- Source: Australia at Quiz Olympiad
Australia has sent participants to every Quiz Olympiad since the inaugural event in 2016. Representative teams are selected by the nation's peak quiz association Quizzing Australia and are known as the Quokkas.
Event history
Quiz Olympiads are held every four years and organised by the International Quizzing Association which also runs the annual World Quizzing Championship among other events.
= 2016
=The inaugural Quiz Olympiad was held from 3-6 November 2016 in Athens, the host city for the inaugural Modern Olympics in 1896. It attracted 201 participants from 26 nations with Australia sending a team of eight.
= 2021
=The II Quiz Olympiad was originally scheduled to take place in Krakow in November 2020 but was postponed to 5-8 November 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It attracted 182 participants from 24 nations. Federal government travel restrictions in place at the time meant Australians resident in Australia were unable to attend, resulting in a single Australian competitor.
= 2024
=The III Quiz Olympiad took place in Fuengirola, Spain from 5-8 November 2024. It attracted 227 participants from 24 nations. Australia sent a team of seven including The Chase Australia's "Supernerd" Issa Schultz. It is Australia's most successful Olympiad to date with two medals, and a fourth-place finish on the Medal Table.
Records set at this Olympiad include:
Marc Cheong became Australia's first-ever medallist by taking Bronze in the Digital World specialist quiz.
Ross Evans claimed Australia's first Gold medal, in the inaugural edition of the Individual (>70 category) quiz.
Australian medallists
Ross Evans - Gold medal, Individual Quiz (>70 category), 2024
Marc Cheong - Bronze medal, Digital World specialist quiz, 2024
Notable Australian results
2016
Australia placed 13th of 20 countries in the Nations Team quiz.
Rick Bakker was the highest-scoring Australian in the Individual Quiz, placing 60th of 180 competitors.
2024
Australia placed 8th of 20 countries in the Nations Team quiz.
Aaran Mohann was the highest-scoring Australian in the Individual Quiz, placing 34th of 216 competitors.
Ross Evans and Issa Schultz finished 7th of 104 teams in the Pairs quiz.
Australian participants
= 2016
=Ross Evans (c)
Paul Bakker
Rick Bakker
Christian Kelly
Michael Logue
Gordon McGregor
David Regal
Yolanda Stopar
= 2021
=Rick Bakker (c)
= 2024
=Ross Evans (c)
Rick Bakker
Marc Cheong
Michael Logue
Aaran Mohann
Issa Schultz
Alexander Vosten
See also
Asia-Pacific Quiz Championsips
Australian Quiz Champion
World Quizzing Championships
References
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- Australia at Quiz Olympiad
- 2024 Quiz Olympiad
- 2021 Quiz Olympiad
- 2016 Quiz Olympiad
- Issa Schultz
- Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships
- 45th Chess Olympiad
- Philippine Science High School System
- Asian Physics Olympiad
- City of London School for Girls
