International Quizzing Championships

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European and International Quizzing Championships hosting cities

The International Quizzing Championships (IQC) is an annual multi-disciplinary quiz event, in which representatives from various countries compete as individuals, in pairs, and in teams (club and national).

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It was known as the European Quizzing Championships (EQC) from 2004 to 2021 and was open to European quizzers only. To reflect the competition's shift to a more global reach, the 2022 edition was played as the Ultimate Quizzing Championships (UQC). In 2023 it was rebranded to its current name. [1]

History

In contrast to the World Quizzing Championship, the IQC is played in one place only, in English only (WQC is played in the language of each country) and has several competitions with more than one player (pairs, national teams - for four players, and clubs - also four players). In 2016 the EQC was part of the 2016 Quiz Olympiad. [2] In 2021 it was part of the 2021 Quiz Olympiad and in 2024 it will be part of the 2024 Quiz Olympiad. [3]

The 2010 event attracted media attention from BBC Radio Derby [4] and was the subject also of a BBC Radio 4 documentary presented by the comedian, and quiz enthusiast, Paul Sinha. [5] The 2006 event in Lésigny near Paris was also the subject of a well received Channel 4 documentary 'Quizzers' by the director Paul Whittaker, shown in the UK as part of the series 'New Shoots'. [6] [ citation needed ] The 2022 edition was the subject of an episode of the Arte documentary series Arte Regards  [ de; fr ] which aired in January 2023.[ citation needed ]

In 2020 the event was planned to take place in Kraków from 5 November until 8 November, but was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

Individual champions

England's Kevin Ashman and Olav Bjortomt are the most successful candidates with six and four individual titles, respectively. Belgian Nico Pattyn [8] upset all the locals in 2007 in Blackpool, to become the first Belgian to win the trophy. In 2012, Germany's Holger Waldenberger won with the last question on musician Dr. John, while trailing by one point from Igor Habal. Ronny Swiggers took another Belgian victory in 2013.

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2004 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2005 Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Salis Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2006 Flag of France.svg Lésigny Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Mark Bytheway Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lieven Van den Brande
2007 Flag of England.svg Blackpool Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lieven Van den Brande Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2008 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dordrecht Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2010 Flag of England.svg Derby Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruges Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt
2012 Flag of Estonia.svg Tartu Flag of Germany.svg Holger Waldenberger Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt
2013 Flag of England.svg Liverpool Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of England.svg Jesse Honey
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Ireland.svg Mark Henry Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Estonia.svg Kaarel Silmato Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce
Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Kolåsæter

Pairs champions

Introduced in 2005, Belgian and Anglo-Irish pairs have dominated this event.

YearVenueWinnersRunners UpThird Place
2005 Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley/Pat Gibson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marnix Baes/Bart Permentier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn/Paul Arts
2006 Flag of France.svg Lésigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts/Marc Van Springel Flag of England.svg Mark Bytheway/Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Keith Andrew/ Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Sean O'Neill
2007 Flag of England.svg Blackpool Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Erik Derycke/Tom Trogh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Albert November/Ronny Swiggers and
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Suvanto/Tero Kalliolevo
2008 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Albert November/Ronny Swiggers Flag of England.svg David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Mark Bytheway/Kevin Ashman
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dordrecht Flag of England.svg David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley/Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Mark Bytheway/Kevin Ashman
2010 Flag of England.svg Derby Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/Jussi Suvanto Flag of England.svg David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruges Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Erik Derycke/Tom Trogh Flag of England.svg David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt
2012 Flag of Estonia.svg Tartu Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/Jussi Suvanto Flag of Germany.svg Holger Waldenberger/ Flag of Croatia.svg Dorjana Širola
2013 Flag of England.svg Liverpool Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/Jussi Suvanto
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/ Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer Flag of France.svg Didier Bruyere/ Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer Flag of France.svg Didier Bruyere/ Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley [9]
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer [10] Flag of France.svg Didier Bruyere/ Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/ Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Derk De Graaf/Tom Trogh
2019 [11] Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson Flag of France.svg Didier Bruyere/ Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley Flag of England.svg David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt [12]
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/ Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn/Jens Everaerdt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh/Derk De Graaf
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce/ Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo/ Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal/Kaarel Silmato
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce/ Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Kolåsæter Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh/Tim van der Heyden Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal/Kaarel Silmato
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola 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

National Team champions (four players each)

The English and Belgian teams have contested in most finals, England has won the most titles, nine. The foursome of Kevin Ashman, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson and Olav Bjortomt failed to retain the title in 2008 in Oslo, the winning Belgian team composed of Ronny Swiggers, Nico Pattyn, Erik Derycke, and Tom Trogh, but rebounded in 2009. In 2011 Finland became the third team to win the title, beating Norway in the final. The deciding question after the long and even match with tough questions was about a very common Nordic plant Hepatica. Both teams failed to answer correctly and Finland won. So far six countries have won medals: England, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Estonia and USA.

