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| Sport | Trivia |
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| Founded | 2012 |
| Countries | 6  Australia India Malaysia New Zealand Philippines Singapore |
| Most recent champion(s) | India (4th title) |
| Most titles | India (4 titles) |
The Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships (APQC) is the premier team quiz event in the Asia-Pacific region.
The tournament began in 2012 as the ASEAN Quizzing Championships, an annual quiz competition held among quizzers from ASEAN, primarily those living in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. In 2015 the competition expanded to include participants from India and a number of off-site chapters and became the Asian Quizzing Championships (AQC). After teams from the Asia-Pacific region such as Australia (from 2017) and New Zealand (from 2018) began participating, the event was renamed the Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships to reflect this wider geographical participation.
The event was founded by Caleb Liu from Singapore and Movin Miranda from India (and a long time resident of Malaysia) with the goal of fostering friendly competition and growing interest in quizzing in the region. The teams are selected by the National Quiz Associations of the respective member countries.
Teams of four compete in three separate rounds, with the highest cumulative score being crowned champions.
The contribution to the overall team score is the cumulative total of the top three individual scores in each category (i.e. the lowest score for each category is dropped). For example, if the four members of a team score 15, 16, 17 and 7 for Sciences, the team score for Sciences will be 48. Maximum score = 420 points.
| Edition | Year | Host City | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XI | 2024 | George Town | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| X | 2023 | Colombo | India | 461 | Malaysia | 431 | Australia | 396 |
| IX | 2022 | Kota Kinabalu | India | 704 | Australia | 657 | Malaysia | 595 |
| VIII | 2019 | Singapore | Singapore | 455 | Australia | 444 | Malaysia | 420 |
| VII | 2018 [1] | Kuala Lumpur | Australia | 593 | Malaysia | 542 | Singapore | 469 |
| VI | 2017 [2] | Kuala Lumpur | India | 607 | Australia | 534 | Singapore | 518 |
| V | 2016 [3] | Singapore | Malaysia | 475 | Singapore | 474 | Singapore B | 341 |
| IV | 2015 | Singapore | India | 530 | Singapore | 519 | Singapore B | 491 |
| III | 2014 [4] | Manila | Singapore | 437 | Malaysia | 396 | Philippines | 385 |
| II | 2013 [5] | Singapore | Singapore | 414 | Philippines | 396 | Malaysia | 326 |
| I | 2012 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 310 | Singapore | 263 | Philippines | 216 |
The event was not contested in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The current scoring format was adopted in 2017. From 2012-16 there were only 20 questions for each category in the written paper rather than 25. From 2017 onwards, 4 points were awarded in the Individual Response round instead of 5. From 2018 onwards, teams could be awarded half points (i.e. 2 points) in the team round alongside a full point score of 5 points.
| Teams | Australia | India | Malaysia | New Zealand | Singapore | Philippines | Unaligned | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 69 |
| Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Australia [6] | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Year | Country | Team Members |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | India | Rajiv Rai, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Nikhil Sonde, Vinoo Sanjay |
| 2022 | India | Brajendu Bhaskar, Sania Narulkar, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa |
| 2019 | Singapore | Ravikant Avva, Caleb Liu, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Mukund Sridhar |
| 2018 | Australia | Rick Bakker, Ross Evans, Michael Logue, Aaran Mohann |
| 2017 | India | Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa |
| 2016 | Malaysia | G. Krishnamurti, Movin Miranda, Chong MinHow, Jaideep Mukherjee |
| 2015 | India | Gopal Kidao, Rajiv Rai, Jayakanthan R, Swaminathan Ganesh |
| 2014 | Singapore | Ravikant Avva, Jake Jacobs, Caleb Liu, Rohan Naidu |
| 2013 | Singapore | Caleb Liu, Jake Jacobs, Nirav Kanodra, Iain Carmichael |
| 2012 | Malaysia | Neil Bruce, Kee Choonlee, Shiva Gurupatham, Movin Miranda |
While a team event, the APQC also acknowledges the highest scorers in the first (individual) round.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Vinoo Sanjay | Rajiv Rai | Brandon Blackwell |
| 2022 | Ross Evans | Jojo Torio | Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa (tie) |
| 2019 | Movin Miranda | Michael Logue, Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar [tie] | |
| 2018 [1] | Ross Evans [7] | Kelvin Lange | Rick Bakker |
| 2017 [2] | Arun Hiregange | Thejaswi Udupa | Ravi Avva |
| 2016 [3] | Movin Miranda [8] | G. Krishnamurti | Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar (tie) |
| 2015 | Rajesh Kannan | Sunny Chu | Leonardo Gapol |
| 2014 | Movin Miranda | Leonardo Gapol | Caleb Liu |
| 2013 | Leonardo Gapol | Movin Miranda | Caleb Liu |
| 2012 | Movin Miranda | Caleb Liu | Leonardo Gapol |
Results last updated: 6 December 2023
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