Lathikka Niriella re-established his position as the best Sri Lankan Quiz player when he became the top scorer among Sri Lankan quizzers who competed with the rest of the world in the 13th Annual World Quizzing Championships, conducted by IQA, Sri Lanka at the Distance Learning Centre at SLIDA building - on Saturday 6th June.

Englishman, Olav Bjortomt emerged as the new World Champion with a score of 161 points having competed with more than 2000 quizzers in 38 countries.

Olav’s astonishing score on a really tough set of questions saw him four points ahead of Kevin Ashman and five points ahead of Pat Gibson, both previous World Quizzing Champions.

For the third successive year Haren Fernando, was placed 2nd best in Sri Lanka while Pulasthi Rupasinha was placed third. In 4th place was Shirantha de Alwis while Rangitha Kuruppu was placed 5th ranked.

Hasini Minuwanpitiya emerged as the top female quizzer in Sri Lanka and along with her sister Gayani Minuwanpitiya they were the top two female quizzers.

The World Quizzing Championships is an individual Quiz competition, conducted by the International Quizzing Association (IQA), the world’s premier Quiz organization, headquartered in UK. This year it was conducted at 118 venues and according to IQA all you need to compete in this event “is a thirst for knowledge, a hunger for a challenge and a pen!”

It was notable that several quizzers in Sri Lanka took part in the contest for the first time this year, in addition to the regulars, thus establishing the growing enthusiasm for quizzing in the country.

IQA Sri Lanka is pleased that they have been able to provide an opportunity for Sri Lankan quizzers to take part in this prestigious event, continuously during the last 10 years.