2021 Quiz Olympiad

Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 11 to 14 November 2021, the 2021 Quiz Olympiad in Kraków was the second Quiz Olympiad.[1] The event was planned to take place from 5 November 2020 until 8 November 2020, but was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2021 Quiz Olympiad
Host cityKraków
CountryPoland
Nations24
Debuting countries4
Athletes182
Events44
Opening11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
Closing14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)
Websitequizolympiad.com

Event

The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 132 medals[3]

Quizzes

The following were the official quizzes at the 2021 Quiz Olympiad:

  • Individual Quiz
  • Nations Team Quiz
  • Pairs Quiz
  • History Quiz
  • Sport Quiz
  • Literature Quiz
  • Business Quiz
  • Sciences Quiz
  • Digital Quiz
  • Visual Arts Quiz
  • Television Quiz
  • Geography Quiz
  • Film Quiz
  • Performing Arts Quiz
  • Pop Music Quiz
  • Pentathlon Specialist Quiz
  • National Specialist Quiz
  • High Brow Specialist Quiz
  • Populist Special Quiz
  • Speed Quiz
  • Knockout Quiz
  • Under 30 Individual Quiz
  • Under 30 National Team Quiz
  • Under 30 Pairs 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
  • World Club Team Quiz

Participants

There will be 182 participants from 24 nations at the 2021 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants include Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, and Tom Trogh of Belgium; Dorjana Širola of Croatia; Ian Bayley of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Sebastian Klussmann of Germany; Barry Simmons of Scotland; and Shane Whitlock of the United States.

