What? Where? When?

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What? Where? When?
Also known as Что? Где? Когда?
Genre Game show
Starring Vladimir Voroshilov, Boris Kruck
Opening theme Owl with Corona
No. of seasons 34
No. of episodes 1000+
Production
Running time 90 min.
Broadcast
Original channel First Channel
Audio format Mono, Stereo
Original run 1975 – present

What? Where? When? (Russian: Что? Где? Когда?) is an intellectual game show well known in Russian-language media and other CIS states. It is produced for television by TV Igra on the Russian Channel One and also exists as a competitive game played in clubs organized by the World Association of Clubs.

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[edit] History

The game was developed between 1975 and 1977 by artist, television host and director Vladimir Voroshilov. The first version of the game (aired September 4, 1975), emphasized knowledge rather than logic.

The game quickly became popular, and a dozen or so of the best players from the TV version have become household names of the same magnitude as pop-music stars: Alexander Drouz, Maxim Potashev, Viktor Sidnev, Alexei Blinov, Nurali Latypov, Fyodor Dvinyatin, Boris Burda, Anatoly Vasserman, and so on.

Licensed 'national' versions of the game are currently being aired throughout countries of former USSR (like Azerbaijan and Georgia). Notably, whilst the 'main' TV show is aired live, licensed shows are usually recorded. In December 2009, it was announced that the U.S. production company Merv Griffin Entertainment (the creators of Wheel of Fortune, a game show successfully imported into Russia under the title Pole Chudes in 1990) would produce a pilot for ABC of an American version of the show tentatively titled The Six. The show will aim to preserve the essence of the Russian original, although producers have stated that there will be "tweaks" to the format and an in-vision host.[1]

[edit] Format

Throughout the game, a panel of 6 experts attempt to, under a time limit, answer questions often involving logical thinking sent in by viewers, the person who sent in the question earns a prize if the panel cannot get the correct answer, while the panel earns points if they can get the correct answer. [1] An example of a typical question is to identify the two objects that first appeared in 1908 in Mexico which, over time, came closer and closer together. The answer would be Frida Kahlo's eyebrows.[1]

[edit] Competitive game

In addition to the original TV version, which to this date is one of the most popular TV programs in Russia, a competitive variant exists that is played by over 10,000 teams in all countries of the former USSR and in Russian-speaking diasporas around the world, most notably in Israel, Germany, Finland, the Republic of Moldova, United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Although Russian is the official language of most national and all international tournaments, there are countries (among them Bulgaria, Moldova, Uzbekistan and Georgia) where non-Russian-language teams are more numerous. Face-to-face World Championships have been held every year since 2002 with corporate sponsorship and under the aegis of TV Igra and the governments and National Olympic committees of Russia and Azerbaijan.

[edit] USA

As it became known in December 2009, the American version of the quiz "What? Where? When?" Will be released in the U.S. on Channel ABC. Producing a game that the number of participants in the United States has the working title of Six (The Six) will be the company Merv Griffin Entertainment. [2][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Andreeva, Nellie (December 9, 2009). "ABC eyeing Russian game show". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i71b756a8035722a206d21f22282c301a. Retrieved 10 December 2009. 
  2. ^ Телеканал ABC купил права на телеигру «What? Where? When?»
  3. ^ The Hollywood Reporter: ABC eyeing Russian game show

[edit] External links

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