The Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships (APQC) is the premier team quiz event in the Asia-Pacific region.
History
The tournament began in 2012 as the ASEAN Quizzing Championships, an annual quiz competition held among quizzers from ASEAN, primarily those living in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. In 2015 the competition expanded to include participants from India and a number of off-site chapters and became the Asian Quizzing Championships (AQC). After teams from the Asia-Pacific region such as Australia (from 2017) and New Zealand (from 2018) began participating, the event was renamed the Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships to reflect this wider geographical participation.
The event was founded by Caleb Liu from Singapore and Movin Miranda from India (and a long time resident of Malaysia) with the goal of fostering friendly competition and growing interest in quizzing in the region. The teams are selected by the National Quiz Associations of the respective member countries.
Format Teams of four compete in three separate rounds, with the highest cumulative score being crowned champions. The scoring format has changed slightly over the different editions. This system was used in 2024:
Round 1 - Individual written round, modelled after the World Quizzing Championships. Participants answer 140 questions worth one point each, with 20 questions drawn from each of seven categories: Culture / World Entertainment History / Geography Literature / Language Lifestyle / Business Sciences Sport and Games
The contribution to the overall team score is the cumulative total of the top three individual scores in each category (i.e. the lowest score for each category is dropped). For example, if the four members of a team score 15, 16, 17 and 7 for Sciences, the team score for Sciences will be 15+16+17=48. Maximum score = 420 points.
Round 2 - Individual Response Round. Participants are asked questions individually in turn. They may answer themselves, or pass the question to a teammate. There is a maximum of three passes per player, once to each teammate. 40 questions worth a maximum of 5 points each. Maximum score = 200 points.
Round 3 - Team Discussion Round. Participants work as a team to answer 50 questions worth a maximum of 10 points each. Maximum score = 500 points.
Host City and Results Edition Year Host city Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points XIII 2026 Da Nang TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA XII 2025 Manila Australia Gold 590 Philippines 518 India 452 XI 2024 George Town Australia Gold 605 Australia Green 556 Malaysia 553 X 2023 Colombo India 461 Malaysia 431 Australia 396 IX 2022 Kota Kinabalu India 704 Australia 657 Malaysia 595 VIII 2019 Singapore Singapore 455 Australia 444 Malaysia 420 VII 2018 Kuala Lumpur Australia 593 Malaysia 542 Singapore 469 VI 2017 Kuala Lumpur India 607 Australia 534 Singapore 518 V 2016 Singapore Malaysia 475 Singapore 474 Singapore B 341 IV 2015 Singapore India 530 Singapore 519 Singapore B 491 III 2014 Manila Singapore 437 Malaysia 396 Philippines 385 II 2013 Singapore Singapore 414 Philippines 396 Malaysia 326 I 2012 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 310 Singapore 263 Philippines 216
The event was not contested in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participating teams Teams Australia India Malaysia New Zealand Singapore Philippines International TOTAL 2025 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 2024 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 9 2023 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 2022 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 9 2019 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 10 2018 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 9 2017 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 9 2016 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 6 2015 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 8 2014 0 0 1 0 1 20 4 2013 0 0 1 0 2 10 4 2012 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 TOTAL 17 11 19 1 18 13 7 86
Medal summary Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Singapore 3 3 4 10 India 4 0 1 5 Malaysia 2 3 4 9 Australia 3 4 1 8 Philippines 0 2 2 4
Winning Teams
Year Country Team Members 2025 Australia Ross Evans, Aniket Khasgiwale, Aaran Mohann, Rohan Williams 2024 Australia Ross Evans, David Howse, Aniket Khasgiwale, Aaran Mohann 2023 India Rajiv Rai, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Nikhil Sonde, Vinoo Sanjay 2022 India Brajendu Bhaskar, Sania Narulkar, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa 2019 Singapore Ravikant Avva, Caleb Liu, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Mukund Sridhar 2018 Australia Rick Bakker, Ross Evans, Michael Logue, Aaran Mohann 2017 India Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa 2016 Malaysia G. Krishnamurti, Movin Miranda, Chong MinHow, Jaideep Mukherjee 2015 India Gopal Kidao, Rajiv Rai, Jayakanthan R, Swaminathan Ganesh 2014 Singapore Ravikant Avva, Jake Jacobs, Caleb Liu, Rohan Naidu 2013 Singapore Caleb Liu, Jake Jacobs, Nirav Kanodra, Iain Carmichael 2012 Malaysia Neil Bruce, Kee Choonlee, Shiva Gurupatham, Movin Miranda
Highest Individual Scorers
While a team event, the APQC also acknowledges the highest scorers in the first (individual) round. Year Gold Silver Bronze 2025 Rohan Williams Jojo Torio Aaran Mohann 2024 Aniket Khasgiwale Ross Evans and Aaran Mohann (tied) n/a 2023 Vinoo Sanjay Rajiv Rai Brandon Blackwell 2022 Ross Evans Jojo Torio Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa (tied) 2019 Movin Miranda Michael Logue, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Mukund Sridhar (tied) n/a 2018 Ross Evans Kelvin Lange Rick Bakker 2017 Arun Hiregange Thejaswi Udupa Ravi Avva 2016 Movin Miranda G. Krishnamurti Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar (tied) 2015 Rajesh Kannan Sunny Chu Leonardo Gapol 2014 Movin Miranda Leonardo Gapol Caleb Liu 2013 Leonardo Gapol Movin Miranda Caleb Liu 2012 Movin Miranda Caleb Liu Leonardo Gapol
Records
Largest Winning Margins India by 73 points (2017) Australia by 72 points (2025) Australia by 51 points (2018) Australia by 49 points (2024) Malaysia by 47 points (2012) India by 47 points (2022)
Narrowest Winning Margins Malaysia by 1 point (2016) Singapore by 11 points (2019) India by 11 points (2015) Singapore by 18 points (2013)
Results last updated: 7 December 2025
References
See also World Quizzing Championships Quiz Olympiad
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