Joel McHale is back to put another group of contestants through the wringer on The 1% Club. In the new episode, Shout out to Maddie, airing Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET on FOX, one hundred hopefuls will try to outsmart 99% of the country for a shot at a $100,000 prize. The game show’s hook is that it’s not about what you know, but how you think.
Based on a scientific survey designed to test the nation’s intelligence, the questions are geared toward logic and common sense rather than trivia. This week’s batch of contestants includes brothers Ethan and Paul, an aspiring loan shark named Ericka, and a woman named Julie who says she drinks champagne for a living. It’s a colorful group, and their answers are sure to be just as entertaining as the questions themselves.
The goal for each contestant is to correctly answer enough questions to earn a spot in the elite “1% Club.” As the questions get harder, the field gets smaller, and the pressure mounts. It’s a simple enough format, but one that has proven to be an effective test of how differently people’s brains work.
