A golden copy of his David. David is the most recognizable silhouette. Candidates for Best Film

Michelangelo's largest sculpture was David. Its height is more than 5 m. Since then, this five-meter statue began to be perceived as a symbol not only of Renaissance art, but also of human genius in general.

Michelangelo de Francesco de Neri de Miniato del Sera and Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroti Simoni, better known simply as Michelangelo, was born on March 6, 1475 in the Tuscan town of Caprese to the impoverished Florentine nobleman Lodovico Buonarroti. Michelangelo's mother Francesca di Neri di Miniato del Sera married early and died from exhaustion due to frequent pregnancies in the year of her son's sixth birthday. Lodovico Buonarotti was not rich, and the income from his small property in the village was barely enough to support many children. In this regard, he was forced to give young Michelangelo to a nurse, the wife of a Scarpelino from the same village, called Settignano. There, raised by the Topolino couple, the boy learned to knead clay and use a chisel before reading and writing. In 1488, Michelangelo's father came to terms with his son's inclinations and placed him as an apprentice in the studio of the artist Domenico Ghirlandaio. He studied there for one year. A year later, Michelangelo moved to the school of the sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni, which existed under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, the de facto master of Florence. The Medici were the first to recognize Michelangelo's talent and patronize him. From approximately 1490 to 1492, Michelangelo was at the Medici court. This is how the creative path of the great Italian artist began.

In the biblical story of David and Goliath, David first donned a coat of mail, then a brass helmet, and then girded himself with a sword: he was preparing for a conventional sword fight with Goliath. But then he stopped. “I can’t walk in this gear because I’m not used to it,” he said, and took those five smooth stones.

On August 16, 1501, 26-year-old Michelangelo received an order from the head of the workshop of wool merchants in Florence (the workshop was entrusted with overseeing the decoration of the cathedral church of Santa Maria del Fiore) to make a sculpture of the biblical King David. This was preceded by the following story.

Back in the 14th century, the great Italian painter Giotto, who was one of the builders of the Florentine Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, depicted it with marble statues on the roof. 100 years before Michelangelo's David, it was decided to fulfill his old dream of statues. Young Donatello carved a two-meter “David” from marble. The sculpture seemed small, and the trustees of the cathedral sold it to the Florentine government as unnecessary. In order to raise the large statues to a height, Donatello and Brunelleschi thought of making them from light wood, covered with metal for strength, and painted like marble; Other materials were also offered. Doubts and hesitations continued for decades. Finally, the Florentines relied on the power of the new technology, and in the middle of the 15th century a huge block of marble was prepared for the first figure. The order for the large “David” was received by Agostino di Duccio. In his entire life, he did not create a single statue, only reliefs, but he often helped Donatello in similar works. All he had to do was trim the block, and Donatello would take over. But Donatello died, and the block remained lying in the courtyard of the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore for many years, gradually losing its marketable appearance under the influence of rain and wind. There is an urgent need to save the people's property. Here the young sculptor Michelangelo turned up and was recommended to the city fathers by Leonardo da Vinci.

Half a century after the sculpture of “David,” the writer and artist Giorgio Vasari described the entire history of the creation of the sculpture differently. Vasari says in his Lives that the block was considered damaged, and Michelangelo asked for it as unnecessary, and then surprised him with the finished statue. There is even an anecdote added about how the head of the Florentine Republic asked the sculptor to shorten the nose of “David”. Michelangelo pretended to shorten it, and the ruler immediately said: “Okay now.” But these are all just legends.

As soon as Michelangelo finished his David, it turned out that it would not be possible to raise it to the roof, the trustees of the cathedral handed the statue over to the city. A special commission, which included Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, found her a good place in the square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, the palace of the Florentine government. A special mechanism was built to transport the statue, and on September 8, 1504, “David” was erected in front of the entrance to the palace. There it stood in the open air for almost 4 centuries. In 1873, it was moved to the building of the Florentine Academy of Arts, and a copy was installed in the square. Placed in the center of Florence, "David" began to be perceived as a patriotic symbol - the image of the defender of the city. The fact is that by 1501, when Michelangelo began working on the statue, the citizens of Florence approved a new republican Constitution, overthrowing the tyranny of the Medici clan.

