World Quizzing Championship

The World Quizzing Championship is an individual quiz contest organised by the International Quizzing Association (the umbrella organisation of various quizzing organisations from more than 25 countries around the world). The competition has been staged annually since 2003 (since 2004 in more than one country simultaneously) with an increasing number of contestants from an increasing number of nations. Since 2006, the competition has been staged on the first Saturday of every June.

Banner publicising the championship in Bangalore, one of a number of cities simultaneously holding the July 2005 event

Multiple WQC winners
Individual Winner Runner-up Third place
Kevin Ashman 6 4 2
Pat Gibson 4 5 4
Olav Bjortomt 4 1 0

List of WQC winners
Countries participating in the 2014 World Quizzing Championship
Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2019[1] Olav Bjortomt Steve Perry Tero Kalliolevo
2018[2] Olav Bjortomt Steve Perry Pat Gibson
2017[3] Kevin Ashman Didier Bruyere Pat Gibson
2016[4] Kevin Ashman Olav Bjortomt Pat Gibson
2015[5] Olav Bjortomt Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson
2014[6] Vikram Joshi Steve Perry Kevin Ashman
2013[7] Pat Gibson Tero Kalliolevo Kevin Ashman
2012[8] Jesse Honey Pat Gibson Steve Perry
2011[9] Pat Gibson Kevin Ashman Tero Kalliolevo
2010[10] Pat Gibson Kevin Ashman Ronny Swiggers
2009[11] Kevin Ashman Ronny Swiggers Mark Bytheway
2008[12] Mark Bytheway Ronny Swiggers Tero Kalliolevo
2007[13] Pat Gibson Kevin Ashman Mark Bytheway
2006[14] Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson Nico Pattyn
2005[15] Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson Nico Pattyn
2004[16] Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson Krishnakant
2003 Olav Bjortomt Pat Gibson Alan Gibbs

Competition history

2003

A fledgling event was first staged by Quizzing.co.uk in 2003 at Villa Park football stadium, Birmingham, England. This saw 50 quizzers representing a handful of nations compete in a written test of quiz knowledge. The inaugural event was won by Olav Bjortomt. The event has full official status but only took place in one country and is sometimes erroneously omitted in statistics.[17]

2004

In 2004, following the foundation of the International Quizzing Association (IQA), the event was held simultaneously in five countries: the United Kingdom (joined by quizzers from elsewhere, including Ireland), Belgium (joined by quizzers from the Netherlands), Estonia, India, and Malaysia. Over 300 quizzers took part. The UK leg was staged at Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium. The 2004 winner was Kevin Ashman.[16]

  1. Kevin Ashman – 154[16]
  2. Pat Gibson – 135
  3. Ashish – 128
  4. Nico Pattyn – 126
  5. Frank Van Nieuwenhove – 124
  6. Ian Bayley – 118
  7. David Stainer – 117
  8. Arul Mani – 116
  9. Stephen Pearson – 115
  10. Lauri Naber – 115

2005

The 2005 championship on July 2, saw further significant growth with the event benefiting from the sponsorship of MSN Search. Countries joining the original five competing nations included Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Norway and Singapore. Quizzers sat eight papers of 30 questions each, covering: 'Culture', 'Entertainment', 'History', 'Lifestyle', 'Media', 'Sciences', 'Sport and Games', and 'World', with the lowest score from the eight genres being dropped – although these did come into play to settle tie-break situations. The eight genres were won outright or shared by quizzers from seven countries (Belgium, England, Estonia, Finland, India, Ireland, and Norway).

