If you’re looking for The 1% Club questions and answers, you’ve come to the right place. Hosted by actor and comedian Patton Oswalt, this new hit game show on FOX and Amazon Prime asks brain-teasing puzzles, instead of typical trivia questions. Similar to an IQ test, these riddles are based on logic, common sense, and general knowledge, so anyone can try answering them. Care to give them a try? Here’s a handy list of every question and answer for the first season of The 1% Club.
(Update: We have added the questions and answers for Episode 8 that aired on August 12, 2024.)
List of The 1% Club questions and answers for 2024
The following is a chronological list of The 1% Club questions and answers by episode in Season 1 (2024). We have hidden the answers (click on the arrows to reveal them!), so that you can work them out on your own. You can use the quick list below to jump to the Season 1 episode you want the answers for.
- Episode 1 – June 3, 2024
- Episode 2 – June 10, 2024
- Episode 3 – June 17, 2024
- Episode 4 – June 24, 2024
- Episode 5 – July 1, 2024
- Episode 6 – July 8, 2024
- Episode 7 – July 15, 2024
- Episode 8 – July 22, 2024
- Episode 9 – August 12, 2024
- Episode 10 – August 19, 2024
- Episode 11 – August 26, 2024
Episode 1 Questions and Answers – June 3, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which hot air balloon photo cannot be real? (photo above)
Answer to 90% Question
– B: You can tell B is altered because the hot air balloon doesn’t match its reflection.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, which one can you count on to come next in the sentence below? “I AM THE ONLY _____”
- (A) Crocodile, (B) Woman, or (C) Mechanic
Answer to 80% Question
– B: Each word in the sentence has one more letter than the previous one so the next word must have 5 letters.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Wednesday, Will and Wanda went out to lunch. At the end of the meal, one of them paid the bill, but it wasn’t Will or Wanda. Who paid for lunch?
Answer to 70% Question
– Wednesday. In the paragraph above, Wednesday is the name of a person, not a day of the week.
60% Question & Answer
Q: If you turned this photo right side up, which part would be wrong? (photo above)
Answer to 60% Question
– Mouth. The mouth is upside down when the photo is right side up.
50% Question & Answer
Q: In the classic game, if you say “He loves me” while plucking a flower’s first petal, which flower would end with “He loves me not”?
- (A) One with 5 petals, (B) One with 50 petals, or (C) One with 555 petals
Answer to 50% Question
– “He loves me not” is said when plucking even-numbered petals, and the only even-numbered flower has 50 petals.
45% Question & Answer
Q: You can rearrange the letters of the two states below to create two other states’ names. What are the new states? “NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA”
Answer to 45% Question
– South Carolina and North Dakota. If you simply swap NORTH and SOUTH, it creates the names of two new states: South Carolina and North Dakota.
40% Question & Answer
Q: In this grid where the same letter never appears in consecutive squares, reading horizontally and vertically only, how many times does the word “TREE” appear? (photo above)
Answer to 40% Question
– ZERO. If the same letter can’t appear next to itself, it is impossible to spell the word TREE which has consecutive E’s.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Emphasize the first syllable of this six-letter word, and it’s a dry place. Emphasize the second syllable of the same word, and it means to abandon someone of something. What’s the word?
Answer to 35% Question
– Desert.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Which picture is 23rd in this series? (photo above)
Answer to 30% Question
– B: Whale. A is for apple, B is for ball, and since there are 26 letters of the alphabet, #23 is W for whale.
25% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, what comes next in the sequence below? EINN, ENT, EEELNV, EELTVW, ______
- (A) EEHINRTT, (B) EEFNORTU, or (C) EEFFINT
Answer to 25% Question
– A: EEHINRTT. The words NINE, TEN, ELEVEN and TWELVE have had their letters rearranged in alphabetical order. Next would be a rearranged version of THIRTEEN.
20% Question & Answer
Q: If you were singing “Happy Birthday to You” to your friend Zendaya, you would sing two words exactly once: “Zendaya” and what?
Answer to 20% Question
– Dear. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, DEAR Zendaya, happy birthday to you.
15% Question & Answer
Q: Which month has the same number of letters in its name as its order in the calendar?
Answer to 15% Question
– September. September has 9 letters and is the ninth month.
10% Question & Answer
Q: On this fictional map, what number replaces the question mark? (photo above)
Answer to 10% Question
– 5. Each number represents the number of other countries the area borders. The country with a question mark borders 5 other countries.
5% Question & Answer
Q: What’s the largest two-digit number that looks the same right side up as it does upside down?
Answer to 5% Question
– 96.
1% Question & Answer
Q: Wes just typed in his password with chocolate on his fingers. His password is 7 letters long, but only uses 4 unique letters. You can also type his password in backwards and it will still work. What is Wes’ password? (photo above)
Answer to 1% Question
– ROTATOR. The 4 letters with smudges are R, O, T, and A. The only 7 letter word that you can spell backwards and forwards using those letters is ROTATOR and that is Wes’ password.
Episode 2 Questions & Answers – June 10, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which fictional character, if the letters in their name are written only once, would have the name LITERDNGHO?
- (A) Little Red Riding Hood, (B) Little Mermaid, or (C) Lil Wayne
Answer to 90% Question
– A: If you double or triple some of the letters, you get Little Red Riding Hood.
80% Question & Answer
Q: How would this stack of hats look if viewed from above? (photo above)
Answer to 80% Question
– A. Since the black hat is the widest hat, the red hat would not be seen from above.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Which sign, when reversed, may be interpreted by a customer to mean that the restaurant is closed?
