• Premiered: Oct 2016
  • Episodes: 240
  • Followers: 7
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  • ABC (AU)
  • Wednesday at 20
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Season 6
6x1
Episode 1
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Air date
Feb 17, 2021
Quizzing hard with Tom Gleeson tonight: Greek Mythology fan Tamara, SpaceX fan Michael, Rake fan Megan, and Holden Commodore expert Jason. Don't mix these topics at home!
6x2
Episode 2
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Air date
Feb 24, 2021
Tom Gleeson tests four experts to find the Champ. The topics: the tuba, Gone with the Wind, Paul McCartney, and the Battle of Britain. Play along at home - you might be surprised at what you already know.
6x3
Episode 3
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Mar 03, 2021
Tom Gleeson dishes out the points and the put-downs as four experts vie for the Big Brass Mug. The topics: Alfred the Great, Bob Dylan, the British Open, and Degrassi. See how you fare when the buzzer sounds.
6x4
Episode 4
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Mar 10, 2021
Four experts match wits and dodge witticisms from host Tom Gleeson. This episode's topics: Wally Lewis, Mel Brooks, mushrooms, and Stephen Sondheim. Only the hardest will survive.
6x5
Episode 5
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Air date
Mar 17, 2021
Tom Gleeson puts four more self-proclaimed experts through the Big Brass wringer. Tom tests four hopeful hotshots on Kanye West, Gavin & Stacey, Robert F Kennedy, and the books of Jane Austen.
6x6
Episode 6
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Mar 24, 2021
Tom has the questions, but do his guests have the answers? Self-proclaimed experts on Olivia Newton-John, Collingwood FC, garlic, and Top Gun put their knowledge to the ultimate test.
6x7
Episode 7
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Air date
Mar 31, 2021
Tom Gleeson isn't afraid to keep asking questions until someone hoists a Big Brass Mug. His contestants tackle field hockey, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, and milk.
6x8
Episode 8
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Apr 07, 2021
Four vastly different contestants compete on four vastly different topics, all at the mercy of host Tom Gleeson. This episode's subjects: HMAS Melbourne, Justin Bieber, The Powerful Owl, and Jim Henson.
6x9
Episode 9
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Apr 14, 2021
Tom Gleeson puts another set of contestants through their paces - and through the wringer. The topics include Schitt's Creek, Japanese railways, the Percy Jackson book series, and Hank Williams.
6x10
Episode 10
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Apr 21, 2021
Tom Gleeson is grumpier, the questions are harder, and our everyday experts are more determined than ever to test their knowledge and come away victorious with the Big Brass Mug.
6x11
Episode 11
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Apr 28, 2021
Favourites return for a second shot at being Hard Quiz champion - Kristy (expert topic: the Arab-Israeli conflict), Julie (dingoes), Charlie (Vincent motorcycles) and Vinny (Lady Gaga).
6x12
Episode 12
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May 05, 2021
Tom Gleeson squeezes another four expert contestants through the Hard Quiz wringer. Their special subjects include Tennis World Number One Novak Djokovic, whimsical nanny Mary Poppins, black holes and the European Union.
6x13
Episode 13
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May 12, 2021
Four experts, four topics, but only one Big Brass Mug. Tom Gleeson asks hard-hitting questions about My Fair Lady, the Qantas Flight 32 emergency, TikTok, and Ricky Ponting. Why not bat along at home?
6x14
Episode 14
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May 19, 2021
Tom Gleeson is back to poke fun at a fresh batch of experts competing for the Big Brass Mug. This episode's topics include Spartacus, TV series Glee, penguins, and the Trump presidency.
6x15
Episode 15
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May 26, 2021
Tom Gleeson is an expert at drawing contestants out of their shells, and with topics as varied as the C-130 Hercules, Little Shop of Horrors, Simone Biles, and World of Warcraft, there's something for everyone.
6x16
Episode 16
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Jun 02, 2021
Tom Gleeson digs up another batch of improbable experts to battle it out for the Big Brass Mug on the topics of classic Star Wars action figures, Hanging Rock, Tomorrow When the War Began, and Goo Goo Dolls.
6x17
Episode 17
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Jun 16, 2021
This episode brings together four contestants with four expert topics and puts them all under Tom Gleeson's merciless microscope. Topics include: the First Persian Empire, the Wiggles, TV show Scrubs, and Guinness.
