Global – Top Scores

A staggering 2,878 players from 45 countries around the world took part in the 2017 World Quizzing Championships, with 13 nations represented in the Top 50. The behemoth of quiz, England’s Kevin Ashman, took the crown with a score of 169 out of a possible 210. Scoring 80% on such a challenging quiz really is outstanding.

Introducing Kevin Ashman, the World Quizzing Champion.

Kevin has taken the World Quizzing Championship (“WQC”) title six times now (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016 and 2017), the European Quizzing Championahip crown six times, and is a five-time British Quizzing Champion. In 1995 he won Mastermind, scoring 41 points with no passes in his heat, which remains a record to this day. He has been member of the BBC’s ‘Eggheads’ team since 2003.

Kevin’s win in this year’s WQC greatly increases his chances of retaining his World Quiz Rankings Hot100 crown also. He was champion in 2016 and currently leads this season’s standings after four events. With your best eight of 12 results counting, one really can’t do better than having an event win or two under your belt!

Kevin is a great ambassador for our sport. As well as having the most incredible general knowledge, he is also a really lovely man. Happy to read questions for fellow quizzers at the WQC event he was attending, Kevin is definitely the man to aspire to.

 

Global Top 50 Placings

Global Pos	Name	Region	Country	Total Score	Med	Hist	Sci	Ent	Cul	Life	Spt	Wld
1	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	169	27	26	23	15	25	23	24	21
2	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	163	25	24	23	19	17	26	24	22
3	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	160	20	21	27	20	23	26	23	20
4	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	159	21	18	26	19	23	26	24	20
5	Ronny Swiggers	Europe	Belgium	156	22	19	22	21	24	26	22	18
6	Tim Polley	North America	USA	155	22	22	22	19	18	25	23	22
7	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	155	23	24	23	19	21	22	23	18
8	Ian Bayley	Europe	England	154	22	25	23	17	23	23	15	21
9	Ove Põder	Europe	Estonia	153	23	24	21	18	21	22	24	18
10	Mark Grant	Europe	Wales	153	25	23	21	20	20	25	11	19
11	Igor Habal	Europe	Estonia	152	21	21	22	19	23	21	25	13
12	Holger Waldenberger	Europe	Germany	149	27	21	20	17	20	21	22	18
13	Olav Bjortomt	Europe	England	149	28	20	19	23	20	24	15	14
14	Steven Perry	North America	USA	148	21	21	23	19	20	25	12	19
15	Thomas Kolåsæter	Europe	Norway	146	21	20	22	19	21	20	23	17
16	Raj Dhuwalia	North America	USA	143	20	22	22	20	16	24	17	18
17	Mark Ryder	North America	USA	143	25	19	23	16	20	22	11	18
18	Dorjana Sirola	Europe	Croatia	143	22	20	18	18	22	25	11	18
19	Jakob Myers	North America	USA	142	20	23	22	18	21	20	13	18
20	Mark Henry	Europe	Ireland	141	16	19	18	18	19	23	21	23
21	Yogesh Raut	North America	USA	141	27	19	16	18	17	24	13	20
22	Lars Heggland	Europe	Norway	140	16	23	21	18	21	20	18	19
23	Geir H. Kristiansen	Europe	Norway	140	22	20	21	16	20	21	16	20
24	Paul Sinha	Europe	England	138	19	19	20	17	20	23	20	17
25	Nico Pattyn	Europe	Belgium	138	16	21	19	15	21	20	18	23
26	Tore Heliks Van Dahl	Europe	Norway	137	19	21	21	10	16	23	20	17
27	Shane Whitlock	North America	USA	136	19	17	21	15	19	22	19	19
28	David Stainer	Europe	England	136	22	17	21	17	20	24	14	15
29	Evan Lynch	Europe	England	135	21	19	20	16	22	18	17	18
30	Andrew Ullsperger	North America	USA	135	21	20	23	16	16	25	14	14
31	Chris James	Europe	England	135	18	19	18	19	9	24	18	19
32	Ivan Vlahek	Europe	Croatia	135	19	23	20	13	22	19	7	19
33	Scott Dawson	Europe	England	134	20	17	18	18	19	21	20	18
34	Ole Martin Halck	Europe	Norway	133	21	18	18	19	17	21	16	19
35	Kaarel Silmato	Europe	Estonia	133	26	21	15	15	19	21	15	16
36	Movin Miranda	SE Asia	Malaysia	133	18	21	23	12	20	21	9	18
37	Patrick Friel	North America	USA	132	23	14	20	16	19	22	14	18
38	Victoria Groce	North America	USA	132	20	20	19	21	12	23	13	16
39	Gary Grant	Europe	England	132	17	20	22	12	17	21	10	23
40	Oliver Levy	Europe	England	132	23	18	21	18	15	22	9	15
41	Stig Sanner	Europe	Norway	131	16	19	23	12	17	20	18	18
42	Nick Mills	Europe	England	131	16	22	22	7	16	22	13	20
43	Krešimir Štimac	Europe	Croatia	130	23	17	19	15	19	17	20	14
44	Neven Milijić	Europe	Croatia	130	18	20	17	18	20	19	14	18
45	Perica Živanović	Europe	Croatia	130	18	17	19	13	17	17	22	20
46	Alexander Liber	Europe	Russia	130	17	21	20	10	24	17	5	21
47	Marnix Baes	Europe	Belgium	129	18	19	19	13	22	20	13	18
48	Jack Bennett	Europe	England	129	18	20	14	20	19	21	17	13
49	Espen Kibsgård	Europe	Norway	129	12	17	17	18	25	18	15	19
50	Illar Tõnisson	Europe	Estonia	129	18	19	12	15	22	16	19	20

