International Quiz Association - USA Chapter

World Quizzing Championships
www.wqc2009.com
Saturday, June 6, 2009
almost final results - still need one more site report.

LINK TO SCORES HERE

USA & CANADA VENUES include Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Texas and Ontario (City, & Contact Information below) 

Arizona - SCOTTSDALE
Site: Papago Brewing Company
7107 E Mcdowell Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

California (2 Sites)
-SAN FRANCISCO

-SHERMAN OAKS

Colorado - LOUISVILLE

Georgia - ATHENS
Site: Loco’s Eastside 1985 Barnett Shoals Rd Athens 30605 (Green Acres Shopping Center)


Illinois - CHICAGO
RSVP to Paul Bailey iqausa@gmail.com 
Site: Sulzer Regional Library
4455 N. Lincoln Avenue, 60625

Missouri - KANSAS CITY

New York - NEW YORK CITY
Site: Shades of Green, 125 East 15th Street (~100 yards from Union Square) 

Oregon - PORTLAND
Site: The Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave

Texas - AUSTIN
Site: Salvage Vanguard Theater
2803 Manor Road 

Ontario - OTTAWA
Site: Patty's Pub, 1186, Bank Street,

The World Quizzing Championship take the form of a written quiz that is conducted at various points around the world. Each competitor faces the same questions (translated into their mother tongue in many cases) at approximately the same time. 

There are 240 questions, divided into eight categories, and two hours in which to answer them. At the end of the allotted time, the papers are marked and each quizzers' top seven marks will be added together to find the winner.

The categories [and general content areas] are a combination of academic and popular culture topics including:

Culture

[Architecture, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Museums, Religion, Mythology]

Entertainment

[Music (Classical, Blues, Film Score, Jazz, Rock, World), Ballet, Musicals and Operas, Radio, Television]

History

[(<450AD),(450-1492),(1492-1900),(1900-date), Current Affairs, Explorations, Famous People, Civilizations]

Lifestyle

[Costume, Design, Fashion, Food & Drink, Handicrafts, Health & Fitness,Human Body, New Age Beliefs, Products & Brands, Tourism]

Media

[Movies [(1900-1980), (1980-2000)], (recent), Literature [(<1900),(1900-1980),(recent)], Poetry, Drama, Comics, Language]

Science

[Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Social Sciences, Fauna, Flora]

Sport

[Track and Field, Team Sports, Motor Sports, Winter Sports, Games, Hobbies & Passtimes, Records]

World

[Geography, Cities, Space, Technology, Transport, Inventions]

PREVIOUS EVENTS BLOG

2008 World Quizzing Championships
June 7th 2008 Worldwide  www.wqc2008.com

USA RESULTS

WORLD TOP 25

1. Mark Bytheway (UK) 173
2. Ronny Swiggers (B) 172
3. Tero Kalliolevo (SF) 170
4. Kevin Ashman (UK) 167
5. Pat Gibson (UK/Ire) 165
6. Nico Pattyn (B) 163
7. Olav Bjortomt (UK) 155
8. Ian Bayley (UK) 154
9. Jesse Honey (UK) 152
10. Dorjana Sirola (Croatia) 150
11. Frank Van Nieuwenhove (B) 150
12. Marnix Baes (B) 148
13. Sean Carey (Wales) 148
14. William De’Ath (UK) 146
15. Sauvik Guha (India) 146
16. Mark Grant (Aus) 146
17. Paul Arts (B) 145
18. Erik Derycke (B) 144
19. Derk de Graaf (NL) 143
20. Joshua Kreitzer (USA) 143
21. Bernard Kreps (B) 143
22. Thomas Kolasaetor (N) 142
23. Shankar Mennon (UK/Ind) 142
24. Tore Dahl (N) 142
25. Barry Simmons (UK) 142

(B = Belgium, SF = Finland, NL = Netherlands, N = Norway)

More updates at www.iqa.be
 

Link to overall results

2nd Annual Transatlantic Quiz -
March 15 2008  press release jan 08
more info at www.transatlanticquiz.com

Be sure to RSVP with one of the hosts listed below, as some of the venues are limited on space. 
(What is the TAQ??)

