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The **World Quizzing Championships** is an individual [quiz](/source/Quiz) contest organised by the **International Quizzing Association** (the umbrella organisation of various quizzing activities from more than 25 countries around the world). The competition has been staged annually since 2003 (23 years ago) (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.

Contestants answer questions from eight broad categories and can earn up to 30 points in each, for a potential score of 240. Prior to 2022, they were allowed to drop their lowest-scoring category, leaving a maximum of 210. Under these rules, [Pat Gibson](/source/Pat_Gibson) and [Jesse Honey](/source/Jesse_Honey) jointly hold the high score record with 186 points, achieving that mark in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Since the rules were changed to count all eight categories, Daoud Jackson holds the record with 187 points, achieved in 2025.[1][2]

## Format

The World Quizzing Championships are in the form of a written test taken by individuals that is administered at various locations around the world. All contestants receive the same questions, typically translated into their first language, at approximately the same time. The test consists of 240 questions, with 30 in each of eight broad genres, and is distributed as two packs of four papers each. Contestants have 60 minutes to complete each pack.[3]

Once time expires, the papers are marked and contestants score one point for each correct answer. From 2003 to 2021, each contestant's lowest-scoring genre was dropped and their scores from the other seven were added to determine the final standings. Starting with the 2022 competition, all eight genres are included.[4]

The genres and general content areas are a combination of academic and popular culture topics including:[3]

Genre Subjects Culture Architecture, Fine art, Museums, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, World cultures Entertainment Ballet, Classical music, Film Music, Jazz & World Music, Opera, Pop music, Radio, Television History Civilizations, Current Affairs, Exploration, Famous People, History Lifestyle Costume, Design, Fashion, Food & Drink, Handicrafts, Health & Fitness, Human Body, New Age beliefs, Products & Brands, Tourism Media Comic strips, Comic books, Graphic novels, Film, Language, Literature Sciences Exact sciences (Chemistry, Physics, etc.), Fauna, Flora, Social sciences Sport & Games Games, Sports, Hobbies & Pastimes, Records & achievements (in context of genre) World Cities, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Inventions, Space, Technology, Transport

Some questions may appear to fit within more than one genre.[3]

## List of WQC winners

### By number of wins

The table below shows the medalists from each year, along with the years that a player won the championship.

Name Total Years won Kevin Ashman 6 4 2 12 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016, 2017 Pat Gibson 4 5 4 13 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013 Olav Bjortomt 4 1 0 5 2003, 2015, 2018, 2019 Ronny Swiggers 2 2 3 7 2021, 2023 Victoria Groce 1 2 1 4 2024 Didier Bruyere 1 2 0 3 2022 Daoud Jackson 1 1 0 2 2025 Mark Bytheway 1 0 2 3 2008 Jesse Honey 1 0 0 1 2012 Vikram Joshi 1 0 0 1 2014 Ravikant Avva 1 0 0 1 2020 Steve Perry 0 3 1 4 —N/a Tero Kalliolevo 0 1 4 5 Tom Trogh 0 1 0 1 Troy Meyer 0 1 0 1 Nico Pattyn 0 0 2 2 Alan Gibbs 0 0 1 1 Evan Lynch 0 0 1 1 Ashish 0 0 1 1 Krešimir Štimac 0 0 1 1

### By year

The table below shows the top-three placings from each year.

Participating countries in the 2024 World Quizzing Championships.

