The results of the fifth edition of the international individual quiz competition - Zadar Open, which was played in 14 countries around the world
The fifth edition of the Zadar Open international individual quiz was played from April 27 to May 17, 2026. The quiz was set by Dragan Gulam. Overall 122 players participated in 38 cities in 14 countries - Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the US.
The average score of the quiz was 90.40 points, which is an average of 41.09 %, with a median of 87 points. The highest scoring category was Nature, and the lowest was Art.
Evan Lynch (Leeds, UK) won the quiz with 173 points, Neven Trgovec (Zagreb, HR) was second with 163, while Adam Hancock (Vancouver, CA) finished third with 162 points. Matt Jackson (Philadelphia, US), Evan Lynch and Ante Uzelac (Osijek, HR) all had the perfect scores in a category with 20 points in History.
Krešimir Melnik won the Art category with 17 points; Adam Hancock won the Music & Scene category with 16 points; Ivan Jurić won the Literature category with 17 points; Lovro Jurišić and Srećko Veselinović won the Film & TV-Series category with 17 points; Matt Jackson, Evan Lynch i Ante Uzelac won the History category with 20 points; Jayanthi Srinivasan won the Lifestyle category with 16 points; Evan Lynch won the World category with 18 points; Matt Jackson, Evan Lynch and Neven Trgovec won the Entertainment category with 17 points; Evan Lynch won the Nature category with 18 points; Neven Trgovec won the Sport category with 19 points; Evan Lynch won the Society category with 16 points.
| NAME | CITY | TOTAL | ART | MUSIC & SCENE | LITERA-TURE | FILM & TV-SERIES | HISTORY | LIFE-STYLE | WORLD | ENTERTAIN-MENT | NATURE | SPORT | SOCIETY | |
| 1 | Evan Lynch | Leeds, UK | 173 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Neven Trgovec | Zagreb, HR | 163 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 14 |
| 3 | Adam Hancock | Vancouver, CA | 162 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Tom Trogh | Leuven, BE | 158 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 5 | Ante Uzelac | Osijek,HR | 154 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Lucian Šošić | Split, HR | 151 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | Matt Jackson | Philadelphia, US | 150 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Pat Gibson | Wigan, UK | 147 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Lovro Jurišić | Zadar, HR | 146 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Ivan Jurić | Županja, HR | 141 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| 11 | Ivan Andonov | Beograd, RS | 140 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| 11 | Krešimir Melnik | Osijek,HR | 140 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| 13 | Sara Lukač | Beograd, RS | 139 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| 14 | Duško Lakić | Zadar, HR | 138 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | Lovro Marinović | Zagreb, HR | 135 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 12 |
| 16 | Filip Znaor | Osijek,HR | 134 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Toby Cox | Cheltenham, UK | 134 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 12 |
| 18 | Srećko Veselinović | Požarevac, RS | 133 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| 19 | Šime Gverić | Zagreb, HR | 132 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| 19 | Boris Stanković | Beograd, RS | 132 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| 19 | Tomislav Bartolović | Nova Gradiška | 132 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 8 |
| 22 | Kristian Lasić | Mostar, BH | 130 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| 22 | Stefan Grnčarski | Beograd, RS | 130 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 24 | Jayanthi Srinivasan | Austin, US | 125 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 7 |
| 25 | Malte Dürr | Dortmund, DE | 123 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| 26 | Aaran Mohann | Perth, AUS | 122 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 10 |
| 27 | Dušan Torbica | Beograd, RS | 121 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 27 | Geir H. Kristiansen | Bergen, NO | 121 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| 29 | Jurica Benčik | Varaždin, HR | 118 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
| 29 | Rob Sutherland | Glasgow, UK | 118 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| 29 | Goran Vesić | Osijek,HR | 118 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| 32 | Prakhar Gupta | Zürich, CH | 117 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 14 |
| 33 | Nemanja Čedić | Beograd, RS | 116 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | Fabijan Bošnjak | Zagreb, HR | 113 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 |
| 35 | Dominik Varga | Bjelovar, HR | 109 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| 36 | Piyush Singh | Zürich, CH | 108 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
| 37 | Jason Taylor | Geelong, AU | 107 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| 38 | Bojan Hlača | Zagreb, HR | 106 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 38 | Doug Wilson | Perth, AUS | 106 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| 40 | Ivica Glavan | Zadar, HR | 105 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| 41 | Kristo Kristić | Dubrovnik, HR | 103 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
| 42 | Nick Liohenki | Amsterdam, NL | 102 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 13 |
| 42 | Mihajlo Zdravković | Beograd, RS | 102 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 42 | Andy Östreich | Mannheim, DE | 102 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 6 |
| 42 | Ognjen Kremenović | Banja Luka, BH | 102 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| 46 | Nikola Lazić | Rijeka, HR | 101 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 47 | Stipe Vukšić | Zagreb, HR | 100 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| 48 | Haris Mujkić | Rijeka, HR | 99 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 |
