Competition-game "smart guys and smart girls." Intellectual game "clever and clever" for primary school Game of clever and clever

Target: develop the ability to search for and solve tasks in a competitive environment.

Maintain interest in intellectual activity, the desire to play games with mathematical and speech content.

Develop thinking, attention, communication skills.

To cultivate in children the ability to take initiative in order to gain new knowledge, perseverance, determination, ingenuity, and mutual assistance.

Progress of the game:

Leading 1: I am glad to welcome you, dear participants, to our intellectual game “Smart Guys.” This is a game of fun, resourceful and smart people. Today we have gathered for an unusual game of intelligence, ingenuity, resourcefulness and ingenuity, competition and mutual assistance.

Presenter 2: We are glad to see you today at our game. The game is attended by the national team of group No. 2 “Motlyok” and group No. 7 “Carlson”. Now the participants will demonstrate all these abilities.

Presenter3:

Let's play a fun and useful game.

And an excellent jury will help us with this.

(Presentation of the jury.)

Presenter1: I ask the jury to take their seats. The jury will evaluate your tasks, you must listen carefully, complete it correctly and quickly when given a signal.

Presenter 2: Are the participants ready? Begin.

Presenter 3: So let's begin.

In this round, each team must answer 11 questions. A limited amount of time is allotted for this competition: 3 minutes for each team. At the end of the time period, a sound signal sounds. For each correct answer, teams receive one point.

Questions for 1 team:

1. How many months are there in a year? (12.)

2. In what month do children go to school? (In September.)

3. Gingerbread man overgrown with needles? (Hedgehog.)

4. Fairytale boy with a wooden nose? (Pinocchio.)

5. Who sleeps all winter? (Bear.)

6. Which pet wore shoes? (Puss in Boots.)

7. What is the shortest month of the year? (February.)

8. At what time of year do snowdrops appear? (In spring.)

9. What does it mean to “bite your tongue”? (Shut up.)

10. What is the first day of the week? (Monday.)

11. Coat, dress, sweater is... (Clothes.)

Questions for team 2:

1. How many days are there in a week? (7.)

2. Chicken as a child? (Chick.)

3. The harmful old woman from Russian folk tales? (Baba Yaga.)

4. Fairytale girl with blue hair? (Malvina.)

5. Who is stirred by sour cream, cold at the window? (Kolobok.)

6. The hanging pear can’t be eaten? (Lamp.)

7. Fairytale onion boy? (Chipolino.)

8. At what time of year do birds build nests? (In spring.)

9. What does it mean to “knuckle down”? (Sit back.)

10. First month of the year? (January.)

11. Boots, shoes, boots are... (Shoes.)

The counting commission calculates the results of the 1st round.

The jury is given the floor to announce the results of the 1st round.

The game is being played.

Low mobility game “Do as I do”

Target: Continue to develop various types of movements in children, teach children to perform movements according to a visual model, and develop coordination of movements of the arms and legs when performing exercises.

Progress of the game:

The driver makes some movements, and the rest of the players need to repeat them exactly. The driver can raise his arms, squat, stomp, jump, dance, etc. Those players who make mistakes change the driver; at the same time, from several who made a mistake, he, the driver, chooses a replacement for himself.

Presenter 2:

Round 2 – “Logic problems”

Exercise 1. Logical tasks (3 tasks for each team). For each correct answer, teams receive 1 point.

There are 4 birds sitting on a tree: 2 sparrows, the rest are crows. How many crows are there on a tree?

5 foxes are digging sand, 3 are sunbathing in the sun, 2 are swimming in the ash. How many are there, tell me?

Grandma Dasha has a granddaughter Masha, a cat Fluffy and a dog Druzhok. How many grandchildren does grandma have?

There are 5 branches on the maple. There are 2 apples on each branch. How many apples are there on a maple tree?

How many ears do three mice have?

How many paws do two cubs have?

Task 2- video questions. Each team will be shown 5 pictures depicting heroes from different fairy tales. The task is to name these fairy tales.

The counting commission calculates the results of the 2nd round.

The jury is given the floor to announce the results of the 2nd round.

A physical session is being held.

Monkeys

(Group physical education, children repeat everything that is said in the poem.)

We are funny monkeys

We play too loud.

