Polina ionova what where when. "What? Where? When? ”: scandals and intrigues of the intellectual game (46 photos)

On television, you will not often see programs of such a level as the intellectual casino "What? Where? When?". His games have been invariably of interest for many decades. But even among intellectuals there are scandals and intrigues.

March 5, 1950 was born Boris Oskarovich Burda, bard, connoisseur, culinary specialist. Among his other hobbies is visiting nude beaches. Some members of the intellectual club "What? Where? When?" they have an explosive temperament, are distinguished by strange addictions, and sometimes even break the law. gag ring, bare chest, strippers, verbal skirmishes and accusations of rape ... We present to your attention the most high-profile scandals and intrigues of an intellectual casino.

Boris Burda owes much media attention to his unusual hobby: going to a nude beach.

“I was brought to my current beach almost twenty years ago. Then adherents of yoga, oriental teachings, poets and creative people in general gathered there,” the expert recalled in an interview.

“It was indecent to behave not like everyone else ... Over time, I “got accustomed” to the beach so much that they began to attract me to perform public duties. Sometimes some idiot from the province with a video camera comes to the beach. And he starts asking: where is the general, where Prosecutor, where is Burda?

Burda also said that he was subjected to real discrimination by the presenter at the beginning of his career as an "expert". “Unfortunately, from the very beginning, Voroshilov tried to pass me off as a person who knows a lot, but thinks very poorly ...

... Somehow at a press conference he was asked what intelligence is. He said something for a long time, and then suddenly pointed his finger at me and said: "In general, Boris, erudition interferes with the intellect." A year later, a press conference again ... Voroshilov is asked what is the difference between a simply educated person and a player in "What? Where? When?" And the grandfather again answers: the difference is like between Dvinyatin and Burda.

But the members of the intellectual club Andrei Kozlov and Rovshan Askerov became famous for their explosive temperaments. Once they had a verbal skirmish right during the television broadcast of the game of the Crystal Atom prize winning team.

Askerov furiously claimed that he saw how Kozlov prompted the players at the table, after which a version was given as an answer to the question, which was not even discussed at the table.

“Mr. presenter, there was a hint and it’s frank. I will not be silent in any case. Mr. Kozlov, everyone else, and even I, saw it, how you said the word “books.” It was, have the courage to admit it,” he said Rovshan Askerov.

The host did not see this, since the game managers did not pay attention to this, therefore he could not judge the dispute.

Kozlov, on the other hand, called Askerov a scoundrel and compared him to a tiger from Gennady Khazanov's skit, who was not reported to. “And I won’t be silent here either. Rovshan, you’re a scoundrel. What can I do, you’re a scoundrel. Rovshan is just jealous that the guys are playing, but he’s not. Rovshan, I won’t talk to you anymore,” said Kozlov.

Shortly before this, Askerov had a row with Alexander Druz, the most recognizable "expert". The stumbling block in this conflict was the tomato, the question about which Askerov's team answered.

The players were given two salads - fruit and vegetable - and a tomato. They were asked to explain how British journalist Miles Kington used these dishes to explain the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

The host considered Alena Blinova's answer incorrect, but still awarded the team a point. Many experts present were outraged by this decision.

Friends even stated that Askerov, who came to the defense of Blinova, lost his reputation in front of millions of viewers, to which he retorted: "Friend can go to hell!"

“I don’t care at all about the opinion of master Alexander Abramovich Druz about my reputation, because my opinion about his reputation is that he has no reputation at all. So what? I don’t give a damn! say nothing at all. In the coffin I saw their opinion!" - he said.

Askerov clashed with Maxim Potashev last year, but not during the game, but on Facebook. Rovshan posted a post in which he expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that the program "What? Where? When?" out not in live.

At the same time, the "expert" addressed his claims to Maxim Potashev, to which the latter hastened to answer in the comments.

Maxim was not shy in expressions.

Team captain Alena Povysheva attracted everyone's attention scandalous behavior but original decoration.

Alena appeared on the program in a leather jewelry resembling a gag ring for BDSM.

Internet users found similar accessories in sex shops. In BDSM, they are worn on the head, and the ring is placed in the mouth so that the jaw does not close.

A lot of memes and comments appeared on the network in this regard: “Alena Povysheva was in such a hurry to play“ What? Where? When?" That I didn't have time to take off the BDSM choker."

Another scandal erupted around political views player Ilya Novikov, a lawyer who dealt with the case of Nadezhda Savchenko.

The host and producer of the show, Boris Kryuk, said in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets that the player had to make a choice in this case.

"With all my good attitude to Ilya, he had to choose first what was more important for him - the Club or a political career, and then deal with Savchenko. Understand, if you defend Savchenko and you are a ChGK player, it means that ChGK is also for Savchenko. ChGK is out of politics. And if you decide to go into politics, you need to say: thank you, I will do it," Hook commented.

After this conflict, Novikov really did not participate in the spring series of games, but this was explained by the fact that he did not have the opportunity.

Singer Ani Lorak, who represented Ukraine at Eurovision in 2008, also performed in front of "experts" during a break in the program.

The performance was not without embarrassment: Anya's magnificent breasts jumped out of a tight dress, which pleased both the spectators and the players of the "What? Where? When?" club.

In another issue of "What? Where? When?" a pair of dancers performed a candid dance in front of the connoisseurs to Serge Gainsbourg's hit "Je t'aime ... moi non plus".