Genre Winners

The following tables show the top 20 highest placed players in the region. Because ties in genre positions aren’t split, sometimes there will be more than 20 names listed.

Top 20 - Media (Global)

Global Pos (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	Media	Total WQC Score	Global Pos (Overall)
1	Olav Bjortomt	Europe	England	28	149	13
2	Holger Waldenberger	Europe	Germany	27	149	12
2	Yogesh Raut	North America	USA	27	141	21
2	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	27	169	1
5	Kaarel Silmato	Europe	Estonia	26	133	35
5	Jussi Suvanto	Europe	Finland	26	125	67
7	Mark Grant	Europe	Wales	25	153	10
7	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	25	163	2
7	Varun Rajiv	Asia	India	25	104	211
7	Mark Ryder	North America	USA	25	143	17
11	Natalia Komar	Europe	Russia	24	128	55
11	John Harrison	Europe	England	24	118	99
11	Arild Tørum	Europe	Norway	24	109	166
11	Joshua Kreitzer	North America	USA	24	126	63
15	Krešimir Štimac	Europe	Croatia	23	130	43
15	Viktor Sukovatiy	Europe	Russia	23	113	130
15	R Jayakanthan	Asia	India	23	109	163
15	Thejaswi Udupa	Asia	India	23	106	186
15	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	23	155	7
15	Patrick Friel	North America	USA	23	132	37
15	Peter Morris	North America	USA	23	120	87
15	Oliver Levy	Europe	England	23	132	40
15	Ove Põder	Europe	Estonia	23	153	9

Top 20 - History (Global)

Global Pos (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	History	Total WQC Score	Global Pos (Overall)
1	Andrew Frazer	Europe	Scotland	26	122	76
1	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	26	169	1
3	Brian Chesney	Europe	England	25	117	110
3	Ian Bayley	Europe	England	25	154	8
3	Sameer Rai	North America	USA	25	108	171
6	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	24	163	2
6	Ove Põder	Europe	Estonia	24	153	9
6	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	24	155	7
9	Lars Heggland	Europe	Norway	23	140	22
9	Mark Grant	Europe	Wales	23	153	10
9	Jakob Myers	North America	USA	23	142	19
9	Ivan Vlahek	Europe	Croatia	23	135	32
9	Dmitry Bartashev	Europe	Russia	23	98	285
9	Andrei Baburin	Europe	Russia	23	112	138
15	Plamen Mladenov	Europe	Bulgaria	22	113	136
15	Raj Dhuwalia	North America	USA	22	143	16
15	Nick Mills	Europe	England	22	131	42
15	Tim Polley	North America	USA	22	155	6
19	Movin Miranda	SE Asia	Malaysia	21	133	36
19	Kaarel Silmato	Europe	Estonia	21	133	35
19	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	21	160	3
19	Stanley Wang	Europe	Scotland	21	123	74
19	Euan Smith	Europe	Scotland	21	116	112
19	Richard Grimes	North America	USA	21	122	75
19	Alexander Liber	Europe	Russia	21	130	46
19	Ross Evans	Pacific	Australia	21	118	104
19	Nikola Lazić	Europe	Croatia	21	106	193
19	Maxim Feoktistov	Europe	Russia	21	110	156
19	Tore Heliks Van Dahl	Europe	Norway	21	137	26
19	Ian Clark	Europe	England	21	115	120
19	Steven Perry	North America	USA	21	148	14
19	Vijay Siddharth	SE Asia	Singapore	21	87	510
19	David Beck	Europe	Belgium	21	123	71
19	Vladimir Pecheroga	Europe	Ukraine	21	107	178
19	Brian Wilkins	Europe	England	21	106	196
19	Barry Simmons	Europe	Scotland	21	118	103
19	Eric Smith	North America	Canada	21	128	53
19	Holger Waldenberger	Europe	Germany	21	149	12
19	Nico Pattyn	Europe	Belgium	21	138	25
19	Jonathan Tran	North America	USA	21	92	400
19	Igor Habal	Europe	Estonia	21	152	11

