What? Where? When?
| What? Where? When? | |
|---|---|
Game show logo | |
| 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 |
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.