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2004 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Barry Simmons, David Stainer)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Leo De Haes, Jean Marivoet)
2005 Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Patrick Andries, Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Jo Vandenbroucke)Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Barry Simmons, David Stainer)
2006 Flag of France.svg Lésigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Tom Trogh, Marc Van Springel)Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Trine Aalborg, Harald Aastorp, Dag Fjeldstad, Marie Haavik)
2007 Flag of England.svg   Blackpool Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson, David Stainer)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Trine Aalborg, Tore Dahl, Thomas Kolåsæter, Ole Martin Halck) and Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Tuomas Tumi)
2008 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Tuomas Tumi)
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dordrecht Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Harald Aastorp, Ole Martin Halck, Lars Heggland, Thomas Kolåsæter)
2010 Flag of England.svg Derby Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Jesse Honey)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Timo Toivonen, Tuomas Tumi)
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruges Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Timo Toivonen, Tuomas Tumi)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Lars Heggland, Thomas Kolåsæter)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)
2012 Flag of Estonia.svg Tartu Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Jesse Honey)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Ilkka Tiensuu, Timo Toivonen)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Bernard Kreps, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)
2013 Flag of England.svg   Liverpool Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Jesse Honey)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Harald Aastorp, Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter)
2014 Flag of Romania.svg   Bucharest Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Nico Pattyn, Gerben Smit, Ronny Swiggers, Lars Van Moer)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Harald Aastorp, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter, Geir Kristiansen)
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Illar Tõnisson, Tauno Vahter)
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Gerben Smit, Stijn Gyselinckx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter, Geir Kristiansen)
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Gerben Smit, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Tuomas Tumi)
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Lars Heggland, Thomas Kolåsæter)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Nico Pattyn, Gerben Smit, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter, Geir Kristiansen)
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Illar Tõnisson, Kaarel Silmato)Flag of England.svg  England (Ian Bayley, Daoud Jackson, Ned Pendleton, Matt Todd) [13]
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Illar Tõnisson, Kaarel Silmato)Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Daoud Jackson, Ned Pendleton)
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Victoria Groce, Brandon Blackwell, Shane Whitlock, Steve Perry)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)Flag of England.svg  England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of the United States.svg (Andrew Ullsperger, Brandon Blackwell, Victoria Groce, Shane Whitlock) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg (Nico Pattyn, Tom Trogh, Ronny Swiggers, Lander Frederickx) Flag of England.svg (Daoud Jackson, Evan Lynch, Ian Bayley, Pat Gibson)

Club champions (four players each)

After the first years the event was dominated by two British teams. Since 2007 the questions have been set by a team of quizmasters from different nationalities, in order to eliminate too much local flavour. Milhous Warriors (2006 line-up Kevin Ashman, Mark Bytheway, Tim Westcott, Sean O'Neill) who won in Lésigny in 2006. Broken Hearts (Olav Bjortomt, Ian Bayley, Mark Grant, David Stainer) made it three straight 2007-2009, then it was Milhous again with Pat Gibson replacing the late Mark Bytheway. 2012 winner JFGI was the first champion to have quizzers from several countries: Tero Kalliolevo and Jussi Suvanto from Finland, Ove Põder and Tauno Vahter from Estonia. In 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022 all top three teams included several nationalities.