Top 20 - Sciences (Global)

	Name	Region	Country	Sciences	Total WQC Score	Global Position (Overall)
1	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	27	160	3
2	Maksim Russo	Europe	Russia	26	112	140
2	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	26	159	4
4	Rob Hannah	Europe	Scotland	25	127	58
4	Krešimir Sučević-Međeral	Europe	Croatia	25	124	69
6	Sven Oidjärv	Europe	Estonia	24	110	158
6	Chris Quinn	Europe	England	24	105	205
8	Movin Miranda	SE Asia	Malaysia	23	133	36
8	Stanley Wang	Europe	Scotland	23	123	74
8	Mark Brader	North America	Canada	23	97	316
8	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	23	169	1
8	Max Fitz-James	Europe	Scotland	23	107	182
8	Stig Sanner	Europe	Norway	23	131	41
8	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	23	163	2
8	Andrew Ullsperger	North America	USA	23	135	30
8	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	23	155	7
8	Manuel Hobiger	Europe	Germany	23	126	64
8	Ian Bayley	Europe	England	23	154	8
8	Steven Perry	North America	USA	23	148	14
8	Sid Shanker	North America	USA	23	114	127
8	Chris Grubb	North America	USA	23	129	52
8	Mark Ryder	North America	USA	23	143	17

Top 20 - Entertainment (Global)

Global Position (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	Entertainment	Total WQC Score	Global Position (Overall)
1	Olav Bjortomt	Europe	England	23	149	13
2	Jussi Suvanto	Europe	Finland	21	125	67
2	Ronny Swiggers	Europe	Belgium	21	156	5
2	Victoria Groce	North America	USA	21	132	38
5	Raj Dhuwalia	North America	USA	20	143	16
5	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	20	160	3
5	Eric Bell	North America	USA	20	119	91
5	Susannah Brooks	North America	USA	20	118	96
5	Jack Bennett	Europe	England	20	129	48
5	Mark Grant	Europe	Wales	20	153	10
5	Joshua Kreitzer	North America	USA	20	126	63
5	Nitish Khadiya	North America	USA	20	104	214
13	Thomas Kolåsæter	Europe	Norway	19	146	15
13	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	19	163	2
13	Tim Polley	North America	USA	19	155	6
13	Ole Martin Halck	Europe	Norway	19	133	34
13	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	19	155	7
13	Steven Perry	North America	USA	19	148	14
13	Chris James	Europe	England	19	135	31
13	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	19	159	4
13	Jonathan Hess	North America	USA	19	127	59
13	Adam Villani	North America	USA	19	123	73
13	Igor Habal	Europe	Estonia	19	152	11
13	Lars Van Moer	Europe	Belgium	19	116	113

Top 20 - Culture (Global)

Global Position (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	Culture	Total WQC Score	Global Position (Overall)
1	Espen Kibsgård	Europe	Norway	25	129	49
1	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	25	169	1
3	Ronny Swiggers	Europe	Belgium	24	156	5
3	Alexander Liber	Europe	Russia	24	130	46
5	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	23	160	3
5	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	23	159	4
5	Igor Habal	Europe	Estonia	23	152	11
5	Ian Bayley	Europe	England	23	154	8
9	Ivan Vlahek	Europe	Croatia	22	135	32
9	Andrew Frazer	Europe	Scotland	22	122	76
9	Dorjana Sirola	Europe	Croatia	22	143	18
9	Bernard Kreps	Europe	Belgium	22	129	51
9	Marnix Baes	Europe	Belgium	22	129	47
9	Illar Tõnisson	Europe	Estonia	22	129	50
9	Evan Lynch	Europe	England	22	135	29
16	Jerome Vered	North America	USA	21	121	78
16	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	21	155	7
16	Thomas Kolåsæter	Europe	Norway	21	146	15
16	Greg Peterson	North America	USA	21	120	85
16	Anton Martynenko	Europe	Ukraine	21	118	102
16	Nico Pattyn	Europe	Belgium	21	138	25
16	Guy Jordan	North America	USA	21	121	79
16	Lars Heggland	Europe	Norway	21	140	22
16	Jakob Myers	North America	USA	21	142	19
16	Ove Põder	Europe	Estonia	21	153	9
16	Derk De Graaf	Europe	Netherlands	21	128	56
16	Dmitriy Ozhigov	Europe	Russia	21	99	278
16	Gerben Smit	Europe	Belgium	21	128	57
16	Kris Van Der Coelden	Europe	Belgium	21	125	66

Top 20 - Lifestyle (Global)

