The quiz champion

Television broadcast
Original title	The Quiz Champion (since 2013); The Super Champion (2012)
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	since 2012
Production ; company	Riverside Entertainment GmbH (since 2013) ; Endemol Deutschland GmbH (2012) ; Mr. P. GmbH (2012)
length	90-180 minutes
Episodes	34 in 17 seasons ; and 5 special editions
Broadcasting ; cycle	3 to 4 times a year
genre	Quiz show
Moderation	Jörg Pilawa; (2012); Johannes B. Kerner; (since 2013);
First broadcast	April 14, 2012 on ZDF

Moderator Johannes B. Kerner

Der Quiz-Champion (2012: The Super-Champion ) is a quiz show hosted by Johannes B. Kerner on ZDF .

Mode and rules

The goal of The Quiz Champion is to defeat a round of five prominent experts as a candidate and to win a six-figure sum of money as the “Quiz Champion”.


Month year	Prize amount
April 2012 - November 2013	500,000 euros
May 2014 - September 2015	250,000 euros
since May 2016	100,000 euros
Special edition
Month year	Prize amount
October 2015 (Germany Special)	100,000 euros
November 2016 (Champions Special)	250,000 euros
December 2016 (2016 Special)	100,000 euros
July 2018 (Celebrity Special)	25,000 euros

The quiz runs as a game by a single candidate who has to qualify in a preliminary round and then compete against the experts in the main round. If necessary, there will be a final against one or more other, equally successful candidates. There are no jokers .

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, Johannes B. Kerner asks the candidate open questions . To qualify for the main round, the candidate must give seven correct answers within one minute. Multiple answers to solutions (until 2013) and the questions can be skipped (“continue!”). If this does not succeed, the candidate is eliminated.

Main round

In the main round, a candidate competes against a group of five experts, each representing one area of knowledge. The categories like the experts vary from show to show. In each field of knowledge, the candidate competes against the respective expert in a duel. A random number generator decides which expert the candidate will play against first. The other duels follow in clockwise direction. The questions in the main round are presented as multiple-choice questions with three possible answers. Everyone can first change a logged-in answer. However, if one of the duelists presses the buzzer , with which he starts a countdown of seven seconds for the opponent, which he only has time for an answer, he is no longer allowed to change his answer. The opponent may change his mind within the countdown, but does not know the other's answer. Those who answer correctly receive one point. The first to score three points wins the category. If both opponents achieve the third point at the same time, further questions are asked until one player alone answers correctly. If both players continue to score no or one point, an open question follows after the score of 5: 5 (up to 2013 7: 7 ). Whoever answers these correctly within ten seconds after a quick buzz, wins; if the answer is wrong, the category is lost. To win the main round, the candidate must defeat all five experts one after the other. If this does not succeed, the candidate is eliminated.

Final round

If only one candidate wins the main round, he is the winner of the program. If two or more candidates are successful in the main round, they play a final against each other. In each final round, the experts are given five envelopes per candidate, each containing an open question from their category. A candidate has to answer his five questions one after the other and has ten seconds per answer. For each correct answer he gets one point. The candidate who scores the most points in a round wins the final. If there is a tie, further rounds are played until a winner is determined.

The 2012 super champion

April 2012

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					Round 1					round 2					Round 3
1	April 14, 2012 (Preliminary round)	1	Geography	Willi Weitzel	1	Eckhard Freise (67), Münster , historian	1	2	3	4th
		2	Movie	Jürgen Vogel	2	Anna Dobler (30), Salzburg , student Austria	5
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	3	Stefan Friedrichs (31), Mainz , student	1	2	3
		4th	literature	Hellmuth Karasek	4th	Sasha Mühle (34), Hamburg , disco owner	4th	5
		5	nature	Dirk Steffens	5	Joachim Telgenbüscher (30), Hamburg, science editor	1	2	3	4th
2	April 21, 2012 (Final)	1	Geography	Bernhard Hoëcker	6th	Sebastian Jacoby (34), Duisburg , controller	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5
		2	politics	Klaus Töpfer	7th	Sandra Stein (31), Hagen , researcher	1
		3	literature	Andrea Sawatzki	8th	Stefan Schröder (54), Wiesbaden , historian	2	3	4th
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	9	Matthias Moehl (45), Hamburg, computer scientist	2	3	4th	5	1	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3
		5	Sports	Marcel Reif

August 2012

The experts of the first part of the program on August 23, 2012 were Marcel Reif (sport), Andreas Kieling (nature), Esther Schweins (literature), Sido (music) and Guido Knopp (contemporary history). All candidates, including Barbara Meier , were eliminated.

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts
4th	August 25, 2012 (Final)	1	literature	Jürgen von der Lippe
		2	Geography	Bernhard Hoëcker
		3	Current affairs	Alice Schwarzer
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer
		5	Sports	Andrea Kaiser

The 30-year-old seismologist Manuel Hobiger from Hanover answered every single question correctly and won confidently. A prominent participant was Christian Strunk, mayor of the city of Xanten .

The 2013 Quiz Champion

November 2013

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts
5	20th November 2013 (Preliminary round)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif
		2	music	Ralph Siegel
		3	literature	Katharina Thalbach
		4th	nature	Dirk Steffens
		5	Recent history	Guido Knopp
6th	November 30, 2013 (Final)	1	Geography	Wigald Boning
		2	nutrition	Christian Rach
		3	politics	Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
		4th	Sports	Michael Stich
		5	Current affairs	Steffen Hallaschka

As the only candidate of the two programs, the 35-year-old bank manager Thorsten Zirkel from Celle was able to win all five duels and thus won the 500,000 euros.

