Quiz for elementary school students. "What? Intellectual game “What? Where? When? Why?" for primary school students Quiz what where when for children

1. This herbal plant is popularly affectionately called “silk grass.” What kind of plant is this?

(Feather grass)

2. What do mice, a nutcracker, a Christmas tree and a girl have in common?

(These are the characters in the fairy tale")

3. You need to name in thirty seconds the time of year that Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin liked most.

(Autumn)

4. There are rumors that an action-packed action film called “Seven Corpses in a Second” will be shot in Hollywood based on a fairy tale. Name the main character of this film.

(Brave Little Tailor)

5. These two very famous Russian fairy tales have six main characters, but there is only one hero in both fairy tales. Moreover, in one fairy tale this hero is the first, and in another - the last. What kind of fairy tales are these, who is this common mysterious hero?

(Tales: “Terem-Teremok”, “Turnip”, hero - Mouse)

6. Which fairy-tale hero lost his personal fishing gear because of his gullibility and stupidity?

(The wolf lost its tail)

7. “The joy took the breath away from the goiter...” From whom and why?

(At the fox from Krylov’s fable “The Crow and the Fox”)

8. What word consists of half a letter?

(The word "regiment")

9. Name a pit that is directly related to music.

(Orchestra pit)

10. He is the sickest person in the world who is treated with cookies and jam and sweets.

(Carlson, who lives on the roof)

11. This tree lives for hundreds of years, and therefore for many peoples it is a symbol of power and longevity. It does not bend in the wind, its leaves do not tremble, its branches do not groan. What kind of tree is this?

(Oak)

12. Where did the Bremen Town Musicians go?

(To the city of Bremen)

13. Title of Karabas-Barabas.

(Doctor of Puppet Science)

14. This product is now an integral part of confectionery products. It came from India, from where it came to the Persians, Arabs, and then Christopher Columbus brought it to America. What is it, if we know that we get it from simple beets?

(Sugar)

Puzzles

15. What kind of water is only suitable for literate people?

(Ink)

16. Two mothers have five sons, all with the same name.

(Fingers)

17. Light, round, but you can’t lift it by the tail!

(Clew)

18. It’s not a horse that’s walking in the field, it’s not a bird that’s flying in the field!

(Blizzard)

19. Gray cloth stretches out the window.

(Fog)

20. Round, but not money,
Red, but not a girl,
With a tail, but not a mouse.

(Turnip)

21. Who has one leg, and even that one without a boot?

(Mushroom)

Carrying out the game in fifth and sixth grades

1. This lake is the “pearl” of Siberia. The purest water, impenetrable taiga along the coast, species of fish found nowhere else. And yet - it is the deepest on Earth! What kind of lake is this?

(Baikal)

2. “The powerful are always to blame for the powerless.” What work are these lines from? Who is their author?

(Krylov’s fable “The Wolf and the Lamb”)

3. What will happen if you mix completely opaque sand, equally opaque soda and other opaque materials?

(The components of glass are listed)

4. Man learned to cultivate this vine in his gardens. She gives him sweet, tasty berries of more than twenty-five thousand varieties. What kind of vine is this?

(Grape)

5. “I am a tree, but absolutely without leaves, very hard, and the color is not green, but black. For you people, I am warmth, light. What's my name?

(Coal)

6. This sea is not a sea, but its size would be the envy of the “sea” Marmara or Aegean seas. For a precise definition, we will say that not only salt, but also oil is extracted from it.

(Caspian Sea-lake)

7. “I am energy, and plastic, and fabric, and cosmetics, and medicine, and even fat. Say my name."

(Oil)

8. When rays of sunlight pass through the air, we see them as white light. What color will the sun's rays be if raindrops meet on their path?

(You will get a rainbow: seven colors)

9. This plant is warm and moisture-loving. And so much so that it grows only in water. It is very profitable for cultivation, since in warm climates it “yields” crops three times a year. It feeds half of humanity.

(Rice)

10. These travelers travel only by ocean, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. But meeting them is undesirable for ships. Who are these mysterious strangers?

