Championship of Russia Knowledge.Game in the format of "What? Where? When?" for students. Finals at the Exposition
On April
25-26, the final game of the anniversary XX Championship of Russia
Knowledge.Game in the "What? Where? When?" format among students was
held at the RUSSIA EXPO. The winner was the team of St. Petersburg State
Electrotechnical University "LETI" named after V. I. Ulyanov (Lenin).
A total of 47 student teams that became the best according to the results of
qualifying games in 48 regions of Russia took part in the large-scale federal
final. The All-Russian intellectual tournament organized by the Russian Society
"Knowledge" united about 51 thousand students from 240 universities
of Russia. Intellectuals played six rounds, during which they answered 72
questions.
In addition
to the team from St. Petersburg, the top ten included teams from Nizhny
Novgorod, Vladimir and Kaliningrad regions, the Republic of Tatarstan, as well
as Moscow. All of them received commemorative prizes from the Russian Society
"Knowledge", as well as board games from Hobby World - the largest
Russian publisher, manufacturer and distributor of board games.
The winners
and runners-up were congratulated by Maxim Dreval, Director General of the
Russian Society "Knowledge".
"In
total, about 50 thousand students took part in the tournament Knowledge.Game on
"What? Where? When?", but today less than 300 people gathered at the
finals. They went through a long and difficult competitive selection, defending
their right to be here. I hope that the tournament was an opportunity for all
the participants to gain new knowledge, skills, friends and like-minded people
- everything that may be useful to them in the future. I wish everyone to
inspire their peers and the younger generation by their example, never lose
enthusiasm and keep learning. Be sure to thank those people who supported you
and invested their efforts in your success - teachers, parents and mentors. The
value of knowledge is in its correct application, so use knowledge for the
benefit of your family, our country and our common future!" he addressed
the participants.
Sergei
Novikov, Chief of the Presidential Directorate for Social Projects, joined the
congratulations: "This is just the beginning for each of you! Regardless
of who gets the coveted prizes or becomes the champion, the main thing I want
to wish you is not to stop at what you have achieved, because you have your
whole life ahead of you in the land of opportunities".
Andrei
Kozlov, the owner of the "Diamond" and three "Crystal
Owls", master of the game "What? Where? When?", Deputy Director
General of Production Center Igra-TV LLC, academician of the Academy of Russian
Television, also took part in the awarding ceremony. He said that the team of
the Championship winners will be invited as guests to one of the broadcasts of
the game "What? Where? When?" in the Hunting Lodge in Neskuchny
Garden, where the legendary program is filmed.
"The
tournament "What? Where? When?" is an absolutely great and immortal
game, and our championship confirms it. Today is the 20th anniversary Student
Championship, but I am sure that the children of the finalists and participants
will still surely gather at the 50th. I sincerely congratulate the winners -
all those who reached the finals, those who took part in the qualifying games
and, of course, those who came on stage today to collect the commemorative
prizes!" emphasized Andrei Kozlov.
It should
be noted that the Russian Championship on the game "What? Where?
When?", included in the list of intellectual events of Knowledge.Game,
started in October 2023. Players from 89 regions of Russia could take part in
the large-scale competition - to participate they had to register and play one
of the qualifying games. During the tournament, teams had to demonstrate their
knowledge, as well as show their wit and teamwork skills by answering questions
covering the widest possible range of topics, including the history of Russia
and its achievements in culture, art and science.
The
competition is held in three categories: "What? Where? When?":
Schools and Colleges" - for schoolchildren of 5-11 grades and students of
secondary schools; "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. The finals of intellectual
competitions in all categories will be held in 2024.
Detailed
information about the intellectual competition is available in the community
Knowledge.Game in the social network VKontakte.
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