What? Where? When? | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Vladimir Voroshilov Natalia Stetsenko |
Directed by | Vladimir Voroshilov (1975–2000) Boris Kryuk (2001–present) |
Presented by | Alexander Maslyakov (1975–1976) Vladimir Voroshilov (1977–2000) Boris Kryuk (2001–present) |
Opening theme | Owl with Crown |
Country of origin | Soviet Union (1975–1991) Russia (1992–present) |
Original language | Russian |
No. of seasons | 43 |
No. of episodes | 493 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Alyona Loban |
Producers | Boris Kryuk Andrey Anatolyevich Kozlov (1991–present) Yegor Yuzbashev (1999–2000) |
Running time | up to 90 min. (live) |
Original release | |
Network | Soviet Central Television (1975–1991) Ostankino Television 1 (1992–1994) Channel One (1995–1998, 2000–present) NTV (1999–2000) |
Release | September 4, 1975 present | –
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What? Where? When? (Russian: Что? Где? Когда?, translit. Chto? Gde? Kogda?; ChGK) is an intellectual game show well known in Russian-language media and other CIS states since the mid-1970s. Today it is produced for television by TV Igra on the Russian Channel One and also exists as a competitive game played in clubs organized by the World Association of Intellectual Games. Over 50,000 teams worldwide play the sport version of the game, based on the TV show.[1]