We all stomp our feet,

We all clap our hands,

Puff out our cheeks

Let's jump on our toes.

Let's jump to the ceiling together

Put your finger to your temple

And even to each other

Let's show our tongues!

Presenter 1:

Round 3 – Captains’ Competition “Journey through Fairy Tales”.

The presenter takes one team captain to another room, and the other answers questions. For each correct answer by the captain, the teams receive 1 point.

Name Baba Yaga's flying machine

Helicopter;

What belongs to a fairy?

Magic wand;

Invisible hat.

What in the fairy tale “Masha and the Bear” did the bear want to eat when he sat down on a tree stump?

What kind of legs do huts have in Russian fairy tales?

Elephant;

In Boots.

Who did Emelya catch?

What was kept in Koshchei's chest?

Gems;

Medicines.

The counting commission calculates the results of the 3rd round.

The jury is given the floor to announce the results of the 3rd round.

The game is being played.

Game "Flies, doesn't fly"

Goal: to consolidate children’s knowledge about flying and non-flying objects; cultivate endurance and patience.

Progress of the game: children stand or sit in a circle, with the teacher in the center. He names animate and inanimate objects that fly and do not fly. When naming an object, the teacher raises his hands up. Children should raise their hands up if the object flies.

Presenter 3:

Round 4 – “Riddle?”

In this round, each team must solve 6 riddles. For each correct answer, teams receive 1 point.

The little animal is jumping -

Not a mouth, but a trap.

Will fall into a trap

And a mosquito and a fly.

Answer: Frog.

Who from the tall dark pines

He threw cones at the kids

And into the bushes, through a stump,

Flashed like a light?

Answer: Squirrel.

Rusting and rustling the grass, a living whip creeps by.

So he stood up and hissed: come, whoever is very brave.

Answer: Snake.

I combed my hair without a comb

And I washed my face without water,

Climbed into a soft chair

And he sang in every possible way.

Answer: Cat, Cat.

A ball rolls through the forest, it has a thorny side,

He hunts at night for beetles and mice.

Answer: Hedgehog.

In front - a snout, in the back - a hook,

There is a back in the middle, and on it there is a bristle.

Answer: Pig.

The owner of the forest wakes up in the spring,

And in winter, under the blizzard howl,

He sleeps in a snow hut.

Answer: Bear.

He lives calmly, is in no hurry,

Carry a shield just in case.

Under him, without knowing fear,

Walking...

Answer: Turtle.

A ball of fluff, a long ear,

Jumps deftly, loves carrots

Answer: Rabbit.

In the autumn he climbed into the cabbage:

Horned and shaggy and with a long beard.

Answer: Goat.

I arrange myself cleverly:

I have a pantry with me.

Where's the storage room?

Behind the cheek!

I'm so cunning!

Answer: Hamster.

It wouldn't be my work

It wouldn't be my run

You would live badly, man.

But in the age of the car and the motor, I'm afraid

I will retire soon.

Answer: Horse, Horse.

The counting commission calculates the results of the 4th round.

Zamyshlyaeva Galina

That's it the final round of the intellectual game "Smart Guys: First Steps"! All participants prepared very well for the final and were determined to win! Questions were answered quickly, meaningfully, and confidently. Only twice did they give the audience a chance to answer the question.

The game is over, the diplomas have been awarded!

Let's see how it went.

Leading: Good afternoon dear friends! I am pleased to welcome you to the finals of the intellectual competition “Smart Men and Women: First Steps.”

The winners of the first round of the game take part in the final game, this is... (the participants of the game are called). Let's welcome them.

(Spectators greet the participants in the game)

Leading. At the end of our game 5 categories: fairy tales by A. S. Pushkin, the world around us (birds, local history (my native land, Russian holidays, Russian language (outdated words).

Rules of the game all the same. I will ask each participant one question. If the answer to the question is correct, the participant moves forward along the track; if incorrect, it remains in place. The question goes to the audience. For correct answers, viewers can earn a token.

Be careful, only the one who was asked the question answers.

Our fair jury will evaluate your answers. .(members of the jury are introduced)

So, let's start the game. I ask participants to go to the tracks. Wish you Good luck!

Questions for the final game

1. In “The Tale of Tsar Saltan,” the girls, doing needlework, had a leisurely conversation and dreamed about their future.