Efforts to encourage the participation of women in the contest (competitive quizzing has hitherto been something of a male-dominated pastime) were rewarded in 2005 with a win for Trine Aalborg of Norway in the 'Lifestyle' category and a sixth place overall for Dorjana Širola of Croatia (who also finished 3rd among those competitors who had gathered at Silverstone motor racing circuit for the UK leg of the competition). In India, another woman, Debashree Mitra of Bangalore took 3rd place overall also.[15]

  1. Kevin Ashman – 161[15]
  2. Pat Gibson – 154
  3. Nico Pattyn – 151
  4. Marc Van Springel – 144
  5. Arul Mani – 144
  6. Dorjana Širola – 139 (first woman)
  7. Ove Põder – 138
  8. Lauri Naber – 138
  9. Erik Derycke – 138
  10. Ian Bayley – 138

2006

On June 3, 2006 the World Quizzing Championships were held at more than 15 locations. First time organisers were Lithuania, Germany, Switzerland, Liberia and Sri Lanka. People of a multitude of nationalities took part, including representatives from the United States, Australia, Russia, Singapore, Hungary, and France. The title was, for the 3rd year running, won by Kevin Ashman.[14]

  1. Kevin Ashman – 166[14]
  2. Pat Gibson – 163
  3. Nico Pattyn – 155
  4. Marc Van Springel – 146
  5. Olav Bjortomt – 142
  6. Ronny Swiggers – 140
  7. Dorjana Širola – 140 (highest placed woman)
  8. Mark Bytheway – 136
  9. Erik Derycke – 136
  10. Ian Bayley – 133

2007

On June 2, 2007 the World Quizzing Championships was held at locations including the Netherlands, the US and Hungary for the first time. Pat Gibson took the crown from three-time winner Kevin Ashman.[13]

  1. Pat Gibson – 179[13]
  2. Kevin Ashman – 176
  3. Mark Bytheway – 171
  4. Olav Bjortomt – 164
  5. Jesse Honey – 159
  6. Ronny Swiggers – 158
  7. Ian Bayley – 151
  8. Mark Grant – 151
  9. Nico Pattyn – 150
  10. Arul Mani – 150

Dorjana Širola of Croatia was the highest placed woman in 12th position. Paul Paquet from Canada placed highest in the New York City leg, the first time the WQC was held in North America.

2008

The 2008 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 7, 2008 at more than 30 locations, including for the first time Australia, the Philippines, Canada, China, Bangladesh, and Latvia. Mark Bytheway took the world title in a close race with Belgium's Ronny Swiggers and Finland's Tero Kalliolevo.[12]

  1. Mark Bytheway – 173[12]
  2. Ronny Swiggers – 172
  3. Tero Kalliolevo – 170
  4. Kevin Ashman – 167
  5. Pat Gibson – 165
  6. Nico Pattyn – 163
  7. Olav Bjortomt – 155
  8. Ian Bayley – 154
  9. Jesse Honey – 152
  10. Dorjana Širola – 150 (best performing woman)

2009

The 2009 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 6, 2009 at more than 45 locations, including 10 venues in the US, 9 in India and 4 in Russia. Kevin Ashman regained his title and became the first ever to win 4 World Quizzing Championships. Second again was Ronny Swiggers from Belgium. Third was last year's champion Mark Bytheway. Jeopardy! legend Jerome Vered, whose all-time single-day winnings record lasted 10 or 12 years (depending on whether adjustment for the doubling of the clue values is used), placed eighth.[11]

  1. Kevin Ashman – 177[11]
  2. Ronny Swiggers – 174
  3. Mark Bytheway – 166
  4. Olav Bjortomt – 165
  5. Nico Pattyn – 165
  6. Pat Gibson – 164
  7. Tero Kalliolevo – 156
  8. Jerome Vered – 155
  9. Jesse Honey – 152
  10. Thomas Kolåsæter – 148

Dorjana Širola of Croatia was the highest placed woman in 22nd position with 135 points.

2010

The 2010 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 5, 2010 at almost seventy locations, adding Armenia, Bulgaria, Morocco, and the Republic of Ireland for the first time. Over 1200 people participated. Five nations were represented among the competitors placed in the top 10 overall. The overall winner was Pat Gibson.[10] [18][19]

Individual (Top 10)[10]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Pat Gibson  England 180
2 Kevin Ashman  England 169
3 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 169
4 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 166
5 Olav Bjortomt  England 165
6 Nico Pattyn  Belgium 151
7 Mark Grant  Wales 149
8 Thomas Kolåsæter  Norway 147
9 Erik Derycke  Belgium 147
10 David Beck  Belgium 146
Nation (Ranked by highest placed team member, Top 10)
Pos Country Highest placed team member Score
1  England 1 – Pat Gibson 180
2  Belgium 3 – Ronny Swiggers 169
3  Finland 4 – Tero Kalliolevo 166
4  Wales 7 – Mark Grant 149
5  Norway 8 – Thomas Kolåsæter 147
6  Estonia 12 – Ove Põder 144
7  Croatia 17 – Dorjana Širola 140
8  United States 19 – Steve Perry 139
9  Scotland 23 – Barry Simmons 135
10  Germany 24 – Holger Waldenberger 135

Dorjana Širola of Croatia was the highest placed woman in 17th position with 140 points.