6x18
Episode 18
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Air date
Aug 18, 2021
Four brave contestants put themselves under the #HardQuiz spotlight for a chance to win Tom Gleeson’s Big Brass Mug. Tonight’s expert topics: Kosciusko National Park, the violin, Nelson Mandela and anime series Sailor Moon.
6x19
Episode 19
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Aug 25, 2021
The four expert topics are Mad Max, The House of Windsor, Bjork, and social psychology. It's time to play, hard.
6x20
Episode 20
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Air date
Sep 01, 2021
Contestants compete for Tom Gleeson's treasured Big Brass Mug. The expert topics include Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hilary Clinton, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, and Gibson guitars.
6x21
Episode 21
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Sep 08, 2021
Four experts battle it out for the Big Brass Mug. The chosen topics are Tenzing Norgay, diamonds, Frozen, and the Turnbull government.
6x22
Episode 22
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Sep 15, 2021
It's the Battle of the Duds: former losing contestants make a not-so-triumphant return to reclaim the victory they never had. Tom welcomes back experts on French and Saunders, Tiger Woods, calculus, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
6x23
Episode 23
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Sep 22, 2021
The contestants' specialist subjects include Petula Clark, the How to Train Your Dragon films, the periodic table of elements, and the supersonic F/A-18 Hornet combat jet, and Tom's got a missile lock on all of them.
6x24
Episode 24
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Sep 29, 2021
Vying for honours are experts on Silverchair, the women's suffrage 'Monster Petition', William the Conqueror, and classic Aussie film favourite The Castle. One lucky contestant will earn the Big Brass Mug.
6x25
Episode 25
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Oct 06, 2021
Tom Gleeson oversees another battle for trivia supremacy. Special subjects include the musical Les Miserables, illustrated book series Grug, retired actor Meghan Markle, and money laundering.
6x26
Episode 26
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Oct 13, 2021
A Mortal Kombat expert faces off against fans of Ace Ventura, the Kray Twins and the Airbus A320, and only one will be left standing.
6x27
Episode 27
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Oct 20, 2021
King Henry VII, Shaquille O'Neal, dinosaurs, and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are the expert topics as contestants compete to take home Tom's Big Brass Mug.
6x28
Episode 28
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Oct 27, 2021
Only one winner can take home Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug. Expert topics include Manchester city, Australian blue-tongued lizards, Mariah Carey, and The Babysitters Club.
6x29
Episode 29
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Nov 03, 2021
To accept the Big Brass Mug from Tom Gleeson are experts in Bob Geldof, machine learning, the powerful owl, and The Matrix trilogy.
6x30
Episode 30
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Nov 10, 2021
It's a battle royale as host Tom Gleeson puts four experts to the test on their specialty topics. Topics include the Chernobyl disaster, Ultimate Frisbee, Wallace and Gromit, and Hanson.
6x31
Episode 31
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Nov 17, 2021
The Big Brass Mug is up for grabs, and experts in Duke Kahanamoku, AC/DC, Mean Girls, and the Australian Dung Beetle Project are out to get it.
6x33
Episode 33
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Nov 23, 2021
It's the Battle of the Duds as fan favourites Miles, Nick, Lisa and Ash get one more crack at taking home Tom's Big Brass Mug. Their special topics: Mazda MX-5, Sir Donald Bradman, Kate Ceberano, and the clarinet.
6x32
Episode 32
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Nov 24, 2021
Quizmaster-General Tom Gleeson sinks his teeth into the Twilight Saga, Midnight Oil, Danish kings of England, and Australian railways.
6x34
Episode 34
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Dec 08, 2021
Tom Gleeson hosts a clash of epic proportions on Hard Quiz! Where else would you see vintage synthesizers go head-to-head with Dance Academy, Neil Armstrong, and Sierra Leone? Nowhere, that's where!
6x35 Season finale
Episode 35
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Air date
Dec 15, 2021
Four contestants vie for the Big Brass Mug, with Tom Gleeson putting their various specialty topics of Billy Idol, The Witcher, Stephen King's IT, and '80s and '90s supermodels to the test. It's time to play HARD.
6x36 Season finale
Episode 36
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Dec 22, 2021
Tom quizzes four people he believes have left their best days behind them, Tim Rogers, Rhonda Burchmore, Tony Armstrong, and Ann-Maree Biggar, in a battle of the has-beens.

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