Question: what did they promise to do as queen?

Answer: prepare a feast, weave cloth, give birth to a hero.

2. The old man from “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish,” on the orders of the old woman, went to the sea several times with requests to the goldfish.

Question: How many of the old man’s requests did the goldfish fulfill and which ones?

Answer: four (trough, hut, noblewoman, queen)

3. In “The Tale of the Dead Princess,” the evil queen decided to kill her young stepdaughter. Dressed as a beggar, she treated the queen to a poisoned apple. And only the faithful dog sensed trouble.

Question: what was the name of the dog of the seven heroes in this fairy tale?

Answer: Sokolko.

1. Every spring, birds hatch their chicks, and then feed them and teach them to fly. But there is a bird that abandons its chicks immediately after birth.

Question: what kind of bird are we talking about?

Answer: cuckoo.

2. Several hundred species of woodcutting beetles and bark beetles live in our forests - the worst enemies of trees. This bird not only destroys beetles and their larvae, it gets them from where no one can get them. And if bark beetles and woodcutters have not yet destroyed our forests, then this is due in no small part to the well-known bird, which is popularly called the forest doctor.

Question: what kind of bird is this?

Answer: woodpecker.

3. This bird is one of the largest birds of the forests; it lives in thickets and swamps. She has excellent hearing, eyesight, beautiful black plumage and bright red brow ridges.

Question: what is the name of this bird?

Answer: capercaillie.

1. In our country, and in other countries of the world, every city, town, village, hamlet has its own name, which distinguishes it from other populated areas. Our village got its name in honor of the great playwright Ostrovsky

Question: what was the name of our village before?

Answer: Semenovskoe-bast.

2. Each person has his own small homeland, that is, the place where he was born, grew up, and lives. And to find him, you need to know his residential address. But not only residents, but also various buildings have an address.

Question: on what street is our kindergarten located?

Answer: Shkolny Lane.

3. You all know that each country has its own state symbols. Cities and towns also have their own flag and coat of arms, which tell about their features.

Question: what are the colors on the flag and what is depicted on the coat of arms of our village?

Answer: blue and green, Snow Maiden.

1. This holiday is celebrated not only in Russia, but also in many other countries, which is why it is international. In our country, all women and girls are congratulated on this day.

Question: what holiday are we talking about?

2. The law on days of military glory says this about this holiday: February 23 is the day of the victory of the Red Army over the Kaiser’s troops of Germany in 1918. Now this is a holiday for all real men.

Question: what is the name of this holiday?

Answer: Defender of the Fatherland Day.

3. This holiday is probably the most touching, most joyful holiday in our country. A veteran with orders on his chest, leading his grandson by the hand, is a symbol of the connection between generations, the strength of our Fatherland. On this day, we feel especially proud of our history and want to believe that we will overcome all difficulties.

Question: what kind of holiday is this?

Answer: Victory Day.

1. Late in the evening, three girls under the window shared with each other their dreams if they became a queen...

“I just had time to say something, the door creaked quietly, and the king, the sovereign of that side, entered the little room.”

Question: what kind of room was called the light room in ancient times?

Answer: The Eastern Slavs have a bright front room, often in the upper part of the house.

2. Listen to an excerpt from “The Fairy Tale...”

“The Tsar Father came out into the vestibule. Everyone went into the palace. The king didn’t get ready for long: he got married that same evening.”

Question: explain what a canopy is?

Answer: the non-residential part of the house connecting the living space with the porch.

3. Prince Guidon, after the shipmen’s first visit to the beautiful city on the island of Buyan, wanted to see Tsar Saltan, his father. He told the Swan Princess about his desire, and with a flap of her wing she performed a miracle:

“Then he shrank to a point, turned into a mosquito, flew and squealed, and caught up with the ship at sea.”

Question: what does it mean, turned around?

Answer: reincarnate, transform.

Leading: Dear participants, you passed all the tests with honor!

And we completed all the difficult tasks. The moment of truth is coming

It's time to dot the I's

Let him announce the winners of the competition

Our impartial and strict jury.

(The floor is given to the chairman of the jury to sum up the results.)

The most erudite viewer of the game.

Second place participants.