Year Winner Runner-up Third place 2025 Daoud Jackson Victoria Groce Ronny Swiggers 2024 Victoria Groce Daoud Jackson Ronny Swiggers 2023[5] Ronny Swiggers Victoria Groce Evan Lynch 2022[6] Didier Bruyere Tom Trogh Krešimir Štimac 2021[7] Ronny Swiggers Didier Bruyere Tero Kalliolevo 2020[a][8] Ravikant Avva Troy Meyer Victoria Groce 2019[9] Olav Bjortomt Steve Perry Tero Kalliolevo 2018[10] Olav Bjortomt Steve Perry Pat Gibson 2017[11] Kevin Ashman Didier Bruyere Pat Gibson 2016[12] Kevin Ashman Olav Bjortomt Pat Gibson 2015[13] Olav Bjortomt Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson 2014[14] Vikram Joshi Steve Perry Kevin Ashman 2013[15] Pat Gibson Tero Kalliolevo Kevin Ashman 2012[2] Jesse Honey Pat Gibson Steve Perry 2011[1] Pat Gibson Kevin Ashman Tero Kalliolevo 2010[16] Pat Gibson Kevin Ashman Ronny Swiggers 2009[17] Kevin Ashman Ronny Swiggers Mark Bytheway 2008[18] Mark Bytheway Ronny Swiggers Tero Kalliolevo 2007[19] Pat Gibson Kevin Ashman Mark Bytheway 2006[20] Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson Nico Pattyn 2005[21] Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson Nico Pattyn 2004[22] Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson Ashish 2003 Olav Bjortomt Pat Gibson Alan Gibbs

## Competition history

### 2003

A fledgling event was first staged by Quizzing.co.uk in 2003 at [Villa Park](/source/Villa_Park) football stadium, [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), [England](/source/England). This saw 50 quizzers representing a handful of nations compete in a written test of quiz knowledge. The inaugural event was won by Olav Bjortomt. The event has full official status but only took place in one country and is sometimes erroneously omitted in statistics.[23]

### 2004

In 2004, following the foundation of the [International Quizzing Association (IQA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Quizzing_Association_(IQA)&action=edit&redlink=1), the event was held simultaneously in five countries: the United Kingdom (joined by quizzers from elsewhere, including [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)), Belgium (joined by quizzers from the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)), [Estonia](/source/Estonia), India, and [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia). Over 300 quizzers took part. The UK leg was staged at Manchester United's [Old Trafford](/source/Old_Trafford) football stadium. The 2004 winner was Kevin Ashman.[22]

1. Kevin Ashman – 154[22]

1. Pat Gibson – 135

1. Ashish – 128

1. Nico Pattyn – 126

1. Frank Van Nieuwenhove – 124

1. Ian Bayley – 118

1. David Stainer – 117

1. Arul Mani – 116

1. Stephen Pearson – 115

1. Lauri Naber – 115

### 2005

The 2005 championship on July 2, saw further significant growth with the event benefiting from the sponsorship of [MSN Search](/source/MSN_Search). Countries joining the original five competing nations included Australia, [Finland](/source/Finland), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), Norway and [Singapore](/source/Singapore). Quizzers sat eight papers of 30 questions each, covering: '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 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trine_Aalborg&action=edit&redlink=1) of Norway in the 'Lifestyle' category and a sixth place overall for [Dorjana Širola](/source/Dorjana_%C5%A0irola) 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.[21]

1. Kevin Ashman – 161[21]

1. Pat Gibson – 154

1. Nico Pattyn – 151

1. Marc Van Springel – 144

1. Arul Mani – 144

1. [Dorjana Širola](/source/Dorjana_%C5%A0irola) – 139 (first woman)

1. Ove Põder – 138

1. Lauri Naber – 138

1. [Erik Derycke](/source/Erik_Derycke_(quiz_player)) – 138

1. Ian Bayley – 138

### 2006

On June 3, 2006, the World Quizzing Championships were held at more than 15 locations. First time organisers were [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania), Germany, Switzerland, [Liberia](/source/Liberia) and [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). People of a multitude of nationalities took part, including representatives from the United States, Australia, Russia, [Singapore](/source/Singapore), Hungary, and France. The title was, for the 3rd year running, won by Kevin Ashman.[20]

1. [Kevin Ashman](/source/Kevin_Ashman) – 166[20]