The 2014 Quiz Champion

May 2014

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					Round 1					round 2
7th	May 28, 2014 (Preliminary round)	1	literature	Jürgen von der Lippe	1	Tobias Horner (37), Munich, press officer	1
		2	Geography	Dieter Nuhr	2	Carolin Grob (27), Berlin, doctor	Preliminary round out
		3	Sports	Andrea Kaiser	3	Ivan Buljan (37), Cologne, fitness trainer	3	4th	5	1	2	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5
		4th	Current affairs	Steffen Hallaschka	4th	Elfriede Awadalla (58), Vienna, poet Austria	5	1	2	3	4th
		5	nutrition	Alexander Herrmann
8th	May 31, 2014 (Final)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	5	Benjamin Blinten (41), Berlin, library director	2
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	6th	Sonja Christ-Brendemühl (29), Eschborn , marketing expert	4th
		3	literature	Katharina Thalbach	7th	Nicolai Mameghani (43), Düsseldorf, defense lawyer	Preliminary round out
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	8th	Christopher Scheibner (23), Chemnitz , project manager	5	1
		5	Recent history	Guido Knopp	9	Ralf Schnoor (52), Hanover, master confectioner	3	4th	5
					10	Daria-Maret Geller (39), Wennigsen (Deister) , teacher	2	3	4th	5	1	1	2	3
					11	Peter Kruck (48), Bottrop-Kirchhellen , science lecturer	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1

October / November 2014

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
9	23 October 2014 (Preliminary round 1)	1	Geography	Wigald Boning	1	Maik Timmermann (40), Soest , music producer	3
		2	nature	Eckart von Hirschhausen	2	Annegret Schenkel (35), Leipzig, editor	5
		3	Sports	Franziska van Almsick	3	Holger Waldenberger (47), Reinbek , trained foreign language correspondent	2	3	4th	5	1	1	2	3	4th	5
		4th	nutrition	Alexander Herrmann	4th	Florian Steiner (36), Berlin, doctor	3	4th	5	1	2	1	2	3	4th	5
		5	Recent history	Guido Knopp
10	October 30, 2014 (Preliminary round 2)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	5	Thomas Caspar (40), Lauterbach , teacher	5
		2	nature	Hannes Jaenicke	6th	Julia Heckmann (34), Esslingen , New Business Manager	1	2
		3	literature	Anna Thalbach	7th	Eike Böttcher (38), Berlin, lawyer	3	4th	5
		4th	Current affairs	Frank Plasberg	8th	Lutz Christ (45), Düsseldorf, financial advisor	3	4th	5
		5	Geography	Hardy Kruger
11	November 1, 2014 (Final)	1	Geography	Bernhard Hoëcker
		2	Current affairs	Steffen Hallaschka
		3	Sports	Andrea Kaiser
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer
		5	literature	Hellmuth Karasek

Meike Winnemuth failed in the first sport duel . The 38-year-old Stuttgart high school teacher (chemistry and Latin) Peter Ziegler prevailed against all experts and in the final also against the two winners on October 23.

The 2015 Quiz Champion

March 2015

In the broadcast on March 26, the 47-year-old journalist and author Christa Pöppelmann from Berlin won against the experts Anna Thalbach (literature), Frank Plasberg (current affairs), Dieter Nuhr (geography), Dirk Steffens (nature) and Oliver Pocher (sport ).

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates	Result					final
13	March 28, 2015 (Final)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	Sebastian Runde (30), Duisburg, sociologist	4th
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	Stefan Georg (52), Swisttal - Miel , translator	2	3	4th
		3	literature	Katharina Thalbach	Sonja Klose (40), Berlin, Marketing Director	3
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	Robert Reiher (47), Norderstedt , business economist	1
		5	Recent history	Guido Knopp	Klaus Otto Nagorsnik (59), Billerbeck , librarian	4th	5	1	2	3	1
					Andrés Klein (41), Cologne, lawyer	3
					Petra Schwille (47), Planegg , physicist	4th
					Julian Groenwoldt (36), Ahrensburg , sales representative	1
					Günther Kessler (60), Nussdorf , headmaster	Preliminary round out
					Heiko Arendt (46), Koblenz, landlord	3

In the final round, Pöppelmann knew the correct answer to all five questions, while Nagorsnik's first answer was wrong. Pöppelmann was the winner of the 250,000 euros.

September 2015

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
14th	September 9, 2015 (Preliminary round)	1	Geography	Wigald Boning	1	Vera Johanna Romer (25), Leipzig, law student	3
		2	Sports	Marcel Reif	2	Ernst Peter Fischer (68), Heidelberg, science historian	5	1
		3	Movie and TV	Andrea Kiewel	3	Baris Kösebas (29), Vienna, economics student Austria	Preliminary round out
		4th	Current affairs	Frank Plasberg	4th	Michael Helten (35), Freiburg, actor	5	1	2
		5	nutrition	Alexander Herrmann	5	Christopher Rausch (51), Eppelheim , IT consultant	5	1	2	3
15th	September 12, 2015 (Final)	1	literature	Jürgen von der Lippe	6th	Victoria Heineck (26), Leipzig, chemistry student	4th
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	7th	Domenica Giannino (34), Augsburg, sports journalist	5	1	2	3	4th
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	8th	Sebastian Guggolz (33), Berlin, publisher	1	2	3	4th	5
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	9	Vroni Kiefer (40), Hanover, actress	4th	5	1	2	3
		5	music	Sasha

October 2015 (Germany Special)

This broadcast was a special edition for the 25th day of German unity .

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					Round 1					round 2
S1	3rd October 2015	1	Movie and TV	Bastian Pastewka	1	Peter Brinkmann (70), Berlin, journalist	5
		2	literature	Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt	2	Ulrich Voigt (39), Freiburg im Breisgau, bridge teacher	1
		3	Sports	Katarina Witt	3	Denis Szczesniak (25), Stuttgart, student	Preliminary round out
		4th	Geography	Michael Kessler	4th	Pascal Bothe (33), Hanover, management consultant	3	4th	5	1	2	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp	5	Carsten Heinisch (54), Kaiserslautern , editor	5	1	2	3	4th	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5

