The results of the second edition of the international individual quiz competition - Zadar Open, which was played in 15 countries around the world
The second edition of the Zadar Open international individual quiz was played from May 26, 2023. The quiz was set by Vadym Bondar. Overall 101 players participated in 15 countries - 34 in Croatia, 26 in Serbia, eight in Bosnia and Herzegovina, seven in the USA, six in Australia and the United Kingdom, four in Germany, two in Slovenia and one in Estonia, India, Canada, Qatar, Norway and Romania.
The average score of the quiz was 88.07 points, which is an average of 40.03 %, with a median of 85. The highest scoring category was Film and TV-Series was the best, and the lowest was Music & Scene.
Daoud Jackson won the quiz with 166 points, Dean Kotiga was second with 159 points, while in the third place was Victoria Groce with 147 points. Dean Kotiga is also the best ranked Croatian player.
Daoud Jackson and Dragan Gulam* won the Art category with 17 points; Daoud Jackson and Ivan Andonov* won the Music & Scene category with 14 points; Daoud Jackson and Matt Jackson* won the Literature category with 18 points; Dean Kotiga won the Film and TV-Series category with 19 points; Matt Jackson won the History category with 16 points; Dean Kotiga won the Lifestyle category with 17 points; Dean Kotiga won the World category with 16 points; Rohan Williams, Adam Hancock and Filip Znaor* won the Entertainment category with 16 points; Calvin Christ won the Nature category with 17 points; Neven Trgovec won the Sport category with 18 points; Matt Jackson and Seoan Webb* won the Society category with 18 points.
*in case two or more players had the same amount of points in a category, award was given to the player who had fewer points overall - this way, the advantage was given to quizzers who specialized in certain categories.
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NAME | COUNTRY | CITY | TOTAL | ART | MUSIC & SCENE | LITERA-TURE | FILM & TV-SERIES | HIS-TORY | LIFE-STYLE | WORLD | ENTER-TAINMENT | NATURE | SPORT | SOCIETY |
| 1 | Daoud Jackson | UK | London | 166 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Dean Kotiga | Croatia | Zagreb | 159 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | Victoria Groce | USA | Pittsburgh, PA | 147 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | Neven Trgovec | Croatia | Zagreb | 141 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 11 |
| 5 | Matt Jackson | USA | Chicago, IL | 140 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Seoan Webb | UK | London | 137 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Pat Gibson | UK | Wigan | 137 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
| 8 | Calvin Christ | Qatar | Al Khor | 131 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 11 |
| 9 | Ivan Andonov | Serbia | Beograd | 130 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
| 10 | Toby Cox | UK | Cheltenham | 127 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 11 | Dragan Gulam | Croatia | Zadar | 125 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| 12 | Jeff King | USA | Washington, D.C. | 124 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | Damir Tupek | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 124 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| 14 | Lovro JuriÅ”iÄ | Croatia | Zadar | 122 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| 15 | Rohan Williams | Australia | Sydney | 120 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 12 |
| 16 | KreŔimir Melnik | Croatia | Osijek | 119 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
| 16 | Adam Hancock | Canada | Vancouver | 119 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 18 | Raghuveer Mukkamalla | USA | Ashburn, VA | 118 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| 19 | Dražen Nemet | Croatia | Zagreb | 116 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 19 | Illar TƵnisson | Estonia | Tallinn | 116 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| 21 | Fabijan Äorak | Croatia | Zagreb | 115 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| 22 | Ante Uzelac | Croatia | Osijek | 113 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
| 22 | Geir H. Kristiansen | Norway | Bergen | 113 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| 24 | Pravin Varma | Australia | Sydney | 111 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| 25 | Kristian LasiÄ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 110 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 25 | Marin Arbani | Croatia | Rijeka | 110 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| 27 | Aaran Mohann | Australia | Perth | 109 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 27 | Boris StankoviÄ | Serbia | Beograd | 109 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 27 | Ashwin Kumar | UK | London | 109 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| 30 | Filip DrezgiÄ | Croatia | Vukovar | 108 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
| 30 | Jurica BenÄik | Croatia | Varaždin | 108 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 32 | Željko PaviÄ | Croatia | Vukovar | 104 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| 32 | DuÅ”ko LakiÄ | Croatia | Zadar | 104 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 34 | Filip Znaor | Croatia | Osijek | 103 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| 34 | Nicu Perojuc | Romania | Bucharest | 103 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
| 36 | Kristijan Musa | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 102 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 11 |
| 37 | DuŔan Torbica | Serbia | Beograd | 101 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| 38 | Nikola LaziÄ | Croatia | Rijeka | 100 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| 39 | Sara LukaÄ | Serbia | Beograd | 96 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 9 |
| 39 | Nikola Paleka | Croatia | Zadar | 96 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| 41 | Mihajlo ZdravkoviÄ | Serbia | Beograd | 95 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| 42 | Haris MujkiÄ | Croatia | Rijeka | 94 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
