Season 11

2026-01-06 · 30m

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.

2026-01-13 · 31m

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?

2026-01-20

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!

2026-01-27 · 29m

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!

2026-02-03 · 31m

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!

2026-02-10 · 30m

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.

2026-02-17 · 30m

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!

2026-02-24 · 30m

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!

2026-07-22 · 30m

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!

2026-07-29 · 30m

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.

2026-08-05 · 30m

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!

2026-08-12 · 30m

Tom Gleeson hosts a clash of epic proportions on Hard Quiz! Where else would you see dynastic China go head-to head with Franz Kafka, Formula 1, and merino sheep? Nowhere, that's where!

2026-08-19 · 30m

Tom Gleeson is back with a fresh batch of experts on Beastie Boys, medieval footwear, the NRLW and Sacha Baron Cohen. The contestants fight for their right to raise the Big Brass Mug on this 'very nice' episode of Hard Quiz!

2026-08-26 · 30m

Fighting for Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug in this episode are Veep devotee Fraser, Cloudstreet fan Elise, Paddy, who loves The Beach Boys, and Tumblr expert Rose!

2026-09-02 · 30m

Tom Gleeson squeezes another four so-called expert contestants through the Hard Quiz wringer: mountain gorillas, US sitcom How I Met Your Mother, costume designer Edith Head, and the general theory of relativity.

2026-09-09 · 30m

Tom Gleeson dishes out the points and the putdowns as four experts vie for the Big Brass Mug. Tonight's topics are Frank Sinatra, Olympic diving, carnivorous plants, and the Spanish language. Play along at home!

2026-09-16 · 30m

Chasing after Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug this week on Hard Quiz are experts in F Troop, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Crowded House and... eggs. Yes, eggs!

2026-09-23 · 30m

It's the second Battle of the Fuddy Duds! Tom welcomes back four returning retirees: Andrew with lawn bowls, Susan with Francis Bacon, Shane with Suzi Quatro, and Liz with sewage! Top up your super and tune in!

2026-09-30 · 28m

Four contestants, one Big Brass Mug, and a host who takes no prisoners. Tom Gleeson tests his charges on their expert topics of the last Romanovs, ADHD, Snow White, and Lady Gaga. Play along at home!

2026-10-07 · 30m

Chasing after Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug this week on Hard Quiz are experts in insects, the Big Day Out festival, the movie Grease, and Doctor Who!

2026-10-13 · 30m

Tom Gleeson tests four experts to find the Hard Quiz Champion! Tonight's topics are wind turbines, Lionel Messi, The Naked Gun movies, and Delta Goodrem. As always, something for everyone!

2026-10-20 · 28m

Four contestants step into the Hard Quiz spotlight for a chance to win Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug. Tonight's expert topics: Robert Johnson, the geological history of Earth, paramedicine, and TV series Law and Order: SVU.

2026-10-27 · 30m

Tom Gleeson puts four more self-proclaimed experts through the Big Brass wringer. Tonight's topics are Iron Maiden, Apocalypse Now, Stranger Things, and Microsoft PowerPoint!

2026-11-04

Quizzing hard with Tom Gleeson tonight are self-proclaimed experts in 19th-century corsetry, Harry Houdini, Alaska and Taika Waititi. Don't mix these topics at home!