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| Boris Vitsman, the host of our "What? Where? When?" club. |
Within the walls of CAS, there held an intellectual game of the
Washington club of experts "What? Where? When?" The host of
all the games is a well known and respected by everyone Boris
Vitsman. We are glad to announce that Washington teams include
teachers, teenagers, and parents of kids visiting the Creative
Art Studio.
 The
history of "What? Where? When?"
"What? Where? When?" (or "Chto? Gde? Kogda?" in Russian) is a
name of the most popular quiz show on Russian TV. The game was originally born in Russia in the middle
of 70-ies, as a TV show, where a team of 6 players was answering the
questions sent in by a TV audience.
The difference between this show and well known intellectual
games like "Trivial persuit", "Jeopardy", "College bowl",
etc. is the kind of questions asked - they aren't just trivia
questions, i.e. questions that require pure knowledge to answer.
The "Chto? Gde? Kogda?" questions are built the way allowing
the players to discover an answer they might not know before
the question is asked. The players may use the facts provided
in the question as well as their own knowledge, their common
logic, even their sense of humour. Most important, the team
has about a minute to brainstorm the question before they
have to give an answer.
 This
is the official mascot of "What?Where?When?" club - Great
Horned Owl. The Owl is a symbol of wisdom, that was adopted
by the TV show "Chto?Gde?Kogda?" in the Soviet Union.
This game, combining both excitement of gambling and intellectual
quest with time, attracted many people - many more that the
TV-show format could accomodate. So people started playing
it, just as people played Trivia and College Bowl - in tournaments,
which included many teams, and this movement has spread to
many cities, in Russia.
Eventually the number of teams grew,
almost any big city had at least one. In 1989, the International
Association of "Chto? Gde? Kogda?" Clubs was founded.
It was truly international, including teams from Bulgaria,
Sweden, France and even USA.
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