Hard Quiz

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Hard Quiz is an Australian television comedy quiz show, which premiered on ABC on 19 October 2016. Hosted by Tom Gleeson, the show is a spin-off of his "Hard Chat" segment on the satirical television news program The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.

Gleeson has claimed he was surprised by the success of the program, saying he had given up hope of being a star.

The third season premiered on 21 February 2018.

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Format

Hard Quiz features four contestants, each of which have selected a specialist subject area. The contestants in turn each receive 5 questions regarding their specialist subject areas ("The Experts' Round"), followed by questions from a subject Gleeson chooses ("Tom's Round") and then general knowledge questions ("The People's Round"). Contestants receive 5 points for answering a question correctly, and lose 5 points for answering a question incorrectly. During the Experts' Round, a contestant may attempt to answer a question from another contestant's subject area. This is known as "The Steal". If a Steal is successful, the contestant receives 10 points but will only lose 5 points for a incorrect Steal attempt (in season 1, a failed Steal resulted in the contestant losing 10 points). The contestant with the lowest score at the end of each of Tom's Round and The People's Round is eliminated from the show. In the event of a tie for lowest scorer, the tie is broken with a Hard-Off, where Gleeson presents two options for a given question (often pertaining to the relative difficulty of two given tasks or physical hardness of two materials), which the first contestant to buzz in then answers. If the answering contestant chooses correctly, the other contestant is eliminated and vice-versa if the answer given is incorrect. The final two contestants answer questions regarding their chosen subject area in a best of 5 penalty shootout-style format, with the winner receiving a trophy - the Hard Quiz brass mug.

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Series Overview

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Episodes

Season One (2016)

Names in Bold are the winners

Season Two (2017)

Names in Bold are the winners

Season Three (2018)

Names in Bold are the winners

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References

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External links

• Official website

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