| 49 | Sushant Singh | Gurugram, IN | 95 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| 50 | Grgo Birin | Šibenik, HR | 93 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| 50 | Branimir Arsić | Novi Sad, RS | 93 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 50 | Stanko Kovač | Novi Sad, RS | 93 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 53 | Charlie Sarbach | Zürich, CH | 92 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| 54 | Saša Benzon | Split, HR | 91 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| 55 | Petar Kordić | Split, HR | 90 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| 56 | Rumana Rashid | Lucerne, CH | 89 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| 56 | Ivan Ljubić | Mostar, BH | 89 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| 58 | Carlos Franco | Beograd, RS | 88 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| 59 | Marcel Zumstein | Bern, CH | 87 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
| 59 | Sanja Pavlović | Novi Sad, RS | 87 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| 59 | Christian Krick | Dortmund, DE | 87 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 |
| 59 | Ivan Marić | Zadar, HR | 87 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 59 | Josip Paškov | Zadar, HR | 87 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 64 | Ivan Požežanac-Hajić | Kutina, HR | 86 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| 64 | Đorđe Kovačević | Novi Sad, RS | 86 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| 66 | Luka Čmrlec | Split, HR | 84 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| 66 | Željko Grošeta | Beograd, RS | 84 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 66 | Luka Jerković | Osijek,HR | 84 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 69 | Novak Životić | Beograd, RS | 82 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| 70 | Marko Bošnjaković | Varaždin, HR | 81 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| 70 | Samuel Felder | Lucerne, CH | 81 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 72 | Aranđel Smiljanić | Banja Luka, BH | 78 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
| 72 | Sebastian Küppers | Frankfurt, DE | 78 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| 74 | Verner Stanušić | Kutina, HR | 77 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| 74 | Leo Kovač | Rijeka, HR | 77 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| 76 | Tomislav Nedić | Županja, HR | 76 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| 76 | Karla Knežević | Županja, HR | 76 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 78 | Renate Schär | Zürich, CH | 75 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 79 | Barislav Poparić | Šibenik, HR | 74 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| 79 | Milan Gajišin | Novi Sad, RS | 74 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 81 | Silvia Vidović | Rijeka, HR | 73 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 82 | Matija Gurović | Osijek,HR | 72 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 82 | Jyothishraj N | Barcelona, ES | 72 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 84 | Josip Maskaljević | Županja, HR | 71 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| 84 | Josip Buklijaš | Split, HR | 71 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 84 | Pa Tapsell | Perth, AUS | 71 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 87 | Sandro Jovanović | Mostar, BH | 70 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 88 | Bojan Globan | Kutina, HR | 68 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 89 | Maja Bulatović | Rijeka, HR | 67 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| 90 | Norwin Amiet | Bern, CH | 64 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| 90 | Dario Lucić | Županja, HR | 64 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 92 | Jan Kukić | Osijek,HR | 63 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 93 | Antonio Marković | Beograd, RS | 62 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 94 | Mario Dominković | Županja, HR | 61 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| 94 | Vanja Galović | Osijek,HR | 61 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 94 | Monika Sarbach | Zürich, CH | 61 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| 97 | Melissa Bayly | Perth, AUS | 58 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| 98 | Dimitrije Spasić | Zürich, CH | 57 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| 98 | Daniel Jeffery | Perth, AUS | 57 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 100 | Andrin Altherr | Lucerne, CH | 56 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 100 | Angela Clutterbuck | Perth, AUS | 56 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 100 | Darko Grbić | Banja Luka, BH | 56 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 100 | Goran Drobnjak | Banja Luka, BH | 56 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 104 | Zvonimir Pejić | Županja, HR | 55 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 105 | Željko Pavlović | Zadar, HR | 54 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 106 | Milica Ubavić | Banja Luka, BH | 53 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 107 | Nikola Gončin | Banja Luka, BH | 50 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| 107 | Ognjen Kalaba | Banja Luka, BH | 50 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 109 | Đorđe Nikolić | Beograd, RS | 49 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 110 | Tamara Cadena | Perth, AUS | 48 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 111 | Sabine Liffers | Perth, AUS | 47 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 112 | Milan Kandić | Banja Luka, BH | 46 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 112 | Luka Bilić | Novi Sad, RS | 46 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 114 | Radenko Jovančević | Banja Luka, BH | 42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 115 | Jonas Meyerhoff | Zürich, CH | 40 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 116 | Miloš Ogrizović | Novi Sad, RS | 39 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 117 | Dušan Blažić | Banja Luka, BH | 37 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 118 | Maja Bojić | Banja Luka, BH | 36 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 119 | Omar Beširević | Županja, HR | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 119 | Ivan Prgić | Županja, HR | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 121 | Dinko Klaić | Županja, HR | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 122 | Marko Fabijan Pavlović | Varaždin, HR | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
