Take our progressively tricky test to find the quiz show you are most suited to

FANCY yourself as a quiz whiz? You may not be such a smartypants after all.

TV quiz shows have been ranked in order of difficulty. Channel 5’s Eggheads is deemed the biggest doddle, while Beeb geek-fests Mastermind and University Challenge are top befuddlers.

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Take our progressively tricky test to find out what show you might aspire to . . . 

EGGHEADS (Idiot proof)

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1. Which world leader was pictured bare-chested in Siberia in 2007, fishing in a river, and again in 2009 riding a horse?

A: Angela Merkel

B: Kim Jong-il

C: Vladimir Putin

2. What song was a No1 hit for Blondie in 1980 and Atomic Kitten in 2002?

A: Call Me

B: The Tide Is High

C: Heart Of Glass

POINTLESS (Easy peasy)

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3. Which of these Beatles Top 40 singles with a three-word title was Pointless?

A: Ain’t She Sweet

B: Love Me Do

C: Strawberry Fields                 Forever

4. All these artists won Best British Male or Best British Female at the Brits in the Noughties – but who was the Pointless answer?

A: Robbie Williams

B: Paul Weller

C: Dido

THE WALL (Unchallenging)

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5. Which of these soap- opera pubs was first seen on screen in the Eighties?

A. The Queen Vic

B. The Woolpack

C. Rovers Return

6. Who stars as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

A: Chris Pine

B: Chris Evans

C: Chris Pratt

THE CHASE (Manageable)

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7. What colour is the giant cockerel that was placed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2013?

A. Red

B: White

C: Blue

8. In the Nineties, Chef from South Park had a No1 hit with which song?

A: Big Spicy Sausage

B: Fresh Juicy Melons

C: Chocolate Salty Balls

SUPERMARKET SWEEP (A bit tricky)

ITV

9. What is salmon en croute wrapped in?

A: Pastry

B: Asparagus

C: Cheese

10. What food is eaten by humans and horses?

A: Hay

B: Rice

C: Oats

FAMILY FORTUNES (Slightly puzzling)

ITV

11. Which is the top-scoring answer for this question: Name something you’d hate to forget on your wedding day.

A: The wedding cake

B: The rings

C: Your bridesmaids

12. Which of these is the top-scoring answer: Name something you squirt cream on?

A: Strawberries

B: Cake

C: Your body

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (Head-scratcher)

ITV

13. What is the Princess Royal’s married name?

A: Mrs Briggs

B: Mrs Smith

C: Mrs Laurence

14. Which of these is the title of a famous artwork by Tracey Emin?

A: Our Settee

B: Your Bench

C: My Bed

FIFTEEN TO ONE (Tough)

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15. Which former athlete and MP was also William Hague’s judo partner?

A: David Cameron

B: Daley Thompson

C: Lord Sebastian Coe

16. What are digital socks?

A: Places to hang your shoes

B: Socks which find themselves in the wash cycle

C: Socks with finger- like spaces in which you can put your toes

MASTERMIND (Mind-boggling)

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17. What was the first product advertised on TV in the UK?

A: Soap

B: Gravy

C: Toothpaste

18. Which 19th-Century novelist created the villain Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco?

A: Jane Austen

B: Wilkie Collins

C: Joseph Conrad

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Hellish)

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19. If 1,1 is the second row of Pascal’s Triangle, then what is the seventh row?

A: 1, 6, 15, 20, 15, 6, 1

B: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13

C: 1, 7, 14, 21, 14, 7, 1

20. Registered as a proprietary name in 1938 in reference to its unprepossessing appearance, which hybrid citrus fruit was first produced in Jamaica by crossing a Seville orange, a grapefruit and a tangerine?

A: Plain fruit

B: Ugli fruit

C: Horned fruit