Hard Quiz — Season 11

Jan 202630m

Tom Gleeson awards the Big Brass Mug to whichever expert best answers his Hard Quiz questions on their expert topic: Quebec, classic comedy film Bringing Up Baby, electronic duo Daft Punk, and Rick & Morty.

Jan 202631m

Four know-it-alls try to get their hands on Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug, but which eclectic topic will win the day: the French horn, Franklin's lost expedition, kookaburras, or the film American Psycho?

Jan 2026

Hard Quiz puts four self-nominated experts under Tom Gleeson's merciless microscope. This week's topics are A Nightmare on Elm Street, investor Warren Buffett, MRI, and US comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm!

Jan 202629m

Where does Tom Gleeson find these oddballs? Tonight's Hard Quiz expert topics are Fleetwood Mac, mammoths, Disney's Aladdin, and US sitcom Grace and Frankie. Let the hardest quizzer win!

Feb 202631m

What do noodles, tennis legend Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Somerton Man, and US drama House MD have in common? They're all topics on tonight's Hard Quiz, where four big fans match wits with the hilarious Tom Gleeson!

Feb 202630m

Four experts match wits and dodge witticisms from host Tom Gleeson. Tonight's contestants go head-to head while being quizzed on Australian funnel-web spiders, State of Origin, the P-51 Mustang, and US sitcom The Nanny.

Feb 202630m

Tom is besieged by another four contestants with eclectic expert subjects: Lindy with the Holden Racing Team, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fan Blake, Geordie Shore lover Eimile and Siamak, who's lotioned-up with Silence of the Lambs!

Feb 202630m

Four contestants vie for the Hard Quiz Big Brass Mug! Which topic will triumph: Highgate Cemetery, psychedelics, Die Hard, or Kelly Clarkson? Yippie ki-yay, it's time to play HARD!

Jul 202630m

It's another classic lineup of Hard Quiz expert subjects on the hunt for the Big Brass Mug! Tonight, it's The Mazda RX-7, French comic series Asterix, the Melbourne Cup, and Wonder Woman!

Jul 202630m

It's a Battle of the Duds! Tom Gleeson invites four failed former contestants to humiliate themselves again. Vying for the Big Brass Dud Mug are experts in mammalian sperm, Ada Lovelace, Steely Dan and John Deere Tractors.

Aug 202630m

Four experts, four topics, one Big Brass Mug. Tonight's subjects: Millinery, Murriyang (the Parkes Radio Telescope), RuPaul's Drag Race and Pablo Escobar! It's the game show where stealing is the way to win!

Aug 2026

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