Fans of ITV's The 1% Club say show asked 'hardest question ever' - can you solve it?

Fans of ITV's The 1% Club believe they have come face to face with the game show's "hardest question ever" - but can you solve it?

As the name suggests, the final head-scratcher of the program is expected to be solved by 1% of the British public and the latest even left those in the studio stumped.

Comedian and host Lee Mack returned to TV screens to ask a series of questions that gradually get tougher as the game goes on, based on the percentage of the UK public who could answer them. Unlike other quiz shows, the 1% Club is based on logic over general knowledge or mathematical abilities.

The three remaining players in the final all chose not to answer the question for a shot at big money and it was a good decision as none of them could work it out, Wales Online reports.

Viewers were equally puzzled. One wrote on Twitter: "This was probably the hardest question I have ever seen." A second echoed: "Definitely one of the hardest 1% questions there's been for a while... didn't get anywhere near it (got the rest using my pass)."

A third commented: "Just finished watching slightly behind live broadcast, and there's no way I would have got this. Hardest question I've seen in a long time. Congrats to the three who won £3,333, particularly Charlotte for getting so far without buying a pass."

Read below to try it out for yourself, but don't scroll too far, as the answer is featured at the bottom.

The question which 1% Club viewers are calling the 'toughest ever'

Contestants were shown the following puzzle and asked to fill in the missing number.

Jamaica + Japan = 124

Argentina + Armenia = 1245

France + Brazil = 23

England + Germany = ?

The players on the show are given just 30 seconds to answer the tricky questions. The three contestants in the final took home £3,333 each as they opted not to answer the final question.

The answer

The numbers are the positions of any shared letters in the country names. Argentina and Armenia share the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th letters. So England and Germany is 56, for the A and the N.

If you're eager to test your brain further, try these 10 questions that have been asked on The Weakest Link. Or you can take a stab at one quiz to see if you could win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

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