Moreover, the brave dancers had to perform the number at a temperature of almost -20 ° C, which can be seen from the steam coming from the stripper's mouth.

When the "musical pause" was close to completion, in front of the unsuspecting "experts" the girl bared her breasts.

The players of the intellectual club showed a variety of reactions.

In 2007, the court sentenced the player "What? Where? When?" Georgy Zharkov to 4.5 years in prison conditionally.

According to the prosecution, Zharkov raped a 19-year-old resident Nizhny Novgorod who suffered from mental retardation.

"Connoisseur" met a guy who was looking for an overnight stay at the Vladimirsky railway station and invited him to his apartment.

There, George kept the guy locked up for several days, forcing him to perform oral sex.

Eventually, the young man managed to escape through the tenth floor balcony by making a rope out of his clothes and bed linen, but broke around the fifth. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured in the fall.

Georgy Zharkov himself did not admit his guilt. On February 28, 2016, the “expert” died after an illness.

In the 90s, in addition to "What? Where? When?" the same "experts" participated in another similar show called "Brain Ring".

It was in one of the episodes of the program that the emotional Rovshan Askerov for the first time really lost his temper when the presenter counted his essentially correct answers as incorrect.

Askerov literally "barked" at Andrey Kozlov, and young Anatoly Wasserman also got under the arm.

At the same time, a certain magnificent lady from the team tried to stop him with her kisses Askerov. It was after this release that it became clear to everyone that it was better not to mess with Rovshan.

But the legendary presenter "What? Where? When?" Vladimir Voroshilov in the 70s hosted a program called "Auction", in which Soviet goods were "promoted".

In one of the issues, the Minister of the Fishing Industry, Ishkov, personally rolled an amber necklace into a tin can with crabs and promised that tomorrow this can would appear on one of the counters.

All canned crab was sold out the next morning, but the then guardian of morals, Mikhail Suslov, was indignant at this episode: the program was closed, and Voroshilov was fired, forbidding him to appear on television for a long time.

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“You don’t treat me and don’t lead me with your hand.” All people are capricious and unbearable when they are sick. All. Not only men, as is commonly believed. Because of this (or as a bonus) I can't stand being treated. It would seem that what could be sweeter than such a manifestation of concern for you (or for double-glazed windows that are at risk of cracking if you do not stop coughing)? So every time I come across this, thinking “oh, lovely! Come on, treat me, ”and after 5 minutes I regret it. And all because this endless pressure begins “drink it, go rinse it, go eat it” and my vulnerable protest essence immediately gets into a fighting position, begins to be absent and refuses to do anything at all, including communication with the “doctor”. Even when somewhere deep down I am grateful for it with all my might. This is neither good nor bad, but it's time to remember for yourself and write down what if I want to save good relations with a person, it’s better not to get sick with him😅 - 6 days ago

Today Vika @the.beautyhunter made me think about what I have never done. In fact, you can come up with a lot of such things, for example, "I have never been to ..." and list all the countries, with the exception of a few that I have seen. But if you do not go deep in particular and highlight 7 of the most mundane and everyday, then here is my list of "I never ...": ...watched "Titanic" from beginning to end. Well, it doesn’t pull, I’m not interested, I don’t see it there beautiful story love. ... jumped with a parachute. But it is in my plans for life. ... did not break anything from the bones. There is a possibility that the previous and this item will disappear from the list together😅 ...I lost my phone forever. That is, she lost, but found after some time. ... fed the birds from her hand. Well, this point, in principle, will not surprise anyone who knows me at least a little😄 ... went skiing. I don't know if I will fix it. I can hardly cope with my legs, and here I also have long sticks fastened to them😂 ...I fell asleep in the subway. Somehow it hasn't happened yet. This is probably good) And finally, I try to never say no) Maybe tomorrow I will put on a cape and a hat and go feed the pigeons, like Kevin's friend in "Home Alone 2", who knows😅 - 16 days ago

What does a healthy female body need to be happy? Well, there is this, that, the fifth, the tenth, to laugh and cry for five minutes every couple of months😅 And if female body I decided that today is the very day that is amazingly suitable for this five-minute period, then there will be a reason for one or two: someone doesn’t like your unicorn, and again some kind of dregs need to be sculpted for stupid developers, and only Tuesday in the yard, and still full of all the terribly annoying 😅 And there is no Leletka @neivanof with his sincere hugs and will not be at least until September! How can you not cry then?! But now the minute of self-flagellation is over and September seems not so far away, I remember that the unicorn is beautiful and some simply underestimate it (as well as my culinary skills, by the way), and developers... no, you can’t help this grief with tears, unfortunately😑 There are, of course, people who "hate women's tears" and they will snort and spit in response to my sayings about their periodic need, but frankly, I don't care at all. Maybe someday I'll fuck 5 minutes about this, but not today, perhaps. Today I dedicate them to developers and pre-project finance👌🏻 - 17 days ago

