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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.
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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 event has full official status but only took place in one country and is sometimes erroneously omitted in statistics.
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.
- Kevin Ashman - 154
- Pat Gibson - 135
- Ashish - 128
- Nico Pattyn - 126
- Frank Van Nieuwenhove - 124
- Ian Bayley - 118
- David Stainer - 117
- Arul Mani - 116
- Stephen Pearson - 115
- 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 different subject matters: '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 different 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.
- Kevin Ashman - 161
- Pat Gibson - 154
- Nico Pattyn - 151
- Marc Van Springel - 144
- Arul Mani - 144
- Dorjana Širola - 139 (first woman)
- Ove Põder - 138
- Lauri Naber - 138
- Erik Derycke - 138
- 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.
- Kevin Ashman - 166
- Pat Gibson - 163
- Nico Pattyn - 155
- Marc Van Springel - 146
- Olav Bjortomt - 142
- Ronny Swiggers - 140
- Dorjana Širola - 140 (highest placed woman)
- Mark Bytheway - 136
- Erik Derycke - 136
- Ian Bayley - 133
2007
On June 2, 2007 the World Quizzing Championships was held at locations including the Netherlands, the USA and Hungary for the first time. Pat Gibson took the crown from three-time winner Kevin Ashman.
- Pat Gibson - 179
- Kevin Ashman - 176
- Mark Bytheway - 171
- Olav Bjortomt - 164
- Jesse Honey - 159
- Ronny Swiggers - 158
- Ian Bayley - 151
- Mark Grant - 151
- Nico Pattyn - 150
- 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.
- Mark Bytheway – 173
- Ronny Swiggers – 172
- Tero Kalliolevo – 170
- Kevin Ashman – 167
- Pat Gibson – 165
- Nico Pattyn – 163
- Olav Bjortomt – 155
- Ian Bayley – 154
- Jesse Honey – 152
- 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.
- Kevin Ashman – 177
- Ronny Swiggers – 174
- Mark Bytheway – 166
- Olav Bjortomt – 165
- Nico Pattyn – 165
- Pat Gibson – 164
- Tero Kalliolevo – 156
- Jerome Vered – 155
- Jesse Honey – 152
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
2014
The 2014 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 7th of June with 1,833 participants.
2015
The 2015 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 6th of June with over 2,000 participants.
2016
The 2016 World Quizzing Championship took place on the 4th of June with over 2,500 participants.
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 [and general content areas] are a combination of academic and popular culture topics including:
2020
In 2014, the two UK-based individuals among the WQC organizers created the daily 2020Quiz.com online competition. The format was licensed from LearnedLeague.