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The '''World Quizzing Championships''' is an individual [[quiz]] contest organised by the [[International Quizzing association|International Quizzing Association]] (the umbrella organisation of various quizzing activities from more than 25 countries around the world). The competition has been staged annually since {{start date and age|2003|p=y}} (since 2004 in more than one country simultaneously) with an increasing number of contestants from an increasing number of nations. Since 2006, the competition has been staged on the first Saturday of every June.

As of 2024, [[Pat Gibson]] and [[Jesse Honey]], hold the title for the highest-scoring quizzers with 186 out of 210 total points. (Although the quiz is out of 240, a player's lowest scoring round was dropped at the time Gibson and Honey played, and so their scores are out of 210 not 240).<ref name=results2011 /><ref name=results2012 />

==Format==
The World Quizzing Championships are in the form of a written test taken by individuals that is conducted at various points around the globe. Each competitor faces the same questions (translated into their mother tongue in many cases) at approximately the same time. There are 240 questions, divided into eight categories, and are given out in two packs of four papers. The contestants will be given sixty (60) minutes to answer each pack.<ref name="WQC-format">{{Cite web|title=Format - World Quizzing Championships|url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/wqc/wqc-format/|website=World Quizzing Championships|language=en-US|access-date=14 July 2022|archive-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714124604/https://www.worldquizzing.com/wqc/wqc-format/|url-status=live}}</ref> Previously, the rule is that at the end of the allotted time, the papers are marked and each contestant's top seven category scores will be added together to find the winner. However, this rule was changed in 2022. Instead, all eight papers will be counted to determine the winner.<ref name="WQC-rules">{{Cite web|title=Rules - World Quizzing Championships|url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/wqc/rules/|website=World Quizzing Championships|language=en-US}}</ref>

The genres and general content areas are a combination of academic and popular culture topics including:<ref name="WQC-format" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-top:0;"
! Genre
! Subjects
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Culture
| Architecture, Fine art, Museums, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, World cultures
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Entertainment
| Ballet, Classical music, Film Music, Jazz & World Music, Opera, Pop music, Radio, Television
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | History
| Civilizations, Current Affairs, Exploration, Famous People, History
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Lifestyle
| Costume, Design, Fashion, Food & Drink, Handicrafts, Health & Fitness, Human Body, New Age beliefs, Products & Brands, Tourism
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Media
| Comic strips, Comic books, Graphic novels, Film, Language, Literature
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Sciences
| Exact sciences (Chemistry, Physics, etc.), Fauna, Flora, Social sciences
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Sport & Games
| Games, Sports, Hobbies & Pastimes, Records & achievements (in context of genre)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | World
| Cities, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Inventions, Space, Technology, Transport
|}

However, there is a chance that a question will seem to fit into one, two, or even several genres.<ref name="WQC-format" />

==List of WQC winners==

=== By number of wins ===
The table below shows the medalists from each year, along with the years that a player won the championship.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-top:0; font-size:90%;"
! Name
! {{Gold1}} 
! {{Silver2}} 
! {{Bronze3}} 
! Total
! Years won
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Ashman]]
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 12
| 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016, 2017
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Pat Gibson]] 
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 13
| 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Olav Bjortomt]]
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 5
| 2003, 2015, 2018, 2019
|-
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Swiggers]]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 7
| 2021, 2023
|-
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Victoria Groce]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 4
| 2024
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} Didier Bruyere
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 3
| 2022
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} Daoud Jackson
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
|2025
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mark Bytheway]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 3
| 2008
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jesse Honey]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| 2012
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Vikram Joshi]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| 2014
|-
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} Ravikant Avva
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| 2020
|-
| {{flagicon|United States}} Steve Perry
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 4
| rowspan="10" {{n/a}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Tero Kalliolevo]]
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 5
|-
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Tom Trogh]]
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
|-
| {{flagicon|United States}} Troy Meyer
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
|-
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Nico Pattyn]]
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} Alan Gibbs
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} Evan Lynch
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} Ashish
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Krešimir Štimac
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|}

