2024 Quiz Olympiad

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2024 Quiz Olympiad
Host city Fuengirola
Country Spain
Nations24
Debuting countries1
Athletes226
Opening7 November 2024 (2024-11-07)
Closing10 November 2024 (2024-11-10)
Website quizolympiad.com
←  Kraków 2021
2028  →

Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 7 to 10 November 2024, the 2024 Quiz Olympiad in Fuengirola was the third Quiz Olympiad. [1]

Contents

The event also counts as the 2024 International Quizzing Championships.

Event

The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 135 medals [2]

Quizzes

The following were the official quizzes at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad:

  • Individual Quiz
  • Nations Team Quiz
  • Pairs Quiz
  • U30 Individual Quiz
  • U30 Nations Team Quiz
  • Sciences Quiz
  • Film Quiz
  • History Quiz
  • Digital World Quiz
  • Literature Quiz
  • Food & Drink Quiz
  • Visual Arts Quiz
  • Sport Quiz
  • Geography Quiz
  • Television Quiz
  • Nature Quiz
  • Pop Music Quiz
  • Pentathlon Specialist Quiz
  • National Specialist Quiz
  • High Brow Specialist Quiz
  • Populist Special Quiz
  • World Club Team Quiz
  • Knockout Quiz

Some quizzes have similar standing with IOC demonstration sports. These were awarded medals, but do not feature on the overall medals table:

  • Aspirational Team Quiz
  • Frankenquiz

Participants

There were 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.