Winner of the intellectual game "Smart Guys: First Steps"

Leading: This concludes our “Clever Men and Women” competition. I thank you, dear viewers, for your smile and the sparkle in your eyes, and I wish the participants of the game further success in the next competitions. Well done! Keep it up!

Dear colleagues, thank you for your attention!

Target competition-game "Smart Men and Women": creating conditions for the development of inventive thinking, productivity, digital literacy, effective communication and creative abilities of primary schoolchildren.

Objectives of the competition-game

activate children's cognitive activity;
contribute to the development of the ability to competently express one’s thoughts in Russian;
create conditions for the development of self-organization, the ability to organize one’s activities, and verbalization of knowledge;
promote the development of personal responsibility and communication skills when working in a team.

The game competition “Smart Men and Women” is aimed at developing the following skills of the twenty-first century:

Communication skills– the ability to create conditions for effective oral, written, multimedia communication in various forms and contexts, manage it and understand it.
Creativity and curiosity– the ability to self-develop, apply new ideas and communicate them to other people.
Ability to work with information and media– ability to find, analyze, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information in different forms and in different ways
Interpersonal interaction and cooperation– ability to work in a team and be a leader; take on different roles and responsibilities; work productively in a team; the ability to empathize; respect different opinions.
Ability to pose and solve problems– ability to identify, analyze and solve problems.
Social responsibility– the ability to act in the interests of the community.

Planned results:

Personal:

realize yourself as part of a team (interested and active participation in a collective endeavor);
explain to yourself: “what I want to know” (goals, motives) and “what I learned” (results);

Metasubject:

on one's own make up a plan for completing tasks, solving problems of a creative and search nature;
work according to a collectively drawn up plan, a common agreement.

Subject:

assimilate initial ideas about the characteristics of various professions;
explain the world animals (insects, spiders, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, animals), mushrooms, plants .
determine your attitude to the world: prove the need for people to treat living organisms with care.
consciously follow the algorithm for performing actions in expressions with and without brackets;
use when calculating at the skill level, knowledge of tabular cases of multiplication of single-digit numbers and corresponding cases of division ;
realize themselves as native speakers;
highlight groups of homogeneous objects among heterogeneous ones and give names to these groups ;
differ statements from other proposals, drive examples of statements, determine true and false statements .

Stages competition-game

The competition-game “Smart Men and Women” is held in five stages.

The first stage “Warm-up” ( area of general knowledge).
The second stage of "Gramoty" (philology).
The third stage "Dress the captain" ( career guidance).
Fourth stage "Sharpshooter" ( mathematics).
The fifth stage of “Journey around the Planet” ( the world).

Approximate duration competition-game : 45-50 minutes

Interdisciplinary connections:“The world around us”, “Philology (Russian language)”, “Mathematics and ICT”.

Materials and resources required for carrying out competition-game.

Equipment: computer, projector, screen, interactive whiteboard, software, Internet access, Wi-Fi, personal Macbook And for each group of participants, a lottery drum, boxes containing items needed by people of various professions.

Didactic and handout materials: cards with tasks for the lottery drum.

Participants of the competition-game: Pupils of grades 1–2 take part in the competition-game. Participants from each educational institution represent a team of five people (captain and four team members).

Jury of the competition-game: The jury is formed from teachers (educators) of participants in the competition game.

Jury tasks:

evaluate the performance of teams according to specially developed criteria;
notify participants about decisions made;
take part in the awarding procedure for winners and participants.

Based on the results of five stages, the jury determines the winners and awards the teams.

Commentary for the teacher. Presentation, accompanying the course of the competition-game, consists of 17 slides.

1 slide. Title
2 slide. Game map. You can use hyperlinks to navigate to the selected slide.
3 slide. Warm up. Returns are carried out in the direction of the arrow.
4 slide. Read more The hyperlink opens the game in Leaningapps. Returns are carried out in the direction of the arrow.
5 slide. Accurate shooter. Returns are carried out in the direction of the arrow.
6 slide. Captains competition. Returns are carried out in the direction of the arrow.
Slide 7 Traveling around the planet. Using the hyperlink you can go to the desired slide. 1 – Forest. 2 – Desert. 3 – Ocean. 4 – Meadow. Follow the arrow to move to the final slide.
8 -11 slides. The trigger system has been configured. If you click on a picture with an image of an extra animal, the picture disappears. If the answer is incorrect, the picture will sway.
8 slide. Forest. Return to the seventh slide by following the arrow.
Slide 9 Desert. Return to the seventh slide by following the arrow.
10 slide. Ocean. Return to the seventh slide by following the arrow.
11 slide. Meadow. Return to the seventh slide by following the arrow.
12. slide. Splash screen (title slide).
Slide 13 Congratulations to the winners.
Slides 14-16. Sources (not shown)

Progress of the event

I. Organizational moment.

Slide 1

Presenter 1: We are starting the competition-game “Smart Men and Women.”

