The 1% Club alphabet question wipes out a whopping 15 celebrity players - but can YOU crack the code?
The 1% Club aired an alphabet question that wiped out a whopping 15 celebrity players during the latest all-star special - but can YOU crack the code?
The ITV show - hosted by Lee Mack - aired a Soccer Aid special earlier this month (June 7 2025) ahead of the annual charity event at the Old Trafford on Sunday (15 June 2025).
The likes of Jill Scott, 38, Iain Stirling, 37, Tony Bellew, 42, and Chris Kamara, 67, took to the studio to see if they could get the 1% question.
But at the 30% question round, a huge number of celebrities got the boot.
Presenter Lee asked the famous faces: 'Which England footballer is spelt out in this code below?' as they were shown nine different symbols.
The players were given the options of: A) Mary Earps, B) Ella Toone and C) Fran Kirby.
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After their time was up, Lee said: 'Wow. We've lost 15 of you...
'Let's look at the answer. It's Frank Kirby.'
He then went on to explain: 'The only symbol which is repeated represents the second letter of the first name and the third letter of the second name.
'Fran Kirby is the only name that has a repeated letter in those positions.'
The host confessed that the person that they thought might win the show was out after the question - Mark Pugatch.
Lee asked: 'What happened Mark?'
Mark replied: 'I still don't understand it.' Lee confessed: 'Well if it's any help Mark, I read it out and I actually don't understand what the hell they're talking about either.'
'That was beyond me,' Lee said. 'I was trying to work out what the logic was, or whatever. Got nowhere near it.'
Footballer Ella Toone, 25, got it right.
Speaking about the answer, she said: 'I was gutted it weren't me!'
The presenter then went over to Love Island voice over Iain, who hadn't used any of his passes yet and he asked what has been his favourite Soccer Aid so far.
Iain said: 'Well I've played in a couple, commentated on a couple, basically it's you showing up every year saying that you're too old and you're never doing it again, and then you score a world in and you come back again the next day.'
Earlier this month a recent tricky letters question wiped out 11 players on The 1% Club.
During a recent instalment of the programme 11 people got a question wrong as they took on the 70% round.
Presenter Lee asked the players: 'If you write the words HIGHER and LOWER with alternating letters, what do you get?'
They were given three options to pick from in just 30 seconds.
The options included: A) HLOIWGEHERR B) HLIOGWEERR or C) HLIOWGEHERR.
Presenter Lee, 56, asked the players: 'If you write the words HIGHER and LOWER with alternating letters, what do you get?'
Trying to keep things light while they were trying to figure out the answer, Lee joked: 'I think that first one is the name of Hagrid's German cousin.'
The crowd found his comment funny and burst into laughter.
Lee then revealed that the correct answer was option B HLIOGWEERR.
He continued: 'We lost 11 players there' and went on to speak to those who had to leave the competition.
It comes after The 1% Club players were tripped up by an 'easy' spot the difference question - but can you solve it within 30 seconds?
The 70% question, which is supposed to be one of the easier ones to figure out, proved to be tricky for several players.
It read: 'What is the difference between these two images?'
Alongside the question, two images were displayed of Coronation Street pub, The Rovers Return Inn.
Host Lee quipped: 'That's easy this, one's on the left and one's on the right.'
The question tripped up three contestants who were knocked out of the game.
Lee revealed the answer and pointed out that the name of the pub on the right picture had changed to 'Ravers Return Inn' instead of 'Rovers Return Inn'.
Another instalment last month of The 1% Club saw a question knock out a whopping 14 players.
The 30% question read: 'Jamil is writing a limerick but needs a word that follows these rules to complete the last line...
'Two syllables, only two different vowels, starts with an even -numbered letter and contains at least three letters from the second half of the alphabet. Which of these words would work?'
Players had to choose between Doggie, Blades, Hotel, Prizes and Rabbit.
After 30 seconds, it was revealed 14 contestants got the answer wrong and were wiped out from the game.
The correct answer was Prizes.
The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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