In the late 1940s and 1950s the '''Australian National Quiz Championships''' were run and broadcast live by [[ABC Radio (Australia)|ABC Radio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/whitlam/before-office.aspx |title=Before office - Gough Whitlam - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers |website=[[National Archives of Australia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522200952/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/whitlam/before-office.aspx |archive-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> The quiz was arranged to promote the [[Government of Australia|Federal Government's]] security loans for post-war reconstruction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17971802 | title=£70 Million Security Loan | newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]| date=12 March 1946 }}</ref> Future [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Gough Whitlam]] was joint winner in 1948 and runner-up in 1949.
From 2007 the highest-scoring Australian at the [[World Quizzing Championship]] has been recognised as the national champion.
In 2024 Quizzing Australia launched a stand-alone domestic event, the '''Australian Quiz Championships'''.
==Quiz Champions== ===Champions [WQC]===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! Winner(s) ! Runner-up |- | 1948<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27760424 |title=National Quiz Final Result |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CLXVIII |issue=24,287 |location=Hobart, Australia |date=12 October 1948 |accessdate=14 August 2025 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | S. Robertson ([[Victoria, Australia|Vic]]), G. Morris (Vic), [[Gough Whitlam]] ([[New South Wales|NSW]]), G. Bohman (NSW) |- | 1949<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22782711 | title=Sydney teacher is new quiz champion | newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] | date=October 1949 }}</ref> | I.F. Jones | Gough Whitlam |- | 1950<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42660806 | title=Australian National Quiz | newspaper=[[Cairns Post]] | date=18 March 1950 }}</ref> | W.G. McDonald | |- | 2007<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.quizzingaustralia.org/results.html|title = Quizzing Australia}}</ref> | David Regal | |- | 2008 | Trevor Evans | |- | 2009 | David Vickers | |- | 2010 | David Regal | |- | 2011 | [[Issa Schultz]] | |- | 2012 | Ross Evans | |- | 2013 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2014 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2015 | Ross Evans | |- | 2016 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2017 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2018 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2019 | Ross Evans | |- | 2020 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2021 | Issa Schultz | |- | 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quest.quizzing.com/season/100016/quiz/100411|title=QUEST by Quizzing.com, the Home of Quiz|website=quest.quizzing.com}}</ref> | Issa Schultz | |- | 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/|title=Results - World Quizzing Championships|website=www.worldquizzing.com}}</ref> | Issa Schultz | |- | 2024<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/|title=Results - World Quizzing Championships|website=www.worldquizzing.com}}</ref> | Issa Schultz | |- | 2025<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/|title=Results - World Quizzing Championships|website=www.worldquizzing.com}}</ref> | Issa Schultz |
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===Multiple individual titles=== *12 - Issa Schultz *3 - Ross Evans
===Australian Quiz Championships===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-top:0; font-size:100%;" ! Year ! {{Gold1}} Winner ! {{Silver2}} Runner-up ! {{Bronze3}} Third place |- | 2024<ref name="2024res">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Results |url=https://www.quizzingaustralia.org/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=quizzingaustralia.org |publisher=Quizzing Australia}}</ref> | Issa Schultz | Ross Evans | Aaran Mohann |- | 2025 | Issa Schultz | David Howse | Aaran Mohann |}
===Australian Pairs Champions=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! Winners |- | 2012 <ref name="auto"/> | Issa Schultz and Honza Mikula |- | 2013 | Issa Schultz and David Regal |- | 2014 | Issa Schultz and Michael Logue |- | 2015 | Issa Schultz and Michael Logue |- | 2016 | Issa Schultz and Michael Logue |- | 2017 | Issa Schultz and Michael Logue |- | 2018 | Michael Sanders and Cory Nagel |- | 2019 | [[Brydon Coverdale]] and Chris Coverdale |- | 2020 | Issa Schultz and Michael Logue |- | 2021 | ''Not contested due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]]'' |- | 2022 | Gordon McGregor and Aaran Mohann |- | 2023 | Paul Bakker and Jason Taylor |- | 2024 | Ross Evans and Jamie Anderson |- |}
===Australian Teams Champions=== Contested as a four-person event from 2015-2020 inclusive, and as a three-person event in all subsequent years. {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! Winners |- | 2015 <ref name="auto"/> | Geoffrey Gettins, Lindon Johnsson, Graeme Mackie and Gordon McGregor |- | 2016 | Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis |- | 2017 | Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis |- | 2018 | Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis |- | 2019 | Phil Denman, Derk de Graaf, Honza Mikula and Andrea Zijlstra |- | 2020 | Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis |- | 2021 | ''Not contested due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]]'' |- | 2022 | Gordon McGregor, David Morgan and Aaran Mohann |- | 2023 | David Howse, Beau Howse and Brendan Pigott |- | 2024 | Gordon McGregor, David Morgan and Aaran Mohann |- |}
==External links== * [http://www.quizzingaustralia.org/ Quizzing Australia] * [http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/ World Quizzing Championship]
==References== {{Reflist}}
[[Category:Quiz games]] [[Category:Trivia competitions]]