"We have nothing to laugh about with you" - if this phrase arose in my head, then that's it, there's nothing you can do about it and it's time to get out of these relationships, whatever they may be. This is even worse than "nothing to talk about", because you can always talk about something, the main desire is here. And if a person doesn’t understand your jokes and on an ongoing basis doesn’t buy where the sarcasm is buried, then the matter is rubbish, we disperse, boys and boys. I am generally one of those who funny jokes a lot of things can forgive and close your eyes to a lot. Even if this joke is in my direction. No, of course I can bite, pinch, hit (the form of punishment depends on the proximity with the joker, I bite exclusively dear to my heart people, and not all indiscriminately😅), but I’m unlikely to hold a grudge. In general, I would have all the giggles, but the giggles. Why not, if yes? Why produce boredom if you can not produce? So, if I run away from you into the sunset, laughing out loud, then perhaps I love you with all my might. Or it hurts me. Or scary. Or I went. Here, how lucky, look at the situation. - 18 days ago

I don't know how to draw, but I like it a lot. I used to live with a whole huge box full of different colors, A3 and A4 sheets, pastels, pencils, erasers, brushes and other attributes. Time passed and the box grew with coloring books, pens, felt-tip pens. And all this only so that once every five years I will satisfy my sleeping creativity and destroy the born masterpiece before it sees the light. But then there was a move and the box was clearly not on the list of necessary things. And the soul then demands, says "Draw your kalyaki-doodles, we need them." Well, what am I, I won’t refuse her😄 it’s time to start a new box. Perhaps a big one. But I haven't thought this through yet. - 28 days ago

Perfect place to stop breathing, talking, thinking and just start dissolving into the moment. I love these moments of complete uncontrolled happiness for no apparent reason. It seems that now I know where I will air my brains😅 - 30 days ago

Difficult to assemble, easy to lose along the way. But the first summer barbecue picnic took place and this is a miracle) The weather pleased with the sun, with its light version, without sizzling heat and stuffy heavy air. Well, I love my friends. After all, friends are a family that we ourselves have chosen. And when a younger brother begins to appear among friends, it warms my darling with all its might. - 1 month ago

The day of Vietnam and conflicts with guests from neighboring countries ended with a bike ride. Good ending. In general, it was a long-awaited weekend, when you just had to lie down with all your strength, then lie down in the bathroom, smearing all possible masks on yourself. The relaxation plan has been implemented and it means that you can again plan the season of weddings and birthdays😄👌🏻 - 2 months ago

May feels like summer, and friends' weddings feel like their own new stage in life. In this regard, there are many questions for oneself, few answers, and absolutely no intelligibly formed thoughts ready to be released to people. So just Volga. I don't know about you, but I find it terribly powerful. I looked at her as if spellbound and could not tear my eyes away. Powerful and attractive. - 2 months ago

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The meaning of the game is that a team of experts answers questions sent by a team of viewers.

Basic Rules

Description of the gameplay

IN TV version games, a team of experts, consisting of six people, answers questions sent by viewers. The question is selected by a top, which in turn launches the manager.

Experts are given one minute to discuss the question, after which the team captain chooses an expert who will answer the question. There are also cases when the 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 additional minute for discussion, which they can use on any next question on this game. The number of extra minutes depends on the team's early responses. Recently, connoisseurs can take a "minute on credit" on this issue, but on the condition that they answer one of the following questions without a minute's discussion.

The game has a hint club help. If the 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 only be taken if the score is not in favor of experts. Since 2010, it has also been banned from blitz, super blitz and final rounds.

Due to the very large number of people in the hall, there are cases of unauthorized tips. The steward, who noticed this violation of the rules of the game, raises a red card. There are operators in the hall who can record the hint on video cameras. The violator 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 managers of the hall to the presenter at the moment when the captain of the playing team asks for the help of the club, and only if, during the discussion, they notice suspicions in the hint. The team is deprived of the help of the club in this round, but, unlike the red card, can give an answer. The violator will suffer a more serious punishment and, at the end of the round, will be required to leave the hall 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 if the score is not in favor of the experts. Since 2018, the card has been abolished.

When a team of connoisseurs gives an incorrect answer, the viewers whose questions the connoisseurs made a mistake receive cash prizes: the viewer who brought the first point to his team receives 50 000 rubles, second point 60 000 , third - 70 000 , fourth - 80 000 , fifth - 90 000 and the sixth point 100 000 rubles(until 2012 the amounts were from 10 000 before 60 000 rubles). With the victory of the team of experts, unplayed money goes into prize fund finals of the year, i.e. if the experts win with a score of 6:4, 190,000 rubles are added to the fund for the missing 5 and 6 viewer points.

Squat games

In some cases, 2 or more teams of experts can play during one game. This type of game is called squatting games. Its essence is that after each incorrect answer, the teams are replaced: the teams are swapped. The team that starts the game is determined by lot. If the experts win, the team that brought the decisive point last wins.

Description of the location and process of filming

Place for playing connoisseurs

Filming of the game takes place in Moscow, in the Hunting Lodge of the Neskuchny Garden. It is equipped with a special room with a table, which is divided into 6 sectors in a large radius (for each member of the team of experts) and 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 is a plastic plate on which the number 13 is printed in red (from 2001 to 2011 the Pragmatica number font, from 2011 the Arial number font, since 2013 the number font has become a little bold). In the center of the table is a spinning top with an arrow. The spinning top spins the steward, and the question on which the arrow stops is chosen for the game. The envelope containing the question is placed in a special clothespin located on one of the monitors above the experts themselves. Monitors usually show a photograph or a video shot specifically for the question by the author of the question, a video filmed by correspondents for the question, or drawings, paintings that help experts answer.