- (A) LO MEIN, (B) WON TON, or (C) DIM SUM
Answer to 70% Question
– B: WON TON. The sign with WON TON, when flipped over reads NOT NOW, signaling the restaurant is closed.
60% Question & Answer
Q: Which state can be turned into another state by adding two letters to the beginning?
- (A) Utah, (B) Kansas, (C) Alaska, or (D) Virginia
Answer to 60% Question
– B: Kansas. If you add A and R to Kansas, you get Arkansas.
50% Question & Answer
Q: Which two of these six words can you put together to form a common word?
- PASS, WITH, PICK, NASTY, SAND, ION
Answer to 50% Question
– PASSION. The words PASS and ION can be combined to make the word PASSION.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Every time I travel somewhere new, I drop a postcard on top of the previous one. What was the third place I visited? (photo above)
Answer to 45% Question
– A: The Great Wall of China. First was the Leaning Tower of Pisa, second was Kilimanjaro, and the third was the Great Wall of China.
40% Question & Answer
Q: In this puzzle, which of these is the same as writing eleven plus two?
- (A) Twelve plus one, (B) Ten plus three, or (C) Eight plus five
Answer to 40% Question
– A: Twelve plus one. If you unscramble ELEVEN PLUS TWO, you will be able to spell TWELVE PLUS ONE.
35% Question & Answer
Q: If you turn the red X’s 45 degrees to the left and turn the white X’s 90 degrees to the right, which configuration will you get? (photo above)
Answer to 35% Question
– A.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Which one of the options below would be able to fill in the blanks to make this word complete. “_L_E_N_T_N_”
- (A) F_O_R_A_I_S, (B) A_T_R_A_I_G, or (C) S_E_P_W_I_G
Answer to 30% Question
– B: A_T_R_A_I_G. Adding an A, T, R, A, I, and G to the alternating blanks spells ALTERNATING.
25% Question & Answer
Q: If sequined hats are $5 each and neon-colored socks are $4 a pair, how much does it cost to buy four hats and twelve socks?
- (A) $24, (B) $44, (C) $68, or (D) $72
Answer to 25% Question
– B: $44. 12 socks is only 6 pairs, which cost $24. Add $20 in hats and you get $44.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Who is not not hungry? (photo above)
Answer to 20% Question
– C: Chip. The two nots cancel each other out. The only one who is not NOT hungry is Chip who is starving.
15% Question & Answer
Q: If only one letter changes at each step of this word ladder, what’s the missing word? (photo above)
Answer to 15% Question
– SOOT. Changing the letter L in the word SLOT to an O creates SOOT and bridges the gap on the ladder in between SLOT and SOON.
10% Question & Answer
Q: Look INSIDE the ROUND numbers to crack the code for the value of 1898.
- 1990 = 3, 2123 = 0, 1788 = 4, 2020 = 2, 1898 = ?
Answer to 10% Question
– 5. The value represents the number of closed circles in the numbers.
5% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, what letter comes next in the sequence? “LWLCNIT_”
Answer to 5% Question
– S. The sequence is the first letters of each word in the sentence. The next word, sequence, begins with an S.
1% Question & Answer
Q: I wanted to spell with my spoonful of alphabet soup. What’s the longest word I could create using the letters in the spoon as many times as I want?
Answer to 1% Question
– INCONVENIENCED. These letters can spell many words, but the longest is 14 letters, INCONVENIENCED.
Episode 3 Questions & Answers – June 17, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which image below shows a box of clocks on rocks without socks? (photo above)
Answer to 90% Question
– C.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Based on their starting point, which little piggy is the only one whose path leads all the way home? (photo above)
- (A) BACON, (B) WILBUR, or (C) PORKIE
Answer to 80% Question
– B: WILBUR.
70% Question & Answer
Q: If I start by moving the shell that is farthest to the left all the way to the far right side, and then swap that shell with the one just left of it, what will the shells spell out? (photo above)
Answer to 70% Question
– HARD.
60% Question & Answer
Q: What image below can be inserted in this image to finish this famous six-word quote?
Answer to 60% Question
– C. “To be or not to be”… that is the answer.
50% Question & Answer
Q: Sam is from the Bahamas, Gene is from Senegal, Ira is from Bulgaria. What country is Liza from?
- (A) Brazil, (B) France, or (C) Zimbabwe
Answer to 50% Question
– A: Brazil. Each of their names appears backward in the name of their country.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Mr. and Mrs. Kim have five sons. Each son has one sister. How many children do the Kims have?
Answer to 45% Question
– 6. All five brothers have the same sister, so there are six kids in total.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Greta flattened out this box before putting it in the recycling bin. Which of these images shows the flattened box? (photo above)
Answer to 40% Question
– A. Box A is the only one that has a smiley face on a pink square and a heart on a turquoise square.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Solve the equation.
- P = 2, E = 3, R = 5, C = 4, N = 1, T = 4
- P+E+R+C+E+N+T = ?
Answer to 35% Question
– 22. You have to add all of the digits, including E twice, for 22 total.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these cards is least likely to be found in a standard deck? (photo above)
Answer to 30% Question
– B: 10 of hearts. The 10 of hearts should be a red card, not a black card.
25% Question & Answer
Q: What blocks will fill in this wall and make it a rectangle? (photo above)
Answer to 25% Question
– C.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Take a look at the image below. What does this pattern represent? (photo above)
Answer to 20% Question
– The Alphabet.
15% Question & Answer
Q: How many capitals are in the sentence below? “While visiting the United States, I traveled to California, Texas, and Washington, D.C.”