2011

The 2011 World Quizzing Championships took place on Saturday June 4 with the planned addition of venues in Denmark, Gibraltar and Madagascar. Reigning champion Pat Gibson achieved the highest score in England with 186 and retained his title. Four times champion Kevin Ashman made 176. Tero Kalliolevo achieved the highest score in Finland with 176. Ronny Swiggers achieved the highest score in Belgium with 168. Steve Perry achieved the highest score in USA with 164. Mark Grant achieved the highest score in Wales with 163. Thomas Kolåsæter achieved the highest score in Norway with 158.[9][20]

Individual (Top 10)[9]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Pat Gibson  England 186
2 Kevin Ashman  England 176
3 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 176
4 Jesse Honey  England 172
5 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 168
6 Olav Bjortomt  England 168
7 Nico Pattyn  Belgium 167
8 Steve Perry  USA 164
9 Mark Grant  Wales 163
10 Tom Trogh  Belgium 159
Genre Winners (Top Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Entertainment Scott Dawson  England 28
Culture Pat Gibson  England 29
Lifestyle Pat Gibson  England 27
Sciences Pat Gibson  England 28
History Nico Pattyn  Belgium 28
Media Jussi Suvanto  Finland 29
Sport Tom Trogh  Belgium 26
World Pat Gibson
Paul Lujan		  England
  Switzerland		 26

2012

The 2012 event was held on June 2, 2012, with over 1,700 participants competing at 88 locations in 35 countries. Defending champion Pat Gibson was beaten into second place by Jesse Honey with a score of 186. For the first time ever, someone scored full marks in one genre with Ishaan Chugh, a quizzer from India, scoring 30/30 in the Media section.

Individual (Top 10)[8]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Jesse Honey  England 186
2 Pat Gibson  England 177
3 Steve Perry  USA 174
4 Kevin Ashman  England 172
5 Olav Bjortomt  England 170
6 Mark Grant  Wales 170
7 Sean Carey  England 169
8 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 166
9 David Stainer  England 164
10 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 164
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Entertainment Holger Waldenberger  Germany 27
Culture Ove Põder  Estonia 28
Lifestyle Sean Carey  England 29
Sciences Pat Gibson  England 26
History Jesse Honey
Tero Kalliolevo
Mark Grant		  England
 Finland
 Wales		 28
Media Ishaan Chugh  India 30
Sport Tom Trogh  Belgium 27
World Jesse Honey  England 27

2013

The 2013 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 1st of June. A record 1,992 participants competed with India being the most represented country.[7]

Individual (Top 10)[7]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Pat Gibson  England 172
2 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 168
3 Kevin Ashman  England 163
4 Olav Bjortomt  England 161
5 Ove Põder  Estonia 158
6 Steve Perry  USA 156
7 Mark Grant  Wales 156
8 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 155
9 Vikram Joshi  India 153
10 Didier Bruyere  France 152
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Entertainment Pat Gibson  England 26
Culture Vikram Joshi  India 27
Lifestyle Steven Perry  USA 23
Sciences Pat Gibson  England 26
History Ove Põder  Estonia 28
Media Olav Bjortomt
Yogesh Raut		  England
 USA		 28
Sport Tom Trogh
Igor Habal		  Belgium
 Estonia		 27
World Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 27

2014

The 2014 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 7th of June with 1,833 participants.[6]

