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Casting continues for Season 11 of Hard Quiz.
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30 Rock |
Australian Insects |
Boeing |
Cold Chisel |
Electronic Organs |
Gilmore Girls |
Indonesian Political History |
Lavender |
45th Parliament |
Australian Light horse |
Bojack Horseman |
Coldplay |
Elon Musk |
Giro d’Italia |
Islam in the Modern World |
Lawrence of Arabia |
7 Up Series |
Australian Macropods |
Bon Jovi |
Collingwood Football Club |
Elvis Presley (& redo) |
Glee |
Jack Russells |
Leaders of the Soviet Union |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Australian Masters |
Bones |
Colonoscopies |
Empire Records |
Glenn McGrath |
Jack the Ripper |
LeBron James |
Aboriginal Cricket Tour (1868 ) |
Australian Microbats |
Book of Mormon |
Come From Away |
Encanto |
Global Financial Crisis |
Jackass |
Leeds United |
Abraham Lincoln |
Australian Owls |
Boomboxes |
Computers (1980s) |
Eric Abetz |
Godzilla |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
Lego (Hamish Blake) |
Absolutely Fabulous |
Australian Parrots |
Boston Red Sox |
Concorde |
European Union |
Golf – US Masters |
Jake Gyllenhaal |
Leon Trotsky |
AC/DC |
Australian Poetry |
Brady Bunch |
Condoms |
Eurovision |
Gone with the Wind (Film) |
James Bond Movies |
Leonardo Davinci |
Ace Ventura |
Australian Railways |
Brat Pack |
Constitutional Crisis of 1975 |
Evolution |
Goo Goo Dolls |
James Dean |
Les Misérables |
Ada Lovelace |
Australian Reality TV |
Bratz Dolls |
Cremation |
Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
Good Will Hunting |
James Herriot Books |
Life of Pi |
Adolf Hitler |
Australian Sheep Shearing |
Breaker Morant |
Cricket Bats |
Eye |
Goonies |
Jane Austen Books |
Light horse ( Australian) |
Adrian Mole Books |
Australian Wine |
Breaking Bad |
Cronulla Sharks (NRL) |
F-18 (Jet) |
Gossip Girl |
Japanese Railways |
Little House on the Prairie |
Aerosmith |
Australian Zoos |
Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart |
Croquet |
Family Guy |
Gough Whitlam |
Japanese Railways |
Little Shop of Horrors |
AFL Umpiring |
Avatar: The Last Airbender |
Brett Lee |
Cuban Missile Crisis |
Fast and the Furious |
Grace Kelly |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
London Tube |
AFLW |
Avro Lancaster |
Brett Whiteley |
Curling |
Father Ted |
Grand Slam Tennis |
Jewish Holidays |
Lord of the Rings |
African Venomous Snakes |
Ayrton Senna |
Bricks |
Dam Busters Raid |
Fawlty Towers |
Grand Theft Auto |
JFK Assassination |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
Agatha Christie |
Babe Ruth |
Bridge (cards) |
Dance Academy |
Feet |
Great Pyramid of Giza |
Jim Henson |
Lost in Space |
Agatha Christie’s Marple |
Babylon 5 |
Bridgerton |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Fender Guitars |
Great White Sharks |
Jimi Hendrix |
Louis Armstrong |
Air Traffic Control |
Babysitters Club books |
Brisbane Broncos |
Danish Kings of England |
Field Marshals of the British Army |
Greek Mythology |
Joan Crawford |
Love Actually |
Airbus A320 |
Back to the Future |
British Open |
David Attenborough |
Fight Club |
Greek Mythology |
Joe Dirt |
M*A*S*H |
Aircraft of the RAAF |
Backstreet Boys |
Britney Spears |
David Bowie |
Final Fantasy Video Game |
Green Day |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
Macbeth |
Al Jolson |
Badminton |
Brooklyn Bridge |
David Cassidy |
Flags |
Greg Norman |
John Coltrane |
Machin Stamps |
Alaska |
Bananarama |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine |
David Foster Wallace |
Foo Fighters |
Grey’s Anatomy |
John Eales |
Machine Learning |
Alcatraz |
Bananas |
Bruce Lee |
David Unaipon |
Ford Mustang |