1. [Pat Gibson](/source/Pat_Gibson) – 163

1. Nico Pattyn – 155

1. Marc Van Springel – 146

1. Olav Bjortomt – 142

1. Ronny Swiggers – 140

1. Dorjana Širola – 140 (highest placed woman)

1. Mark Bytheway – 136

1. [Erik Derycke](/source/Erik_Derycke_(quiz_player)) – 136

1. Ian Bayley – 133

### 2007

On June 2, 2007, the World Quizzing Championships was held at locations including the Netherlands, the US and Hungary for the first time. Pat Gibson took the crown from three-time winner Kevin Ashman.[19]

1. [Pat Gibson](/source/Pat_Gibson) – 179[19]

1. [Kevin Ashman](/source/Kevin_Ashman) – 176

1. [Mark Bytheway](/source/Mark_Bytheway) – 171

1. [Olav Bjortomt](/source/Olav_Bjortomt) – 164

1. [Jesse Honey](/source/Jesse_Honey) – 159

1. Ronny Swiggers – 158

1. Ian Bayley – 151

1. [Mark Grant](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Grant_(quiz_champion)&action=edit&redlink=1) – 151

1. Nico Pattyn – 150

1. Arul Mani – 150

Dorjana Širola of [Croatia](/source/Croatia) was the highest placed woman in 12th position. [Paul Paquet](/source/Paul_Paquet) from Canada placed highest in the [New York City](/source/New_York_City) leg, the first time the WQC was held in [North America](/source/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](/source/Philippines), Canada, China, [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh), and [Latvia](/source/Latvia). Mark Bytheway took the world title in a close race with Belgium's [Ronny Swiggers](/source/Ronny_Swiggers) and [Finland](/source/Finland)'s [Tero Kalliolevo](/source/Tero_Kalliolevo).[18]

1. Mark Bytheway – 173[18]

1. [Ronny Swiggers](/source/Ronny_Swiggers) – 172

1. [Tero Kalliolevo](/source/Tero_Kalliolevo) – 170

1. Kevin Ashman – 167

1. [Pat Gibson](/source/Pat_Gibson) – 165

1. Nico Pattyn – 163

1. Olav Bjortomt – 155

1. Ian Bayley – 154

1. [Jesse Honey](/source/Jesse_Honey) – 152

1. 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!](/source/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.[17]

1. Kevin Ashman – 177[17]

1. [Ronny Swiggers](/source/Ronny_Swiggers) – 174

1. Mark Bytheway – 166

1. [Olav Bjortomt](/source/Olav_Bjortomt) – 165

1. Nico Pattyn – 165

1. [Pat Gibson](/source/Pat_Gibson) – 164

1. [Tero Kalliolevo](/source/Tero_Kalliolevo) – 156

1. [Jerome Vered](/source/Jerome_Vered) – 155

1. Jesse Honey – 152

1. 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](/source/Armenia), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria), [Morocco](/source/Morocco), and the [Republic of Ireland](/source/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.[16] [24][25]

Individual (Top 10)[16] Pos Name Country Score 1 Pat Gibson England 180 2 Kevin Ashman England 169 3 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 169 4 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 166 5 Olav Bjortomt England 165 6 Nico Pattyn Belgium 151 7 Mark Grant Wales 149 8 Thomas Kolåsæter Norway 147 9 Erik Derycke Belgium 147 10 David Beck Belgium 146 Nation (Ranked by highest placed team member, Top 10) Pos Country Highest placed team member Score 1 England 1 – Pat Gibson 180 2 Belgium 3 – Ronny Swiggers 169 3 Finland 4 – Tero Kalliolevo 166 4 Wales 7 – Mark Grant 149 5 Norway 8 – Thomas Kolåsæter 147 6 Estonia 12 – Ove Põder 144 7 Croatia 17 – Dorjana Širola 140 8 United States 19 – Steve Perry 139 9 Scotland 23 – Barry Simmons 135 10 Germany 24 – Holger Waldenberger 135

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](/source/Gibraltar) and [Madagascar](/source/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.[1][26]

Individual (Top 10)[1] Pos Name Country Score 1 Pat Gibson England 186 2 Kevin Ashman England 176 3 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 176 4 Jesse Honey England 172 5 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 168 6 Olav Bjortomt England 168 7 Nico Pattyn Belgium 167 8 Steve Perry USA 164 9 Mark Grant Wales 163 10 Tom Trogh Belgium 159

Genre Winners (Top Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Entertainment Scott Dawson England 28 Culture Pat Gibson England 29 Lifestyle Pat Gibson England 27 Sciences Pat Gibson England 28 History Nico Pattyn Belgium 28 Media Jussi Suvanto Finland 29 Sport Tom Trogh Belgium 26 World Pat Gibson Paul Lujan Ireland Switzerland 26

### 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](/source/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.