The 2016 Quiz Champion

May 2016

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
16	5th May 2016 (Preliminary round)	1	Sports	Waldemar Hartmann	1	Christoph Huxhold (28), Eisenach , teacher	1	2
		2	Current affairs	Steffen Hallaschka	2	Marc Vanacker (66), Izegem , retired Belgium	5
		3	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	3	Monika Luchtenfeld (56), Ottersberg , administrative specialist	1
		4th	nutrition	Nelson Muller	4th	Thomas Holzapfel (45), Langenfeld , business graduate	4th	5
		5	nature	Dirk Steffens	5	Matthias Block (45), Hamstrup , commercial clerk	1	2
					6th	René Waßmer (22), Bad Krozingen , student	2	3	4th
17th	May 7, 2016 (Final)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	7th	Christoph Klöckner (36), Munich, trademark and patent attorney	5
		2	Geography	Wigald Boning	8th	Peter Thomas (38), Rheinbach , banker	Preliminary round out
		3	Literature and language	Katharina Thalbach	9	Jan Karpe (51), Cologne, professor for economics and computer science	4th	5	1	2
		4th	Movie and TV	Oliver Kalkofe	10	Axel Bohmann (32), Freiburg, PhD student	2	3	4th	5	1
		5	Contemporary history	Norbert Blüm	11	Marie-Louise Finck (26), Berlin, lawyer	2	3	4th	5	1

Since there was no winner, the prize amount doubles in the next edition to 200,000 euros.

July 2016

This program was about 200,000 euros because there were no winners for the first time in May 2016.

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					Round 1					round 2
18th	July 21, 2016 (Preliminary round)	1	Sports	Boris Becker	1	Andrea Herrmann (33), Hanover, ecotoxicologist	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5
		2	Movie and TV	Guido Cantz	2	Bastian Balzer (35), Munich, buyer in an Internet mail order company	2
		3	nutrition	Alexander Herrmann	3	Petra Hoferichter (64), Hamburg, pensioner	1	2
		4th	music	Sasha
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp
19th	23rd July 2016 (Final)	1	Sports	Stefan Effenberg	4th	Arne Bohlen (44), Elsfleth , farmer	5	1	2
		2	Geography	Wigald Boning	5	Ulrich Büttner (43), Constance, teacher	1	2
		3	Literature and language	Natalia Woerner	6th	Janina von Freymann (41), Lüneburg, graduate in business administration (at the theater)	3	4th
		4th	Movie and TV	Steven Gätjen	7th	Lars Vorberger (29), Marburg , linguist	4th
		5	Current affairs	Ulrich Wickert	8th	Jürgen Gomille (53), Kirchsahr , administrative employee	5	1	2
					9	Jürgen Stelter (40), Potsdam, graduate in business administration	3	4th	5	1	2	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th

November 2016 (Champions Special)

In the opening sequence , short excerpts from previous programs were shown, to which the off-speaker ( Mark Bremer ) said that 120 candidates had played against the experts in the previous 20 programs and continued: “But only 16 of them have achieved the impossible and have all won their expert duels ”. However, this was incorrect, there were 17 of them. The show's website also says that all of the former finalists for this special have competed again. However, only 16 finalists were present in the studio; Peter Kruck, who was in the final on May 31, 2014, was missing. Before the duels, this time there was not the usual 60-second quick knowledge round to complete, but a qualifying round in which Johannes Kerner asked a question, the answer of which was a number or a date. Whoever entered the answer correctly and fastest in a display in front of him within 20 seconds of starting the question became a candidate. If no answer was correct, it became the one whose typed solution was closest to the correct answer. The moderator cited equal opportunities for the candidates as the reason. It was about the profit amount of 250,000 euros.

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
S2	3rd November 2016 (Preliminary round)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	1	Sebastian Jacoby (38), Duisburg, controller, quiz champion 2012	3	4th
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	2	Ivan Buljan (40), Cologne, fitness trainer, quiz champion 2014	4th	5
		3	Literature and language	Katharina Thalbach	3	Jürgen Stelter (40), Potsdam, graduate in business administration, quiz champion 2016	3	4th	5	1
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp
S3	5th November 2016 (Final)	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	4th	Andrea Herrmann (34), Hanover, ecotoxicologist, finalist 2016	1	2	3	4th	5
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	5	Pascal Bothe (34), Hanover, management consultant, finalist 2015	4th
		3	Literature and language	Katharina Thalbach	6th	Daria-Maret Geller (41), Wennigsen , teacher, finalist 2014	2	3	4th	5	1	1	2	3	4th	5
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	7th	Holger Waldenberger (48), Hamburg, translator, finalist 2014	5	1	2	3	4th	1	2	3	4th
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp

December 2016 (2016 Special)

This special was about events and special anniversaries in 2016.

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
S4	December 10, 2016	1	Sports	Boris Becker	1	Thomas Simon (69), Munich, software developer	1	2	3
		2	Current affairs	Frauke Ludowig	2	Martin Wolf (42), Hamburg, editor	3	4th	5	1	2	1	2	3	4th	5
		3	music	Sasha	3	Jannes Buß (26), Hamburg, medical student	Preliminary round out
		4th	Movie and TV	Veronica Ferres	4th	Judith Wolf (42), Blaubeuren , chief detective	5	1
		5	politics	Heiner Geissler	5	Markus Solty (44), Zeven , journalist and editor (horror books)	3	4th	5	1	2	1	2	3	4th	5
					6th	Elke Klein (57), Königsstein , employee	4th	5

The 2017 quiz champion

April 2017

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
20th	April 27, 2017 (Preliminary round)	1	Movie and TV	Guido Cantz	1	Dominik Wahlig (50), Leipzig, business mediator	4th	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	4th	5
		2	Sports	Marcel Reif	2	Sarah Kähler (34), Mülheim an der Ruhr , journalist	1	2
		3	Literature and language	Katharina Thalbach	3	Silke Donner (48), Kiel, architect	5
		4th	Geography	Wigald Boning
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp
21st	April 29, 2017 (Final)	1	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig				1	2	3
		2	Sports	Franziska van Almsick	4th	Mario Abel (51), Rheinstetten , software developer	5	1
		3	Literature and language	Axel Milberg	5	Dirk Vielhuber (54), Munich, lawyer	3	4th	5
		4th	Geography	Wigald Boning	6th	Thomas Kinne (56), Nauheim , translator	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp	7th	Christian von Stülpnagel (18), Mannheim, politics student	2	3
					8th	Silvia Schäfler (51), Buchloe , free theologian	Preliminary round out
					9	Jan Zbikowski (37), Aschaffenburg, qualified logistician	4th	5

