Suvechha Sarkar
Season 1 episode 4, titled ‘Farmer Wants a Wife… and $100,000’ of Fox’s ‘The 1% Club’ has returned with another hilarious and high-stakes night of trivia questions. Before the game began, groups of people in the country had received questions to test logic and analytical skills. The exact same questions will be posed to tonight’s 100 in-studio players, beginning with the easiest one and ending with the near-impossible brain buster 1% question. Joel McHale is once again the enigmatic host guiding the players vying for the $100,000 grand prize. Each of them has $1,000, which is added to the prize pot once they get eliminated with the wrong answer.
The Game Kicks Off With 100 Contestants, Including Four Familiar Farmers
The game commences after Joel wishes all the players good luck and provides them with the first 90% question of the night. The contestants have to identify the seaside building represented by the two pictures—a bulb and a house—shown on the screen. As the time comes to an end, the host announces that only one person has answered it incorrectly, leaving 99 players in the game. He turns his focus to Caroline, who has got the answer wrong. He then proceeds to reveal that the correct response is Lighthouse. Joel asks why she put bump house as the answer, to which she explains that she was nervous since it was the first question. She discloses that if she won the prize money, she would buy a beach house. Right after, the spotlight goes to Hunter, who originally appeared in season 1 of ‘Farmer Wants a Wife.’
Joel is delighted to reveal that four of the contestants are farmers who have been on the show. Hunter is a sixth-generation cattle producer based out of Georgia. After the question, the prize pot has collected $1,000. For the 80% question, the players have to consider the picture on the screen and answer if they see their friend through their office window, standing under an exit sign, who is unable to find his way out, which way are they going to ask him to turn to exit. With the time over, it comes to light that the question has eliminated nine people, leaving only 90 of them behind. Among the two options, left and right, Joel declares that right is the correct response. Jermaine did not give an answer and explains that he is the sacrificial lamb.
Jermaine reveals how he would’ve gotten surgery to have his sweat glands removed from his armpits because he is a sweaty guy. On the other hand, Leslie Ann has got it right. She is an Insurance Agent during the day and a Paranormal Investigator by night. Meanwhile, the Prize Pot has grown to $10,000. With that being said, Joel then gives the contestants the 70% question: If they rotate all the shapes on the screen 180 degrees, which one among the four options will not look the same? As time passes, it knocks out another seven players, leaving 83 competitors in the game. It turns out that the correct answer is Option C, where the purple circle is not in the same position. While Leslie Ann has failed to provide the correct answer, Ryan, who is a horse farmer, has responded correctly.
Tricky Visual Puzzles Thin the Crowd, Accumulating Amounts in the Prize Pot
Wishing Ryan good luck, Joel informs everyone that the prize pot has gone up to $17,000. It is now the turn for the 60% question, showcasing a poster for the movie ‘Legion II,’ and the players have to select the correct choice for the ‘Legion V’ movie among the shown options. Surprisingly, 19 people have gotten this answer incorrect, with only 64 people in the game. After announcing that the answer is Option B, Joel turns to Dominic, who has responded correctly. She is a Physical Therapy Doctor with a specialty in Geriatrics, helping older women with their balance and back. She shares that if she wins, she’s going to invest it in a dating coach since she hasn’t been successful with dating. With the prize pot having reached $36,000, it is now time for the 70% question.
Before that, Joel informs the players that they can use their $1,000 for the next ten questions as a pass. However, they can only use it once, and it shall send the money to the Prize Pot. For the 50% question, they have to find out which ticket is the least expensive for the concert shown in the image on the screen. Although everyone scrambles for the right answer, it eliminates 22 people, leaving only 42 players. Moreover, seven people have used their passes. The correct answer is A – Senior Ticket Purchased June 29. Joel focuses on Landon, who is the first farmer to get eliminated. The Prize pot has reached $65,000 before the 45% question.
For the next question, the contestants have to answer: If the final question we asked on this show was statistically twice as difficult, what should the new name of the show be, from the options of The 2% Club, The Half a % Club, and The 0.1% Club? By the end, only 38 players are remaining, with the elimination of 4 of them. Joel reveals that three of them have used the pass, and the correct answer is The Half a % Club. Zack is an Event Planner who got the answer wrong. He divulges how his events range from puppet museums to scavenger hunts and escape games. The prize pot has accumulated the amount of $71,000 following the question. Right after, Joel announces the 40% question, which the contestants have to find out how many swimmers are in the given photo.
Clever Twists and Ironic Eliminations Lead the Contestant Pool to Drop
Ironically, eight people have been eliminated on the question when its answer itself was 8. This has left 30 players behind, among whom five have used their passes. Rita is one of those who got the correct answer by counting it twice. She and her fiancé have bought a house, and she wants to buy high-tech bidet toilets because he wants them. After wishing her good luck, Joel announces how the Prize Pot has amounted to $81,000. The 35% question follows suit: It’s Jesse’s birthday. If you add together all the birthday candles from all her birthday cakes, including today’s cake, how many birthday candles has she had in her lifetime? When the time ends, Joel is surprised to find that no one has used their pass or given a wrong answer.
