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2024 Quiz Olympiad
Host city	Fuengirola
Country	Spain
Nations	24
Debuting countries	1
Athletes	226
Opening	7 November 2024
Closing	10 November 2024
Website	quizolympiad.com
	← Kraków 2021 2028 →

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.^[1]

The event will also count as the 2024 International Quizzing Championships.

Event

The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 135 medals^[2]

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.

Participating nations
Australia (7) Austria (2) Belgium (23) Canada (3) Croatia (9) Denmark (9) England (22) Estonia (5) Finland (2) France (1) Germany (21) Hungary (6) Ireland (4) Liberia (9) Netherlands (15) Norway (23) Poland (2) Romania (8) Scotland (12) Serbia (8) Sweden (1) Switzerland (4) United States (23) Wales (7)

Full list of participants^[3]
Aaran Mohann Alexander Vosten Issa Schultz Marc Cheong Mick Logue Rick Bakker Ross Evans Andreas Stolz Claudia Lösch Bart Lecomte Derk de Graaf Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Jo Broos Johnny Loodts Kris Van Der Coelden Lander Frederickx Lars Van Moer Luc Lenaerts Maurice D’hiet Nico Pattyn Paul Arts Pieter Poelaert Ronny Swiggers Stijn Gyselinckx Sven Lefèvre Thomas De Bock Tim Van der Heyden Tom Trogh Warre Van den Eynde Wim Vanrie Yarnick Piscador Adam Hancock Lee Ann Whitlock Paul Paquet Dean Kotiga Ivan Juric Krešimir Melnik Lovro Jurišić Mario Kovac Neven Trgovec Perica Zivanovic Šime Gverić Slaven Maros Anders Pedersen Anton Jacobsen Esben Christiansen Esben Holdt Flemming Borg Nielsen Glen Odgaard Mads Theodorsen Maj-Britt Christensen Søren Brøndum Laursen Amit De Andrew Johnston Andrew Whittingham Ben Vincent Daoud Jackson Evan Lynch George Scratcherd Gerard Mackay Hugh Bennett Ian Bayley Ian Clark Matt Todd Miles Burton Ned Pendleton Oliver Levy Pamela Douglas Pat Gibson Paul Bazzone Paul Sinha Sarah Trevarthen Steve Lilley Toby Cox Igor Habal Illar Tõnisson Indrek Salis Kaarel Silmato Ove Põder Leslie Shannon Tero Kalliolevo Frédéric Faucheux Andy Östreich Annegret Schenkel Christoph Wötzel Felix Kreutzfeldt Guido Marquardt Jannik Fellger Katharina Striebich Kurt Gallo Manuel Hobiger Moritz Schäfer Pierre Frotscher Roland Knauff Rudi Mewes Sebastian Jacoby Sebastian Klussmann Sebastian Milpetz Steffen Löwe Thorsten Zirkel Tilman Thiry Vanessa Engelhardt Vroni Kiefer Ákos Kereszturi Gábor Fabián Gábor Hacsek Imre Gerley Mihály Bence Bokor Péter Lang Dave McBryan Kevin Jones Kevin Lawless Patrick Carthy Bendu Diamond Massaquoi Grace N. Cole Jonathan Z. Saye Lahai Kamara Oliver M. Suah Otis B. Kruah Phillip H. Roberts Phil Tarpeh Dixon Smaila A. Kiazolu Jr Abel Gilsing Aditi Chatterji Diederick Van Elst Devrim Aslan Erwin Fortuin Guido ter Stege Marcel Visschers Michael van Duijkeren Michael-Dennis Biemans Nick Liohenki Paul Uijen Randy van Halen Stefan Engelen Thijs Zijlstra Ujjwal Deb Aldona Szczepanska Arild Tørum Brage Askeli Brage Nordgård David A. Tørre Eivind Moskvil Espen Iversen Espen Kibsgård Fredrik Karlsen Methi Geir H. Kristiansen Jørgen Skjånes Knut Heggland Kristian Kvamsøe Lars Heggland Leif-Atle Heen Marte Stang Midttun Mats Sigstad Ole Martin Halck Sigbjørn Snørteland Sonja Sirnes Thomas Kolåsæter Toril Opsahl Tore Heliks Van Dahl Marzena Szymanowska-Pietrzyk Tomasz Orzechowski Bogdan Gigiu-Topan Constantin Zaharia Emilian Chifor Marius Tudor Mihai-Marian Frunză Miruna Barti Nicu Perojuc Raluca Manole Andrew Frazer Andy Tucker Anne Hegerty Barry Simmons Galen Chung Jack Pollock Jamie Gallacher Mark Rae Neil Macaskill Rob Sutherland Roderick Cromar Stanley Wang Boris Stankovic Dušan Torbica Ivan Andonov Lazar Živkov Mihajlo Zdravković Sara Lukač Srećko Veselinović Stefan Grnčarski Duncan McDonald Helene Portmann Prakhar Gupta Rajan Thambehalli Renate Schaer Alan Lin Andrew Ullsperger Anu Kashyap Brandon Blackwell Carlo Aiello Chris Goheen Clifford Galiher Hans von Walter Henry Herron Jayanthi Srinivasan Jean Cui Jeff Richmond Jeffrey Seguritan Jerome Vered Kathryn Verwillow Leonard Fahrni Mark Ryder Matt Jackson Nilla Sivakumar Raj Dhuwalia Shane Whitlock Victoria Groce Warren Usui Andrew Teale Ben Jones David Cowan Gareth Kingston Ian Welham Liam Hughes Mark Grant

Medalists

The results were:^[4]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Quiz	Daoud Jackson	Ronny Swiggers	Thomas Kolåsæter

Nations Team Quiz^[5]	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^[6]	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:^[7]


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
5	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
11	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		24	25	21	70

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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/

External links

[1] "Quiz Olympiad III : 7 – 10 November 2024 Fuengirola, Spain".

[2] "Quizzes".

[3] "Olympians".

[4] "2024 Quiz Olympiad Results".

[5] "Nations Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[6] "Aspirational Cup Results". Quiz Olympiad. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[7] "Results".

[8] ttps://quizolympiad.com/results/

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