July 2017

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
22nd	6th July 2017 (Preliminary round)	1	Nature and science	Dirk Steffens	1	Jasmin Miah (27), Berlin, student	1	2	3	4th
		2	Sports	Franziska van Almsick	2	Roland Knauff (38), Bremen, computer scientist	3	4th	5			1	2	3	4th	5
		3	Literature and language	Jürgen von der Lippe
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer
		5	Current affairs	Norbert Blüm
23	July 8, 2017 (Final)	1	Nature and science	Andreas Kieling						1	2
		2	Sports	Marcel Reif	3	Friedrich-Wilhelm Elstermann von Elster (72), Mülheim an der Ruhr, pensioner	4th
		3	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	4th	Gottfried Bauer (45), Andorf , export manager Austria	5	1	2	3
		4th	nutrition	Horst lights	5	Annegret Winzer (54), Ennepetal , teacher	3	4th
		5	Current affairs	Helmut Markwort	6th	Andreas Zimmermann (55), Bad Oldesloe , administrator	1
					7th	Stephan Winkler (52), Hanover, freelance sales representative	2	3	4th	5	1	1	2

November 2017

For the first time the broadcast took place in Potsdam.

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
24	23rd November 2017 (Preliminary round)	1	Geography	Wigald Boning	1	Rolf Gottschalk (64), Rangendingen , pensioner	5	1	2
		2	Literature and language	Axel Milberg	2	Hannah Bauer (30), Hamburg, singer	Preliminary round out
		3	Sports	Laura Wontorra	3	Carsten Schütz (45), Dipperz , director of the social court	4th	5	1
		4th	Movie and TV	Steven Gätjen	4th	Brigitte Holdinghausen (68), Frankfurt am Main, pensioner	1	2	3
		5	Contemporary history	Ulrich Wickert			1	2	3
25th	November 25, 2017 (Final)	1	Geography	Michael Kessler						4th	5
		2	Literature and language	Katharina Thalbach	5	Thorsten Reder (44), Lampertheim , graduate engineer	2	3	4th	5
		3	Sports	Marcel Reif	6th	Michael Buscher (50), Pulheim , insurance specialist	5	1	2	3	4th
		4th	Movie and TV	Bastian Pastewka	7th	Carina Organista (33), Münster, lawyer	2	3	4th
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp	8th	Christian Drensker (63), Dagebüll , dentist	4th	5	1	2

The quiz champion 2018

April 2018

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					Round 1					round 2
26th	5th April 2018 (Preliminary round)	1	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	1	Jürgen Polke (60), Oberteuringen , professor and entrepreneur	3
		2	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	2	Nicole Peters (44), Marl , civil servant	2	3
		3	Sports	Marcel Reif	3	Andrea Hoops (46), Buxtehude , bakery saleswoman	1
		4th	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	4th	Marlis Seelmann (53), Hanover, clerk	4th	5	1	2		1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5
		5	Contemporary history	Jan Hofer			4th	5	1	2
27	April 7, 2018 (Final)	1	Literature and language	Axel Milberg							3
		2	nutrition	Horst lights	5	Martin Kintrup (40), Münster, author	2	3	4th	5	1
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	6th	Simone Quilitz (32), Berlin, Inside Sales Manager	5	1
		4th	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	7th	Günther Thömmes (54), Brunn am Gebirge , master brewer Austria	4th	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp	8th	Carla Schaudt (51), Allensbach , qualified translator	3

July 2018 (Celebrity Special)

The first celebrity special took place according to new rules. For the first time, the winner didn't have to defeat all the experts, just win more duels than the other candidates. It was about 25,000 euros for a good cause.

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Prominent candidates		Result
S5	28th July 2018	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	1	Ulrike von der Groeben (61), Cologne, moderator and editor	2	3	4th	5	1
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	2	Pinar Atalay (40), Hamburg, journalist and presenter	3	4th	5	1	2
		3	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	3	Ulrich Wickert (75), Hamburg, journalist and author	2	3	4th	5	1
		4th	nutrition	Tim Mälzer	4th	Wigald Boning (51), Munich, comedian and presenter	5	1	2	3
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp

Wigald Boning was the first celebrity quiz champion and donated his winnings to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation

November 2018

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
28	November 21, 2018 (Preliminary round)	1	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	1	Alexander Emmerich (43), Lautertal, customs officer	5
		2	Nature and science	Dirk Steffens	2	Thomas Schnegelsberg (48), Berlin, physiotherapist	4th	5	1
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	3	Sarah Wieding (31), Berlin, video producer	2
		4th	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	4th	Volker Hühn (54), Stuttgart, Head of Lecturing	2	3	4th	5
		5	Current affairs	Jan Hofer
29	November 24, 2018 (Final)	1	Literature and language	Axel Milberg	5	David Felsch (33), Ludwigsfelde , bookseller	4th	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	4th	5
		2	Nature and science	Andreas Kieling	6th	Jessica Lorenz (36), Cologne, civil servant	Preliminary round out
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	7th	Ulla Wortmann-Mielke (60), Remscheid , headmistress	4th
		4th	Movie and TV	Bastian Pastewka	8th	Carsten Siems (27), Karlsruhe, mechanical engineer	1
		5	Current affairs	Frank Plasberg	9	Günter Hinkes (54), Menningen, librarian	4th	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	4th	5
					10	Christoph Paninka (49), Asbach-Bäumenheim , teacher	5	1	2

The Quiz Champion 2019

April 2019

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
30th	April 13, 2019	1	Literature and language	Christine Westermann	1	Ulli Albeck (58), Riehen, copywriter Switzerland	4th
		2	Geography	Wigald Boning	2	Nina Becker (45), Sparrieshoop, HR officer	2	3
		3	Sports	Franziska van Almsick	3	Matthias Puschnig (51), Munich, officer	1	2	3	4th	5
		4th	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	4th	Cédric Becker (19), Belvaux, pupil Luxembourg	3	4th	5
		5	Current affairs	Ulrich Wickert	5	Klaus Drechsel (59), Neusäß, high school teacher	3	4th	5
					6th	Markus Grießl (39), Schwabmünchen, historian and research assistant	Preliminary round out