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird place
2003 Flag of England.svg Bromley Café Den Hemel (Paul Arts, Eric Moereels, Nico Pattyn, Marc Roels)Clockwork (Marnix Baes, Erik Derycke, Bart Permentier, Goele Van Roy)Beunhazen (Patrick Begaux, Yvo Gheyskens, Eric Hemelaers, )
2004 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ghent Martine Van CampHere JezusBeunhazen
2005 Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn Duubel (Ove Põder, Tauno Vahter, Rein Põder, Peeter-Erik Kubo)Turvas (Jaan Allik, Leino Pahtma, Matis Song, Alar Särgava)Kalamaja Tsirkus (Anne-Malle Hallik, Madis Replik, Tenno Sivadi, Alar Tiidt)
2006 Flag of France.svg Lésigny Milhous Warriors (Kevin Ashman, Mark Bytheway, Tim Westcott, Sean O'Neill)GeeksLes Coeurs blessés
2007 Flag of England.svg   Blackpool Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, David Stainer)Clockwork (Marnix Baes, Erik Derycke, Bart Permentier, Tom Trogh)Café Den Hemel (Paul Arts, Chris Braxel, Eric Hemelaers, Nico Pattyn)
2008 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, David Stainer)It's Grim Oop North (Pat Gibson, Barry Simmons, Rob Hannah, David Edwards)JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dordrecht Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, David Stainer)JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)Vatican City (Gerben Smit, Bart ???, Nick Mills, Dag Fjeldstad)
2010 Flag of England.svg Derby Milhous Warriors (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Sean O’Neill, Tim Westcott)Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, David Stainer)Clockwork (Marnix Baes, Erik Derycke, Bart Permentier, Tom Trogh)
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruges Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, Jesse Honey)Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter, Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)
2012 Flag of Estonia.svg Tartu JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter, Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)Alzheimer (Ronny Swiggers, Bernard Kreps, Staf Dujardin, Ed Toutant)
2013 Flag of England.svg   Liverpool Milhous Warriors (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Sean O’Neill, Tim Westcott)JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)Clockwork (Marnix Baes, Erik Derycke, Bart Permentier, Tom Trogh)
2014 Flag of Romania.svg   Bucharest Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, Didier Bruyere)JFBI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Tauno Vahter)Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter, Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, Didier Bruyere)Clockwork (Tom Trogh, Bart Permentier, Erik Derycke, Marnix Baes)Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter, Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Café Den Hemel (Paul Arts, Chris Braxel, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers)Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, Didier Bruyere)Milhous Warriors (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Sean O’Neill, Tim Westcott)
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter, Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)Sage Supercilia (Igor Habal, Mark Henry, Sebastian Klussmann, Mark Ryder)
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Sage Supercilia (Igor Habal, Mark Henry, Sebastian Klussmann, Mark Ryder)Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter, Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)Molly McGuires (Lorcan Duff, Steve Perry, Tim Polley, Shane Whitlock)
2019 [14] Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Sage Supercilia (Igor Habal, Mark Henry, Sebastian Klussmann, Mark Ryder)Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, Didier Bruyere)Milhous Warriors (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Sean O'Neill, Tim Westcott)
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków JFDDGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Kaarel Silmato, Tauno Vahter)The Rolling Scones (Daoud Jackson, Dean Kotiga, Neven Trgovec, Shane Whitlock)Sage Supercilia (Igor Habal, Mark Henry, Sebastian Klussmann, Mark Ryder)
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin The New Janitors (Kevin Ashman, Victoria Groce, Thomas Kolåsæter, Thomas De Bock)The Rolling Scones (Daoud Jackson, Dean Kotiga, Neven Trgovec, Shane Whitlock)JFSI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Kaarel Silmato, Jussi Suvanto)
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos The Rolling Scones (Daoud Jackson, Dean Kotiga, Neven Trgovec, Shane Whitlock)The New Janitors (Victoria Groce, Thomas Kolåsæter, Derk de Graaf, Steve Perry)Broken Hearts (Mark Grant, Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola The New Janitors (Thomas Kolåsæter, Victoria Groce, Andrew Ullsperger, Belgium Derk de Graaf)The Rolling Scones (Dean Kotiga, Shane Whitlock, Neven Trgovec, Daoud Jackson)Broken Hearts (Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, Jack Pollock, Hugh Bennett)

Aspirational Cup champions (four players each)

People not involved in the National Team Quiz can form teams of four to contest the Aspirational Cup instead. This alternative competition uses the same format as, and runs in parallel to, the National Team Quiz. For the Aspirational Cup, teams can be made up with players from anywhere.

