The World Quizzing Championships event was first held in just one location in 2003 with Steven De Ceuster and Siva Krishnapillai from Belgium and Malaysia respectively flying over to England to take part.
Since then, the World Quizzing Championships has seen more contestants and more countries joining every year. We hope that more than 2,000 people will take part this year.
Winners
| YEAR | FIRST PLACE | SECOND PLACE | THIRD PLACE |
| 2011 | Pat Gibson (ENG) | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Tero Kalliolevo (FIN) |
| 2010 | Pat Gibson (ENG) | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Ronny Swiggers (BEL) |
| 2009 | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Ronny Swiggers (BEL) | Mark Bytheway (ENG) |
| 2008 | Mark Bytheway (ENG) | Ronny Swiggers (BEL) | Tero Kalliolevo (FIN) |
| 2007 | Pat Gibson (ENG) | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Mark Bytheway (ENG) |
| 2006 | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Pat Gibson (ENG) | Nico Pattyn (BEL) |
| 2005 | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Pat Gibson (ENG) | Nico Pattyn (BEL) |
| 2004 | Kevin Ashman (ENG) | Pat Gisbon (ENG) | Ashish (IND) |
| 2003 | Olav Bjortomt (ENG) | Pat Gibson (ENG) | Alan Gibbs (ENG) |
World Quizzing Championships 2003
The first ever World Quizzing Championships event was held on Saturday 5 July at Villa Park, Birmingham, England. There were just 44 competitors, including Steven De Ceuster from Belgium and Siva Krishnapillai from Malaysia.
World Quizzing Championships 2004
Following the foundation of the International Quizzing Association (IQA), the event was held simultaneously in 5 countries for the first time. Over 300 quizzers in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Estonia, India and Malaysia took part. Kevin Ashman took the crown.
World Quizzing Championships 2005
The event was sponsored by MSN Search and for the first time, competitors sat quiz papers in the current format = eight papers of 30 questions each. This was the last time that the event was held in July, moving to the first weekend of June from 2006. England’s Kevin Ashman was victorious with 6th placed Dorjana Širola from Croatia as the highest scoring female player.
World Quizzing Championships 2006
Kevin Ashman (ENG) retained the World Quizzing Championships title for the third year running on 3 June, with people at 15 locations around the world taking part.
World Quizzing Championships 2007
2 June 2007 saw quiz players at venues in the USA, Netherlands and Hungary taking part for the first time. Pat Gibson (ENG) took his first crown and newcomer, Jesse Honey, placed fifth.
World Quizzing Championships 2008
In 2008, the World Quizzing Championships were held on 7 June at more than 30 locations around the globe, including for the first time Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Layvia and the Philippines. England’s Mark Bytheway took the world title in a close run race with Belgium’s Ronny Swiggers and Finland’s Tero Kalliolevo.
World Quizzing Championships 2009
Quizzers in 44 locations took part on 6 June and saw Kevin Ashman pipping Belgium’s Ronny Swiggers to the post and taking his 4th World Quizzing Championships title. American ‘Jeopardy’ legend, Jerome Vered put in a great showing with 8th place and Croatia’s Dorjana Širola was the highest placed female contestant.
World Quizzing Championships 2010
Over 1,200 people in 66 locations took part in the event on 5 June 2010. The overall winner was Pat Gibson (ENG) with eight nations represented in the top 20. The highest scoring female contestant was 17th placed Dorjana Širola of Croatia.
World Quizzing Championships 2011
Over 1,400 people in 79 locations took part in the event on 4 June 2011. The overall winner was Pat Gibson (ENG) who took the title for the third time. Ten nations were represented in the top 30. The highest scoring female contestant was Dorjana Širola of Croatia.