Advocates

Every game in the club there are defenders of the interests of connoisseurs, viewers, as well as the Keeper of Traditions. Their opinion is taken into account when resolving disputes.

• Connoisseur Advocate. Appeared in 2002. The advocate of the interests of connoisseurs chooses the best connoisseur of the game and presents him with the "Crystal Atom" prize. IN this moment Andrey Cheremisinov, Director of the Communications Department of Rosatom State Corporation, is the protector of the interests of connoisseurs, in some games he can be replaced by CEO Corporation Alexei Likhachev. Previously, lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky, lawyer of the Moscow Bar Association Natalia Barshchevskaya, representatives of the general sponsor - MTS company: Mikhail Susov (2003-2004), Igor Stolyarov (2005), Grzegorz Esch (2006), Mikhail Shamolin (2006), Sergey Beshev ( 2007-2008), Alexander Popovsky (2009-2012), director of the Rosatom Communications Department Sergey Novikov (2013-2016).
• Advocate for the interests of TV viewers. Appeared in 1991. The viewers' advocate chooses the best question of the game and determines the value of the viewers' winnings. Since the fall of 2018, the position has been held by Dmitry Breitenbikher, Senior Vice President of VTB Bank. From 2002 to 2009, the vice president of Binbank Grigory Guselnikov was the defender of the interests of the TV viewers team, 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.
• Tradition Keeper. A 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 hall, making sure that there are no clues. Also, one of the stewards rotates the top, and the other takes out objects, black boxes and beats the gong. Currently, the stewards are Alexander Bakalov (since 2013) and Polina Lysenko (since 2017), previously the stewards were Nikolay Lgovsky (1984-2001), Andrey Lgovsky (early 1990s), Andrey Lysenko (1993-2013), Alexey Vetyugov ( late 1990s), Boris Fuks (2001-2016), Evgeny Galkin (2011, in the games of the Kazakh version) and others.

Mikhail and Olga Barshchevsky



Alexey Likhachev



Andrey Cheremisinov



Sergey Novikov



Grigory Guselnikov



Vladimir Verkhoshinsky



Dmitry Breitenbikher



Nikolai Lgovsky



Boris Fuchs



Evgeny Galkin



Alexander Bakalov



Polina Lysenko

Questions

General information

The game requires great education and a broad outlook in the field. modern science, the ability to think quickly, in an original and extraordinary way, to be observant and attentive.

Questions belong 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 training, the ability to understand within the team.

Question types

Sample Questions

• Before you is an ancient Egyptian manuscript; it says about a certain slave: "He hears perfectly with both ears, honest and obedient." This text is regarded as one of the early copies of... what? (Answer: advertisements)
• The board of McDonald's believes that rumors that McDonald's meat dishes are prepared from earthworms can be easily refuted by comparing them to meat. Question: by what criteria? (Answer: for the price, worms cost a lot more)
• According to the humorous calendar of Belyaev and Shtalber, “If this statement were true, This would not have such good taste". Guess what the statement is about and name This. (Answer: wine).
• Once, Mark Twain's friend, Harry Duman, borrowed $500, promising to pay it back in a month - of course, if he was still alive. Question: what did Mark Twain do without receiving what he promised in a month? (Answer: Posted Duman's obituary)
• In Ambrose Bierce's fable, a deputy promises his constituents not to steal after receiving office. When it turned out that he was stealing huge sums, the voters demanded an answer. The deputy replied that, yes, he promised not to steal, but did not make another promise. What? (Answer: promises not to lie)
• Jerome K. Jerome compared This with the government, because both are valued only as long as they are good. Name it. (Answer: weather)
• Russian humorist Mikhail Zadornov said that he was not angry with the communists, since they never deceived him. But why, according to him, they did not deceive him? (Answer: because he never believed them anyway)

Game history by years

Vladimir Voroshilov

Boris Kryuk

1975. September 4 - On this day, one game was held according to different rules - two families played against each other (as in the popular game " Lucky case"). The game consisted of two rounds filmed at each family's home. They united for the sake of a photograph for the family archive.

1976. The top appears, but early games they chose not the question, but the answering player. Already this year the game “What? Where? When?" has already changed a lot and was called the "television youth club". Since Vladimir Voroshilov was forbidden to appear on the screen at that time, the first full-fledged release of the TV game was held 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 loudly and smoked. There was no one-minute discussion time limit, 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 on how long the question could be discussed. The first symbol appeared in the game - the eagle 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 bags of letters arrived every day, each of which had to be answered, selected best questions, check the accuracy of the facts presented, edit, prepare, if necessary, necessary items. Of course, one person cannot do such a job, and Voroshilov was assisted by his wife Natalya Stetsenko, who for many years headed the department of correspondence with the audience.

1979. Games began to be held regularly. The term "expert" appeared, now this word has become familiar to describe the participants in the game, the club is now usually called the "club of connoisseurs". Up to this point, there was no specific name for the players. The details of the game rules changed often, but the top prize was always the books (which were hung during the final game on Christmas tree) and a crystal owl.

1982. Introduced a six-point game rule

1983. Instead of the Ostankino television center, the games are being held in a mansion on Herzen Street

1984. A new prize has been introduced - the Crystal Owl. The best player at the end of the year becomes its owner

1987. Hosting the International Games in Bulgaria

1988-1989 International games in Sovincenter. Several teams participate in the game at the same time.

