Australian Quiz Champion


In the late 1940s and 1950s the Australian National Quiz Championships were run and broadcast live by ABC [Radio (Australia)|ABC Radio]. The quiz was arranged to promote the Federal Government's security loans for post-war reconstruction. Future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was joint winner in 1948 and runner-up in 1949.
From 2007 the highest-scoring Australian at the World Quizzing Championship has been recognised as the national champion.
In 2024 Quizzing Australia launched a stand-alone domestic event, the Australian Quiz Championships.

Quiz Champions

Champions WQC

YearWinnerRunner-up
1948S. Robertson, G. Morris, Gough Whitlam, G. Bohman -
1949I.F. JonesGough Whitlam
1950W.G. McDonald
2007David Regal
2008Trevor Evans
2009David Vickers
2010David Regal
2011Issa Schultz
2012Ross Evans
2013Issa Schultz
2014Issa Schultz
2015Ross Evans
2016Issa Schultz
2017Issa Schultz
2018Issa Schultz
2019Ross Evans
2020Issa Schultz
2021Issa Schultz
2022Issa Schultz
2023Issa Schultz
2024Issa Schultz
2025Issa Schultz

Multiple individual titles

  • 12 - Issa Schultz
  • 3 - Ross Evans

Australian Quiz Championships

Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2024Issa SchultzRoss EvansAaran Mohann
2025Issa SchultzDavid HowseAaran Mohann

Australian Teams Champions

Contested as a four-person event from 2015-2020 inclusive, and as a three-person event in all subsequent years.
YearWinners
2015Geoffrey Gettins, Lindon Johnsson, Graeme Mackie and Gordon McGregor
2016Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis
2017Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis
2018Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis
2019Phil Denman, Derk de Graaf, Honza Mikula and Andrea Zijlstra
2020Leon Derry, Ross Evans, Jim Huxley and Shane Francis
2021Not contested due to COVID-19
2022Gordon McGregor, David Morgan and Aaran Mohann
2023David Howse, Beau Howse and Brendan Pigott
2024Gordon McGregor, David Morgan and Aaran Mohann