| Host city | Fuengirola |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Nations | 24 |
| Debuting countries | 1 |
| Athletes | 226 |
| Opening | 7 November 2024 |
| Closing | 10 November 2024 |
| Website | quizolympiad |
Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 7 to 10 November 2024, the 2024 Quiz Olympiad in Fuengirola will be the third Quiz Olympiad. [1]
The event will also count as the 2024 International Quizzing Championships.
The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 135 medals [2]
The following will be the official quizzes at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad:
Some quizzes have similar standing with IOC demonstration sports. These were awarded medals, but do not feature on the overall medals table:
There will be 227 participants from 24 nations at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants include Issa Schultz of Australia; Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, and Tom Trogh of Belgium; Dean Kotiga of Croatia; Pat Gibson and Paul Sinha of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Sebastian Jacoby and Sebastian Klussmann of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; and Victoria Groce of the United States.
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| Full list of participants [3] |
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The results were: [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Quiz |  Daoud Jackson |  Ronny Swiggers |  Thomas Kolåsæter | |
| Nations Team Quiz [5] |  USA Andrew Ullsperger Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Shane Whitlock | Belgium Nico Pattyn Tom Trogh Ronny Swiggers Lander Frederickx | England Daoud Jackson Evan Lynch Ian Bayley Pat Gibson | |
| Pairs Quiz |  Dean Kotiga Daoud Jackson | Thomas Kolåsæter Victoria Groce | Pat Gibson Ian Bayley | |
| <30 Individual Quiz | Daoud Jackson | Evan Lynch |  Liam Hughes | |
| >70 Individual Quiz |  Ross Evans | Mark Ryder | Pam Douglas | |
| U30 Nations Team Quiz | Belgium Yarnick Piscador Thomas De Bock Sven Lefèvre Warre Van den Eynde | Croatia Ivan Juric Krešimir Melnik Slaven Maros |  Germany Jannik Fellger Felix Kreutzfeldt Mortiz Schäfer Christoph Wötzel | |
| Sciences Quiz | Evan Lynch | Andrew Ullsperger | Lander Frederickx | |
| Film Quiz | Clifford Galiher | Dean Kotiga | Sebastian Milpetz | |
| History Quiz | Nico Pattyn | Matt Jackson Ian Bayley | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Digital World Quiz | Tom Trogh | Brandon Blackwell | Marc Cheong | |
| Literature Quiz | Tim van der Heyden | Lander Frederickx | Evan Lynch Victoria Groce | |
| Food & Drink Quiz | Daoud Jackson | Kathryn Verwillow Andrew Ullsperger Jeff Richmond | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Visual Arts Quiz | Victoria Groce  Jack Pollock | not awarded (tie for gold) | Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Alan Lin | |
| Sport Quiz | Dries van de Sande | Tom Trogh  Igor Habal | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Geography Quiz | Paul Arts | Nico Pattyn | Manuel Hobiger | |
| Television Quiz | Victoria Groce | Tom Trogh Neven Trgovec | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Nature Quiz | Lander Frederickx | Pat Gibson | Daoud Jackson | |
| Pop Music Quiz |  Guido ter Stege Lars van Moer | not awarded (tie for gold) | Tom Trogh | |
| Pentathlon Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh | Lander Frederickx | Ronny Swiggers | |
| National Specialist Quiz | Belgium Lander Frederickx Tom Trogh Nico Pattyn Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Dries van de Sande Paul Arts Lars van Moer | USA Andrew Ullsperger Clifford Galiher Matt Jackson Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Kathryn Verwillow Shane Whitlock Anu Kashyap | England Evan Lynch Amit De Ian Bayley Daoud Jackson Pat Gibson Ian Clark Oliver Levy | |
| High Brow Specialist Quiz | Lander Frederickx | Matt Jackson | Ronny Swiggers | |
| Populist Special Quiz | Tom Trogh | Daoud Jackson | Brandon Blackwell | |
| World Club Team Quiz | The New Janitors Thomas Kolåsæter Victoria Groce Andrew Ullsperger Derk de Graaf | The Rolling Scones Dean Kotiga Shane Whitlock Neven Trgovec Daoud Jackson | Broken Hearts Pat Gibson Ian Bayley Jack Pollock Hugh Bennett | |
| Knockout Quiz | Evan Lynch |  Ivan Andonov | Kaarel Silmato | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirational Cup [6] | USA B Matt Jackson Raj Dhuwalia Anu Kashyap Jeffrey Seguritan | The League of Very Mediocre Wingmen Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Luc Lenaerts Tim Van der Heyden | England B Amit De Matt Todd Hugh Bennett Andrew Whittingham | |
| Frankenquiz |  ??? | ??? | ??? | |
The final medal table was: [7]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | England | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Serbia (SER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 25 | 21 | 70 | |
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