2016 Quiz Olympiad

Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 3 to 6 November 2016, the 2016 Quiz Olympiad in Athens was the inaugural Quiz Olympiad. Replacing the annual European Quizzing Championships, the event was open to quizzers from all over the world, with representatives of 26 nations competing.

Event
The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 132 medals.

Quizzes
The following were the official quizzes at the 2016 Quiz Olympiad:


 * Individual Quiz
 * Nations Team Quiz
 * Pairs Quiz
 * History Quiz
 * Sport Quiz
 * Literature Quiz
 * Business Quiz
 * Sciences Quiz
 * Digital Quiz
 * Visual Arts Quiz
 * Television Quiz
 * Geography Quiz
 * Film Quiz
 * Performing Arts Quiz
 * Pop Music Quiz
 * Pentathlon Specialist Quiz
 * National Specialist Quiz
 * High Brow Specialist Quiz
 * Populist Special Quiz
 * Speed Quiz
 * Knockout Quiz

Some quizzes have similar standing with IOC demonstration sports. These were awarded medals, but do not feature on the overall medals table:


 * Aspirational Team Quiz
 * World Club Team Quiz

Participants
There were 201 participants from 26 nations at the 2016 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants included Nico Pattyn and Ronny Swiggers of Belgium; Dorjana Širola of Croatia; Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, David Stainer, Paul Sinha, and Jenny Ryan of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Holger Waldenberger of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; Ed Toutant, Ken Jennings, and Shane Whitlock of the United States; and David Edwards of Wales.

Medalists
The results were:

Medal table
The total medal table was: