Crystal owl is a prize given to the best participant in the television game “What? Where? When?". This award can be received by both one of the experts and the viewer.
Quick reference
The crystal owl has been presented since 1984. The first awards, which were awarded to the best author of the question and expert, were issued in the city of Gus-Khrustalny. Since 1985 the prize has been produced by the Lviv Ceramics and Sculpture Factory. VV Drachuk was the glass artist. Until 1990, the award was presented once a year based on the results of the season.
rules
In 1991-2000. the crystal owl was played twice a year. It was in the finals of the winter and summer series of games. When the club's anniversary was celebrated in 2000, the rules were special. The crystal owl was awarded based on the results of each game. Since 2001, the prize has been played in the finals of each of the episodes (that is, winter, autumn, summer and spring). Since 2002, the place of the main award has been taken by the Diamond Owl. Here are some interesting facts. The first winners of the prize were Andrey Kamorin, a member of the team of experts, and Alexander Zlobin, a TV viewer from the city of Dubno. At an early stage in the life of the club, instead of a statuette, the "Owl Sign" was awarded. A record number of awards (six) received. Both daughters also received this prize. Fyodor Dvinyatin received 4 owls. Andrei Kozlov, Boris Burda and Maxim Potashev won three awards each. The Bulgarian “Club of the Knowledgeable” has a similar prize. Only there it is named "Porcelain snail". It is the snail that Bulgarians consider the smartest animal. In a series of games in 1987, this prize was awarded to a representative of a Soviet television club named Oleg Dolgov.
Connoisseurs-owners
From 1984 to 1991, the winners of the prize were Nurali Latypov (journalist, scientific, political and consultant), Marina Govorushkina, Oleg Dolgov, Neyko Neykov, Nikita Shangin, Vladislav Petrushko, Alexander Druz, Fedor Dvinyatin, Vladimir Molchanov. In 1992, Andrey Kozlov and Alexander Druz were awarded. In 1993, Lyudmila Gerasimova received the statuette. Alexey Blinov became the winner of the same year. In 1994-1997 the prize was received by Fyodor Dvinyatin, Andrei Rubin, Druz, Maxim Potashev. The owner of the crystal owl in 1998 in the winter series of games - Georgy Zharkov, in the summer - In 1999, the prize was not awarded. Since 2000, Alexander Druz, Boris Burda, Byalko, Alla Damsker, Fedor Dvinyatin, Dmitry Eremin, Maxim Potashev, Sergey Tsarkov, Viktor Sidnev, Rovshan Askerov, Konovalenko, Mikhail Mun, Valentina Golubeva, Ales Mukhin, Asya Shavinskaya have become its owners , Ilya Novikov, Andrey Bychutkin, Alexey Kapustin, Kozlov, Igor Kondratyuk, Vladimir Molchanov, Nikolay Silantyev, Balash Kasumov, Vladimir Antokhin, Yulia Lazareva, Mikhail Skipsky, Grigory Alkhazov, Vladimir Stepanov, Gunel Babaeva, Ilya Novikov, Boris Levin.
Now you know what a crystal owl is. A photo of the prize is attached to this material. It remains to add that the television intellectual game “What? Where? When?" is a club in which a team of 6 members, called "connoisseurs", is in search of the correct answer to any question asked by viewers through brainstorming for one minute.
For thirty-eight years, the creators of "What? Where? When?" corrected the rules and improved the playing space. The famous spinning top appeared in 1976, a year later - a living symbol of wisdom, the owl Fomka. In 1979, they began to include a musical pause, and the players began to be called connoisseurs. The black box was first taken out in 1983. Three years later, the program began to go live.
From the first years, Vladimir Voroshilov was the permanent author and voice-over host of the game. For a very long time, viewers were consumed with curiosity - whose stern voice controls the game? The intrigue was revealed shortly before the last programs with Voroshilov's participation. After his death, the post was taken by Boris Kryuk.
For nearly forty years, quiz games have defined leaders among intellectuals. Someone was a favorite of the public, someone was the permanent captain of the team, others were promoted to master's degrees in general classification. It's impossible to name the best players. Therefore, we have compiled a rating based on one of the attributes - the number of Crystal Owls received.
1. Druz Alexander Abramovich.
Was born on May 10, 1955 in Leningrad, systems engineer. Master of the game "What? Where? When?", Six-time winner of the "Crystal Owl" prize, winner of the "Diamond Owl" prize as the best player in all 20 years of the elite club's existence.
2. Potashev Maxim Oskarovich.
Born on January 20, 1969 in Moscow, mathematician. Master of the game "What? Where? When?", Three-time winner of the "Crystal Owl" prize. According to the results of a general audience vote in 2000, he was recognized as "The best player in all 25 years of the existence of an elite club".
3. Dvinyatin Fyodor Nikitich.
Born on October 28, 1968. Owner of four "Crystal Owls". Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Language, St. Petersburg State University, and the Canadian College, St. Petersburg State University. A specialist in Russian literature of the XI-XIV and XIX-XX centuries, paleoslavistics, general poetics, history and methodology of philology and the humanities in general. The first game in the club "What? Where? When?" played in 1990.
4. Kozlov Andrey Anatolyevich.
Was born on December 25, 1960 in an airplane flying from Germany to the USSR. Master of the game "What? Where? When?" Winner of the "Diamond Owl" prize, three-time winner of the "Crystal Owl" prize, winner of the title "Best Club Captain".
5. Burda Boris Oskarovich.
Was born on March 25, 1950 in Odessa. TV presenter, journalist, writer. Three-time winner of the "Crystal Owl" prize, winner of the "Diamond Owl" prize. Known for speed reading, has been playing in the Club since 1990.
6. Kasumov Balash Alekper oglu
Was born on October 20, 1978 in Baku. Winner of the "Diamond Owl", "Crystal Owl" and the title of "Best Club Captain". Now - the producer and presenter of “What? Where? When?" on Azerbaijani television. Prior to that, he worked in an oil company, in the financial business, in business planning.
7. Blinov Alexey Vladimirovich.
Was born on January 11, 1964 in Leningrad. Lives in St. Petersburg. Winner of two "Crystal Owls" and the title "Best Club Captain". The first game in the club "What? Where? When?" played in 1991. Then he worked as a shift foreman at the Leningrad Knitwear Association. A passionate fan of Zenit.
The point of the game is that a team of experts answer questions sent by a team of viewers.
Basic Rules
Gameplay Description
IN tV version The game is a six-person team of connoisseurs answering questions from viewers. The question is selected by a spinning top, which in turn is launched by the steward.
The connoisseurs are given one minute to discuss the issue, after which the team captain chooses the expert who will answer the question. There are also cases when a team gives an answer ahead of schedule: an expert who knows the answer usually puts his fist on the table with his thumb bent up. If the answer is correct, then the connoisseurs earn an extra minute for discussion, which they can use on any next question in the game. The number of extra minutes depends on the team's early responses. Recently, experts can take "a minute on credit" on this question, but on condition that they answer one of the following questions without a minute of discussion.
There is a hint in the game "Club help"... If experts do not know the answer to the question, then they can ask for help from those who are now in the hall. Those present are given 20 seconds to express their versions. Since 2007, "club help" can be taken only if the account is not in favor of experts. Since 2010, she also cannot be taken in the blitz, super blitz and the decisive round.
Due to the very large number of people in the hall, there are cases of unauthorized prompts. The steward, who notices this violation of the rules of the game, raises a red card. There are operators in the hall who can record a hint on a video camera. The offender is taken out of the hall until the end of the game.
On April 10, 2016, a yellow card was introduced. It is shown by the hall managers to the presenter at the moment when the captain of the playing team asks for the club's help, and only if, during the discussion, they notice suspicions in the prompt. The team loses the club's help this round, but, unlike the red card, can answer. The offender will be punished more severely and, at the end of the round, will be obliged to leave the room before the end of the game. The help of the club does not burn out and the team can use it in the next rounds when the score is not in favor of experts. Since 2018, the card has been abolished.
When a team of experts gives the wrong answer, viewers, on whose questions the experts were wrong, receive cash prizes: the viewer who brought the first point to his team gets 50,000 rubles, second point - 60 000 , third - 70 000 , fourth - 80 000 , fifth - 90 000 and the sixth point - 100,000 rubles (before 2012 the amounts were from 10 000 before 60,000 rubles). If the team of connoisseurs wins, the unplayed money goes to the prize fund of the year finals, i.e. if the connoisseurs win with a score of 6: 4, 190,000 rubles will be added to the fund for the missing 5 and 6 viewer points.
Squatting games
In some cases, 2 or more expert teams can play during one game. This type of game is called squatting games... Its essence is that after each incorrect answer, the commands are replaced: the commands are reversed. The starting team is determined by lot. In case of a victory for the experts, the team that brought the decisive point last wins.
Description of the location and process of filming
A place for gaming connoisseurs
The shooting of the game takes place in Moscow, in the Neskuchny Sad Hunting Lodge. It has a special hall with a table, which is divided into 6 sectors in a large radius (for each member of the team of experts) and into 13 sectors in a small one - for questions. The questions themselves are in envelopes, which in turn lie on 12 sectors, signed with the names of the cities of the participants who sent the question (among these 12 questions there are questions "blitz" and "super blitz"). On the thirteenth sector there is a plastic plate on which the number 13 is printed in red (from 2001 to 2011 the font of the number Pragmatica, since 2011 the font of the number Arial, since 2013 the typeface of the number has become a little bold). There is a top with an arrow in the center of the table. The spinning top spins the steward, and the question on which the arrow stops is selected for the game. The envelope containing the question is placed in a special clothespin located on one of the monitors above the experts themselves. The monitors usually show a photograph or a video taken specifically for the question by the author of the question, a video filmed by correspondents for a question, or pictures, pictures that help connoisseurs answer.