After announcing the correct response to be 15, Joel turns to Parker, asking her if she is confident about winning. She divulges how she broke a swimming record in high school that was set before her birth and still exists. When the host jokes about her confident words being the last ones, she points out her past record. After the question, the Prize Pot has remained the same at $81,000. Joel then gives the 19 remaining contestants with their passes and $1,000 the option to either keep playing to reach the 1% question or take a guaranteed $1,000 and leave the show. By the end of the decision-making process, Rachel and Katie decided to take the money and depart. It is now time for the 30% question, where the three things – onion, tomato, and salsa named on the screen all have something in common and nothing to do with the fact that they are all foods.
The players have to choose which one, Eagle, Razor, Bulb, or Eraser, has the same thing in common with them. The time eventually ticks off, revealing seven people who are eliminated. Among the 21 contestants remaining, 8 of them have used their passes. Joel announces that Eraser is the correct answer since all three items begin and end with the same two letters. He turns to Liz, who claims that she has panicked, leading to the wrong answer. She reveals how she had a collection of bodice-rippers and would’ve used the prize money to track more of them down. Meanwhile, the Prize Pot has reached $90,000. For the 25% question, the contestants have to select the number of the column on the screen that only has symbols not shared by the other columns.
As the Game Edges to the End, Split-second Decisions Shape the Journey
The 25% question ends up eliminating only one player, leaving 20 people in the game and only one among them to use the pass. The correct answer is Column 4, which Parker answered within 10 seconds. Upon being questioned, she informs Joel that she wants to go on a nine-month world cruise once she wins the money. Steven S., on the other hand, got the answer correct within 3.2 seconds and explains that he figured out the answer by looking for the symbols that were in common. By the end of this, the Prize Pot has gone up to $91,000. Joel then informs everyone that the players who make it the farthest can either win their share of $10,000 or risk it all on the 1% question for the $100,000. He further adds that if the players still have their $1,000 left, they cannot use it on the 1% question.
After revealing that seven players still have their passes, Joel announces the 20% question. The players can see a nine-rectangle picture of the exact same size, and they have to find how many smaller ones there are. This question knocks out seven competitors, leaving only 13 people, three of whom have used their passes. This time, the rest of the two farmers have also been eliminated. After declaring the answer to be 9, Joel asks Ryan, who explains how he chose eight instead of 9 because one of the rectangles actually seemed like a square. He also adds that he has been scared of every question. He then turns to Jamila, who gave the correct response. She opens up about how she is going to get veneers for her puppy, Blueberry. With that being said, the amount in the Prize Pot has amounted to $95,000.
For the 15% question, the competitors have to answer what vowel appears exactly four times if they write out the names of all seven days of the week. As the countdown approaches its end, it is revealed that two people answered it incorrectly, leaving only 11 behind. Joel further informs that one of them has used their pass, and the correct answer is “U.” Jeff has provided the answer correctly, as he began with Sunday and wants to remodel his basement like an English pub. Similarly, Maxwell also provided the correct response and wants to ride all rollercoasters around the world and jokes about audibly passing gas on them. Joel jokes about wondering how he still has a fiancée. By the end, the Prize Pot has collected $96,000. Before the final three questions, he reminds Jeff and Steven, who still have their passes left, to use them in the next two questions.
Rita, Parker, Josh, Jeff, and Jared Walk Away With an Equal Share of $96,000
The 10% question is as follows: If you delete a three-lettered horned animal from the word Geraniums, what common six-letter word will they get? With time already at the end, the game lost another two contestants to the question, leaving nine players. Moreover, Jeff and Steven have still not used their passes. The answer to the question is Genius, with the animal being a Ram. Jared has answered it correctly and hopes to buy Legos with the prize money. With the prize pot still the same, Joel moves on to the 5% question, where a poem is shown on the screen, with its final line accidentally interrupted. Based on the pattern from the poem, they have to find the number of missing words in the line.
The question eliminates two players, leaving seven contestants for the final question. Joel then reveals the correct answer to be three. Since Steven and Jeff have not used their $1,000, they are going home with that money. Ultimately, Maxwell, Rita, Parker, Steven, Josh, Jeff, and Jared are moving on to the final question. However, before that, they have to decide if they want to risk it all for the $96,000 Prize Pot money or leave with their share of $10,000, which is $1,428. As all of them decide to stay, Joel announces the 1% question: If you make the person on top go down this letter mountain (presented on the screen) on the correct path, what six-letter word is directly by their side along with their path?
When the host inquires about the answers from the contestants after their answers are locked in, Steven reveals he had frozen up and answered Compass. Similarly, Maxwell also regrets writing Correct, which is a seven-letter word. However, Rita, Parker, Josh, Jeff, and Jared have answered Bottom, which is the correct response to their delight. In the end, all five of them split $96,000, which is $19,200 each, and Jeff is leaving with $20,200 since he still has his pass. Last but not least, Steven is also bidding goodbye with $1,000 from his unused pass.
