Hard Quiz Kids is an Australian television comedy children's quiz show which premiered on ABC Family on 8 June 2024.[1] Hosted by Tom Gleeson, the show is a spin-off of the quiz show Hard Quiz, also hosted by Gleeson. It is filmed at the ABC Melbourne studios in Southbank in front of a studio audience. Contestants are aged from 10 to 13 years old, although some 14-year-olds participated.

Hard Quiz Kids
Presented byTom Gleeson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
Production
Production locationsMelbourne, Victoria
Running time30 minutes
Production companyThinkative Television
Original release
NetworkABC Family
Release8 June 2024 (2024-06-08) –
present
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Format

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Each episode of Hard Quiz Kids features four contestants, each of whom has selected a specialist subject area. No subject area (including those selected in "Tom's Round") may be used more than once. Each correct answer is worth 5 points, while each wrong answer costs 5 points.[citation needed]

Expert Round

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The contestants, in turn, each receive five questions regarding their specialist subject areas. They must buzz in to respond and are locked out of a question if they got it wrong or took too long to give an answer, giving the other players a chance to answer. 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 an incorrect Steal attempt.[citation needed]

Tom's Round

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The contestants, using their monitors, lock in their answers to each of the five multiple-choice questions from a subject Gleeson has chosen in advance. A selected response must be locked in by pressing the red buzzer. Each question has 4 options except for the last question, which has 6 options and is played for double points (10 points for a right answer). The lowest scorer at the end of this round is out of the game, with their podium now displaying the words "Too Soft".[citation needed]

The People's Round (Against the Clock)

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In this round, general knowledge questions are given out for a rather vague time limit (between 35 and over 90 seconds, depending on the episode). The contestants, again, buzz in to respond. The lowest scorer when time expires is also out of the game.[citation needed]

Tiebreaker: Hard-Off

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In the event of a tie for lowest scorer when an elimination is required, 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.[citation needed]

When more than two contestants play a hard-off, multiple questions can be played. If a contestant answers correctly, they are safe from elimination and the hard-off continues until only one contestant is not safe. If a contestant answers incorrectly, they are eliminated and all other contestant in the hard-off become safe.[citation needed]

Final round: Hard Quiz (Head to Head)

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The final two contestants alternate answering questions regarding their chosen subject area in a best of five penalty shootout-style format with the winner receiving a trophy – the limited-edition big brass mug, or in the case of the "Battle of The Duds" episodes, the aforementioned big brass mug with a hole in the bottom. The contestant also gets to sign off the show with the catchphrase "Thanks for playing, hard."[citation needed]

If the final two contestants have got the same amount of correct answers after five questions, an extra question will be asked to each contestant on their specialty subject.[citation needed]

Tom's Tiebreaker

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After the extra questions and if the players are still tied, one numerical question will be asked on Tom's specialty subject of the day. Each contestant will be required to guess the correct answer, starting with the player that got the first question during the final round, and the closer of the two wins the show.[citation needed]

Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1108 June 2024 (2024-06-08)10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)

Episodes

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Series 1

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Names in Bold are the winners

No.TitleOriginal air dateAustralian viewers
1"Episode 1"8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)N/A

Contestants:
Aston - Birds of prey expert
Callista - Greek Mythology expert
Toby - Minecraft expert
Pippa - wives of Henry VIII expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Grown-ups
2"Episode 2"15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)N/A

Contestants:
Toby - Hamilton expert
Gretta - Leadbeater's possums expert
Thomas - Caterpillar earthmovers expert
Emma - Seinfeld expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Telephones
3"Episode 3"22 June 2024 (2024-06-22)N/A

Contestants:
Olivia - Sam Kerr expert
Paris - Babushka dolls expert
Leela - 80s Aussie rock bands expert
Xavier - The Lego Batman Movie expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Real estate
4"Episode 4"29 June 2024 (2024-06-29)N/A

Contestants:
Max - Capital Cities expert
Ayesha - Hello Kitty expert
Rav - Aviation Disasters expert
Connor - The Wizard of Oz expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Jumping
5"Episode 5"6 July 2024 (2024-07-06)N/A

Contestants:
Sam - Flags expert
Aisha - Taylor Swift expert
Casey - Fire Rescue Victoria expert
Matilda - Wings of Fire expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Theme Parks
6"Episode 6"13 July 2024 (2024-07-13)N/A

Contestants:
Jimmy - Saltwater crocodiles expert
Milly - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom expert
Max - World War II expert
Josie - The Loud House expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Chips
7"Episode 7"20 July 2024 (2024-07-20)N/A

Contestants:
Shahbaaz - Guru Nanak Dev Ji expert
Layla - The Norris Nuts expert
Fleur - Mean Girls The Musical expert
Eitan - Mickey Mouse expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Astrophysics
8"Episode 8"27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)N/A

Contestants:
Khean - Anne Frank expert
Aaradhya - Space Travel expert
Imogen - Microraptor expert
Heath - Puffing Billy Railway expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Philosophy
9"Episode 9"3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)N/A

Contestants:
Bridget - H2O: Just Add Water expert
Shani - Quokkas expert
Hugo - Taj Mahal expert
Ollie - The Beatles expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Dessert
10"Episode 10"10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)N/A

Contestants:
Quinn - Kraftwerk expert
George - Ants expert
Riham - Lego Ninjago expert
Thea - Percy Jackson expert

Tom's round: Tom's subject – Driving

References

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  1. ^ "Tom Gleeson's surprise new role leads ABC's slate of new 2024 shows". news.com.au. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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