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Hard Quiz (2016)

2016 AU 10 Seasons 235 Episodes

Comedy

Overview

Tom Gleeson takes the helm as he searches for Australia’s toughest quiz champion on Hard Quiz. Four contestants face off in a grueling challenge, testing their knowledge across various topics. As they navigate tough questions and showcase their expertise, only one can emerge victorious. The show blends humor with fierce competition, as Gleeson adds his sharp wit to the proceedings, making each episode an engaging clash of trivia and intellect. Expect a mix of tension and laughter as these quiz enthusiasts strive to claim the coveted title.

Cast

Tom Gleeson

Episodes

Battle of the Duds

Battle of the Duds

Greek Mythology, SpaceX, Rake & the Holden Commodore

The Tuba, Gone with the Wind, Paul McCartney & the Battle of Britain

Alfred the Great, Bob Dylan, the British Open & Degrassi

Wally Lewis, Mel Brooks, Mushrooms & Stephen Sondheim

Kanye West, Gavin & Stacey, Robert F. Kennedy & Jane Austen

Olivia Newton-John, Collingwood FC, Garlic & Top Gun

Field Hockey, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Sister Elizabeth Kenny & Milk

HMAS Melbourne, Justin Bieber, Socceroos & Jim Henson

Schitt's Creek, Japanese Railways, Percy Jackson & Hank Williams

Ghostbusters, Pink Floyd, classic Minis & the Kim Dynasty

Battle of the Duds

Novak Djokovic, Mary Poppins, black holes & the European Union

My Fair Lady, the Qantas Flight 32 Emergency, TikTok & Ricky Ponting

Spartacus, Glee, Penguins & the Trump Presidency

C-130 Hercules, Little Shop of Horrors, Simone Biles & World of Warcraft

Star Wars action figures, Hanging Rock, Tomorrow When the War Began & Goo Goo Dolls

The First Persian Empire, the Wiggles, TV show Scrubs & Guinness

Kosciuszko National Park, the violin, Nelson Mandela & Sailor Moon

Mad Max, The House of Windsor, Bjork, & Social Psychology

Dracula, Hillary Clinton, Virat Kohli & Gibson Guitars

Tenzing Norgay, diamonds, Frozen & Turnbull government

French & Saunders, Tiger Woods, Calculus & the Brooklyn Bridge

Petula Clark, How to Train Your Dragon films, periodic table, & F/A-18 Hornet

Silverchair, the 'Monster Petition', William the Conqueror & 'The Castle'

Les Miserables, book series Grug, Meghan Markle & money laundering

Mortal Kombat, Ace Ventura, the Kray Twins & Airbus A320

King Henry VII, Shaquille O'Neal, dinosaurs & Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Manchester City, Blue Tongued Lizards, Mariah Carey & The Babysitters Club

Bob Geldof, Machine Learning, the Owl & The Matrix Trilogy

Chernobyl disaster, Ultimate Frisbee, Wallace and Gromit & Hanson

Duke Kahanamoku, AC/DC, Mean Girls & Australian Dung Beetle Project

Twilight Saga, Midnight Oil, Danish Kings of England & Australian railways

Battle of the Duds

Vintage Synthesizers, Dance Academy, Neil Armstrong & Sierra Leone

Billy Idol, The Witcher, Stephen King's IT & '80s and '90s supermodels

LA Dodgers, Project Mercury space program, Lawrence of Arabia & 'Get Smart'

Phil Collins, High School Musical, Architect Frank Lloyd Wright & Telecom Phonecards

Leon Trotsky, 'The Fast and the Furious', Bananas & The Sun

Deep Purple, the Isle of Wight, E.T. & the Super Netball League

Bugs Bunny, Magic: The Gathering, St Kilda Footy Club & 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Kurt Vonnegut, Britney Spears, the Wayne's World movies & condoms

Goo Goo Dolls, Virat Kohli, World of Warcraft & Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Malaria, the Australian Greens, Toby Price & Lano and Woodley

Diego Maradona, George W. Bush, the Harry Potter movies & bricks

Australian Poetry, Mahatma Gandhi, Stargate SG-1 & Scott Pilgrim

Richard Wagner, Nicole Kidman, Buddhism & the film Fight Club

Agatha Christie, Adolf Hitler, Jesus Christ Superstar & Fortnite

Jake Gyllenhaal, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Mister Ed & Feet