Advocates of interests
Each game in the club is attended by defenders of the interests of connoisseurs, viewers, as well as the Keeper of Traditions. Their opinion is taken into account when resolving controversial situations.
- Defender of the interests of experts... It appeared in 2002. The connoisseur's advocate chooses the best connoisseur of the game and presents him with the Crystal Atom prize. At the moment Andrei Cheremisinov, Director of the Communications Department of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, is the defender of the interests of experts; in some games he may be replaced by the general director of the corporation, Alexey Likhachev. Previously, defenders were attorney Mikhail Barshchevsky, attorney of the Moscow Bar Association Natalia Barshevskaya, representatives of the general sponsor - MTS: Mikhail Susov (2003-2004), Igor Stolyarov (2005), Grzegorz Ash (2006), Mikhail Shamolin (2006), Sergey Beshev ( 2007-2008), Alexander Popovsky (2009-2012), Director of the Rosatom Communications Department Sergey Novikov (2013-2016).
- Defender of the interests of viewers... It appeared in 1991. The TV viewer advocate chooses the best question in the game and determines the value of the viewers' winnings. Since the fall of 2018, the position has been held by Senior Vice President of VTB Bank Dmitry Breitenbikher. From 2002 to 2009, the defender of the interests of the viewers' team was Vice President of B&N Bank Grigory Guselnikov, in 2010 - Dmitry Akulinin, from 2011 to 2012 - Vice President of the Bank of Moscow Irina Nikitenko, from 2013 to 2018 - Vice President of the Bank VTB (formerly "Bank of Moscow") Vladimir Verkhoshinsky, in some games they were replaced by the president of the Bank of Moscow Mikhail Kuzovlev.
- Keeper of traditions... Position that existed from 2001 to 2016. As the name suggests, he enforces the rules and "traditions" of the club. From May 19, 2001 to December 26, 2009, Mikhail Barshchevsky was the Keeper of Traditions, from March 27, 2010 to June 19, 2016 - Grigory Guselnikov.
Hall stewards
There are two stewards in the room, making sure that there are no prompts. Also, one of the stewards rotates the top, while the other takes out objects, black boxes and hits the gong. Currently, the managers are Alexander Bakalov (since 2013) and Polina Lysenko (since 2017), earlier the managers were Nikolay Lgovsky (1984-2001), Andrey Lgovsky (early 1990s), Andrey Lysenko (1993-2013), Alexey Vetyugov ( late 1990s), Boris Fuks (2001-2016), Evgeny Galkin (2011) and others.
Mikhail and Olga Barshchevsky
Alexey Likhachev
Andrey Cheremisinov
Sergey Novikov
Grigory Guselnikov
Vladimir Verkhoshinsky
Dmitry Breitenbikher
Nikolay Lgovsky
Boris Fuchs
Evgeny Galkin
Alexander Bakalov
Polina Lysenko
Questions
General information
The game requires great education and a broad outlook in the field of modern science, the ability to think quickly, in an original and extraordinary way, observation and attentiveness.
The questions relate to different areas of knowledge and have different styles, so the best players will be the most erudite and well-read. In a strong team, harmonious cooperation should be established between people with different ways of thinking, if possible - specialists in different fields. Much depends on the training, the ability for mutual understanding within the team.
Types of questions
Sample questions
- Before you is an ancient Egyptian manuscript; it says about a certain slave: "He hears perfectly with both ears, is honest and obedient." This text is regarded as one of the earliest copies of ... what? (Answer: advertising)
- The McDonald’s management believes that rumors that McDonald’s meat dishes are made from earthworms can be easily refuted by comparing them to meat. Question: by what criterion? (Answer: for the price, worms are much more expensive)
- According to the humorous calendar of Belyaev and Shtalber, “If this statement were true, this is would not taste so good. " Guess what statement is being said and name this is. (Answer: wine).
