Fans of The 1% Club were left baffled when an ‘easy’ question wiped out a whopping 23 players.

Saturday’s instalment of the ITV quiz show, hosted by Lee Mack, saw 100 contestants attempt to win a huge cash prize.

The programme’s questions were put to the public, with the percentage who got it right determining the difficulty of each round. Aptly, the final question is one that just 1 per cent of the public answered correctly.

However, the 70% question proved to be difficult for some players and read: ‘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?’

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Saturday’s instalment of the ITV quiz show, hosted by Lee Mack (pictured), saw 100 contestants attempt to win a huge cash prize

However, the 70% question proved to be difficult for some players and read: ‘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 question tripped up a lot of contestants and Lee commented: ‘Wow we lost 23 on that one, lets have a look at the answer.’

The question tripped up a lot of contestants and Lee commented:  ‘Wow, we lost 23 on that one, let’s have a look at the answer.’

He revealed the answer to be ‘be’, as the hand the sentence is written in doesn’t change the structure of the sentence. 

Lee added: ‘We lost 23, that is a lot of people.’

During the same episode, one contestant, Neil, opened up about his career after he was knocked out of the game during the 40% question. 

He revealed he was a ‘professional archer’ and had been teaching the sport for ‘about 24 years’.

Lee asked: ‘Do you teach a level, Olympics or something? 

Neil explained he taught a range ‘from novice up to famous people’.

He divulged: ‘I’ve taught Brad Pitt’s kids.’

A contestant on The 1% Club left Lee Mack shocked with a swipe at ‘smelly’ Brad Pitt after a surprising run-in with the Hollywood superstar

‘What was he like, Brad Pitt?’ Lee asked.

Neil then went on to make a shocking confession about the American film star and producer.

He revealed: ‘He was very tall, he was a bit smelly at the time, I must admit.’

‘Wow, most people end those anecdotes with, ‘What a lovely man,’ Lee quipped. ‘How was he?’ ‘He was quite tall and smelly to be honest with you.’

It isn’t the first time people have commented on Brad’s smell. 

Last year, Canadian actor Jason Priestley recalled how he used live with Brad.

According to Entertainment Weekly, he said on Live With Kelly And Mark: ‘Brad wasn’t as bad as my other roommate, who was an absolute disaster, but Brad was okay.’

Neil then went on to make a shocking confession about American film star and producer Brad Pitt (pictured) whose children he tutored

He revealed: ‘He was very tall, he was a bit smelly at the time, I must admit.’ ‘Wow, most people end those anecdotes with, ‘What a lovely man,’ Lee quipped

He added: ‘We used to play this game, all of us, to see who could go the longest without showering. I think about it now, I’m like ‘Dude, how disgusting! What were you thinking?’

The star revealed Brad would go the longest without showering and often won the contest.

‘I don’t think he does that anymore, but back then, he could go a long time without showering,’ he said.

The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.