Grug |
John Farnham |
Mad Max |
A-League (Soccer) |
Bangladesh Cricket Team |
Bruce Springsteen |
Deep Purple |
Forrest Gump |
Guinea Pigs |
Jonestown |
Mad Men |
Alexander McQueen |
Banksias |
BTS (K-Pop band) |
Degrassi |
Fortnite |
Guinness |
Joni Mitchell |
Magic: The Gathering |
Alexander the Great |
Barack Obama |
Buddhism |
Dewey Decimal System |
Francis Bacon |
Guns N Roses |
Joseph Stalin |
Mahatma Gandhi |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Barbarella |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Diamonds |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
Halo |
JRR Tolkien |
Makybe Diva |
Alfred the Great |
Barbie (Doll) |
Bugs Bunny |
Diana, Princess of Wales |
Frank Sinatra |
Hamilton |
Judy Garland |
Malaria |
Alice Cooper |
Barbra Streisand |
Bunnings Warehouse |
Diego Maradona |
Franklin D Roosevelt |
Hamish and Andy |
Julia Gillard |
Man Vs Wild |
Alien (film franchise) |
Barry Manilow |
C130 Hercules |
Dingoes |
Frasier |
Hanging Rock |
Julio-Claudian Dynasty |
Manchester City (EPL) |
Allan Border |
Bathurst 1000 |
Calamari |
Dinosaurs |
Fred Astaire |
Hank Williams |
Julius Caesar |
Manchester United |
Amedeo Modigliani |
Batman |
Calculus |
Disney Cartoons (1990s ) |
Freddie Mercury |
Hanson (band) |
Jurassic Park |
Manhattan (film) |
Amelia Earhart |
Battle of Britain |
Canberra Raiders (NRL) |
Disneyland |
Freemasonry |
Happy Days |
Justin Bieber |
Marbles |
American Civil War |
Beauty and the Beast |
Capital Cities |
Dogs |
Fremantle Dockers |
Harley-Davidson |
Justin Timberlake |
Mariah Carey |
America’s Cup |
Bee Gees |
Caravaggio |
Doja Cat |
French and Saunders |
Harry Potter |
Kakadu National Park |
Marilyn Monroe |
Anaesthesia |
Beekeeping |
Carlton Football Club |
Dolly Parton |
French Cheese |
Harry Styles |
Kanye West |
Mars |
Android Smartphones |
Beethoven |
Catherine, Princess of Wales |
Donald Bradman |
French Language |
Hawaiian Ironman |
Kate Bush |
Marvel Cinematic Universe |
Andy Warhol |
Benedict Cumberbatch |
Celine Dion |
Donkey Kong |
French Resistance |
Hawke and Keating |
Kate Ceberano |
Mary McKillop |
Animal Crossing |
Beyonce |
Champagne |
Downton Abbey |
Frida Kahlo |
Helicopters |
Kath & Kim |
Mary Poppins |
Anna Pavlova |
Beyonce |
Charles Darwin |
Dr Dre |
Friends |
Hello Kitty |
Katy Perry |
Mata Hari |
Anne Frank |
Big Bang Theory |
Charlotte Hornets |
Dr. Maria Montessori |
Friends |
He-Man & Masters of the Universe |
Keeping Up With the Kardashians |
Matthew Reilly |
Anne of Green Gables |
Bill Clinton |
Che Guevara |
Dr. Victor Chang |
Frozen |
Henry VIII (Wives of) |
Khmer Empire |
Mazda MX-5 |
Anthony Albanese |
Billy Idol |
Cheap Trick (band) |
Dracula – Bram Stoker novel |
Futurama |
High School Musical |
Kill Bill 1 & 2 |
McDonald’s |
Antique Purses |
Billy Madison |
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster |
Dressmaking |
Galapagos Tortoise |
Hillary Clinton |
Kim Kardashian |
Mean Girls |
Apple |
Birds of Prey |
Chicago Bulls (NBA) |
Drone Racing |
Game of Thrones |
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
King Henry 7th |
Meccano |
Arab/Israeli Conflict |
Bitcoin |
Chickens |
Ducati Motorcycles |
Game Of Thrones |
HMAS Melbourne |
King Richard III |
Medical Inventions (Australian) |
Armageddon |
Bjork |
China (Republican) |
Dugongs |
Garlic |
Hockey (Field) |
KISS |
Meghan Markle |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Black Books |
Chocolate |
Duke Kahanamoku |
Gavin & Stacey |
Hokusai |
Knitting |
Mel Brooks |
Arnott’s Biscuits |
Black Holes |
Cholera |
Dumb & Dumber |
Geocaching |
Holden Commodore |
Knots |
Melbourne Storm |
As Time Goes By |
Black Sabbath |
Chronicles of Narnia |