- Once a friend of Mark Twain, Harry Dumen, borrowed $ 500, promising to return it in a month - of course, if he was still alive. Question: what did Mark Twain do without receiving the promise in a month? (Answer: Published Dumen's obituary)
- In the fable by Ambrose Bierce, a deputy promises his voters not to steal after getting a job. When it turned out that he was stealing huge sums, voters demanded an answer. The deputy replied that, yes, he promised not to steal, but did not give another promise. Which one? (Answer: promises not to lie)
- Jerome K. Jerome compared this is with the government, because both are appreciated only as long as they are good. Name it. (Answer: weather)
- Russian comedian Mikhail Zadornov said that he was not angry with the communists, as they never deceived him. But why, according to him, did they not deceive him? (Answer: because he never believed them anyway)
History of the game over the years
Vladimir Voroshilov
Boris Kryuk
1975. September 4 - On this day, one game took place according to different rules - two families played against each other (as in the popular game "Happy Accident"). The game consisted of two rounds, filmed at the home of each of the families. They joined together for a photograph for the family archive.
1976. A top appears, but in the early games it was not the question that was chosen by it, but the answering player. This year the game “What? Where? When?" has already changed a lot and received the name of the "television youth club". Since Vladimir Voroshilov was prohibited from appearing on the screen at that time, the first full-fledged release of the TV game was conducted by Alexander Maslyakov, who in the future will revive the KVN project. The first players were students of Moscow State University, who, when discussing the issue, spoke and smoked loudly. There was no time limit for discussion of one minute, each person played for himself, not as a team.
1977. The game finally took on its final form: a spinning top showing a question and a one-minute limit for the discussion of the question. Its first symbol appeared in the game - the owl Fomka. The first questions were invented by Vladimir Voroshilov himself, and later, when the game became popular, they began to accept questions from the audience. It is known that every day sacks of letters arrived, each of which had to be answered, the best questions to be chosen, the facts presented to be verified, edited, and the necessary items prepared, if necessary. Of course, one person cannot do such a job, and Voroshilov was helped by his wife Natalya Stetsenko, who for many years headed the department of correspondence with viewers.
1979. Games began to be held regularly. The term “expert” appeared, now this word has become common to describe the participants in the game, the club is now usually called the “club of experts”. Up to this point, there was no specific name for the players. The details of the game rules changed frequently, but the main prize was always books (which were hung up on the New Year tree during the final game) and a crystal owl.
1982. The rule of the game up to six points has been introduced
1983. Instead of the Ostankino television center, games begin to be held in a mansion on Herzen Street
1984. A new prize has been introduced - Crystal Owl. The best player at the end of the year becomes its owner
1987. Holding the International Games in Bulgaria
1988-1989 International Games in Sovintsentr. Several teams participate in the game simultaneously.
1990. The program starts to leave the Hunting Lodge in Neskuchny Garden
1991. The game has become more commercialized, that is, it has evolved from an "intellectual club" into an "intellectual casino." Connoisseurs begin to gamble
1992. Since this year, there are two episodes per year - summer and winter. A zero sector appeared, called the "zero sector". It appeared instead of the sector with the largest amount, which was due for the correct answer. From now on, each question has a certain "value" that can be increased by placing the won money on a certain playing field. Sponsors and lawyers appeared (Mikhail Barshchevsky).
1995. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the game, the Games of the Immortals are held. The title of Master of the Club was introduced. Alexander Druz became the first master
1999. The game is temporarily aired on the NTV channel. Christmas Series is running
2000. In the fall, an experimental series of games is held, in which, in addition to connoisseurs and TV viewers, the Internet team also participates. With the help of the site www.rambler.ru registered Internet users give their versions of the answer during a minute of discussion. The most popular version becomes the final answer from the Internet team, and the Internet user who sends the correct version faster than the others gets the amount that was at stake. The score is indicated in the order "viewers: connoisseurs: internet".
In December, the Jubilee Games are held in which the existence of the game is at stake. The title of Master is awarded to Maxim Potashev. December 30 Vladimir Voroshilov played his last game
2001. This year, the host of the game, Vladimir Voroshilov, dies. After that, his adopted son, Boris Kryuk, began to play the game. At first he distorted his voice, but soon he revealed himself and began to play the game with his own voice. In the summer, a series is held in which it is decided whether the game will exist without Voroshilov. In winter, the gaming table was renewed, and cash games were discontinued. From that moment on, the value of the questions was determined by telephone voting of viewers (the difference between the number of votes "liked" and "disliked" multiplied by 10 rubles; negative amounts were equated to zero). At the same time, the thirteenth sector was introduced (in 2000 this sector was called the "Internet sector").
2002. The game began to be held annually in four series: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. After all the games, the final game of the year is played, in which the best team of seasoners takes part. In total, 17 games are played in a year. The Crystal Owl is now awarded 3 times a year. A new prize has been introduced, the Diamond Owl, to be given to the best player on the winning team in the Final of the Year.
2005. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the game. Viktor Sidnev becomes the third master. From now on, in the jubilee year finals, the winning team is awarded the Crystal Nest - 6 Crystal Owls.