- (A) 4, (B) 6, (C) 8, or (D) 10
Answer to 15% Question
– D: 10. There are 9 capital letters in the sentence, plus Washington, D.C., the capital of our country, for a total of 10 capitals.
10% Question & Answer
Q: A word square uses the same words across and down. The plural of what fruit fills in 3 across and down, so that the rest of the valid words are also filled in? (photo above)
Answer to 10% Question
– LIMES.
5% Question & Answer
Q: If you were to add each individual digit that appears on a 12-hour digital clock, at what time would you have the largest sum?
Answer to 5% Question
– 9:59. On the hour side, the highest possible sum is 9 and on the minute side, the highest possible sum is 14 (5+9).
1% Question & Answer
Q: Last month was not May or July. Next month is not January, March, or November. Neither last month nor next month is April, August, December, What month must it be?
Answer to 1% Question
– April. The “last month” clue rules out June and August. The “next month” clue rules out December, February, and October. The “neither last month nor next month” clue rules out every other month except April.
Episode 4 Questions & Answers – June 24, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: If someone took a plane to Pleasantville, then rode a bus to Buffalo, and caught a train to Trenton, logically, where would they take a taxi?
Answer to 90% Question
– B: Tampa. The first two letters of each vehicle match the city they are traveling to, so logically they should take a taxi to Tampa.
80% Question & Answer
Q: If Ryan and Craig are working out with blue weights that weigh 45 pounds each and red weights that weight 25 pounds each, and each bar holding their weights weighs the same, who is lifting more weight. (photo above)
Answer to 80% Question
– A: Ryan. Ryan’s weights total 230 pounds, while Craig’s only total 200.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Which row of pictures would win a game of tic-tac-toe, based on the letters of the objects pictured? (photo above)
- (A) Top row, (B) Middle row, or (C) Bottom row
Answer to 70% Question
– C: Bottom row. The bottom row contains an orange, an olive, and an onion. Three O’s.
60% Question & Answer
Q: These celebrities all have long names, but whose first name has the most syllables?
- (A) Drew Barrymore, (B) George Stephanopoulous, or (C) Arnold Schwarzenegger
Answer to 60% Question
– C: Arnold Schwarzenegger. They all have long names, but we asked whose FIRST name has the most syllables. Drew and George both have one syllable, but Arnold has two.
50% Question & Answer
Q: Count the number of noodles, both white and black. How many total noodles are there? (image above)
Answer to 50% Question
– 7.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these comes next in the sequence below? (image above)
Answer to 45% Question
– B. The monster advances 3 square clockwise, and spins one quarter turn clockwise.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Which answer can be combined with the pattern below to make it RIGHT? (image above)
Answer to 40% Question
– B. Put the lines together and they spell RIGHT.
35% Question & Answer
Q: What comes next in this sequence: THIRST, RECKONED, BIRD…?
- (A) STORE, (B) NORTH, or (C) BRIDGE
Answer to 35% Question
– B: NORTH. The words in the sequence rhyme with FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD, so the FOURTH must be NORTH.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Rue is very secretive and hid her three-digit locker combination in a text to a friend. What is her combination?
- Text message: “Ate too much for lunch again!”
Answer to 30% Question
– A: 8-2-4. In Rue’s text, the words “ate” “too” and “for” sound like the numbers 8, 2, 4.
25% Question & Answer
Q: Which one of the getaway spots below belongs to this list? INGLENOOK INN, CHARLOTTE HOTEL, ASPEN SPA
- (A) ROSETREE RESORT, (B) DEEPWOODS LODGE, (C) ENDERS POINT B&B, (D) MALIBU MOTEL
Answer to 25% Question
– A: ROSETREE RESORT. Each of their names contain the letters of the second word within the first word. The letters INN are found in INGLENOOK, and the letters RESORT are found in ROSETREE.
20% Question & Answer
Q: The 3 wolves, 12 racoons, 6 elephants, and 7 kangaroos pictured here would have an exact total of which of these? (photo above)
- (A) 100 legs, (B) 30 heads, (C) 12 tusks, or (D) 50 ears
Answer to 20% Question
– C. The elephants are the only animals with tusks so, since 6×2=12, you can ignore the other options.
15% Question & Answer
Q: By cracking the code, what comes next in this sequence? (image above)
Answer to 15% Question
– B. These are the numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 mirrored, so the next in the sequence is 7 mirrored.
10% Question & Answer
Q: What month comes next in the sequence below?
- April, August, December, February, __________
Answer to 10% Question
– January. These are the months in alphabetical order, so January would fill in the blank.
5% Question & Answer
Q: In this word puzzle if you go South, then East, then North, then South again, then East again, and finally South again, what six-letter word will you come to.
Answer to 5% Question
– SENSES. Take the first letter of each direction word to create SENSES.
1% Question & Answer
Q: What four-word phrase can you get if you keep everything below, but remove “two letters” in order?
- T I W O A M L A W E T I N T E N R E S R
Answer to 1% Question
– I AM A WINNER. If you remove the letters T-W-O-L-E-T-T-E-R-S, in order, from that sequence, you’re left with I-A-M-A-W-I-N-N-E-R.
Episode 5 Questions & Answers – July 1, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which word below does not accurately describe itself? (photo above)
Answer to 90% Question
– BLANK. The colors are all correct, but the one that is black actually says BLANK, which it is not.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these images doesn’t match up? (photo above)
Answer to 80% Question
– A. There is a bow on a bow, a bat on a bat, but the sock on a basketball doesn’t match up.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Which food’s letters are NOT in alphabetical order?