Dungeons & Dragons |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
Holden Torana |
Korean War |
Melbourne’s 2020 train network |
Ash Barty |
Blade Runner |
Clarinet |
Duran Duran |
Geography (Australian) |
Home Alone |
Kosciuszko National Park |
Mercator Projection |
Audrey Hepburn |
blink-182 |
Classic Holden Cars |
Dynasty |
Geography (World) |
Homer’s The Odyssey |
Kray Twins |
Meryl Streep |
Australian Blue tongued lizards |
Blood |
Classic Land Rovers |
E.T. |
George Harrison |
Horses |
Kurt Cobain |
Metallica |
Australian Constitution |
Blues Brothers |
Classic Minis |
Easy Rider |
George Michael |
House of Windsor |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Michael Caine |
Australian Currency |
Bluey |
Classic Star Wars Action Figures |
Echidnas |
George Orwell |
How to Train Your Dragon |
Kylie Minogue |
Michael Collins |
Australian Diamonds |
Blur |
Claudia Karvan |
Eddie McGuire |
George W. Bush |
Human Body |
Labyrinths |
Michael J Fox |
Australian Finches |
Bob Dylan |
Cleopatra |
Edward III |
Get Smart |
Hunger Games |
Lady Gaga |
Michael Jordan |
Australian Gladiators |
Bob Geldof |
Clueless |
Einstein |
Ghostbusters |
Hunter S Thompson |
Lana Del Rey |
Microbes |
Australian Hip Hop |
Bob’s Burgers |
Coffee |
Eleanor of Aquitane |
Gibson Electric Guitars |
Iggy Pop |
Lano & Woodley |
Microsoft Excel |
Midnight Oil |
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan |
Roald Dahl |
Small Arms of WW2 |
The Crusades |
Treehouse books |
Women in Greek Mythology |
Mighty Boosh |
Periodic Table |
Robert F Kennedy |
Smallpox |
The DeLorean Motorcar |
Tripod |
World Chess Champions |
Miles Davis |
Persian Empire (The First) |
Robert Mapplethorpe |
Smashing Pumpkins. |
The Evil Dead |
Triumph Motorcycles |
World of Warcraft |
Milk |
Pete Sampras |
Robin Hood |
Snakes – Aust Venomous |
The Fast and the Furious |
Trombone |
Wright Brothers |
Minecraft |
Petula Clark |
Rockford Files |
Snakes – Australian Pythons |
The Golden Girls |
Tropical Cyclones |
WW2 Small Arms |
Minecraft |
Phar Lap |
Rocky Horror |
Soccer – A-League |
The Goodies |
Trump Presidency |
WW2 Tanks |
Modern Family |
Phil Collins |
Rod Stewart |
Soccer – FIFA World Cup |
The Great Escape |
Tuba |
WWE Wrestling |
Money Laundering |
Phil Spector |
Roger Federer |
Socceroos |
The Great Plague |
Tudor Monarchs |
Xanadu |
Monsters Inc. |
Pianos |
Rolex watches |
Social Psychology |
The Handmaid’s Tale |
Turnbull Government |
Yes (band) |
Morse Code |
Pinball |
Rollercoasters |
Sonic The Hedgehog |
The Harp |
Tutankhamun |
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team |
Mortal Kombat |
Pineapples |
Rolling Stones |
South Park |
The Hobbit (book + movies) |
Twin Peaks |
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Mountain Pygmy Possum |
Pink Floyd |
Round The Twist |
South Sydney Rabbitohs |
The Howard Government |
Typefaces |
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Mozart |
Pipe Organs |
Rubik’s Cube |
Southern Cassowary |
The Human Heart and Lungs |
Typewriters |
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Mr Ed |
Pirates of the Caribbean |
Rugby World Cup |
Space Shuttle Disasters |
The I.T. Crowd |
U2 |
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Mr. Olympia |
Platypus |
RuPaul’s Drag Race |
SpaceX |
The Immune System |
UFC |
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Muhammad Ali |
Pluto |
Rush |
Spartacus |
The Inbetweeners |
Ultimate Frisbee |
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Mulan (film series) |
Poirot |
Russell Coight’s All Aussie Adv |
Spices |
The Incredibles |
US Masters Golf |
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Muriel’s Wedding |
Pokemon |
Russian Revolution |
Spiderman |
The Isle of Wight |
