The Chase viewers were left fuming after a series of ‘grim and bizarre’ questions that had fans branding the episode ‘an absolute shambles’.

In a vintage installment of the hit ITV game show, a series of unusually eccentric questions caught both the contestants and the chaser off guard.

To kick off the episode, host Bradley Walsh introduced four new players – Pam, James, Jorja and Mark.

Mark won an impressive £6,000 in his cash builder round, but the peculiar questions began in his one-to-one with Chaser Paul Sinha.

One read: ‘The Rosetta Stone is inscribed with a decree on behalf of which Egyptian pharaoh?’

The three multiple choice answers were Rameses II, Ptolemy V and Thutmose III.

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The Chase viewers were left fuming after a series of ‘grim and bizarre’ questions that had fans branding the episode ‘an absolute shambles’ (Pictured: Chaser Paul Sinha)

A baffled Paul was shocked, saying: ‘That was the hardest question I’ve ever seen on this show,’ as both he and player Mark answered incorrectly.

The next question was: ‘The US Department of Agriculture requires what to be at least 35 per cent cooked meat and no more than 50 per cent bread?’

The multiple choice options were pizza, kebab and sandwich, and when it emerged that sandwich was the correct answer, the studio was left shocked.

‘Is this a wind-up?’ joked host Bradley, before adding: ‘I’ll have to call the sandwich police. Don’t move, get on the floor.’

In yet another incorrect choice, Chaser Paul selected kebab on the basis that it was ‘the only logical answer.’

Mark managed to make it back to his team with £6,000, but viewers were unimpressed with the selection of questions and flocked to social media to express their shock.

One fan wrote: ‘Who is in charge of these bizarre questions on The Chase?

‘Absolute shambles, is it a kid on work experience? Are the regular question setters off on Holibobs? Yikes, that was grim.’

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In a vintage installment of the hit ITV game show, a series of unusually eccentric questions caught both the contestants and the chaser off guard

Meanwhile, long-time host Bradley, 65, has rubbed fans up the wrong way with an infuriating habit viewers claim is ‘doing their head in.’

The charismatic host is known for his everyman quality and ability to put even the most nervous of contestants at ease.

But after more than 15 years as the face of the programme, the Watford native has irritated viewers, who have claimed he pretends to know the answers before they are revealed.

In the ITV game show’s most recent installment, Bradley welcomed Nick, Paris, Jane and Lucy – contestants playing for a sizable cash prize.

As usual, each player took part in an individual cash builder to set the tone for the later battle against the chaser, which was Darragh Ennis.

But it was during the multiple choice section against The Menace where avid watchers noticed Bradley’s quirky tendency.

At one point, Jane was asked: ‘According to a scientific study published in 2022, which sound causes the greatest fear to animals on the African savannah?’

When it emerged that Jane selected ‘lion’s growl’ – Bradley questioned whether she had made the right choice, saying: ‘You’ve put lion’s growl. Hmm. Okay. Elephant’s trumpet, surely?’

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Good-natured host Bradley Walsh (pictured) was taken aback at the ‘wind-up’ questions

But, unsurprisingly, the lion’s growl turned out to be the right answer.

Bradley’s presumptuousness got under viewers’ skin, with one writing online: ‘Ah yes, the fearsome carnivorous predator…the elephant.’

Good-natured Bradley congratulated Jane on her correct choice, but it didn’t stop him from enacting the same tactic with Lucy when she was going head-to-head with Darragh.

The contestant was asked: ‘In the Sondheim musical “Into the Woods”, who sings “On the Steps of the Palace”?’

When it emerged Lucy picked Cinderella over Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel, Bradley chimed in: ‘You’ve put Cinderella. It’s got to be. It’s got to be Cinderella.’

Many put the presenter’s remarks down to light-hearted enthusiasm, but some keen fans were not as impressed.