- (A) Almonds, (B) Beef, (C) Chips
Answer to 70% Question
– A: Almonds. The letter N comes before O, and both of those letters come before D.
60% Question & Answer
Q: In this stack of standard six-sided dice, if the number on the bottom of each is 6, what number belongs on top of the stack? (photo above)
Answer to 60% Question
– One. On a standard die, the opposite sides always add up to 7, so opposite the 6 is a 1.
50% Question & Answer
Q: There’s a group of bicycles and tricycles that all together has 100 pedals and 120 wheels. Which of these is the only possible combination?
- (A) 10 bicycles, 50 tricycles, (B) 30 bicycles, 20 tricycles, and (C) 50 bicycles, 10 tricycles
Answer to 50% Question
– B. When you divide 100 pedals by 2 pedals per bike or trike, you get 50 total so the only viable answer is 30 bicycles and 20 tricycles.
45% Question & Answer
Q: You must push the correct button to get out of the escape room. But the statements on both of the buttons are lies. Which button do you push? (photo above)
Answer to 45% Question
– A. If it was a square, that would mean both buttons were telling the truth, which is not possible. Therefore, both must be lying, and the triangle on the left is the escape room button.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Flo Rida is a rapper who took his name from the U.S. state he was born in. Which of these rapper names is most like Flo Rida’s name?
- (A) Phil Adelphia, (B) Al Aska, (C) Louis Ville
Answer to 40% Question
– B: Al Aska. Al Aska, like Flo Rida, is derived from a U.S. state. The other two come from U.S. cities.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Jennifer has a date with Ben. Which pair of shoes will be the most comfortable? (photo above)
Answer to 35% Question
– B. B is the only pair that has a left and right shoe.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Taylor has a very particular way of ordering her grocery list. According to her system, which item would go at #5? 1. Avocado, 2. Dover Sole, 3. Lettuce, 4. Celery, 5. ???
- (A) Tortillas, (B) Rye Bread, (C) Mayonnaise, or (D) Energy Bars
Answer to 30% Question
– B: Rye Bread. Each item starts with the last two letters of the previous item.
25% Question & Answer
Q: It’s 8 a.m. now . If the Ferris wheel makes one complete revolution every 6 minutes, where will the blue car be at 12:05 p.m.? (image above)
Answer to 25% Question
– A. At 12 p.m., the blue car will be in the same position it is now. So in 5 more minutes, the wheel will make 5/6 of a revolution.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these compass directions words can you insert into the letteres below to form another actual word? ARUCK
- (A) NORTH, (B) SOUTH, (C) EAST, (D) WEST
Answer to 20% Question
– D: WEST. This forms the word AWESTRUCK.
15% Question & Answer
Q: Look at the puzzle below. What number should replace the question mark? (image above)
Answer to 15% Question
– 9. The number refers to the number of line intersections there are. In the final illustration, the lines intersect a total of 9 times.
10% Question & Answer
Q: What three-letter word will you get if you rotate the first and last letters below 90 degrees to the left and rotate the middle letter 90 degrees to the right?
Answer to 10% Question
– WIN.
5% Question & Answer
Q: If Cooper’s boat has a ladder hanging off its side that’s 12 feet long, with the bottom 3 feet submerged in water, how much of the ladder will be underwater if the tide rises 4 feet?
Answer to 5% Question
– 3 feet. The boat rises with the tide, and so does the ladder.
1% Question & Answer
Q: Listen up! What is the only letter of the alphabet logically missing from this list?
Answer to 1% Question
– V. If you listen to the sounds of those letters, they all rhyme with each other. The only missing letter that also rhymes is V.
Episode 6 Questions and Answers – July 8, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: If two sets of triplets born on a Tuesday each have two sets of twins born on a Thursday, how many of these twins and triplets were born on a Tuesday?
Answer to 90% Question
– B: 6. Only two sets of triplets were born on Tuesday, making the answer 6.
80% Question & Answer
Q: What position in sports is pictured here when you combine these two images? (picture above)
Answer to 80% Question
– Quarterback. Quarter + back = Quarterback.
70% Question & Answer
Q: What would this stained-glass window look like if you viewed it from the other side? (pictured above)
Answer to 70% Question
– B.
60% Question & Answer
Q: Blue crabs are always the smallest. Yellow crabs are smaller than pink crabs. Pink crabs are never as big as red crabs. Green crabs are never separated from red crabs. The largest crab is always at the front. Which is the correct crab order? (picture above)
Answer to 60% Question
– A. Green crabs are never separated from red crabs.
50% Question & Answer
Q: What one letter can go after each of the letters below to spell a fruit?
Answer to 50% Question
– A. This spells PAPAPYA.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Figure this one out and it will be MUSIC to your ears. Which of the following words should come next in this sequence? DOUGH, REAL, MINT, FAINT, SOLID, LAP, TIARA
- (A) JUNK, (B) KING, or (C) DOOR
Answer to 45% Question
– C: DOOR. The first two letters of each word correlate to a musical note on the major scale: DO – RE – MI – FA – SOL – LA – TI. The next note would be DO, so DOOR is correct.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Apart from being rotated, three of these are exactly the same picture. Which one is different? (picture above)
Answer to 40% Question
– C. In C, the green arrow is pointing toward the barrel.
35% Question & Answer
Q: What comes next in the sequence? (picture above)
Answer to 35% Question
– B. These are the hands on a clock, going forward by 30 minutes each time, starting at 3 and ending up at 4:30.