Location: Athens, Georgia
Host: Robin Richards
Contact: richardsr AT clarke DOT k12 DOT ga DOT us
Venue: Cedar Shoals HS, 1300 Cedar Shoals Drive, Athens, Georgia 30605
Web: www.clarke.k12.ga.us

Location: Austin, Texas
Host: Ed Toutant
Contact: austinquiz AT gmail DOT com

Location: Boulder, Colorado
Host: Paul Bailey
Contact: Bouldertaq AT gmail DOT com
Venue: Albums Bistro, 1124 13th St, Boulder Colorado 80302
www.albumsonthehill.com

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Host: Mitchell Szczepanczyk
Contact: mitchell AT szcz DOT org
Venue: Albany Park Branch library, 5150 N. Kimball Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60625
http://www.chipublib.org/002branches/albany/albany.html


Location: Lakeland, Florida
Host: Grace Veach
Contact: gveach AT seuniversity DOT edu
Venue: Steelman Library - Southeastern University, 1000 Longfellow Blvd, Lakeland, Florida 33801
Web: www.seuniversity.edu/library

Location: New York, New York
Host:Tony Hightower
Contact: mistert A Tgmail DOT com
Venue: Jimmy's 43, 43 East 7th Street (btw. 2nd & 3rd Ave.), New York, New York
Web: http://jimmysNo43.com

Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Host: Alan Baratta
Contact: pacificwerxgraphicdesign AT yahoo DOT com
Venue: Scottsdale Civic Center Library - Gold Room, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Web: http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/departments/Community_Services/Library.asp
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Host: Myron Meyer
Contact: myronmmeyer AT yahoo DOT com
Venue: Siouxland Main Library, 201 North Main Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57117
Web: www.siouxlandlib.org

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Host: Rob Severson
Contact: pancakemaster AT juno DOT com
Venue: The Scottish Arms, 6-10 South Sarah Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63108-2819
Web: http://www.thescottisharms.com

Location: Seattle, Washington
Host: Randall Bart
Contact: iqa AT randallbart DOT com
Venue: Metro Seattle Gamers, 1600 W Armory Way, #C-106, Seattle Washington 98119-2730

Let us know if you want to host a site (on or before March 8th)!  See details below

press release jan 08

The 2nd Annual Transatlantic Quiz (www.transatlanticquiz.com) will be coming up Saturday, March 15th 2008. This quiz is conducted in the format of the World Quizzing Championships, but focuses on US/Canada/UK material.

We are looking for organizers that can find a place to hold the quiz and report back results. Organizers can participate in the quiz, which is taken without use of reference materials by individuals. Each half of the test (four categories) will take on hour, and there will be a couple of marking times where folks swap papers for grading, so figure on about 3 hours total. In the past, the event has been held in college classrooms, bars, restaurants, and even an athletic club. This quiz will be provided free of charge, and as it will be held on the weekend leading up to St. Patricks day, it may be attractive to Irish pubs in your area. The key is to have the quiz at approximately the same time (+/- a couple hours) everywhere, so that in North America this would take place mid-day, while in the UK it would be in the evening.

Last year in the US the quiz was taken by 56 people in Boulder, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri; Madison, Wisconsin; New York, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; and Seattle, Washington. This year we'd like to quadruple the participation and double the locations. If you are interested in establishing a location for the quiz, please send a message to iqausa@gmail.com with your name, address where hardcopy of the quiz can be shipped priority mail arriving March 13 or 14, your phone number, description and address of the quiz venue, and about how many people you expect or have capacity to entertain. The organizer should report back results via email within 2 hours after the end of the event.

This quiz is good preparation for the World Quizzing Championships to be held Saturday June 7th, 2008. Thus far, the WQC will have participants in Belgium
Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Liberia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, and more that are being added in the coming months. An ideal plan for the USA for this event would be to have 10 locations, including from west to east Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, and New York. Previous event website is at http://www.wqc2007.com

World Quizzing Championships

press release

Saturday, June 2nd

USA Results - refer to quizzing.co.uk for full results