The Chase's Darragh Ennis tests fans with quiz question that only 5% of people answer right

Daily Record

21-05-2025

The Chase star Darragh Ennis, better known as The Menace, has shared a seemingly simple quiz question on his social media which the majority of people can not answer correctly.
The Chase star Darragh Ennis has presented fans with a question that only those among the top 5% of brains will be able to answer correctly. If you're a fan of quiz shows, there's a good chance you've tuned into ITV's The Chase, where hopeful contestants attempt to outrun the Chaser by answering a series of tough questions.
These Chasers are professional geniuses, the very best of UK quiz gurus and they regularly prove their talent by beating teams on the programme. Darragh Ennis, better known as The Menace on the Bradley Walsh quiz show, not only stumps contestants on the telly but also delights followers with brain teasers and intriguing facts on his social media profiles.
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In one of his recent TikToks, the Chase star sent viewers into a frenzy, revealing that a staggering 95% can't crack his clever question. In his video, Darragh says: "Do you want to know a really easy sounding quiz question almost everybody will get wrong? Seriously, about 95% of people will get this wrong, and it sounds so simple."
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He then poses his simple task: "Name a berry."
You may think this is straightforward and many believe it would basically be a freebie point at your local pub quiz. But hold your fire before blurting out the first answer that comes to mind because there is a twist, the Mirror reports.
While most people typically blurt out strawberry or perhaps raspberry in response to this seemingly simple question, Darragh has pointed out that these aren't actually berries.
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So if you guessed either, you've just joined the majority of people who messed up the answer.
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The Chaser clarified: "If you said strawberry, blackberry, or raspberry, you're wrong. They are not technically berries.
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"Berries are a very specific type of fruit. They have to come from a single ovary of a single flower, and have no stones for seeds. So if you said peach, plum, or cherry, they're not berries either.
"But what are berries, and this is the bit that is absolutely bonkers, are things like bananas, aubergines, and watermelons."
Some fruits, such as cranberries and blueberries, are right to call themselves berries.
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In an unexpected twist, avocados also make the cut as berries despite their seemingly stony centre due to their thin, fleshy layer around the seed.
Darragh couldn't help but throw in a pun towards the end of the clip about comedian Matt Berry.
He told his followers: "If you said Matt Berry, then you're the most devious quizzer in New York City. You can take two extra bonus points."
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Viewers had a mixed reaction to the clip, while some were caught off guard, others boasted that it was "common knowledge" to know which fruits are actually real berries.
One confident viewer replied: "Banana! Because it's got seeds inside. Strawberries are drupes because their seeds are outside.
"Peaches are stone fruit, not berries. You'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to stump me with that one, Darragh!"
A fellow commenter added: "No such thing as a universally easy question. It's easy if you know it, and it's not if you don't."