US Serial Killers |
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Mushrooms |
Polar Bears |
S Club 7 |
SpongeBob SquarePants |
The Kakapo |
Van Halen |
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My Fair Lady |
Pomeranian Dogs |
Sachin Tendulkar |
St Kilda Football Club |
The Last of Us |
Vegemite |
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My Little Pony |
Pompeii |
Sailor Moon |
Stanley Kubrick |
The Late Show (ABC) |
Verdi Operas |
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Napoleonic Wars |
Powderfinger |
Salt N Pepa |
Star Trek |
The Legend of Zelda |
Vespas |
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NASA’s Apollo Program |
Powerful Owl |
Samantha Stosur |
Star Wars |
The Lion King |
Victorian Women’s Fashion |
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Nascar |
Press Gang |
Saturday Night Live |
Stargate SG1 |
The Matrix Trilogy |
Vietnam War |
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Nauru |
Pride and Prejudice |
Saturn |
Stephen King Books |
The Mitford Sisters |
Vincent Motorcycles |
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Ned Kelly |
Prince (Musician) |
Savage Garden |
Stephen Sondheim |
The Monster Petition |
Vintage Aust Washing Machines |
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Neighbours |
Prince Charles |
Savoy Operas by Gilbert & Sullivan |
Steve Waugh |
The Office (US + UK) |
Vintage Roller Skates |
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Neil Armstrong |
Princess Bride |
Schindler’s List |
Strictly Ballroom |
The Phantom |
Vintage Sneakers |
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Nelson Mandela |
Princess Diana |
Schitt’s Creek |
Studio Ghibli Films |
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills |
Vintage Synthesisers |
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Neptune (planet) |
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
Scooby Doo |
Super Netball League |
The Recorder |
Violin |
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New Yorker Cartoons |
Project Mercury |
Scott Pilgrim |
Super Smash Bros. |
The Salvation Army |
Virat Kohli |
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Nicki Minaj |
Pterosaurs |
Scottish Whisky |
Superman |
The Shining |
Volkswagen Golf |
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Nicole Kidman |
Puberty Blues |
Scouts Australia |
Supermodels of the 80’s/90’s |
The Siege of Tobruk |
Volvos |
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Nikola Tesla |
Puccini |
Scrubs |
Supernatural |
The Sims |
VW Beetle |
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Nintendo |
Pugs |
Seachange |
Survivor (US and Aus) |
The Sopranos |
Wallace & Gromit |
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Norman Lindsay |
Pulp Fiction |
Seattle Seahawks (NFL) |
Swan Lake |
The Spice Girls |
Wally Lewis |
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North Korean Kim Dynasty |
Qantas Flight 32 Emergency |
Seinfeld |
Sydney Harbour Bridge |
The Strokes |
Wars of the Roses |
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Novak Djokovic |
Queen (band) |
Serena Williams |
Sydney Luna Park |
The Sun |
Watergate |
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Nuclear Physics |
Queen Elizabeth I |
Sex and the City |
Sydney Opera House |
The Twilight Saga |
Wayne’s World |
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Oasis |
Queen Victoria |
Shah Rukh Khan |
Sydney Swans |
The White Stripes |
Weimaraners |
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Oliver Sacks |
R.E.M. |
Shakespeare’s Richard III |
Sylvester Stallone |
The Witcher |
Weird Al Yankovic |
