International Quizzing Championships

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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European and International Quizzing Championships hosting cities

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.

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2004	Ghent	Kevin Ashman	Nico Pattyn	Pat Gibson
2005	Tallinn	Kevin Ashman	Indrek Salis	Pat Gibson
2006	Lésigny	Kevin Ashman	Mark Bytheway	Lieven Van den Brande
2007	Blackpool	Nico Pattyn	Lieven Van den Brande	Pat Gibson
2008	Oslo	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt
2009	Dordrecht	Kevin Ashman	Olav Bjortomt	Pat Gibson
2010	Derby	Olav Bjortomt	Tero Kalliolevo	Pat Gibson
2011	Bruges	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt
2012	Tartu	Holger Waldenberger	Igor Habal	Olav Bjortomt
2013	Liverpool	Ronny Swiggers	Nico Pattyn	Jesse Honey
2014	Bucharest	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Tero Kalliolevo
2015	Rotterdam	Olav Bjortomt	Ronny Swiggers	Pat Gibson
2016	Athens	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson
2017	Zagreb	Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman
2018	Venice	Pat Gibson	Tom Trogh	Ronny Swiggers
2019	Sofia	Ian Bayley	Kevin Ashman	Tero Kalliolevo
2021	Kraków	Mark Henry	Ronny Swiggers	Tero Kalliolevo
2022	Berlin	Ronny Swiggers	Kaarel Silmato	Daoud Jackson
2023	Torremolinos	Dean Kotiga	Daoud Jackson	Victoria Groce Tero Kalliolevo
2024	Fuengirola	Daoud Jackson	Ronny Swiggers	Thomas Kolåsæter [no]
2025	Caserta

Pairs champions

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

Year	Venue	Winners	Runners Up	Third Place
2005	Tallinn	Ian Bayley/Pat Gibson	Marnix Baes/Bart Permentier	Nico Pattyn/Paul Arts
2006	Lésigny	Paul Arts/Marc Van Springel	Mark Bytheway/Kevin Ashman	Keith Andrew/ Sean O'Neill
2007	Blackpool	Erik Derycke/Tom Trogh	Albert November/Ronny Swiggers and Jussi Suvanto/Tero Kalliolevo
2008	Oslo	Albert November/Ronny Swiggers	David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt	Mark Bytheway/Kevin Ashman
2009	Dordrecht	David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt	Ian Bayley/Pat Gibson	Mark Bytheway/Kevin Ashman
2010	Derby	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Tero Kalliolevo/Jussi Suvanto	David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt
2011	Bruges	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Erik Derycke/Tom Trogh	David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt
2012	Tartu	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Tero Kalliolevo/Jussi Suvanto	Holger Waldenberger/ Dorjana Širola
2013	Liverpool	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer	Tero Kalliolevo/Jussi Suvanto
2014	Bucharest	Tero Kalliolevo/ Ronny Swiggers	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer
2015	Rotterdam	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer	Didier Bruyere/ Ian Bayley
2016	Athens	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer	Didier Bruyere/ Ian Bayley [9]
2017	Zagreb	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Olav Bjortomt/David Stainer [10]	Didier Bruyere/ Ian Bayley
2018	Venice	Tero Kalliolevo/ Ronny Swiggers	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Derk De Graaf/Tom Trogh
2019[11]	Sofia	Kevin Ashman/Pat Gibson	Didier Bruyere/ Ian Bayley	David Stainer/Olav Bjortomt[12]
2021	Kraków	Tero Kalliolevo/ Ronny Swiggers	Nico Pattyn/Jens Everaerdt	Tom Trogh/Derk De Graaf
2022	Berlin	Victoria Groce/ Kevin Ashman	Tero Kalliolevo/ Ronny Swiggers	Igor Habal/Kaarel Silmato
2023	Torremolinos	Victoria Groce/ Thomas Kolåsæter [no]	Tom Trogh/Tim van der Heyden	Igor Habal/Kaarel Silmato
2024	Fuengirola	Dean Kotiga/ Daoud Jackson	Thomas Kolåsæter [no]/ Victoria Groce	Pat Gibson/ Ian Bayley
2025	Caserta

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.