Individual (Top 10)[2] Pos Name Country Score 1 Jesse Honey England 186 2 Pat Gibson England 177 3 Steve Perry USA 174 4 Kevin Ashman England 172 5 Olav Bjortomt England 170 6 Mark Grant Wales 170 7 Sean Carey England 169 8 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 166 9 David Stainer England 164 10 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 164

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Entertainment Holger Waldenberger Germany 27 Culture Ove Põder Estonia 28 Lifestyle Sean Carey England 29 Sciences Pat Gibson England 26 History Jesse Honey Tero Kalliolevo Mark Grant England Finland Wales 28 Media Ishaan Chugh India 30 Sport Tom Trogh Belgium 27 World Jesse Honey England 27

### 2013

The 2013 World Quizzing Championship took place on 1 June. A record 1,992 participants competed with India being the most represented country.[15]

Individual (Top 10)[15] Pos Name Country Score 1 Pat Gibson England 172 2 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 168 3 Kevin Ashman England 163 4 Olav Bjortomt England 161 5 Ove Põder Estonia 158 6 Steve Perry USA 156 7 Mark Grant Wales 156 8 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 155 9 Vikram Joshi India 153 10 Didier Bruyere France 152

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Entertainment Pat Gibson England 26 Culture Vikram Joshi India 27 Lifestyle Steven Perry USA 23 Sciences Pat Gibson England 26 History Ove Põder Estonia 28 Media Olav Bjortomt Yogesh Raut England USA 28 Sport Tom Trogh Igor Habal Belgium Estonia 27 World Tero Kalliolevo Finland 27

### 2014

The 2014 World Quizzing Championship took place on 7 June with 1,833 participants.[14]

Individual (Top 10)[14] Pos Name Country Score 1 Vikram Joshi India 176 2 Steven Perry USA 174 3 Kevin Ashman England 171 4 Olav Bjortomt England 160 5 Pat Gibson England 157 6 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 154 7 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 154 8 Nico Pattyn Belgium 151 9 Mark Grant Wales 150 10 Ian Bayley England 148

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Entertainment Steve Perry USA 26 History Vikram Joshi India 30 Lifestyle Vikram Joshi India 24 Sciences Joe Trela USA 26 Culture Kevin Ashman England 28 Media Kevin Ashman England 29 Sport Igor Habal Estonia 27 World Vikram Joshi Nico Pattyn Steve Perry India Belgium USA 25

### 2015

The 2015 World Quizzing Championship took place on 6 June with over 2,000 participants.

Individual (Top 10)[13] Pos Name Country Score 1 Olav Bjortomt England 161 2 Kevin Ashman England 157 3 Pat Gibson England 156 4 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 151 5 Holger Waldenberger Germany 144 6 Ove Põder Estonia 144 7 Tom Trogh Belgium 142 8 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 142 9 Thomas Kolåsæter Norway 141 10 Nico Pattyn Belgium 141

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Entertainment Jussi Suvanto Olav Bjortomt Ove Põder Finland England Estonia 22 History Ian Bayley England 24 Lifestyle Daniel Melia Olav Bjortomt USA England 21 Sciences Ian Bayley Nick Mills Pat Gibson England England England 24 Culture Tero Kalliolevo Finland 26 Media Olav Bjortomt England 27 Sport Olav Bjortomt England 24 World Geir H. Kristiansen Pat Gibson Norway England 29

### 2016

The 2016 World Quizzing Championship took place on 4 June with over 2,500 participants.

