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‘A lot of women get male teammates talking over them’: meet the first female world champion quizzer
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Victoria Groce has plenty of answers. Her hardest question: why did it take so long for a woman to win the World Quizzing Championships?
Q. Who was the first woman ever to win the World Quizzing Championships in its 21-year history?
A. Victoria Groce, who beat nearly 2,000 people from 48 countries to claim the title.
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