1990. The program begins to leave the Hunting Lodge in the Neskuchny Garden

1991. The game has become more commercialized, that is, it has turned from an "intellectual club" into an "intellectual casino". Experts begin to play for money

1992. Starting this year, there are two series a year - summer and winter. A zero sector appeared, called the "zero sector". It appeared instead of the sector with the largest amount, which was supposed to be for the correct answer. Each question now has a certain “cost”, which can be increased by putting the money won on a certain playing field. Sponsors and lawyers appeared (Mikhail Barshchevsky).

1995. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the game, the Immortal Games are held. The title of Master of the Club has been introduced. Alexander Druz became the first master

1999. The game is temporarily released on the NTV channel. Held Christmas Series

2000. In autumn, an experimental series of games takes place, in which, in addition to connoisseurs and viewers, the Internet team also participates. Using the site www.rambler.ru, registered Internet users during a minute of discussion give their versions of the answer. The most popular version becomes the final answer from the Internet team, and the Internet user who sends the correct version faster than the rest gets the amount that was at stake. The account is indicated in the order "viewers:experts:Internet".

In December, the Anniversary Games are held, in which the existence of the game is at stake. The title of Master is awarded to Maxim Potashev. On December 30, Vladimir Voroshilov played his last game

2001. This year, the host of the game, Vladimir Voroshilov, dies. After that, his adopted son began to play the game - Boris Kryuk. At first he distorted his voice, but soon revealed himself and began to play 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 updated, games for money were discontinued. From that moment on, the value of questions was determined by telephone voting by viewers (the difference between the number of “like” and “dislike” votes multiplied by 10 rubles; negative sums 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 held, in which the best team of experts of the season takes part. In total, 17 games are played per year. The Crystal Owl is now awarded 3 times a year. A new prize has been introduced - the Diamond Owl, which is awarded to the best player of the winning team in the Final of the Year.

2005. Celebration of the 30th anniversary of the game. Victor Sidnev becomes the third master. From now on in the final anniversary year the winning team is awarded the Crystal Nest - 6 crystal owls.

2008. From this year, cash prizes for TV viewers have changed. For the first point for his team, the viewer receives 10,000 rubles, for each subsequent 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 an anniversary.

2013. Viewers' winnings have increased. Depending on the point won, the viewer receives from 50 to 100 thousand rubles. The game is coming out 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 Academy of TV viewers 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 a message has risen from 5-6 cents (according to tariff plan) up 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 from the expert team and the best player from the TV viewer team based on the results of a series of games. The first owner of the Crystal Owl was Nurali Latypov. Present in Anniversary Seasons special prize - crystal nest, representing six small owls on a crystal tray. Awarded to the best team of 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 Andrey Kozlov and in 2010 to the team of Balash Kasumov.

Prize winners ( in italics owls obtained as part of the Crystal Nest are highlighted):

1. Alexander Druz - 1990, 1992 (winter), 1995 (winter), 2000 (autumn), 2006 (summer), 2012 (spring);
2. Fedor Dvinyatin - 1991 (summer), 1994 (summer), 2000 (winter), 2002 (spring);
3. Maxim Potashev - 1997 (winter), 2000 (winter), 2000 (winter), 2016 (autumn);
4. Andrey Kozlov - 1992 (summer), 1994 (winter), 2008 (winter);
5. Boris Burda - 1998 (winter), 2000 (winter), 2008 (winter);
6. Dmitry Avdeenko - 2009 (winter), 2010 (winter), 2018 (summer);
7. Julia Lazareva - 2010 (winter), 2015 (autumn), 2017 (spring);
8. Alexey Blinov - 1992 (summer), 1993 (winter);
9. Alexander Rubin - 1995 (summer), 1996 (summer);
10. Valentina Golubeva - 2003 (summer), 2003 (autumn);
11. Ilya Novikov - 2004 (autumn), 2014 (summer);
12. Ales Mukhin - 2004 (spring), 2019 (summer);
13. Vladimir Molchanov - 1991 (winter), 2008 (winter);
14. Nikolai Silantiev - 2008 (winter), 2008 (winter);
15. Elizabeth Ovdeenko - 2010 (winter), 2011 (spring);
16. Mikhail Skipsky - 2010 (winter), 2016 (spring);
17. Nurali Latypov - 1984;
18. Marina Govorushkina - 1985;
19. Leonid Vladimirsky - 1986;
20. Oleg Dolgov - 1987;
21. Neiko Neikov - 1987;
22. Nikita Shangin - 1988;
23. Vladislav Petrushko - 1989;
24. Lyudmila Gerasimova - 1993 (summer);
25. Georgy Zharkov - 1998 (summer);
26. Alexander Byalko - 2000 (winter);
27. Alla Damsker - 2000 (winter);
28. Marina Druz - 2000 (winter);
29. Dmitry Eremin - 2000 (winter);
30. Sergey Tsarkov - 2000 (winter);
31. Victor Sidnev - 2001 (summer);
32. Rovshan Askerov - 2001 (winter);
33. Dmitry Konovalenko - 2002 (summer);
34. Mikhail Moon - 2002 (autumn);
35. Inna Druz - 2003 (winter);
36. Asya Shavinskaya - 2004 (summer);
37. Andrey Bychutkin - 2006 (autumn);
38. Grigory Alkhazov - 2011 (summer);
39. Vladimir Stepanov - 2012 (autumn);
40. Gunel Babayeva - 2013 (summer);
41. Boris Levin - 2014 (autumn);
42. Boris Belozerov - 2017 (autumn);
43. Elman Talybov - 2019 (spring);
44. Alexey Kapustin - 2008 (winter);
45. Igor Kondratyuk - 2008 (winter);
46. Vladimir Antokhin - 2010 (winter);
47. Balash Kasumov - 2010 (winter);
48. Roman Alloyarov - Little Crystal Owl, 1997 (winter).