Global Position (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	Lifestyle	Total WQC Score	Global Position (Overall)
1	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	26	159	4
1	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	26	160	3
1	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	26	163	2
1	Susannah Brooks	North America	USA	26	118	96
1	Ronny Swiggers	Europe	Belgium	26	156	5
1	Steve Cooke	Europe	Scotland	26	128	54
7	Steven Perry	North America	USA	25	148	14
7	Mark Grant	Europe	Wales	25	153	10
7	Dorjana Sirola	Europe	Croatia	25	143	18
7	Tim Polley	North America	USA	25	155	6
7	Andrew Ullsperger	North America	USA	25	135	30
12	Todd Gross	North America	USA	24	102	237
12	Yogesh Raut	North America	USA	24	141	21
12	Olav Bjortomt	Europe	England	24	149	13
12	David Stainer	Europe	England	24	136	28
12	Paul Uijen	Europe	Netherlands	24	85	544
12	Chris James	Europe	England	24	135	31
12	Raj Dhuwalia	North America	USA	24	143	16
19	Samanth Subramanian	Asia	India	23	116	114
19	Jussi Suvanto	Europe	Finland	23	125	67
19	Tore Heliks Van Dahl	Europe	Norway	23	137	26
19	Ian Bayley	Europe	England	23	154	8
19	David Hesp	Europe	England	23	126	62
19	Mark Henry	Europe	Ireland	23	141	20
19	Paul Sinha	Europe	England	23	138	24
19	Jonathan Hess	North America	USA	23	127	59
19	Chris Grubb	North America	USA	23	129	52
19	Suraj Menon	Asia	India	23	95	342
19	Victoria Groce	North America	USA	23	132	38
19	Adam Villani	North America	USA	23	123	73
19	Matthew Sheren	North America	USA	23	115	119
19	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	23	169	1

Top 20 - Sport and Games (Global)

Global Position (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	Sport & Games	Total WQC Score	Global Position (Overall)
1	Igor Habal	Europe	Estonia	25	152	11
2	Jon Inge Kolden	Europe	Norway	24	104	212
2	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	24	163	2
2	Ove Põder	Europe	Estonia	24	153	9
2	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	24	169	1
2	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	24	159	4
7	Thomas Kolåsæter	Europe	Norway	23	146	15
7	Tim Polley	North America	USA	23	155	6
7	Mark Preston	Europe	England	23	99	277
7	Timo Toivonen	Europe	Finland	23	112	143
7	Tero Kalliolevo	Europe	Finland	23	155	7
7	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	23	160	3
13	Chris Cummins	Europe	Scotland	22	121	77
13	Ronny Swiggers	Europe	Belgium	22	156	5
13	Tuomas Tumi	Europe	Finland	22	107	183
13	Bruno De Laet	Europe	Belgium	22	59	1296
13	Shubhankar Gokhale	Asia	India	22	101	250
13	Lorcan Duff	Europe	Ireland	22	126	60
13	Jarle Kvåle	Europe	Norway	22	98	297
13	Karlo Plazina	Europe	Croatia	22	109	160
13	Holger Waldenberger	Europe	Germany	22	149	12
13	Perica Živanović	Europe	Croatia	22	130	45
13	Tom Van Beirendonck	Europe	Belgium	22	85	540

Top 20 - World (Global)

Global Position (Genre)	Name	Region	Country	World	Total WQC Score	Global Position (Overall)
1	Mark Henry	Europe	Ireland	23	141	20
1	Gary Grant	Europe	England	23	132	39
1	Nico Pattyn	Europe	Belgium	23	138	25
4	Sergey Nikolaev	Europe	Russia	22	119	93
4	Paul Arts	Europe	Belgium	22	126	61
4	Manuel Hobiger	Europe	Germany	22	126	64
4	Jon Inge Kolden	Europe	Norway	22	104	212
4	Didier Bruyere	Europe	France	22	163	2
4	Tim Polley	North America	USA	22	155	6
10	Ian Bayley	Europe	England	21	154	8
10	Kevin Ashman	Europe	England	21	169	1
10	Martin Graebner	Europe	Germany	21	119	92
10	Alexander Liber	Europe	Russia	21	130	46
14	Illar Tõnisson	Europe	Estonia	20	129	50
14	Geir H. Kristiansen	Europe	Norway	20	140	23
14	Kelvin Lange	Pacific	New Zealand	20	115	121
14	Yogesh Raut	North America	USA	20	141	21
14	Nick Mills	Europe	England	20	131	42
14	Pat Gibson	Europe	England	20	160	3
14	Perica Živanović	Europe	Croatia	20	130	45
14	Vladimir Pecheroga	Europe	Ukraine	20	107	178
14	Ian Orriss	Europe	Wales	20	109	165
14	Balázs Greff	Europe	Hungary	20	118	97
14	Tom Trogh	Europe	Belgium	20	159	4
14	Gerben Smit	Europe	Belgium	20	128	57

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