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. In January 2026 that added up to exactly 310 questions. Some were straightforward. Others turned out to be far tougher than expected.
This post brings together the 20 hardest questions from January 2026, 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
What is South Africa’s most widely spoken first language?
A) Zulu
B) Afrikaans
C) Xhosa
D) English
Correct answer rate: 12%
The Red Arrows traditionally perform with how many aircraft in their display formation?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 6
D) 3
Correct answer rate: 28%
Which disease does Yersinia pestis cause?
A) Cholera
B) Typhoid
C) Plague
D) Anthrax
Correct answer rate: 32%
Stainless steel contains which of these metals?
A) Aluminium
B) Nickel
C) Copper
D) Zinc
Correct answer rate: 33%
Who plays the lead detective in the latest series of Death in Paradise which aired in 2025?
A) Ralf Little
B) Don Gilet
C) Kris Marshall
D) Ben Miller
Correct answer rate: 28%
Which expert on Married at First Sight UK is also a dating expert on Celebs Go Dating?
A) Paul Carrick Brunson
B) Anna Williamson
C) Mel Schilling
D) Matthew Hussey
Correct answer rate: 28%
Since the founding of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, how many have been cancelled?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Correct answer rate: 25%
In which sport do teams compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy?
A) Baseball
B) Ice hockey
C) American football
D) Basketball
Correct answer rate: 31%
Simon & Garfunkel were originally called what?
A) The Everly Brothers
B) Tom & Jerry
C) The Peptones
D) The Sonics
Correct answer rate: 22%
In which US state is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
A) Michigan
B) Illinois
C) Ohio
D) Pennsylvania
Correct answer rate: 23%
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe is about which family?
A) Rothschild
B) Sackler
C) Getty
D) Murdoch
Correct answer rate: 17%
Who went Round Ireland With a Fridge in the late 1990s?
A) Dylan Moran
B) Frank Skinner
C) Tony Hawks
D) Bill Bailey
Correct answer rate: 25%
According to Forbes, in December 2025, who became the fifth music billionaire?
A) Taylor Swift
B) Ed Sheeran
C) Beyoncé
D) Paul McCartney
Correct answer rate: 17%
A charity raffle that began in November 2025 offered the chance to win a portrait worth over €1 million. Who is the portrait by?
A) Banksy
B) Lucian Freud
C) David Hockney
D) Francis Bacon
Correct answer rate: 19%
Dresden has often been called “Florence on the” what?
A) Elbe
B) Rhine
C) Danube
D) Spree
Correct answer rate: 17%
The Rwenzori Mountains straddle the border between Uganda and which country?
A) Kenya
B) Rwanda
C) Democratic Republic of the Congo
D) Tanzania
Correct answer rate: 23%
Who was the mother of Edward IV and Richard III?
A) Margaret of Anjou
B) Elizabeth Woodville
C) Anne Neville
D) Cecily Neville
Correct answer rate: 10%
Which world leader was born on the same day the Titanic sank, 15 April 1912?
A) Fidel Castro
B) Kim Il-sung
C) Ho Chi Minh
D) Pol Pot
Correct answer rate: 17%
On this day in 2002, George W. Bush coined which political phrase?
A) War on Terror
B) Axis of Evil
C) New World Order
D) Iron Curtain
Correct answer rate: 19%
On this day in 1990, which tennis player won his eighth and final Grand Slam title in Australia?
A) Ivan Lendl
B) John McEnroe
C) Jimmy Connors
D) Andre Agassi
Correct answer rate: 24%
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
Zulu
9
Plague
Nickel
Don Gilet
Paul Carrick Brunson
3
American football
Tom & Jerry
Ohio
Sackler
Tony Hawks
Beyoncé
Francis Bacon
Elbe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cecily Neville
Kim Il-sung
Axis of Evil
Ivan Lendl
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.
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If you want to keep going, you can revisit December 2025 to see how the difficulty evolved across the series.