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2004	Ghent	England (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Barry Simmons, David Stainer)	Belgium Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Leo De Haes, Jean Marivoet)
2005	Tallinn	Belgium (Patrick Andries, Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Jo Vandenbroucke)	England (Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Barry Simmons, David Stainer)
2006	Lésigny	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Tom Trogh, Marc Van Springel)	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)	Norway (Trine Aalborg, Harald Aastorp, Dag Fjeldstad, Marie Haavik)
2007	Blackpool	England (Kevin Ashman, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson, David Stainer)	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Norway (Trine Aalborg, Tore Dahl, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Ole Martin Halck) and  Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Tuomas Tumi)
2008	Oslo	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson)	Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Tuomas Tumi)
2009	Dordrecht	England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Bytheway, Pat Gibson)	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Norway (Harald Aastorp, Ole Martin Halck, Lars Heggland, Thomas Kolåsæter [no])
2010	Derby	England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Jesse Honey)	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Timo Toivonen, Tuomas Tumi)
2011	Bruges	Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Timo Toivonen, Tuomas Tumi)	Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Lars Heggland, Thomas Kolåsæter [no])	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)
2012	Tartu	England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Jesse Honey)	Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Ilkka Tiensuu, Timo Toivonen)	Belgium (Bernard Kreps, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)
2013	Liverpool	England (Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Jesse Honey)	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Norway (Harald Aastorp, Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter [no])
2014	Bucharest	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)	Belgium (Nico Pattyn, Gerben Smit, Ronny Swiggers, Lars Van Moer)	Norway (Harald Aastorp, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Geir Kristiansen)
2015	Rotterdam	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)	Belgium (Erik Derycke, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Estonia (Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Illar Tõnisson, Tauno Vahter)
2016	Athens	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)	Belgium (Gerben Smit, Stijn Gyselinckx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers)	Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Geir Kristiansen)
2017	Zagreb	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)	Belgium (Gerben Smit, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Finland (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Tuomas Tumi)
2018	Venice	Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Lars Heggland, Thomas Kolåsæter [no])	Belgium (Nico Pattyn, Gerben Smit, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)
2019	Sofia	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)	Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Norway (Tore Dahl, Ole Martin Halck, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Geir Kristiansen)
2021	Kraków	Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Estonia (Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Illar Tõnisson, Kaarel Silmato)	England (Ian Bayley, Daoud Jackson, Ned Pendleton, Matt Todd)[13]
2022	Berlin	Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	Estonia (Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Illar Tõnisson, Kaarel Silmato)	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Daoud Jackson, Ned Pendleton)
2023	Torremolinos	United States (Victoria Groce, Brandon Blackwell, Shane Whitlock, Steve Perry)	Belgium (Lander Frederickx, Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, Tom Trogh)	England (Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson)
2024	Fuengirola	(Andrew Ullsperger, Brandon Blackwell, Victoria Groce, Shane Whitlock)	(Nico Pattyn, Tom Trogh, Ronny Swiggers, Lander Frederickx)	(Daoud Jackson, Evan Lynch, Ian Bayley, Pat Gibson)
2025	Caserta

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.