Participating nations
Full list of participants[4]
  • Australia Rick Bakker
  • Austria Andreas Stolz
  • Austria Astrid Rief
  • Austria Johannes Eibl
  • Austria Nicholas Martin
  • Austria Robert Rees
  • Austria Stefan Pletzer
  • Belgium Adriaan Dierick
  • Belgium Bruno De Laet
  • Belgium Derk de Graaf
  • Belgium Dries Van De Sande
  • Belgium Gert-Jan Dugardein
  • Belgium Ivo Geyskens
  • Belgium Jens Everaerdt
  • Belgium Johnny Loodts
  • Belgium Kris van der Coelden
  • Belgium Lander Frederickx
  • Belgium Luc Lenaerts
  • Belgium Nico Pattyn
  • Belgium Paul Arts
  • Belgium Roeland De Geest
  • Belgium Ronny Swiggers
  • Belgium Stijn Gyselinckx
  • Belgium Tim van der Heyden
  • Belgium Tom Trogh
  • Belgium Yarnick Piscador
  • Bulgaria Plamen Mladenov
  • Croatia Dean Kotiga
  • Croatia Domagoj Pozderac
  • Croatia Dorjana Širola
  • Croatia Krešimir Štimac
  • Croatia Kresimir Sucevic Mederal
  • Croatia Lovro Jurišić
  • Croatia Mario Kovač
  • Croatia Morana Zibar
  • Croatia Neven Trgovec
  • Croatia Perica Živanović
  • Croatia Petra Lypolt
  • Denmark Anders Pedersen
  • Denmark Anton Jacobsen
  • Denmark Esben Christiansen
  • Denmark Glen Odgaard
  • Denmark Flemming Borg Nielsen
  • Denmark Jacob Senius
  • Denmark Mads Theodorsen
  • Denmark Maj-Britt Christensen
  • Denmark Rasmus Jørgensen
  • England Amit De
  • England Daoud Jackson
  • England Derek O’Neill
  • England Duncan McDonald
  • England Ian Bayley
  • England Ian Clark
  • England Martin Webb
  • England Matt Todd
  • England Ned Pendleton
  • England Pamela Douglas
  • England Timothy Westcott
  • Estonia Igor Habal
  • Estonia Illar Tõnisson
  • Estonia Indrek Salis
  • Estonia Kaarel Silmato
  • Estonia Mati Räli
  • Estonia Ove Põder
  • Estonia Tauno Vahter
  • Finland Tero Kalliolevo
  • France Celine Marlot
  • France Didier Bruyere
  • France Frederic Faucheux
  • France Jerome Vachet
  • France Max Fitz-James
  • France Vincent Rousset
  • Germany Andreas Herde
  • Germany Andy Östreich
  • Germany Annegret Schenkel
  • Germany Dirk Vielhuber
  • Germany Florian Dirr
  • Germany Holger Waldenberger
  • Germany Jürgen Stelter
  • Germany Manuel Hobiger
  • Germany Mario Abel
  • Germany Max Lüggert
  • Germany Pascal Bothe
  • Germany Peter Meiners
  • Germany Roland Knauff
  • Germany Rudi Mewes
  • Germany Sebastian Klussmann
  • Germany Thorsten Zirkel
  • Germany Vanessa Engelhardt
  • India Abhinav Kishore
  • Republic of Ireland Eva Barrett
  • Republic of Ireland Kevin Jones
  • Republic of Ireland Mark Henry
  • Republic of Ireland Patrick Carthy
  • Liberia Grace N. Cole
  • Liberia Jonathan Z. Saye
  • Liberia Madison S. Mondah
  • Liberia Otis B. Kruah
  • Liberia Phil Tarpeh Dixon
  • Liberia Philip H. Roberts
  • Liberia Smaila Kiazolu
  • Netherlands Devrim Aslan
  • Netherlands Diederick van Elst
  • Netherlands Guido ter Stege
  • Netherlands John van Maris
  • Netherlands Marcel Visschers
  • Netherlands Maurice van Maris
  • Netherlands Michael-Dennis Biemans
  • Netherlands Paul Uijen
  • Norway Aldona Szczepanska
  • Norway Arild Tørum
  • Norway Dag Olav Rønning
  • Norway Eivind Moskvil
  • Norway Eskil Åsmul
  • Norway Espen Iversen
  • Norway Espen Kibsgård
  • Norway Geir H. Kristiansen
  • Norway Ivar Areklett
  • Norway Jan-Egil Aakernes
  • Norway Jon Inge Kolden
  • Norway Jørgen Skjånes
  • Norway Lars Erik Brandt Rustad
  • Norway Lars Heggland
  • Norway Leif-Atle Heen
  • Norway Knut Heggland
  • Norway Mats Sigstad
  • Norway Odd Rune Heggheim
  • Norway Ole Martin Halck
  • Norway Øystein Aadnevik
  • Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
  • Norway Tore Heliks Van Dahl
  • Norway Toril Opsahl
  • Norway Sonja Sirnes
  • Poland Bartosz Śliwicki
  • Poland Marzena Szymanowska-Pietrzyk
  • Poland Piotr Łoboda
  • Poland Tomasz Orzechowski
  • Portugal André Ascensão
  • Portugal Jorge Páramos
  • Portugal José André
  • Portugal Rodrigo Castro
  • Portugal Sofia Santos
  • Romania Alina Teodoru
  • Romania Dragos Beligan
  • Romania Eduard Stan
  • Romania Emil Chifor
  • Romania Marcian Istrate
  • Romania Marius Tudor
  • Romania Mihai-Alexandru Ilioaia
  • Romania Nicu Perojuc
  • Romania Traian Rotarescu
  • Scotland Barry Simmons
  • Scotland Galen Chung
  • Scotland Jack Pollock
  • Scotland Mark Rae
  • Scotland Rob Sutherland
  • Scotland Roderick Cromar
  • Sweden David Högberg
  • Sweden Jonas von Essen
  • Sweden Nora Falk
  • Switzerland Andreas Kröll
  • Switzerland Philipp Rohrer
  • Switzerland Prakhar Gupta
  • Switzerland Rajan Thambehalli
  • Switzerland Renate Schär
  • United States Alan Lin
  • United States Brandon Blackwell
  • United States Carlo Aiello
  • United States Clifford Galiher
  • United States David Legler
  • United States Henry Herron
  • United States Jakob Myers
  • United States Jeffrey Seguritan
  • United States Kathryn Verwillow
  • United States Leonard Fahrni
  • United States Mark Ryder
  • United States Matt Jackson
  • United States Paul Bailey
  • United States Raj Dhuwalia
  • United States Shane Whitlock
  • Wales David Cowan
  • Wales Sean O’Neill