The rags to riches principle, often found in American biographies, has received two different interpretations over time. The 19th century version emphasized shortcomings that would be compensated for in the future. If you want to rise to the top, it is much better to start from the bottom: this way you will gain the necessary skills and motivation in order to achieve success. These days we don't learn from poverty, we avoid it.

"David" became Michelangelo's largest sculpture. Its height is more than 5 m. Since then, this five-meter statue began to be perceived as a symbol not only of Renaissance art, but also of human genius in general. The statue depicts a naked David, focused on the upcoming battle with Goliath. The young man is preparing for battle with an enemy superior in strength. He is calm and focused, but his muscles are tense. The eyebrows are knitted menacingly, something terrifying can be read in them. He threw a sling over his left shoulder, the lower tip of which was picked up by his right hand. The hero's free pose - a classic example of contrapposto - already prepares a deadly movement.

There is hardly a statue in the world that can compare with “David” in the number of copies and casts. One of the copies now stands in the Italian courtyard of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Interestingly, the plaster copy of “David” installed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London was at one time equipped with a removable fig leaf in case of visits from the Queen.

At the end of the 20th century, Israel celebrated the 3000th anniversary of Jerusalem. The anniversary of the home of three world religions became an event of far from local significance. The municipality of Florence has decided to donate a life-size copy of Michelangelo's David to Jerusalem. International etiquette dictates that “one should not look a gift horse in the mouth.” But it was not there! The Israeli rabbis looked and... were stunned: “And David is naked! And uncircumcised at that!” In Israel, as you know, religion is not separated from the state. There are many religious political parties in the country and the voice of religious figures is not the least important. The rabbis were then supported by the spiritual authorities of the Palestinian Arabs. The Israeli authorities were forced to submit to the religious wave. The gift was not accepted.

However, on October 7, 2008, a monument to King David was unveiled on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. But this was a different “David” - the modern Russian sculptor Alexander Demin. The bronze cast statue of the legendary king of the Jews in clothes, in a sitting position and with a lyre in his hands was received by the Israeli authorities as a gift from the Russian charitable foundation of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The installation of the monument to King David in Jerusalem was blessed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'

Alexy II. This time, in order to avoid unpleasant misunderstandings, the adviser to the mayor of the city of Jerusalem on art and design, David Susanna, was personally present at all stages of the creation of the monument to King David.

The statue was installed not far from the tomb of King David, under the walls of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the windows of the room in which the Last Supper took place. The place for installing the monument was chosen extremely well, one might say, similar to the one on which the monument to Georgy Zhukov stands in Moscow.

The monument stood for three days. On October 10, unknown vandals abused him. Vandals knocked off the nose of the monument, stained it with dirt and pieces of cotton wool, and someone stuck a Coca-Cola can into the bronze harp. Eggs were beaten on the pedestal of the monument, and rubbish was thrown over the fence. Local residents say that the act of vandalism was committed by ultra-Orthodox Jews. According to the famous Jerusalem guide Michael King, on the morning of October 11, after the act of vandalism, there was not a single policeman near the desecrated monument.

One can only guess what would have happened to Michelangelo's copy of the statue of the uncircumcised Jewish king David if the Jerusalem mayor's office had accepted the gift from the municipality of Florence.

It must be assumed that in light of the emerging topic of the day and regarding the symbolism carried by the sculpture of David by Michelangelo, it suits the capital of Russia more than Jerusalem. If only Michelangelo’s “David” could be erected on the streets of Moscow!? There seems to be no religious intolerance towards art among Russian citizens, unlike Israeli citizens. Moscow, although younger than Jerusalem, is also a world capital. After all, the third Rome. Moscow does not need to wait for a gift from the Florence municipality. She has her own “David” - it has been gathering dust for a hundred years in the Pushkin Museum.