May 2019

output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					final
output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result					Round 1					round 2					Round 3
31	May 11, 2019	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	1	Jan Christian Schwarz (45), Harrislee, Director of Studies	4th
		2	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	2	Petra Piper (53), Flensburg, administrative officer	2	3	4th	5	1
		3	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	3	Felix Krunes (43), Braunschweig, mechanical engineer	1
		4th	nutrition	Horst lights	4th	Frank Haberkamp (53), Schwerin, surveying engineer	4th	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5
		5	music	Sasha	5	Richard Volkmann (30), Munich, press officer	5	1	2	3	4th	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th	5	1	2	3	4th

October 2019


output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
32	5th October 2019	1	Literature and language	Christine Westermann	1	Brother Paulus (60), Frankfurt, Capuchin	Preliminary round out
		2	nutrition	Alexander Herrmann	2	Anne Sussmann (35), Laubach, graduate in administration	Preliminary round out
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	3	Dirk Horn (57), Hofheim, qualified pedagogue	4th
		4th	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	4th	Evelyn Lusga (30), Frankfurt, economist	1	2	3	4th	5
		5	Current affairs	Ulrich Wickert	5	Markus Sommerer (45), Esslingen, sales manager	4th	5	1	2	3
					6th	Namri Dagyab (44), Berlin, product manager	5
					7th	Birgit Schücking (72), Bargteheide, press photographer i. R.	1	2

December 2019


output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
33	December 21, 2019	1	Sports	Marcel Reif	1	Andre Löwenstein (29), Volkmarsen-Ehrlingen, dual student	4th	5
		2	Geography	Wigald Boning	2	Dirk Speer (49), Berlin, graduate in administration	1
		3	Literature and language	Christine Urspruch	3	Anne Sternberg (37), Bad Doberan, integration specialist	3
		4th	Movie and TV	Bastian Pastewka	4th	Manfred Bauer (48), Würzburg, investment advisor	1
		5	Current affairs	Frank Plasberg	5	Carsten Richter (45), Flensburg, team leader	2	3	4th	5
					6th	Marie-Luise Lingnau-Hoogestraat (54), Emden, occupational therapist	2	3	4th
					7th	Stefan Metzler-Dinhobl (47), Vienna, copywriter Austria	3	4th	5
					8th	Hendrik Scharpenack (40), Wuppertal, neurologist	5

Since there was no winner, the prize amount doubled to 200,000 euros in the next edition.

The 2020 quiz champion

February 2020

This show was about 200,000 euros because there was no winner in December 2019.


output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
34	February 22, 2020	1	Literature and language	Anna Thalbach	1	Susanne Grube (39), Stuttgart, qualified biologist	3	4th	5	1	2
		2	Nature and science	Dirk Steffens	2	Matthias Daum (33), Geestland, teacher	5	1
		3	Sports	Franziska van Almsick	3	Reimar von Wachholtz (51), Ratzeburg, innovation and municipal advisor	2	3	4th
		4th	Movie and TV	Bastian Pastewka	4th	Martin Ehrl (52), Munich, software developer	1	2	3	4th	5
		5	Contemporary history	Guido Knopp

March 2020

This show was originally scheduled to air on April 18, 2020. Nevertheless, it was already broadcast on March 21, 2020 because the planned live broadcast Golden Camera 2020 was postponed to November 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .


output	date	Areas of knowledge		Prominent experts	Candidates		Result
35	March 21, 2020	1	Literature and language	Axel Milberg	1	Christian Sundermann (54), Munich, management consultant	4th	5
		2	Geography	Wigald Boning	2	Susan Schlesinger (41), Erfurt, physiotherapist	1
		3	Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	3	Malte Dürr (34), Herdecke, high school teacher	3	4th	5
		4th	Movie and TV	Michael Herbig	4th	Annette Biller (54), Helmbrechts, Rechtspflegerin	1
		5	Current affairs	Ulrich Wickert	5	Christian Weiß (35), Cologne, mathematician	2	3	4th
					6th	Maria Arndt (31), Berlin, team leader	Preliminary round out
					7th	Andreas Fidanakis (37), Hamburg, accountant	4th	5
					8th	Jan Stroh (36), Hamburg, lawyer	3	4th	5	1	2

Since there was no winner, the prize amount doubled to 200,000 euros in the next edition.

Contributors

area of knowledge	Prominent experts
Sports	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein (7 ×), Marcel Reif (17 ×), Andrea Kaiser (3 ×), Michael Stich (1 ×), Franziska van Almsick (5 ×), Oliver Pocher (1 ×), Katarina Witt (1 × ), Waldemar Hartmann (1 ×), Boris Becker (2 ×), Stefan Effenberg (1 ×), Laura Wontorra (1 ×)
nutrition	Tim Mälzer (11 ×), Christian Rach (1 ×), Alexander Herrmann (5 ×), Nelson Müller (1 ×), Horst Lichter (3 ×)
Nature and science	Dirk Steffens (7 ×), Andreas Kieling (3 ×), Eckart von Hirschhausen (1 ×), Hannes Jaenicke (1 ×)
Literature and language	Hellmuth Karasek (2 ×), Andrea Sawatzki (1 ×), Esther Schweins (1 ×), Jürgen von der Lippe (4 ×), Katharina Thalbach (8 ×), Anna Thalbach (9 ×), Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt (1 ×), Natalia Wörner (1 ×), Axel Milberg (5 ×), Christine Westermann (2 ×), Christine Urspruch (1 ×)
Geography	Willi Weitzel (1 ×), Bernhard Hoëcker (3 ×), Wigald Boning (11 ×), Dieter Nuhr (2 ×), Hardy Krüger (1 ×), Michael Kessler (2 ×)
Movie and TV	Jürgen Vogel (1 ×), Michael Herbig (14 ×), Andrea Kiewel (1 ×), Bastian Pastewka (5 ×), Oliver Kalkofe (1 ×), Guido Cantz (2 ×), Steven Gätjen (2 ×), Veronica Ferres (1 ×)
politics	Klaus Töpfer (1 ×), Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (1 ×), Heiner Geißler (1 ×)
Current affairs	Alice Schwarzer (1 ×), Steffen Hallaschka (4 ×), Frank Plasberg (5 ×), Ulrich Wickert (4 ×), Frauke Ludowig (1 ×), Norbert Blüm (1 ×), Helmut Markwort (1 ×), Jan Hofer (1 ×)
music	Sido (1 ×), Ralph Siegel (1 ×), Sasha (4 ×)
Contemporary history	Guido Knopp (15 ×), Norbert Blüm (1 ×), Ulrich Wickert (1 ×), Jan Hofer (1 ×)

