Owl crystal - a prize that is awarded to the best participant in the television game "What? Where? When?". This award can get as one of the connoisseurs, and the viewer.
Brief information
Owl crystal is awarded since 1984. The first awards, which were awarded to the best question author and connoisseur, were released in the city of Gus-Khrustalny. Since 1985 the prize is made by the Lviv ceramic-sculpture factory. The artist on the glass was V. V. Drachuk. Prior to 1990, the award was awarded once a year on the basis of the results of the season.
rules
In the years 1991-2000. The owl crystal was played twice a year. It was in the finale of the winter and summer series of games. When in 2000 the anniversary of the club was celebrated, the rules were special. Owl crystal was given on the basis of the results of each game. Since 2001, the prize is played in the finals of each of the series (that is, winter, autumn, summer and spring). The place of the main award since 2002 was occupied by the Diamond Owl. Here are a few interesting facts. The first winners of the prize were Nurali Latypov - a member of the team of experts of Andrei Kamorin, as well as Alexander Zlobin - a viewer from the city of Dubno. At an early stage in the life of the club, instead of a statuette, the "Sign of the Owl" was awarded. A record number of awards (six) was given to Alexander Druz. His two daughters were also awarded this prize. Fyodor Dvinyatin was the fourth owl. Three awards were won by Andrey Kozlov, Boris Burda and Maxim Potashev. The Bulgarian "Club of Knowers" has a similar prize. Only he there is called "Porcelain snail." It is the snail Bulgarians consider the most intelligent animal. In the 1987 series of games, this prize was awarded to a representative of the Soviet television club named Oleg Dolgov.
Connoisseurs
From 1984 to 1991 Nurali Latypov (journalist, scientific and political and consultant), Marina Govorushkina, Oleg Dolgov, Neiko Neykov, Nikita Shangin, Vladislav Petrushko, Alexander Druz, Fedor Dvinyatin, Vladimir Molchanov became the prize-winners. In 1992, Alexey Blinov, Andrey Kozlov and Alexander Druz were awarded. In 1993, Lyudmila Gerasimova received the statuette. The winner of the same year was Alexei Blinov. In 1994 to 1997, the prize was awarded to Fedor Dvinyatin, Andrei Kozlov, Alexander Rubin, Druz, Maxim Potashev. The owner of the crystal owl 1998 in the winter game series - Georgy Zharkov, in the summer - Boris Burda. In 1999, the prize was not awarded. Since 2000, Alexander Druz, Boris Burda, Byalko, Alla Damsker, Fedor Dvinyatin, Dmitry Eremin, Maxim Potashev, Sergey Tsarkov, Victor Sidnev, Rovshan Askerov, Konovalenko, Mikhail Moon, Valentina Golubeva, Ales Mukhin, Asya Shavinskaya have become its owners. Ilya Novikov, Andrei Bychutkin, Alexei Kapustin, Kozlov, Igor Kondratyuk, Vladimir Molchanov, Nikolai Silantev, Dmitry Avdeenko, Balash Kasumov, Vladimir Antokhin, Yulia Lazareva, Elizaveta Ovdeyenko, Mikhail Skipsky, Grigory Alkhazov, Vladimir Stepanov, Gunel Babayeva, Ilya Novikov , Boris Levin .
Now you know what a crystal owl is. The 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 participants, called" experts ", is in search of the correct answer to any question posed by viewers, using a brainstorm for one minute.