Presenter 2:

Presenter 1: Our competition will be judged by your mentors.

The jury takes its seats and receives the protocols.Annex 1

Presenter 2: Participating in our game...

The presenter lists the names of educational institutions taking part in the game.

Presenter 2:

Answer, are you glad to be here? (Yes)
Do you have a lot of knowledge? (Yes)
Did you take your wits with you? (Yes)
Are you ready for a fair fight? (Yes)
Will a faithful friend support you along the way? (Yes)
Will you go together? (Yes)

Slide 2

Presenter 2: Girls and boys. Our competition “Smart Men and Women” consists of five stages. The first stage “Warm-up” will help you show your general knowledge, outlook, and erudition. The second stage of “Literature” will invite young philologists. The third stage, “Dress the Captain,” is dedicated to different professions. Perhaps it will serve as a guide for some of you when choosing a future profession. The fourth stage, “Sharp Shooter,” takes you into the realm of mathematics. In the fifth stage, you will go on a “Journey around the Planet”.

Presenter 1:

Let you have the whole game today
Success follows!
Go ahead, friends! The game is calling!
We are rooting for everyone!

II. First stage

Slide 3

Presenter 2: So, we begin the first stage “Warm-up”. Appendix 2

The lottery drum contains cards with a task. Representatives of each team take turns taking out a card with a task. The team deliberates and gives an answer to the question posed.

Evaluation criteria for the first stage

III. Second phase.

Slide 4

Presenter 1: Girls and boys! Before you is the task of the second stage of “Literacy”. This is a grammar puzzle. It is made up of dictionary words. There are letters above and below the playing field. You need to choose a letter and a word that contains this letter. The team that completes the task faster wins.

(Each Macbook team LearningApps.org/watch?v=gtd2m7ik)

Second stage assessment criteria

IV. Third stage.

Slide 5

Presenter 2: Our third stage is “Dress the Captain”. Appendix 3

People from five different professions visited us. We put their overalls and tools in different boxes. Looks like we got something mixed up. We invite you to carefully consider the contents of your boxes and the boxes of your opponents. Find a uniform for your captain and explain what profession he represents. Be careful!

(In special boxes, tools, uniforms of a doctor, a cook, an athlete, a sailor, a builder are laid out in a chaotic order. There are items that do not belong to any of the professions listed above).

Third stage assessment criteria

V. Fourth stage. Part one.

Slide 6

The fourth stage consists of two parts.

Presenter 1: The fourth stage is “Sharp Shooter”. (Children are given worksheets. Appendix 4)

Presenter 1: We invite you to consider the first round target. Fire eight shots, fill in the blanks and fill in the missing numbers. The multiplication table will help you with this. Three minutes are given to complete the task.

(After completion of the work, forms with the completed task are given to the jury.)

Evaluation criteria for the fourth stage (1)

VI. Fourth stage. Part two.

Slide 7

Presenter 2: We suggest you check your accuracy using a second target. Shoot four arrows (choose four numbers) and score exactly 100 points in total. The one who can find more options will win.

Evaluation criteria for the fourth stage (2)

VII. Fifth stage.

Slide 8

Leading:

We'll take a map of the world
Let's begin the journey
Across the seas, across the oceans,
Countries and continents.
(Author of the poem Elena Knysh)

Leading: Girls and boys. We begin our journey around the planet. Be careful because some animals get lost. Your task is to determine which of the animals ended up in someone else's habitat. Guess the riddle and you will find out where we ended up.

The house is open on all sides,
It is covered with a carved roof.
Come to the green house -
You will see miracles in it!

Children(first team) answer in chorus: Forest.

