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The 1% Club is wrong today

52 replies

NewDayNewBeginnings · 14/01/2025 10:55

Does anyone do the 1% club on the app? If you have not done today's can you screenshot the question please and tell me... Is their answer wrong? Wish I could reread the question to know for sure

OP posts:
Emilianoo · 14/01/2025 11:03

What did you answer? I answered but it froze so wouldn't let me see if i was correct.

The 1% Club is wrong today
WTF1974 · 14/01/2025 11:04

Is it the socks?

randomchap · 14/01/2025 11:06

40? As he's got 38 non black socks.

Talipesmum · 14/01/2025 11:06

randomchap · 14/01/2025 11:06

40? As he's got 38 non black socks.

Yes that’s what I put and it was correct.

Onceachunkymonkey · 14/01/2025 11:06

I also thought 40. What did they say?

WTF1974 · 14/01/2025 11:07

40 socks

The 1% Club is wrong today
The 1% Club is wrong today
Onceachunkymonkey · 14/01/2025 11:07

Oh, so we were all right as are they.

what did you think it was op?

randomchap · 14/01/2025 11:08

It could be worded better. What is the minimum number of socks he needs to take out to be 100% certain of a pair of black ones

DecayedStrumpet · 14/01/2025 11:11

40 to get a pair of black socks
4 to get a matching pair, any colour
Better option, switch the light on

NewDayNewBeginnings · 14/01/2025 11:14

Thank you all... I now know I misread the question. I read he had 53 black... Not 53 in total. I'm the idiot. Thanks for putting me out of my misery

OP posts:
McSpoot · 14/01/2025 11:18

NewDayNewBeginnings · 14/01/2025 11:14

Thank you all... I now know I misread the question. I read he had 53 black... Not 53 in total. I'm the idiot. Thanks for putting me out of my misery

But how would that change the answer? What matters is the number of non-blacks (in absolute terms not as a percentage of the total).

MyBirthdayMonth · 14/01/2025 11:25

Why dosen't the silly man switch the light on?

randomchap · 14/01/2025 11:27

MyBirthdayMonth · 14/01/2025 11:25

Why dosen't the silly man switch the light on?

Because it might wake his sleeping wife. He's being considerate.

Blondiebeachbabe · 14/01/2025 11:29

Surely this wasn't the 1% question? Seems far too easy.

denhaag · 14/01/2025 11:34

I've never heard of the 1%, but I had an idea what it might be and then looked it up.
I was expecting to be bamboozled as I certainly don't regard myself as being in the top 1% of quizzers.

This was easy though.

UsernameChange1675 · 14/01/2025 11:39

randomchap · 14/01/2025 11:27

Because it might wake his sleeping wife. He's being considerate.

Counting 40 socks out of his drawer in the dark would probably wake her anyway. Sort out your socks the night before or keep them somewhere else

Taptaptapster · 14/01/2025 11:44

He should put his socks away in pairs. Clearly doesn't belong in the 1% club for common sense.

JellyFlooding · 14/01/2025 11:44

I got it wrong as I misread and thought they were already paired, so the answer was 39.

MyrtleLion · 14/01/2025 11:55

Who has 53 socks? I have 28 - a pair a day for a fortnight. I also only buy black socks so I don't have to worry about pairing them.

Shetlands · 14/01/2025 12:05

I couldn't live with the type of man who has 17 pairs of identical red socks.

JudgeJ · 14/01/2025 12:20

randomchap · 14/01/2025 11:06

40? As he's got 38 non black socks.

Worst case scenario is that he takes 38 and they're all the red or blue so the next two must be black!

tolerable · 14/01/2025 12:20

1=they all look black in the dark?

JudgeJ · 14/01/2025 12:22

MyrtleLion · 14/01/2025 11:55

Who has 53 socks? I have 28 - a pair a day for a fortnight. I also only buy black socks so I don't have to worry about pairing them.

As long as you buy always the same socks, otherwise it doesn't work, slightly different styles etc. as my late OH found when he did the same!

tolerable · 14/01/2025 12:23

oh -still 1- but cos the quest is to ensure he HAS at least one pair of black. he has oodles of socks so will still have black ones

DogInATent · 14/01/2025 12:25

53-15+2 = 40