Funny holidays - World Intellectual Games Day

Developed intelligence and erudition are the result of a person’s knowledge, ability to process received information and apply it in life Nous (in ancient Greek “mind”, “thought”) was one of the main categories of ancient philosophy “I only know that I know nothing, but others do not know this either,” said Socrates In this statement, the ancient Greek philosopher did not belittle his intellectual capabilities Socrates rightly pointed out that the smarter and more educated a person becomes, the more clearly he begins to remember how large the area of ​​​​knowledge is that lies beyond the boundaries of what is already known Games help train the mind and improve thinking: chess, go, mahjong, checkers and backgammon Participation in quizzes and erudition competitions also contributes to the development of intelligence and broadening of horizons Competitions are held among friends and like-minded people, within the walls of educational institutions and under the spotlight in television studios A holiday has been established in honor of competitions whose winners demonstrate remarkable thinking abilities, erudition and intelligence July 14 is World Mind Games Day Russian aristocrats of the 19th century whiled away their leisure time by assembling puzzles (an analogue of modern puzzles), which looked like a mosaic, answering questions from “Mail in a Hat” and writing burime - composing poems to given rhymes In social salons they played nonsense and charades, in which, with the help of clues, one had to guess the word conceived by the opposing team The most popular intellectual game in the USSR was "What? Where? When?" which appeared on television screens in September 1975 Its participants, experts, enjoyed great popularity and recognition among both physicists, representatives of the Soviet technical intelligentsia, and lyricists An analogue of “What? Where? When?”, the permanent presenter of which was V Voroshilov, was “Brain Ring”, invented by the Odessa intellectual club The rounds of the TV quiz show, which started in 1990, featured two teams of thinkers and scholars Starting from the second season, the master of the Club of Connoisseurs, the charismatic Andrei Kozlov, was the permanent host of the game From 1992 to the present day, “Clever Men and Clever Girls” has been broadcast on Channel One, in which intellectuals of high school age take part For winning the TV Olympiad, young people receive the right to enter MGIMO without exams In 1991, with the country's transition to a market economy, "What? Where? When?" began to be called an intellectual casino, in which experts had the opportunity to earn money “with their own mind” The history of the creation of domestic games does not end there In 1994, the NTV channel launched “Own Game” - the American Jeopardy! In 1999, the show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” appeared on television - an analogue of the English Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the franchise of which was acquired by Channel One In 2002, “The Smartest”, an adaptation of Britain’s Brainiest Kid, was released on STS screens The popularity of intellectual games in Britain and the presence of franchises that are sold to other countries is explained by historical traditions The fashion for competitions in intelligence and erudition came to drinking establishments in England in the 1970s last century Pub quiz, a pub quiz, was conceived as a way to attract non-drinkers to bars and increase beer sales The organizers of the intellectual game thought through the questions in advance and invited visitors to take part in the competition By 2009, the number of weekly pub quizzes in the UK exceeded 22,000 By analogy with the English Pub quiz, “Brain Slaughter” was invented, successfully conducted in Belarus, Russia, Spain, Italy, Greece and 13 other countries World Intellectual Games Day invites everyone to take part in quizzes in pubs or competitions on TV, the participants of which demonstrate advanced erudition and a broad outlook