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Olivia Newton-John |
RAAF (Aircraft of the) |
Shane Warne |
Tasmanian Devils |
The Young Ones |
West Wing |
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One Direction |
Rachmaninoff |
Shania Twain |
Taylor Swift |
Thermodynamics |
Western Bulldogs |
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Orchids (Aust Native Epiphytic) |
Radiohead |
Shaquille O’Neal |
Tea |
Theseus |
Whale Shark |
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Origami |
Rafael Nadal |
Shaun Micallef |
Ted Lasso |
Thunderbirds |
Whales |
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Otzi The Ice Man |
Rage Against the Machine |
Shaun the Sheep |
Teeth |
Thylacine |
Wheat |
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Oysters |
Rake |
Sherlock Holmes |
Telecom Phonecards |
Tiger Woods |
When Harry Met Sally |
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Pac-Man |
Ratatouille |
Shirley Temple |
Tenzing Norgay |
TikTok |
Wicked (Musical) |
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Paint & Pigments |
Rats |
Siamese Fighting Fish |
Terry Pratchett |
Tina Arena |
Wicked the musical |
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Parachuting |
Real Housewives of Melbourne |
Sidney Nolan |
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin |
Titanic (Ship not Movie) |
Wiggles |
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Parks and Recreation |
Real Housewives of New York City |
Sierra Leone |
The Adventures of Tintin |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
WikiLeaks |
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Paul Kelly |
Red Bull Air Race |
Sigmund Freud |
Australian Dung Beetle |
Toby Price |
Will & Grace |
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Paul McCartney |
Renaissance Art |
Silverchair |
The Australian Greens |
Toenails |
William Butler Yeats |
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Paula Abdul |
Rene Descartes |
Simone Biles |
The Batavia |
Tomorrow When The War Began |
William the Conqueror |
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Peanuts Comics |
Rent (musical) |
Sir Douglas Mawson |
The Bible |
Tony Hawk |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
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Pearl Harbour |
Republican China |
Sister Elizabeth Kenny |
The Big Bang Theory |
Top Gun |
Winston Churchill |
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Peep Show |
Richard Gasquet |
Skateboarding |
The Big Lebowski |
Tour De France |
Wives of Henry VIII |
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Penguins |
Richard Wagner |
Skyhooks |
The Bold and the Beautiful |
Toy Story |
Wives of Henry VIII |
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Penicillin |
Ricky Ponting |
Sleepless in Seattle |
The Book of Mormon |
Tractor – TE20 Ferguson |
Wolverine |
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Penny Farthings |
Rihanna |
Slipknot |
The Castle (film) |
Transformers |
Wombats |
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5 Responses
If I had a lobotomy and applied, my category would be “Dull hosts & cheap shows”, it would consist of just Hard Quiz.
If I were going to go on the show, I think I would have to choose one of the following:
Dr Who – Modern Era.
Taskmaster – Happy to go international, but will focus on Australia if it helps.
Tom Gleeson – I mean, surely this needs to happen. (I won’t get many points, but…)
Surprisingly no one has had Michael Jackson and Home & Away for their expert topic. Would Simpsons Movie be allowed? Some contestants have used films for their subject.
I reckon yes.
What a comprehensive list there.
My topic on Hard Quiz is on the way :P