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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.

The final results
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!

IBS World Tour 2023 TOP13
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.