Crystal Owl - a prize that is awarded to the best participant in the television game “What?” Where? When?". This award can be obtained as one of the experts, and the viewer.
Quick reference
The crystal owl has been presented since 1984. The first awards that the best author of the issue and the expert were awarded were released in the city of Gus-Khrustalny. Since 1985, the prize has been manufactured by the Lviv Ceramic and Sculpture Factory. The glass artist was VV Drachuk. Until 1990, the award was presented once a year based on the results of the season.
rules
In 1991–2000 The crystal owl was played twice a year. It was in the final of the winter and summer series of games. When the club's anniversary was celebrated in 2000, the rules were special. A crystal owl was awarded based on the outcome of each game. Since 2001, the prize has been awarded in the final of each series (i.e., winter, autumn, summer and spring). The place of the main award since 2002 was taken by the Diamond Owl. Here are some interesting facts. The first winners of the prize were
Nurali Latypov , a member of the team of connoisseurs Andrei Kamorin, and Alexander Zlobin, a viewer from the city of Dubno. At the early stage of the club's life, instead of a figurine, the “Sign of an Owl” was awarded. A record number of awards (six) were received by
Alexander Druz. His two daughters are also awarded this prize. 4 owls received Fedor Dvinyatin. Three awards were won by Andrey Kozlov, Boris Burda and Maxim Potashev. The Bulgarian Club of the Knowers has a similar prize. Only he called it "Porcelain snail." It is the snail that the Bulgarians consider the most intelligent animal. In the 1987 series of games, this prize was awarded to a representative of a Soviet television club named Oleg Dolgov.
Connoisseurs
From 1984 to 1991, the winners were Nurali Latypov (journalist, scientific and political and consultant), Marina Govorushkina, Oleg Dolgov, Neyko Neykov, Nikita Shangin, Vladislav Petrushko, Alexander Druz, Fedor Dvinyatin, Vladimir Molchanov. In 1992, the awards were awarded to
Alexei Blinov, Andrey Kozlov and Alexander Druz. In 1993, the statuette was received by Lyudmila Gerasimova. The winner of the same year was Alexei Blinov. In 1994 and 1997, the prize was awarded to Fedor Dvinyatin, Andrey
Kozlov, Alexander Rubin, Druz, Maxim Potashev. The owner of the crystal owl in 1998 in the winter series of games is Georgy Zharkov, in the summer -
Boris Burda. In 1999, the prize was not awarded. Since 2000, Alexander Druz, Boris Burda, Bialko, Alla Damsker, Fedor Dvinyatin, Dmitry Eremin, Maxim Potashev, Sergey Tsarkov, Victor Sidnev, Rovshan Askerov, Konovalenko, Mikhail Moon, Valentina Golubeva, Ales Mukhin, Asya Shavinskaya became their owners. , Ilya Novikov, Andrey Bychutkin, Alexey Kapustin, Kozlov, Igor Kondratyuk, Vladimir Molchanov, Nikolay Silantiev,
Dmitry Avdeenko, Balash Kasumov, Vladimir Antokhin, Julia Lazareva,
Elizaveta Ovdeenko, Mikhail Skipsky, Grigory Alkhazov, Vladimir Stepanov, Gunel Babaeva, Ilya , Boris Levin .
Now you know what a crystal owl is. A 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 asked by viewers, using a brainstorming session for one minute.