The Basics

The Youth World Quizzing Championships will take place on Saturday 22 February 2020 and is open to anyone between the ages of 19 and 30 as of 1 September 2019. You'll have 90 minutes (split into two lots of 45 minutes) to answer 120 questions over a range of subjects.

The cost to take part is £3.50/ $5.00/5 Euros or equivalent in your country.

The 120 questions will be presented to you in eight papers, each with 15 questions. A player's total score will be the aggregate of their scores from their best seven papers. Their 'discarded' score will be referred to only in the case of a tie (best discarded score wins that tie). If we still have a tie we will look to see who has the best score in any one paper - they win. If needs be we will then refer to the second best, third best, fourth best scores etc. to separate tied players. If two or more players are tied in first place they will each win 'Gold'. Two 'Gold' means no silver medal, three 'Gold' means no bronze either.

The papers cover the following subjects, and there will be recognition for the winners of each of these as well as for the overall winner.

If there's a tie on an individual paper we will compare players' results, starting at Question 15 and working backwards. Any player who got Q15 wrong loses. If all tied players got Q15 right we refer to Q14 (and so on) until just one player remains. If two or more players get all 15 correct in a paper, they will each win 'Gold'. Two 'Gold' means no silver medal, three 'Gold' means no bronze either.

To take part, just look for a venue near you.