2024 Quiz Olympiad
| Host city | Fuengirola |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Nations | 24 |
| Debuting countries | 1 |
| Athletes | 226 |
| Opening | 7 November 2024 |
| Closing | 10 November 2024 |
| Website | quizolympiad |
Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 7 to 10 November 2024, the 2024 Quiz Olympiad in Fuengirola was the third Quiz Olympiad.[1]
The event also counts as the 2024 International Quizzing Championships.
Event
[edit]The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 135 medals[2]
Quizzes
[edit]The following were the official quizzes at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad:
- Individual Quiz
- Nations Team Quiz
- Pairs Quiz
- U30 Individual Quiz
- U30 Nations Team Quiz
- Sciences Quiz
- Film Quiz
- History Quiz
- Digital World Quiz
- Literature Quiz
- Food & Drink Quiz
- Visual Arts Quiz
- Sport Quiz
- Geography Quiz
- Television Quiz
- Nature Quiz
- Pop Music Quiz
- Pentathlon Specialist Quiz
- National Specialist Quiz
- High Brow Specialist Quiz
- Populist Special Quiz
- World Club Team Quiz
- Knockout Quiz
Some quizzes have similar standing with IOC demonstration sports. These were awarded medals, but do not feature on the overall medals table:
- Aspirational Team Quiz
- Frankenquiz
Participants
[edit]There were 227 participants from 24 nations at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants include Issa Schultz of Australia; Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, and Tom Trogh of Belgium; Dean Kotiga of Croatia; Pat Gibson and Paul Sinha of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Sebastian Jacoby and Sebastian Klussmann of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; and Victoria Groce of the United States.
| Participating nations |
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| Full list of participants[3] |
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Medalists
[edit]The results were:[4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Quiz |  Daoud Jackson
|
 Ronny Swiggers
|
 Thomas Kolåsæter
| |
| Nations Team Quiz[5] |  USA Andrew Ullsperger Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Shane Whitlock |
Belgium Nico Pattyn Tom Trogh Ronny Swiggers Lander Frederickx |
England Daoud Jackson Evan Lynch Ian Bayley Pat Gibson | |
| Pairs Quiz |  Dean Kotiga Daoud Jackson
|
Thomas Kolåsæter Victoria Groce
|
Pat Gibson Ian Bayley
| |
| <30 Individual Quiz | Daoud Jackson
|
Evan Lynch
|
 Liam Hughes
| |
| >70 Individual Quiz |  Ross Evans
|
Mark Ryder
|
Pam Douglas
| |
| U30 Nations Team Quiz | Belgium Yarnick Piscador Thomas De Bock Sven Lefèvre Warre Van den Eynde |
Croatia Ivan Juric Krešimir Melnik Slaven Maros |
 Germany Jannik Fellger Felix Kreutzfeldt Moritz Schäfer Christoph Wötzel | |
| Sciences Quiz | Evan Lynch
|
Andrew Ullsperger
|
Lander Frederickx
| |
| Film Quiz | Clifford Galiher
|
Dean Kotiga
|
Sebastian Milpetz
| |
| History Quiz | Nico Pattyn
|
Matt Jackson Ian Bayley
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Digital World Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Brandon Blackwell
|
Marc Cheong
| |
| Literature Quiz | Tim van der Heyden
|
Lander Frederickx
|
Evan Lynch Victoria Groce
| |
| Food & Drink Quiz | Daoud Jackson
|
Kathryn Verwillow Andrew Ullsperger Jeff Richmond
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Visual Arts Quiz | Victoria Groce  Jack Pollock
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Alan Lin
| |
| Sport Quiz | Dries van de Sande
|
Tom Trogh  Igor Habal
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Geography Quiz | Paul Arts
|
Nico Pattyn
|
Manuel Hobiger
| |
| Television Quiz | Victoria Groce
|
Tom Trogh Neven Trgovec
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Nature Quiz | Lander Frederickx
|
Pat Gibson
|
Daoud Jackson
| |
| Pop Music Quiz |  Guido ter Stege Lars van Moer
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Tom Trogh
| |
| Pentathlon Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Lander Frederickx
|
Ronny Swiggers
| |
| National Specialist Quiz | Belgium Lander Frederickx Tom Trogh Nico Pattyn Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Dries van de Sande Paul Arts Lars van Moer |
USA Andrew Ullsperger Clifford Galiher Matt Jackson Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Kathryn Verwillow Shane Whitlock Anu Kashyap |
England Evan Lynch Amit De Ian Bayley Daoud Jackson Pat Gibson Ian Clark Oliver Levy | |
| High Brow Specialist Quiz | Lander Frederickx
|
Matt Jackson
|
Ronny Swiggers
| |
| Populist Special Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Daoud Jackson
|
Brandon Blackwell
| |
| World Club Team Quiz | The New Janitors Thomas Kolåsæter 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
| |
| Knockout Quiz | Evan Lynch
|
 Ivan Andonov
|
Kaarel Silmato
| |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirational Cup[6] | USA B Matt 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 Heyden |
England B Amit De Matt Todd Hugh Bennett Andrew Whittingham | |
| Frankenquiz |  ???
|
???
|
???
| |
Medal table
[edit]The final medal table was:[7]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | England | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Serbia (SER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 25 | 21 | 70 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Quiz Olympiad III : 7 – 10 November 2024 Fuengirola, Spain".
- ^ "Quizzes".
- ^ "Olympians".
- ^ "2024 Quiz Olympiad Results".
- ^ "Nations Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Aspirational Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Results".
- ^ https://quizolympiad.com/results/