If you like quiz questions that feel easy at first glance and then quietly trip you up, this one’s for you.
Every day on Quizified we ask 10 questions across 10 categories. Over a full month that adds up to roughly 300 questions. Some are straightforward. Others turn out to be far tougher than expected.
This post brings together the 20 hardest questions from August 2025, based on how real players actually performed. Each question here was answered correctly by fewer than a third of players, often much less.
The data comes from over 5,000 attempts in total. Nothing theoretical. Just what people really clicked.
Try the questions first before scrolling. The answers are hidden at the bottom so you can play it properly.
The questions
1. In Greek mythology, how many rivers were there in the Underworld?
A) 7
B) 1
C) 5
D) 3
Correct answer rate: 18%
2. In motoring, what does MOT stand for?
A) Motor Operations Test
B) Ministry of Transport
C) Motor Official Testing
D) Motorists' Omnibus Test
Correct answer rate: 35%
3. Where in the human body is the gastrocnemius?
A) Heart
B) Upper arm
C) Lower leg
D) Stomach
Correct answer rate: 10%
4. Which constellation contains the North Star?
A) Orion
B) Ursa Major
C) Cassiopeia
D) Ursa Minor
Correct answer rate: 13%
5.
Sleepless in Seattle. Tom Hanks is in Seattle, but where is Meg Ryan?
A) Chicago
B) Boston
C) Baltimore
D) New York City
Correct answer rate: 20%
6. MAS*H was set during which war?
A) World War II
B) Vietnam War
C) Spanish-American War
D) Korean War
Correct answer rate: 33%
7.
Olivia Smith became the first £1m transfer in women’s football in July 2025. What nationality is she?
A) American
B) English
C) Jamaican
D) Canadian
Correct answer rate: 25%
8. In chess, what is the fastest possible checkmate called?
A) Scholar’s Mate
B) Fool’s Mate
C) Queen’s Gambit
D) King’s Demise
Correct answer rate: 28%
9. Who composed the music used as the theme for The Apprentice?
A) Shostakovich
B) Andrew Lloyd Webber
C) Prokofiev
D) Tchaikovsky
Correct answer rate: 31%
10. Which group were having trouble with a Rat in their Kitchen in 1987?
A) Madness
B) UB40
C) Aswad
D) The Boomtown Rats
Correct answer rate: 48%
11. Which science fiction author wrote The Left Hand of Darkness?
A) Ray Bradbury
B) Margaret Atwood
C) Ursula K. Le Guin
D) Isaac Asimov
Correct answer rate: 27%
12. When was the Nobel Prize for Literature first awarded?
A) 1911
B) 1891
C) 1901
D) 1881
Correct answer rate: 35%
13. Which musician donated 2,000 books to an Oxfam bookshop in Hove in July 2025?
A) Fatboy Slim
B) Thom Yorke
C) Bob Dylan
D) Nick Cave
Correct answer rate: 24%
14. Which musician took up residency in Puerto Rico during July 2025, performing 30 concerts?
A) Ricky Martin
B) Daddy Yankee
C) Bad Bunny
D) Adele
Correct answer rate: 27%
15. Which is the deepest lake in the world?
A) Caspian Sea
B) Lake Tanganyika
C) Lake Titicaca
D) Baikal
Correct answer rate: 29%
16. Ynys Môn is known as what in English?
A) Cardiff
B) Gower
C) Isle of Man
D) Anglesey
Correct answer rate: 29%
17. The Ancient Greeks believed that what organ could wander around the body?
A) Brain
B) Liver
C) Womb
D) Heart
Correct answer rate: 19%
18. Who was the monarch at the time of the Great Reform Act?
A) Edward VII
B) George IV
C) Queen Victoria
D) William IV
Correct answer rate: 20%
19. Shackleton completed the rescue of his crew from which island on this day in 1916?
A) Deception Island
B) Elephant Island
C) Easter Island
D) South Georgia Island
Correct answer rate: 22%
20 .Which former Prime Minister of India was born on this day in 1944?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rajiv Gandhi
Correct answer rate: 25%
What score should you expect?
Based on how players actually performed across all 20 questions, the expected score is around 5 out of 20.
If you reached double figures, you comfortably beat the average. A perfect score would be extremely rare.
Answers
5
Ministry of Transport
Lower leg
Ursa Minor
Baltimore
Korean War
Canadian
Fool’s Mate
Prokofiev
UB40
Ursula K. Le Guin
1901
Nick Cave
Bad Bunny
Baikal
Anglesey
Womb
William IV
Elephant Island
Rajiv Gandhi
If you enjoyed this
This quiz represents the hardest 20 questions from a full month of daily quizzes. On Quizified, most days are far more forgiving, and you get instant feedback on how you compare to everyone else.
You can play the daily quiz for free, track your stats over time, and even create leagues with friends, family, or colleagues for some light competition.
You can try it at
https://quizified.app/app
If you want to keep going, the next post in this series is The Monthly Quiz Most Players Fail: September 2025, or you can go back to earlier months once the full set is live.
