THE 1% Club’s questions once again proved to be too much for most after one query wiped out almost a fifth of the studio.
During one particularly savage round, 18 hopefuls were sent home when they failed to spot the correct sequences of letters. Did you manage to get it right?
The jaw-dropping moment unfolded in series two, episode five of the hit ITV quiz show, where host Lee Mack watched in disbelief as a simple-sounding question exposed just how tricky the game can be.
Players were shown four words and asked to spot the one that does not contain three consecutive letters from the alphabet.
The options were, Unopenable, Understandable, Unquestionable, and Undefineable.
It might look easy on the surface, but spotting sequences like ‘DEF’ or ‘RST’ hidden in the words proved harder than expected.
Players had just 30 seconds to examine the words and pick out the correct answer.
The answer turned out to be C, ‘Unquestionable’. ‘ Unopenable’ contains ‘NOP’, ‘Undefineable’ includes ‘DEF’, and ‘Understandable’ also hides ‘RST’. That left as the only one without a consecutive alphabetical trio, making it the right answer.
Eighteen contestants failed to spot it, knocking them out of the game in one fell swoop. The shock exit had jaws dropping in the studio.
Host Lee Mack kept his cool, but couldn’t hide his surprise as players who had breezed through earlier rounds were taken out by the sneaky wording.
The question came late in the game, reserved for the sharpest minds — but it still managed to trip up even the most confident contestants.
Previously, a whopping 20 players were wiped out in a brutally challenging picture question.
The result of the 30% question changed the face of the game, shedding half of the remaining current players.
Lee read aloud to the group: “How many RIGHT FOOTPRINTS can you see in the sand.”
An image was then displayed showcasing an assortment of footprints in the sand.
Players were then given 30 seconds to differentiate between the right and left feet.
The image then turned the eight right feet green in order to correctly display which of the options the players should have been looking at.
The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
ALDI Ireland shoppers are sure to love a new item in the middle aisle that costs less than €10 and keeps gardens free from pests.
The bargain supermarket is set to stock the shelves with a range of gardening staples.
The new Clear Slug Barrier is priced at €8.99.
It is designed to protect your vegetables, fruit and ornamental crops from slugs and snails.
It features rain-resistant granules, which protect your plants for “a long time”.
The granules blend in with the soil for a great-looking garden, meaning gardeners do not have to worry about it looking like an eyesore.
And for those who worry about the use of chemicals in your garden, they will be pleased to hear that it is 100 percent organic.
This means it is safe for pets, children, and wildlife while providing a strong natural barrier to plants.
The 2.5kg package can cover up to 60 plants, guaranteeing the protection of most of your plants in the flower beds.
The product will be available to purchase in stores nationwide from tomorrow, June 8.
Customers online have shared their reviews of using the bargain product on their plants.
One person wrote: “Excellent slug deterrent.”
Another customer added: “Slugs and snails don’t crawl over this so can’t destroy your prized plants.
“Doesn’t kill them so the hedgehogs & birds can still feed on them with no risk of poisoning.
The third person said: “I only use it as a last resort, but it has not let me down.”
Aldi Ireland is also selling the Miracle Gro Pour & Feed 1L for just €4.49.
The product offers liquid plant food, ideal for all plants indoors and outdoors, making it worth your money throughout the seasons.
It is designed to ensure your plants grow healthily and beautifully.
And the best thing is that it is easy to apply, no dilution, meaning no hassle for anyone.
The product is also available to purchase in stores from tomorrow.
AN abandoned fairytale theme park that cost just under £118million was forced to close after just four years.
Mirapolis opened in 1987 in Courdimanche, France – less than an hour via train from Paris – featuring French legends and stories throughout the attraction.
Architect Anne Fourcade was inspired to create the park after visiting the Disneyland theme park in California in 1980.
Rides included ‘The Dark Ride’, which was inspired by ‘City of Ys’ legend.
The ride was modern for the time, with a terrifying sea monster, sunken head and an underwater scene that even had animatronics.
It was thought it could have been a rival to Disneyland Paris, which opened in 1992 and was around an hour away, with both based on fairytales and childhood stories.
Not only that, but it hoped to welcome as many as 600,000 tourists a year, according to AD magazine.
