Challenge yourself with the International Trivia Competition of IBS, Emirates and British Embassy Budapest!
IBS, Emirates, and British Embassy Budapest invite all 11th and 12th-graders in Hungary to join its unique competition where English skills and global knowledge are put to the test.
During the first round, students will have 90 minutes to complete the test and 30 minutes to write an essay, which will be a general topic, asking for the opinion or experience of the student. Participation is free of charge for everyone.
Details:
- 1st round: Quiz of 100 questions (history, geography, culture, public knowledge) in English and an essay of 250 words.
- 2nd round: 10 students with the best results are invited to a public final at the Budapest campus of IBS, where they have to fill out a new quiz and make a 10-minute presentation about a given topic.
Using a dictionary is not allowed.
Prizes:
- 1st place: Return ticket and accommodation for two persons for one week to any place in the world where Emirates operates a flight
- 2nd place: Return ticket and accommodation for two persons for one week in any European country
- 3rd place: Return ticket and accommodation for two persons for a weekend in any European country
At least one passenger must be over 18 years of age at the start of the journey.
Special prize: the winners (TOP 3) will be hosted by British Ambassador Paul Fox for a tea party at his residence.
- All finalists (TOP 13) receive a special scholarship for the bachelor's programmes that we offer with The University of Buckingham.
- Special prize of 250.000 Ft for the assisting teacher of the winner (1st place)
- Special prize of 1.000.000 Ft for the secondary school of the winner (1st place)
Timeline of the competition:
- Application deadline: 28 February 2023 (until 11.59 pm) The application is closed. The TOP 3 winners from last year's competition are not eligible for reapplying to IBS World Tour 2023.
- 1st round: 24 March 2023 (Friday), on IBS Budapest Campus - registration is from 15:30, and the event will take place between 16:00-18:00
- 2nd round: 21 April 2023 (Friday), on IBS Budapest Campus
- Award Ceremony: 2 June 2023 (Friday) on IBS Budapest Campus
Please find the first-round quiz here and the second-round quiz here with all the correct answers
Thank you to everyone who participated in the first round, hope to see you next year as well.
| Place | Name | School |
Presentation* (max: 120 points) |
Quiz (max: 100 points) |
Total (max: 220 points) |
| 1st | Barnabás Csiszár | Szegedi Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium, Szeged | 107 | 71 | 178 |
| 2nd | Tamara Lehoczky | Toldy Ferenc Gimnázium, Budapest | 110 | 64 | 174 |
| 3rd | Bence Horváth |
Nyíregyházi SZC Széchenyi István Technikum és Kollégium, Nyíregyháza |
105 | 62 | 167 |
| 4th | Hanna Juhász |
Kaposvári Táncsics Mihály Gimnázium, Kaposvár |
109 | 57 | 166 |
| 5th | Zalán Szabó |
Tóth Árpád Gimnázium, Debrecen |
93 | 66 | 159 |
| 6th | Gyula Gógucz |
Városmajori Gimnázium, Budapest |
93 | 64 | 157 |
| 7th | Fanni Müller |
Alternatív Közgazdasági Gimnázium, Budapest |
100 | 55 | 155 |
| 8th | Sára Major |
Lauder Javne Zsidó Közösségi Iskola, Budapest |
103 | 50 | 153 |
| 8th | Milán Ortutay |
Szerb Antal Gimnázium, Budapest |
78 | 75 | 153 |
| 9th | Zsolt László Szabó |
Tatabányai Árpád Gimnázium, Tatabánya |
89 | 62 | 151 |
| 10th | Anikó Kismarty-Lechner |
Veres Pálné Gimnázium, Budapest |
79 | 66 | 145 |
| 11th | Botond Békés-Bajkay |
Újpesti Csokonai Vitéz Mihály Általános Iskola és Gimnázium, Budapest |
74 | 53 | 127 |
Due to other school commitments, Soma Szabó could not participate in the final round.
Congratulations to all the TOP13 students!
| Participant | Secondary School |
| Botond Békés-Bajkay | Újpesti Csokonai Vitéz Mihály Általános Iskola és Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Barnabás Csiszár | Szegedi Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium, Szeged |
| Gyula Gógucz | Városmajori Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Bence Horváth | Nyíregyházi SZC Széchenyi István Technikum és Kollégium, Nyíregyháza |
| Hanna Juhász | Kaposvári Táncsics Mihály Gimnázium, Kaposvár |
| Anikó Kismarty-Lechner | Veres Pálné Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Tamara Lehoczky | Toldy Ferenc Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Sára Major | Lauder Javne Zsidó Közösségi Iskola, Budapest |
| Fanni Müller | Alternatív Közgazdasági Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Milán Ortutay | Szerb Antal Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Soma Szabó | Szent István Gimnázium, Budapest |
| Zalán Szabó | Tóth Árpád Gimnázium, Debrecen |
| Zsolt László Szabó | Tatabányai Árpád Gimnázium, Tatabánya |
We have admitted 13 contestants into the 2nd and final round of the IBS World Tour 2023 instead of 10 as announced previously.
The reason for this is that there were multiple students who achieved the exact same results during the first round of the competition. We wanted to make the competition as fair and transparent as possible, and we also wanted to give as many students as possible the chance to win the grand prize! Therefore, we have admitted the additional 3 students into the second round.
See last year's event here.
We reserve the right to change!
More information via email: ibsworldtour@ibsbudapest.com.