Michelangelo’s “David” would easily fit, for example, into the architectural ensemble of Okhotny Ryad, near the fountain near the Bolshoi Theater, opposite the monument to Karl Marx by sculptor Lev Kerbel. There was once a park near the fountain near the Bolshoi Theater where Moscow homosexuals hung out. Michelangelo is considered their idol, along with many other geniuses of mankind. However, the main functional purpose of “David” would lie in a different plane. David, armed with a sling, would forever remind the founder of scientific communism to never let the ghost loose again. Otherwise you might get hit in the forehead.

All candidates for the Academy of Italian Cinema Award “David di Donatello” (Italian: Premia “David di Donatello”) have become known. The next award ceremony will take place on May 7, 2010 in the capital of Italy, Rome. The award was established in 1956 and is annual. The winners are awarded figurines - small copies of the sculpture of David, which was sculpted in bronze by one of the Italian Renaissance sculptures Donatello (Italian: Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi). The bronze sculpture itself is located in Florence in the National Bargello Museum (Italian: Il Museo Nazionale del Bargello).

Candidates for Best Film

"BAARÌA" (directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) / "MINE VAGANTI" (film by Ferzan Ozpetek) / "LA PRIMA COSA BELLA" (Paolo Virzì) / "L"UOMO CHE VERRA"" (Giorgio Diritti - Giorgio Diritti) / "VINCERE (Marco Bellocchio)

"Best Director"

Marco BELLOCCHIO (for the film "Vincere") / Giorgio DIRITTI (film "L"uomo che verrà") / Ferzan OZPETEK ("Mine vaganti") / Giuseppe TORNATORE (for the film "Baarìa") / Paolo VIRZÌ (director of the film "La prima cosa bella")

"Best Actress in a Leading Role"

Margherita BUY (who played in the film "Lo spazio bianco") / Giovanna MEZZOGIORNO (the film "Vincere") / Micaela RAMAZZOTTI ("La prima cosa bella") / Stefania SANDRELLI ("La prima cosa bella") / Greta ZUCCHERI MONTANARI ("L "uomo che verrà")

"Best Actor in a Leading Role"

Antonio ALBANESE (who played in the film "Questione di cuore") / Libero DE RIENZO (the film "Fortapàsc") / Valerio MASTANDREA ("La prima cosa bella") / Kim ROSSI STUART ("Questione di cuore") / Filippo TIMI (for the role in the movie "Vincere")

David is the most recognizable silhouette

Everyone knows that Florence is the pearl of Italy, and millions of tourists come here to enjoy the unforgettable mood created by the outstanding Florentines. And contribution David to the state treasury - 8 million euros per year. It is not surprising that Florentines want to receive their interest from this amount, since the government has significantly reduced budget transfers for local authorities.

How was this handsome David created, which became the cause of disagreement between Rome and Florence and one of the most copied sculptures in the world?

Maestro Michelangelo captured the image King David, focused on the upcoming battle with Goliath. The young king ruled Judah for 7 years, and then ruled the united kingdom of Israel and Judah for another 33 years. He is considered an ideal ruler, which is why the sculptor created the ideal body of David. Although, anatomists still saw the missing muscle under the right shoulder blade on the back of David.

The public was stunned by the perfect execution of the image of the king, from whose family, according to the New Testament, the Messiah came. Giorgio Vasari wrote that the giant statue of David, made by a twenty-six-year-old, “took away the glory of all statues, modern and ancient, Greek and Roman. This David, this majestic and beautiful young man, full of boundless courage and strength, calm, but at the same time ready to deploy this courage to defeat the threat, confident in his victory and in his rightness.”