2008. From this year, the cash prizes for TV viewers have changed. For the first point to his team, the viewer receives 10,000 rubles, for each next point, 10 thousand more. Thus, for the sixth point, the viewer receives 60,000 rubles. In the Final of the Year, Andrey Kozlov was recognized as the fourth master, and his team was awarded a crystal nest, since the 33rd year was recognized as a jubilee.
2013. Television viewers' winnings have increased. Depending on the point won, the viewer receives from 50 to 100 thousand rubles. The game begins to be released in HD quality.
2015. Since this year, the number of broadcasts per year has increased from 17 to 20. Now, the spring, summer and autumn series consist of 5 games. The TV Viewer Academy appears.
2018. For the first time, a series of games "Children of the XXI century" was held, in which teams of schoolchildren took part. The fifth Academician (Radik Khabibullin) and the fifth Master (Elizaveta Ovdeenko) appear in the Club.
Live
One of the main features of the game is that it takes place live. During the live broadcast, viewers could give an answer using MTS phones. However, the cost of the message increased from 5-6 cents (according to the tariff plan) to 10 rubles. In addition, the first connoisseurs were given a good phone.
Prizes and titles
Owls
- Crystal owl - the prize was introduced in 1984. Awarded to the Best Player on the Expert Team and the Best Player on the Viewer Team based on a series of games. The first owner of the Crystal Owl was Nurali Latypov. There is a special prize in the Jubilee seasons - Crystal nestrepresenting six small owls on a crystal tray. Awarded to the best team in the anniversary year; thus, each member of the team becomes the owner of the Crystal Owl. The prize was awarded twice - in 2008 to the team of Andrei Kozlov and in 2010 to the team of Balash Kasumov.
The connoisseurs of the prize ( in italics owls obtained from the Crystal Nest are highlighted):
- Alexander Druz - 1990, 1992 (winter), 1995 (winter), 2000 (autumn), 2006 (summer), 2012 (spring);
- Fyodor Dvinyatin - 1991 (summer), 1994 (summer), 2000 (winter), 2002 (spring);
- Maxim Potashev - 1997 (winter), 2000 (winter), 2000 (winter), 2016 (autumn);
- Andrey Kozlov - 1992 (summer), 1994 (winter), 2008 (winter);
- Boris Burda - 1998 (winter), 2000 (winter), 2008 (winter);
- Dmitry Avdeenko - 2009 (winter), 2010 (winter), 2018 (summer);
- Julia Lazareva - 2010 (winter), 2015 (autumn), 2017 (spring);
- Alexey Blinov - 1992 (summer), 1993 (winter);
- Alexander Rubin - 1995 (summer), 1996 (summer);
- Valentina Golubeva - 2003 (summer), 2003 (autumn);
- Ilya Novikov - 2004 (autumn), 2014 (summer);
- Vladimir Molchanov - 1991 (winter), 2008 (winter);
- Nikolay Silantyev - 2008 (winter), 2008 (winter);
- Elizaveta Ovdeenko - 2010 (winter), 2011 (spring);
- Mikhail Skipsky - 2010 (winter), 2016 (spring);
- Nurali Latypov - 1984;
- Marina Govorushkina - 1985;
- Leonid Vladimirsky - 1986;
- Oleg Dolgov - 1987;
- Neyko Neykov - 1987;
- Nikita Shangin - 1988;
- Vladislav Petrushko - 1989;
- Lyudmila Gerasimova - 1993 (summer);
- Georgy Zharkov - 1998 (summer);
- Alexander Byalko - 2000 (winter);
- Alla Damsker - 2000 (winter);
- Marina Druz - 2000 (winter);
- Dmitry Eremin - 2000 (winter);
- Sergey Tsarkov - 2000 (winter);
- Victor Sidnev - 2001 (summer);
- Rovshan Askerov - 2001 (winter);
- Dmitry Konovalenko - 2002 (summer);
- Mikhail Moon - 2002 (autumn);
- Inna Druz - 2003 (winter);
- Ales Mukhin - 2004 (spring);
- Asya Shavinskaya - 2004 (summer);
- Andrey Bychutkin - 2006 (autumn);
- Grigory Alkhazov - 2011 (summer);
- Vladimir Stepanov - 2012 (autumn);
- Gunel Babaeva - 2013 (summer);
- Boris Levin - 2014 (autumn);
- Boris Belozerov - 2017 (autumn);
- Elman Talibov - 2019 (spring);
- Alexey Kapustin - 2008 (winter);
- Igor Kondratyuk - 2008 (winter);
- Vladimir Antokhin - 2010 (winter);
- Balash Kasumov - 2010 (winter);
- Roman Alloyarov - Little Crystal Owl, 1997 (winter).
- Diamond owl - it is received by the best player based on the results of the year. The prize was founded in 2002.
Connoisseurs of the Diamond Owl:
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Viewers who own the Diamond Owl:
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- Owl sign - was the predecessor of the Crystal Owl, was awarded several times in the early 1980s.