(Icebergs)

11. This material is truly priceless. People drink from it, eat, make houses, works of art, and jewelry. Ancient books were “written” on it. What is this well-known material?

(Clay)

12. On it are cities and countries, animals and plants, famous people and great events. Without it there is no correspondence. For some it is a passion. Who is this mysterious stranger?

(Postage Stamp)

13. These outstanding architectural monuments amaze with their size and grandeur, especially since they were created more than two and a half thousand years BC. The height of the largest of them is one hundred and fifty meters, and one hundred thousand people built it. What is this “miracle of the world”?

(Egyptian pyramids)

14. Translated from Italian, this word means “fresh”, “raw”; it is very closely related to the colors and walls of the room. What it is?

(Fresco)

15. It was first made from plant fibers in China, then from the compressed pith of a bog plant. In the 10th century in Europe, it appeared from boiled and ground rags, tree roots, and bamboo chips. It was also made from straw, rye, wheat, oats, nettles, seaweed, reeds, etc. Now it can be cartographic, lithographic, or documentary. But the production of this has confronted humanity with a serious environmental problem.

(Paper)

16. Previously, this meant a light temporary building, usually used for trade at fairs. Then it is a folk theater, a spectacle of a comic nature. What is this word?

(Balagan)

17. Many of you listened to the musical fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf”. Who is its author?

(Prokofiev)

18. In ancient times, Japanese children stuck goose feathers into a small, strong apple and manipulated it using a simple device. In a minute you must name the game that began with this unripe apple.

(Badminton)

19. Name the name of the river, which is made up of a note and a consonant.

(Don)

20. Name a river named by a famous female name.

(Lena)

21. “The secret always becomes apparent” - such
a serious conclusion and suddenly - semolina porridge! In what work are they linked together?

(“Deniska’s stories” by Dragunsky)

Carrying out the game in seventh grades

1. This great poet was a talented artist, prose writer and, at the same time, a serf. Who is he?

(N.V. Shevchenko)

2. “Octave” - from music theory.
"Octet" is a group of musicians or singers. "Octahedron" is a polyhedron.
"Octane" is a chemical compound.
What do these different concepts have in common?

(General - the presence of the number eight - “okta”)

3. The first information about this instrument that has reached us dates back to 1688. He is the main member of the folk orchestra. What kind of instrument is this if it is known that it is often mentioned in Russian ditties?

(Balalaika)

4. Once upon a time, in one country there was one holiday every 1417 days. What kind of holiday is this if it is known that during it a pentathlon was held, and after it poets read poems and hymns, and speakers glorified the winners?

(Olympics)

5. This fun was invented a thousand years ago in the East. Fuck-bang! Red, white, green stars flash in the evening sky and slowly fall. Now this invention has allowed man to master another element. What kind of fun is this? For the answer - a small hint in the form of the words “union”, “energy”, “buran”.

(Fireworks)

6. “Thin songs of a nightingale in a cat’s claws,” or “A helpful fool is more dangerous than an enemy,” or “Happy people don’t watch the clock,” “And Vaska listens and eats.” How can we call in one word these expressions from literary works that we often use?

(Aphorisms)

7. Our distant ancestors, when hunting, specialized in certain types of animals, and therefore in technical means of hunting. But there was one “universal” hunting tool that had far-reaching environmental consequences. In thirty seconds, tell us about it or even show it to us.

(Fire)

8. You need to sing or name a song in a Roman language in one minute.

(Any romance)

9. Do you know a great man who “fell slandered by rumor”?

(A.S. Pushkin)

10. This space object moving in an elliptical orbit does not exceed 800 kilometers in size. They even came up with a special name for it, consisting of two Greek words: “star” and “view”. We will call the translation of the second: “eidos”. But you will name the first word, just like the whole word.

(Asteroid)

11. Why is there always snow on the tops of the mountains? After all, their surface is closer to the sun?

(Air temperature drops with altitude)

12. That something that is the same has nothing in common?

(Words are homonyms)

13. Name the mountains, if you know that they are small in height, but of great length, extraordinary beauty, and unprecedented wealth in them. And also remember the fairy tales about... However, you probably already guessed what kind of mountains these are.