Copy of David, made by Michelangelo himself, Piazza della Signoria, Florence

According to biblical legend, still very young David(then he was a simple shepherd, and later proved himself to be a wise ruler) killed Philistine warrior Goliath, defeating him in a duel with a sling, and then cuts off the giant's head. And so, according to the Florentine bibliographer Vasari, Michelangelo created a statue of the winner for his native Florence, for David "just protector and ruler of his people". Thus, the great sculptor, with his creation, wanted to define the ideal in which he saw the salvation of the offended fatherland.

Such a sample Michelangelo I didn’t even try to look around. While Raphael and painted portraits, and according to the notes of the same Giorgio Vasari, sculptor and artist Michelangelo “I was horrified by the idea of ​​sketching a person if he did not have ideal beauty”.

To make his cherished dream, the master took a piece of marble, which many sculptors had already abandoned, and they doubted whether Michelangelo would come up with anything sensible.

One day, the Florentines decided to give a full-length copy of David, 5 meters 17 centimeters, on September 25, 1995, for the anniversary of the city of Jerusalem, he turned 3000 years old. The Florentines believed this was very symbolic: Jewish king David For Israel. But city authorities Jerusalem, having examined David, refused, citing the fact that the sculpture is naked, and therefore it is clearly visible that the king of the Jews is not circumcised. Jerusalem officials apparently assumed what exactly the Israelis could do with the statue of the uncircumcised king...

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How Michelangelo received the order

On August 6, 1501, 26-year-old Michelangelo received an order from the head of the workshop of wool merchants in Florence to make a sculpture of the biblical King David. The workshop was tasked with overseeing the decoration of the cathedral church of Santa Maria del Fiore. However, the history of the creation of the statue began long before that. Back in the 14th century, the great Italian painter Giotto, who built the aforementioned cathedral, depicted it with marble statues on the roof. They tried to create a statue of David more than once. But the sculptures turned out to be small. The order for the large “David” was received by Agostino di Duccio, who did not create a single statue. All he had to do was trim the block, and Donatello would take over. But Donatello died. The block lay in the courtyard of the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore for many years. It began to deteriorate from rain and wind, and the authorities decided to urgently do something about it. Here the young sculptor Michelangelo turned up and was recommended to the city fathers by Leonardo da Vinci.

Another version

Half a century after David was completed, writer and artist Giorgio Vasari described his version of the story of the creation of the sculpture. She looks different. It turns out that the block was considered damaged, and Michelangelo begged for it as unnecessary, and then surprised everyone with the finished statue. There was even a joke about how the head of the Florentine Republic allegedly asked the sculptor to shorten David’s nose. Michelangelo pretended to carry out the assignment, to which the ruler then said: “Okay now.” But these are all just legends.

Process of creation

Michelangelo prepared more than a hundred sketches of the future statue, made a small clay model, which he poured into containers with milk, with the help of which he determined the sequence of work on the marble block.

With the onset of winter, difficulties began to arise for Michelangelo. He had to forge tools that quickly became dull from intense work. But Michelangelo could not afford to rest, often even sleeping at night at his workplace. However, not everything depended on the master. He was forced to interrupt work due to unrest in Florence, so the statue was completed only in 1504. It was said that after finishing the statue, Michelangelo decorated it with a crown of sheet copper.

How the statue was installed

With the completion of work on the masterpiece, the difficulties associated with it did not end. It turned out that it would not be possible to lift it to the roof of the cathedral, and the trustees of the cathedral handed the statue over to the city. A special commission, which included Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, decided to install it in the square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, the palace of the Florentine government. A special mechanism was built to transport the statue, and on September 8, 1504, David was erected in front of the entrance to the palace. There it stood in the open air for almost 4 centuries. David, standing in the center of the city, was perceived as the image of the defender of the city. Let us remember that the political situation in the city played a significant role. By 1501, when Michelangelo began working on the statue, the citizens of Florence approved a new Republican Constitution, overthrowing the tyranny of the Medici clan. Much later, in 1873, the sculpture was moved to the building of the Florentine Academy of Arts, and a copy was installed in the square.