Connoisseurs of the prize
- Alexander Byalko;
- Sergey Ilyin;
- Lyudmila Gerasimova.
Blazers
Red jacket was a sign "Immortal club member" - a person who could stay in the club even if his team was defeated. It was introduced in the 1991 winter series. All owners of the "Crystal Owl" received jackets, including connoisseurs who received "owls" before the title of "immortal" was introduced. In the winter series of 1994 and in the spring series of 1995, jackets were awarded to all the players of the teams of Mikhail Smirnov and Alexei Blinov. After the conclusion of the 1995 Games of the Immortals, the jackets were abolished.
Best captain's shoulder strap
This shoulder strap is issued to the best captain every five years. Introduced in 2000 by Vladimir Voroshilov. In the final game of 2000, he decided to award the club's best captain's epaulette to the most outstanding captains in the history of the game. He did not have enough time on the air in 2000, and the shoulder straps were presented by Boris Kryuk in the summer of 2001, after Voroshilov's death. Prize winners:
- Andrey Kamorin (2001);
- Boris Eremin (2001);
- Vladimir Lutovinov (2001);
- Victor Sidnev (2001);
- Andrey Kozlov (2001);
- Alexey Blinov (2001);
- Ales Mukhin (2005);
- Balash Kasumov (2010).
Cadet shoulder strap
It is awarded by a connoisseur who has the best captain's shoulder straps at the end of each series "Children of the XXI Century" to the best captain of this series. Owners of epaulettes:
- Kirill Emelin (2018);
- Artyom Savochkin (2019).
Club Master's Title
Since 1995, in each anniversary season of the game, one of the experts has been awarded the title of master. Currently, this title is held by:
- Alexander Druz (since 1995);
- Maxim Potashev (since 2000);
- Victor Sidnev (since 2005);
- Andrey Kozlov (since 2008);
- Elizaveta Ovdeenko (since 2018).
Club Academic Title
Similarly to the masters of the club, the title of academician was introduced in the 2015 finals. It is assigned to active viewers who:
- have either the Crystal or Diamond Owl and have won six victories over the experts;
- twice awarded either the Crystal or the Diamond Owl, regardless of the number of victories over the experts.
Academics are always invited to the club for the Series Finals and Years Finals, whether their questions are playing at the table or not. In case of victory of viewers, academics, similarly to masters, take a collective part in choosing the winner of the final prize. Currently, this title is held by:
- Sergey Chevdar from Chornomorsk, Ukraine (owner of the "Crystal Owl");
- Svetlana Sumachakova from Gorno-Altaysk, Republic of Altai (two-time winner of the Crystal Owl);
- Tatyana Medvedeva from Saratov (owner of the "Diamond Owl");
- Zhanna Polyanskaya from Syktyvkar, Komi Republic (owner of the "Diamond Owl");
- Radik Khabibullin from Popovka village, Perm Territory (owner of the "Crystal Owl"), since October 28, 2018.
Prize for the brightest answer
In the 2015 final game, a special prize was awarded for the brightest response of the year for the first time. It is a gold-colored cufflink with an image of an owl. The prize is awarded annually to a connoisseur who, thanks to insight and out-of-the-box thinking, was able to give a vivid answer at a crucial moment. Prize winners:
- Alena Povysheva (2015, question about the shape of the squash in the third game of the Winter Series)
- Boris Belozerov (2016, super face question about Ilya Oblomov in the third game of the Summer Series)
- Elizaveta Ovdeenko (2017, blitz question about the Gregeria of Ramon Gomez de la Serna in the second game of the Winter Series)
- Elizaveta Ovdeenko (2018, question about the rhyme parent in the fourth game of the Winter series)
Other prizes and awards
- The distinction "For services to the game" What? Where? When? "" - presented on May 14, 2005 to Alexander Druz, the "best connoisseur of all times and peoples" on the occasion of his 50th birthday, which fell on May 10. In the same game, he was presented with a Scottish Fold kitten.
- "For the will to win" ("Diamond Snake") - awarded on December 24, 2005 to Andrey Kozlov, who, after losing on November 19, 2005, during the next game, proved the correctness of his wrong answer - he stuffed the snake with rice according to his recipe.
- Medal for 50 games - awarded on April 15, 2018 to Viktor Sidnev for his 50th participation in a TV game. On the same day, Andrey Kozlov, Alexei Kapustin and Maxim Potashev received the same medals for participation in more than 50 games. This medal could also have been received by the club's old-timer Alexander Druz, who had played 91 games at that time, but he was offered to be awarded a new medal when he sat down as a player for the 100th time.
Pauses
For breaks in the game, various pauses are used to cheer up the team of experts:
- Musical break - the presenter takes this break after the third round and later, except for those moments when the score is 3: 0 in favor of experts.