Yet according to the LA Times, the “French theme park experience began only in 1987,” which meant a boom in new attractions that weren’t being run correctly.
After just four years the park was closed, waiting to be rebuilt.
It was reportedly one of the biggest financial fails of the history of France.
The expectations for the park were said to have been too optimistic and were based off of incorrect market research.
This included looking at American tourists compared to French tourists, when it came to elements like eating habits and ticket prices.
Not only that, but the stories and characters the park was based on were mainly only known to French locals, unlike the international fame of Disney‘s characters.
After the closure of the amusement park back in 1991, it sat abandoned for a year waiting for a buyer.
When a buyer didn’t emerge, a crew of journalists and operators created a film on the closed-down park with the attractions being opened for one last time.
From 1993 onwards, the buildings were gradually demolished, with some of the rides sent to other amusement parks.
For example, the ride ‘Dragon des Sortilèges’ went to Spreepark and Les pirates went to Meli Park.
In 1995, arguably the most iconic part of the park – the Gargantua statue – finally lost it’s head.
The statue was the second tallest hollow state in the world behind the Stature of Liberty, and was of the giant from the story ‘The Life of Gargantua’ and of ‘Pantagruel’ from the 16th century.
The Dark Ride was located inside the statue and took guests on a journey through the giant’s body with 120 animatronics.
In 2017, the park would have celebrated its 30th anniversary and to mark the occasion, an exhibition was set up showcasing the history of the park.
And in 2018, plans were revealed to built an “eco-friendly tourist resort” on the same site although this was also abandoned in 2019.
There was also a £70million Disney-like theme park that nearly opened in one of the UK’s coolest cities.
Plus, the £346milion theme park that wanted to be the ‘English Disneyland’ in the 1980s… but was never built.
EAMON DUNPHY seems to have changed his tune on Heimir Hallgrimsson following Ireland’s draw with Senegal.
The Boys in Green drew 1-1 with the African nation on Friday night at the Aviva Stadium.
They had taken the lead through Kasey McAteer before Ismaila Sarr’s late equaliser.
It could have been more, with Hallgrimsson suggesting VAR would have disallowed the equaliser had it been in place due to a Senegalese player being in Caoimhin Kelleher‘s eye-line from an offside position.
Eamon Dunphy has been a vocal critic of Hallgrimsson, claiming he was “out of his depth” back in March after the Nations League relegation play-off win over Bulgaria.
But after Friday’s draw, he praised the Icelander for making Ireland hard to beat against a side ranked 19th in the world.
Writing for the Irish Mirror, he said: “Let’s give praise where it is due: Ireland were hard to play against last night.
“They were easy on the eye, too, and easy to like, producing a display that reminded you of everything we like to pride ourselves on as a football nation.”
Dunphy singled out midfield pair Will Smallbone and Jason Knight for praise, in particular.
Southampton star Smallbone was tidy on the ball while Bristol City’s Knight demonstrated energy and tenacity off of it.
Dunphy believes Ireland may have found their ideal partnership which he claimed has filled a void that needed filling.
He said: “All this was needed because for the last little while it has become clear that we have an outstanding goalkeeper in Caoimhin Kelleher, several top class defenders, and three outstanding forwards.
“But another uncomfortable truth was that we struggled in midfield.
“Not last night because a change in personnel resulted in a change in attitude and a change in performance.”
Ireland will face Luxembourg in another friendly next Tuesday which will serve as a warm-up before the World Cup play-offs later this year.
The Boys in Green host Hungary in their opening qualifier on September 6.
That will be followed by games home and away against Portugal and Armenia before rounding out their campaign away to Hungary on November 16.
Results elsewhere on Friday night gave Dunphy promise for the qualifiers, with Hungary and Armenia losing to Sweden and Kosovo, respectively.
Portugal offer more of a challenge and will face Spain in the Nations League final.
But Dunphy remains bullish, declaring that Ireland can bag a play-off for a place at the 2026 World Cup – at minimum.
He added: “I’m not shaking with fear at the idea of facing any of those sides.
“There is reason to believe and that faith stems from the gradual progress this team has made and most of all from the growth of our two midfielders, Smallbone and Knight, who know how to press, how to win the ball, how to deny the other team space.
So it is not unrealistic to say a World Cup play off is now attainable – if not more.