Medalists

The results were:[5]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Quiz Republic of Ireland Mark Henry Belgium Ronny Swiggers Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs Quiz Belgium Ronny Swiggers
Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Belgium Nico Pattyn
Belgium Jens Everaerdt
Belgium Tom Trogh
Belgium Derk de Graaf
Nations Team Quiz  Belgium
Nico Pattyn
Tom Trogh
Lander Frederickx
Ronny Swiggers
 Estonia
Igor Habal
Ove Põder
Kaarel Silmato
Illar Tõnisson
 USA
Raj Dhuwalia
Jakob Myers
Matt Jackson
Shane Whitlock
World Club Team Quiz JFDDGI
Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Estonia Ove Pöder
Estonia Kaarel Silmato
Estonia Tauno Vahter
The Rolling Scones
Croatia Dean Kotiga
United States Shane Whitlock
England Daoud Jackson
Croatia Neven Trgovec
Sage Supercilia
Germany Sebastian Klussmann
Estonia Igor Habal
United States Mark Ryder
Republic of Ireland Mark Henry
Aspirational Cup LucV Forever
Belgium Paul Arts
Belgium Jens Everaerdt
Belgium Kris Van der Coelden
Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Norway B
Norway Lars Heggland
Norway Arild Tørum
Norway Espen Kibsgård
Norway Mats Sigstad
Popular People's Front of Judea
Belgium Stijn Gyselinckx
Belgium Ivo Geyskens
Belgium Luc Lenaerts
Belgium Johnny Loodts
Frankenquiz Only here for the beer
England Tim Westcott
England Ian Clark
Wales David Cowan
England Matt Todd
4 Handsomes
England Ned Pendleton
England Daoud Jackson
Croatia Dean Kotiga
Croatia Neven Trgovec
FW de Klerk, more like FW de Funct
United States Matt Jackson
United States Jakob Myers
United States Dave Legler
United States Aidan Leahy
History Quiz Belgium Nico Pattyn
United States Jakob Myers
not awarded (tie for gold) United States Matt Jackson
Sport Quiz Belgium Bruno De Laet Belgium Tom Trogh
Belgium Dries Van De Sande
not awarded (tie for silver)
Literature Quiz England Daoud Jackson
Norway Ole Martin Halck
not awarded (tie for gold) United States Matt Jackson
Business Quiz Germany Sebastian Klussmann Belgium Tom Trogh Denmark Anton Jacobsen
Belgium Derk de Graaf
Sciences Quiz England Ian Bayley United States Raj Dhuwalia Scotland Jack Pollock
United States Matt Jackson
Belgium Lander Frederickx
Digital Quiz Belgium Tom Trogh Netherlands Michael-Dennis Biemans United States Brandon Blackwell
Austria Johannes Eibl
Visual Arts Quiz Belgium Ronny Swiggers Croatia Domagoj Pozderac England Ian Bayley
Television Quiz Norway Espen Iversen Norway Sonja Sirnes
Croatia Krešimir Štimac
Scotland Galen Chung
Norway Arild Tørum
Belgium Stijn Gyselinckx
not awarded (tie for silver)
Geography Quiz Belgium Paul Arts
Estonia Ove Põder
not awarded (tie for gold) United States Jakob Myers
United States Shane Whitlock
Film Quiz United States Clifford Galiher Norway Leif-Atle Heen
Croatia Krešimir Štimac
not awarded (tie for silver)
Performing Arts Quiz England Daoud Jackson England Ian Bayley United States Matt Jackson
Pop Music Quiz Belgium Lander Frederickx Estonia Igor Habal Belgium Tom Trogh
Pentathlon Specialist Quiz Belgium Tom Trogh United States Matt Jackson England Ian Bayley
National Specialist Quiz  Belgium
Ronny Swiggers
Tom Trogh
Nico Pattyn
Dries Van De Sande
Stijn Gyselinckx
Paul Arts
Lander Frederickx
Bruno De Laet
 Norway
Ole Martin Halck
Leif-Atle Heen
Espen Iversen
Geir H. Kristiansen
Lars Heggland
Tore Heliks Van Dahl
Mats Sigstad
 USA
Matt Jackson
Clifford Galiher
Brandon Blackwell
Jakob Myers
Alan Lin
Kathryn Verwillow
Raj Dhuwalia
Shane Whitlock
High Brow Specialist Quiz United States Matt Jackson England Ian Bayley England Daoud Jackson
Populist Specialist Quiz Belgium Tom Trogh Croatia Krešimir Štimac Belgium Lander Frederickx
Speed Quiz United States Alan Lin Belgium Tom Trogh
United States Brandon Blackwell
not awarded (tie for silver)
Knockout Quiz Estonia Kaarel Silmato Estonia Illar Tõnisson Estonia Ove Põder
Under 30 Individual Quiz England Daoud Jackson Belgium Lander Frederickx Croatia Krešimir Štimac
Under 30 Nations Team Quiz  Belgium
Dries Van De Sande
Gert-Jan Dugardein
Roeland De Geest
Tim Van der Heyden
 USA
Brandon Blackwell
Alan Lin
Carlo Aiello
Aidan Leahy
not awarded
(only two teams competing)
Under 30 Pairs Quiz Belgium Dries Van De Sande
Belgium Lander Frederickx
Croatia Krešimir Štimac
Croatia Neven Trgovec
France Max Fitz-James
France Vincent Rousset

Medal table

The total medal table was:[6]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium (BEL)13.258526.25
2England England4.752.753.7511.25
3 United States (USA)44.2510.518.75
4 Estonia (EST)2.7531.257
5 Norway (NOR)2507
6 Finland (FIN)1012
7 Germany (GER)100.251.25
 Ireland (IRL)100.251.25
9Wales Wales0.25000.25
10 Croatia (CRO)0617
11Scotland Scotland0112
12 Netherlands (NED)0101
13 Austria (AUT)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 France (FRA)0011
Totals (15 entries)30312788

References

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