(Ural Mountains)

Carrying out the game in eighth grades

1. This trendy fabric has been known for a very long time. It was this material that Christopher Columbus chose for the sails of the “St. Mary,” and the Americans began to call it “denim” in honor of the city of Nîmes. What kind of fabric is this?

(Cotton)

2. At the Paris World Exhibition in 1855, twelve bars of unknown material attracted everyone's attention. It was so expensive that it was only used for jewelry. And now objects made from it are so widespread that this material is called the material of the 20th century. What is this?

(Aluminum)

3. You have all read the work of A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter". What epigraph did the author choose for it?

(“Take care of your honor from a young age”)

4. Housing is a serious matter. But if there is neither stone, nor wood, nor even earth for a dugout for construction, then snow is used. The Eskimos of Greenland build their igloos this way. Snow slabs are stacked on top of each other and the result is a dome - a hemisphere. Then an operation is carried out to strengthen the walls, an operation that could not be simpler than anything! In a minute, guess how the Eskimos achieved the strength of the igloo?

(A candle or a torch was lit under the dome, the snow melted, turning into ice)

5. After “putting in order,” the piece of music can be performed by a different composition, simplified or complicated. What kind of “tidying up” is this?

(Musical arrangement)

6. In 1912, one of the companies launched a confectionery product in the shape of a triangle. You should tell us it in a minute, especially since everyone still loves to feast on it.

(Napoleon cake)

7. They say: “A nomad is the son of the desert.” How to say this saying more correctly, based on an environmental point of view.

("The Nomad is the Father of the Desert")

8. This type of African-American folklore originated in the United States in the second half of the 19th century as a form of solo singing. Its themes are closely related to the social conditions in which the performers found themselves: suffering, fear, unhappy love. Then he had a great influence on the development of jazz. What kind of musical art is this?

(Blues)

9. In one famous capital, on one famous square, a wonderful building has stood for four centuries, amazing everyone. On a common base there are nine parts of the building of different heights and differently decorated, forming an octagonal star in plan. The central dome rose above the rest. Servants of worship, like all mere mortals, call this building.... What?

(Pokrovsky Cathedral or St. Basil's Cathedral)

10. “Give me a point of support, and I will turn the whole world around.” Who owns these legendary words?

(Archimedes)

11. The music of this composer has deep feelings, a swift impulse, it is inspired by the ideas of the French Revolution. We are more familiar with his sonatas. But what is striking is that he wrote his most remarkable works while completely deaf. Who is this composer?

(Beethoven)

12. In China, the entrance to the room is traditionally covered with a screen, but in Russia - no, the entrance (doorway) is free. Why? For a hint, remember the “evil one.”

(In China it is believed that the devil goes straight, but among the Orthodox (Russia) he looks for roundabout ways)

13. In a minute you need to name an ancient profession that contains the words “law” and “field”.

(Agronomist)

14. The device you need to name can “write far”. This is his literal translation. But he writes not in letters, but..., however, we guessed what kind of device it was.

(Telegraph)

15. In the tropical forests of South America, a seemingly inconspicuous tree grows - the Hevea. If you cut its bark, white milky juice will come out, like our dandelion. The Peruvian Indians used this juice in wet weather... Then you should continue how. What happened?

(They placed the feet under the dripping juice, which froze and the resulting shoes were in the form of galoshes)

16. The picture before us depicts “something”, which translated means “dead”. What is this?

(Still life)

Holding games in high schools

1. Name the island where the most ancient wooden buildings of the North of Rus' are collected.

(Kizhi Island)

2. As you know, the clothes of the ancient Greeks did not have pockets where you could put a small key, for example, from a jewelry box.
How did the highly cultured Greeks get out of the situation?