• diamond owl- it is received by the best player according to the results of the year. The prize was founded in 2002.

Connoisseurs-owners of the Diamond Owl: Asya Shavinskaya (2004); Boris Burda (2007); Andrey Kozlov (2008); Balash Kasumov (2010); Alexander Druz (2011); Boris Levin (2012); Ilya Novikov (2014).

Viewers-owners of the Diamond Owl: Vladimir Lebedev from Pinsk, Belarus (2002); Maria Melnikova from Moscow (2003); Zhanna Polyanskaya from Syktyvkar, Komi Republic (2005); Natalya Khametshina from Astrakhan (2006); Tatyana Medvedeva from Saratov (2009); Pavel Boytsov from St. Petersburg (2013); Vladimir Korvyakov from Lytkarino, Moscow region. (2015); Nikolay Azariev from the village. Dry Donetsk, Voronezh region (2016); Tatyana Frolova from Moscow (2017); Konstantin Bogatsky from Kempten, Germany (2018).

• Owl sign- was the predecessor of the Crystal Owl, was awarded several times in the early 1980s.

Prize winners

1. Alexander Byalko;
2. Sergei Ilyin;
3. Ludmila Gerasimova.

Jackets

Red jacket was a sign "immortal club member"- a person who could stay in the club even if his team lost. It was introduced in the 1991 winter series. Jackets were given to all owners of the "Crystal Owl", including connoisseurs who received "owls" before the introduction of the title of "immortal". In the winter series of 1994 and in the spring series of 1995 jackets were awarded to all players of the teams of Mikhail Smirnov and Alexei Blinov. After the conclusion of the Games of the Immortals in 1995, the jackets were abolished.

Shoulder strap of the best captain

This epaulette is issued to the best captain every five years. Introduced in 2000 by Vladimir Voroshilov. IN final game In 2000, he decided to award the best club 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 Boris Kryuk presented shoulder straps in the summer of 2001, after Voroshilov's death. Prize winners:

1. Andrey Kamorin (2001);
2. Boris Eremin (2001);
3. Vladimir Lutovinov (2001);
4. Viktor Sidnev (2001);
5. Andrey Kozlov (2001);
6. Alexey Blinov (2001);
7. Ales Mukhin (2005);
8. Balash Kasumov (2010).

Cadet epaulette

Awarded by a connoisseur with the shoulder strap of the best captain at the end of each series "Children of the XXI century" to the best captain of this series. Shoulder strap holders:

1. Kirill Emelin (2018);
2. Artyom Savochkin (2019).

Title of Club Master

Since 1995, in each anniversary season of the game, one of the experts has been awarded the title of master. This title is currently held by:

1. Alexander Druz (since 1995);
2. Maxim Potashev (since 2000);
3. Viktor Sidnev (since 2005);
4. Andrey Kozlov (since 2008);
5. Elizaveta Ovdeenko (since 2018).

The title of academician of the club

Similarly with the masters of the club, in the final of 2015 the title of academician was introduced. It is assigned to active viewers who:

• have either a Crystal Owl or a Diamond Owl and have scored six victories over connoisseurs;
• twice awarded either the Crystal Owl or the Diamond Owl, regardless of the number of victories over connoisseurs.

Academics are always invited to the Club for the Series Finals and Year Finals, whether their questions are at the table or not. In case of TV viewers' victory, academicians, like masters, take a collective part in choosing the winner of the final prize. This title is currently held by:

1. Sergei Chevdar from Chornomorsk, Ukraine (winner of the Crystal Owl);
2. Svetlana Sumachakova from Gorno-Altaisk, Republic of Altai (two-time winner of the Crystal Owl);
3. Tatyana Medvedeva from Saratov (winner of the "Diamond Owl");
4. Zhanna Polyanskaya from Syktyvkar, Komi Republic (winner of the Diamond Owl);
5. Radik Khabibullin from the village of Popovka, Perm region(owner of the "Crystal Owl"), since October 28, 2018.

