2016 Quiz Olympiad

2016 Quiz Olympiad
Host city	Athens
Country	Greece
Nations participating	26
Debuting countries	26
Athletes participating	201
Events	44
Opening ceremony	3 November 2016
Closing ceremony	6 November 2016
Website	quizolympiad.com
	Kraków 2021 →

Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 3 to 6 November 2016, the 2016 Quiz Olympiad in Athens was the inaugural Quiz Olympiad.^[1] Replacing the annual European Quizzing Championships, the event was open to quizzers from all over the world, with representatives of 26 nations competing.

Event[]

The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 132 medals.^[2]

Quizzes[]

The following were the official quizzes at the 2016 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

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

Participants[]

There were 201 participants from 26 nations at the 2016 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants included Nico Pattyn and Ronny Swiggers of Belgium; Dorjana Širola of Croatia; Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, David Stainer, Paul Sinha, and Jenny Ryan of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Holger Waldenberger of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; Ed Toutant, Ken Jennings, and Shane Whitlock of the United States; and David Edwards of Wales.

Participating nations
Australia (8) Austria (4) Belgium (12) Brazil (1) Bulgaria (2) Canada (1) Croatia (8) Denmark (10) England (18) Estonia (7) Finland (4) France (7) Germany (10) Hungary (4) India (3) Ireland (5) Netherlands (6) New Zealand (1) Norway (36) Portugal (8) Romania (6) Russia (3) Scotland (9) Serbia (2) United States (16) Wales (8)

Full list of participants^[3]
Christian Kelly David Regal Gordon McGregor Michael Logue Paul Bakker Rick Bakker Ross Evans Yolanda Stopar Astrid Rief Johannes Eibl Michael Domanig Stefan Pletzer Chris Braxel Derk De Graaf Dardo Lippens Gerben Smit Ivo Geyskens Jens Everaerdt Kris Van der Coelden Luc Venstermans Nico Pattyn Paul Arts Ronny Swiggers Stijn Gyselinckx Peter Lochmann Dimitar Georgiev Plamen Mladenov Sandy Vos Dean Kotiga Dorjana Širola Ivan Vlahek Krešimir Štimac Kresimir Sucevic Mederal Mario Kovač Mladen Vukorepa Perica Zivanovic Anders Pedersen Esben Christiansen Flemming Borg Nielsen Glen Odgaard Hans Ewald Skov Hansen Mads Theodorsen Maj-Britt Christensen Mukke Pedersen Rasmus Soelberg Søren Brøndum Laursen David Knapp David Stainer Duncan McDonald Gerard Mackay Glenys Hopkins Hugh Bennett Ian Bayley Ian Clark Jack Bennett Jenny Ryan Kathryn Johnson Kevin Ashman Ned Pendleton Nick Mills Olav Bjortomt Pat Gibson Paul Sinha Tim Westcott Igor Habal Illar Tõnisson Indrek Salis Kaarel Silmato Mati Räli Ove Põder Tauno Vahter Lars Matti Årvold Leslie Shannon Tero Kalliolevo Tuomas Tumi Benjamin Gruget Céline Marlot Didier Bruyere Eric Ziegler Frédéric Faucheux Jérôme Vachet Vincent Rousset Andy Östreich Christoph Paninka Dirk Vielhuber Holger Waldenberger Manuel Hobiger Marie-Louise Finck Pascal Bothe Sebastian Klussmann Thorsten Zirkel Vanessa Engelhardt Balazs Greff Gabor Hacsek Imre Gerley Mihaly Bokor Dr Anurag Danda Arjun Pisharody Kshitij Jyoti Dave McBryan Kevin Jones Lorcan Duff Mark Henry Paddy Duffy Abel Gilsing Aditi Chatterji Diederick van Elst Marcel Visschers Michael-Dennis Biemans Ujjwal Deb Kelvin Lange Aldona Szczepanska Andreas Benjamin Schei Anne Moseng Knutsen Arne Blakkisrud Brage Nordgård Camilla F. Wedul Dag Olav Rønning David Tørre Asprusten Eivind Moskvil Eskil Åsmul Geir H. Kristiansen Harald Aastorp Ingri Haakonsen Ivar Areklett Jarle Kvåle Jon Inge Kolden Jørgen Skjånes Jørn Gulbrandsen Knut Heggland Lars André Gundersen Lars Heggland Leif-Atle Heen Marte Stang Midttun Mats Sigstad Ole Martin Halck Øystein Aadnevik Per Harald Ninive Reidar Eldegard Silje Nisja Sonja Sirnes Svein Erik Gransjøen Thomas Kolåsæter Tore Heliks Van Dahl Toril Opsahl Trond Stabell Vibeke Stang Lingås Alexandre Gonçalves André Ascensão Jorge Páramos José André José Mário Silva Paulo Martins Rodrigo Castro Sofia Santos Alexe Dorin Popa Cristian Pop Eduard Stan Iulian Nastasa Mircea Zaharia Nick Perojuc Denis Peskov Ivan Kebets Sergey Nikolaev Andy Tucker Anne Hegerty Barry Simmons Galen Chung Mark Rae Neil Macaskill Rob Hannah Rob Sutherland Roderick Cromar Ivan Andonov Todor Milak Brandon Blackwell Chris Goheen Dave Legler Ed Toutant Jean Cui Julie Ghanbari Kathryn Verwillow Ken Jennings Lee-Ann Whitlock Les Chun Mark Ryder Paul Bailey Raj Dhuwalia Shane Whitlock Tanay Kothari Tim Polley Andrew Teale David Edwards Gareth Aubrey Gareth Kingston Ian Orriss Ian Welham Mark Grant Sean O’Neill

