The game "What?" Where? When?" exists for over forty years. Several generations of Russians and residents of the former Soviet Union grew up on it. Appearing in 1975, she riveted most of the country to TV screens. They were looking forward to her, they talked a lot about her. She was very popular.
From the story “What? Where? When?"
“Our whole life is a game” - with these well-known words every time the intellectual game “What?”, Beloved by many viewers, begins Where? When?". Invented and created by Vladimir Voroshilov, the program only a few years later became the way we know it today.
She had a halo of mystery for a long time. Where do they shoot “What?” Where? When?"? Who is the host of this show? Whose voice is behind the scenes? Such questions have intrigued Soviet viewers for many years.
And the first issue, held on September 4, 1975, was shot in ordinary Moscow apartments of the Ivanov and Kuznetsov families. They separately answered 11 questions each. After that, the material was mounted, and the first gear turned out.
A year later, the program turned into a television youth club, the players of which were students of Moscow State University. A very unusual situation during the game attracted viewers to the screens. Players talked freely, smoked, behaved simply and directly. Everyone played for themselves.
In 1976, a spinning top appeared. But at first he did not choose questions, but the player who was supposed to answer. For a long time, the prizes for the correct answers were books. The platform where they shot “What?” Where? When? ”, The Ostankino bar served at that time.
And in 1977 cardinal changes took place in the concept of the program. There were teams of connoisseurs and viewers who asked questions by sending them in their letters. A spinning top spinning around the center of the game table selects a particular issue. For reflection, the team began to take one minute. And then the symbol of the game appeared. The eagle owl Fomka was always welcomed in this honorable role.
A few words about the creator and presenter
Vladimir Yakovlevich Voroshilov, TV presenter, director, not only came up with the family quiz “What? Where? When? ”, But also for a long time I honed every facet of my project, and as a result I got a unique intellectual television show that has not left indifferent viewers for the past five decades.
Grandfather - as the project participants called him - was completely devoted to his work and demanded this from everyone else. He was a little afraid, but very respected. His riskiness and excitement were conveyed to the spirit of the game itself.
Experimenting, V.Ya. Voroshilov changed places where they shot “What?” Where? When?". It was a room on Herzen Street, a short time filming was carried out in Bulgaria, and filmed at the World Trade Center. Since 1990, the transmission has acquired a permanent habitat. They became the hunting lodge in Neskuchny Garden.
Voroshilov gave his brainchild to his stepson, Boris Hook, who successfully copes with the role of the leader today.
Neskuchny garden - a great place for a fun game
Neskuchny Garden today is the place where the building is located, in which they play "What?" Where? When?" - This is a beautiful park, which with the Gorky Park and the Vorobyovy Gory constitutes a natural zone on the right bank of the Moscow River, in its central part.
The story of its creation is interesting. A garden has been formed on the site of the estates of the Trubetskoy, Golitsyn and Demidov.
Each estate was interesting in its own way. The territory belonging to the Trubetskoys, with its layout, many sculptures, trimmed trees, resembled the French Versailles.
The industrialist and philanthropist P. Demidov arranged a botanical garden on his land with rare plants, for which there were separate terraces, ledges descending to the river.
And the Golitsyn manor is known for the fact that one of its owners was Princess Chernysheva. They say that it was she who became the prototype of the heroine of Pushkin’s work “The Queen of Spades”.
The territories bought up over 20 years by the Palace Department were combined, and in their place the residence of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I was built.
From that time there was only a small hunting lodge, which today is the place where the program “What? Where? When?".
The game "What?" Where? When?" Today
Since 1991, the club has been playing for money, and the club itself is now called the intellectual casino. Presenter "What?" Where? When?" call the croupier.
On the field of the modern game, as always, Experts (six players) and Viewers who set the tone for the action with their questions. Brainstorming experts are looking for the answer. They have one minute to do this. If the answer is correct, they get a point; if the answer is incorrect, then it is given to the Viewers. The game goes up to 6 points.
In the room where "What?" Where? When? ”Is always crowded. The club has several teams that play alternately, and those who are not involved in the game become spectators.
All members of the club every time with pleasure come to Neskuchny Sad. "What? Where? When?" for many of them has become a very important part of their life.