{"id":20237,"date":"2025-09-26T15:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/ive-never-driven-a-car-i-cant-cook-im-a-lost-cause-meet-australias-top-quizzers\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:37:44","slug":"ive-never-driven-a-car-i-cant-cook-im-a-lost-cause-meet-australias-top-quizzers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/ive-never-driven-a-car-i-cant-cook-im-a-lost-cause-meet-australias-top-quizzers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019ve never driven a car. I can\u2019t cook. I\u2019m a lost cause\u2019: meet Australia\u2019s top quizzers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They study for hours a day. The competitions have zero prize money. So what keeps quiz champions going for glory \u2013 and how do they win?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Issa Schultz has a daily schedule that not many could compete with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get up, I make a coffee, I go on the computer and I do quizzes. I take a break for lunch and then get back on the computer for more quizzes,\u201d he says. \u201cIt sounds like an illness, and others may diagnose it as that, but I am that obsessed. It\u2019s not an exaggeration to say I treat it as an eight-hour job \u2013 a full-time day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Schultz is Australia\u2019s #1 ranked quizzer, the name for the people who take trivia very seriously. It\u2019s a hobby he\u2019s structured his entire life around. For about six weeks a year, Schultz films the Channel 7 show The Chase Australia, where he serves as one of the quizshow\u2019s \u201cchasers\u201d \u2013 the experts whom contestants must topple if they want to take home the prize money (his nickname on the show, fittingly, is The Supernerd). The rest of the time, he\u2019s just brushing up on his African capitals, AFL drafts or Academy Award winners.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/sep\/27\/ive-never-driven-a-car-i-cant-cook-im-a-lost-cause-meet-australias-top-quizzers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/76af46f89451a7539fca98524a70349745e2dac8\/297_0_5636_4511\/master\/5636.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2769fd6fe1438c09842dfabab22eff36\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019ve never driven a car. I can\u2019t cook. I\u2019m a lost cause\u2019: meet Australia\u2019s top quizzers\" \/>They study for hours a day. The competitions have zero prize money. So what keeps quiz champions going for glory \u2013 and how do they win?<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nIssa Schultz has a daily schedule that not many could compete with.<br \/>\n\u201cI get up, I make a coffee, I go on the computer and I do quizzes. I take a break for lunch and then get back on the computer for more quizzes,\u201d he says. \u201cIt sounds like an illness, and others may diagnose it as that, but I am that obsessed. It\u2019s not an exaggeration to say I treat it as an eight-hour job \u2013 a full-time day.\u201d<br \/>\n Schultz is Australia\u2019s #1 ranked quizzer, the name for the people who take trivia very seriously. It\u2019s a hobby he\u2019s structured his entire life around. For about six weeks a year, Schultz films the Channel 7 show The Chase Australia, where he serves as one of the quizshow\u2019s \u201cchasers\u201d \u2013 the experts whom contestants must topple if they want to take home the prize money (his nickname on the show, fittingly, is The Supernerd). The rest of the time, he\u2019s just brushing up on his African capitals, AFL drafts or Academy Award winners.<br \/>\nSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They study for hours a day. The competitions have zero prize money. So what keeps quiz champions going for glory \u2013 and how do they win? Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Issa Schultz has a daily schedule that not many could compete with. \u201cI get up, I make a coffee, I go on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/ive-never-driven-a-car-i-cant-cook-im-a-lost-cause-meet-australias-top-quizzers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I\u2019ve never driven a car. I can\u2019t cook. 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