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Famous questions from "What?" Where? When?, to which experts could not answer
In September of this year, the television game What? Where? When? turned 45. To commemorate the anniversary, we invite readers to play in ChGK. Try to answer questions that have baffled even the most famous members of the elite intellectual club.
Expert questions
Expert answers and correct answers
Expert questions
- She will tell you about love at the cost of her life. Who is she?
(a) actress;
(b) a butterfly flying towards the fire;
c) chamomile.
- Question: It is usually used by someone who thinks he smells bad and wants to smell good. What did Victor Pelevin call a visual deodorant?
- Question: This is given to a person twice. Every time it’s free, and if you want it a third time, you have to pay for it. What is it?
(a) driving licence;
(b) education;
c) teeth.
- The Arab poets said that a woman’s face without it is like the dawn without the sun. What did they mean?
(a) a handkerchief;
(b) a mole;
(c) a smile;
(d) tattoo.
- Question: In one of Henry Haggard’s books, Buddhist monks spoke with interest to travelers who came to their monastery and listened to their stories about distant countries. How did the monks explain their interest in these stories?
- Question: Solve the Russian riddle: “Uncle Nikon’s baldness is covered.” What's in our steward's left pocket?
- The question is, who are they going to put on anti-racism posters because they're white, black, Asian?
- Question: I'm beating you for myself. You're killing me. What or who?
(a) a punching bag;
(b) mosquito;
c) hours. - Question: Leaflets. After the lines, foxes, dots.” What comprehensive picture did Vladimir Mayakovsky paint in this poem?
(a) a picture of autumn;
(b) a picture of spring;
(c) a picture of winter.
- Question: 12 hours of the day we call half a day. 12 o'clock in the morning we call midnight. Why is it that thirteen minutes of the fourth is called king?
GettyImages - Bonus question: take the first grade test of a Hong Kong school. What number should be at the parking space where the car is located?
Expert answers and correct answers
- The answer of experts: a butterfly flying to the fire.
The correct answer is chamomile. - The expert answer: tuxedo. Smoking in English means “smoking”. From satin lapels tuxedo ash shakes off easily, leaving no traces and unpleasant smell.
The correct answer is in his book Empire V. The story of a real superman Victor Pelevin compared with a deodorant emoji. “A smiley face is a visual deodorant. It is usually put when the user thinks that it smells bad. And he wants to be guaranteed to smell good.” - The expert answer: education.
The right answer is teeth. For the installation of dental implants really need to pay a lot! - The expert answer: smile.
The correct answer is a mole. - The answer of experts: listening to the stories of travelers about their countries, Buddhists decide whether it is possible to spread Buddhism there.
The correct answer is that monks choose a country where they can be reborn. According to the Buddha’s teachings, there is enlightenment and a better life. - The answer of experts: the team of Andrei Kozlov decided that this is a tea strainer.
The correct answer is thimble. - The expert answer is chess.
The correct answer is pandas.
- The answer of experts: Alexei Samulev from the team of Alena Povyzvoy suggested that this is a clock.
The correct answer is mosquito.
- Experts say that this is an exhaustive picture of autumn.
The correct answer: Vladimir Mayakovsky’s poem can be interpreted in different ways. It’s called “The Exhaustive Picture of Spring.” - Mikhail Moon from the team of Andrei Kozlov suggested that 3:13 can be interpreted as March 13. This may be the birthday of Elvis Presley, whom Americans call King.
Elvis Presley was born on January 8. And to see the king on an electronic watch at 13 minutes of the fourth, you just have to flip it.
- Alexander Druz's answer: "For example, number 90, because it reads from both sides."
The correct answer is that the question is, in fact, quite childish, but requires an unusual solution. You need to look at the picture from the other side. Then it becomes clear that the car is in the parking lot with the number 87.
Cheese envelopes with apples according to the recipe of Olga Matvey, soaked in autumn and nostalgia
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