Business game “Cashflow”
The Cash Flow game was invented by American businessman Robert Kiyosaki, author of the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. It promotes the development of financial literacy and teaches how to manage cash flows. Each player must go from working for food to independence and prosperity.
How to play: At the beginning, each player receives a card with initial data (specialty, salary, etc.), fills out the game balance (income and expenses, assets and liabilities), and then enters the small circle of the “Rat Race”, where he will have to receive salary and other income, spend and invest funds to provide passive income. In the more difficult level, Fast Track, the main concern becomes purchasing a dream, which the player identifies at the beginning of the game, or increasing his monthly cash flow by $50,000.
What it does: Cash Flow 101 teaches you how to invest in business and real estate, while Cash Flow 202 focuses on securities. But they allow you to understand especially well not so much your attitude towards money, but your position in life: here, as in real life, there are no rules, there are only failures, victories and ambitions.
Play smart: 7 intellectual games in Moscow
To get to the game, you need to assemble a team, come up with a name for it, register for a specific meeting - and enjoy the questions and your resourcefulness.
Quiz, please!
Participation cost: 500 rubles per person
Number of people in the team: 2-9 people
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Intellectual and entertaining battle “Quiz, please!” takes place in different bars in Moscow, the classic game has 39 questions and 7 rounds: “Warm-up for the lucky ones”, “Turn on logic”, “Iron eggs”, “Thematic”, “Hardcore” and “Last chance”. At the same time, the points received during the game do not expire after the game, but are summed up into an overall rating and the team is assigned a rank: sergeant, lieutenant or general, and having received 1000 points or more, you will become Rambo. Games take place every day and in more than one place - you can choose where it is more convenient to get to.
There are also thematic battles, for example, “Cinema and Music”, in which film lovers and music lovers remember their favorite works for two hours, or “English, please”, where you can have fun practicing English without thinking that a strict teacher will scold you for error. If you want to prove that you have the best knowledge of the professional field, take a quiz on work issues. For example, the “HR Battle”, “Event Battle” and “Digital Battle” recently took place. Project “Quiz, please!” Founded by Andrei and Galina Glinsky, who performed in KVN, you definitely won’t get bored.
Sample question: This publication began publishing in the early 90s, taking the name of one very old newspaper. To emphasize “continuity”, a certain element was added to the modern name. Name it.
Answer: ъ (hard sign). We are talking about the Kommersant newspaper.
Intellectual club "60 seconds"
Number of people in the team: 2-6 people
Participation cost: 600 rubles for a small team (2-3 players) and 1200 rubles for a full team (4-6 players). In addition, there is a mandatory deposit of 3,000 rubles per team (500 rubles per person for a team of six players) - this is the amount for which you need to order food and drinks. For new teams, participation in the first five games of the Open League is free; in the Jean-Jacques Open League, you can play once for free, paying only a deposit.
The 60 Seconds Club is an intellectual game similar in format to “What? Where? When?”: 6 experts must answer the presenter’s question in one minute. At the same time, there are different leagues: both for advanced players and for beginners. Beginners can try their hand at the Open League and the Jean-Jacques Open League. 30 questions are divided into 3 rounds, before the main round there is a warm-up - a team “Matrix”. The questions are simple and interesting, sometimes even humorous. Presenters who are also players in the sports “What? Where? When?”, during the games they explain the technique of taking questions: how to “spin” them correctly to get the correct answer.
Prizes are also awarded to the winners of special nominations for the funniest wrong answer and for answering the most difficult question. And the best player of the team that wins the season becomes the owner of the Crystal Owl.
Example question: The title of an article about underwater photography consists of three words, the first of which is “Now.” Write the second and third word.
Answer : ...a fish will swim out.
Brain Slaughterhouse
Participation cost: 500 rubles per person
Number of people in the team: 4-10 people
The intellectual bar quiz “Brain Slaughterhouse” consists of 7 rounds of 7 questions. Rounds 1, 4 and 6 – text questions where you need to guess a term, event, continue a quote, etc. Round 2 – hot news from digests of world events, Round 3 – musical questions: you need to recognize the performer or the author of the words from the sound fragment, remember what the composition was dedicated to. Round 5 – questions with pictures: who or what is depicted, where the frame is from. And round 7 is a blitz of simple and short questions of different genres and types. The questions are not about encyclopedic knowledge, but about your horizons and intelligence. But you shouldn’t expect general ratings for a season or a year, as well as major awards: the prize fund is purely symbolic. This is primarily entertainment, the main goal of which is a good mood after a working day. “Mozgoslaughter” also offers an online quiz “MozgoParty”, which you can play with friends at a party.