Prize for the brightest answer

In the final game of 2015, for the first time, a special prize was awarded for the brightest answer of the year. It is a gold-colored cufflink with the 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 bright answer at a crucial moment. Prize winners:

1. Alena Povysheva (2015, question about the shape of the patisson in the third game of the Winter Series)
2. Boris Belozyorov (2016, super blitz question about Ilya Oblomov in the third game of the Summer Series)
3. Elizaveta Ovdeenko (2017, blitz question about Ramon Gomez de la Serna's gregars in the second game of the Winter Series)
4. Elizaveta Ovdeenko (2018, question about the parent of the rhyme in the fourth game of the Winter Series)

Other prizes and awards

• Insignia "For services to the game" What? Where? When? "" - was awarded on May 14, 2005 to "the best expert of all times and peoples" Alexander Druz 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”) - was awarded on December 24, 2005 to Andrei Kozlov, who, after losing on November 19, 2005, throughout the next game proved the correctness of his incorrect answer - he stuffed the snake with rice according to his own 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, Andrei Kozlov, Alexei Kapustin and Maxim Potashev received the same medals for participation in more than 50 games. This medal could also be received by the old-timer of the club Alexander Druz, who had played 91 games at that time, but he was offered a new medal when he sat down as a player for the 100th time. On June 30, 2019, the medal was presented to Ales Mukhin.

pauses

For breaks in the game, various pauses are used to cheer up the team of connoisseurs:

• Musical pause - the host takes this pause after the third round and later, except for those moments when the score is 3:0 in favor of the experts.
• Coffee break - held from March 4, 2018, connoisseurs are served coffee brand Ambassador.
• Previously, there was a Tea Break in the game, which was usually held when the time is 23:00-0:00 (on winter time previously). They served tea brand Ahmad - the sponsor of the TV game show.

Music in the game

Here is a list of all musical themes, which were used in gameplay before and now:

• On December 30, 2000, as part 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 would see the game again. The general director of ORT 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 lead the game? The program returned to the air "on schedule" - The summer series of 2001 was held 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, and also if the audience by a majority votes for the continuation of the Club. Connoisseurs won with a score of 6:4, and 91% of the audience voted for the "Be" option. The series of games was entirely dedicated to the creator of the game, Vladimir Voroshilov.
• Since 2001, the game has been hosted by Boris Kryuk, but he spent the Summer Series of the same year with a processed understated voice. No one knew who was leading the game, initially it was thought that Hook's cousin was the host. In view of such uncertainty, the host was addressed in this way - “Mr. Leading”. This tradition has been preserved to this day.
• The winter series of 2001 opened the game in a completely new way. The studio has been changed to more modern way, and experts no longer play for money. From now on, only the best connoisseurs with the audience.
• 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 in the audience.
• 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 most short game(41 minutes) was April 10, 2010 - then the presenter did not take a musical break.
• On April 17, 2010, for the first time, one of the players of Andrei Kozlov's team, Igor Kondratyuk, played via Skype, due to the inability to fly to Moscow due to an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption. The team won this game. This is the first time that a club expert participated in the discussion in absentia.
• On May 28, 1994, the team of Alexei Vavilov, 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, Boris Kryuk, the host of the game, went to the hall for the first time to see the experts.
• In the final of 2008, the player who was supposed to answer the questions of the super blitz was chosen by a top.
• In the final game of 2010 in the thirteenth sector, a question was asked not from the Internet, but invented by the presenter himself. The question sounded like this: “We try the nut on the tooth - it doesn’t give in. We are looking for a heavier object nearby, but we do not find such an object. We turn the nut over, examine it in the light until we find a small crack in the shell, and, putting the shell so that the crack is on top, we hit it with force and either split it or make sure that the crack turned out to be false. “Who and about what said all this?" Dmitry Avdeenko answered it correctly, and the correct answer was “This is a very beautiful metaphor for what is happening here and now. The nut in this case is a question, and we are trying to find in it weakness, open it to find the correct answer. And, most likely, Vladimir Yakovlevich Voroshilov proposed such a metaphor.
• In 2008, at the final of the year, the 33rd game was recognized by the masters as an anniversary game, but with one caveat, “if the 66th game is also recognized as an anniversary game.”
• In 2011, the 13th sector fell out 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 2007 summer series. Next case occurred in the first game of the spring 2014 series - again due to technical issues, possibly related to updating the screen design.
• In the 2013 Final, before the start of the game, the team of Ales Mukhin and personally Ilya Novikov, who had previously lost the game in 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 issue. The host supported the idea and asked the audience in the hall whether to replay the question or not, and the decision would be made if at least 7 votes were received. As a result, 9 spectators voted "for", two "against", one spectator had to abstain due to the fact that she did not see the previous game. Only after the vote, the Host clarified that if Mukhin's team played, then those who voted "for" decided to give up the question with their own voice without a possible win. The question from the 13th sector was chosen as a question for replay. It contained a question not from the Internet, but from the Host himself. Unlike the 2010 Finals, Boris Kryuk, like the Zero sector, went to Ilya Novikov, and the hourglass played the role of a “minute for reflection”. The question was lost, and the team of Konstantin Ruder entered the final game.
• In the final game of 2013, I played a question from Pavel Boytsov, who came to Moscow with his family, his son was with him in the hall. During the announcement of the correct answer, the junior representative of the family started to open the black box too early, which was followed by a rather violent reaction from the host. The case became a meme and gained great popularity outside the audience of “What? Where? When?".
• April 12, 2014, according to the results of the final game of the Spring Series, Svetlana Sumachakova from Gorno-Altaisk became the first viewer in the history of “What? Where? When?" - two-time winner of the Crystal Owl.
• September 7, 2014, in the first game of the Autumn Series, Irina Nizamova became the first female 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 the debut for Irina.
• On September 13, 2014, in the second game of the Autumn Series, the team of Balash Kasumov felt the effect of the "butterfly wing". In the 13th sector, due to the limited number of lines displayed on the screen, the question was far from being shown in full. Even so, there was a correct version at the table, but the connoisseurs gave the wrong answer. After some time, it was decided to remove the question of the 13th sector, and the sector itself to be removed from the table, although it was possible to choose another question from the Internet. Then a number of circumstances followed: during the replay of the round, a top was touched, which could decide the fate of the game; on the chosen 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; Elizaveta Ovdeenko makes a very annoying mistake on the third question of the super blitz, although she was well versed in the field of knowledge of the question. As a result, the negligence of technical editors led to the defeat and the team's exit 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 pauses."
• On July 2, 2017, the team of Rovshan Askerov 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 correctly answering 6 questions in a row.
• In the final game of 2018, the Diamond Owl was awarded to Konstantin Bogatsky from the German city of Kempten. Konstantin was not able to come to the game, but immediately after the award, they got in touch with him and were able to personally congratulate him on the air.