Legends about the statue

Over the centuries-old history of the existence of the statue of David, an incredible number of copies have been created. One of them now stands in the Italian courtyard of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Another interesting fact is that the plaster copy of “David” installed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London was for some time equipped with a removable fig leaf in case of visits from the Queen.

At the end of the 20th century, for the 3000th anniversary of Jerusalem, the authorities of Florence decided to give the city a life-size copy of Michelangelo's David. However, the Israeli rabbis refused, citing the fact that David was naked and... uncircumcised. The rabbis were then supported by the spiritual authorities of the Palestinian Arabs, so the Israeli authorities were forced to submit to the religious wave. The gift was not accepted.

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Twenty-third game of the Second Team Tournament.

Participants

Peter Kazennov

Sergey Dubelevich

Ivan Starikov

• Pyotr Kazennov, doctor from St. Petersburg
• Sergey Dubelevich, teacher of Russian language and literature from Minsk (Belarus)
• Ivan Starikov, teacher of history and geography from Pushchino, Moscow region

Progress of the game

First round

Themes:

• Law is law
• Skins
• Brushes and paints
• What's the price
• OK.

How much (400)

The Vienna Hotel Imperial was opened 140 years ago by this emperor; The event was celebrated with an Imperial chocolate cake. A portion for two can still be bought today for 15 euros.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Franz Joseph I

How much (300)

Having inherited Voltaire's property, his niece Madame Denis sold exactly this to Catherine II for 50,000 ecus, or 30,000 rubles in gold.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: library

How much (200)

At the end of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Fat Tom tries to throw exactly that into the Thames - worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Ivan answers.
Player response: Winning.
Correct answer: Two guns

How much (500)

Last year, this canvas by Norwegian Edvard Munch was sold at Sotheby’s for almost $120 million.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Scream

Ural (300)

The epic of this people tells about the mighty Ural Batyr and his evil brother Shulgen.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Bashkirs

Ural (200)

The expedition of the Russian Geographical Society to the Urals in 2010 clarified precisely this border.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Between Europe and Asia

O.K. (400)

She became the prototype for the heroine of the film “Miracle with Pigtails” and herself performed gymnastic exercises in the film.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Olga Korbut

O.K. (300)

This Russian Van Dyck considered himself a master of grandiose historical canvases, and painted the portraits that made him famous to earn money.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Kiprensky

O.K. (200)

Question-auction. On the emblem of the artist Artemyev in 1980, they were all red.

Peter plays. The bet is 1,000.
Correct answer: Olympic rings

Brushes and paints (200)

Brushes and paints (200)

While working on a portrait of Charles V, he dropped his brush. The Emperor respectfully picked it up and handed it to the painter.

Peter answers.
Player response: Velazquez.
Correct answer: Titian

Brushes and paints (300)

“But both those that are good and those that are bad disappear after the first rain,” wrote Novella Matveeva about the paintings painted by little-known European artists.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Asphalt

The law is the law (300)

If you even accidentally step on this in Thailand, you can end up in jail for lese majeste.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: On a banknote or coin with the image of the king

Skins (300)

Question-auction. Watching Oleg Efremov’s screen tests for the role of Yuri Detochkin, film designer Boris Memechek described the actor in exactly this way. He had to play the investigator.

Ivan plays. The bet is 1,600.
Player response: Selfish look.
Correct answer: Wolf in sheep's clothing

The law is the law (400)

In the French film "Insurrection/Resurrection" the hero whistles "Internationale". After the film's release, the director was fined for precisely this.

Sergey answers.
Player response: For "Internationale" instead of "La Marseillaise".
Correct answer: For copyright infringement

Brushes and paints (400)

Symbols (100)

Cat in a poke. Subject: Symbols. Moscow gave Washington a bronze Pushkin by Alexander Burganov, Washington gave Washington a bronze by Walt Whitman by the same sculptor. Above the head of each of the poets is this symbol of poetry.