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third place
2003	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	Ghent	Martine Van Camp	Here Jezus	Beunhazen
2005	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	Lésigny	Milhous Warriors (Kevin Ashman, Mark Bytheway, Tim Westcott, Sean O'Neill)	Geeks	Les Coeurs blessés
2007	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	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	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	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	Bruges	Broken Hearts (Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt, Mark Grant, Jesse Honey)	Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)	JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)
2012	Tartu	JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)	Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)	Alzheimer (Ronny Swiggers, Bernard Kreps, Staf Dujardin, Ed Toutant)
2013	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	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 [no], Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)
2015	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 [no], Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)
2016	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	Zagreb	Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)	JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Jussi Suvanto, Tauno Vahter)	Sage Supercilia (Igor Habal, Mark Henry, Sebastian Klussmann, Mark Ryder)
2018	Venice	Sage Supercilia (Igor Habal, Mark Henry, Sebastian Klussmann, Mark Ryder)	Europalia (Derk De Graaf, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Dorjana Širola, Holger Waldenberger)	Molly McGuires (Lorcan Duff, Steve Perry, Tim Polley, Shane Whitlock)
2019[14]	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	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	Berlin	The New Janitors (Kevin Ashman, Victoria Groce, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Thomas De Bock)	The Rolling Scones (Daoud Jackson, Dean Kotiga, Neven Trgovec, Shane Whitlock)	JFSI (Tero Kalliolevo, Ove Põder, Kaarel Silmato, Jussi Suvanto)
2023	Torremolinos	The Rolling Scones (Daoud Jackson, Dean Kotiga, Neven Trgovec, Shane Whitlock)	The New Janitors (Victoria Groce, Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Derk de Graaf, Steve Perry)	Broken Hearts (Mark Grant, Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt)
2024	Fuengirola	The New Janitors (Thomas Kolåsæter [no], Victoria Groce, Andrew Ullsperger, Derk de Graaf)	The Rolling Scones (Dean Kotiga, Shane Whitlock, Neven Trgovec, Daoud Jackson)	Broken Hearts (Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, Jack Pollock, Hugh Bennett)
2025	Caserta

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.

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third place
2006	Lésigny	Norway B	Rest of the World
2007	Blackpool	England A	Belgian Anarchy
2008	Oslo	The Smurfs (Bart Permentier, Marnix Baes, Koen Vervremd, Stijn Vanacker)	England B	Lars & The Medics
2009	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	Derby	England B (Ian Bayley, David Stainer, Kathryn Johnson, Nick Mills)	Kramerica (Paul Bailey, Mark Ryder, Ed Toutant, Dorjana Širola)	The Smurfs
2011	Bruges	Lars & The Medics	Team Sealand	Popular People's Front of Judea
2012	Tartu	Thiamine (Ian Bayley, Kathryn Johnson, David Lea, Phil Smith)	Popular Judean Front	Norway B (Ole Martin Halck, Knut Heggland, Eivind Moskvil, Stig Sanner)
2013	Liverpool	Lars & The Medics	Thiamine
2014	Bucharest	Intercontinental Drift (Mark Henry, Leslie Shannon, Gerard Mackay, Todor Milak)	England B (David Stainer, Kathryn Johnson, Paul Sinha, Paul Steeples)
2015	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	Athens	England B (David Stainer, Hugh Bennett, Paul Sinha, Nick Mills)	Belgian Anarchy
2017	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	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	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	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	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	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	Fuengirola	USA B (Patt Jackson, Raj Dhuwalia, Anu Kashyap, Jeffrey Seguritan)	The League of Very Mediocre Wingmen (Dries Van De Sande, Gert-Jan Dugardein, Luc Lenaerts, Tim Van der Heyde)	England B (Amit De, Matt Todd, Hugh Bennett, Andrew Whittingham)
2025	Caserta

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]

Culture & Philosophies

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2025	Caserta

Geography

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Paul Arts	Nico Pattyn	Kevin Ashman
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Nico Pattyn	Franky Soetens	Kevin Ashman
2021	Kraków	Ove Põder Paul Arts	not awarded (tie for gold)	Jakob Myers Shane Whitlock
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Nico Pattyn	Igor Habal Paul Arts Victoria Groce	not awarded (tie for silver)
2024	Fuengirola	Paul Arts	Nico Pattyn	Manuel Hobiger
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

History

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Kevin Ashman	Nico Pattyn	Ove Põder
2017	Zagreb	Nico Pattyn	Kevin Ashman	Ove Põder
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Jakob Myers Nico Pattyn	not awarded (tie for gold)	Matt Jackson
2022	Berlin	Ove Põder	Daoud Jackson Kevin Ashman	not awarded (tie for silver)
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Nico Pattyn	Matt Jackson Ian Bayley	not awarded (tie for silver)
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Literature

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Igor Habal
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Tero Kalliolevo
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Daoud Jackson Ole Martin Halck	not awarded (tie for gold)	Matt Jackson
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Dean Kotiga Victoria Groce	not awarded (tie for gold)	Daoud Jackson Olav Bjortomt
2024	Fuengirola	Tim van der Heyden	Lander Frederickx	Evan Lynch Victoria Groce
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Nature