Medalists[]

The results were:^[4]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Quiz	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson

Nations Team Quiz	England Kevin Ashman Ian Bayley Olav Bjortomt Pat Gibson	Belgium Gerben Smit Stijn Gyselinckx Nico Pattyn Ronny Swiggers	Norway Tore Heliks Van Dahl Ole Martin Halck Thomas Kolåsæter Geir Kristiansen

Pairs Quiz	Kevin Ashman Pat Gibson	David Stainer Olav Bjortomt	Nico Pattyn Ed Toutant

History Quiz	Kevin Ashman	Nico Pattyn	Ove Põder
Sport Quiz	Igor Habal	Perica Živanović	Illar Tõnisson
Literature Quiz	Olav Bjortomt	Kevin Ashman	Igor Habal
Business Quiz	Ujjwal Deb	Leslie Shannon	Abel Gilsing
Sciences Quiz	Pat Gibson	Ian Bayley	Kevin Ashman
Digital Quiz	Michael-Dennis Biemans	Knut Heggland	Brandon Blackwell
Visual Arts Quiz	Kevin Ashman	Ronny Swiggers	Olav Bjortomt
Television Quiz	Lorcan Duff	Brage Nordgård	Jenny Ryan
Geography Quiz	Paul Arts	Nico Pattyn	Kevin Ashman
Film Quiz	Olav Bjortomt	Ken Jennings	Mark Grant
Performing Arts Quiz	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Kathryn Johnson
Pop Music Quiz	Lorcan Duff	David Stainer	Ronny Swiggers
Pentathlon Specialist Quiz	Kevin Ashman	Olav Bjortomt	Ronny Swiggers
National Specialist Quiz	England Kevin Ashman Paul Sinha Olav Bjortomt Tim Westcott Pat Gibson Jenny Ryan David Stainer	Norway Lars Heggland Jon Inge Kolden Thomas Kolåsæter Brage Nordgård Ole Martin Halck Knut Heggland Eivind Moskvill Leif-Atle Heen	Belgium Nico Pattyn Stijn Gyselinckx Ronny Swiggers Gerben Smit Paul Arts Luc Venstermans Ivo Geyskens
High Brow Specialist Quiz	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Nico Pattyn
Populist Special Quiz	Lorcan Duff	Michael-Dennis Biemans	Mircea Zaharia

Speed Quiz	Brandon Blackwell	David Stainer	Tanay Kothari
Knockout Quiz	Tore Heliks Van Dahl	Igor Habal	Shane Whitlock

Medal table[]

The total medal table was:^[5]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	12	9	6	27
2	Ireland (IRL)	3	0	0	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	1	4
4	Belgium (BEL)	1	4	4.5	9.5
5	Norway (NOR)	1	3	1	5
6	United States (USA)	1	1	3.5	5.5
7	Estonia (EST)	1	1	3	5
8	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
10	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
10	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		21	21	21	63

References[]

^ "Quiz Olympiad 2016 : 3 – 6 November".
^ "Medals". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Attendees". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Results". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
^ "Medal Table". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Quiz Olympiad 2016 : 3 – 6 November".

[2] "Medals". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[3] "Attendees". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[4] "Results". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

[5] "Medal Table". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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