Nordic Quizzing Championships Nordic Quizzing Championships The Nordic Quizzing Championships is a bi-annual quiz event in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Top quizzers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland Islands, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are invited. The event includes three different competitions: An Individual Competition, a Team Competition, and a Pairs Competition. International Quizzing Association delegates from Estonia, Finland and Norway, meeting at the European Quizzing Championships in Blackpool in November 2007, began talks with a view to instituting a Nordic Championships. The first event was hosted by Tallinn, Estonia in 2008. In 2010 the competition was in Turku,
Geography of Estonia clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, forest Land use: "arable:" 14.65% "permanent crops:" 0.14% "other:" 85.21% (2012) Irrigated land: 4.58 km Total renewable water resources: 12.81 km (2011) Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): <br>"total:" 1.8 km/yr (3%/97%/0%) <br>"per capita:" 1,337 m/yr (2009) Geography of Estonia Between 57.3 and 59.5 latitude and 21.5 and 28.1 longitude, Estonia lies on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea on the level northwestern part of the rising East European Platform. It borders the Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia. Average elevation reaches only . The climate is maritime, wet, with moderate winters and cool summers.