Month year	output	Knowledge areas *
Month year	output	Sports	nutrition	Nature and science	Literature and language	Geography	Movie and TV	politics	Current affairs	music	Contemporary history
April 2012	1	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein		Dirk Steffens	Hellmuth Karasek	Willi Weitzel	Jürgen Vogel
April 2012	2	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Andrea Sawatzki	Bernhard Hoëcker		Klaus Töpfer
August 2012	3	Marcel Reif		Andreas Kieling	Esther Schweins					Sido	Guido Knopp
August 2012	4th	Andrea Kaiser	Tim Mälzer		Jürgen von der Lippe	Bernhard Hoëcker			Alice Schwarzer
November 2013	5	Marcel Reif		Dirk Steffens	Katharina Thalbach					Ralph Siegel	Guido Knopp
November 2013	6th	Michael Stich	Christian Rach			Wigald Boning		Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger	Steffen Hallaschka
May 2014	7th	Andrea Kaiser	Alexander Herrmann		Jürgen von der Lippe	Dieter Nuhr			Steffen Hallaschka
May 2014	8th	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Katharina Thalbach		Michael Herbig				Guido Knopp
October / November 2014	9	Franziska van Almsick	Alexander Herrmann	Eckart von Hirschhausen		Wigald Boning					Guido Knopp
	10	Marcel Reif		Hannes Jaenicke	Anna Thalbach	Hardy Kruger			Frank Plasberg
	11	Andrea Kaiser	Tim Mälzer		Hellmuth Karasek	Bernhard Hoëcker			Steffen Hallaschka
March 2015	12	Oliver Pocher		Dirk Steffens	Anna Thalbach	Dieter Nuhr			Frank Plasberg
March 2015	13	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Katharina Thalbach		Michael Herbig				Guido Knopp
September 2015	14th	Marcel Reif	Alexander Herrmann			Wigald Boning	Andrea Kiewel		Frank Plasberg
September 2015	15th	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	Tim Mälzer		Jürgen von der Lippe		Michael Herbig			Sasha
October 2015	S1	Katarina Witt			Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt	Michael Kessler	Bastian Pastewka				Guido Knopp
May 2016	16	Waldemar Hartmann	Nelson Muller	Dirk Steffens	Anna Thalbach				Steffen Hallaschka
May 2016	17th	Marcel Reif			Katharina Thalbach	Wigald Boning	Oliver Kalkofe				Norbert Blüm
July 2016	18th	Boris Becker	Alexander Herrmann				Guido Cantz			Sasha	Guido Knopp
July 2016	19th	Stefan Effenberg			Natalia Woerner	Wigald Boning	Steven Gätjen		Ulrich Wickert
November 2016	S2	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Katharina Thalbach		Michael Herbig				Guido Knopp
November 2016	S3	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Katharina Thalbach		Michael Herbig				Guido Knopp
December 2016	S4	Boris Becker					Veronica Ferres	Heiner Geissler	Frauke Ludowig	Sasha
April 2017	20th	Marcel Reif			Katharina Thalbach	Wigald Boning	Guido Cantz				Guido Knopp
April 2017	21st	Franziska van Almsick			Axel Milberg	Wigald Boning	Michael Herbig				Guido Knopp
July 2017	22nd	Franziska van Almsick	Tim Mälzer	Dirk Steffens	Jürgen von der Lippe				Norbert Blüm
July 2017	23	Marcel Reif	Horst lights	Andreas Kieling	Anna Thalbach				Helmut Markwort
November 2017	24	Laura Wontorra			Axel Milberg	Wigald Boning	Steven Gätjen				Ulrich Wickert
November 2017	25th	Marcel Reif			Katharina Thalbach	Michael Kessler	Bastian Pastewka				Guido Knopp
April 2018	26th	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Anna Thalbach		Michael Herbig				Jan Hofer
April 2018	27	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	Horst lights		Axel Milberg						Guido Knopp
July 2018	S5	Marcel Reif	Tim Mälzer		Anna Thalbach						Guido Knopp
November 2018	28	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein		Dirk Steffens	Anna Thalbach				Jan Hofer
November 2018	29	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein		Andreas Kieling	Axel Milberg		Bastian Pastewka		Frank Plasberg
April 2019	30th	Franziska van Almsick			Christine Westermann	Wigald Boning	Michael Herbig		Ulrich Wickert
May 2019	31	Marcel Reif	Horst lights		Anna Thalbach					Sasha
October 2019	32	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein	Alexander Herrmann		Christine Westermann				Ulrich Wickert
December 2019	33	Marcel Reif			Christine Urspruch	Wigald Boning	Bastian Pastewka		Frank Plasberg
February 2020	34	Franziska van Almsick		Dirk Steffens	Anna Thalbach		Bastian Pastewka				Guido Knopp
March 2020	35	Katrin Müller-Hohenstein			Axel Milberg	Wigald Boning	Michael Herbig		Ulrich Wickert

Film and Television said in the first broadcast film ; Contemporary history initially modern history ; Literature and language in the first four years literature ; Nature and Science in the First Five Years Nature .
Special edition