- Coffee Break - held from March 4, 2018, connoisseurs are served Ambassador coffee.
- Previously, there was a Tea Break in the game, which usually took place when the time was 23: 00-0: 00 (earlier in the winter). Tea was served under the brand Ahmad, the sponsor of the TV show.
Music in the game
Here is a list of all the musical themes that have been used in the gameplay before and now:
- On December 30, 2000, within the framework of the “Last Tour” season, a game took place that decided the fate of the club. If the connoisseurs lost, it is unlikely that we will see the game again. ORT General Director Konstantin Ernst was even present in the hall.
- After the death of Vladimir Voroshilov, the fate of the game was under a big question: who will play the game? The program returned to the air "on schedule" - the summer series of 2001 passed under the question "To be or not to be a game without Voroshilov?" The club will continue to exist if the connoisseurs win the final game, as well as if the audience votes by a majority to continue the life of the Club. The connoisseurs won with a score of 6: 4, and 91% of viewers voted for the option "To be". The series of games was entirely dedicated to the creator of the game, Vladimir Voroshilov.
- Since 2001, Boris Kryuk has been playing the game, but he spent the Summer Series of the same year with a processed low voice. No one knew who was playing the game, initially it was thought that the host was Hook's cousin. In view of this uncertainty, the presenter was addressed as “Mister Presenter”. This tradition has survived to this day.
- The 2001 Winter Series opened the game in a completely new way. The studio has been changed to a more modern way, and connoisseurs no longer gamble. From now on, only the best connoisseurs with the audience receive cash prizes together with the Owls.
- Since the 2002 season, four episodes have been aired: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Previously, only the Summer and Winter series were played.
- In the second game of the 2002 Summer Series, someone's cell phone rang.
- According to the host of the game, Boris Kryuk, if a team of experts wins in the final of the year, then almost always with a score of 6: 5, and if it loses, then most often with a score of 6: 3.
- The shortest game (41 minutes) was on April 10, 2010 - then the presenter did not take a musical break.
- On April 17, 2010, for the first time on Skype, one of the players of Andrey Kozlov's team, Igor Kondratyuk, played, due to the inability to fly to Moscow due to the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption. The team won this game. This is the first time that a club expert has participated in the discussion in absentia.
- On May 28, 1994, Alexei Vavilov's team, with a score of 0: 5 in favor of the viewers, took 6 questions in a row and won with a score of 6: 5. The situation was practically repeated in the team of Alexei Blinov on April 12, 2008, with the exception of the initial score of 1: 5.
- In the final game of 2008, the host of the game Boris Kryuk entered the hall to the connoisseurs for the first time.
- In the 2008 finals, the player who was supposed to answer the questions of the super blitz was chosen to top.
- In the final game of 2010 in the thirteenth sector, a question was asked not from the Internet, but invented by the host himself. The question sounded like this: “„ We try a nut for a tooth - it doesn't give in. We are looking for a heavier item nearby, but we do not find such an item. We turn the nut over, examine it in the light until we find a small crack in the shell, and, placing the shell so that the crack is at the top, we hit it with force and either crack it or make sure that the crack turned out to be false. “Who and what about what said all this? " Dmitry Avdeenko answered it correctly, and the correct answer was “This is a very beautiful metaphor of what is happening here and now. In this case, the nut is a question, and we are trying to find a weak point in it, to open it in order to find the correct answer. And, most likely, such a metaphor was suggested by Vladimir Yakovlevich Voroshilov. "
- In 2008, at the final of the year, the 33rd game was recognized by the masters as a jubilee, but with one caveat, “if the 66th year of the game is also recognized as a jubilee”.
- In 2011, the 13th sector was dropped in the first game of the autumn series of the game, but it had to be canceled due to technical problems. For the first time in the history of the game, such an incident occurred in the final game of the summer 2007 series. The following incident occurred in the first game of the Spring 2014 series - again due to technical issues, possibly related to a screen design update.
- In the 2013 Final, before the start of the game, the team of Ales Mukhin and personally Ilya Novikov, who had previously lost the super blitz in the decisive round, tried to appeal the fatal question. After lengthy discussions and disputes (about 15 minutes), Mikhail Barshchevsky advised to immediately replay the question. The presenter supported the idea and asked the audience in the hall whether to replay the question or not, and the decision will be made if at least 7 votes are received. As a result, 9 spectators voted “for”, two “against”, one spectator had to abstain because she did not see the previous game. Only after the vote, the Host clarified that if Mukhin's team plays, then those who voted “for”, with their own vote, decided to give the question without a possible win. A question from the 13th sector was chosen as a question for replay. There was a question in it not from the Internet, but from the Host himself. Unlike the 2010 Final, Boris Kryuk, like the “Zero” sector, went to Ilya Novikov, and the hourglass played the role of “a minute to think”. The question was lost, and Konstantin Ruder's team entered the final game.