(Instead of a key, rings were used, the pattern on which was used as a key)

3. Outstanding German playwright, writer, director and theater critic, creator of such great plays as “Mother Courage and Her Children”, “The Life of Galileo”, “The Threepenny Opera”.

(Bertold Brecht)

4. This science appeared more than a thousand years ago in Khorezm and was created by the great Uzbek scientist Muhammad al Khorezmi, and it operates along with what is “considered” and what is “written”. What kind of science is this?

(Algebra)

5. About two hundred years ago, scientists discovered what constitutes four-fifths of one of the Earth's spheres. Translated from Greek, it means “non-vital”, because it is not suitable for burning and breathing. What is this?

(Nitrogen)

6. Initially, drawings of this item were found in the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, and this item was first built according to the design of the Russian naval officer Mozhaisky in 1885. The working model of this item was created in 1903 by the Americans, the Wright brothers. In order to guess this item, you just have to remember one more name for aluminum.

(Airplane, aluminum is a “volatile” metal)

7. It is very light and can be found everywhere. And in space it is a common substance. What is it, if it is known that the English scientist Cavendini called it “flammable air”?

(Hydrogen)

8. What you need to guess was first drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in 1495. In 1817, this was recreated in Germany by the forester Draize. They called it a “bone shaker”, and later a “spider”. What is this item? To clarify, let's say that many of you have it.

(Bike)

9. In the XIV-XVI centuries, great changes occurred in the economy and culture in the countries of Western and Central Europe. In contrast to the old church view of man as an insignificant being, the conviction developed that man has the right to enjoy the joys of life. What name did these centuries get?

(Renaissance)

10. This person is a doctor. It is characteristic of his worldview that he considered man an integral part of nature. He placed health and illness in close connection with the climate of the country in which a person lives and the sanitary conditions of life. This doctor and his school achieved the greatest success in surgery. And his name is also associated with the concepts of honor and dignity of a doctor. Who is this doctor?

(Hippocrates)

11. The great Italian scientist Galileo wrote about this science that it “... is the most powerful means for refining our
mental abilities and gives us the opportunity to think and reason correctly.” What kind of science is this?

(Geometry)

12. This great Russian scientist is the creator of the theory of the structure of matter, the mechanical theory of heat, philologist, linguist, geologist, geographer. The list of his specialties goes on and on, but you already guessed who he is.

(M.V. Lomonosov)

13. This Russian artist traveled a lot around the world, was interested in Russian architecture, the art of Scandinavia, Western Europe and America. In 1923, he organized a scientific expedition to India, where he created his famous landscapes. Since then, this artist tirelessly studied the East, organized the Institute of Himalayan Studies in the Western Himalayas, where he remained to live. Who is this man?

(Nicholas Roerich)

14. Here is a certain ratio: 21-78-1. In a minute you must name what it belongs to.

(This is the composition of the air: 21% oxygen, 78 nitrogen, 1% other impurities)

15. There is a certain belt of animals, which, being renewed every month, remains constant from year to year. What is this?

(Zodiac signs)

16. You have all seen the famous “Trinity” icon, which depicts three young men - angels at a table around a sacrificial bowl. Who is the author of this work of painting?

(Andrey Rublev)

17. On it are cities and countries, animals and plants, famous people and great events. Without it there is no correspondence. Who is this mysterious “stranger”?

(Postage Stamp)

18. In the 17th century, the Dutch scientist Van Helmont introduced a word derived from the Greek “kaos”. Nowadays the word is used as widely as the substance is widespread. What is this word?

(Gas)

19. In the 17th-18th centuries, fabric in the form of paintings was woven by hand according to the drawings of the best artists, which later began to be produced by machines. It had great artistic value, and then began to be used in draperies and for upholstery. What kind of fabric is this?

(Tapestry)

20. In the former Sultan's Turkey, there was a certain advisory body consisting of ministers and high dignitaries, which was called after the place for recreation. What kind of organ is this?

("Sofa")

21. In Ancient Greece, hymns were sung in honor of the god Dionysus (Bacchus), accompanied by facial movements and music. Later, these works became close to odes in their praise. Now it is used more in an ironic, figurative sense. What are these hymns?

