Chris Walker
Director
Hard Quiz (2016)
Season 4
Host Tom Gleeson sets out to find Australia's hardest quiz champion, pitting four contestants against each other in a battle of attrition.
Released Oct. 19, 2016
Episode 29 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.game-show, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.comedic-banter, imdb.sarcastic-man, imdb.quiz-show, imdb.expert, imdb.non-fiction + 5 more, imdb.game-show-host, imdb.quiz, imdb.spin-off, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.two-word-title
Production Companies: Thinkative Television
Network: ABC TV
S4E1 - Episode 1
Quizzing hard with Tom Gleeson tonight: Kylie Minogue fan Erwin, Bathurst 1000 fan Gavin, The Office fan Cale, and cremation expert Christine. Don't mix these topics at home.
Feb. 6, 2019, midnight
S4E2 - Episode 2
Tom Gleeson tests four contestants on their expert topics to find the #HardQuiz Champ. Tonight's topics: Meccano, Alcatraz, R.E.M. and Indonesian political history. Play along at home.
Feb. 12, 2019, midnight
S4E3 - Episode 3
Tom Gleeson dishes out the points and the putdowns as four experts vie for the Big Brass Mug. Tonight's topics: Whales, world geography, Life of Pi and Sir Donald Bradman. See how you fare when the #HardQuiz buzzer sounds.
Feb. 20, 2019, midnight
S4E4 - Episode 4
Four experts match wits with each other while dodging witticisms from Tom Gleeson. This week's topics: The Big Bang Theory, the Jonestown cult, the rock band Queen, and the comic book adventures of Tintin.
Feb. 27, 2019, midnight
S4E5 - Episode 5
Tom Gleeson puts another four self-proclaimed experts through the wringer in Australia's smartest quiz show. Tonight's eclectic topics are banksias, Gilmore Girls, the American Civil War and the prog band Yes.
March 6, 2019, midnight
S4E6 - Episode 6
Tom has the questions, but do our experts have the answers? Tonight's topics include roller coasters, Manchester United, The Shining and the Watergate scandal. Could you win the Big Brass Mug?
March 13, 2019, midnight
S4E7 - Battle of the Duds
The Battle of the Duds. Fan favourites Charles (expert topic: Horses), Lucy (Wars of the Roses), Leon (Vintage Australian Washing Machines) and dreamy dentist Theja (Sachin Tendulkar) get another crack at the Big Brass Mug.
March 20, 2019, midnight
S4E8 - Episode 8
Tom Gleeson is back with four new experts vying to be #HardQuiz champion and take home the Big Brass Mug. Tonight's topics: The Zimbabwe cricket team, Pokemon, the wreck of the Batavia and Absolutely Fabulous.
March 27, 2019, midnight
S4E9 - Episode 9
What do the Wright brothers, The Book of Mormon, Aerosmith and the Volkswagen Beetle have in common? They're all topics on tonight's #HardQuiz, where four self-proclaimed experts match wits with the hilarious Tom Gleeson.
April 3, 2019, midnight
S4E10 - Episode 10
Four contestants, one Big Brass Mug, and a host who takes no prisoners. Tonight's expert topics: Bill Clinton, the planet Neptune, Taylor Swift and cult kids' TV series Press Gang.
April 10, 2019, midnight
S4E11 - Episode 11
Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson returns with brand new episodes of Australia's HARDest quiz. Experts on Joan Crawford, K-Pop group BTS, rugby hero John Eales and Jewish holidays go under Tom's merciless microscope.
July 31, 2019, midnight
S4E12 - Episode 12
Tom Gleeson squeezes another four expert contestants through the #HardQuiz wringer. This week's topics: Cricket legend Steve Waugh, Sydney's Luna Park, author David Foster Wallace and singer Frank Sinatra.
Aug. 7, 2019, midnight
S4E13 - Episode 13
Four experts, four topics, but only one Big Brass Mug. Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson asks hard-hitting questions about Dolly Parton, the Toy Story films, Pete Sampras and dogs?!
Aug. 14, 2019, midnight
S4E14 - Episode 14
Tom Gleeson is back with a fresh batch of experts to compete for the Big Brass Mug. This week's #HardQuiz topics: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Napoleonic Wars, air traffic control and sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Aug. 21, 2019, midnight
S4E15 - Episode 15
Tom Gleeson's got another Big Brass Mug to give away to the last #HardQuiz expert left standing. Tonight's topics: French cheese, World Chess Champions, leaders of the Soviet Union and the White Stripes.
Aug. 28, 2019, midnight
S4E16 - Episode 16
Where does Tom Gleeson find these oddballs? Tonight's #HardQuiz expert topics: Croquet, Barry Manilow, retired AFL superstar Nick Riewoldt and toenails. Yep...toenails!
Sept. 4, 2019, midnight
S4E17 - Episode 17
Battle of the Duds: Four returning favourites get another shot at becoming #HardQuiz champion. Getting their second chance are Jim (expert topic: skateboarding), Conan (George Orwell), Winnie (origami) and Walter (Friends).
Sept. 11, 2019, midnight
S4E18 - Episode 18
Four brave contestants put themselves under the #HardQuiz spotlight for a chance to win Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug. Tonight's expert topics: Strictly Ballroom, the Australian Light Horse, the Bee Gees and Breaking Bad.
Sept. 18, 2019, midnight
S4E19 - Episode 19
Tom Gleeson's #HardQuiz always has something for everyone. Tonight's four expert topics are David Cassidy, Anne Frank, the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England, and coffee. It's time to play HARD!
Sept. 25, 2019, midnight
S4E20 - Episode 20
How would you fare against Tom Gleeson? Play with the hashtag #HardQuiz. Tonight's expert topics: Tanks of WWII, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, 80s girl group Bananarama, and the Woody Allen film Manhattan.
Oct. 2, 2019, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 1942 min.
Released: Oct. 19, 2016
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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