Einstein Party
Participation cost : 500 rubles per person
Number of people in the team : 2-10 people
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Intellectual battles “Einstein Party” in Moscow bars are held both in the classical form, where all kinds of topics are presented in different formats, and in the form of special games. For example, during “Disco 90'S” you can feel the musical atmosphere of that time thanks to fragments from popular Russian-language and foreign hits - and feel nostalgic. Or the game “Cartoons” is a good reason to remember your childhood and the characters from your favorite animated films, short films and animated series. Games usually consist of 50 questions in 7 rounds.
Example question: The ship, created from several thousand of them that were found on a beach in Kenya, went by the name "Flip-Flopy". In Russian, to denote THEM, we remember a country or a small town. Name THEM.
Answer : Flip-flops/flip-flops.
Quisium
Participation cost : 500 rubles per person
Number of people in the team : 2-10 people
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The rules of the team-entertaining game "Quizium" state that none of the participants will feel stupid: the questions are composed in a balanced way so that they do not seem too easy or difficult. The answer can be arrived at through logic and discussion. But a warning is also indicated: you need to be careful: “Quizium” is addictive - it can become a weekly leisure activity. The game has 8 rounds: “Reactive warm-up”, “Purely on logic”, “Dynamic”, questions with audio fragments “Hear me, Cho?”, testing knowledge in the field of films “Pro Kinchiki”, a tour where you can get more points “Your bets” , gentlemen”, “Difficult” with questions of increased complexity and “Decisive”, after which the results are summed up
Example question : What movie term comes from World War II aviation slang for a high-yield bomb capable of destroying an entire neighborhood?
Answer : Blockbuster (block - block, buster - explosion).
Shaker quiz
Participation cost : 500 rubles per person
Number of people in the team : 1-10 people
For those who want to show their knowledge not just in some area, but in their favorite movie, TV series or game, Shaker Quiz organizes special themed intellectual and entertaining games. “Sherlock”, “Harry Potter”, “Friends”, “Sex and the City”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “The Big Bang Theory”, “Lord of the Rings”, “South Park”, “Marvel” - if you in 7 rounds, complete 10 questions, correctly remembering your favorite moments and dialogues, and receive thematic prizes.
Mozgva
Participation cost : 500 rubles per person.
Number of people in the team : 2-9 people.
Intellectual bar-Olympiad “Mozgva” with the slogan “This is Mozgva, baby!” offers not only offline games, but a free trial online game - you can first try to find answers to all the questions at home, and then gather a team and go to the bar. The game has 39 questions in 7 rounds, both on free topics and specific ones - about music, cinema, Russia and the countries of the former USSR. There are special games for beginners, in which you don’t have to fight with experienced opponents and too tricky questions. And for the strongest teams, the Champions League is organized, winning which you will become the owner of a cup, a hero star and the title of the smartest group of people in the city.
Example question : Whose slogan? "The happiest place on Earth"
Answer : Disneyland.
Psychological game of veichi (go, baduk)
A game that originated 2–5 thousand years ago in Ancient China. Initially used by warriors and rulers to simulate political, military and economic situations. Over time, it began to be used to develop and train intellectual abilities. With its help, you can provoke reflection, so the game is actively used in psychological practice.
How to play: Players take turns placing stones of their color on an empty board. The goal is to capture as much enemy territory and stones as possible.
What it gives: analysis of personal qualities and attitude to the world, training of tactical and strategic thinking, development of will
Hold a concert upon request
Invite your child to go to the Philharmonic after the line - and then look at the expression on his face and change plans. Music today will be good where you can jump, push, scream and stomp. Let it be at least a jazz concert. Or maybe a concert of his favorite rock or pop performers. Well, okay, yes - little-known rappers will do too. After all, whose holiday is this? Can a person at least once a year jump with their parents to this strange beat?
