The British Quiz Association (BQA) runs the
British Quizzing Championships
The British Quiz Championship (BQC), also termed the British Quizzing Championship, is a quiz competition in the United Kingdom. The current competition has been organised since 2004 by Chris Jones' and IQA-CEO Jane Allen's company Quizzing Ltd. ...
on the first Saturday in September every year.
Quiz Championships 1999/2000
In 1999 and 2000
Trevor Montague
Trevor Howard Montague (born 20 May 1954) is a British author who compiles books of facts. Best known for ''A to Z of Almost Everything'', he has since compiled ''A to Z of Sport'', ''A to Z of Britain and Ireland'' and ''A to Z of British (and Ir ...
had run a ''British Quiz Championships'' as a sport of the
Mind Sports Olympiad
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.
BQA 2001 till 2004
The BQA was founded as his brainchild in a Reading Hotel on 10 July 2001. The first chairman was Mastermind club president Tony Dart, Montague was to be the managing director and also present were
Mark Labbett
Mark Andrew Labbett (born 15 August 1965), also known by his professional nickname The Beast, is an English quizzer and television personality. Since 2009 he has been one of the "chasers" on the ITV game show '' The Chase'' as "The Beast" and f ...
and Rob Linham.
The association ran British Championships in 2001–3, but went into a moribund state following resignations of many of the committee.
Change to IQA
In late 2004 Trevor Parry took over running the organisation but only four people competed in the 2004 event (see link). At the same time a new ''
British Quizzing Championships
The British Quiz Championship (BQC), also termed the British Quizzing Championship, is a quiz competition in the United Kingdom. The current competition has been organised since 2004 by Chris Jones' and IQA-CEO Jane Allen's company Quizzing Ltd. ...
'' has successfully been run by IQA/quizzing.co.uk (follow the link for more details).
British Quiz Champions
* 1999 -
Kevin Ashman
Kevin Clifford Ashman (born 2 November 1959) is an English quiz player. He is often considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, and since 2002 has been a professional quizzer; he has been an '' Egghead'' since 2003. He has won most o ...
* 2000 -
Kevin Ashman
Kevin Clifford Ashman (born 2 November 1959) is an English quiz player. He is often considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, and since 2002 has been a professional quizzer; he has been an '' Egghead'' since 2003. He has won most o ...
* 2001 -
Ian Bayley
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Ian Bayley is a British quiz player who has won several medals in quizzing, both in singles and as a member of a team. He won the European Championships three times straight from 2007 to 2009 with " ...
* 2002 -
Kevin Ashman
Kevin Clifford Ashman (born 2 November 1959) is an English quiz player. He is often considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, and since 2002 has been a professional quizzer; he has been an '' Egghead'' since 2003. He has won most o ...
* 2003 - John Wilson
* 2004 - Karl Whelan
External links
Report 2000Trivia QuizzesTest Bank WebsiteBritish Quiz Association
Quiz games
Clubs and societies in the United Kingdom
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