- The Australian version of the quiz where 100 contestants put their common sense, logic and intelligence to the test. Any contestant that correctly answers a question that 1% of the nation got right will win a share of up to A$100,000 cash.
- Before the show begins, members of the Australian public are asked a series of questions. The questions they are asked are designed not as a test of their knowledge, but instead as a test of their common sense, logic and intelligence. The number of people who get each question right determines the category in which the question is placed - for example, if about half of the public can give the correct answer to the question, it will be categorised as a 50% question. Some of the questions they are asked will end up featuring on the show.
The show begins with 100 contestants in the studio who each receive a stake of A$1,000. They are then asked up to 15 questions that increase in difficulty as the show progresses. The first question they are asked is a 90% question, meaning that 90% of the public were able to answer the question correctly. The contestants are given 30 seconds to enter their answer into their tablet, then the number of contestants who answered incorrectly, the correct answer, and an explanation of how it is worked out are revealed. When a contestant answers incorrectly, they are eliminated from the game and their A$1,000 stake enters a prize pot that the remaining contestants have a chance to play for at the end of the game. The subsequent questions have the percentage of the public that were able to answer them correctly reduce in decrements of 10%.
When the remaining contestants have reached the 50% question, they receive the option to buy a pass, which lets them choose to opt out of answering one of the subsequent questions. Buying a pass will cost that contestant their A$1,000 stake, which gets transferred to the prize pot if they pass. From this question onward, the question decrements are changed to 5% until the 5% question is reached and asked (the 5% question is the last opportunity that contestants have to buy a pass). When the remaining contestants have reached the 30% question, any contestant that has not yet bought a pass is given an offer to leave the game with their A$1,000 stake, the only chance for them to do so.
If any contestants correctly answer the 5% question, they then come down to the studio floor in the centre and are presented with two options - they can either leave the game at that point and share in a pool of A$10,000, or attempt to answer a 1% question for a share of the prize pot. If all of the contestants are eliminated at or before the 5% question, the last contestants to be eliminated still have the option of answering the 1% question for a chance to win a share of the prize pot. To win their share of this pot (plus their A$1,000 stake if they have not passed on any previous question), contestants have to come up with the correct answer to a question that only 1% of the public were able to get right. Any contestant who elects to answer the 1% question and gets it wrong will leave with nothing, unless they have correctly answered every prior question without passing, in which case they leave with their A$1,000 stake.
The highest prize achievable in the game is A$100,000. This amount can be reached if no contestants take their money before the 30% question, at most one of the remaining contestants has not bought a pass and the one contestant who hasn't passed on any questions is the only one to correctly answer the 1% question, or any of the remaining contestants are the only one to correctly answer the 1% question in the case that they have all passed on one previous question.
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By what name was The 1% Club Australia (2023) officially released in Canada in English?
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