Odds

output	date	Total audience	14 to 49 years	Total market share	14 to 49 years
season 1
0001	April 14, 2012	3.26 million	0.86 million	10.9%	09.8%
0002	April 21, 2012	5.00 million	1.20 million	16.4%	10.6%
season 2
0003	23rd August 2012	3.24 million	0.68 million	12.2%	06.8%
0004th	August 25, 2012	3.79 million	0.94 million	14.8%	08.7%
season 3
0005	20th November 2013	4.22 million	0.65 million	13.4%	05.4%
0006th	November 30, 2013	3.81 million	0.76 million	13.1%	07.3%
Season 4
0007th	May 28, 2014	4.37 million	0.71 million	15.4%	07.2%
0008th	May 31, 2014	4.64 million	1.07 million	18.6%	12.8%
Season 5
0009	23 October 2014	3.66 million	0.65 million	11.6%	05.6%
0010	October 30, 2014	4.06 million	0.57 million	12.6%	04.9%
0011	November 1, 2014	5.28 million	1.07 million	17.0%	09.6%
Season 6
0012	March 26, 2015	3.61 million	0.51 million	11.2%	04.2%
0013	March 28, 2015	4.82 million	0.96 million	16.8%	09.7%
Season 7
0014th	September 9, 2015	3.59 million	0.64 million	12.6%	06.5%
0015th	September 12, 2015	4.15 million	0.69 million	16.0%	08.0%
Germany special
00S1	3rd October 2015	4.48 million	0.75 million	15.8%	07.4%
Season 8
0016	5th May 2016	3.56 million	0.70 million	12.1%	07.2%
0017th	May 7, 2016	3.75 million	0.82 million	14.4%	09.1%
Season 9
0018th	July 21, 2016	4.08 million	0.70 million	15.3%	07.9%
0019th	23rd July 2016	3.99 million	0.74 million	17.4%	10.7%
Champions special
00S2	3rd November 2016	3.62 million	0.49 million	11.4%	04.5%
00S3	5th November 2016	4.81 million	0.84 million	16.1%	08.5%
2016 special
00S4	December 10, 2016	3.27 million	0.52 million	11.7%	05.7%
Season 10
0020th	April 27, 2017	3.20 million	0.57 million	10.5%	05.6%
0021st	April 29, 2017	4.57 million	0.99 million	16.2%	11.0%
Season 11
0022nd	6th July 2017	3.56 million	0.61 million	14.0%	07.6%
0023	July 8, 2017	3.85 million	0.61 million	17.3%	09.4%
Season 12
0024	23rd November 2017	2.93 million	0.44 million	09.3%	04.2%
0025th	November 25, 2017	4.31 million	0.76 million	14.6%	08.0%
Season 13
0026th	5th April 2018	3.97 million	0.73 million	12.3%	07.2%
0027	April 7, 2018	4.71 million	0.83 million	17.0%	09.7%
Celebrity special
00S5	28th July 2018	3.88 million	0.75 million	16.9%	11.2%
Season 14
0028	November 21, 2018	4.17 million	0.60 million	13.7%	06.3%
0029	November 24, 2018	3.25 million	0.52 million	11.6%	05.9%
Season 15
0030th	April 13, 2019	4.40 million	0.81 million	15.7%	09.6%
0031	May 11, 2019	3.70 million	0.57 million	13.7%	07.4%
Season 16
0032	5th October 2019	4.11 million	0.58 million	15.0%	06.9%
0033	December 21, 2019	3.43 million	0.61 million	12.1%	07.3%
Season 17
0034	February 22, 2020	4.26 million	0.77 million	15.4%	10.4%
0035	March 21, 2020	4.52 million	1.00 million	13.3%	09.7%

Awards

Green turning pass 2015

Web links

The quiz champion in theInternet Movie Database(English)
The quiz champion on ZDF .de
since 2013: The quiz champion on Fernsehserien.de
2012: The super champion on Fernsehserien.de
Daniela Zinser: ZDF show: “The Super Champion 2012” quick check. In: Der Spiegel . April 15, 2012, accessed December 3, 2014 .

Individual evidence

↑ Kerner takes over Pilawa's "Super-Champion" , quotenmeter.de from October 22, 2013

↑ Jauch's first millionaire fails at Pilawa , Mittelbayerische.de from April 15, 2012

↑ Over and over: Short game for Anna Dobler , Mittelbayerische.de from April 16, 2012

↑ Paderborn misses 500,000 euros on TV show , lz.de from April 16, 2012

↑ ZDF Super Champion 2012 - Duisburg stunned rate celebrities and wins 500,000 euros , derwesten.de from April 22, 2012

↑ Loomee message

↑ Smarter than Knopp , haz.de from December 5, 2013

↑ Dr. Peter Kruck clearly disadvantaged in the ZDF program "Quiz-Champion" - open letter to the broadcaster , lokalkompass.de, June 3, 2014

↑ Quite relaxed to victory , stuttgarter-zeitung.de of November 5, 2014

↑ Münsteraner fails in the final , pnn.de from March 30, 2015

↑ Frank Plasberg is as incompetent as many of the guests on his talk show , focus.de on September 10, 2015

^ With a thirst for adventure to become a quiz champion , lektorenverband.de of November 10, 2015

↑ All candidates failed due to Marcel Reif , pnn.de on May 7, 2016

↑ Stefan Effenberg fails on a football question of all things , t-online.de of July 24, 2016

↑ Potsdamer clears quiz show Jürgen Stelter wins jackpot of 200,000 euros , pnn.de from July 25, 2016

↑ ^a ^b This is Germany's smartest couple! bild.de from November 5, 2016

↑ Quiz champion in the interview “My brain is electrified” , berliner-zeitung.de from November 7, 2016

↑ 18-year-old Föhrer wants to become a quiz champion , shz.de from April 29, 2017

↑ TV review: “The Quiz Champion”: The student was unlucky , haemorrhoidenbehandeln.wordpress.com of July 7, 2017

↑ Günther Jauch is now waiting , kurier.at of July 16, 2017

↑ Interview with Annegret Winzer en-aktuell.com from October 17, 2017

↑ Carsten Schütz from Dipperz takes on the "toughest quiz in Germany" , fuldaerzeitung.de from November 26, 2017

↑ 100,000 euros cleared ZDF quiz champion! This is how the Cologne super brain from Pulheim ticks , express.de from November 27, 2017

