| 2021 Quiz Olympiad | |
| Host City: | Kraków |
| Country: | Poland |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Debuting Countries: | 4 |
| Athletes: | 182 |
| Events: | 44 |
| Previous: | Athens 2016 |
| Next: | 2024 |
Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 11 to 14 November 2021, the 2021 Quiz Olympiad in Kraków was the second Quiz Olympiad.[1] The event was planned to take place from 5 November 2020 until 8 November 2020, but was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The event hosted quizzes that combined awarded 132 medals[3]
The following were the official quizzes at the 2021 Quiz Olympiad:
Some quizzes have similar standing with IOC demonstration sports. These were awarded medals, but do not feature on the overall medals table:
There will be 182 participants from 24 nations at the 2021 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants include Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, and Tom Trogh of Belgium; Dorjana Širola of Croatia; Ian Bayley of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Sebastian Klussmann of Germany; Barry Simmons of Scotland; and Shane Whitlock of the United States.
The results were:[5]
| Individual Quiz |  Mark Henry |  Ronny Swiggers |  Tero Kalliolevo | |
| Pairs Quiz | Ronny Swiggers Tero Kalliolevo | Nico Pattyn Jens Everaerdt | Tom Trogh Derk de Graaf | |
| Nations Team Quiz | Belgium Nico Pattyn Tom Trogh Lander Frederickx Ronny Swiggers |  Estonia Igor Habal Ove Põder Kaarel Silmato Illar Tõnisson |  United States Raj Dhuwalia Jakob Myers Matt Jackson Shane Whitlock | |
| World Club Team Quiz | JFDDGI Tero Kalliolevo Ove Pöder Kaarel Silmato Tauno Vahter | The Rolling Scones Dean Kotiga Shane Whitlock Daoud Jackson Neven Trgovec | Sage Supercilia Sebastian Klussmann Igor Habal Mark Ryder Mark Henry | |
| Aspirational Cup | LucV Forever Paul Arts Jens Everaerdt Kris Van der Coelden Tero Kalliolevo | Norway B Lars Heggland Arild Tørum Espen Kibsgård Mats Sigstad | Popular People's Front of Judea Stijn Gyselinckx Ivo Geyskens Luc Lenaerts Johnny Loodts | |
| Frankenquiz | Only here for the beer Tim Westcott Ian Clark David Cowan Matt Todd | 4 Handsomes Ned Pendleton Daoud Jackson Dean Kotiga Neven Trgovec | FW de Klerk, more like FW de Funct Matt Jackson Jakob Myers Dave Legler Aidan Leahy | |
| History Quiz | Nico Pattyn Jakob Myers | not awarded (tie for gold) | Matt Jackson | |
| Sport Quiz | Bruno De Laet | Tom Trogh Dries Van De Sande | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Literature Quiz | Daoud Jackson Ole Martin Halck | not awarded (tie for gold) | Matt Jackson | |
| Business Quiz | Sebastian Klussmann | Tom Trogh |  Anton Jacobsen Derk de Graaf | |
| Sciences Quiz | Ian Bayley | Raj Dhuwalia | Jack Pollock Matt Jackson Lander Frederickx | |
| Digital Quiz |  Michael-Dennis Biemans | Brandon Blackwell  Johannes Eibl | ||
| Visual Arts Quiz | Ronny Swiggers | Domagoj Pozderac | Ian Bayley | |
| Television Quiz | Espen Iversen | Sonja Sirnes Krešimir Štimac Galen Chung Arild Tørum Stijn Gyselinckx | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Geography Quiz | Paul Arts Ove Põder | not awarded (tie for gold) | Jakob Myers Shane Whitlock | |
| Film Quiz | Clifford Galiher | Leif-Atle Heen Krešimir Štimac | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Performing Arts Quiz | Daoud Jackson | Ian Bayley | Matt Jackson | |
| Pop Music Quiz | Lander Frederickx | Igor Habal | Tom Trogh | |
| Pentathlon Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh | Matt Jackson | Ian Bayley | |
| National Specialist Quiz | Belgium Ronny Swiggers Tom Trogh Nico Pattyn Dries Van De Sande Stijn Gyselinckx Paul Arts Lander Frederickx Bruno De Laet | Norway Ole Martin Halck Leif-Atle Heen Espen Iversen Geir H. Kristiansen Lars Heggland Tore Heliks Van Dahl Mats Sigstad | United States Matt Jackson Clifford Galiher Brandon Blackwell Jakob Myers Alan Lin Kathryn Verwillow Raj Dhuwalia Shane Whitlock | |
| High Brow Specialist Quiz | Matt Jackson | Ian Bayley | Daoud Jackson | |
| Populist Specialist Quiz | Tom Trogh | Krešimir Štimac | Lander Frederickx | |
| Speed Quiz | Alan Lin | Tom Trogh Brandon Blackwell | not awarded (tie for silver) | |
| Knockout Quiz | Kaarel Silmato | Illar Tõnisson | Ove Põder | |
| Under 30 Individual Quiz | Daoud Jackson | Lander Frederickx | Krešimir Štimac | |
| Under 30 Nations Team Quiz | Belgium Dries Van De Sande Gert-Jan Dugardein Roeland De Geest Tim Van der Heyden | United States Brandon Blackwell Alan Lin Carlo Aiello Aidan Leahy | not awarded (only two teams competing) | |
| Under 30 Pairs Quiz | Dries Van De Sande Lander Frederickx | Krešimir Štimac Neven Trgovec |  Max Fitz-James Vincent Rousset | |
The total medal table was:[6]