World Quizzing Championship

 The World Quizzing Championship is an individual Quiz contest organised by the International Quizzing Association (the umbrella organisation of various quizzing organisations from more than 25 countries around the world)

The competition has been staged annually since 2003 (since 2004 in more than one country simultaneously) with an increasing number of contestants from an increasing number of nations.

The reigning champion is Pat Gibson, an Irishman living in England who has, since 2004, been an ever-present in the England quiz team

List of WQC winners

Countries participating in the 2014 World Quizzing Championship

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2014[1]	Vikram Joshi	Steve Perry	Kevin Ashman
2013[2]	Pat Gibson	Tero Kalliolevo	Kevin Ashman
2012[3]	Jesse Honey	Pat Gibson	Steve Perry
2011[4]	Pat Gibson	Kevin Ashman	Tero Kalliolevo
2010[5]	Pat Gibson	Kevin Ashman	Ronny Swiggers
2009[6]	Kevin Ashman	Ronny Swiggers	Mark Bytheway
2008[7]	Mark Bytheway	Ronny Swiggers	Tero Kalliolevo
2007[8]	Pat Gibson	Kevin Ashman	Mark Bytheway
2006[9]	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Nico Pattyn
2005[10]	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Nico Pattyn
2004[11]	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson	Ashish
2003	Olav Bjortomt	Pat Gibson	Alan Gibbs