(Praises)

22. In ancient Mexico there was a certain coin, the name of which became the main currency of many colonial countries. What was it called?

(Dollar)

23. In France, at the end of the 18th century, they took a cubic decimeter of water from the Seine at a temperature of four degrees Celsius. What was the prototype obtained?

(Kilogram)

24. What you need to name means “mountain resin” in Latin. It was invented in 1822 and is so strong in strength that it is called “material for centuries”, and with additives it can be even stronger, even warmer, even lighter. We cannot imagine constructing buildings without it. What is this?

(Concrete)

25. This state, which you need to name, does not exist in nature, and in space too. It is created artificially by lowering pressure. You probably already guessed that this is...

(Vacuum)

26. You all know what jargon is. You need to name how this word sounds literary. And for a hint, remember the Golden Fleece.

(Argo)

27. You need to name the fleet of the Spanish king Philip II, which he equipped in 1588 against England and was destroyed partly by storms, partly by English and Dutch naval forces. Hint: after the word “invincible” the word suggests itself...

(Armada)

28. You all know the state of Great Britain. Another common name is the name of one of the provinces: England. Do you know the oldest name for England? To suggest his first word, remember the type of weather often found there.

(Foggy Albion)

29. Each nation had its own name for singers and poets: among the Eastern Slavs, for example, boyans. What was the name of such a singer among the ancient Celts? To answer this question, connect the poet, the composer and the performer.

(Bard)

30. There is a city in the USA that is famous for the fact that its name is given to a card game, a dance that is a type of waltz, and woolen fabric. What kind of famous city is this?

(Boston)

31. In 455, one ancient Germanic tribe captured Rome and destroyed many works of art in it. In thirty seconds you need to name this tribe, especially since now this is what they call those who do the same.

(Vandals)

32. During the campaigns of Alexander the Great, the Greeks saw something in India that they later called “tree wool.” What is this?

(Cotton)

33. The Hermitage houses a unique pocket watch. In addition to the clock mechanism itself, their metal egg-shaped case contained a clock striking mechanism, a musical apparatus, and a tiny theater - an automaton with movable figures. Who made such a watch? As a hint, let us clarify that all inventors are often called by this name.

(Ivan Petrovich Kulibin)

34. What you need to name was considered indivisible until recently. This name was born in Ancient Greece back in the 5th century BC. What is this “indivisible”?

(Atom)

Brainring “History of our region”

1. According to archaeologists, people first appeared on the Don... I wonder where?

(In the lower reaches of the Northern Donets and on the coast of the Taganrog Bay)

2. What do you think was the main occupation for the most ancient inhabitants of the Don region?

(For the most ancient - hunting)

3. Don steppe... Without end and without edge! Feather grass and wormwood! What was the former name of the Don land?

("Wild Field")

4. Scientists still argue about the origin of the word “Cossack”. Do you know at least two interpretations of this word?

(“Kosogi” are the people of the Caucasus.
"Kazars" - Scythian peoples.
"Kaz" is the Turkish word for "goose". The name of tramp warriors among the Tatars.
From the Polovtsian “Guardian.” “Ko” - armor, “mezha” - border, i.e. “a person guarding the border.”)

5. The highest body in many countries is the parliament. What was the Cossacks' name for it?

(Military circle)

Intellectual game

"What where When?"

Target: creation of a unified intellectual space that makes it possible to popularize forms of youth intellectual leisure and identify intellectual leaders.

Tasks:

Form and develop the intellectual movement of students

Identify the strongest youth teams

Develop competitive qualities of schoolchildren

Game conditions:

Teams from grades 5-11 at school (5-6, 7-8, 9-11) take part in the game.

The team consists of 6 people.

Teams are encouraged to have a name, uniform uniform, and paraphernalia.

Methods: questions

Decor: multimedia equipment for showing presentations (slides).