=== By year ===
The table below shows the top-three placings from each year.
[[File:2024_World_Quizzing_Championships_Participating_Countries.png|thumb|325px|Participating countries in the 2024 World Quizzing Championships.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-top:0; font-size:90%;"
! Year
! {{Gold1}} Winner 
! {{Silver2}} Runner-up 
! {{Bronze3}} Third place
|-
| 2025
| {{flagicon|England}} Daoud Jackson
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Victoria Groce]]
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Swiggers]]
|-
| 2024
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Victoria Groce]]
| {{flagicon|England}} Daoud Jackson
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Swiggers]]
|-
| 2023<ref name="2023res">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-04 |title=Results - World Quizzing Championships 2023 |url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=worldquizzing.com |publisher=World Quizzing Championships |language=en-gb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616113317/https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |archive-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Swiggers]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Victoria Groce]]
| {{flagicon|England}} Evan Lynch
|-
| 2022<ref name="2022res">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-05 |title=Results - World Quizzing Championships 2023 |url=https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=worldquizzing.com |publisher=World Quizzing Championships |language=en-gb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614001233/https://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |archive-date=2022-06-14}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|France}} Didier Bruyere
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Tom Trogh]]
| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Krešimir Štimac
|-
| 2021<ref name=results2021>International Quizzing Association: [https://quest.quizzing.com/season/100016/quiz/100394 World Quizzing Championships 2021 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731115754/https://quest.quizzing.com/season/100016/quiz/100394 |date=2021-07-31 }}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Ronny Swiggers
| {{flagicon|France}} Didier Bruyere
| {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|-
| 2020{{efn|The 2020 competition was largely contested online.}}<ref name=results2020>International Quizzing Association: [https://quest.quizzing.com/season/100016/quiz/100323 World Quizzing Championships 2020 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205110733/https://quest.quizzing.com/season/100016/quiz/100323 |date=2020-12-05 }}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} Ravikant Avva 
| {{flagicon|USA}} Troy Meyer 
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Victoria Groce]]
|-
| 2019<ref name=results2019>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ World Quizzing Championships 2019 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607192638/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |date=2012-06-07 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Olav Bjortomt]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Perry
| {{flagicon|Finland}} Tero Kalliolevo
|-
| 2018<ref name=results2018>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ World Quizzing Championships 2018 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607192638/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |date=2012-06-07 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} Olav Bjortomt
| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Perry
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Pat Gibson]] 
|-
| 2017<ref name=results2017>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ World Quizzing Championships 2017 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607192638/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |date=2012-06-07 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Ashman]]
| {{flagicon|France}} Didier Bruyere
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
|-
| 2016<ref name=results2016>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ World Quizzing Championships 2016 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607192638/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |date=2012-06-07 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|England}} Olav Bjortomt
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
|-
| 2015<ref name=results2015>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ World Quizzing Championships 2015 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607192638/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/ |date=2012-06-07 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} Olav Bjortomt
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
|-
| 2014<ref name=results2014>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc-2014/ World Quizzing Championships 2014 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111232814/http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc-2014/ |date=2016-01-11 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Vikram Joshi]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Perry
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
|-
| 2013<ref name=results2013>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2013/ World Quizzing Championships 2013 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402141249/http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2013/ |date=2 April 2018 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|Finland}} Tero Kalliolevo
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
|-
| 2012<ref name=results2012>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2012/ World Quizzing Championships 2012 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925043401/http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/results/archive/wqc2012/ |date=25 September 2017 }}</ref> 
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jesse Honey]]
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Perry
|-
| 2011<ref name=results2011/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|Finland}} Tero Kalliolevo
|-
| 2010<ref name=results2010/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Ronny Swiggers
|-
| 2009<ref name=2009results/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Ronny Swiggers
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mark Bytheway]]
|-
| 2008<ref name=2008results/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Mark Bytheway
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Ronny Swiggers
| {{flagicon|Finland}} Tero Kalliolevo
|-
| 2007<ref name=results2007/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|England}} Mark Bytheway
|-
| 2006<ref name=results2006/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Nico Pattyn]]
|-
| 2005<ref name=results2005/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn
|-
| 2004<ref name=2004results/>
| {{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|India}} Ashish 
|-
| 2003
| {{flagicon|England}} Olav Bjortomt
| {{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson
| {{flagicon|England}} Alan Gibbs
|}

== Competition history ==

=== 2003 ===
A fledgling event was first staged by Quizzing.co.uk in 2003 at [[Villa Park]] football stadium, [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. This saw 50 quizzers representing a handful of nations compete in a written test of quiz knowledge. The inaugural event was won by Olav Bjortomt. The event has full official status but only took place in one country and is sometimes erroneously omitted in statistics.<ref>[http://www.iqagb.co.uk/trivia/viewtopic.php?t=381 results]  {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

=== 2004 ===
In 2004, following the foundation of the [[International Quizzing Association (IQA)]], the event was held simultaneously in five countries: the United Kingdom (joined by quizzers from elsewhere, including [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]), Belgium (joined by quizzers from the [[Netherlands]]), [[Estonia]], India, and [[Malaysia]]. Over 300 quizzers took part. The UK leg was staged at Manchester United's [[Old Trafford]] football stadium. The 2004 winner was Kevin Ashman.<ref name=2004results/>

#{{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman – 154<ref name=2004results>Website of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: [http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm IQA World Quizzing Championships 2004 (WQC)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528084859/http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm |date=28 May 2013 }}</ref>
#{{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson – 135
#{{flagicon|India}} Ashish – 128
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn – 126
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Frank Van Nieuwenhove – 124
#{{flagicon|England}} Ian Bayley – 118
#{{flagicon|England}} David Stainer – 117
#{{flagicon|India}} Arul Mani – 116
#{{flagicon|England}} Stephen Pearson – 115
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} Lauri Naber – 115

=== 2005 ===
The 2005 championship on July 2, saw further significant growth with the event benefiting from the sponsorship of [[MSN Search]].  Countries joining the original five competing nations included Australia, [[Finland]], [[Indonesia]], Norway and [[Singapore]].  Quizzers sat eight papers of 30 questions each, covering: 'Culture', 'Entertainment', 'History', 'Lifestyle', 'Media', 'Sciences', 'Sport and Games', and 'World', with the lowest score from the eight genres being dropped – although these did come into play to settle tie-break situations.  The eight genres were won outright or shared by quizzers from seven countries (Belgium, England, Estonia, Finland, India, Ireland, and Norway).