Sergei plays. The bet is 100.
Player response: Lyra.
Correct answer: Pegasus

Skins (400)

This is exactly how many lion skins Tartarin brought to Tarascon from Africa.

Sergey answers.
Player response: 0 .
Correct answer: 5

Skins (500)

Skins (500)

It took the Indians of North America one and a half dozen bison skins to build this.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Tipi

The law is the law (200)

Pennsylvania law prohibits singing there. There is no freedom even in your own home!

Peter answers.
Correct answer: In the shower

Brushes and paints (500)

Brushes and paints (500)

The bas-relief painted by the artist in this one-color technique is difficult to distinguish from the real thing.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Grisal

The law is the law (500)

Applying Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, this Russian created the first transformer in 1876.

Correct answer: Yablochkov

Ural (100)

In the village of Paris, in the Chelyabinsk region, one of the cell phone towers is made in the form of this.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Eiffel Tower

Skins (100)

This item with the loud name “Dragon Skin” did not pass field tests, and the Pentagon refused the “Skin”.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Body armor

How much (100)

In 1914, Russians could buy this particular “Kopeyka” for a penny.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: newspaper

O.K. (100)

The Soviet ruble of 1961 also includes this inscription in Ukrainian.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: One ruble

The law is the law (100)

Picture books (500)

Cat in a poke. Subject: Picture books. In 1935, the great illustrator Arthur Rackham created eerie illustrations for this story, published almost a century earlier.

Sergei plays. The bet is 500.
Correct answer: "Murder in the Rue Morgue"

Round result

• Peter - 2 200
• Sergey - 0
• Ivan - 1 000

Second round

Themes:

• Names
• People and animals
• Thousand
• Questions from…
• Actors and roles
• First

Questions from… (600)

Questions from Dominic Joker

Singer Dominic Joker asks questions. The group “Chizh and Co,” Mark Bernes and, of course, Leonid Utesov sang about my hometown.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Odessa

Questions from… (1,000)

In 2012, I released a song called “Goodbye.” It’s curious that 14 years earlier I released an album as part of the group “Twice Two” with a similar name.

Ivan answers.
Player response: "Hello".
Correct answer: "Don't say goodbye"

Questions from… (800)

A rare case, but the text for the song “Farewell” was written not by a songwriter, but by the founder of the Union of Soviet Writers, a world-famous prose writer. Who is he?

Correct answer: Maksim Gorky

Questions from… (400)

The university where I studied was nicknamed “canned food” by my fellow countrymen. What school did I attend?

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Conservatory

Questions from… (200)

Since 2009, I have been one of the hosts of the popular children's competition “New Wave”. At first it was held in Moscow, and then moved. Where is it held now?

Ivan answers.
Player response: Jurmala.
Peter answers.
Player response: Sochi.
Correct answer: Artek

People and animals (1,000)

People and animals (1,000

Considering Prince Charles's achievements in this area, a rare species of frog from the tree frog family was named after him.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Nature Conservancy

People and animals (800)

On the eve of the year, snakes in the Yakut village of Walba created a huge cobra in a standing position. 400 kilograms of this material were supplied by cows.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Manure

People and animals (400)

A resident of Thai Lampang created a unique hospital for them. Over 20 years, almost 3,000 patients were treated.

Peter answers.
Player response: Snakes.
Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Elephants

People and animals (200)

In the Soviet-Indian film about this mongoose, Andrei Mironov voiced the title character.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

First (200)

On March 17, 1861, the 8th King of Piedmont and Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel, became the first king of this united state.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Italy

First (400)

Despite industrial wastewater, Chelyabinsk residents fish out perch, crucian carp and even peled from this city lake.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: First

First (600)

Auction. The first parade of the workers' and peasants' Red Army took place in 1918 on Khodynskoye Field on the occasion of this holiday.

