2024 Quiz Olympiad
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| 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.
Quizzes
The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 135 medals[2]
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
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.
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| Full list of participants[3] |
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Medalists
The results were:[4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| Individual Quiz | ||||
| Nations Team Quiz[5] | Andrew Ullsperger Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Shane Whitlock |
Nico Pattyn Tom Trogh Ronny Swiggers Lander Frederickx |
Daoud Jackson Evan Lynch Ian Bayley Pat Gibson | |
| Pairs Quiz | ||||
| <30 Individual Quiz | ||||
| <30 Pairs Quiz | ||||
| >70 Individual Quiz | ||||
| U30 Nations Team Quiz | Yarnick Piscador Thomas De Bock Sven Lefèvre Warre Van den Eynde |
Ivan Juric Krešimir Melnik Slaven Maros |
Jannik Fellger Felix Kreutzfeldt Moritz Schäfer Christoph Wötzel | |
| Sciences Quiz | ||||
| Film Quiz | ||||
| History Quiz | not awarded (tie for silver) | |||
| Digital World Quiz | ||||
| Literature Quiz | ||||
| Food & Drink Quiz | not awarded (tie for silver) | |||
| Visual Arts Quiz | not awarded (tie for gold) | |||
| Sport Quiz | not awarded (tie for silver) | |||
| Geography Quiz | ||||
| Television Quiz | not awarded (tie for silver) | |||
| Nature Quiz | ||||
| Pop Music Quiz | not awarded (tie for gold) | |||
| Pentathlon Specialist Quiz | ||||
| National Specialist Quiz | Lander Frederickx Tom Trogh Nico Pattyn Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Dries van de Sande Paul Arts Lars van Moer |
Andrew Ullsperger Clifford Galiher Matt Jackson Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Kathryn Verwillow Shane Whitlock Anu Kashyap |
Evan Lynch Amit De Ian Bayley Daoud Jackson Pat Gibson Ian Clark Oliver Levy | |
| High Brow Specialist Quiz | ||||
| Populist Special Quiz | ||||
| World Club Team Quiz | The New Janitors |
The Rolling Scones |
Broken Hearts | |
| Knockout Quiz | ||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| Aspirational Cup[6] | Matt Jackson Raj Dhuwalia Anu Kashyap Jeffrey Seguritan |
Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Luc Lenaerts Tim Van der Heyden |
Amit De Matt Todd Hugh Bennett Andrew Whittingham | |
| Frankenquiz | ||||