Progress of the game:

Good afternoon We are glad to welcome you to the game “What? Where? When?” Today you will all act as experts. Remember the famous TV game? We will simplify the conditions for its implementation a little. Today we have qualifying rounds for all parallels. We select the most intelligent teams in 3 age categories: grades 5-6, grades 7-8, grades 9-11.

Let me remind you of the rules of the Championship game: I read out the question, you are given one minute to discuss. After a minute has passed, you give your answer. The first team to answer is the one that raised the flag first. If the answer is not correct, the right to answer is transferred to the next team. I then say the correct answer and the results of the first question are entered into the table. If a team answers a question correctly, it receives one point. In total we have 12 questions in the game.

Remember the rules. Well, now let's greet the teams...

Let's welcome the jury...

Ready in minutes

Break a leg.

Questions for teams of grades 5-6:

One day, journalist Yaroslav Golovanov proposed to the publishing house "Children's Literature" to establish a prize that would be awarded to a family in which the father is called Mikhail Ivanovich, the mother is Nastasya Petrovna, and their son is Mikhail Mikhailovich. According to Golovanov, this prize should have a name that is familiar to you.

Attention question: Which one exactly?

Time!

Answer: "Three Bears"

According to one of the African legends, the first man descended to earth from the sky.

Attention question: What animal (according to Africans, of course) helped him with this?

Time!

Answer: giraffe

You have heard the words “kolovorot”, “outskirts”, “nonsense” in Russian.

Attention question: What does this common root mean among the Slavs - “kolo”?

Time!

Answer: circle

You all know the mighty hero Ilya Muromets. How many years did Ilya lie on the stove?

Time!

Answer: 33 years old

A cow and a chair, a chicken and a compass, a tripod and a piano. What do every couple have in common?

Time!

Answer: number of legs.

It's cold in winter, so we dress warmly - felt boots, fur coats, hats. Does a fur coat keep you warm in winter?

Time!

Answer: no, it just keeps you warm.

The black box contains what the next riddle is about. It describes a certain technology that produces what is in the black box

Attention question: I’ll take something dusty, make it liquid, throw it into the fire, it will be a stone.

Time!

Answer: bread.

What plants do not have roots, stems, leaves, or flowers?

Time!

Answer: algae.

What sport does the term “double toe loop” refer to?

Time!

Answer: figure skating.

They say that before a long journey with a certain company, Aesop took on the largest basket. And I was right.

Attention question: What was in it?

Time!

Answer: food for the road.

During a drought, Bulgarians ask THEM for rain. And in Poland, parents teach their children: “Don’t kill HER - maybe it’s your dead GRANDMOTHER.”

Attention question: Who are we talking about?

Time!

Answer: About a butterfly.

We look at the number 2 and say 10?

Attention question: When does this happen?

Time!

Answer: when we look at the clock.

Questions for grades 7-8:

One of the famous labors of Hercules was cleaning the Augean stables.

Attention question: Can you name how many horses were in them?

Time!

Answer: None (there were only bulls in the barnyard of King Augeas).

In South Africa, in the vicinity of the small town of Upington, there are luxurious vineyards. During the harvesting of ripe berries, they are transported by whole dump trucks to large concrete platforms the size of a football field, and they are left there.

Attention question: Why?

Time!

Answer. This is how raisins are made.

Once in South America, the Spanish conquistadors were amazed to see a creature hovering motionless in the air, surrounded by a cloud. He hastily called the priest, he looked at the miracle and announced that it was an angel.

Attention question: Who was it really?

Answer. Hummingbird.

What material is ceramic tableware made from?

Time!

Answer: clay

The first ones, which appeared in Russia about three hundred years ago, were a body with holes in the lower part into which coals were placed.

Attention question: What do we call them now?

Answer: iron

The famous Russian pianist Nikolai Petrov said in one interview: “I have never been an oligarch, I have neither companies nor mines. There are only my ten...”. Complete his thought with one word.

Answer: fingers

What “balls from the Ocean” sparkle and shimmer and thus attract people so much that they gain power over them?

Time!

