Sebastian Jacoby

Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby (born 8 April 1978) is a German quiz player, television personality and former curler. He won gold in the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship. Since 2013 he has appeared as one of the "chasers" on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of The Chase.

Sebastian Jacoby
Jacoby in 2019
Born	Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby[1] (1978-04-08) April 8, 1978 (age 47)[1] Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany[1]
Other names	Der Quizgott (The Quizzing God)
Alma mater	University of Duisburg-Essen
Occupations	Quizzer television personality curler
Known for	Gefragt – Gejagt
Children	1

Early and personal life

A native of Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Jacoby graduated from school with the Abitur in 1997 and spent his mandatory military service at a Bundeswehr sports group in Sonthofen. After an apprenticeship at ThyssenKrupp in Duisburg from 1998 to 2001, he studied economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Arkansas State University. Since 2008 he has worked as a controller at ThyssenKrupp.^[2]

Jacoby lives in Duisburg. He is married and has a son.^[1]

Curling

Jacoby competed for Germany in three World Junior Curling Championships on a team led by Sebastian Stock, winning bronze at the 1996 championships in Red Deer, Alberta.^[3]

From 2007 to 2009, he represented Germany in three European Mixed Curling Championships, where he played as a second. Led by Rainer Schöpp, the team won bronze at the 2007 championship in Madrid and gold at the 2008 championship in Kitzbühel.^[3] He appeared a fourth time at the 2014 championship.^[3]

Quizzing and television career

Jacoby started his quizzing career at a pub quiz in an Irish pub, which opened in his home town, Oberstdorf, in 1996. Later he created and presented several pub quizzes in the Duisburg area.^[4]

In 2011 he was a founding member of the Deutscher Quiz-Verein [de] (German Quizzing Association).^[5] He continues to be one of the leading quiz championship players in Germany, having won the individual competition at the German Quizzing Championships at their inaugural edition in 2012,^[6] in 2014,^[7] and in 2024.^[8] He also has represented Germany as part of their national team at several European Quizzing Championships.^[9]

In April 2012 he won the first edition of the ZDF TV show Der Super-Champion (now Der Quiz-Champion [de]), winning €500,000.^[10]

Since 2013 he has appeared as one of the "chasers" (Jäger) on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of the British game show, The Chase, where he is known as Der Quizgott (The Quizzing God).^[11]