Efforts to encourage the participation of women in the contest (competitive quizzing has hitherto been something of a male-dominated pastime) were rewarded in 2005 with a win for [[Trine Aalborg]] of Norway in the 'Lifestyle' category and a sixth place overall for [[Dorjana Širola]] of Croatia (who also finished 3rd among those competitors who had gathered at Silverstone motor racing circuit for the UK leg of the competition). In India, another woman, Debashree Mitra of Bangalore took 3rd place overall.<ref name=results2005/>

#{{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman – 161<ref name=results2005>Web site of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: [http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2005.htm IQA World Quizzing Championships 2005 (WQC)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040911/http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2005.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
#{{flagicon|England}} Pat Gibson – 154
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn – 151 
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Marc Van Springel – 144
#{{flagicon|India}} Arul Mani – 144
#{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Dorjana Širola]] – 139 (first woman)
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} Ove Põder – 138
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} Lauri Naber – 138
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Erik Derycke (quiz player)|Erik Derycke]] – 138
#{{flagicon|England}} Ian Bayley – 138

=== 2006 ===
On June 3, 2006, the World Quizzing Championships were held at more than 15 locations. First time organisers were [[Lithuania]], Germany, Switzerland, [[Liberia]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. People of a multitude of nationalities took part, including representatives from the United States, Australia, Russia, [[Singapore]], Hungary, and France. The title was, for the 3rd year running, won by Kevin Ashman.<ref name=results2006/>

#{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Ashman]] – 166<ref name=results2006>Web site of the Belgian branch of the International Quizzing Association: [http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2006.htm IQA Wereldkampioenschap Quizzen 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232555/http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2006.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Pat Gibson]] – 163
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn – 155
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Marc Van Springel – 146
#{{flagicon|England}} Olav Bjortomt – 142
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Ronny Swiggers – 140
#{{flagicon|Croatia}} Dorjana Širola – 140 (highest placed woman)
#{{flagicon|England}} Mark Bytheway – 136
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Erik Derycke (quiz player)|Erik Derycke]] – 136
#{{flagicon|England}} Ian Bayley – 133

=== 2007 ===
On June 2, 2007, the World Quizzing Championships was held at locations including the Netherlands, the US and Hungary for the first time. Pat Gibson took the crown from three-time winner Kevin Ashman.<ref name=results2007>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2007/ WQC 2007 official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624092355/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2007/ |date=2012-06-24 }}</ref>

#{{flagicon|England}} [[Pat Gibson]] – 179<ref name=results2007/>
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Ashman]] – 176
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Mark Bytheway]] – 171
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Olav Bjortomt]] – 164
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Jesse Honey]] – 159
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Ronny Swiggers – 158
#{{flagicon|England}} Ian Bayley – 151
#{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Mark Grant (quiz champion)|Mark Grant]] – 151
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn – 150
#{{flagicon|India}} Arul Mani – 150
Dorjana Širola of [[Croatia]] was the highest placed woman in 12th position. [[Paul Paquet]] from Canada placed highest in the [[New York City]] leg, the first time the WQC was held in [[North America]].

=== 2008 ===
The 2008 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 7, 2008 at more than 30 locations, including for the first time Australia, the [[Philippines]], Canada, China, [[Bangladesh]], and [[Latvia]]. Mark Bytheway took the world title in a close race with Belgium's [[Ronny Swiggers]] and [[Finland]]'s [[Tero Kalliolevo]].<ref name=2008results>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2008/ WQC 2008 official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624092400/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2008/ |date=2012-06-24 }}</ref>

#{{flagicon|England}} Mark Bytheway &ndash; 173<ref name=2008results/>
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Swiggers]] &ndash; 172
#{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Tero Kalliolevo]] &ndash; 170
#{{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman &ndash; 167
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Pat Gibson]] &ndash; 165 
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn &ndash; 163
#{{flagicon|England}} Olav Bjortomt &ndash; 155
#{{flagicon|England}} Ian Bayley &ndash; 154
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Jesse Honey]] &ndash; 152
#{{flagicon|Croatia}} Dorjana Širola &ndash; 150  (best performing woman)

=== 2009 ===
The 2009 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 6, 2009 at more than 45 locations, including 10 venues in the US, 9 in India and 4 in Russia. Kevin Ashman regained his title and became the first ever to win 4 World Quizzing Championships. Second again was Ronny Swiggers from Belgium. Third was last year's champion Mark Bytheway. [[Jeopardy!]] legend Jerome Vered, whose all-time single-day winnings record lasted 10 or 12 years (depending on whether adjustment for the doubling of the clue values is used), placed eighth.<ref name=2009results>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2009/ WQC 2009 official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624092406/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2009/ |date=2012-06-24 }}</ref>

#{{flagicon|England}} Kevin Ashman &ndash; 177<ref name=2009results/>
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Swiggers]] &ndash; 174
#{{flagicon|England}} Mark Bytheway &ndash; 166
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Olav Bjortomt]] &ndash; 165
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} Nico Pattyn &ndash; 165 
#{{flagicon|England}} [[Pat Gibson]] &ndash; 164
#{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Tero Kalliolevo]] &ndash; 156
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerome Vered]] &ndash; 155
#{{flagicon|England}} Jesse Honey &ndash; 152
#{{flagicon|Norway}} Thomas Kolåsæter &ndash; 148

Dorjana Širola of Croatia was the highest placed woman in 22nd position with 135 points.