First (800)

This part of the Old Testament consists of 31 chapters and is devoted to the history of Israel until the death of King Saul.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: "First Book of Kings"

First (1,000)

Medals (200)

Cat in a poke. Subject: Medals. Here is the Medal of Honor, awarded to Charles Limberg for exceptional heroism in flying across the Atlantic. Whose image was attached to the medal with the block?

Sergei plays. The bet is 200.
Correct answer: Eagle

Names (600)

The hero of the novel “GenerationP” Vavilen Tatarsky received his unusual name in honor of these two idols of his sixties father.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Vasily Ivanovich Aksenov and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Names (1,000)

“Shall I tell you the name? Ah, the name is simply lovely!”... In the opera “The Barber of Seville” Figaro called Razzini this name of the object of his master’s sighs.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Razzina

Thousand (1,000)

Thousand (1,000)

The first thousand-ruble banknote in Russian history, issued under the Provisional Government, received the nickname “Dumka” for the image of this St. Petersburg building.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Tauride Palace

Thousand (800)

Buddha gave the goddess Guanyin a thousand of them. So that she can help all those who suffer.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Hand

Names (400)

Translated from Greek, this name of Dostoevsky’s hero means “Purple.”

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Porfiry

First (600)

In the film A Thousand Acres, farmer Larry divides his estate between his daughters, Ginny, Rose and Caroline. A unique interpretation of this tragedy by Shakespeare...

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: "King Lear"

Actors and roles (400)

Having seen him in a restaurant, Basov decided: the type for the role of Heinrich Schwarzkopf is excellent, but probably not an actor - the face is too smart.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky

Names (200)

This heroine of “Resurrection” in the brothel was called by the name Lyubov: hers was rustic.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Katyusha Maslova

Actors and roles (600)

Actors and roles (600)

While starring in the spy film Salt, she specially learned Russian.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Angelina Jolie

Thousand (400)

Thousand (400)

The traveler Theodor Solomns named the lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains just like that. If you don't believe me, consider it yourself!

Peter answers.
Correct answer: thousand islands

Thousand (200)

Auction. For Dahl, this word meant “rich man”; for us, more likely, it meant a successful blogger.

Peter plays. The bet is 4,000.
Correct answer: Thousander

Actors and roles (200)

On the set of the film “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive,” he came out already wearing makeup to keep the secret even from his fellow actors.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Sergey Vitalievich Bezrukov

Actors and roles (800)

Alexey Batalov, who played Tibul in “Three Fat Men,” studied this art for a year and two months. And he did not resort to the services of a stuntman.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Walking on a tightrope

Actors and roles (1,000)

According to Ryazanov, Andrei Myagkov did not appreciate the director’s poem “Nature has no bad weather,” so he received a role in this film almost without words.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: "Garage"

Round result

• Peter - 12 400
• Sergey - 4 800
• Ivan - 2 400

Third round

Themes:

• Advertising
• Gate in the photo
• What from what
• Awards and prizes
• Dinner is served
• About music

Gate in photo (900)

Gate in photo (900)

These predators are depicted on the entrance gate of the Acropolis of Mycenae, and the gate itself is named after them.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Lions

What from what (900)

The atmosphere of Mars consists of 95% of this gas.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Carbon dioxide

Food served (900)

In 1919, the British airline HadleyPageTransport became the first to feed passengers. True, only sandwiches, and even on this condition.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: For a fee

What from what (600)

What from what (600)

American Molly Bright creates her paintings from them. And where he gets so much, and even different ones, is unclear!

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: From bottle caps

What from what (1 200)

Both the face and the finger of Gogol’s Viy were made from this. Correct answer: Iron

Gate in photo (1,200)

Gate in photo (1,200)

In Marrakech, the 17th-century gate eventually lost two towers and began to be called “bab aguinau” - the gate “Baran without it”... Without what?

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Without horns

Food served (1,500)

In the novel “The Splendor and Poverty of the Courtesans,” this ice cream was served in a glass and decorated with small fruits.

