Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships Explained

Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships
Sport:Trivia
Countries:6





Champion:India (3rd title)
Most Champs:Singapore, India (3 titles each)

The Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships (APQC) is the premier team quiz event in the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The tournament began in 2012 as the ASEAN Quizzing Championships, an annual quiz competition held among quizzers from ASEAN, primarily those living in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. In 2015 the competition expanded to include participants from India and a number of off-site chapters and became the Asian Quizzing Championships (AQC). After teams from the Asia-Pacific region such as Australia (from 2017) and New Zealand (from 2018) began participating, the event was renamed the Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships to reflect this wider geographical participation.

The event was founded by Caleb Liu from Singapore and Movin Miranda from India (and a long time resident of Malaysia) with the goal of fostering friendly competition and growing interest in quizzing in the region. The teams are selected by the National Quiz Associations of the respective member countries.

Format

Teams of four compete in three separate rounds, with the highest cumulative score being crowned champions.

The contribution to the overall team score which will be the cumulative total of the top three individual scores in each of the eight categories (with the lowest score for each category dropped). For example, if the four members of a team scored 15, 15, 15, 7 for Sport, the team score for Sport will be 45. Maximum score = 600 points.

The maximum team score is therefore 1010 points though in practice teams do not approach that limit.

Host City and Results

EditionYearCityGoldPointsSilver PointsBronzePoints
XI2024PenangTBATBATBATBATBATBA
X2023Colombo India461 Malaysia431 Australia396
IX2022Kota Kinabalu India704 Australia657 Malaysia595
VIII2019Singapore Singapore 455 Australia444 Malaysia420
VII2018[1] Kuala Lumpur Australia593 Malaysia542 Singapore 469
VI2017[2] Kuala Lumpur India607 Australia534 Singapore 518
V2016[3] Singapore Malaysia475 Singapore 474 Singapore B341
IV2015Singapore India530 Singapore 519 Singapore B491
III2014[4] Manila Singapore 437 Malaysia396 Philippines385
II2013[5] Singapore Singapore 414 Philippines396 Malaysia326
I2012Kuala Lumpur Malaysia310 Singapore 263 Philippines216

The event was not contested in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19

Scoring

The current scoring format was adopted in 2017. From 2012-16 there were only 20 questions for each category in the written paper rather than 25. From 2017 onwards, 4 points were awarded in the Individual Response round instead of 5. From 2018 onwards, teams could be awarded half points (i.e. 2 points) in the team round alongside a full point score of 5 points.

Participating teams

TeamsAustraliaIndiaMalaysiaNew ZealandSingaporePhilippinesUnalignedTOTAL
202322101006
202221401109
2019331030010
201821311109
201721201219
201600103116
201501003138
201400101204
201300102104
201200201104
TOTAL1191611710569

Medal summary

NationGoldSilver BronzeTotal
Singapore33410
India4004
Malaysia2338
Australia[6] 1315
Philippines0123

Winning Teams

YearCountryTeam Members
2023 IndiaRajiv Rai, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Nikhil Sonde, Vinoo Sanjay
2022 IndiaBrajendu Bhaskar, Sania Narulkar, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa
2019 SingaporeRavikant Avva, Caleb Liu, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Mukund Sridhar
2018 AustraliaRick Bakker, Ross Evans, Michael Logue, Aaran Mohann
2017 IndiaAnustup Datta, Arun Hiregange, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa
2016 MalaysiaG. Krishnamurti, Movin Miranda, Chong MinHow, Jaideep Mukherjee
2015 IndiaGopal Kidao, Rajiv Rai, Jayakanthan R, Swaminathan Ganesh
2014 SingaporeRavikant Avva, Jake Jacobs, Caleb Liu, Rohan Naidu
2013 SingaporeCaleb Liu, Jake Jacobs, Nirav Kanodra, Iain Carmichael
2012 MalaysiaNeil Bruce, Kee Choonlee, Shiva Gurupatham, Movin Miranda

Highest Individual Scorers

While a team event, the APQC also acknowledges the highest scorers in the first (individual) round.

YearGoldSilver Bronze
2023 Vinoo Sanjay Rajiv Rai Brandon Blackwell
2022 Ross Evans Jojo Torio Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa (tie)
2019 Movin Miranda Michael Logue, Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar [tie]
2018 Ross Evans[7] Kelvin Lange Rick Bakker
2017 Arun Hiregange Thejaswi Udupa Ravi Avva
2016 Movin Miranda[8] G. Krishnamurti Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar (tie)
2015 Rajesh Kannan Sunny Chu Leonardo Gapol
2014 Movin Miranda Leonardo Gapol Caleb Liu
2013 Leonardo Gapol Movin Miranda Caleb Liu
2012 Movin Miranda Caleb Liu Leonardo Gapol

Records

Results last updated: 6 December 2023

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2018 Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships. 25 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Results of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships. 26 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Results and Proceedings of AQC 2016. minyichua. 5 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Results of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships. 13 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Results of the 2013 Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships. 28 March 2019.
  6. Web site: Quizzing Australia. Quizzing Australia. 12 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106042502/http://www.quizzingaustralia.org/results.html. 6 January 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: Player Profile - Ross Evans . Quizzing Australia.
  8. Web site: Asia Pacific – Top 20 – World Quizzing Championships.