=== 2010 ===
The 2010 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 5, 2010 at almost seventy locations, adding [[Armenia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Morocco]], and the [[Republic of Ireland]] for the first time. Over 1200 people participated. Five nations were represented among the competitors placed in the top 10 overall. The overall winner was Pat Gibson.<ref name=results2010/>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2010.htm|title=Andes Survivors Quiz|access-date=19 June 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212354/http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2010.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://magnusatthva.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/2010-world-quizzing-championship-a-quiz-masochists-ultimate-dream/ |title=2010 World Quizzing Championship: A quiz masochist's ultimate dream &#124; -:playpen:- |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714195059/http://magnusatthva.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/2010-world-quizzing-championship-a-quiz-masochists-ultimate-dream/ |archive-date=2012-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2010>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2010/ WQC 2010 official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620165245/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2010/ |date=2012-06-20 }}</ref>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|180
|-
|2
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|169
|-
|3
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|169
|-
|4
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|166
|-
|5
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|165
|-
|6
|[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|151
|-
|7
|Mark Grant
|{{flag|Wales}}
|149
|-
|8
|Thomas Kolåsæter
|{{flag|Norway}}
|147
|-
|9
|[[Erik Derycke (quiz player)|Erik Derycke]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|147
|-
|10
|David Beck
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|146
|-
!colspan="4"| Nation (Ranked by highest placed team member, Top 10)
|-
!Pos
!Country
!Highest placed team member
!Score
|-
|1
|{{flag|England}}
|1 – [[Pat Gibson]]
|180
|-
|2
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|3 – [[Ronny Swiggers]]
|169
|-
|3
|{{flag|Finland}}
|4 – [[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|166
|-
|4
|{{flag|Wales}}
|7 – Mark Grant
|149
|-
|5
|{{flag|Norway}}
|8 – Thomas Kolåsæter
|147
|-
|6
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|12 – Ove Põder
|144
|-
|7
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|17 – Dorjana Širola
|140
|-
|8
|{{flag|United States}}
|19 – Steve Perry
|139
|-
|9
|{{flag|Scotland}}
|23 – [[Barry Simmons]]
|135
|-
|10
|{{flag|Germany}}
|24 – Holger Waldenberger
|135
|-
|}

Dorjana Širola of Croatia was the highest placed woman in 17th position with 140 points.

=== 2011 ===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:IMG 5406.JPG|thumb|350px|2011 championship was organized for the first time in [[Panevėžys]], [[Lithuania]] ([[Babilonas (shopping mall)|shopping mall Babilonas]]) ]] -->

The 2011 World Quizzing Championships took place on Saturday, June 4 with the planned addition of venues in Denmark, [[Gibraltar]] and [[Madagascar]]. Reigning champion Pat Gibson achieved the highest score in England with 186 and retained his title. Four times champion Kevin Ashman made 176. Tero Kalliolevo achieved the highest score in Finland with 176. Ronny Swiggers achieved the highest score in Belgium with 168. Steve Perry achieved the highest score in USA with 164. Mark Grant achieved the highest score in Wales with 163. Thomas Kolåsæter achieved the highest score in Norway with 158.<ref name=results2011/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nqf.17.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1035&start=15 |title=Norges Quizforbund :: View topic - VM 2011 |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823110733/http://nqf.17.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1035&start=15 |archive-date=2011-08-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2011>International Quizzing Association: [http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2011/ WQC 2011 official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605021846/http://www.worldquizzing.com/results/archive/wqc2011/ |date=2012-06-05 }}</ref>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|186
|-
|2
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|176
|-
|3
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|176
|-
|4
|[[Jesse Honey]]
|{{flag|England}}
|172
|-
|5
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|168
|-
|6
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|168
|-
|7
|[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|167
|-
|8
|Steve Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|164
|-
|9
|Mark Grant
|{{flag|Wales}}
|163
|-
|10
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|159
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Top Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Entertainment
|Scott Dawson
|{{flag|England}}
|28
|-
|Culture
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|29
|-
|Lifestyle
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|27
|-
|Sciences
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|28
|-
|History
|[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|28
|-
|Media
|Jussi Suvanto
|{{flag|Finland}}
|29
|-
|Sport
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|26
|-
|World
|[[Pat Gibson]] <br /> Paul Lujan
|{{flag|Ireland}} <br /> {{flag|Switzerland}}
|26
|-
|}

