British Quizzing Championships
The British Quiz Championship, also termed the British Quizzing Championship, commonly abbreviated BQC is the United Kingdom's most prestigious (non-TV based) quiz competition. The current competition(s) are organised since 2004 by Chris Jones' and IQA-CEO Jane Allen's company Quizzing Ltd. Early in 2011 the re-launch of the quizzing.co.uk website saw it rebranded as the home of the British Quiz Association.
Before 2004 there had already been some sort of "British Championship" since 1999 run first only by Trevor Montague then by the British Quiz Association (see that page for champions), but after internal strife and a fall in interest in 2003/2004 (see attendance in the BQA links) the old BQA-management gave up and the only British Quiz Championship now is this one run by Quizzing Ltd.
Read more about British Quizzing Championships: British Quizzing Championship Roll of Honour Since 2004, 2004 - Venue Old Trafford Manchester - Winner Kevin Ashman, 2005 - Venue Altrincham - Winner Kevin Ashman, 2006 - Venue Boreatton Park, Shrewsbury - Winner Kevin Ashman, 2007 - Venue Derby Conference Centre - Winner Pat Gibson, 2008 - Venue Staveley - Winner Sean Carey, 2009 - Venue Derby Conference Centre - Winner Mark Bytheway, 2010 - Venue Derby Conference Centre - Winner Pat Gibson, 2011 - Venue Cathedral Lodge Hotel, Lichfield - Winner Kevin Ashman
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