# Asia-Pacific Quiz Championships

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 scoring format has changed slightly over the different editions. This system was used in 2024:
* Round 1 - Individual written round, modelled after the World Quizzing Championships. Participants answer 140 questions worth one point each, with 20 questions drawn from each of seven categories:
** Culture / World
** Entertainment
** History / Geography
** Literature / Language
** Lifestyle / Business
** Sciences
** Sport and Games
The contribution to the overall team score is the cumulative total of the top three individual scores in each category (i.e. the lowest score for each category is dropped). For example, if the four members of a team score 15, 16, 17 and 7 for Sciences, the team score for Sciences will be 15+16+17=48. Maximum score = 420 points.
* Round 2 - Individual Response Round. Participants are asked questions individually in turn. They may answer themselves, or pass the question to a teammate. There is a maximum of three passes per player, once to each teammate. 40 questions worth a maximum of 5 points each. Maximum score = 200 points.
* Round 3 - Team Discussion Round. Participants work as a team to answer 50 questions worth a maximum of 10 points each. Maximum score = 500 points.

## Host City and Results

| Edition | Year | Host City | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| XII | 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| XI | 2024 | George Town | Australia Gold | 605 | Australia Green | 556 | Malaysia | 553 |
| X | 2023 | Colombo | India | 461 | Malaysia | 431 | Australia | 396 |
| IX | 2022 | Kota Kinabalu | India | 704 | Australia | 657 | Malaysia | 595 |
| VIII | 2019 | Singapore | Singapore | 455 | Australia | 444 | Malaysia | 420 |
| VII | 2018 | Kuala Lumpur | Australia | 593 | Malaysia | 542 | Singapore | 469 |
| VI | 2017 | Kuala Lumpur | India | 607 | Australia | 534 | Singapore | 518 |
| V | 2016 | Singapore | Malaysia | 475 | Singapore | 474 | Singapore B | 341 |
| IV | 2015 | Singapore | India | 530 | Singapore | 519 | Singapore B | 491 |
| III | 2014 | Manila | Singapore | 437 | Malaysia | 396 | Philippines | 385 |
| II | 2013 | Singapore | Singapore | 414 | Philippines | 396 | Malaysia | 326 |
| I | 2012 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 310 | Singapore | 263 | Philippines | 216 |
The event was not contested in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### 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

| Teams | Australia | India | Malaysia | New Zealand | Singapore | Philippines | International | TOTAL |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 14 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 78 |

## Medal summary

| Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Singapore | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Australia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

## Winning Teams

| Year | Country | Team Members |
| 2024 | Australia | Ross Evans, David Howse, Aniket Khasgiwale, Aaran Mohann |
| 2023 | India | Rajiv Rai, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Nikhil Sonde, Vinoo Sanjay |
| 2022 | India | Brajendu Bhaskar, Sania Narulkar, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa |
| 2019 | Singapore | Ravikant Avva, Caleb Liu, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Mukund Sridhar |
| 2018 | Australia | Rick Bakker, Ross Evans, Michael Logue, Aaran Mohann |
| 2017 | India | Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange, Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa |
| 2016 | Malaysia | G. Krishnamurti, Movin Miranda, Chong MinHow, Jaideep Mukherjee |
| 2015 | India | Gopal Kidao, Rajiv Rai, Jayakanthan R, Swaminathan Ganesh |
| 2014 | Singapore | Ravikant Avva, Jake Jacobs, Caleb Liu, Rohan Naidu |
| 2013 | Singapore | Caleb Liu, Jake Jacobs, Nirav Kanodra, Iain Carmichael |
| 2012 | Malaysia | Neil 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.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2024 | Aniket Khasgiwale | Ross Evans and Aaran Mohann (tied) | n/a |
| 2023 | Vinoo Sanjay | Rajiv Rai | Brandon Blackwell |
| 2022 | Ross Evans | Jojo Torio | Rajiv Rai, Thejaswi Udupa (tied) |
| 2019 | Movin Miranda | Michael Logue, Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar (tied) | n/a |
| 2018 | Ross Evans | Kelvin Lange | Rick Bakker |
| 2017 | Arun Hiregange | Thejaswi Udupa | Ravi Avva |
| 2016 | Movin Miranda | G. Krishnamurti | Pradeep Ramanathan, Mukund Sridhar (tied) |
| 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

* Largest Winning Margins
** India by 73 points (2017)
** Australia by 51 points (2018)
** Australia by 49 points (2024)
** Malaysia by 47 points (2012)
** India by 47 points (2022)
* Narrowest Winning Margins
** Malaysia by 1 point (2016)
** Singapore by 11 points (2019)
** India by 11 points (2015)
** Singapore by 18 points (2013)
Results last updated: 4 December 2024