Individual (Top 10)[13] Pos Name Country Score 1 Kevin Ashman England 171 2 Olav Bjortomt England 167 3 Pat Gibson England 165 4 Mark Grant Wales 163 5 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 161 6 Tom Trogh Belgium 162 7 Ian Bayley England 160 8 Didier Bruyere France 160 9 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 159 10 David Stainer England 156

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Media Olav Bjortomt England 30 World Kevin Ashman Patrick Friel Tero Kalliolevo Holger Waldenberger England USA Finland Germany 22 Entertainment Susannah Brooks David Dixon Mark Grant Paul Sinha USA USA Wales England 24 History Kevin Ashman England 29 Science Pat Gibson England 27 Sport Kevin Ashman Hugh Bennett Tim Westcott England England England 26 Lifestyle Mark Ryder USA 26 Culture Kevin Ashman Ian Bayley Olav Bjortomt Tero Kalliolevo Nico Pattyn England England England Finland Belgium 24

### 2017

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Kevin Ashman England 169 2 Didier Bruyere France 163 3 Pat Gibson England 160 4 Tom Trogh Belgium 159 5 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 156 6 Tim Polley USA 155 7 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 155 8 Ian Bayley England 154 9 Ove Põder Estonia 153 10 Mark Grant Wales 153

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Media Olav Bjortomt England 28 World Mark Henry Gary Grant Nico Pattyn Ireland Scotland Belgium 23 Entertainment Olav Bjortomt England 23 History Andrew Frazer Kevin Ashman Scotland England 26 Science Pat Gibson England 27 Sport Igor Habal Estonia 25 Lifestyle Tom Trogh Pat Gibson Didier Bruyere Susannah Brooks Ronny Swiggers Steve Cooke Belgium England France USA Belgium Scotland 26 Culture Espen Kibsgård Kevin Ashman Norway England 25

### 2018

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Olav Bjortomt England 164 2 Steven Perry USA 159 3 Pat Gibson England 159 4 Igor Habal Estonia 158 5 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 157 6 Kevin Ashman England 156 7 Didier Bruyere France 152 8 Tom Trogh Belgium 149 9 Mark Grant Wales 148 10 Nico Pattyn Belgium 146

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Media Ishaan Chugh India 28 World Tomislav Bleiziffer Croatia 27 Entertainment Olav Bjortomt England 25 History Jakob Myers Kevin Ashman USA England 25 Science Pat Gibson England 27 Sport Igor Habal Estonia 29 Lifestyle Steven Perry Eric Smith Jerome Vered USA Canada USA 27 Culture Kevin Ashman England 26

### 2019

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Olav Bjortomt England 171 2 Steven Perry USA 168 3 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 167 4 Kevin Ashman England 166 5 Pat Gibson England 166 6 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 164 7 Didier Bruyere France 164 8 Ian Bayley England 163 9 Thomas Kolåsæter Norway 162 10 Troy Meyer USA 159

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Media Ishaan Chugh India 29 World Pat Gibson England 28 Entertainment Troy Meyer USA 27 History Olav Bjortomt Steven Perry Nico Pattyn Ravikant Avva England USA Belgium Singapore 27 Science Ian Bayley Lander Frederickx England Belgium 25 Sport Mark Preston England 26 Lifestyle Olav Bjortomt Ronny Swiggers England Belgium 26 Culture Daoud Jackson England 25

### 2020

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Ravikant Avva Singapore 159 2 Troy Meyer USA 156 3 Victoria Groce USA 155 4 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 154 5 Yogesh Raut USA 153 6 Tom Trogh Belgium 150 7 Igor Habal Estonia 149 8 Kaarel Silmato Estonia 148 9 Olav Bjortomt England 148 10 Pat Gibson England 146

