In recent years, gaining momentum in Viciebsk intellectual games in the format of the so-called pub-quiz. What is it? And why people are willing to spend time and money by answering someone's questions?
Longevity does not matter
In many families, the Soviet tradition was a joint viewing of the program "What? Where? When?". Parents and children together with experts puzzled over the tricky questions of viewers and incredibly proud of themselves, if you managed to surpass the famous intellectuals across the country. However, in general, those who from the sofa watching the events in the elite club were bystanders. Of course, some join a team and carried out in the cities of their intellectual game. But this is, frankly, was a movement is not for everyone – is a significant result of years of work, and people on the street here just could not get there. With the emergence of pub quiz, everyone got a chance to show off the mind.
The origin of the term is simple: a "pub" and a "quiz". That is, people are going to any bar, cafe, restaurant, and answer questions, which are offered by leading. The gaming experience is not important, the main thing – to pay for their participation (fee is usually comparable to the price of a ticket to the movies) and come up with a team name. At the same time, are competing yet, you can eat, drink, and in the pauses – to communicate with friends.
By the way
In Belarus, such a move as a pub-quiz, launched four years ago. The pioneers have become citizens of Minsk. As it turned out, wanting to spend free time to participate in the intellectual games in our country is more than enough. They began to multiply similar projects are created through the acquisition of the popular franchises overseas and domestic. Already in 2015, in the capital there were about a half dozen. Some went to the regions, including in Viciebsk.
Two – it's just the beginning
At the beginning of 2016 in the city on the Dvina were two pub –quizzes: "MozgoBoynya» and «Brain Breakers». The first – imported, i.e. jobs package for it is formed by the organizers in Minsk, the second is the brainchild of the local party intellectual games Rinat Karimov. Viciebsk project although there was later, but already enjoys in the regional center of the undoubted popularity.
As admitted Rinat Karimov, once he found it interesting not only to answer the original question, but also to invent them. And because the franchise is not allowed to implement their own ideas, then it had to implement personal initiative. She started in August 2015. Here the leading no limits, he could change the tours at least every once in search of what will be the most interesting and himself, and the participants.
– In the nearly three dozen games that we spent, I'd put about 10% of what we wanted. But the supply of 90% still remains, – says the organizer of «Brain Breakers». – Therefore, I hope that at least another five years, the project will live.
Rinat Karimov noted that initially the project involved a lot of people close to the classical intellectual games ("What? Where? When?", "Brain Ring", etc.). Their relationship with those who never before was not engaged, it was 50 to 50. Now, the number of "intellectuals with experience" decreased to 10-15%.
Pub-quiz people replenished mainly due to personal connections and "word of mouth". People who like quiz, lead to their friends, relatives, former classmates, classmates. Someone joins the old-timers, someone organize their own teams. In addition, in the orbit of events sometimes involved involuntary witnesses – the cafe where tournaments are held. According Rinat, recently almost no quiz is complete without beginners.
As the number of fans of pub quiz in Viciebsk is growing, and competition intensified in this area. This year the city added three new franchises: the summer has opened the project «Jack Quiz», and in the fall to add to it "of Bernard Show" and "House of the Mind." Each of these games has its own characteristics: first, for example, is considered to be the closest on the classic pleasures of intellectuals, while the second features a large amount and, accordingly, a variety of tasks. It is too early to say how many participants they attract. There is no doubt only one thing: these quizzes people fell on the soul and, therefore, will continue to exist.
Pros and cons
However, not all assess the pub quiz is positive. If you carefully read the reviews on the Internet, we can see that sometimes these games even called pseudo-intellectual – say, to the level of "What? Where? When? "Will never reach them, they are ordinary people cope with ordinary problems. Is it true?
On the one hand, the quizzes do the job easier. And much of it is designed not only to intellectuals, but on scholars – that is a logical answer is not to calculate it just need to know. For example, to call for passage in a song or film, identify the person on the photo fragment of (eyes or a smile). By the way, to complicate the task, the picture is often turned upside down, so that, trying to see the picture, people literally in unison trying to be upside down. Maybe it's not intellectually, but how much fun!
On the other hand, the brain in the pub quiz in any case have to strain. Train your memory, attention, thinking, especially because some of the questions require the same logical unwind and starting point for this is existing knowledge. But even if your team over and over again can become a leader, participation in the game is not absolutely useless: some information inevitably ends up in the mind, expanding horizons.
– Once Vladimir Voroshilov said to play in "What? Where? When? ", Well enough to learn the curriculum, because questions have to open the unknown in the known, forced to look at the obvious under unusual angle, forced to work the laws of logic and thinking. The essence of the pub -quizes other. This popularization movement, not even a competition, but a way to spend free time with pleasure and memory training, checking erudition, breadth of musical and artistic tastes, – says Eugene, high school teacher, which is about 20 years of experience in intellectual games, and in recent years also actively participates in all Viciebsk quizzes. – Such meetings allow to pump his versatility, learn something new about the world.
Do not forget about this plus a pub-quiz as communication. It's no secret that family obligations, household chores, and sometimes interfere with normal fatigue adults often occur. Remembering that you need to carry the shoes in a shoe shop or to restore order in the closet, we postpone the next hike to visit. The next time we stop the rain, then – the idea of an incredible number of accumulated cases at work... Quiz is like opening a second wind, stimulating leave the house. A desire to raise a successful team is reminiscent of old friends, phone to former classmates. As a result, for some of the game turns into a kind of evening reunion.
There are those for whom the pub quiz becomes a wonderful way of self-affirmation and relaxation.
– Nice to know that your knowledge can be useful to see how, when asked, the team was looking forward to you, – says Alexei Electrician by profession. – Of course, the competition is set to point to all, by and large, want to win, but in fact this is not important. In the first place there is the opportunity to have a great evening, forgetting for a moment the game about everyday problems. After all, no matter what the mood of the people came, they were soon nearly all smiles.
A similar opinion was expressed and Rinat Karimov:
– We have a lot of parties for which the main objective is not to win but to dialogue. Residents of the regional center usually have the opportunity to relax in a fun weekend. Viciebsk But not so big city to during the week was a lot of cultural events. Pub quiz in this case – is a good alternative.
Additional bonuses
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the game essentially remain match. And it is the friendly atmosphere that prevails there, does not prevent the participants excitedly to fight for the top places. Those who got in the top three in the finals are awarded prizes. Another nice bonus is the pub-quiz – photography: the players are memorable shots that are laid out after the quiz in social networks.
Of course, to answer questions, expanding horizons, it is now possible and the Internet. And then prepare your company at any convenient day, but not when the offer to the organizer. And take pictures now have the opportunity to virtually everyone. But perhaps only when it all comes together, it turns out really great evening. Perhaps, therefore, claimed in the quiz all new teams, and those who have already tried it their strength, be sure to come to the game again.
Liliya Ivchenko, http://vitvesti.by//
Photo: Artem Maklakov
