Crystal Owl and its story

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Crystal Owl is a prize given to the best participant in the TV game “What? Where? When? . This award can be received by both one of the experts and the viewer.

Quick reference

Crystal Owl has been awarded since 1984. The first awards, which were awarded to the best author of the question and expert, were issued in the city of Gus-Khrustalny. Since 1985, the prize has been produced by the Lviv Ceramics and Sculpture Factory. V. V. Drachuk acted as a glass artist. Prior to 1990, the award was presented once a year based on season results.

Rules

In 1991–2000 the crystal owl was played twice a year. It was in the finals of the winter and summer series of games. When the club's anniversary was celebrated in 2000, the rules were special. The crystal owl was awarded based on the results of each game. Since 2001, the prize has been awarded at the final of each of the series (i.e. winter, autumn, summer and spring). Since 2002, the place of the main award has been taken by the "Diamond Owl". Here are some interesting facts. The first winners of the prize were Nurali Latypov, a member of Andrey Kamorin's team of experts, and Alexander Zlobin, a viewer from the city of Dubno. On theat an early stage in the life of the club, instead of a statuette, the "Owl Sign" was awarded. Alexander Druz received a record number of awards (six). Both of his daughters also received this prize. Fedor Dvinyatin received 4 owls. Andrey Kozlov, Boris Burda and Maxim Potashev won three awards each. The Bulgarian "Knowing Club" has a similar prize. Only it is called "Porcelain snail" there. It is the snail that Bulgarians consider the most intelligent animal. In a series of games in 1987, this prize was awarded to a representative of the Soviet TV club named Oleg Dolgov.

Expert-owners

From 1984 to 1991, the winners of the prize were Nurali Latypov (journalist, scientific and political and consultant), Marina Govorushkina, Oleg Dolgov, Neiko Neikov, Nikita Shangin, Vladislav Petrushko, Alexander Druz, Fyodor Dvinyatin, Vladimir Molchanov. In 1992 Alexey Blinov, Andrey Kozlov and Alexander Druz were awarded. In 1993, Lyudmila Gerasimova received the statuette. Alexey Blinov became the winner of the same year. In 1994 to 1997, the prize was given 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 series - Boris Burda. No prize was awarded in 1999. Since 2000, Alexander Druz, Boris Burda, Byalko, Alla Damsker, Fedor Dvinyatin, Dmitry Eremin, Maxim Potashev, Sergey Tsarkov, Viktor Sidnev, Rovshan Askerov, Konovalenko, Mikhail Moon, Valentina Golubeva, Ales Mukhin, Asya Shavinskaya, Ilya Novikov, Andrey Bychutkin, Alexey Kapustin, Kozlov, Igor Kondratyuk, VladimirMolchanov, Nikolai Silantiev, Dmitry Avdeenko, Balash Kasumov, Vladimir Antokhin, Yulia Lazareva, Elizaveta Ovdeenko, Mikhail Skipsky, Grigory Alkhazov, Vladimir Stepanov, Gunel Babaeva, Ilya Novikov, Boris Levin.

Now you know what a crystal owl is. A photo of the prize is attached to this material. It remains to be added that the television intellectual game “What? Where? When?" is a club in which a team of 6 members, called "experts", is in search of the correct answer to any question asked by the viewers by brainstorming for one minute.