inscrutable vs unknown quantity

inscrutable

noun
  • One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended. 

adj
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret. 

unknown quantity

noun
  • A person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unknown, quantity. 

How often have the words inscrutable and unknown quantity occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )