Hard Quiz

Four know-it-alls want Tom Gleeson’s Big Brass Mug: an Android smartphone aficionado, a Sydney Opera House tour guide, an AFL umpire, and someone who is into the TV show Gladiators.

Tom Gleeson is hanging on to the Big Brass Mug until one expert can prove they deserve it – but with which topic? Australian parrots, cricket bats, bones, or WikiLeaks?

It’s the Hard Quiz Ashes! A pack of Poms want the Big Brass Mug and Aussie Tom Gleeson wants to bowl them out! Their topics: Morse code, video game Animal Crossing, the movie Good Will Hunting, and Machin postage stamps.

Battle of the Duds. Tom Gleeson faces four people foolish enough to have a second try at the Big Brass Mug with their expert subjects of diamonds, social psychology, Novak Djokovic, and the Australian Dung Beetle Project.

Tom Gleeson awards the Big Brass Mug to whichever expert best answers his Hard Quiz questions on their expert topic: Hello Kitty, Triumph motorcycles, actor Michael J. Fox, and composers Gilbert and Sullivan!

Chasing after Tom Gleeson’s Big Brass Mug are experts in Australian zoos, rap group Salt-N-Pepa, animated series BoJack Horseman, and a fascinator-wearing fan of ballet superstar Anna Pavlova.

Lion King, Legend of Zelda, Smallpox & Antique Purses. Fighting for Tom Gleeson’s Big Brass Mug are Lion King fan Jasmine, Legend of Zelda player Ed, smallpox expert Izzy, and Mikey…who is into antique purses!

Tom Gleeson quizzes contestants on pop legend George Michael, video game The Sims, AFL team Western Bulldogs, and the Cuban missile crisis.

The Big Brass Mug is up for grabs again as Tom Gleeson quizzes another quartet on their questionable topics: the musical Rent, Grammy-winner Beyonce, Australian finches, and Aussie TV classic SeaChange.

What do the movie Blade Runner, poet Geoffrey Chaucer, Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo and pineapples have in common? They’re all topics on this week’s Hard Quiz.