=== 2012 ===
The 2012 event was held on June 2, 2012, with over 1,700 participants competing at 88 locations in 35 countries. Defending champion Pat Gibson was beaten into second place by [[Jesse Honey]] with a score of 186. For the first time ever, someone scored full marks in one genre with Ishaan Chugh, a quizzer from India, scoring 30/30 in the Media section.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2012/>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Jesse Honey]]
|{{flag|England}}
|186
|-
|2
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|177
|-
|3
|Steve Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|174
|-
|4
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|172
|-
|5
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|170
|-
|6
|Mark Grant
|{{flag|Wales}}
|170
|-
|7
|Sean Carey
|{{flag|England}}
|169
|-
|8
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|166
|-
|9
|David Stainer
|{{flag|England}}
|164
|-
|10
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|164
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Entertainment
|[[Holger Waldenberger]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|27
|-
|Culture
|Ove Põder
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|28
|-
|Lifestyle
|Sean Carey
|{{flag|England}}
|29
|-
|Sciences
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|History
|[[Jesse Honey]] <br /> [[Tero Kalliolevo]] <br /> Mark Grant
|{{flag|England}} <br /> {{flag|Finland}} <br /> {{flag|Wales}}
|28
|-
|Media
|Ishaan Chugh
|{{flag|India}}
|'''30'''
|-
|Sport
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|27
|-
|World
|[[Jesse Honey]]
|{{flag|England}}
|27
|-
|}

=== 2013 ===
The 2013 World Quizzing Championship took place on 1 June. A record 1,992 participants competed with India being the most represented country.<ref name=results2013/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2013/>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|172
|-
|2
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|168
|-
|3
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|163
|-
|4
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|161
|-
|5
|Ove Põder
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|158
|-
|6
|Steve Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|156
|-
|7
|[[Mark Grant (Quiz player)|Mark Grant]]
|{{flag|Wales}}
|156
|-
|8
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|155
|-
|9
|[[Vikram Joshi]]
|{{flag|India}}
|153
|-
|10
|[[Didier Bruyere]]
|{{flag|France}}
|152
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Entertainment
|Pat Gibson
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|Culture
|[[Vikram Joshi]]
|{{flag|India}}
|27
|-
|Lifestyle
|Steven Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|23
|-
|Sciences
|Pat Gibson
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|History
|Ove Põder
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|28
|-
|Media
|[[Olav Bjortomt]] <br /> Yogesh Raut
|{{flag|England}} <br /> {{flag|USA}}
|28
|-
|Sport
|[[Tom Trogh]] <br /> Igor Habal
|{{flag|Belgium}} <br /> {{flag|Estonia}}
|27
|-
|World
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|27
|-
|}

=== 2014 ===
The 2014 World Quizzing Championship took place on 7 June with 1,833 participants.<ref name=results2014/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2014/>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Vikram Joshi]]
|{{flag|India}}
|176
|-
|2
|Steven Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|174
|-
|3
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|171
|-
|4
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|160
|-
|5
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|157
|-
|6
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|154
|-
|7
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|154
|-
|8
|[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|151
|-
|9
|[[Mark Grant (Quiz player)|Mark Grant]]
|{{flag|Wales}}
|150
|-
|10
|Ian Bayley
|{{flag|England}}
|148
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Entertainment
|Steve Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|26
|-
|History
|[[Vikram Joshi]]
|{{flag|India}}
|'''30'''
|-
|Lifestyle
|[[Vikram Joshi]]
|{{flag|India}}
|24
|-
|Sciences
|Joe Trela
|{{flag|USA}}
|26
|-
|Culture
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|28
|-
|Media
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|29
|-
|Sport
|[[Igor Habal]]
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|27
|-
|World
|[[Vikram Joshi]] <br /> [[Nico Pattyn]] <br /> Steve Perry
|{{flag|India}} <br /> {{flag|Belgium}} <br /> {{flag|USA}}
|25
|-
|}

=== 2015 ===
The 2015 World Quizzing Championship took place on 6 June with over 2,000 participants.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2015/>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|161
|-
|2
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|157
|-
|3
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|156
|-
|4
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|151
|-
|5
|[[Holger Waldenberger]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|144
|-
|6
|Ove Põder
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|144
|-
|7
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|142
|-
|8
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|142
|-
|9
|[[Thomas Kolåsæter]]
|{{flag|Norway}}
|141
|-
|10
|[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|141
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Entertainment
|[[Jussi Suvanto]]<br />[[Olav Bjortomt]] <br />Ove Põder
|{{flag|Finland}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Estonia}}
|22
|-
|History
|Ian Bayley
|{{flag|England}}
|24
|-
|Lifestyle
|Daniel Melia<br />[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|21
|-
|Sciences
|Ian Bayley<br />Nick Mills<br />[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|24
|-
|Culture
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|26
|-
|Media
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|27
|-
|Sport
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|24
|-
|World
|Geir H. Kristiansen<br />[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|Norway}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|29
|-
|}

