2021 Quiz Olympiad
| Host city | Kraków |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Nations | 24 |
| Debuting countries | 4 |
| Athletes | 182 |
| Events | 44 |
| Opening | 11 November 2021 |
| Closing | 14 November 2021 |
| Website | quizolympiad |
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]
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 |
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| Full list of participants[4] |
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Medalists
The results were:[5]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Quiz |  Mark Henry
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 Ronny Swiggers
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 Tero Kalliolevo
| |
| Pairs Quiz | Ronny Swiggers Tero Kalliolevo
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Nico Pattyn Jens Everaerdt
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Tom Trogh 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 Tero Kalliolevo Ove Pöder Kaarel Silmato Tauno Vahter
|
The Rolling Scones Dean Kotiga Shane Whitlock  Daoud Jackson Neven Trgovec
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Sage Supercilia Sebastian Klussmann Igor Habal Mark Ryder Mark Henry
| |
| Aspirational Cup | LucV Forever Paul Arts Jens Everaerdt Kris Van der Coelden Tero Kalliolevo
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Norway B Lars Heggland Arild Tørum Espen Kibsgård Mats Sigstad
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Popular People's Front of Judea Stijn Gyselinckx Ivo Geyskens Luc Lenaerts Johnny Loodts
| |
| Frankenquiz | Only here for the beer Tim Westcott Ian Clark  David Cowan Matt Todd
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4 Handsomes Ned Pendleton Daoud Jackson Dean Kotiga Neven Trgovec
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FW de Klerk, more like FW de Funct Matt Jackson Jakob Myers Dave Legler Aidan Leahy
| |
| History Quiz | Nico Pattyn Jakob Myers
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Matt Jackson
| |
| Sport Quiz | Bruno De Laet
|
Tom Trogh Dries Van De Sande
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Literature Quiz | Daoud Jackson Ole Martin Halck
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Matt Jackson
| |
| Business Quiz | Sebastian Klussmann
|
Tom Trogh
|
 Anton Jacobsen Derk de Graaf
| |
| Sciences Quiz | Ian Bayley
|
Raj Dhuwalia
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 Jack Pollock Matt Jackson Lander Frederickx
| |
| Digital Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
 Michael-Dennis Biemans
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Brandon Blackwell  Johannes Eibl
| |
| Visual Arts Quiz | Ronny Swiggers
|
Domagoj Pozderac
|
Ian Bayley
| |
| Television Quiz | Espen Iversen
|
Sonja Sirnes Krešimir Štimac Galen Chung Arild Tørum Stijn Gyselinckx
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Geography Quiz | Paul Arts Ove Põder
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Jakob Myers Shane Whitlock
| |
| Film Quiz | Clifford Galiher
|
Leif-Atle Heen Krešimir Štimac
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Performing Arts Quiz | Daoud Jackson
|
Ian Bayley
|
Matt Jackson
| |
| Pop Music Quiz | Lander Frederickx
|
Igor Habal
|
Tom Trogh
| |
| Pentathlon Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Matt Jackson
|
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 | Matt Jackson
|
Ian Bayley
|
Daoud Jackson
| |
| Populist Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Krešimir Štimac
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Lander Frederickx
| |
| Speed Quiz | Alan Lin
|
Tom Trogh Brandon Blackwell
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Knockout Quiz | Kaarel Silmato
|
Illar Tõnisson
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Ove Põder
| |
| Under 30 Individual Quiz | Daoud Jackson
|
Lander Frederickx
|
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 | Dries Van De Sande Lander Frederickx
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Krešimir Štimac Neven Trgovec
|
 Max Fitz-James Vincent Rousset
| |
Medal table
The total medal table was:[6]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 13.25 | 8 | 5 | 26.25 |
| 2 | England | 4.75 | 2.75 | 3.75 | 11.25 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 4.25 | 10.5 | 18.75 |
| 4 | Estonia (EST) | 2.75 | 3 | 1.25 | 7 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 1.25 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 1.25 | |
| 9 | Wales | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Scotland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 30 | 31 | 27 | 88 | |