Parodies

• In one of the episodes of the TV show "Jolly Fellows" a parody of "What? Where? When?". The presenter Vladimir Voroshilov was parodied by Leonid Sergeev, and the role of the connoisseur 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, Rovshan Askerov was an invited participant. And in 2018, the KVN Star Team took part in the game itself.
• A parody of the program was contained in one of the episodes of the TV program "Dolls" (1997).
• Several parodies were also made by the participants of the OSP-studio program. In addition to parodies of the game itself (connoisseurs Boris Burda, Alexander Byalko and Alexander Druz were parodied), a parody of the program "Without a tie" was also shown with the participation of connoisseurs.
• 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 led by Vladimir Putin, who read letters from George Bush, Boris Berezovsky and Gerhard Schroeder, and Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Grigory Yavlinsky and Valeria Novodvorskaya were experts.
• Three TV game parodies of “What? Where? When" were in the TV show "Big Difference".
• A whole episode of the TV show “Mult Personality” (May 8, 2012) consisted of a parody of the game, where the connoisseurs were Dmitry Dibrov, Anastasia Volochkova, Gennady Onishchenko, Tina Kandelaki and Dmitry Guberniev, the team captain was Alexander Lukashenko, and the host was Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
• Several times parodied by the program " comedy club", and on New Year's Eve 2010, some connoisseurs (including Alexander Druz) were depicted as 3D puppets in the ProjectorParisHilton program. The program hosts themselves, whose broadcast often came right before “What? Where? When”, several times they parodied Boris Kryuk’s introduction at the end of their program, and once the viewers really believed what was happening.

Awards

• TEFI-1997 in the "Entertainment program" nomination
• TEFI-2001 in the TV Game nomination
• TEFI-2011 in the TV Game. Intellectual competition»
• TEFI-2014 in the TV Game nomination
• TEFI-2016 in the TV Game nomination
• TEFI-2018 in the TV Game nomination

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Notes

Links

• Directory of links to regional clubs of intellectual games
• Database of questions asked in sports tournaments on “What? Where? When?”, “Brain Ring” and “Own Game”

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For a whole week, the hysteria around Alena Povysheva, the captain of the team of experts in the program “What? Where? When? ”, The decoration of which bloggers mistook for a BDSM gag. IN latest release programs where the girl did not even play, she was shown 28 times. The network writes that they are ready to watch all the issues of “What? Where? When?" for the sake of one Alena.

Georgy Lobushkin, head of the communications department at Mail.ru, drew attention to the fact that during the broadcast of the What? Where? When?" On October 16, the face of captain Alena Povysheva was often shown, who did not even play at the table. According to his calculations, Alyona was shown 28 times (the broadcast lasted 40 minutes in total).

and the interests of viewers today are protected by the operator, who has already shown three times higher

Orgasm Generator (@nstsi_) October 16, 2016

This was also noticed by many bloggers, they associate the attention of operators to Povysheva with the broadcast of Channel One last week, where the girl appeared with a neck decoration, which many.

The history of the decoration has made the captain one of the most popular connoisseurs in in social networks. For a week bloggers have been writing about the girl without ceasing, many say that they started watching “What? Where? When?" because of Alena.

https://twitter.com/bulch/status/787744313744691200

I'm really in love with Povysheva, I'll have to watch ChGK now

If porn in Russia still manages to completely ban it, it will be possible to masturbate to Povysheva. pic.twitter.com/PT24S2Blgm

for the first time I don’t want to root for anyone, just show Povyshev😍

Povysheva herself told the publication that she could not give comments to the press because of an agreement with the Igra-TV company, which produces the What? Where? When?". On social networks, she also did not write anything about the jewelry scandal.

It seems to me that the audience is having fun even without my participation, so I consider it superfluous to comment.

Alena Povysheva

But the girl posted on her Facebook a very provocative photo with a red card, which was shown during her game to the captain of the other team, Rovshan Askerov. Askerov was accused of a hint and removed from the hall, and Alena's team was not credited with the correct answer.

Well, how not to help Alena Povysheva?

Rovshan Askerov

But it is a mistake to think that Povysheva has become popular on the network only now. On the entertainment site "Peekaboo" there is a separate tag, and, for example, a selection of images of a girl from 2012, when she started playing "What? Where? When?" on Channel One.

Alena was born and raised in Minsk, graduated from the Belarusian State University. The girl lives in St. Petersburg, is engaged in graphic design and PR.

Alena is 28 years old, in 2011 she married a St. Petersburg photographer Yuri Filippov.