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird place
2006 Flag of France.svg   Lésigny Norway BRest of the World
2007 Flag of England.svg   Blackpool England ABelgian Anarchy
2008 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo The Smurfs (Bart Permentier, Marnix Baes, Koen Vervremd, Stijn Vanacker)England BLars & The Medics
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dordrecht England B (Ian Bayley, David Stainer, Kathryn Johnson, Nick Mills)The Smurfs (Bart Permentier, Marnix Baes, Koen Vervremd, Jo Vandenbroucke)Lars & The Medics
2010 Flag of England.svg Derby England B (Ian Bayley, David Stainer, Kathryn Johnson, Nick Mills)Kramerica (Paul Bailey, Mark Ryder, Ed Toutant, Dorjana Širola)The Smurfs
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruges Lars & The MedicsTeam SealandPopular People's Front of Judea
2012 Flag of Estonia.svg Tartu Thiamine (Ian Bayley, Kathryn Johnson, David Lea, Phil Smith)Popular Judean FrontNorway B (Ole Martin Halck, Knut Heggland, Eivind Moskvil, Stig Sanner)
2013 Flag of England.svg   Liverpool Lars & The MedicsThiamine
2014 Flag of Romania.svg   Bucharest Intercontinental Drift (Mark Henry, Leslie Shannon, Gerard Mackay, Todor Milak)England B (David Stainer, Kathryn Johnson, Paul Sinha, Paul Steeples)
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam Bastogne Nuts (David Beck, Mark Ryder, Misja De Ridder, Steven Kesteloot)Seal Cub Clubbing Club (Tero Kalliolevo, Øystein Aadnevik, Jarle Kvåle, Eivind Moskvil)
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens England B (David Stainer, Hugh Bennett, Paul Sinha, Nick Mills)Belgian Anarchy
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Young England (Hugh Bennett, Jack Bennett, Ned Pendleton, Oliver Levy)Team USA (Mark Ryder, Tim Polley, Raj Dhuwalia, Shane Whitlock)England B (David Stainer, Paul Sinha, Jamie Dodding, Nick Mills)
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice X-Tremisten (Dries Van De Sande, Lander Frederickx, Stijn Gyselinckx, Lars Van Moer)Belgian Anarchy (Paul Arts, Chris Braxel, Kris Van der Coelden, Luc Venstermans)Norway B (Geir Kristiansen, Espen Kibsgård, Øystein Aadnevik, Dag Olav Rønning)
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia England B (David Stainer, Paul Sinha, Hugh Bennett, Daoud Jackson)Norway B (Lars Heggland, Arild Tørum, Espen Kibsgård, Eivind Moskvil)Young England (Ned Pendleton, Jack Bennett, Joey Goldman, Oliver Levy)
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków LucV Forever (Paul Arts, Jens Everaerdt, Kris Van der Coelden, Tero Kalliolevo)Norway B (Lars Heggland, Arild Tørum, Espen Kibsgård, Mats Sigstad)The Ruins of Empire (Ian Clark, Mark Ryder, Amit De, Tim Westcott)
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin De wezen van zeekameel (Luc Lenaerts, Ivo Geyskens, Johnny Loodts, Gerben Smit)Norway B (Espen Kibsgård, Lars Heggland, Mats Sigstad, Eivind Moskvil)Kumova slama (Lovro Jurišić, Lucian Šošić, Perica Živanović, Mario Kovač)
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Belgian Finnish Anarchy (Paul Arts, Tero Kalliolevo, Jens Everaerdt, Derk de Graaf)England Expects (Ned Pendleton, Toby Cox, Daoud Jackson, Matt Todd)England Aspires (Paul Sinha, Sarah Trevarthen, Amit De, Oliver Levy)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of the United States.svg USA B (Patt 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 Heyde) Flag of England.svg England B (Amit De, Matt Todd, Hugh Bennett, Andrew Whittingham)

Specialist quizzes

Making their debut at the 2016 Quiz Olympiad, specialist quizzes are individual events consisting of 50 questions across two papers, each of 25 questions. For each non-Olympiad event different specialist subjects are chosen. They are categorised as High Brow (Geography, History, Literature, Nature, Performing Arts, Sciences, Visual Arts) or Populist (Business, Digital World, Film, Food and Drink, Pop Music, Sport, Television). [15]

Geography

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Franky Soetens Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Estonia.svg Ove Põder
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of the United States.svg Jakob Myers
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Whitlock
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts
Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce		not awarded (tie for silver)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Arts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Hobiger

History

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of Estonia.svg Ove Põder
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Estonia.svg Ove Põder
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of the United States.svg Jakob Myers
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of Estonia.svg Ove Põder Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson
Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman		not awarded (tie for silver)
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola 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)

Literature

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Finland.svg Tero Kalliolevo
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson
Flag of Norway.svg Ole Martin Halck		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga
Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson
Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola 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

Nature

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson

Performing Arts

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Kathryn Johnson
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Kovač Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Suvanto Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of England.svg Daoud Jackson Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Not included in the program