Answer: pearls

Inhabitants of hot deserts and semi-deserts - the fennec fox, caracal, gerbil, long-eared hedgehog and others - have rather large ears.

Attention question: Perfect hearing actually has nothing to do with it, but what role do their ears play?

Time!

Answer: cooling

Remember in which fairy tale by A. S. Pushkin a fundamentally new wage system was introduced.

Attention question: name her

Time!

Answer: 3 clicks

The black box contains the cell that makes up any living creature. This cell has a large supply of nutrients.

Question: What is in the black box?

Answer: egg

Here this man sits and sentences, and sentences, and sentences...

Attention question: Name this person’s profession!

Time!

Answer: judge

Questions for grades 9-11:

In the USA, Reebok sneakers of the original assembly are sold: the right shoe is made in Taiwan, and the left one is made in Thailand. Thus, the company significantly reduced its losses.

Attention question: Why did the company incur losses?

Answer: due to the theft of shoes from finished goods factories.

Recently, in the West, on some tourist maps, for the convenience of walking, walking contours of equidistance from the hotel and distances are marked not in meters or km, but in what?

Answer: hours' walk

The thrifty Japanese government has called on all employees to go to work in the summer without ties or jackets.

Attention: What is the government going to save on?

Answer: on electricity spent on air conditioning

The black box contains what is called a "green camel"

Answer: cactus

Three great Russian poets dedicated their poems to this two-headed mountain: Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Lermontov.

Answer: Elbrus.

The Hebrew textbook opens with the words: “You begin to study the language spoken by...” Who?

Answer. God.

In South Africa, in the vicinity of the small town of Upington, there are luxurious vineyards. During the harvesting of ripe berries, they are transported by whole dump trucks to large concrete platforms the size of a football field, and they are left there. What for?

Answer. This is how raisins are made.

What, from a general biological point of view, is the main difference between oriole and meadowsweet?

Answer. Oriole is an animal, meadowsweet is a plant.

Attention! Black box.
In ancient China, soaked mulberry bark was split into thin strips and boiled in a lime solution for two hours. Then the resulting mass was smashed with hammers, glue was added to it, water was poured into it, and the whole thing was sifted through a fine sieve. The mass settled in the sieve was tipped onto a board and pressed. The resulting product was dried and used.

Attention question: What was it used for?

Answer: The resulting paper was naturally used for writing.

In geography it is kind, in football it is the last, in song it helps to navigate in life, for historians it is a sailing ship of the first Russian round-the-world expedition.

Attention question: What is this?

Answer: hope

The famous basketball commentator Vladimir Gomelsky once complained: “It’s difficult with women’s sports, once you get used to it, you have to relearn it.”

Attention question: What exactly to retrain?

Answer: last name

In 1926 and 1948, Germany was punished for starting wars in the same way that Sparta was once punished.

Attention question: What kind of punishment is this?

Answer: German athletes were banned from participating in the Olympic Games

Summing up and awarding winners and participants.

Quiz for schoolchildren “What, where, when?”

Leading. Good afternoon, dear experts! It is very pleasant that the most knowledgeable, the most inquisitive and the most attentive gathered here. So, we have three gaming tables, with flags of different colors on them. The game will have several rounds on the following topics: geography, music, wildlife, literature, riddles. Let's start with a round of general questions. Questions will be asked to three teams at the same time, at the signal “The minute has passed” you begin the discussion. The first team to raise the flag answers.

General questions round

1. You all know the mighty hero Ilya Muromets. How many years did Ilya lie on the stove? (33 years)

2. Which branch does not grow on a tree? (Railway)

3. Remember what spell Mowgli knew? (“You and I are of the same blood - you and I”)

4. Remember in which fairy tale by A.S. Pushkin a fundamentally new wage system was introduced. Show her. (Three clicks)

5. It’s cold in winter, so we dress warmly - felt boots, fur coats, hats. Does a fur coat keep you warm in winter? (No, it just keeps you warm)