Slide 9

Leading. Determine which animal should not live in the forest. If you give the correct answer, then the extra animal is sent to its habitat. If the answer is incorrect, the picture will wobble.

The slide shows a forest in which they live peacock, squirrel, magpie, hare, kangaroo, elk.

Slide 10

Leading: We continue our journey.

There are large piles of sand in it
They are called dunes,
And camels walk along them,
Stretching out like a caravan.

Children(second team) answer in unison: Desert.

The slide shows a camel against a desert background, wolf, snake, jerboa, raccoon, lizard.

Slide 11

Leading:

The kingdom of fish, whales, squids,
Sea stars, jellyfish, corals.

Children(third team) answer in chorus: Ocean.

Against the background of the ocean are depicted: pike, whale, shark, cancer, starfish, corals.

Slide 12

Leading:

We walk along the carpet with you,
Nobody wove it.
He spread himself out
Lies by the blue river
And yellow, and blue, and red!

Children(fourth team) answer in unison: Meadow.

Against the background of the meadow are depicted: a mouse, deer, bumblebee, butterfly, quail, capercaillie.

Stage 5 assessment criteria

VIII. The result of the competition-game “Clever and smart girls”.

Presenter 2: The competition is over. The jury speaks to announce the number of points and names of the winning teams.

Presentation of cups and certificates.

Target: ability to apply knowledge in practice, develop intelligence, memory, erudition, logical thinking in students, promote interest in studying the humanities Equipment: game tracks, cards with questions, cards with names, orders of “Wise Guys”. Participants: students in grades 8-11

Step by step description.

Preparatory stage.

Preparation of tasks for each round. Preparing the props necessary for the game, making “Umnikov” orders. Formation of a list of participants Selecting members of the Areopagus.

Progress of the game

Organizing time.

Greetings from the presenter. Announcement of the name and rules of the game. Presentation of the judges - members of the Areopagus.

Rules of the game:

The event was developed according to the analogue of the television game “Smart Guys and Clever Girls”.

The winner is the player who completes his lane the fastest with the fewest penalties.

Students who receive the largest number of orders determine the right to choose a playing track. Conducted between three agonists. They are given sheets with terms in which errors were made. Agonists must find errors within a minute and correct them correctly.

Selection of agonists:

Questions for 1st agon:

3. During the Patriotic War of 1812, it happened that Russian soldiers in the heat of battle or at night they mistakenly took prisoners, and sometimes killed their own officers. Why was this error happening?

(Most Russian officers, according to the fashion of that time, knew French perfectly and often communicated in it).

9. In the 19th century, Moscow physician Christian Loder founded an establishment of “artificial mineral waters”, where visitors led a leisurely, passive lifestyle. What were the visitors to this establishment called?

(Quickers)

His real name translates as “forged of iron,” and his title is “Great Khan.” This conqueror said: “Fear is ahead of my army, and sabers only finish the job.” Say the name of this person.

(Genghis Khan)

In ancient manuscripts the name “Russian Sea” is often used, since our ancestors had the largest number of ships there, but then lost it for a long time, regaining access to it only in the 18th century. What name does this body of water have now?

(Black Sea)

Questions for agon 2 - right:

1. The President of the Russian Federation is ex officio the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

(No)

2. The Russian Federation is a secular state. ( Yes)

3.What term are we talking about?

The right to vote, i.e. the right of citizens to participate in elections to bodies of state power and self-government.

(suffrage)

4.The Constitution of the Russian Federation defines Russia as:

A) federal state

B) unitary state

B) a secular state

D) clerical state

D) welfare state

(a, c, d)

5. A republic can be:

A) symmetrical

B) asymmetrical

B) presidential

D) aristocratic

D) parliamentary

(c, d)

6. The Greeks have an agora, the Novgorodians have a veche, and the Cossacks have?

(circle)

7. W. Churchill called it “the worst form of government,” not counting, of course, all the others. What was he talking about?

(About democracy)

Questions for 3rd agon - numeral:

What is the distance between Constantinople and Constantinople?

(These are the names of one city)

The poet Simonov wrote in a poem that the battle took place

"on blue and wet

Peipus crackling ice

In six thousand seven hundred and fiftieth

from creation"

What battle was he writing about? Why was the ice “wet”? When did this battle take place? Why does the poet indicate a different date?