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2024	Fuengirola	Lander Frederickx	Pat Gibson	Daoud Jackson
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Performing Arts

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Kathryn Johnson
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Mario Kovač	Jussi Suvanto	Kevin Ashman
2021	Kraków	Daoud Jackson	Ian Bayley	Matt Jackson
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Not included in the program
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Sciences

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Pat Gibson	Ian Bayley	Kevin Ashman
2017	Zagreb	Ian Bayley	Raj Dhuwalia	Tom Trogh
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Ian Bayley	Raj Dhuwalia	Jack Pollock Lander Frederickx Matt Jackson
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Evan Lynch	Andrew Ullsperger	Lander Frederickx
2025	Caserta

Visual Arts

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Kevin Ashman	Ronny Swiggers	Olav Bjortomt
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Jens Everaerdt Nico Pattyn
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Ronny Swiggers	Domagoj Pozderac	Ian Bayley
2022	Berlin	Jens Everaerdt	Ronny Swiggers	Dean Kotiga
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Victoria Groce Jack Pollock	not awarded (tie for gold)	Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Alan Lin
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Business

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Ujjwal Deb	Leslie Shannon	Abel Gilsing
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Pat Gibson	Mark Grant	Anton Jacobsen
2021	Kraków	Sebastian Klussmann	Tom Trogh	Anton Jacobsen Derk de Graaf
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Not included in the program
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Digital World

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Michael-Dennis Biemans	Knut Heggland	Brandon Blackwell
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Michael-Dennis Biemans	Frédéric Faucheux	Tom Trogh
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Tom Trogh	Michael-Dennis Biemans	Brandon Blackwell Johannes Eibl
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Tom Trogh	Brandon Blackwell	Marc Cheong
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Film

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Olav Bjortomt	Ken Jennings	Mark Grant
2017	Zagreb	Olav Bjortomt	Jussi Suvanto	Lorcan Duff
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Clifford Galiher	Krešimir Štimac Leif-Atle Heen	not awarded (tie for silver)
2022	Berlin	Kevin Ashman	Jussi Suvanto	Kaarel Silmato
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Clifford Galiher	Dean Kotiga	Sebastian Milpetz
2025	Caserta

Food and Drink

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2024	Fuengirola	Daoud Jackson	Kathryn Verwillow Andrew Ullsperger Jeff Richmond	not awarded (tie for silver)
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Pop Music

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Lorcan Duff	David Stainer	Ronny Swiggers
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Lars Van Moer	Lorcan Duff	David Stainer
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Lander Frederickx	Igor Habal	Tom Trogh
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Guido ter Stege	Victoria Groce	Lander Frederickx
2024	Fuengirola	Guido ter Stege Lars van Moer	not awarded (tie for gold)	Tom Trogh
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program

Sport

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Igor Habal	Perica Živanović	Illar Tõnisson
2017	Zagreb	Chris James Igor Habal	not awarded (tie for gold)	Lorcan Duff
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Not included in the program
2021	Kraków	Bruno De Laet	Dries Van De Sande Tom Trogh	not awarded (tie for silver)
2022	Berlin	Igor Habal Neven Trgovec Tom Trogh	not awarded (tie for gold)	not awarded (tie for gold)
2023	Torremolinos	Not included in the program
2024	Fuengirola	Dries van de Sande	Tom Trogh Igor Habal	not awarded (tie for silver)
2025	Caserta

Television

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
2016	Athens	Lorcan Duff	Brage Nordgård	Jenny Ryan
2017	Zagreb	Not included in the program
2018	Venice	Not included in the program
2019	Sofia	Olav Bjortomt	Jussi Suvanto	Lorcan Duff
2021	Kraków	Espen Iversen	Arild Tørum Galen Chung Krešimir Štimac Sonja Sirnes Stijn Gyselinckx	not awarded (tie for silver)
2022	Berlin	Not included in the program
2023	Torremolinos	Galen Chung	Olav Bjortomt Shane Whitlock	not awarded (tie for silver)
2024	Fuengirola	Victoria Groce	Belgium Tom Trogh Neven Trgovec	not awarded (tie for silver)
2025	Caserta	Not included in the program