6. Who has a mustache longer than his legs? (At the cockroach)

7. What is this herb that even the blind can recognize? (Nettle)

8. What did the poodle Artemon wear on his front leg from A. Tolstoy’s fairy tale “The Golden Key”? (Silver watch)

9. What is the name of the living quarters for the crew on a ship? (Cockpit)

10. In Ancient Rus', silver bars served as money. They were called hryvnias. If an item was worth less than the entire block, then a part of it was cut off. What was the name of the severed piece of silver bar? (Ruble)

Round of quick questions

1. What do the rider and the rooster have in common? (Spurs)

2. What kind of fuel is produced in the swamp? (Peat)

3. Where do they dance lezginka? (In Georgia)

1. Under what bush was the hare sitting during the rain? (Under the wet)

3. What is czardas? (Hungarian dance)

1. How can you carry water in a sieve? (Frozen)

2. What country do they wear on their heads? (Panama)

3. When are eggs tasty? (When you eat them)

Geographic round

1. The deepest lake in the world. (Baikal)

2. Which continent has no rivers? (In Antarctica)

3. Between what two identical letters can you put a small horse and get the name of the country? (Japan)

4. Name the star closest to Earth. This star is visible during the daytime. (Sun)

Musical round

1. What notes can be used to measure distance? (Mi-la-mi)

2. Which Austrian composer was already performing in concerts at the age of six? (Mozart)

3. Which composer composed and played his works while deaf? (Beethoven)

4. What two notes grow in the garden? (Beans)

5. What song did the short kids sing when they were flying in a hot air balloon with Dunno? ("In the grass Grasshopper sat")

Round “Wildlife”

1. What bird breeds chicks in any frost? (Crossbill)

2. During the flight of these birds, it seems that a solid flame is moving. What kind of bird is this? (Flamingo)

3. Which bird flies the fastest? (Swift, up to 140 km/h)

4. What poisonous plant is used to prepare medicine used for heart disease? (Lily of the valley)

5. What plants do not have roots, stems, leaves, flowers? (Algae)

6. What kind of wood is used to make skis? (Birch)

7. Which predatory animal’s track is similar to a human’s track? (Bear)

8. What kind of wood are matches made from? (From aspen)

9. Which plant juice helps with mosquito bites? (Parsley)

Literary round

1. Which literary character owns the running shoes and the magic staff? (To Little Mook)

2. Name three Russian epic heroes. (Dobrynya Nikitich, Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich)

3. What medicine did Malvina Buratino want to give? (Castor oil)

4. What academic title did the owner of the Karabas-Barabas puppet theater have? (Doctor of Puppet Science)

5. What did Pinocchio love more than anything in the world? (Scary adventures)

6. What money coin was used by the residents of the town from the fairy tale “The Golden Key”? (Soldo)

7. “He swayed, swayed on his thin legs, took one step, took another step, hop-hop, straight to the door, across the threshold and into the street.” Who is this? (Pinocchio)

8. “A long, wet, wet man came out with a small, small face, as wrinkled as a morel mushroom.” Who is this? (Seller of medicinal leeches Duremar)

9. What was Gulliver’s profession? (Ship's doctor)

Round of riddles

1. He won’t knock, he won’t blurt out, but he’ll come through the window. (Dawn)

2. Stronger than the sun, weaker than the wind, no legs, but walking, no eyes, but crying. (Cloud)

3. The fur coat is new, but there is a hole in the hem. (Ice hole)

4. It curls around the nose, but is not easy to handle. (Smell)

5. Blue uniform, yellow lining, and sweet in the middle. (Plum)

6. Not the sea, not the river, but agitated. (Ears of corn in the field)

7. She will be born in water,

But strange fate:

She's afraid of water

And he always dies in it. (Salt)

8. Sits on a spoon with its legs dangling. (Noodles)

9. What kind of animal:

White as snow

Puffed up like fur

Walks with shovels

And he eats with a horn. (Goose)

10. Gray, but not a hare, with hooves, but not a horse. (Donkey)

11. Many arms, but one leg. (Tree)

12. Two daughters, two mothers, and a grandmother and granddaughter. How many are there? (Three)