German Quiz Association
| German Quiz Association V. | |
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| purpose | Knowledge transfer through quizzes |
| Chair: | Sebastian Klussmann |
| Establishment date: | 2011 |
| Number of members: | 700 (May 2020) |
| Seat : | Berlin , Germany |
| Website: | quizverein.de |
The German Quiz Association e. V. is a registered association founded in June 2011 with headquarters in Berlin , which, among other things, supports the promotion of quizzes as a competitive sport in Germany and organizes quiz competitions nationwide. The chairman is Sebastian Klussmann from Berlin , who on the TV show Asked - Hunted is a "hunter" against whom the candidates must compete.
Objective, purpose of the association
The main aim of the association is to impart knowledge in the context of quiz games that are held nationwide, and another is to promote quizzes as a competitive sport in Germany. There is also cooperation with international quiz associations.
The annual staging of the quiz world championship on German soil, which is organized by the International Quizzing Association , is named as an additional objective ; The German Quiz Association is responsible for the implementation in Germany as a local partner.
In 2015, the 10th Quiz World Cup took place on German soil; The venue was Hanover.
In addition, the association provides the German national team in quizzes, which takes part in international quiz competitions - including in particular the annual European quiz championship . In 2006, German players took part in the European Quiz Championship for the first time, and since 2011 also as a national quiz team, organized by the DQV.
Competitions
DQV Germany Cup venues in Germany and Switzerland ( as of February 2020 ). |
The association is of national importance through the regular organization of nationwide quiz competitions. The association organizes the German Quiz Championship every year, in which a single, a double, a buzzer and, since 2019, a team championship are played. Up to and including 2018, the German championship took place together with the German offshoot of the quiz world championship in June, since then separately in February.
Since 2013, the association has organized the Deutschland Cup every month, except in June and November, at more than 20 locations in Germany and abroad. The results of the respective venues are included in a nationwide overall rating, which results in an overall winner at the end of the year. At many locations of the Germany Cup, the city cup and a special cup are played as further quiz competitions, in Memmingen there is also a knockout and a lightning quiz.
Since 2011, the association has been holding regional quiz championships in November, in which the best quiz player in a region or state is determined.
- ↑ Best participant in Germany; the placement in the worldwide rating is given in brackets.
- ↑ Winner of the annual overall ranking.
Hobiger, Jacoby, Klussmann, Nagorsnik and Waldenberger can be seen as "hunters" in the ARD quiz show asked - hunted . Zirkel works as a quiz expert on the ARD show Quizduell-Olymp .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quiz king of the capital: This Berliner knows an answer to every question - Berliner-Kurier.de. In: berliner-kurier.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ^ "Asked hunted" - The four hunters in portrait :. This is how the quiz aces Sebastian Jacoby, Sebastian Klussmann and Co. tick In: www.news.de. December 7, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 .
- ^ German Quiz Association. In: quizverein.de. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ The license to better knowledge - technology - now.de - Sueddeutsche Zeitung. In: Jetzt.sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Play on iPads - Quiz World Championships celebrate their premiere in Hanover - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. In: haz.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Sebastian Klussmann - Asked - Hunted - ARD - Das Erste. In: daserste.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Quiz World Cup Archives - Press portal for press releases and news. In: presseportal.org. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ 240 quiz questions in eight categories - Reutlinger General-Anzeiger - Nachrichten - Weltspiegel. In: gea.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Sebastian Jacoby wants to become 'Super Champion': a Duisburg citizen in quiz fever. In: rp-online.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ DQV Germany Cup. In: quizverein.de. German Quiz Association V., accessed on March 29, 2018 .
- ↑ German quiz championship. German Quiz Association, accessed on August 11, 2018 .
- ↑ DQV Germany Cup. German Quiz Association, accessed on August 11, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/regionale-quizmeisterschaften. German Quiz Association, accessed on August 11, 2018 .