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Culture Guy Jordan Victoria Groce Ravikant Avva Troy Meyer Ronny Swiggers USA USA Singapore USA Belgium 25 Entertainment Daniel Cohen USA 25 History Daoud Jackson England 26 Media Yogesh Raut USA 27 Lifestyle Daniel Cohen USA 26 Science Nick Mills Tom Trogh Ravikant Avva Ronny Swiggers England Belgium Singapore Belgium 22 Sport & Games Ravikant Avva Singapore 25 World Shane Whitlock USA 26

### 2021

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 166 2 Didier Bruyere France 161 3 Tero Kalliolevo Finland 156 4 Olav Bjortomt England 156 5 Tom Trogh Belgium 154 6 Daoud Jackson England 152 7 Pat Gibson England 150 8 Kaarel Silmato Estonia 149 9 Troy Meyer USA 148 10 Victoria Groce USA 146

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Culture Ronny Swiggers Belgium 24 Entertainment Daoud Jackson England 26 History Didier Bruyere Jakob Myers France USA 26 Media Mark Preston England 25 Lifestyle Ronny Swiggers Belgium 26 Science Tero Kalliolevo Finland 26 Sport & Games Mark Preston Ravikant Avva England Singapore 26 World Tero Kalliolevo Finland 26

### 2022

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Didier Bruyere France 183 2 Tom Trogh Belgium 177 3 Krešimir Štimac Croatia 176 4 Daoud Jackson England 176 5 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 176 6 Olav Bjortomt England 174 7 Victoria Groce USA 172 8 Steven Perry USA 169 9 Pat Gibson England 167 10 Evan Lynch England 162

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Culture Olav Bjortomt Evan Lynch England 25 Entertainment Troy Meyer USA 22 History Steven Perry USA 26 Media Olav Bjortomt England 25 Lifestyle Didier Bruyere Pat Gibson Ronny Swiggers Tom Trogh Victoria Groce France England Belgium Belgium USA 25 Science Didier Bruyere France 23 Sport & Games Tom Trogh Belgium 28 World Krešimir Štimac Croatia 26

### 2023

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 171 2 Victoria Groce USA 170 3 Evan Lynch England 164 4 Tom Trogh Belgium 161 5 Olav Bjortomt England 159 6 Pat Gibson England 158 7 Daoud Jackson England 158 8 Kevin Ashman England 157 9 Ian Bayley England 154 10 Franco Sottopietra Austria 152

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Culture Ronny Swiggers Belgium 26 Entertainment Victoria Groce USA 22 History Jakob Myers USA 26 Media Victoria Groce USA 25 Lifestyle Ronny Swiggers Belgium 23 Science Ian Bayley Tom Trogh Lander Frederickx Evan Lynch Martin Ehrl Bart Lecomte England Belgium Belgium England Germany Belgium 22 Sport & Games Tom Trogh Belgium 28 World Ronny Swiggers Patrick Friel Belgium USA 23

### 2024

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Victoria Groce USA 170 2 Daoud Jackson England 166 3 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 159 4 Ian Bayley England 157 5 Pat Gibson England 156 6 Evan Lynch England 156 7 Shane Whitlock USA 153 8 Olav Bjortomt England 151 9 Jack Pollock Scotland 150 10 Kevin Ashman England 149

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner Country Score Culture Olav Bjortomt Victoria Groce England USA 22 Entertainment Andrew Ullsperger Pam Mueller Patrick Friel Tim Hall USA USA USA Ireland 19 History Kevin Ashman Shane Whitlock Matt Jackson England USA USA 23 Media Olav Bjortomt England 23 Lifestyle Pat Gibson Victoria Groce England USA 24 Science Ian Bayley England 26 Sport & Games Daoud Jackson England 23 World Daoud Jackson Victoria Groce England USA 26

### 2025

Individual (Top 10) Pos Name Country Score 1 Daoud Jackson England 187 2 Victoria Groce USA 182 3 Ronny Swiggers Belgium 181 4 Ian Bayley England 180 5 Evan Lynch England 179 6 Shane Whitlock USA 176 7 Pat Gibson England 176 8 Tim Van der Heyden Belgium 175 9 Neven Trgovec Croatia 175 10 Jack Pollock Scotland 173

Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30) Genre Winner(s) Country Score Culture Ronny Swiggers Belgium 28 Entertainment Ole Martin Halck Victoria Groce Norway USA 25 History Matt Jackson USA 27 Media Olav Bjortomt England 26 Lifestyle Pieter Verlee Daoud Jackson Belgium England 27 Science Ian Bayley England 27 Sport & Games Neven Trgovec Croatia 26 World Mark Grant Pat Gibson Wales England 25

## See also

- [Australian Quiz Champion](/source/Australian_Quiz_Champion)

- [British Quizzing Championships](/source/British_Quizzing_Championships)

- [International Quizzing Championships](/source/International_Quizzing_Championships)

- [Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships](/source/Asia-Pacific_Quiz_Championships)

- [Nordic Quizzing Championships](/source/Nordic_Quizzing_Championships)

- [2024 Quiz Olympiad](/source/2024_Quiz_Olympiad)

- [2021 Quiz Olympiad](/source/2021_Quiz_Olympiad)

- [2016 Quiz Olympiad](/source/2016_Quiz_Olympiad)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** The 2020 competition was largely contested online.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-results2011_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-results2011_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-results2011_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-results2011_1-3) International Quizzing Association: [WQC 2011 official results](http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2011/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120605021846/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2011/) 2012-06-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-results2012_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-results2012_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-results2012_2-2) International Quizzing Association: [World Quizzing Championships 2012 Results](http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2012/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170925043401/http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2012/) 25 September 2017 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WQC-format_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WQC-format_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-WQC-format_3-2) ["Format - World Quizzing Championships"](https://www.worldquizzing.com/wqc/wqc-format/). *World Quizzing Championships*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220714124604/https://www.worldquizzing.com/wqc/wqc-format/) from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-results2017_12-0)** International Quizzing Association: [World Quizzing Championships 2017 Results](http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120607192638/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/) 2012-06-07 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-results2013_16-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-results2013_16-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-results2013_16-2) International Quizzing Association: [World Quizzing Championships 2013 Results](http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2013/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180402141249/http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2013/) 2 April 2018 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-results2010_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-results2010_17-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-results2010_17-2) International Quizzing Association: [WQC 2010 official results](http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2010/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120620165245/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2010/) 2012-06-20 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-results2007_20-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-results2007_20-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-results2007_20-2) International Quizzing Association: [WQC 2007 official results](http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2007/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624092355/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2007/) 2012-06-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2004results_23-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2004results_23-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2004results_23-2) Website of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: [IQA World Quizzing Championships 2004 (WQC)](http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130528084859/http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm) 28 May 2013 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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## External links

- [Official site](http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/)

- [World Quizzing Championships 2007: Results](https://web.archive.org/web/20070929005433/http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/tabeller/wqc.html)

- [World Quizzing Championships 2006: Results](http://www.iqa.be/Points%20WQC%20international%20100.xls) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175231/http://www.iqa.be/Points%20WQC%20international%20100.xls) 3 March 2016 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [World Quizzing Championships 2005: Results](http://www.iqa.be/Points%20International.xls) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185128/http://www.iqa.be/Points%20International.xls) 3 March 2016 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [World Quizzing Championships 2004: Results](http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130528084859/http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm) 28 May 2013 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [IQA Belgium with full results previous World and European Championships](http://www.iqa.be) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170120145821/http://www.iqa.be/) 20 January 2017 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [IQA Asia](https://www.iqa.asia)

- [IQA Great Britain](http://www.iqagb.co.uk)

- [IQA United States](http://iqausa.googlepages.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090814031738/http://iqausa.googlepages.com/) 2009-08-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [IQA Norway – all WQC results](http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/index.php?location=WQC)

- [Quizzing Australia](http://www.quizzingaustralia.org/)

- [World Quizzing Championship in Lithuania – information, results, photos](http://kvizai.awardspace.info)

- [World Quizzing Championship in Ireland – information, results, photos](http://www.quizireland.ie)

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