2021 Quiz Olympiad

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 Å irola 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.

Medalists

The results were:

Medal table

The total medal table was:

References

External links

• Official website
• International Quizzing Association