30% Question & Answer
Q: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” shares the same tune as the “Alphabet Song”. If you and a friend sang both songs at the same time, what letter of the alphabet would you sing as your friend sings the word “star” for the first time?
Answer to 30% Question
– G.
25% Question & Answer
Q: Which word is directly under after and directly after under? (picture above)
Answer to 25% Question
– BEFORE.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Sam Jones was born on March 5. Josephine Li was born on September 2. Bartholomew Cunningham was born on November 10. Following that same pattern, when was Olivia Perez born?
- (A) April 18, (B) June 5, (C) December 1, (D) July 4, (E) July 5
Answer to 20% Question
– B: June 5. If you write out everyone’s birthday in calendar format, the numbers match up to the number of letters in their first and last name. Olivia has 6 letters, Perez has 5, so her birthday is 6/5 or June 5.
15% Question & Answer
Q: If you take the word CHEER and move each of its letters seven letters forward in the alphabet, you get another word which means “full of cheer”. What is it?
Answer to 15% Question
– JOLLY.
10% Question & Answer
Q: How many series of three dots are in the sentence below?
- We’re up to our usual hijinks … we traveled to Beijing … then eloped to Fiji
Answer to 10% Question
– 5. There are two ellipses in the sentence, plus the series of three dots over the i’s and j’s in hijinks, Beijing, and Fiji.
5% Question & Answer
Q: If SEVEN – ONE = 2, and NINE + THREE = 9, what is TEN + TWO?
Answer to 5% Question
– 6. This is asking about the number of letters in each number, not the number itself. 3 letters in TEN plus 3 letters in TWO equals 6.
1% Question & Answer
Q: What word are you left with if you DEBUG this line of code?
Answer to 5% Question
– VICTORY. If you remove all the bugs from that line (ANT, FLEA, BEETLE, TICK), the remaining letters spell VICTORY.
Episode 7 Questions and Answers – July 15, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Each of these glasses below is exactly the same size. Which one contains the most water? (photo above)
Answer to 90% Question
– B: The penny is the smallest object, so its glass contains the most water.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Which one of these is kneaded to make bread?
- (A) Pan, (B) Rolling PIn, or (C) Dough
Answer to 80% Question
– C: Dough. You might NEED the others, but you only KNEAD the dough.
70% Question & Answer
Q: What five-letter word can be made if you move the slats in the direction each arrow points? (image above)
Answer to 70% Question
– SHIFT.
60% Question & Answer
Q: What word below comes next in this sequence? TWINKLE, LITTLE, HOW, WONDER, ________
- (A) ARE, (B) YOU, (C) ABOVE, (D), WORLD
Answer to 60% Question
– B: YOU. The sequence is every other word in “Twinkle, Twinkly, Little Star”.
50% Question & Answer
Q: Three roommates had a see-through shower curtain made with each of their names on it. Which name will read the same when viewed from inside the shower? (image above)
- (A) TIMOTHY, (B) XAVIER, (C) WANDA
Answer to 50% Question
– A: TIMOTHY. The name TIMOTHY contains all symmetrical letters, so, reading vertically, none of the letters will be backward inside the shower.
45% Question & Answer
Q: The following people live on Hue Avenue. Logically, who lives in the black house? (Image above)
- (A) Bruno, (B) Zorro, or (C) No One
Answer to 45% Question
– A: Bruno. The first letter of their name matches the color of the house, so Bruno lives in the black house.
40% Question & Answer
Q: Someone replaced the standard numbers on the clock with these symbols. So what is the solution to the equation below? (image above)
- (A) 6, (B) 12, (C) 15, or (D) 20
Answer to 40% Question
– D: 20. 10 + 12 – 5 + 3 = 20.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Which U.S. state has had all its vowels removed here? “H”.
Answer to 35% Question
– OHIO.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Ellen and her wife went on a cruise with their three daughters Tegan, Sara and Kara, plus three children in each daughter’s family. How many family members went on the cruise in total?
Answer to 30% Question
– 14. Two wives, three children, plus nine grandchildren.
25% Question & Answer
Q: The baby is playing with three letter blocks. Each block has four letters in alphabetical order. The letters facing the baby are the earliest ones for each block. What are those letters? (image above)
Answer to 25% Question
– DNA.
20% Question & Answer
Q: If New Zealand is 19 hours ahead of Seattle, and your 12-hour flight from New Zealand leaves at 9 p.m. Friday, what day is it when you land in Seattle?
Answer to 20% Question
– Friday. Because Seattle is 19 hours behind, it’ll be 2 p.m. Friday when your flight lands.
15% Question & Answer
Q: In the square below, how many ways can you find three in a row across, down, or diagonally of the same letter OR the same color?
Answer to 15% Question
– 2. One diagonal is all B’s, and the other diagonal is all purple.
10% Question & Answer
Q: Which country below comes earliest alphabetically? (image above)
Answer to 10% Question
– Brazil. Africa is a continent, not a country, so Brazil is the earliest country alphabetically.
5% Question & Answer
Q: If a snail at the bottom of a 10-foot-deep hole climbs 3 feet up the side each day, and slips back 2 feet each night, how many days will it take it to get out of the hole?
Answer to 5% Question
– 8 days. On the 8th day, it climbs up the final 3 feet and is out of the well.
1% Question & Answer
Q: What are the commonly known four-letter words that can be found inside the five words listed below? (image above)
Answer to 1% Question
– PUMP, PAGE, HERE. The 3 common four-letter words hidden within these five words are PUMP, PAGE, and HERE.
