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Quizzing Pantheon

Inductees

Every year, our events find the greatest quiz players on the planet and we want to celebrate them in our own hall of fame, here in the Quizzing Pantheon.

We will back-fill over the coming months with winners from previous years, but for now, here are the inductees from 2022, with medallists from the World Quizzing Championships and the Ultimate Quizzing Championships.

Class of 2022

Paul Bailey

Quizzing Honorary Award​

Paul Bailey

USA

Paul Bailey’s quiz career started with the CU Trivia Bowl back in the 1980s, and he’s been involved with them ever since. He established the Gameshow Congress, and was one of the directors of the International Quizzing Association. He’s hugely generous with his time and energy, most recently he’s been the driving force behind the Toutant Intellectual Competition Fund, and in getting a team from Liberia to the Ultimate Quizzing Championship in Berlin this year.

World Quizzing Championship

On the first Saturday in June, quizzers from around the world gather in hundreds of venues to battle it out for the title of World Quizzing Champion! 2022 saw Didier Bruyere storming the field and taking that title, with Tom Trogh of Belgium in second place and Kresimir Stimac bagging the bronze. Join us for next year’s event! Details and full results can be found here.

Didier Bruyere v2

World Quizzing Champion

Didier Bruyere

France

Score: 183/240

Tom Trough v2

Silver

Tom Trogh

Belgium

Score: 177/240

Kresimir v2

Bronze

Kresimir Stimac

Croatia

Score: 176/240

Ultimate Quizzing Championships (UQC)

Berlin was the venue for the most prestigious event in the quiz calendar – the Ultimate Quizzing Championships. Three days of wall-to-wall quiz, testing the trivia knowledge of individuals, pairs and teams. The event is open to all with details and full results can be found here

UQC - Individual Championship

Ronny Swiggers

Ultimate Quizzing Champion

Ronny Swiggers

Belgium
Kaarel Silmato

Silver

Kaarel Silmato

Estonia
Daoud Jackson

Bronze

Daoud Jackson

England

UQC - Nations Cup

UQC2022 Belgium

Nations Cup Champions

Belgium

Ronny Swiggers, Nico Pattyn, Lander Frederickx, Tom Trogh

UQC2022 Estonia

Silver

Estonia

Ove Põder, Igor Habal, Kaarel Silmato, Illar Tõnisson

UQC2022 England A

Bronze

England A

Ned Pendleton, Daoud Jackson, Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley

UQC - Specialist Subjects: Visual Arts (HB)

UQC2022 Jens Everaerdt

Gold

Jens Everaerdt

Belgium
Ronny Swiggers

Silver

Ronny Swiggers

Belgium
UQC2022 Dean Kotiga

Bronze

Dean Kotiga

Croatia

UQC - Specialist Subjects: Film (P)

UQC2022 Kevin Ashman

Gold

Kevin Ashman

England
UQC2022 Jussi Suvanto

Silver

Jussi Suvanto

Finland
Kaarel Silmato

Bronze

Kaarel Silmato

Estonia

UQC - Specialist Subjects: History (HB)

UQC2022 Ove Poder

Gold

Ove Põder

Estonia
UQC2022 Kevin Ashman

Silver

Kevin Ashman

England
Daoud Jackson

Silver

Daoud Jackson

England

UQC - Specialist Subjects: Sport (P)

UQC2022 Tom Trogh

Gold

Tom Trogh

Belgium
UQC2022 Neven Trgovec

Gold

Neven Trgovec

Croatia
UQC2022 Igor Habal

Gold

Igor Habal

Estonia

UQC - Aspirational Cup

UQC2022 Asp Winners

Aspirational Cup Champions

De wezen van zeekameel

Ivo Geyskens, Gerben Smit, Luc Lenaerts, Johnny Loodts
UQC2022 Norway B

Silver

Norway B

Mats Sigstad, Eivind Moskvil, Espen Kibsgård, Lars Heggland
UQC2022 Kumova slama

Bronze

Kumova slama

Mario Kovač, Lovro Jurišić, Perica Živanović, Lucian Šošić

UQC - Club Team Competition

UQC2022 New Janitors

Club Team Quiz Champions

The New Janitors

Thomas De Bock. Thomas Kolåsæter, Victoria Groce, Kevin Ashman
UQC2022 Rolling Scones

Silver

The Rolling Scones

Shane Whitlock, Daoud Jackson, Dean Kotiga, Neven Trgovec
UQC2022 JFSI

Bronze

JFSI

Ove Põder, Tero Kalliolevo, Kaarel Silmato, Jussi Suvanto

UQC - Pairs Championship

UQC2022 Victoria Groce Kevin Ashman

Pairs Quizzing Champions

Victoria Groce and Kevin Ashman

UQC2022 Tero Kalliolevo Ronny Swiggers

Silver

Tero Kalliolevo and Ronny Swiggers

UQC2022 Igor Habal Kaarel Silmato

Bronze

Igor Habal and Kaarel Silmato

UQC - Under 30 Individual

Daoud Jackson

U30 Ultimate Quiz Champion

Daoud Jackson

England
UQC2022 Dries Van Der Sande

Silver

Dries Van De Sande

Belgium
UQC2022 Neven Trgovec

Bronze

Neven Trgovec

Croatia

UQC - Under 30 Nations Cup

UQC2022 U30 Team Champions

U30 Nations Cup Champions

Belgium U30

Yarnick Piscador, Dries Van De Sande, Thomas De Bock
UQC2022 U30 Team SIlver

Silver

Germany U30

Felix Kreutzfeldt, Laurentius Fritz, Vanessa Engelhardt, Bastian Fischer
UQC2022 U30 Team Bronze

Bronze

Liberia U30

Smaila Kiazolu, Philip Roberts, Otis Kruah

UQC - Under 30 Pairs Championship

UQC2022 U30 Pairs Winners

U30 Pairs Champions

Max Fitz-James and Thomas De Bock

Belgium
UQC2022 U3 Pairs Jonathan Otis

Silver

Jonathan Saye and Otis Kruah

Liberia
UQC2022 U30 Pairs Grace Smaila

Bronze

Grace Cole and Smaila Kiazolu

Liberia
Charles Hogge

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