Diamonds, Social Psychology, Novak Djokovic & the Australian Dung Beetle Project

Robert Mapplethorpe, Melbourne Storm, Metallica & Bridgerton

The Bible, Weimaraners, Green Day & Puberty Blues

Father Ted, Arnott's biscuits, Final Fantasy & Jackie O

L.A. Lakers, Easy Rider, Beauty and the Beast & Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Ratatouille, Australian Owls, the Ford Mustang & the Real Housewives of New York

Macbeth, Family Guy, Canadian Rock Band Rush & Disaster Movie Armageddon

Global Financial Crisis, Miles Davis, Jackass & Comedians Hamish & Andy

Battle of the Duds

The Phantom, Love Actually, Republican China & Eddie McGuire

Bruce Springsteen, musical Hamilton & Japanese artist Hokusai

Lion King, Legend of Zelda, Smallpox & Antique Purses

Typefaces, the Tasmanian Devil, Breaker Morant & Tina Arena

Samantha Stosur, Freddie Mercury, Seinfeld & the Galapagos Tortoise

PM Anthony Albanese, Grey's Anatomy, Echidnas & Rin Tin Tin

Battle of the Duds

Tony Hawk, Glenn McGrath, Mad Men & Parachuting

Nicki Minaj, the Platypus, Joseph Stalin & Colonoscopies

Blade Runner, Geoffrey Chaucer, F1 Driver Daniel Ricciardo & Pineapples

Scouts Australia, The Incredibles, Michael Jordan & Penny Farthing Bicycles

Beyonce, hit-musical RENT, Australian finches & TV classic SeaChange

George Michael, The Sims, AFL team Western Bulldogs & the Cuban Missile Crisis

Encanto, Brett Whiteley, George Harrison & Man vs Wild

Australian Zoos, rap group Salt-N-Pepa, BoJack Horseman & Anna Pavlova

Hello Kitty, Triumph motorcycles, Michael J. Fox & Gilbert and Sullivan

Battle of the Duds

Morse Code, Animal Crossing, Good Will Hunting & Machin Postage Stamps

Australian Parrots, Cricket Bats, Bones & WikiLeaks

Android Smartphones, Sydney Opera House, AFL & TV show Gladiators

Australian Microbats, Minecraft, the Planet Mars & the Billy Madison Movie

The Avro Lancaster Bomber, Celine Dion, The IT Crowd & African Snakes

Harry Styles, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Pulp Fiction & Wheat

The Late Show, Nauru, Beekeeping & the Harp

S Club 7, Modern Family, Brisbane Broncos & Spielberg's Schindler's List

Musical Come From Away, Katy Perry, the Human Immune System & Descartes

The Backstreet Boys, the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies, Australian Wine & Sir David Attenborough

Battle of the Duds

Kate Bush, Bratz Dolls, Kakadu National Park & The Goodies

Scooby-Doo, The Salvation Army, The Big Lebowski & Metal Band Slipknot

Jurassic Park, Elvis, Gough Whitlam & the Charlotte Hornets

Godzilla, Marilyn Monroe, Swan Lake & the Whale Shark

Rod Stewart, The Sopranos, Bunnings & Cholera

Paula Abdul, 30 Rock, Chocolate & Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, James Bond, the Sydney Harbour Bridge & Victorian Women's Fash

Women in Greek Mythology, Shania Twain, the 7 Up Documentary Series & Spices

Cronulla Sharks, Mulan, Doja Cat & Vintage Roller Skates

Sex and the City, Iggy Pop, Netball Team the Diamonds & Classic Land Rovers

NASCAR, Ash Barty, Sheep Shearing & the Mercator Projection

NBA star LeBron James, Super Smash Bros., Racehorse Phar Lap & Vegemite

Metal Band Slipknot, The Lion King, Armageddon & Colonoscopies

Princess Kate, Lost in Space, the Concorde & Oysters

When Harry Met Sally, Sir Douglas Mawson, the Real Housewives of Melbourne & the Sport of Curling