Episode 8 Questions and Answers – July 22, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which item below does NOT have what the others have? (image above)
Answer to 90% Question
– A: Corn. The piano, laptop, and keychain all have keys. The only one that does not is the corn on the cob.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these combinations is the only one that would work on the lock seen here? (image above)
- (A) 5,10,15,20; (B) 4,8,3,2; (C) 0,9,0,9; or (D) 9,8,7,6
Answer to 80% Question
– B: 4,8,3,2. The numbers of the lock go from 1 to 8, so the combination can contain only those numbers.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Flavor Flav wants to buy a new clock that tells the correct time. Based on the images below which one should he buy? (image above)
Answer to 70% Question
– A. Clock B cannot be right because if the minute hand is at 9, the hour hand should not be exactly at 3.
60% Question & Answer
Q: If you replaced every letter with a digit, which of these nine-letter state names would be represented with the pattern 123324422?
- (A) MINNESOTA, (B) WISCONSIN, (C) TENNESSEE
Answer to 60% Question
– C: TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE only uses four letters: T, E, N, and S. It’s the only nine-letter state that fits the pattern.
50% Question & Answer
Q: A sign has been cut up into four pieces. If you reassemble them, what four-word message will the sign say? (image above)
Answer to 50% Question
– EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, which one doesn’t fit with the rest? (image above)
Answer to 45% Question
– A. If you add the letter T to Hat, Ear, and One you get a new word – That, Tear, and Tone. Adding T to Pig just gives you Tpig.
40% Question & Answer
Q: What word is represented by the image below? (image above)
- (A) Icicle, (B) Iconic, (C) Icky
Answer to 40% Question
– B: The letters IC are ON the letter IC. IC-ON-IC gives you the word ICONIC.
35% Question & Answer
Q: Which is the only letter in this quirky-looking word that isn’t in bold, lowercase, italics, underlined, or highlighted? (image above)
Answer to 35% Question
– I. Q is underlined, U is bold, r is lowercase, K is highlight, Y is in italics. Only the letter I is none of these things.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Maria the spy sent this series of scrambled coded messages, and HQ translated them into English. Based on this information, what does “Looba” mean in English?
Malvo Kazar Looba = Big trouble here
Dinglis Malvo Beeble = Everything good here
Volluto Sollaba Kazar = Big Boss Found
- (A) Here, (B) Everything, (C) Trouble
Answer to 30% Question
– C: Trouble. “Malvo” and “Kazar” have been used in two messages, as have “here” and “big” so by process of elimination, “Looba” must mean “trouble”.
25% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, which of these words comes next in this sentence below: A big cat drank ________.
- (A) quickly, (B) eagerly, (C) thirstily, (D) happily
Answer to 25% Question
– B: eagerly. The words in the sentence start with consecutive letters of the alphabet, so the next word has to start with E.
20% Question & Answer
Q: If you start driving south, and then you follow this series of signs, what direction are you driving at the end? (image above)
Answer to 20% Question
– D: West. A left turn takes you east, a right turn sends you back south, the third sign keeps you going south by the end, and then another r ight turn leaves you facing west.
15% Question & Answer
Q: What is the largest number of squares you could color in so that no two colored squares are touching? (Clarity: Two squares that are connected by their corners count as “touching”.)
Answer to 15% Question
– 6. There are multiple ways to solve this, but the maximum number of squares you can color in without touching is always six.
10% Question & Answer
Q: There’s a puppy in one box. Only one of the statements under the boxes is true. Which box has the puppy? (image above)
- (A) Box 1, (B) Box 2, (C) Box 3
Answer to 10% Question
– A: Box 1. The correct solution is the puppy being in box 1, because only one statement, the one under box 3, is true.
5% Question & Answer
Q: Clara got 3 likes on her post, Abby got 1 like on her post, and Zack got 26 likes on his post. Crack the code and tell me how many likes Kim got on her post.
Answer to 5% Question
– 11. The number of likes corresponds to the position of the first letter of their name in the alphabet: C=3, A=1, Z=26, and K=11.
1% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, which letter comes next in the sequence?
S U M O T U W E T H F R S __
Answer to 1% Question
– A. The sequence represents the first two letters of the days of the week, from Sunday to Saturday.
Episode 9 Questions and Answers – August 12, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which one of these is read? (image above)
Answer to 90% Question
– B. The book is the only one that is R-E-A-D.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Ironically, what five-letter words can go BEFORE each of these words to form a new word.
- _ _ _ _ _ TASTE
- _ _ _ _ _ NOON
- _ _ _ _ _ SHAVE
Answer to 80% Question
– AFTER.
70% Question & Answer
Q: If One Direction had 5 members and 4 of them went solo, how many members were in the original band?
Answer to 70% Question
– 5. 4 members went solo but we asked how many were in the original band, which is 5.
60% Question & Answer
Q: If A is worth 1, and B is worth 2, all the way up to Z, which is worth 26, which of these words is worth the most points?
- (A) EEK, (B) OOF, (C) WOW, (D) ZAG
Answer to 60% Question
– WOW. WOW is worth 61, ZAG is worth 34, OOF is 36, and EEK is only 21.
50% Question & Answer
Q: How many times does the letter F appear in the sentence below? (image above)
Answer to 50% Question
– 8.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Figure this message out and pick the answer that sounds right below. (image above)
- (A) Mountain, (B) Ocean, (C) Dune
Answer to 45% Question
– Ocean. When you sound it out, the prompt reads “Do not panic! Every word is spelled incorrectly. Use your ears and choose the ocean.”
40% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, if there are 24 H in 1 D, how many D are there in 1 W?
Answer to 40% Question
– 7. We’re talking about 24 hours in a 1 day. So logically, there would be 7 days in 1 week.
35% Question & Answer
Q: What word can you form if you reposition these five groups of two letters?
Answer to 35% Question
– REPOSITION. RE, PO, SI, TI, and ON make the word REPOSITION.
30% Question & Answer
Q: What is the only planet in the solar system that astronauts have walked on?
Answer to 30% Question
– Earth.
25% Question & Answer
Q: How many balls are in this pyramid? (image above)
Answer to 25% Question
– 14. There are fourteen balls: one on top, four in the middle layer, and nine in the bottom layer.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Which letter of the alphabet should replace the question mark in this image? (image above)
Answer to 20% Question
– C. The letters are the first letters of the shapes they’re in. S for Square, O for Octagon, T for Triangle, and C for Circle.
15% Question & Answer
Q: What word is spelled with the symbols below?
Answer to 15% Question
– WEALTH. The symbols are the interior spaces of different letters of the different letters of the alphabet and spell out the word WEALTH.
10% Question & Answer
Q: If you can get PAST this one, the rest of the game OUGHT to be easy! Which one of these verbs is not like the others?
- (A) Fight, (B) Buy, (C) Give, (D) Bring
Answer to 10% Question
– Give. Fight, buy, and bring all have past tenses ending with OUGHT. The past tense of give is gave.
5% Question & Answer
Q: If there are 100 houses on a street, numbered from 1 to 100, how many houses have at least one 9 in their address?
Answer to 5% Question
– 19. 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.
1% Question & Answer
Q: What common word do you get using the missing five letters, once each, from the below eye exam? (image above)
Answer to 1% Question
– SIGHT. If you rearrange the five letters missing from the eye exam, it spells SIGHT.
Episode 11 Questions and Answers – August 27, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these animals does not exist in nature? (photo above)
Answer to 90% Question
– B. The ostrich and goat are real animals, but the picture of the tortoise body with a rabbit head is not.
80% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these is definitely NOT a fruit flavor of the candies shown here? (photo above)
- (A) Orange, (B) Red, (C) Watermelon, or (D) Banana
Answer to 80% Question
– B: Red. Red is not a fruit flavor, it is a color.
70% Question & Answer
Q: Kyle, Kelly, and Ken are playing spin the bottle with Max, Melanie, and Megan. If each person whose name starts with K kisses each person whose name begins with M once, what will be the total number of kissing pairs?
Answer to 70% Question
– B: 9. If 3 people each kiss 3 people, there will be 9 kissing pairs.
60% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these comes next in the sequence? (photo above)
ZEN
TWEETY
SHIRTY
FORAY
?
- (A) DANDY, (B) GROOVY, (C) NIFTY
Answer to 60% Question
– C: NIFTY. Changing one letter in each part of the sequence spells TEN, TWENTY, THIRTY, and FORTY, so the next word should be NIFTY… FIFTY with one letter changed.
50% Question & Answer
Q: What would this person see if they looked in the mirror? (photo above)
Answer to 50% Question
– A.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these does not represent an actual word?
- (A) :EL; (B) ,ND; (C) &LO; or (D) .IC
Answer to 45% Question
– C: &LO. If you spell out the punctuation mark, :EL is COLONEL; ,ND is COMMAND; and JC is PERIODIC. AMPERSANDLO, however, is not a word.
40% Question & Answer
Q: The sentence below contains every letter of the alphabet except for which one?
The iconic rapper slash mogul Jay-Z vibes with the killer Queen B, exciting the fans
Answer to 40% Question
– D.
35% Question & Answer
Q: There’s only one thing you need to answer this question, so you’d better move it! Logically, which answer does NOT fit the pattern of the others? (photo above)
Answer to 35% Question
– C: The one thing you’d better move is the first letter to the end of the first word to form the new word below. If you move the F in FILETS to the end, it spells ILETSF, which is not a word.
30% Question & Answer
Q: If you change the colors of the U.S. flag so that red becomes blue, and blue becomes white, and white becomes red, which of these flags would become the new flag? (photo above)
Answer to 30% Question
– C. The U.S. flag has a red stripe at the top so flag C is the correct answer.
25% Question & Answer
Q: If you take out the silent letter from each of these words in order, what other word can you spell?
HONEST
LOVE
SALMON
RASPBERRY
Answer to 25% Question
– HELP. If you take the silent H in honest, E in love, the L in salmon, the P in raspberry, you get HELP.
20% Question & Answer
Q: What letter can replace the question mark to complete this sequence?
Answer to 20% Question
– R. The letters in the sequence represent the class years. FN is freshman, SE is sophomore, JR is junior, and the question mark should be an R making it SR for senior.
15% Question & Answer
Q: The puzzle pieces below have each been rotated 90 degrees. What shape will the solved puzzle make? (photo above)
Answer to 15% Question
– Heart.
10% Question & Answer
Q: What comes next in this sequence below?
OE, O, EE, OU, IE, I, EE, ?
- (A) EI, (B) IE, (C) O, (D) EEE, or (E) EO
Answer to 10% Question
– A: EI. The series is the vowels found in the spelled-out numbers ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, and so on. The next one is EIGHT, so the answer is EI.
5% Question & Answer
Q: The Pacific Time Zone is 3 hours behind the Eastern Time Zone, and Daylight Savings Time put the clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. on March 12, 2023. When it was 4 a.m. in New Oyrk on March 12, 2023, what time was it in Los Angeles?