Individual (Top 10)[6]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Vikram Joshi  India 176
2 Steven Perry  USA 174
3 Kevin Ashman  England 171
4 Olav Bjortomt  England 160
5 Pat Gibson  England 157
6 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 154
7 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 154
8 Nico Pattyn  Belgium 151
9 Mark Grant  Wales 150
10 Ian Bayley  England 148
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Entertainment Steve Perry  USA 26
History Vikram Joshi  India 30
Lifestyle Vikram Joshi  India 24
Sciences Joe Trela  USA 26
Culture Kevin Ashman  England 28
Media Kevin Ashman  England 29
Sport Igor Habal  Estonia 27
World Vikram Joshi
Nico Pattyn
Steve Perry		  India
 Belgium
 USA		 25

2015

The 2015 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 6th of June with over 2,000 participants.

Individual (Top 10)[5]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Olav Bjortomt  England 161
2 Kevin Ashman  England 157
3 Pat Gibson  England 156
4 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 151
5 Holger Waldenberger  Germany 144
6 Ove Põder  Estonia 144
7 Tom Trogh  Belgium 142
8 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 142
9 Thomas Kolåsæter  Norway 141
10 Nico Pattyn  Belgium 141
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Entertainment Jussi Suvanto
Olav Bjortomt
Ove Põder		  Finland
 England
 Estonia		 22
History Ian Bayley  England 24
Lifestyle Daniel Melia
Olav Bjortomt		  USA
 England		 21
Sciences Ian Bayley
Nick Mills
Pat Gibson		  England
 England
 England		 24
Culture Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 26
Media Olav Bjortomt  England 27
Sport Olav Bjortomt  England 24
World Geir H. Kristiansen
Pat Gibson		  Norway
 England		 29

2016

The 2016 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 4th of June with over 2,500 participants.

Individual (Top 10)[5]
Pos Name Country Score
1 Kevin Ashman  England 171
2 Olav Bjortomt  England 167
3 Pat Gibson  England 165
4 Mark Grant  Wales 163
5 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 161
6 Tom Trogh  Belgium 162
7 Ian Bayley  England 160
8 Didier Bruyere  France 160
9 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 159
10 David Stainer  England 156
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Media Olav Bjortomt  England 30
World Kevin Ashman
Patrick Friel
Tero Kalliolevo
Holger Waldenberger		  England
 USA
 Finland
 Germany		 22
Entertainment Susannah Brooks
David Dixon
Mark Grant
Paul Sinha		  USA
 USA
 Wales
 England		 24
History Kevin Ashman  England 29
Science Pat Gibson  England 27
Sport Kevin Ashman
Hugh Bennett
Tim Westcott		  England
 England
 England		 26
Lifestyle Mark Ryder  USA 26
Culture Kevin Ashman
Ian Bayley
Olav Bjortomt
Tero Kalliolevo
Nico Pattyn		  England
 England
 England
 Finland
 Belgium		 24

2017
Individual (Top 10)
Pos Name Country Score
1 Kevin Ashman  England 169
2 Didier Bruyere  France 163
3 Pat Gibson  England 160
4 Tom Trogh  Belgium 159
5 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 156
6 Tim Polley  USA 155
7 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 155
8 Ian Bayley  England 154
9 Ove Põder  Estonia 153
10 Mark Grant  Wales 153
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Media Olav Bjortomt  England 28
World Mark Henry
Gary Grant
Nico Pattyn		  Ireland
 Scotland
 Belgium		 23
Entertainment Olav Bjortomt  England 23
History Andrew Frazer
Kevin Ashman		  Scotland
 England		 26
Science Pat Gibson  England 27
Sport Igor Habal  Estonia 25
Lifestyle Tom Trogh
Pat Gibson
Didier Bruyere
Susannah Brooks
Ronny Swiggers
Steve Cooke		  Belgium
 England
 France
 USA
 Belgium
 Scotland		 26
Culture Espen Kibsgård
Kevin Ashman		  Norway
 England		 25

