The 1% Club is a unique game show in that it sets out to test a very specific sort of intelligence. While Jeopardy challenges the general knowledge of trivia nerds and Wheel of Fortune plays with letters and idioms, the new British import hosted by Patton Oswalt showcases puzzles built on reason and pattern recognition.

“It is definitely not about what facts have you remembered and can regurgitate,” Oswalt tells Consequence. “Each question is its own thing in the moment, that you have to use your logic to try to suss out. It’s really cool.”

Each episode of the show begins with 100 contestants, who are eliminated over the course of the game if they get one of the increasingly difficult questions incorrect. (Each contestant does get one “pass” to skip a round, should they choose — something that can come in handy later in the game, should they make it to the final rounds.) The final question is one that only one percent of the country would be able to answer correctly — meaning that any winners are thus anointed into the titular club.

If this sounds like a tough challenge, know that Oswalt understands: “Before each show, we’d go over the questions, and I never got beyond the 60% question. I don’t have a very logical brain. I have a repository of weird trivia, but being light on my feet mentally? Not that good.”

While the comedian has hosted plenty of awards ceremonies, The 1% Club is Oswalt’s first time hosting a game show — in fact, he says, “I never even thought of doing a game show. But they sent me this proposal and a bunch of episodes of the original BBC version, and it was great. I loved the format, I loved the energy of it, and it ended up being a ton of fun.”

If you’re curious, awards shows and game shows are pretty different, in terms of what they require from the host. “The one thing that is similar is you’re there to keep things going when the energy flags. At an award show, if someone comes out and kills it, you don’t try to follow that, but if someone comes out and there’s a dip, then you come out and try to pep [the audience] back up and give the next person a chance. Whereas with game shows, it’s way more involved and way more ongoing and immediate, but that is the one similar aspect. You’re there to keep the plates spinning.”