↑ The Fast-Quizchampion , shz.de of December 2, 2017

↑ Marlerin takes celebrity chef butter from bread , marler-zeitung.de of April 8, 2018

↑ Done: Thömmes is "Quiz Champion" , volksfreund.de of April 8, 2018

↑ Of all things! Sports expert fails on football question , bild.de from July 29, 2018

↑ Now the ZDF is also tormenting celebrities: "Sneaky," says Ulrich Wickert , focus.de on July 29, 2018

↑ Eifeler is the new quiz champion , volksfreund.de from November 25, 2018

↑ TV quiz: Bäumenheimer fails on the toad lizard , augsburger-allgemeine.de from November 25, 2018

↑ Plotkes , juedische-allgemeine.de of May 16, 2019

↑ Fan of the Stuttgarter Kickers clears 100,000 euros , stuttgarter-zeitung.de from October 6, 2019, accessed on October 6, 2019

↑ There is no winner in Kerner's quiz show - lots of bad jokes for that, focus.de from December 22, 2019

↑ Wrong answers and many confessions: ZDF quiz show ends embarrassingly for celebrities , focus.de from February 24, 2020

↑ "Quizchampion" replaces Golden Camera , digitalfernsehen.de from March 9, 2020

↑ Will Christian Sundermann be the "Quiz Champion"? , galopponline.de from March 21, 2020

↑ Herdecker Ratsherr proves his knowledge on ZDF , wp.de from March 22, 2020

↑ TV: Helmbrechtserin wants to become a quiz champion , frankenpost.de from March 21, 2020

↑ At Jauch he won the million - on ZDF Jan Stroh fails to Wigald Boning , stern.de from March 22, 2020

↑ quotemeter.de: Primetime check: Saturday, April 14th, 2012 , October 22nd, 2014

↑ quotemeter.de: Primetime check: Saturday, April 21, 2012 , October 22, 2014

↑ quotemeter.de: Primetime check: Thursday, August 23, 2012 , October 22, 2014

↑ quotemeter.de: Primetime check: Saturday, August 25, 2012 , October 22, 2014

↑ quotemeter.de: ZDF's "Quiz-Champion" loses viewers ... , October 22, 2014

↑ news.de: Tough ZDF knowledge test with strong ratings , October 22, 2014

↑ news.de: Primetime check: Saturday, May 31, 2014 , October 22, 2014

↑ news.de: ZDF: "Quiz Champion" return fails , October 24, 2014

↑ quotenmeter.de ZDF: “Quiz Champion” fails with the boys , November 3, 2014

↑ news.de Primetime check: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 , November 3rd, 2014

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 , March 30th, 2015

↑ dwdl.de TV ratings: Saturday, March 28, 2015 , March 30, 2015

↑ horizont.de TV ratings ARD drama beats ZDF quiz champion , September 10, 2015

↑ quotenmeter.de “Quiz Champion” in first place among the total audience , September 13, 2015

↑ quotenmeter.de Show duel: "Quiz-Champion" and "Supertalent" almost on par , October 4th, 2015

↑ quotenmeter.de “Quiz-Champion” still needs a start , May 6th, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de “Quiz-Champion” and “Diplomatin” almost on par , May 8, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Thursday, July 21, 2016 , July 22, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Saturday, July 23, 2016 , July 24, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de Clear losses for «Iceland-Krimi», Kerner's quiz has room for improvement , November 4, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de “Supertalent” wins in the target group, crime thriller among the older ones , November 6, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de “Mouse” and “Quiz-Champion” harm each other , December 11, 2016

↑ quotenmeter.de “Natural wonders” beat the “Quizchampion” by a narrow margin , April 28, 2017

↑ quotenmeter.de As usual: "Quiz-Champion" increases considerably on Saturday , April 30th, 2017

↑ quotenmeter.de “The Quiz Champion” is off to a very good start , July 7th 2017

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Saturday, July 8th, 2017 , July 9th, 2017

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Thursday, November 23, 2017 , November 24, 2017

↑ quotenmeter.de “Harter Brocken” is a tough one for the competition, Kerner is doing better , November 26th 2017

↑ DWDL.de GmbH: Strong start for new "Lisbon thriller" in the First - DWDL.de . In: DWDL.de . ( dwdl.de [accessed on April 6, 2018]).

↑ quotenmeter.de Show duel against harmless competition: "Quiz-Champion" easily wrestles "DSDS" down , April 8, 2018

↑ «The Quiz Champion»: Celebrity Special brings success in ratings, but ... In: Quote meter . July 29, 2018 ( quotenmeter.de [accessed July 29, 2018]).

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 , November 22, 2018

↑ quotenmeter.de quiz show fight: "Who knows that?" clear winner , November 25, 2018

↑ quotenmeter.de How strong was “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”? Who saw "My best prank"? How successful were the feature films and who was watching “Der Quiz-Champion”? This and more in the primetime check. , April 14, 2019

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Saturday, May 11, 2019 , May 12, 2019

↑ quotenmeter.de Weakest team version of the “Duel around the world”, but good , October 6, 2019

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Saturday, December 21, 2019 , December 22, 2019

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 , February 23rd, 2020

↑ quotenmeter.de primetime check: Saturday, March 21, 2020 , March 22, 2020

↑ Green Quiz Champion , September 15, 2015

[1] Kerner takes over Pilawa's "Super-Champion" , quotenmeter.de from October 22, 2013

[2] Jauch's first millionaire fails at Pilawa , Mittelbayerische.de from April 15, 2012

[3] Over and over: Short game for Anna Dobler , Mittelbayerische.de from April 16, 2012

Television broadcast
Original title	The Quiz Champion (since 2013) The Super Champion (2012)
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	since 2012
Production company	Riverside Entertainment GmbH (since 2013) Endemol Deutschland GmbH (2012) Mr. P. GmbH (2012)
length	90-180 minutes
Episodes	34 in 17 seasons and 5 special editions
Broadcasting cycle	3 to 4 times a year
genre	Quiz show
Moderation	Jörg Pilawa (2012) Johannes B. Kerner (since 2013)
First broadcast	April 14, 2012 on ZDF