2018
Individual (Top 10)
Pos Name Country Score
1 Olav Bjortomt  England 164
2 Steven Perry  USA 159
3 Pat Gibson  England 159
4 Igor Habal  Estonia 158
5 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 157
6 Kevin Ashman  England 156
7 Didier Bruyere  France 152
8 Tom Trogh  Belgium 149
9 Mark Grant  Wales 148
10 Nico Pattyn  Belgium 146
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Media Ishaan Chugh  India 28
World Tomislav Bleiziffer  Croatia 27
Entertainment Olav Bjortomt  England 25
History Jakob Myers
Kevin Ashman		  USA
 England		 25
Science Pat Gibson  England 27
Sport Igor Habal  Estonia 29
Lifestyle Steven Perry
Eric Smith
Jerome Vered		  USA
 Canada
 USA		 27
Culture Kevin Ashman  England 26

2019
Individual (Top 10)
Pos Name Country Score
1 Olav Bjortomt  England 171
2 Steven Perry  USA 168
3 Tero Kalliolevo  Finland 167
4 Kevin Ashman  England 166
5 Pat Gibson  England 166
6 Ronny Swiggers  Belgium 164
7 Didier Bruyere  France 164
8 Ian Bayley  England 163
9 Thomas Kolåsæter  Norway 162
10 Troy Meyer  USA 159
Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
Genre Winner Country Score
Media Ishaan Chugh  India 29
World Pat Gibson  England 28
Entertainment Troy Meyer  USA 27
History Olav Bjortomt
Steven Perry
Nico Pattyn
Ravikant Avva		  England
 USA
 Belgium
 Singapore		 27
Science Ian Bayley
Lander Frederickx		  England
 Belgium
 25
Sport Mark Preston  England 26
Lifestyle Olav Bjortomt
Ronny Swiggers		  England
 Belgium		 26
Culture Daoud Jackson  England 25

Format

The World Quizzing Championships are in the form of a written test taken by individuals that is conducted at various points around the globe. Each competitor faces the same questions (translated into their mother tongue in many cases) at approximately the same time. There are 240 questions, divided into eight categories, and two hours in which to answer them (during one hour halves with a break in between). At the end of the allotted time, the papers are marked and each quizzers' top seven category scores will be added together to find the winner.

The categories[21] [and general content areas] are a combination of academic and popular culture topics including:

  • Culture [Architecture, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Museums, Religion, Mythology]
  • Entertainment [Music (Classical, Blues, Film Score, Jazz, Rock, World), Ballet, Musicals and Operas, Radio, Television]
  • History [History (<450AD, 450–1492, 1492–1900, 1900–date), Current Affairs, Explorations, Famous People, Civilizations]
  • Lifestyle [Costume, Design, Fashion, Food & Drink, Handicrafts, Health & Fitness, Human Body, New Age Beliefs, Products & Brands, Tourism]
  • Media [Movies (1900–1980, 1980–2000, recent), Literature (<1900, 1900–1980, recent), Poetry, Drama, Comics, Language]
  • Science [Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Social Sciences, Fauna, Flora]
  • Sport [Track and Field, Team Sports, Motor Sports, Winter Sports, Games, Hobbies & Pastimes, Records]
  • World [Geography, Cities, Space, Technology, Transport, Inventions]

2020Quiz

In 2014, the two UK-based individuals among the WQC organizers created the daily 2020Quiz.com online competition. The format was licensed from LearnedLeague.

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gollark: your grammar is fine.
gollark: To be fair, their single-core performance does seem pretty good.
gollark: Only 6 cores, Intel? Really?

See also

References
  1. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2019 Results Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2018 Results Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2017 Results Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2016 Results Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2015 Results Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2014 Results Archived 2016-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  7. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2013 Results
  8. International Quizzing Association: World Quizzing Championships 2012 Results
  9. International Quizzing Association: WQC 2011 official results Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  10. International Quizzing Association: WQC 2010 official results Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  11. International Quizzing Association: WQC 2009 official results Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
  12. International Quizzing Association: WQC 2008 official results Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
  13. International Quizzing Association: WQC 2007 official results Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Web site of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: IQA Wereldkampioenschap Quizzen 2006
  15. Web site of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: IQA World Quizzing Championships 2005 (WQC)
  16. Website of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: IQA World Quizzing Championships 2004 (WQC)
  17. results
  18. "Andes Survivors Quiz".
  19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2011-06-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WQCCategories.pdf
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