Peter answers.
Player response: Sherbet.
Correct answer: Cream

What from what (1,500)

Having rubbed himself with the ointment, Jason became invulnerable; Medea made the ointment from the juice of a flower that grew in the Caucasus from his blood.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Promethea

Gate in photo (1,500)

Gate in photo (1,500)

The Nam de Mun, or great southern gate, was built in 1398, when the city became the capital.

Ivan answers.
Player response: Beijing.
Correct answer: Seoul

Gates in the photo (600)

Gates in the photo (600)

The Polish name of the gate “Ostra Brama”, or “Sharp Gate” in this Baltic capital was changed to “Ashtriabroma” - “Three Dawns”.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Vilnius

Food served (600)

According to William Pokhlebkin, this meat dish can also be baked. Ozhegov's dictionary insists: only fried, in accordance with the name.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Roast

About music (600)

“Amazing, inhuman music, I can listen to it every day,” the leader of the world proletariat admired this creation.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Beethoven's "Appassionata"

Advertising (900)

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky

Advertising (900)

The Harley-Davidson company promised discounts to bikers who made it in the form of the company logo.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Tattoo

Advertising (1,200)

Question-auction. In a pre-revolutionary advertisement for this product, a crab in a suit is sitting at the table, and the crab waiter is serving a huge dish.

Peter plays. The bet is 5,100.
Player response: Beer.
Correct answer: Candies “Cancer necks”

Advertising (1,500)

Correct answer: Public toilets

About music (900)

Jean-Philippe Rameau created 3 collections of pieces for this instrument, for example “Roll Call of Birds”.

Sergey answers.
Player response: Harp

Awards and prizes (1,500)

A golden copy of his “David” has been awarded annually by the Italian Academy of Cinematography for more than half a century.

Sergey answers.
Player response: Michelangelo.
Correct answer: Donatello

Awards and prizes (1,200)

This cosmonaut and honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts received the Lenin Komsomol Prize for the book-album “Man and the Universe.”

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Alexey Leonov

Awards and prizes (900)

This Russian service awards prizes for the creation of highly artistic images of its employees in literature and art.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: FSB

About music (1,500)

Question-auction. According to D. D. Shostakovich, in order to love music, you must first do this.

Sergei plays. The bet is 2,100.
Correct answer: Listen to her

Awards and prizes (600)

Among the laureates of this country's Imperial Prize are composer Sofia Gubaidulina, ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, and musician Mstislav Rostropovich.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Japan

Advertising (900)

In the 19th century, Russian entrepreneur Ludwig Metzel first called advertising its engine.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Trade

About music (300)

In musical notation, this clef is the second most common after the treble clef.

Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Bass

Food served (300)

Residents of Calabria are sure: a girl is only ready for marriage when she learns to do 15 different types of this.

Ivan answers.
Player response: Pizza.
Sergey answers.
Correct answer: Paste

Awards and prizes (300)

According to legend, the inventor of this game asked for an unprecedented reward, starting the countdown with a grain of wheat.

Ivan answers.
Correct answer: Chess

What from what (300)

Substitutes for this are made from acorns, barley, chicory and even dandelions.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Coffee

Gate in photo (300)

Gate in photo (300)

Players of mini-football or similar try to score a goal into such a goal.

Peter answers.
Correct answer: Handball

Round result

• Peter - 12 100
• Sergey - 4 800
• Ivan - 6 300

Final round

Subject: Countries and peoples

The historian Tacitus dedicated this small book to tribes living outside the Roman Empire. The manuscript was discovered only in 1455, and the Germans felt flattered. Mentions of drunkenness and laziness of the Germans' ancestors did not bother them. What was the name of the book?

Peter's answer: "History of the Germanic Tribes"
The rate is 543.

Sergey's answer: "Annals"
The bet is 4,200.

Ivan's answer: "Teutons"
The bet is 6,000.

Correct answer: "Germany"

Game summary

• Peter - 11 557
• Sergey - 600
• Ivan - 300

Peter Kazennov is declared the winner of the game.