The Chase's Darragh Ennis shares tricky quiz question that only 5% can answer

Daily Mirror

20-05-2025

ITV The Chase's Darragh Ennis, who is known as The Menace, shared a baffling quiz question on social media that is supposed to be 'simple' - but 95% of people can't get the answer right
You'll need to be among the top 5% of brains in order to nail this quiz question set by The Chase's Darragh Ennis. If you're a fan of kicking back with some afternoon quizzing, there's a good chance you've tuned into The Chase, where hopeful contestants tackle tough questions to outrun the Chasers.
These Chasers are professional brainiacs, the very best of UK quiz whizzes, and they regularly prove it by thwarting teams on the show. Darragh Ennis, known as The Menace on the ITV quiz show, not only stumps contestants on the telly but also delights followers with brain teasers and intriguing facts online.
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One of his latest TikTok teasers has sent viewers into a tizzy, revealing that a staggering 95% can't crack it.
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In his video, Darragh states: "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."
He then poses his simple task: "Name a berry."
You might think this is easy, and many would believe it would be practically a freebie point at your local pub quiz. But hold your horses before blurting out an answer, since there's a twist.
People typically blurt out 'strawberry' or perhaps 'raspberry' as the answer to this seemingly simple question. But here's the catch – as Darragh points out, these aren't actually berries, so if you guessed either, you've just joined the whopping majority who've fluffed the answer.
He 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. In an odd twist, avocados also make the cut as berries despite their seemingly stony centre due to their thin, fleshy layer around the seed.
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Darragh couldn't resist throwing in a pun towards the end of his video, giving a nod to comedian Matt Berry: "If you said Matt Berry, then you're the most devious quizzer in New York City. You can take two extra bonus points."
The reaction to his revelation was mixed among viewers. Some were caught off guard, having guessed strawberry, while others boasted that it was "common knowledge" easily naming an actual berry.
One viewer confidently responded: "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."