Answer to 5% Question
– Midnight or 12 a.m. Since L.A. started out 3 hours behind New York, it wasn’t 2 a.m. yet and they hadn’t put their clocks forward. So the two cities were 4 hours apart instead of 3.
1% Question & Answer
Q: Look at the image and follow the directions. What nine-letter word is represented by this image? (photo above)
Answer to 1% Question
– SWEETNESS. The arrows points north, south, east, and west, represented by the letters N, S, E, and W. Replacing each arrow with its appropriate letter create the word SWEETNESS.
Episode 11 Questions and Answers – August 26, 2024
90% Question & Answer
Q: Which of these heavy sleepers has had their photo turned upside down.
Answer to 90% Question
– B: Bats sleep upside down, so the photo of the bat has been flipped.
80% Question & Answer
Q: What female music superstar is represented in the code below? (image above)
Answer to 80% Question
– Beyonce. The B is on Say… so it’s Beyonce
70% Question & Answer
Q: Mindy, Rudy, Adriana, and Lola jumped out of a plane at different times. Their standard-issue parachutes were deployed automatically at the same elevation after they jumped, and they fell at the same speed. Based on this overhead view of their parachutes, who jumped first?
- (A) Mindy, (B) Rudy, (C) Adriana, or (D) Lola
Answer to 70% Question
– D: Lola. The person jumped first would be the closest to the ground, so their parachute would look the smallest from above.
60% Question & Answer
Q: Which one of the following occupations becomes a different occupation when you remove one of its letters?
- (A) DOCTOR, (B) SCIENTIST, or (C) BANKER
Answer to 60% Question
– C: BANKER. By removing the letter N from BANKER you get BAKER.
50% Question & Answer
Q: In this partially filled-in grid, what number goes in square A? (image above)
Answer to 50% Question
– 43. The first digit is the column number and the second is the row number. A is in column 4, row 3, so its number is 43.
45% Question & Answer
Q: Which set of directions will keep people from bumping into each other when they go up and down the stairs?
- (A) Stay to your right going up, and stay to your left going down
- (B) Stay to your right going up, and stay to your right going down
- (C) Stay to your left going up, and stay to your right going down
Answer to 45% Question
– B: Stay to your right going up, and stay to your right going down.
40% Question & Answer
Q: What two letters can you erase from the left side of the equal sign to make the equation below correct? (image above)
Answer to 40% Question
– F and E. If you erase the F and the E you will be left with IV = 4, and the Roman numeral 4 is represented by IV, making the equation correct.
35% Question & Answer
Q: We reworded some of these street signs. Which doesn’t fit the pattern? (image above)
Answer to 35% Question
– D: BRAKE SOON. The number of letters match the number of sides of the sign’s shape. BRAKE SOON is nine letters, which does not match the eight sides of an octagon.
30% Question & Answer
Q: Logically, which animal group below would make sense with a group of Moose, Salmon, and Deer?
- (A) Wolf, (B) Sheep, (C) Tiger, or (D) Horse
Answer to 30% Question
– B: Sheep. All of these animals have names that don’t change from singular to plural. You can’t have 2 wolf, 2 tiger, or 2 horse.
25% Question & Answer
Q: Krystal, Dean, Andy and Ryan are meeting a a club tonight. Take a look at Ryan’s phone. If everyone in this group text is estimating accurately, what time does Ryan arrive at the club? (image above)
Answer to 25% Question
– 10:45 PM. Ryan is the one who texted “I just got here” at 10:45.
20% Question & Answer
Q: Which phrase continues the pattern of the four phrases below?
SO BE IT
ALL THE WAY
SALT LAKE CITY
GREAT WHITE SHARK
- (A) TO BE OR NOT TO BE, (B) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, (C) LARGER THAN LIFE, or (D) LORD OF THE RINGS
Answer to 20% Question
– (B) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. SO BE IT consists of three 2-letter words, ALL THE WAY consists of three 3-letter words, SALT LAKE CITY consists of three 4-letter words, and GREAT WHITE SHARK consists of three 5-letter words. The phrase consisting of three 6-letter words is PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
15% Question & Answer
Q: Take your TIME with this one. If 10+5=3, 12+2=2, and 9+8=5, what does 4+11 equal?
- (A) 3, (B) 5, (C) 6, or (D), 24,000
Answer to 15% Question
– A: 3. These are times on a clock: 4 o’clock + 11 hours equals 3 o’clock.
10% Question & Answer
Q: A bookworm ate a straight line through this 10-volume encyclopedia set on the shelf, all the way from the FRONT cover of Volume 1 to the BACK cover of Volume 10. If each volume is two inches thick, how many inches did the bookworm eat through? (photo above)
- (A) 10, (B) 16, (C) 19, or (D) 20
Answer to 10% Question
– B: 16. If the bookworm started at the front cover of Volume 1, and stopped at the back cover of Volume 10, it means they ate only 8 volumes which comes out to 16 inches. (*This assumes that the FRONT is on the right-hand side of the books.)
Answer to 10% Question
– B: 16. If the bookworm started at the front cover of Volume 1, and stopped at the back cover of Volume 10, it means they ate only 8 volumes which comes out to 16 inches. (*This assumes that the FRONT is on the right-hand side of the books.)
5% Question & Answer
This question was skipped, because there was only one contestant left.
1% Question & Answer
Q: What 1 part of this sentence, when written out as 2 words, uses 5 vowels exactly once?
Answer to 1% Question
– QUESTION MARK. The sentence ends with a question mark as its final element, and “question mark” uses all five vowels once each.