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 December 2025 that added up to 310 questions. Some were straightforward. Others turned out to be far tougher than expected.
This post brings together the 20 hardest questions from December 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
In Arthurian legend, who is King Arthur’s adopted brother?
A) Lancelot
B) Kay
C) Mordred
D) Gawain
Correct answer rate: 15%
In heraldry, what colour is sable?
A) Red
B) Blue
C) Black
D) Green
Correct answer rate: 22%
A sugar glider is what sort of animal?
A) Rodent
B) Marsupial
C) Bat
D) Primate
Correct answer rate: 13%
What was the first electronic general-purpose computer called?
A) Colossus
B) UNIVAC
C) ENIAC
D) Mark I
Correct answer rate: 20%
What 1992 Western film won Best Picture at the Oscars?
A) Unforgiven
B) Dances with Wolves
C) Tombstone
D) The Last of the Mohicans
Correct answer rate: 20%
In the 1950 film Harvey, James Stewart has an imaginary best friend called Harvey. What is Harvey?
A) A dog
B) A rabbit
C) A horse
D) A ghost
Correct answer rate: 44%
Today is BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Who won the first award in 1954?
A) Stanley Matthews
B) Chris Chataway
C) Roger Bannister
D) Fred Perry
Correct answer rate: 10%
How many players are there in a hurling team?
A) 11
B) 13
C) 15
D) 17
Correct answer rate: 32%
Which song did the Official Charts Company crown the most-streamed Christmas song of the past ten years in December 2025?
A) Fairytale of New York
B) Last Christmas
C) All I Want for Christmas Is You
D) Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Correct answer rate: 13%
Taylor Swift grew up on what type of farm?
A) Dairy farm
B) Christmas tree farm
C) Corn farm
D) Horse farm
Correct answer rate: 33%
Paddington the Musical opened in London’s West End in December 2025 at which theatre?
A) Palladium
B) Adelphi
C) Savoy
D) Noel Coward
Correct answer rate: 25%
Which author wrote Kindred and Parable of the Sower?
A) Octavia Butler
B) Ursula K. Le Guin
C) Margaret Atwood
D) N. K. Jemisin
Correct answer rate: 30%
A visitor was denied entry to Westminster Abbey because of the illustration on her top. What book was it from?
A) The Bible
B) Harry Potter
C) The Handmaid’s Tale
D) The Gruffalo
Correct answer rate: 12%
The world record for the largest ensemble of players of what instrument was broken in Melbourne in November 2025?
A) Violin
B) Guitar
C) Ukulele
D) Harmonica
Correct answer rate: 13%
Which is the world’s largest sea by area, located south of Japan?
A) South China Sea
B) Philippine Sea
C) Sea of Okhotsk
D) Bering Sea
Correct answer rate: 18%
Which of these islands is the biggest?
A) Iceland
B) Borneo
C) Madagascar
D) Greenland
Correct answer rate: 19%
Which of these US presidents did not win the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Jimmy Carter
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Correct answer rate: 14%
King Croesus was renowned for his wealth. What kingdom did he rule?
A) Phrygia
B) Lydia
C) Persia
D) Macedonia
Correct answer rate: 20%
On this day in 1787, which US state became the first to ratify the Constitution?
A) Pennsylvania
B) Delaware
C) Virginia
D) New Jersey
Correct answer rate: 21%
On this day in 1918, Constance Markievicz became the first woman elected to the House of Commons. What party did she represent?
A) Labour
B) Sinn Féin
C) Liberal Party
D) Irish Parliamentary Party
Correct answer rate: 21%
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
Kay
Black
Marsupial
ENIAC
Unforgiven
A rabbit
Chris Chataway
15
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Christmas tree farm
Adelphi
Octavia Butler
The Handmaid’s Tale
Ukulele
Philippine Sea
Greenland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lydia
Delaware
Sinn Féin
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, track your stats over time, and even create leagues with friends, family, or colleagues for some light competition.
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If you want to keep going, the next post in this series is The Monthly Quiz Most Players Fail: January 2026, or you can go back to November 2025 to see how the difficulty shifted heading into winter.
