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The Guardian
6 hours ago
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- The Guardian
Killer sudoku 975
Click here to access the print version. Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines. To see the completed puzzle, buy the next issue of the Guardian (for puzzles published Monday to Thursday). Solutions to Friday and Saturday puzzles are given in either Saturday's or Monday's edition.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club baffles players with difficult arrows question – but could you get it in 30 seconds?
CONTESTANTS on The 1% Club have been left bemused by an arrow-inspired visual brain teaser. The ITV quiz saw players perplexed by the confusing arrow-heavy question - but could you get it right? 6 6 Yet again, the challenging 45% question proved too difficult for some contestants. Host Lee Mack asked the players: "If you turn this image 90 degrees clockwise, how many arrows are pointing to the right?" "This is like when my nan used to do a three-point turn," Lee joked. With just 30 seconds to work out the correct answer, two people were lost after getting it wrong. After the brain-basher, 18 people were still left in the game with the jackpot at £87,000. But can you work out how many arrows there should be? Lee confirmed the answer: "As it's a 90 degree clockwise turn, you needed to find the arrows that were pointing up that would then be turning to the right." The Not Going Out actor revealed: "The answer is 2." The ITV game show is a TV quiz favourite that doesn't rely on general knowledge, but instead tests players' logic and common sense. Round by round, the puzzles get increasingly difficult as more people are eliminated. The 1% Club players struggle on very tough letters question - can you outsmart them? It's not the first time players have struggled to get their heads round a question - and it certainly won't be the last. The popular show recently saw 16 celebs wiped out with an easy anagram question. The Soccer Aid special of the ITV game show tested 100 celebrities and athletes on their logic and common sense. The star-studded lineup included Jill Scott, Iain Stirling, Paddy McGuinness, Tommy Fury, Tony Bellew, Chris Hughes and many more. They all hoped to reach the end and win up to £100,000 prize money for the UNICEF charity. But by the 1% question there were just two contenders remaining. Could you tackle their teaser in just half a minute? The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX. 6 6 6 6
The Guardian
13-06-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Killer sudoku 974
Click here to access the print version. Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines. To see the completed puzzle, buy the next issue of the Guardian (for puzzles published Monday to Thursday). Solutions to Friday and Saturday puzzles are given in either Saturday's or Monday's edition.
The Sun
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club wipes out 20 players on tricky numbers question – could you beat the clock and get it right?
THE 1% Club eliminated a whopping 20 players thanks to a tricky numbers question - but could you have got it right? Contestants are regularly left stumped on the ITV quiz - which tests logic and common sense rather than general knowledge. 4 4 4 A previous episode saw 20 people knocked out on a tricky 45% question. Lee Mack was on top form as the game edged towards its later stages. He asked the remaining players: "How many left hands are there in this photo?" The audience were then shown pairs of hands arranged together in a circle. They tried to work out the right answer in 30 seconds, with Lee quipping: "Tell you what, throw single Malteaser in there, you'd cause a riot." Once time was up, it was revealed 20 people gave the wrong answer and were therefore out. The correct answer turned out to be eight - and Lee pointed out an additional hand which had stumped him in rehearsals. In a different episode, 15 contestants were eliminated on an difficult letters-based question. For this 70% puzzle, Lee asked: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. "Is a sentence that uses every letter in the alphabet but which letter appears the most?" The 1% Club eliminates 15 players on difficult letters question - but are you smarter and can answer in under 30 seconds? Contestants had the choice between either A, E, I or O. Another instalment saw 25 players flummoxed and eliminated on an "easy" picture question. Contestants were then shown side-by-side photos of a clock and a pair of flies. This outcome shocked even Lee, as he remarked: "I was not expecting that". 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. Elsewhere, a past player recently opened up about her time appearing in the ITV quiz. The contestant - whose episode aired earlier this year - discussed a strict show rule. She also gave an insight into filming secrets, compared to what viewers at home see. 4
The Sun
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club knocks out whopping 30 people with tricky smiley face question – could you work out the answer?
THE 1% Club knocked out a whopping 30 players with a smiley face question - but could you work out the answer? Lee Mack hosts the ITV game show testing logic and common sense. 4 4 4 Contestants hope to reach the end and win up to £100,000 prize money. However, one question saw an incredible 30 people eliminated in one fell swoop. Presenter Lee asked: "Have a look at this picture. Are there more happy faces or sad faces?" The players were then shown 18 emoji faces arranged in three rows of six. Once the time limit was up, Lee revealed 30 people had answered incorrectly and were therefore out. The right answer turned out to be "happy" - as there were 10 happy faces and eight sad ones. With his trademark quick wit, Lee quipped: "Well, there's 30 sad ones now!" It's not the first time a single question on The 1% Club caught out several people. In a different episode, a savage limerick question took out 14 contestants, The poetic puzzle asked: "Jamil is writing a limerick but needs a word that follows these rules to complete the last line... The 1% Club players stumped on tricky maths question as 13 players pass - but could you have got it right- "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?" The options were: Doggie, Blades, Hotel, Prizes and Rabbit. The remaining players faces looked puzzled as they tried to figure out the answer within the 30 seconds. Lee then revealed the right answer was Prizes - after 14 people had been knocked out. The episode also saw an 'easy' common sense riddle knock out 23 people earlier on in the show. Hardest Quiz Show Questions Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the "worst" question in the show's history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: 'From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?' The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000. The 1% Club - Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: "Edna's birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen's birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir's birthday must be the 'X' of January." It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir's birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence. The Chase - The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: "Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?" The options were - sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots - with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes. Lee said: "John writes with his right hand and the last word he'd right if he was writing this sentence would be be. "If Keith writes with his left hand, what would be the last word he would write in the sentence above?" The answer was the word 'be', as a different writing hand would not change the last word, something which many viewers playing along got correct. 4