Participating nations
Full list of participants [3]
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaran Mohann
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexander Vosten
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Issa Schultz
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Cheong
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Logue
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Bakker
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Evans
  • Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Stolz
  • Flag of Austria.svg Claudia Lösch
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bart Lecomte
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Derk de Graaf
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Van De Sande
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gert-Jan Dugardein
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jo Broos
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johnny Loodts
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kris Van Der Coelden
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lars Van Moer
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luc Lenaerts
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maurice D’hiet
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pieter Poelaert
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stijn Gyselinckx
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sven Lefèvre
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas De Bock
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tim Van der Heyden
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Warre Van den Eynde
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wim Vanrie
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yarnick Piscador
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Hancock
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lee Ann Whitlock
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Paquet
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Juric
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Krešimir Melnik
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Jurišić
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Kovac
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Neven Trgovec
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Perica Zivanovic
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Šime Gverić
  • Flag of Croatia.svg Slaven Maros
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Pedersen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Anton Jacobsen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Esben Christiansen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Esben Holdt
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Borg Nielsen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Glen Odgaard
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Theodorsen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Maj-Britt Christensen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Brøndum Laursen
  • Flag of England.svg Amit De
  • Flag of England.svg Andrew Johnston
  • Flag of England.svg Andrew Whittingham
  • Flag of England.svg Ben Vincent
  • Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson
  • Flag of England.svg Evan Lynch
  • Flag of England.svg George Scratcherd
  • Flag of England.svg Gerard Mackay
  • Flag of England.svg Hugh Bennett
  • Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley
  • Flag of England.svg Ian Clark
  • Flag of England.svg Matt Todd
  • Flag of England.svg Miles Burton
  • Flag of England.svg Ned Pendleton
  • Flag of England.svg Oliver Levy
  • Flag of England.svg Pamela Douglas
  • Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
  • Flag of England.svg Paul Bazzone
  • Flag of England.svg Paul Sinha
  • Flag of England.svg Sarah Trevarthen
  • Flag of England.svg Steve Lilley
  • Flag of England.svg Toby Cox
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Illar Tõnisson
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Salis
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Kaarel Silmato
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Ove Põder
  • Flag of Finland.svg Leslie Shannon
  • Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo
  • Flag of France.svg Frédéric Faucheux
  • Flag of Germany.svg Andy Östreich
  • Flag of Germany.svg Annegret Schenkel
  • Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Wötzel
  • Flag of Germany.svg Felix Kreutzfeldt
  • Flag of Germany.svg Guido Marquardt
  • Flag of Germany.svg Jannik Fellger
  • Flag of Germany.svg Kassandra Kokkala
  • Flag of Germany.svg Katharina Striebich
  • Flag of Germany.svg Kurt Gallo
  • Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Hobiger
  • Flag of Germany.svg Moritz Schäfer
  • Flag of Germany.svg Roland Knauff
  • Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Mewes
  • Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Jacoby
  • Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Klussmann
  • Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Milpetz
  • Flag of Germany.svg Steffen Löwe
  • Flag of Germany.svg Thorsten Zirkel
  • Flag of Germany.svg Tilman Thiry
  • Flag of Germany.svg Vanessa Engelhardt
  • Flag of Germany.svg Vroni Kiefer
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Ákos Kereszturi
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Fabián
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Hacsek
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Imre Gerley
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Mihály Bence Bokor
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Lang
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Dave McBryan
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Jones
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Lawless
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Patrick Carthy
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Bendu Diamond Massaquoi
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Grace N. Cole
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Jonathan Z. Saye
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Lahai Kamara
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Oliver M. Suah
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Otis B. Kruah
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Phillip H. Roberts
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Phil Tarpeh Dixon
  • Flag of Liberia.svg Smaila A. Kiazolu Jr
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Abel Gilsing
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aditi Chatterji
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diederick Van Elst
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Devrim Aslan
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erwin Fortuin
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guido ter Stege
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcel Visschers
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Duijkeren
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael-Dennis Biemans
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Liohenki
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Uijen
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Randy van Halen
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stefan Engelen
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thijs Zijlstra
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ujjwal Deb
  • Flag of Norway.svg Aldona Szczepanska
  • Flag of Norway.svg Arild Tørum
  • Flag of Norway.svg Brage Askeli
  • Flag of Norway.svg Brage Nordgård
  • Flag of Norway.svg David A. Tørre
  • Flag of Norway.svg Eivind Moskvil
  • Flag of Norway.svg Espen Iversen
  • Flag of Norway.svg Espen Kibsgård
  • Flag of Norway.svg Fredrik Karlsen Methi
  • Flag of Norway.svg Geir H. Kristiansen
  • Flag of Norway.svg Jørgen Skjånes
  • Flag of Norway.svg Knut Heggland
  • Flag of Norway.svg Kristian Kvamsøe
  • Flag of Norway.svg Lars Heggland
  • Flag of Norway.svg Leif-Atle Heen
  • Flag of Norway.svg Marte Stang Midttun
  • Flag of Norway.svg Mats Sigstad
  • Flag of Norway.svg Ole Martin Halck
  • Flag of Norway.svg Sigbjørn Snørteland
  • Flag of Norway.svg Sonja Sirnes
  • Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Kolåsæter
  • Flag of Norway.svg Toril Opsahl
  • Flag of Norway.svg Tore Heliks Van Dahl
  • Flag of Poland.svg Marzena Szymanowska-Pietrzyk
  • Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Orzechowski
  • Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan Gigiu-Topan
  • Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Zaharia
  • Flag of Romania.svg Emilian Chifor
  • Flag of Romania.svg Marius Tudor
  • Flag of Romania.svg Mihai-Marian Frunză
  • Flag of Romania.svg Miruna Barti
  • Flag of Romania.svg Nicu Perojuc
  • Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Manole
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Frazer
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Andy Tucker
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Anne Hegerty
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Barry Simmons
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Galen Chung
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Jack Pollock
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Gallacher
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Rae
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Neil Macaskill
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Rob Sutherland
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Roderick Cromar
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Stanley Wang
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Boris Stankovic
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Torbica
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Andonov
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Lazar Živkov
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Mihajlo Zdravković
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Sara Lukač
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Srećko Veselinović
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Stefan Grnčarski
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Duncan McDonald
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Helene Portmann
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Prakhar Gupta
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rajan Thambehalli
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Renate Schaer
  • Flag of the United States.svg Alan Lin
  • Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Ullsperger
  • Flag of the United States.svg Anu Kashyap
  • Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Blackwell
  • Flag of the United States.svg Carlo Aiello
  • Flag of the United States.svg Chris Goheen
  • Flag of the United States.svg Clifford Galiher
  • Flag of the United States.svg Hans von Walter
  • Flag of the United States.svg Henry Herron
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jayanthi Srinivasan
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jean Cui
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Richmond
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jeffrey Seguritan
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jerome Vered
  • Flag of the United States.svg Kathryn Verwillow
  • Flag of the United States.svg Leonard Fahrni
  • Flag of the United States.svg Mark Ryder
  • Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson
  • Flag of the United States.svg Nilla Sivakumar
  • Flag of the United States.svg Raj Dhuwalia
  • Flag of the United States.svg Shane Whitlock
  • Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce
  • Flag of the United States.svg Warren Usui
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Andrew Teale
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ben Jones
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg David Cowan
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gareth Kingston
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Welham
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Liam Hughes
  • Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Grant