=== 2016 ===
The 2016 World Quizzing Championship took place on 4 June with over 2,500 participants.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)<ref name=results2015/>
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|171
|-
|2
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|167
|-
|3
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|165
|-
|4
|[[Mark Grant (Quiz player)|Mark Grant]]
|{{flag|Wales}}
|163
|-
|5
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|161
|-
|6
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|162
|-
|7
|Ian Bayley
|{{flag|England}}
|160
|-
|8
|Didier Bruyere
|{{flag|France}}
|160
|-
|9
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|159
|-
|10
|David Stainer
|{{flag|England}}
|156
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Media
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|30
|-
|World
|[[Kevin Ashman]]<br />Patrick Friel<br />[[Tero Kalliolevo]]<br />[[Holger Waldenberger]]
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Finland}}<br />{{flag|Germany}}
|22
|-
|Entertainment
|Susannah Brooks<br />David Dixon<br />Mark Grant<br />[[Paul Sinha]]
|{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Wales}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|24
|-
|History
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|29
|-
|Science
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|27
|-
|Sport
|[[Kevin Ashman]]<br />Hugh Bennett<br />Tim Westcott
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|Lifestyle
|Mark Ryder
|{{flag|USA}}
|26
|-
|Culture
|[[Kevin Ashman]]<br />Ian Bayley<br />[[Olav Bjortomt]]<br />[[Tero Kalliolevo]]<br />[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Finland}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}
|24
|-
|}

=== 2017 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|169
|-
|2
|Didier Bruyere
|{{flag|France}}
|163
|-
|3
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|160
|-
|4
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|159
|-
|5
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|156
|-
|6
|Tim Polley
|{{flag|USA}}
|155
|-
|7
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|155
|-
|8
|Ian Bayley
|{{flag|England}}
|154
|-
|9
|Ove Põder
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|153
|-
|10
|Mark Grant
|{{flag|Wales}}
|153
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Media
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|28
|-
|World
|Mark Henry<br />Gary Grant<br />[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Ireland}}<br />{{flag|Scotland}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}
|23
|-
|Entertainment
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|23
|-
|History
|Andrew Frazer<br />[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|Scotland}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|Science
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|27
|-
|Sport
|Igor Habal
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|25
|-
|Lifestyle
|[[Tom Trogh]]<br />[[Pat Gibson]]<br />Didier Bruyere<br />Susannah Brooks<br />[[Ronny Swiggers]]<br />Steve Cooke
|{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|France}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|Scotland}}
|26
|-
|Culture
|Espen Kibsgård<br />[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|Norway}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|25
|-
|}

=== 2018 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|164
|-
|2
|Steven Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|159
|-
|3
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|159
|-
|4
|Igor Habal
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|158
|-
|5
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|157
|-
|6
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|156
|-
|7
|Didier Bruyere
|{{flag|France}}
|152
|-
|8
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|149
|-
|9
|Mark Grant
|{{flag|Wales}}
|148
|-
|10
|[[Nico Pattyn]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|146
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Media
|Ishaan Chugh
|{{flag|India}}
|28
|-
|World
|Tomislav Bleiziffer
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|27
|-
|Entertainment
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|25
|-
|History
|Jakob Myers<br />[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|England}}
|25
|-
|Science
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|27
|-
|Sport
|Igor Habal
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|29
|-
|Lifestyle
|Steven Perry<br />Eric Smith<br />[[Jerome Vered]]
|{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Canada}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
|27
|-
|Culture
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|}

=== 2019 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|171
|-
|2
|Steven Perry
|{{flag|USA}}
|168
|-
|3
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|167
|-
|4
|[[Kevin Ashman]]
|{{flag|England}}
|166
|-
|5
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|166
|-
|6
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|164
|-
|7
|Didier Bruyere
|{{flag|France}}
|164
|-
|8
|Ian Bayley
|{{flag|England}}
|163
|-
|9
|Thomas Kolåsæter
|{{flag|Norway}}
|162
|-
|10
|Troy Meyer
|{{flag|USA}}
|159
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Media
|Ishaan Chugh
|{{flag|India}}
|29
|-
|World
|Pat Gibson
|{{flag|England}}
|28
|-
|Entertainment
|Troy Meyer 
|{{flag|USA}}
|27
|-
|History
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]<br />[[Steven Perry ]]<br />[[Nico Pattyn]]<br />Ravikant Avva
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|Singapore}}
|27
|-
|Science
|Ian Bayley<br />Lander Frederickx
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />
|25
|-
|Sport
|Mark Preston 
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|Lifestyle
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]<br />[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}
|26
|-
|Culture
|Daoud Jackson
|{{flag|England}}
|25
|-
|}

=== 2020 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|Ravikant Avva
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|159
|-
|2
|Troy Meyer 
|{{flag|USA}}
|156
|-
|3
|Victoria Groce
|{{flag|USA}}
|155
|-
|4
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|154
|-
|5
|Yogesh Raut
|{{flag|USA}}
|153
|-
|6
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|150
|-
|7
|Igor Habal
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|149
|-
|8
|Kaarel Silmato
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|148
|-
|9
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|148
|-
|10
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|146
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Culture
|Guy Jordan<br />Victoria Groce<br />Ravikant Avva <br />Troy Meyer <br />[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Singapore}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}
|25
|-
|Entertainment
|Daniel Cohen
|{{flag|USA}}
|25
|-
|History
|Daoud Jackson
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|Media
|Yogesh Raut
|{{flag|USA}}
|27
|-
|Lifestyle
|Daniel Cohen
|{{flag|USA}}
|26
|-
|Science
|Nick Mills<br />[[Tom Trogh]]<br />Ravikant Avva <br />[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|Singapore}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}
|22
|-
|Sport & Games
|Ravikant Avva
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|25
|-
|World
|Shane Whitlock
|{{flag|USA}}
|26
|-
|}

