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. 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.
Event The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 132 medals
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 World Club Team Quiz Frankenquiz
Participants There were 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 Australia (1) (6) (19) (1) (11) (9) (11) (7) (1) (6) (17) (1) (4) (7) (8) (24) (4) (5) (9) (6) (3) (5) (15) (2)
Full list of participants Rick Bakker Andreas Stolz Astrid Rief Johannes Eibl Nicholas Martin Robert Rees Stefan Pletzer Adriaan Dierick Bruno De Laet Derk de Graaf Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Ivo Geyskens Jens Everaerdt Johnny Loodts Kris van der Coelden Lander Frederickx Luc Lenaerts Nico Pattyn Paul Arts Roeland De Geest Ronny Swiggers Stijn Gyselinckx Tim van der Heyden Tom Trogh Yarnick Piscador Plamen Mladenov Dean Kotiga Domagoj Pozderac Dorjana Širola Krešimir Štimac Kresimir Sucevic Mederal Lovro Jurišić Mario Kovač Morana Zibar Neven Trgovec Perica Živanović Petra Lypolt Anders Pedersen Anton Jacobsen Esben Christiansen Glen Odgaard Flemming Borg Nielsen Jacob Senius Mads Theodorsen Maj-Britt Christensen Rasmus Jørgensen Amit De Daoud Jackson Derek O’Neill Duncan McDonald Ian Bayley Ian Clark Martin Webb Matt Todd Ned Pendleton Pamela Douglas Timothy Westcott Igor Habal Illar Tõnisson Indrek Salis Kaarel Silmato Mati Räli Ove Põder Tauno Vahter Tero Kalliolevo Celine Marlot Didier Bruyere Frederic Faucheux Jerome Vachet Max Fitz-James Vincent Rousset Andreas Herde Andy Östreich Annegret Schenkel Dirk Vielhuber Florian Dirr Holger Waldenberger Jürgen Stelter Manuel Hobiger Mario Abel Max Lüggert Pascal Bothe Peter Meiners Roland Knauff Rudi Mewes Sebastian Klussmann Thorsten Zirkel Vanessa Engelhardt Abhinav Kishore Eva Barrett Kevin Jones Mark Henry Patrick Carthy Grace N. Cole Jonathan Z. Saye Madison S. Mondah Otis B. Kruah Phil Tarpeh Dixon Philip H. Roberts Smaila Kiazolu Devrim Aslan Diederick van Elst Guido ter Stege John van Maris Marcel Visschers Maurice van Maris Michael-Dennis Biemans Paul Uijen Aldona Szczepanska Arild Tørum Dag Olav Rønning Eivind Moskvil Eskil Åsmul Espen Iversen Espen Kibsgård Geir H. Kristiansen Ivar Areklett Jan-Egil Aakernes Jon Inge Kolden Jørgen Skjånes Lars Erik Brandt Rustad Lars Heggland Leif-Atle Heen Knut Heggland Mats Sigstad Odd Rune Heggheim Ole Martin Halck Øystein Aadnevik Thomas Kolåsæter Tore Heliks Van Dahl Toril Opsahl Sonja Sirnes Bartosz Śliwicki Marzena Szymanowska-Pietrzyk Piotr Łoboda Tomasz Orzechowski André Ascensão Jorge Páramos José André Rodrigo Castro Sofia Santos Alina Teodoru Dragos Beligan Eduard Stan Emil Chifor Marcian Istrate Marius Tudor Mihai-Alexandru Ilioaia Nicu Perojuc Traian Rotarescu Barry Simmons Galen Chung Jack Pollock Mark Rae Rob Sutherland Roderick Cromar David Högberg Jonas von Essen Nora Falk Andreas Kröll Philipp Rohrer Prakhar Gupta Rajan Thambehalli Renate Schär Alan Lin Brandon Blackwell Carlo Aiello Clifford Galiher David Legler Henry Herron Jakob Myers Jeffrey Seguritan Kathryn Verwillow Leonard Fahrni Mark Ryder Matt Jackson Paul Bailey Raj Dhuwalia Shane Whitlock David Cowan Sean O’Neill
Medalists The results were:
Individual Quiz Mark Henry Ronny Swiggers Tero Kalliolevo Pairs Quiz Ronny Swiggers Tero Kalliolevo Nico Pattyn Jens Everaerdt Tom Trogh Derk de Graaf Nations Team Quiz Nico Pattyn Tom Trogh Lander Frederickx Ronny Swiggers Igor Habal Ove Põder Kaarel Silmato Illar Tõnisson Raj Dhuwalia Jakob Myers Matt Jackson Shane Whitlock History Quiz Nico Pattyn Jakob Myersnot awarded (tie for gold) Matt Jackson Sport Quiz Bruno De Laet Tom Trogh Dries Van De Sandenot awarded (tie for silver) Literature Quiz Daoud Jackson Ole Martin Halcknot awarded (tie for gold) Matt Jackson Business Quiz Sebastian Klussmann Tom Trogh Anton Jacobsen Derk de Graaf Sciences Quiz Ian Bayley Raj Dhuwalia Jack Pollock Matt Jackson Lander Frederickx Digital Quiz Tom Trogh Michael-Dennis Biemans 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 Gyselinckxnot 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 Štimacnot 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 Ronny Swiggers Tom Trogh Nico Pattyn Dries Van De Sande Stijn Gyselinckx Paul Arts Lander Frederickx Bruno De Laet Ole Martin Halck Leif-Atle Heen Espen Iversen Geir H. Kristiansen Lars Heggland Tore Heliks Van Dahl Mats Sigstad 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 Lander Frederickx Speed Quiz Alan Lin Tom Trogh Brandon Blackwellnot awarded (tie for silver) Knockout Quiz Kaarel Silmato Illar Tõnisson Ove Põder Under 30 Individual Quiz Daoud Jackson Lander Frederickx Krešimir Štimac Under 30 Nations Team Quiz Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Roeland De Geest Tim Van der Heyden Brandon Blackwell Alan Lin Carlo Aiello Aidan Leahynot awarded (only two teams competing) Under 30 Pairs Quiz Dries Van De Sande Lander Frederickx Krešimir Štimac Neven Trgovec Max Fitz-James Vincent Rousset
World Club Team QuizJFDDGI Tero Kalliolevo Ove Põder Kaarel Silmato Tauno VahterThe Rolling Scones Dean Kotiga Shane Whitlock Daoud Jackson Neven TrgovecSage Supercilia Sebastian Klussmann Igor Habal Mark Ryder Mark Henry Aspirational CupLucV Forever Paul Arts Jens Everaerdt Kris Van der Coelden Tero KalliolevoNorway B Lars Heggland Arild Tørum Espen Kibsgård Mats SigstadPopular People's Front of Judea Stijn Gyselinckx Ivo Geyskens Luc Lenaerts Johnny Loodts FrankenquizOnly here for the beer Tim Westcott Ian Clark David Cowan Matt Todd4 Handsomes Ned Pendleton Daoud Jackson Dean Kotiga Neven TrgovecFW de Klerk, more like FW de Funct Matt Jackson Jakob Myers Dave Legler Aidan Leahy
Medal table The total medal table was:
References
External links Official website International Quizzing Association