The 1% Club on ITV has been a huge hit, but viewers have been left frustrated after realising how obvious the answer to a recent question was – if only they’d realised sooner

Telly fans have admitted to “face palming” after missing an obvious answer on The 1% Club.

The ITV quiz show, hosted by comedian and actor Lee Mack, has become a firm favourite among viewers, despite often leaving them scratching their heads.

The game involves 100 contestants answering questions that have already been answered by the general public. The difficulty level increases with each round, culminating in a final question that only 1% of people are expected to know.

As Lee presents the 15 questions, the contestants – who each start with a £1,000 stake – are gradually eliminated. Contestants must lock in their answers within 30 seconds and can progress to the next round if they answer correctly or pass the round after the 50% question, reports Bristol Live.

Those who reach the final round could win up to £100,000 or share the prize pot. Meanwhile, those at home playing along on the app can simply enjoy the thrill of the game.

Viewers have often confessed to being “bamboozled” by tricky questions, but a recent one left fans kicking themselves when they realised how straightforward it was.

The question showed a grid filled with seemingly random letters and four question marks, asking: “What animal is missing?”.

At first glance, the grid appeared to be a jumble of letters, but upon reading the rows vertically and then horizontally, it revealed itself to be a nursery rhyme.

The first row read: O N E T W O, the second: T H R E E F, the third: O U R F I V, the fourth: E O N C E I, the fifth: C A U G H T, the sixth: A ? ? ? ? A, and the final one, with the last two spots blank: L I V E.A, and the last one, with two spaces unrevealed, displayed: L I V E.

The Facebook page that posted the brain teaser labelled it a 5% question while confessing they hadn’t attempted to solve it themselves.

They then revealed their frustration upon discovering the answer, which was echoed by many who later realised that if they’d read (and sung) the sequence vertically, they would have identified the answer as “fish”.

One baffled user exclaimed: “Oh god, when you see it! ! ! ! My brain is squeezing,”.

Someone nostalgically admitted: “Had to sing the rhyme for old times sake.”

A third confessed: “Fish. But took me longer than 30 seconds,” highlighting the challenge they faced.

One irritated commentator argued about the technicality of classifying a fish as an animal due to the wording in the question, whilst another said exasperatedly: “OMG! That took WAYYYY longer than needed..”

A particularly frustrated fan criticised the puzzle: “This is one of the worst questions I’ve ever seen. This isn’t even anything witty, you just have to know a rhyme lol. I noticed the numbers but how tf could I know the word unless I know the rhyme. Soooo dumb.”

Echoing the sentiment, someone agreed: “This one SUCKS because if you don’t know the nursery rhyme, you could guess any four letter animal. Bird, frog… anything. FFS.”