International Quiz Association (IQA), the world's premiere Quiz organization, will be conducting its annual World Quizzing Championships on June 4 together with The Management Club (TMC). The aim of IQA is to elevate quiz to a similar status as other mind - sports like Chess and Bridge. It has been working with quiz organizations from around the world in order to run the World Quizzing Championships. This year, for the seventh time, Sri Lankan quiz enthusiasts have been granted the opportunity to compete in this prestigious world event.

WQC 2010 - Sri Lankan version in progress

World Quizzing Championships (WQC) is an individual written quiz organized around the globe at almost the same time. The quiz consists of 240 questions, to be answered in a maximum allowed time of 120 minutes. The questions are divided over 8 categories of 30 questions each. The categories broadly cover, but are not limited to areas of arts and entertainment, history, science, current affairs, geography, mythology, and sports.

Last year, Pat Gibson of England won the World Quizzing Championship, while the number one ranked player in Sri Lanka was Haren Fernando who incidentally was ranked 229th in the world. The top five ranked Quiz players of Sri Lanka in 2010 were 1. Haren Fernando 2. Lathike Niriella.

3. Shehan Fernando 4. Palitha Perera 5. Nipunika Wijeratne

This year, Sri Lankans will compete against contestants from over 30 countries including Australia, Britain, U.S.A, Belgium, India, Bangladesh Estonia, Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Croatia, France, Germany, Gibraltar and Russia.

According to Ruwan Senanayake, Sri Lanka representative of the IQA, all arrangements have been made to conduct the Sri Lanka leg of the quiz in Colombo. The Quiz will be organized jointly by the IQA Sri Lanka branch and The Management Club (TMC) of Sri Lanka, this year. The quiz is open to all Sri Lankan nationals, and will be conducted in the English language.

The venue for the Sri Lanka leg will be the "Olympic House", 100/9F, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. The quiz will be held from 4.30 p.m - 6.30 p.m. on Saturday June 4 2011.
Those who are interested in taking part could send in their details giving the name, address, and contact numbers or emails if available to the email address mindm@sltnet.lk or by post to Mr. Varuna Ratnaweera c/o The Management Club, Galle Face Hotel, Colombo 3.