Van Halen, the America's Cup, the Howard Government & UK sitcom The Inbetweeners

Norman Lindsay, John Coltrane, Lana Del Rey & Pompeii

Champagne, Mata Hari, Grand Theft Auto & The Hobbit

Alice Cooper, Alexander McQueen, Anne of Green Gables & Chickens

The Trombone, The Last of Us, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan & the DeLorean

Francis Bacon, Ted Lasso, Dr Dre & Che Guevara

Kim Kardashian, Skyhooks, Geocaching & Mr Olympia Contest

Coldplay, As Time Goes By, Capital Cities & Ada Lovelace

Spider-Man, Cheap Trick, Marbles, Paint and Pigments

Rage Against the Machine, Muriel's Wedding, French & the Australian Masters Golf Tournament

Lavender, Dumb and Dumber, Pac-Man & Guns N' Roses

Jurassic Park, Australian currency, Kakadu National Park & Beekeeping

The Evil Dead, Drone Racing, Polar Bears & Powderfinger

Knitting, Claudia Karvan, Mozart & the Great Pyramid of Giza

Brett Lee, Sonic the Hedgehog, Twin Peaks & Tea

The Crusades, Empire Records, the Volkswagen Golf & the Spice Girls

George W. Bush, Anna Pavlova, Billy Idol & The Sims

Shaun Micallef, Bitcoin, King Richard III & Blink-182

Blood, Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures, Blur & the Giro D'Italia

Serena Williams, Sidney Nolan, Harley-Davidsons & movie Clueless

Anaesthesia, Michael Caine, Boeing & series Supernatural

The Suez Canal, Jerry Seinfeld, Australian decimal coins, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Australian Pigeons, the Harpsichord, Dirty Dancing & WrestleMania

Olivia Rodrigo, Breastfeeding, Canberra & Sharks

Duke and Duchess of Windsor, The Kid LAROI, Blythe Dolls & Shrek

William Wallace, The Wizard of Oz, Black Holes & Mammalian Sperm

ABBA, llamas, Australian Ultralight Aircraft & Steven Universe

US Presidential Assassinations, Monty Python, Poker & Contraception

TV Series Community, Nail Polish, Octopuses & The Sound of Music

John McEnroe, Cocktails, Amy Winehouse & The Simpsons

Battle of the Duds

Tornadoes, the Pancreas, Eminem & Five Nights at Freddy's

Gene Wilder, Drag Queen Trixie Mattel, Coral & Rafael Nadal

The Barbie Film, the Mona Lisa, the New York Yankees & Sunscreen

Dennis Rodman, Mercedes Benz, The Faraway Tree and Alkanes

Annabel Crabb, Rammstein, the Cochlear Implant & It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

John Deere tractors, My Chemical Romance, Groucho Marx & The Princess Bride

Battle of the Fuddy Duds

Queen Elizabeth II, Punctuation, Keytars & Cult Film The Room

The Australian Census, Anne Boleyn, Buddy Holly & Reality Series Below Deck

Steely Dan, Boogie Boarding, Skyrim & Noel Fielding

Peter Sellars, The Chats, Beer & The Great Firs Of London

The Muppets, Pearl Jam, Meta & Fireproof Asbestos

Vanderpump Rules, Martin Scorsese, Insulators & Chopin

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Guillotine, the Human Circulatory System & Olympic Swimming

Battle of the Duds

Lawn Bowls, Hyaenas, Aunty Donna & The O.C.

Suzi Quatro, Multi Level Marketing, The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe & Dirt

Queen Victoria’s Children, Red Dwarf, the Sydney Roosters and Sewage

Stray Kids, Arsenal Football Club, Avatar & Australian Megabats

David Fincher Films, Killer Whales, The B-52s, & Vintage Sewing Machines

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mario Kart, The X-Files & Concrete

North Melbourne Football Club, Steven Spielberg, the Ford Falcon & Billie Eilish

Invasive Animals, the Saw Movies, Greek Tragedy Medea & Sumo

Battle of the Networks

French Horn, Franklin's Lost Expedition, Kookaburras, American Psycho

A Nightmare on Elm Street, Warren Buffett, MRI, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Fleetwood Mac, Mammoths, Disney's Aladdin, US sitcom Grace and Frankie

Funnel-web spiders, State of Origin, the P-51 Mustang, The Nanny