The Specialist Quizzes are for individuals and comprise 50 questions across two papers, each of 25 questions. We choose different genres for each event.
They are catogorised as Populist (P) or High Brow (HB).
Populist (P)
The two categories for the 2026 International Quizzing Championships are:
21st Century
Sports, movies, achievements, business, technology - everything from the century so far.
Pop
Pop music and the people who create it in all its glory from the 1950s onwards.
High Brow (HB)
The two categories for the 2026 International Quizzing Championships are:
Geography
The world is our oyster, quite literally! Physical and human geography.
Literature
Covering modern and classic literature from all over the world.