Medalists

The results were: [4]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual Quiz Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Kolåsæter
Nations Team Quiz [5] Flag of the United States.svg USA
Andrew Ullsperger
Brandon Blackwell
Victoria Groce
Shane Whitlock		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Nico Pattyn
Tom Trogh
Ronny Swiggers
Lander Frederickx		Flag of England.svg England
Daoud Jackson
Evan Lynch
Ian Bayley
Pat Gibson
Pairs Quiz Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga
Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson		 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Kolåsæter
Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce 		Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley
<30 Individual Quiz Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of England.svg Evan Lynch Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Liam Hughes
<30 Pairs Quiz Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ben Jones
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas De Bock		 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yarnick Piscador
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sven Lefèvre		 Flag of Norway.svg Fredrik Karlsen Methi
Flag of Norway.svg Sigbjørn Snørteland
>70 Individual Quiz Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Evans Flag of the United States.svg Mark Ryder Flag of England.svg Pam Douglas
U30 Nations Team QuizFlag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Yarnick Piscador
Thomas De Bock
Sven Lefèvre
Warre Van den Eynde		Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Ivan Juric
Krešimir Melnik
Slaven Maros		Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Jannik Fellger
Felix Kreutzfeldt
Moritz Schäfer
Christoph Wötzel
Sciences Quiz Flag of England.svg Evan Lynch Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Ullsperger Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx
Film Quiz Flag of the United States.svg Clifford Galiher Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Milpetz
History Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson
Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley		not awarded (tie for silver)
Digital World Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Blackwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Cheong
Literature Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tim van der Heyden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx Flag of England.svg Evan Lynch
Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce
Food & Drink Quiz Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of the United States.svg Kathryn Verwillow
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Ullsperger
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Richmond		not awarded (tie for silver)
Visual Arts Quiz Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce
Flag of Scotland.svg Jack Pollock		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tim van der Heyden
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers
Flag of the United States.svg Alan Lin
Sport Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries van de Sande Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal		not awarded (tie for silver)
Geography Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Hobiger
Television Quiz Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
Flag of Croatia.svg Neven Trgovec		not awarded (tie for silver)
Nature Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson
Pop Music Quiz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guido ter Stege
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lars van Moer		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
Pentathlon Specialist Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers
National Specialist QuizFlag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Lander Frederickx
Tom Trogh
Nico Pattyn
Tim van der Heyden
Ronny Swiggers
Dries van de Sande
Paul Arts
Lars van Moer		Flag of the United States.svg USA
Andrew Ullsperger
Clifford Galiher
Matt Jackson
Brandon Blackwell
Victoria Groce
Kathryn Verwillow
Shane Whitlock
Anu Kashyap 		Flag of England.svg England
Evan Lynch
Amit De
Ian Bayley
Daoud Jackson
Pat Gibson
Ian Clark
Oliver Levy
High Brow Specialist Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers
Populist Special Quiz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Blackwell
World Club Team QuizThe New Janitors
Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Kolåsæter
Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Ullsperger
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Derk de Graaf		The Rolling Scones
Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Whitlock
Flag of Croatia.svg Neven Trgovec
Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson		Broken Hearts
Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley
Flag of Scotland.svg Jack Pollock
Flag of England.svg Hugh Bennett
Knockout Quiz Flag of England.svg Evan Lynch Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Andonov Flag of Estonia.svg Kaarel Silmato
EventGoldSilverBronze
Aspirational Cup [6] Flag of the United States.svg USA B
Matt Jackson
Raj Dhuwalia
Anu Kashyap
Jeffrey Seguritan		 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg The League of Very Mediocre Wingmen
Dries Van De Sande
Gert-Jan Dugardein
Luc Lenaerts
Tim Van der Heyden		 Flag of England.svg England B
Amit De
Matt Todd
Hugh Bennett
Andrew Whittingham
FrankenquizFlag placeholder.svg ???Flag placeholder.svg ???Flag placeholder.svg ???

Medal table

The final medal table was: [7]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)127625
2 Flag of England.svg England54514
3Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)49316
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)1012
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1001
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1001
7Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)0303
8Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)0112
9Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SER)0101
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0033
11Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 0011
Totals (12 entries)24252170

[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Quiz Olympiad III : 7 – 10 November 2024 Fuengirola, Spain".
  2. ↑ "Quizzes".
  3. ↑ "Olympians".
  4. ↑ "2024 Quiz Olympiad Results".
  5. ↑ "Nations Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Aspirational Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Results".
  8. ↑ https://quizolympiad.com/results/
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