(We are talking about the Battle of the Ice, which took place on Lake Peipsi. The ice was a little melted, since it was spring. April 5, 1242. The date is indicated according to the old calendar 6750-1242 = 5508 5508 + 2014 = 7522 from the Creation of the world).

Questions for 4th agon - overseas:

1.What is the longest river in Great Britain? (Thames)

2.Where does the English Parliament sit? (Westminster Abbey)

4.Which French king said “I am the state?” (Louis 14)

5.What does the English proverb “Time from money” mean (time is money)

6.What does the English word mean: price list (price list or list of prices)

Image(image)

Cheeseburger (cheese sandwich)

What does “boutique” mean in French?

“muffler” (hide your nose)

“Pince-nez” (pinch your nose)

What does the English proverb “Time out of money” mean? (time is money)

For a snack.

Residents of Moscow - Muscovites, Muscovites

What would you call the inhabitants of St. Petersburg, Tula, Arkhangelsk, Kursk, Perm?

(Petersburger, Petersburger; Tula, Tula; Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk; Kuryanin, Kuryanka; Permyak, Permyachka)

It is generally accepted that the joyful New Year holiday came to us from Byzantium along with the Christian religion. However, the folk traditions of celebrating the New Year clearly have pagan roots, which means that they originated long before the Baptism of Rus'. Unfortunately, we do not have any information about how the Slavs celebrated the pre-Christian New Year.

When our ancestors adopted the European Julian calendar, the new year began to begin for them on March 1st. But it was only an official holiday, not particularly revered by the people. If in Mediterranean countries the beginning of March coincided with the beginning of agricultural work, then in Rus', and especially in the north of Rus', there was still snow on the fields at that time. Therefore, festive rituals dedicated to the winter solstice, when “the old sun dies and a new sun is born,” were much more popular among the people.

In 1492 (and according to other sources - in 1348), the Orthodox Church, according to the decision of the Council of Nicaea, moved the onset of the new year from March 1 to September 1. Since then, in Rus', the New Year began to be celebrated in the fall. This holiday also failed to become popular. For the peasants, the beginning of September coincided with the height of the harvest, when rest was out of the question. However, many official ceremonies were dedicated to the New Year. On the eve of the New Year, bells were rung throughout Moscow, and the next day a large crowd of people gathered on Red Square, which was congratulated by the sovereign himself.

But this tradition did not last long. Wanting to keep pace with Western countries, Peter the Great forbade Russians from celebrating the New Year in September. By special decrees of December 15 and 19, 1699, the holiday was moved to January 1, and chronology was now carried out not from the creation of the world, but from the Nativity of Christ. And if earlier it was not customary for ordinary people to congratulate each other on the New Year, then from now on it has become everyone’s responsibility.

The first New Year was celebrated very noisily: on the night of December 31 to January 1, 1700, people were entertained with festive fireworks and a parade on Red Square. And after 4 years, all New Year’s celebrations were moved to St. Petersburg. Under Peter I, mass celebrations and masquerades at the Peter and Paul Fortress became especially popular. Both commoners and nobles, led by the Emperor himself, had fun at these masquerades.

As one might expect, the “winter” New Year did not immediately take root in Russia. For a long time, our ancestors tried to secretly celebrate the September New Year, but Peter fought such attempts rather harshly. He strictly ensured that by January 1, all houses were decorated with spruce, juniper or pine branches, which at that time were supposed to be decorated with nuts, fruits and even eggs. Gradually, Russians began to get used to the new holiday, and new traditions and beliefs developed among the people. For example, a rich holiday table began to be considered the key to the family’s wealth for the entire coming year. At the beginning of the 19th century, champagne appeared in Russia. Soon this drink became an integral part of every New Year's table, as it remains to this day. During the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, decorations made from pine branches were gradually replaced by whole Christmas trees. The tradition of decorating spruce trees for the New Year and Christmas took hold somewhere in the middle of the 19th century. Around the same time, the famous goose with apples appeared on the New Year's table.

The Soviet era became a kind of test for the New Year and Christmas holidays. Of course, now we celebrate the New Year not exactly the way our ancestors celebrated it, and yet the mood of a cheerful winter holiday, the traditions of which have developed over centuries, lives in us to this day.