=== 2021 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
!Pos
!Name
!Country
!Score
|-
|1
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|166
|-
|2
|Didier Bruyere
|{{flag|France}}
|161
|-
|3
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|156
|-
|4
|[[Olav Bjortomt]]
|{{flag|England}}
|156
|-
|5
|[[Tom Trogh]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|154
|-
|6
|Daoud Jackson
|{{flag|England}}
|152
|-
|7
|[[Pat Gibson]]
|{{flag|England}}
|150
|-
|8
|Kaarel Silmato
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|149
|-
|9
|Troy Meyer
|{{flag|USA}}
|148
|-
|10
|Victoria Groce
|{{flag|USA}}
|146
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
|Culture
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|24
|-
|Entertainment
|Daoud Jackson
|{{flag|England}}
|26
|-
|History
|Didier Bruyere<br />Jakob Myers
|{{flag|France}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
|26
|-
|Media
|Mark Preston
|{{flag|England}}
|25
|-
|Lifestyle
|[[Ronny Swiggers]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|26
|-
|Science
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|26
|-
|Sport & Games
|Mark Preston<br />Ravikant Avva
|{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Singapore}}
|26
|-
|World
|[[Tero Kalliolevo]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|26
|-
|}

=== 2022 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
! Pos
! Name
! Country
! Score
|-
| align="center" | 1
| Didier Bruyere
| {{flag|France}}
| 183
|-
| align="center" | 2
| [[Tom Trogh]]
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 177
|-
| align="center" | 3
| Krešimir Štimac
| {{flag|Croatia}}
| 176
|-
| align="center" | 4
| Daoud Jackson
| {{flag|England}}
| 176
|-
| align="center" | 5
| [[Ronny Swiggers]]
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 176
|-
| align="center" | 6
| [[Olav Bjortomt]]
| {{flag|England}}
| 174
|-
| align="center" | 7
| Victoria Groce
| {{flag|USA}}
| 172
|-
| align="center" | 8
| Steven Perry
| {{flag|USA}}
| 169
|-
| align="center" | 9
| [[Pat Gibson]]
| {{flag|England}}
| 167
|-
| align="center" | 10
| Evan Lynch
| {{flag|England}}
| 162
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
| Culture
| [[Olav Bjortomt]]<br />Evan Lynch 
| {{flag|England}}
| align="center" | 25
|-
| Entertainment
| Troy Meyer
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 22
|-
| History
| Steven Perry
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 26
|-
| Media
| Olav Bjortomt
| {{flag|England}}
| align="center" | 25
|-
| Lifestyle
| Didier Bruyere<br />[[Pat Gibson]]<br />[[Ronny Swiggers]]<br />[[Tom Trogh]]<br />Victoria Groce
| {{flag|France}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 25
|-
| Science
| Didier Bruyere
| {{flag|France}}
| align="center" | 23
|-
| Sport & Games
| Tom Trogh
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| align="center" | 28
|-
| World
| Krešimir Štimac
| {{flag|Croatia}}
| align="center" | 26
|-
|}

=== 2023 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
! Pos
! Name
! Country
! Score
|-
| align="center" | 1
| Ronny Swiggers
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 171
|-
| align="center" | 2
| Victoria Groce
| {{flag|USA}}
| 170
|-
| align="center" | 3
| Evan Lynch
| {{flag|England}}
| 164
|-
| align="center" | 4
| Tom Trogh
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 161
|-
| align="center" | 5
| Olav Bjortomt
| {{flag|England}}
| 159
|-
| align="center" | 6
| Pat Gibson
| {{flag|England}}
| 158
|-
| align="center" | 7
| Daoud Jackson
| {{flag|England}}
| 158
|-
| align="center" | 8
| Kevin Ashman
| {{flag|England}}
| 157
|-
| align="center" | 9
| Ian Bayley
| {{flag|England}}
| 154
|-
| align="center" | 10
| Franco Sottopietra
| {{flag|Austria}}
| 152
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
!Genre
!Winner
!Country
!Score
|-
| Culture
| Ronny Swiggers
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| align="center" | 26
|-
| Entertainment
| Victoria Groce
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 22
|-
| History
| Jakob Myers
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 26
|-
| Media
| Victoria Groce
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 25
|-
| Lifestyle
| Ronny Swiggers
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| align="center" | 23
|-
| Science
| Ian Bayley<br />Tom Trogh<br />Lander Frederickx<br />Evan Lynch<br />Martin Ehrl<br />Bart Lecomte
| {{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|Germany}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}}
| align="center" | 22
|-
| Sport & Games
| Tom Trogh
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| align="center" | 28
|-
| World
| Ronny Swiggers<br />Patrick Friel
| {{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 23
|-
|}

