More than 400 participants from all over the country. The final tournament of the Russian Championship in "What? Where? When?"
The final tournament of the Russian Championship in "What? Where?
When? "
among schoolchildren and college students took place at the RUSSIA EXPO. The
winner of the All-Russian tournament was the team of the SolNCe school from the
Republic of Tatarstan. In total, more than 120 thousand students representing
about 14 thousand educational institutions took part in the large-scale
intellectual competition organized by the Russian Society "Knowledge".
74 teams from 42 regions of Russia reached the finals.
In addition to Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow region, the Republic of
Tatarstan, the Stavropol region, as well as the Penza, Volgograd and Belgorod
regions were among the leaders in terms of the number of teams. It is
noteworthy that the final game was also attended by those teams that reached
the finals of last year's tournament "League of Knowledge: Schools and
Colleges", including the winners of 2023 - the team of the Perm regional center
"Muraveinik" (lit.
"Ant Farm"). Over two days, the intellectuals played five rounds,
during which they answered 60 questions. As part of the finals, in addition to
the main tournament on the game "What? Where? When? ", there was a
tournament on the game "Brain
Ring",
as well as games in the formats of "League of Knowledge" and "Intellectual Matrix".
Apart from the team from the Republic of Tatarstan,
the top ten included teams from Moscow, the Perm region, as well as the
Chelyabinsk, Kirov, Sverdlovsk, Penza, Leningrad, Kurgan and Saratov regions.
All of them received valuable prizes from the Russian Society "Knowledge" and Movement
of the First, which acted as a co-organizer of the tournament.
The winners and prize winners were congratulated by
Sergei Kiriyenko, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the
"Knowledge" Society, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Executive
Office of the President of the Russian Federation.
"It
is no coincidence that the finals of the Knowledge.Game: Russian Championship
on "What?
Where? When? "
is held at the RUSSIA EXPO, which is held at VDNH by decision of our President
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Everything that our country is proud of is
gathered here. And the fact that you are here, having been selected from 121
thousand players, is absolutely justified, because you are the national pride.
You are the best of the best," Sergei Kiriyenko said.
He thanked mentors, teachers and parents of the young
experts, and also emphasized that reaching the finals is not only the knowledge
and will of each player, but also the credit of all those who supported them on
this path.
The winners and runners-up received prizes from the
tournament partners - Tinkoff Junior, Rosatom State Corporation, Prosveshchenie
Group of Companies (lit. Enlightenment GC), as well as from Skyeng's Skysmart
online school for children and teenagers. Russian Railways and FESCO
Transportation Group also acted as partners of the intellectual competition.
The gifts for the participants included equipment, board games, books, money
certificates and even a trip to a unique Arctic expedition on the nuclear-powered
"Icebreaker
of Knowledge".
The certificate for participation in the V scientific and educational
expedition "Icebreaker
of Knowledge"
was presented to the most effective participant of the Championship, Anna
Dizendorf from the team of Lyceum No. 11 of Chelyabinsk, by Konstantin Ruder,
Deputy Director of the Communications Department of Rosatom State Corporation,
captain of the Rosatom team in the television club "What? Where? When? ".
A series of games of the qualifying stage of the tournament Knowledge.Game: Russian Championship on "What? Where? When? " among schoolchildren and college students started in this February. More than 20 thousand teams from all corners of Russia, including new regions, joined the intellectual tournament. The coaches helped the players in preparation for the tournament, including both mentors with more than fifteen years of experience in preparing teams and organizing regional tournaments, and very young experts, who just a short while ago became prize-winners of intellectual tournaments themselves. Some of them even managed to lead several teams to the finals of the Russian Championship.
In April, the district finals were held at regional
venues, and 45 teams were selected to play in the all-Russian finals in Moscow.
Other teams received the right to play in the final on the basis of the results
of the Online Cup Knowledge.Game, as well as partner tournaments, which were
held under the license of the production center "Game-TV", the right
holder of the brand "What?
Where? When? ".
It should be reminded that the Russian Championship on
the game "What?
Where? When? ",
included in the list of intellectual events of Knowledge.Game, started in
October 2023. The grandest intellectual competition is held in three
categories: "What?
Where? When? ":
Schools and Colleges" — for schoolchildren of 5-11 grades and students of specialized secondary
educational establishments (colleges); "What? Where? When? ":
Universities” - for students of higher educational institutions up to 25 years
old; "What?
Where? When? ":
Open Games", where all fans of intellectual competitions over 18 years old
can take part.
Detailed information about intellectual competitions
is available in the community Knowledge.Game in the social network VKontakte.
The event will feature a presentation of a collection of essays written by participants of the international project "Open Dialogue: The Future of the World. New Platform for Global Growth."