- In the final game of 2013, he played a question from Pavel Boytsov, who came to Moscow with his family, there was a son in the hall with him. During the announcement of the correct answer, the junior representative of the family began to open the black box too early, which was followed by a rather violent reaction from the Leader. The incident became a meme and gained great popularity outside the audience “What? Where? When?".
- On April 12, 2014, according to the results of the final game of the Spring Series, Svetlana Sumachakova from Gorno-Altaisk became the first TV viewer in the history of “What? Where? When?" - two-time owner of the Crystal Owl.
- On September 7, 2014, in the first game of the Autumn series, Irina Nizamova became the first woman expert in the history of “What? Where? When? ”, Which won the super blitz. The peculiarity of the fact is also that Irina was a reserve player of the Rosatom team, and this game was Irina's debut.
- On September 13, 2014, in the second game of the Autumn Series, Balash Kasumov's team felt the effect of the “butterfly's wing”. In the 13th sector, due to the limited number of displayed lines on the screen, the question was not shown in full. Even so, there was the correct version at the table, but the experts gave the wrong answer. After some time, it was decided to remove the question of the 13th sector, and remove the sector itself from the table, although it was possible to choose another question from the Internet. Then a number of other circumstances followed: during the replay of the round, a top was hit, which could decide the fate of the game; on the selected question, the team did not take an extra minute and lost a point, after which there was such a situation on the table that with a probability of 12/13 the next question would be a super blitz; on the third question, superblitz Elizaveta Ovdeenko gives a very offensive error, although she was well versed in the field of knowledge of the issue. As a result, the negligence of the technical editors led to the defeat and withdrawal of the team from the season.
- On April 30, 2017, singer Philip Kirkorov received the "Diamond Owl" on the occasion of his anniversary, as well as for "a whole cascade of bright musical breaks."
- On July 2, 2017, Rovshan Askerov's team lost with a score of 0: 6. This is the first recorded case when a team ends the game with such a score without a decisive round, that is, without answering correctly 6 questions in a row.
- In the final game of 2018, Konstantin Bogatsky from the German city of Kempten received the Diamond Owl. Konstantin could not come to the game, however, immediately after the awarding ceremony, they contacted him and were able to personally congratulate him on the air.
Parodies
- In one of the episodes of the TV show "Funny Guys" a parody of "What? Where? When?". The presenter Vladimir Voroshilov was parodied by Leonid Sergeev, and the role of the expert was played by Nurali Latypov, who later became one of the club members and the first owner of a crystal owl.
- Numerous parodies of “What? Where? When?" were shown in KVN. In one of the parodies, the invited participant was Rovshan Askerov. And in 2018, the KVN Team of Stars took part in the game itself.
- A parody of the program was included in one of the episodes of the TV program "Dolls" (1997).
- Several parodies were also made by the participants of the OSB-Studio program. In addition to parodies of the game itself (connoisseurs Boris Burda, Aleksandr Byalko and Aleksandr Druz were parodied), there was also shown a parody of the show “Without a tie” with the participation of experts.
- On the stage, the game was parodied by Vladimir Vinokur (in the program "Is there an extra ticket") and Maxim Galkin. According to Galkin, the program was hosted by Vladimir Putin, who read letters from George W. Bush, Boris Berezovsky and Gerhard Schroeder, and the experts were Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Grigory Yavlinsky and Valeria Novodvorskaya.
- Three parodies of the TV game “What? Where? When ”were on the TV show“ Big Difference ”.
- A whole episode of the TV show "Cartoon of Personality" (May 8, 2012) consisted of a parody of the game, where experts were Dmitry Dibrov, Anastasia Volochkova, Gennady Onishchenko, Tina Kandelaki and Dmitry Guberniev, the team captain was Alexander Lukashenko, and the host was Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
- It was parodied several times by the Comedy Club program, and on New Year's Eve 2010, some connoisseurs (including Alexander Druzya) were depicted as 3D dolls in the ProjectorParisHilton program. The hosts of the programs themselves, whose broadcast often took place right before “What? Where? When ”, they parodied Boris Kryuk's introduction at the end of their program several times, and once the viewers really believed what was happening.
Awards
- TEFI-1997 in the category "Entertainment program"
- TEFI-2001 in the nomination "TV game"
- TEFI-2011 in the TV Game. Intellectual competition "
- TEFI-2014 in the "Teleplay" nomination
- TEFI-2016 in the "Teleplay" nomination
- TEFI-2018 in the "Teleplay" nomination
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Notes
Links
- Directory of links to regional clubs of intellectual games
- Base of questions asked in sports tournaments on “What? Where? When? "," Brain-ring "and" My own game "
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