2016 World Quizzing Championships Loom

The 14^thWorld Quizzing Championships will take place on Saturday, 4^th June 2016.

Over 2,000 quizzers from all over the world will take part simultaneously, with the Australian round being hosted in Sydney by Quizzing Australia.

Past winners include the stars of the BBC quiz show Eggheads Kevin Ashman and Pat Gibson, each of whom has won four world titles. 

Issa Schultz, star of The Chase – Australia, is a three-time winner of the Australian round and will again be competing, and “The Governess” Anne Hegerty is also expected.

The WQC was first held in 2003 in England with about 50 participants, but is now a genuinely worldwide event with about 100 venues across more than 40 countries.

Unlike the pub trivia many people are familiar with, the WQC is an individual, written quiz and the questions are not for the faint-hearted.

It has added importance this year as the inaugural Quiz Olympiad will be held in Athens, Greece in November 2016 and the WQC will be the main section trial for the Australian team.  Quizzing Australia will announce the Australian team in August.

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Sample questions (answers below)

1.      1.. In Latin this word means a female animal used for breeding. In Geology it is the natural material surrounding a metal or gem. In Biology it is the intercellular substance of a tissue. The commonest use of the word, however, is in Mathematics. Also appearing in the title of a 1999 film with superb special effects, which word is it?

2.     2.  In 1927 a famous sports team was created by Abe Saperstein. Originally known as the ‘Savoy Big Five’, they have played more than 20,000 games under their current name, notably against the Washington Generals and the New York Nationals. What is the name of the team?

3.     3.  One particular month is known for its close connection to warfare and tragedies. Events taking place in that month include: the outbreak of the American Civil War and the Bosnian War, the Rwandan genocide; the deaths of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope John Paul II; the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the San Francisco earthquake, the first use of poison gas in WWI and the sinking of the Titanic. Which month?

4.     4.  In order to fight the French, Native American tribes like Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca formed a confederacy. What was this confederacy called?

5.     5.  The NASA Cassini mission, which also carried the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe, will explore which Solar system planet through to the year 2017?

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Answers

1.     1.  Matrix

2.     2.  Harlem Globetrotters

3.     3.  April

4.      4. Iriquois

5.     5.  Saturn