| Host city | Fuengirola |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Nations | 24 |
| Debuting countries | 1 |
| Athletes | 226 |
| Opening | 7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) |
| Closing | 10 November 2024 (2024-11-10) |
| Website | quizolympiad |
| ← Kraków 20212028 → | |
Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 7 to 10 November 2024, the 2024 Quiz Olympiad in Fuengirola will be the third Quiz Olympiad.
The event will also count as the 2024 International Quizzing Championships.
Event
The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 135 medals
Quizzes
The following will be 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 will be 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 |
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Medalists
The results were:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Quiz |  Daoud Jackson
|
 Ronny Swiggers
|
 Thomas Kolåsæter
| |
| Nations Team Quiz |  USA Andrew Ullsperger Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Shane Whitlock |
Belgium Nico Pattyn Tom Trogh Ronny Swiggers Lander Frederickx |
England Daoud Jackson Evan Lynch Ian Bayley Pat Gibson | |
| Pairs Quiz |  Dean Kotiga Daoud Jackson
|
Thomas Kolåsæter Victoria Groce
|
Pat Gibson Ian Bayley
| |
| <30 Individual Quiz | Daoud Jackson
|
Evan Lynch
|
 Liam Hughes
| |
| >70 Individual Quiz |  Ross Evans
|
Mark Ryder
|
Pam Douglas
| |
| U30 Nations Team Quiz | Belgium Yarnick Piscador Thomas De Bock Sven Lefèvre Warre Van den Eynde |
Croatia Ivan Juric Krešimir Melnik Slaven Maros |
 Germany Jannik Fellger Felix Kreutzfeldt Moritz Schäfer Christoph Wötzel | |
| Sciences Quiz | Evan Lynch
|
Andrew Ullsperger
|
Lander Frederickx
| |
| Film Quiz | Clifford Galiher
|
Dean Kotiga
|
Sebastian Milpetz
| |
| History Quiz | Nico Pattyn
|
Matt Jackson Ian Bayley
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Digital World Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Brandon Blackwell
|
Marc Cheong
| |
| Literature Quiz | Tim van der Heyden
|
Lander Frederickx
|
Evan Lynch Victoria Groce
| |
| Food & Drink Quiz | Daoud Jackson
|
Kathryn Verwillow Andrew Ullsperger Jeff Richmond
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Visual Arts Quiz | Victoria Groce  Jack Pollock
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Alan Lin
| |
| Sport Quiz | Dries van de Sande
|
Tom Trogh  Igor Habal
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Geography Quiz | Paul Arts
|
Nico Pattyn
|
Manuel Hobiger
| |
| Television Quiz | Victoria Groce
|
Tom Trogh Neven Trgovec
|
not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Nature Quiz | Lander Frederickx
|
Pat Gibson
|
Daoud Jackson
| |
| Pop Music Quiz |  Guido ter Stege Lars van Moer
|
not awarded (tie for gold) | Tom Trogh
| |
| Pentathlon Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Lander Frederickx
|
Ronny Swiggers
| |
| National Specialist Quiz | Belgium Lander Frederickx Tom Trogh Nico Pattyn Tim van der Heyden Ronny Swiggers Dries van de Sande Paul Arts Lars van Moer |
USA Andrew Ullsperger Clifford Galiher Matt Jackson Brandon Blackwell Victoria Groce Kathryn Verwillow Shane Whitlock Anu Kashyap |
England Evan Lynch Amit De Ian Bayley Daoud Jackson Pat Gibson Ian Clark Oliver Levy | |
| High Brow Specialist Quiz | Lander Frederickx
|
Matt Jackson
|
Ronny Swiggers
| |
| Populist Special Quiz | Tom Trogh
|
Daoud Jackson
|
Brandon Blackwell
| |
| World Club Team Quiz | The New Janitors Thomas Kolåsæter Victoria Groce Andrew Ullsperger Derk de Graaf
|
The Rolling Scones Dean Kotiga Shane Whitlock Neven Trgovec Daoud Jackson
|
Broken Hearts Pat Gibson Ian Bayley Jack Pollock Hugh Bennett
| |
| Knockout Quiz | Evan Lynch
|
 Ivan Andonov
|
Kaarel Silmato
| |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirational Cup | USA B Matt Jackson Raj Dhuwalia Anu Kashyap Jeffrey Seguritan |
The League of Very Mediocre Wingmen Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Luc Lenaerts Tim Van der Heyden |
England B Amit De Matt Todd Hugh Bennett Andrew Whittingham | |
| Frankenquiz |  ???
|
???
|
???
| |
Medal table
The final medal table was:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | England | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Serbia (SER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 25 | 21 | 70 | |
References
- "Quiz Olympiad III : 7 – 10 November 2024 Fuengirola, Spain".
- "Quizzes".
- "Olympians".
- "2024 Quiz Olympiad Results".
- "Nations Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- "Aspirational Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- "Results".
- https://quizolympiad.com/results/