Top 1% Quiz: Free Logic & Common-Sense Game
Top 1% Quiz–in 100 adults get this right (our estimate)
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Until enough people have played, percentages are Altto’s own rough estimates of how many UK adults would answer each question correctly. Once a question has enough answers, the crowd shows how many Altto players actually got it right. Altto is not connected to any TV programme.
How to play
How the Top 1% Quiz works
- Start the quiz. Press Start. There are 15 multiple-choice questions, each with four answers and one right answer.
- Read the crowd. Before each question you see how many people in 100 would get it right, in our estimate. Question 1 is about 90 in 100. Question 15 is about 1 in 100.
- Answer in 30 seconds. Tap an answer, or press A, B, C or D. If the time runs out, that counts as a wrong answer.
- One life, one Pass. A wrong answer or a time-out ends the quiz. From question 5 you can use your single Pass (button, or press P) to skip a hard one safely. It cannot be used on the last question.
- See your slice. Your result is the percentage of the hardest question you got right. Beat the 10 in 100 question and you are in the top 10% of our scale.
The percentage ladder
The 15 questions fall in steps: 90, 85, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 22, 15, 10, 6, 4, 2 and 1 in 100. Each step has about 66 questions, and each game picks one from every step. The questions are logic, number, probability, wordplay and common-sense puzzles, not trivia, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
At a glance
Altto Top 1% Quiz: quick facts
A free logic and common-sense quiz that gets harder from the first question to the last, on a computer, tablet or phone.
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- Price
- Free, with no sign-up, no email and nothing to download.
- Questions
- 15 multiple-choice questions, 1,000 in the bank, about 66 for each difficulty step.
- Difficulty
- From about 90 in 100 adults getting it right down to about 1 in 100. These are Altto’s own estimates.
- Life, Pass and time
- One life, one Pass (questions 5 to 14) and 30 seconds a question.
- Daily quiz
- The same 15 questions for everyone each UK day.
- How long
- About 4 to 6 minutes.
- Accessibility
- Play with a keyboard (A, B, C, D) or by tapping. Questions and results are read out to screen readers, and animations are reduced if your device asks for less motion.
- Privacy
- Runs in your browser. Your best result and the questions you have seen are saved only on your device.
FAQ
Top 1% Quiz questions
Is the Top 1% Quiz free?
Yes. It is free, with no sign-up, no email and nothing to download. You see your full result the moment the quiz ends, and you can play again with one tap.
How does the Top 1% Quiz work?
You answer 15 multiple-choice questions that get harder each time. Before each one you see roughly how many people in 100 would get it right, from about 90 in 100 on question 1 down to about 1 in 100 on question 15. You have one life, one Pass and 30 seconds for each question.
What does "top 10%" mean on my result?
Your result is the difficulty step of the hardest question you got right. If the hardest one you got right is a question that about 10 in 100 adults answer correctly, your result is Top 10%. It is a fun way to see how far up the ladder you climbed, not a measured ranking of people.
Where do the percentages come from?
They are Altto’s own rough estimates of how many UK adults would answer each question correctly, set when the question was written. They are not measured results, and individual questions can be easier or harder than their step suggests. Altto counts anonymously how often each question is answered right or wrong, so the estimates can be replaced with real figures as enough people play.
How many lives do I get, and what is the Pass?
One life. A wrong answer, or running out of the 30 seconds, ends the quiz. You also get one Pass, which you can use on any question from 5 to 14 to skip it safely and see the answer. It cannot be used on the last question, and it does not count as a right answer.
Is this based on a TV show?
No. It is an original quiz made by Altto, with its own questions, ladder and rules. It is not affiliated with any TV programme or its makers.
Is the Top 1% Quiz a general knowledge quiz?
Not really. The questions are logic, number, probability, wordplay and common-sense puzzles that you can work out rather than look up, and they get harder as you climb. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
What is the Daily quiz?
Fifteen questions, in the same order, that are the same for everyone each day, with new ones at midnight UK time. Your first go of the day is saved on your device as today’s result, and you can play again for fun.
Will I get the same questions again?
Not in free play until you have seen every question at that difficulty step. The game remembers on your device which questions you have had and picks new ones each time.
How many questions are there?
There are 1000 questions in the bank, about 66 for each of the 15 difficulty steps, and each game uses one from every step. Most are built from templates with the answers worked out by computer, so they are checked rather than typed in, and some are hand-written puzzles. More are added over time.
Can I use my keyboard?
Yes. Press A, B, C or D (or 1 to 4) to answer, and press Enter or Space to skip the pause after an answer. Each question, its answers and the result are read out to screen readers, and animations are reduced if your device asks for less motion.
Does the Top 1% Quiz have music?
Yes. It has its own electronic groove that gets faster and busier as the questions get harder, a click when you pick an answer, and cheers or groans from a studio crowd. Sound starts on after you press Start, and the Sound button under the game turns it off. Your choice is remembered on your device.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. It works on any phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Can I win a prize?
No. The Top 1% Quiz is a free game for fun. There is no money involved and no prizes.
How is it different from the Prize Ladder Quiz?
The Prize Ladder Quiz is a points ladder with three lifelines, safe levels and walk-away. The Top 1% Quiz has no lifelines apart from a single Pass: it is a pure test of how far up the difficulty ladder you can get with one life.
Is anything stored or uploaded?
Your best result, a short history and the questions you have seen are saved only on your device. The only thing sent is an anonymous, cookie-free count of how often each question is answered right or wrong, with nothing that identifies you.