=== 2024 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
! Pos
! Name
! Country
! Score
|-
| align="center" | 1
| Victoria Groce
| {{flag|USA}}
| 170
|-
| align="center" | 2
| Daoud Jackson
| {{flag|England}}
| 166
|-
| align="center" | 3
| Ronny Swiggers
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 159
|-
| align="center" | 4
| Ian Bayley
| {{flag|England}}
| 157
|-
| align="center" | 5
| Pat Gibson
| {{flag|England}}
| 156
|-
| align="center" | 6
| Evan Lynch
| {{flag|England}}
| 156
|-
| align="center" | 7
| Shane Whitlock
| {{flag|USA}}
| 153
|-
| align="center" | 8
| Olav Bjortomt
| {{flag|England}}
| 151
|-
| align="center" | 9
| Jack Pollock
| {{flag|Scotland}}
| 150
|-
| align="center" | 10
| Kevin Ashman
| {{flag|England}}
| 149
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
! Genre
! Winner
! Country
! Score
|-
| Culture
| Olav Bjortomt<br />Victoria Groce
| {{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 22
|-
| Entertainment
| Andrew Ullsperger<br />Pam Mueller<br />Patrick Friel<br />Tim Hall
| {{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|Ireland}}
| align="center" | 19
|-
| History
| Kevin Ashman<br />Shane Whitlock<br />Matt Jackson
| {{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|USA}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 23
|-
| Media
| Olav Bjortomt
| {{flag|England}}
| align="center" | 23
|-
| Lifestyle
| Pat Gibson<br />Victoria Groce
| {{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 24
|-
| Science
| Ian Bayley
| {{flag|England}}
| align="center" | 26
|-
| Sport & Games
| Daoud Jackson
| {{flag|England}}
| align="center" | 23
|-
| World
| Daoud Jackson<br />Victoria Groce
| {{flag|England}}<br />{{flag|USA}}
| align="center" | 26
|}

=== 2025 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4"| Individual (Top 10)
|-
! Pos !! Name !! Country !! Score
|-
| 1 || Daoud Jackson || {{flag|England}} || 187
|-
| 2 || Victoria Groce || {{flag|USA}} || 182
|-
| 3 || Ronny Swiggers || {{flag|Belgium}} || 181
|-
| 4 || Ian Bayley || {{flag|England}} || 180
|-
| 5 || Evan Lynch || {{flag|England}} || 179
|-
| 6 || Shane Whitlock || {{flag|USA}} || 176
|-
| 7 || Pat Gibson || {{flag|England}} || 176
|-
| 8 || Tim Van der Heyden || {{flag|Belgium}} || 175
|-
| 9 || Neven Trgovec || {{flag|Croatia}} || 175
|-
|10 || Jack Pollock || {{flag|Scotland}} || 173
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4"| Genre Winners (Max. Score = 30)
|-
! Genre !! Winner(s) !! Country !! Score
|-
| Culture || Ronny Swiggers || {{flag|Belgium}} || 28
|-
| Entertainment || Ole Martin Halck<br>Victoria Groce || {{flag|Norway}}<br>{{flag|USA}} || 25
|-
| History || Matt Jackson || {{flag|USA}} || 27
|-
| Media || Olav Bjortomt || {{flag|England}} || 26
|-
| Lifestyle || Pieter Verlee<br>Daoud Jackson || {{flag|Belgium}}<br>{{flag|England}} || 27
|-
| Science || Ian Bayley || {{flag|England}} || 27
|-
| Sport & Games || Neven Trgovec || {{flag|Croatia}} || 26
|-
| World || Mark Grant<br>Pat Gibson || {{flag|Wales}}<br>{{flag|England}} || 25
|}

== See also ==
* [[Australian Quiz Champion]]
* [[British Quizzing Championships]]
* [[International Quizzing Championships]]
* [[Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/ Official site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929005433/http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/tabeller/wqc.html World Quizzing Championships 2007: Results]
*[http://www.iqa.be/Points%20WQC%20international%20100.xls World Quizzing Championships 2006: Results]
*[http://www.iqa.be/Points%20International.xls World Quizzing Championships 2005: Results]
*[http://www.iqa.be/iqa_wqc_uk2004.htm World Quizzing Championships 2004: Results]
*[http://www.iqa.be  IQA Belgium with full results previous World and European Championships]
*[https://www.iqa.asia IQA Asia]
*[http://www.iqagb.co.uk  IQA Great Britain]
*[http://iqausa.googlepages.com  IQA United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814031738/http://iqausa.googlepages.com/ |date=2009-08-14 }}
*[http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/index.php?location=WQC   IQA Norway – all WQC results]
*[http://www.quizzingaustralia.org/ Quizzing Australia]
*[http://kvizai.awardspace.info  World Quizzing Championship in Lithuania – information, results, photos]
*[http://www.quizireland.ie World Quizzing Championship in Ireland – information, results, photos]

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