| 42 | Bruno BrodariÄ | Germany | Berlin | 94 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | Goran VesiÄ | Croatia | Osijek | 91 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 44 | Stefan GrnÄarski | Serbia | Beograd | 91 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
| 46 | Doug Wilson | Australia | Perth | 90 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| 46 | Braca KundaliÄ | Serbia | NiÅ” | 90 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| 48 | Tomislav Pavlak | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 89 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 49 | Malte DĆ¼rr | Germany | Sundern | 87 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| 50 | John Hayes | Ireland | Ennis | 86 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| 51 | Franjo Falak | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 85 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| 52 | Pavao Crnko | Croatia | Sisak | 84 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| 52 | Mislav Maldini | Croatia | Zagreb | 84 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 54 | Ivor ÄevapoviÄ | Croatia | Požega | 83 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 55 | Stipe VukÅ”iÄ | Croatia | Zagreb | 82 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| 55 | Verner StanuÅ”iÄ | Croatia | Kutina | 82 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| 57 | Ivan ÄoriÄ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 80 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 58 | Josip RonÄeviÄ | Croatia | Zagreb | 79 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| 58 | Ivan Požežanac-HajiÄ | Croatia | Kutina | 79 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 60 | Sebastian KĆ¼ppers | Germany | Frankfurt | 78 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 60 | Vjekoslav Vuk | Croatia | Varaždin | 78 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 62 | Jon Violet | UK | Southampton | 77 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 63 | Jayanthi Martins | USA | Austin, TX | 76 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| 64 | Branimir ArsiÄ | Serbia | Novi Sad | 75 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| 65 | Ivan MariÄ | Croatia | Zadar | 74 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| 65 | Hrvoje Vlahov | Croatia | Požega | 74 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 65 | Milorad BožiÄ | Serbia | Bajina BaÅ”ta | 74 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 68 | Nikola RanÄeloviÄ | Serbia | ZajeÄar | 73 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 69 | Jing Feng | USA | Albuquerque, NM | 72 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| 70 | SaÅ”a StajÄiÄ | Serbia | Lazarevac | 71 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 70 | Mateja KojiÄiÄ | Serbia | ZajeÄar | 71 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 70 | Raymond Palermo | Australia | Perth | 71 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 73 | Antonio Šalov | Croatia | Varaždin | 70 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 73 | Ivan LjubiÄ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 70 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 75 | Carlos Franco | Serbia | Beograd | 69 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 76 | Fiilip PaŔtelek | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 67 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 77 | MiloÅ” StojanoviÄ | Serbia | Beograd | 66 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 78 | Luka VuÄkoviÄ | Serbia | Jagodina | 65 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 78 | Živorad MarinkoviÄ | Serbia | PanÄevo | 65 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 78 | Filip VinkoviÄ | Croatia | Zagreb | 65 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| 81 | Hendrik Niebuhr | Germany | Sundern | 63 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 81 | Dejan Cerovec | Croatia | Zagreb | 63 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| 83 | SiniŔa Serdar | Croatia | Rijeka | 62 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 84 | Sanveer Singh | India | Ahmedabad | 59 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 85 | Ryan Rosenberg | USA | Palo Alto, CA | 57 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
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| 86 | Mario FerenÄak | Croatia | Osijek | 56 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 87 | Igor CvetanoviÄ | Serbia | PanÄevo | 55 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 88 | Sergej Å aletiÄ | Serbia | Beograd | 54 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 88 | Novak ŽivotiÄ | Serbia | Obrenovac | 54 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 90 | Daniel Jeffery | Australia | Perth | 50 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 90 | Vanja GaloviÄ | Croatia | Osijek | 50 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 90 | Petar MitiÄ | Serbia | NiÅ” | 50 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 93 | Nikola KuluÅ”iÄ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 49 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 94 | Stjepan ÄoriÄ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 48 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 94 | ÄorÄe NikoliÄ | Serbia | Beograd | 48 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 96 | Vladimir AntonijeviÄ | Serbia | Lazarevac | 45 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 97 | Stefan MarkoviÄ | Serbia | Obrenovac | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 97 | Nikola CekiÄ | Serbia | PanÄevo | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 99 | Ljubica ÄuriÄ | Serbia | Bajina BaÅ”ta | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100 | Bojan BoÅ”koviÄ | Serbia | Obrenovac | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 101 | Marko VukomanoviÄ | Serbia | Obrenovac | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