Sciences

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley Flag of the United States.svg Raj Dhuwalia Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley Flag of the United States.svg Raj Dhuwalia Flag of Scotland.svg Jack Pollock
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Jackson
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of England.svg Evan Lynch Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Ullsperger Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx

Visual Arts

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jens Everaerdt
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nico Pattyn
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Croatia.svg Domagoj Pozderac Flag of England.svg Ian Bayley
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jens Everaerdt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola 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

Business

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ujjwal Deb Flag of Finland.svg Leslie Shannon Flag of the Netherlands.svg Abel Gilsing
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of England.svg Pat Gibson Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Grant Flag of Denmark.svg Anton Jacobsen
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Klussmann Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of Denmark.svg Anton Jacobsen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Derk de Graaf
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Not included in the program

Digital World

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael-Dennis Biemans Flag of Norway.svg Knut Heggland Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Blackwell
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael-Dennis Biemans Flag of France.svg Frédéric Faucheux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael-Dennis Biemans Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Blackwell
Flag of Austria.svg Johannes Eibl
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Blackwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Cheong

Film

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of the United States.svg Ken Jennings Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Grant
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Suvanto Flag of Ireland.svg Lorcan Duff
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of the United States.svg Clifford Galiher Flag of Croatia.svg Krešimir Štimac
Flag of Norway.svg Leif-Atle Heen		not awarded (tie for silver)
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of England.svg Kevin Ashman Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Suvanto Flag of Estonia.svg Kaarel Silmato
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of the United States.svg Clifford Galiher Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Kotiga Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Milpetz

Food and Drink

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola 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)

Pop Music

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of Ireland.svg Lorcan Duff Flag of England.svg David Stainer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ronny Swiggers
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lars Van Moer Flag of Ireland.svg Lorcan Duff Flag of England.svg David Stainer
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guido ter Stege Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lander Frederickx
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola 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

Sport

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal Flag of Croatia.svg Perica Živanović Flag of Estonia.svg Illar Tõnisson
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris James
Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal		not awarded (tie for gold) Flag of Ireland.svg Lorcan Duff
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Not included in the program
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruno De Laet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Van De Sande
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh		not awarded (tie for silver)
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habal
Flag of Croatia.svg Neven Trgovec
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh		not awarded (tie for gold)not awarded (tie for gold)
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Not included in the program
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries van de Sande Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Trogh Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Habalnot awarded (tie for silver)

Television

YearVenueWinnerRunner UpThird Place
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of Ireland.svg Lorcan Duff Flag of Norway.svg Brage Nordgård Flag of England.svg Jenny Ryan
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Not included in the program
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Venice Not included in the program
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Suvanto Flag of Ireland.svg Lorcan Duff
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Flag of Norway.svg Espen Iversen Flag of Norway.svg Arild Tørum
Flag of Scotland.svg Galen Chung
Flag of Croatia.svg Krešimir Štimac
Flag of Norway.svg Sonja Sirnes
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stijn Gyselinckx		not awarded (tie for silver)
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Not included in the program
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Torremolinos Flag of Scotland.svg Galen Chung Flag of England.svg Olav Bjortomt
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Whitlock		not awarded (tie for silver)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Fuengirola Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Groce Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Tom Trogh
Flag of Croatia.svg Neven Trgovec		not awarded (tie for silver)

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  2. ↑ "Welcome to the European Quizzing Championships 2015".
  3. ↑ "Quiz Olympiad 2020 : Krakow, Poland".
  4. ↑ "BBC News website article, featuring audio of interviews with contestants". BBC News. 15 November 2010.
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  6. ↑ "New Shoots on the RedBird website".
  7. ↑ "Quiz Olympiad Postponed".
  8. ↑ "Norwegian Quiz Association Interview With Nico Pattyn".
  9. ↑ Belgian Nico Pattyn and American Ed Toutant finished in third place, but as the latter is not a European, the bronze medal went to Ian Bayley and Didier Bruyère.
  10. ↑ Estonian Igor Habal and Canadian Paul Paquet finished in second place, but as the latter is not a European, the silver medal went to Olav Bjortomt and David Stainer and bronze medal to Ian Bayley and Didier Bruyère.
  11. ↑ "Pairs Championship Results". European Quizzing Championships. World Quizzing Association. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  12. ↑ Americans Steven Perry and Tim Polley finished in third place, but as they are not Europeans, the bronze medal went to Olav Bjortomt and David Stainer.
  13. ↑ The American National Quiz Team finished in third place at the 2021 Quiz Olympiad, but as that is not a European team, the European Championship bronze medal went to fourth placed England.
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