guard dog.
5% Question & Answer
Q: What letter can replace the question mark to complete this sequence?
SG SR AN W?
Answer to 5% Question
– R. They are the first and last letters of the seasons – SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, and WINTER.
1% Question & Answer
Q: In the paragraph below the names of various numbers appear. Answer the following question:
Everyone! Pay attention and listen up. Focus in these frightening and lonely thirty seconds. In this whole paragraph, how many times in total is the name of a number written down?
Answer to 1% Question
– 7. (‘one’ in ‘Everyone’, ‘ten’ in ‘attention’, ‘ten’ in ‘listen’, ‘ten’ in ‘frightening’, ‘one’ in ‘lonely’, ‘thirty’ in ‘thirty’, ‘ten’ in ‘written’.)