Life hack: A home disco will compensate for the fun at the club if you get powerful speakers, flashing multi-colored lights and allow your child to invite more classmates. To make it even more important, you can brew non-alcoholic punch and buy beautiful multi-colored glasses.
Bridge
The card game with Russian roots and centuries-old history is today popular all over the world and recognized as a sport. It is played at the World Mind Games, in gaming clubs, at special tournaments and is not played in casinos. Players will need a good memory, logical thinking and knowledge of psychology: relying on luck, as in poker, is not accepted here.
How to play: In rubber, that is, house bridge, two pairs are dealt a deck of 52 cards, each player is called one of the cardinal directions, depending on where he sits at the table. Afterwards the trading and drawing begins. During trading, pairs of players announce promises to take a certain number of bribes. This promise is called a "contract". The more players promise to take bribes and take them, the higher their bonus in the end. The draw is actually the game itself. In it, the declarer deals one of the cards, those following him deal any other card of the same suit, if they have one, if not, any card of a different suit. When all the players have placed a card, the pair that has the eldest one takes them all. This is called "taking a bribe." The goal of the game is to fulfill the contract.
What it gives: improving logical thinking, increasing the ability to concentrate and emotional stability
Da'Vinci Mysteries: Quiz
In this educational game you need to answer questions from various fields: geography, art, mathematics, cinema, and so on. There are two modes. In one, the player has access to answer options, in the other, only guiding hints. If you answer incorrectly, the app will prompt you with the correct answer to help you fill the knowledge gap. If you wish, you can connect to a random player and answer one by one, competing in the number of points scored.
Da'Vinci Mysteries: Quiz
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Organic Order on Lumosity.com
In 2008, scientists from the University of Michigan, Susan Jaeggi and Martin Buschkühl, conducted a study and found that IQ can be increased by memory training. Since then, brain trainers have become increasingly popular. Lumosity.com is one of the most famous sites in the world with such training games, and Organic Order is just one of them, and it is aimed at developing logical thinking. However, to play, you will have to pay a subscription.
How to play: The player is asked to plant different types of plants according to the specified, but not complete, rules. Their final location in the garden must be calculated logically. At first, the tasks are extremely simple, but they become more complicated with each step, and you want to solve them faster and faster - this allows you not to relax and use logical thinking.
Where to buy: on the website, in the App Store and Google Play
What it gives: training attention, speed of thinking and logical skills
Happy brain
This service does not have a stylish modern design, but is well suited for those who want to spend time usefully. It contains classic puzzles like “Tower of Hanoi”, “Recognize the Color” and non-standard mini-games for similar services, where, for example, sounds, rather than visuals, are used to train memory.
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"Gas Station" on CogniFit.com
CogniFit's neuropsychological tests are just as popular as Lumisity.com's machines, but are aimed at more than just memory and attention. Among them are games for people suffering from insomnia and depression, exercises to develop spatial perception and sports coordination, as well as programs for drivers. Among the latter, the Gas Station simulator is especially popular.
How to play: The player must refuel and repair cars at their request: it is necessary to provide exactly the service that a specific car needs, and in the shortest but sufficient time. At the same time, several cars with different requests may arrive at the gas station at the same time, and not all fuel tanks may be available. It is in these conditions that you will have to navigate.
Where to buy: on the website, in the App Store and Google Play
What it gives: the ability to concentrate, training of planning skills, hand-eye coordination and visual scanning
BrainExer 2.0
The service looks concise and simple, but at the same time it is quite functional. You complete puzzles and earn points that you can use to unlock new mini-games. Among the basic exercises you will need, for example, to find a missing number or indicate matches in pictures.
Unlike previous services, in BrainExer 2.0 it will be difficult right away.
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Escape room "Tesla Tower"
The quest room with tasks from entertaining physics is dedicated to the inventor of the electric motor and alternating current, Nikola Tesla, who believed in the existence of the ether. It is with his faith in the ether and the telecommunications tower he created that the plot of “Tesla Tower” is connected. In it, players are transported back to 1941 and find themselves in a tower that they must climb up to solve scientific riddles to reach the final task.
What it gives: development of concentration, logical thinking, memory training, overcoming fears
Mahjong
An ancient Chinese puzzle has spread widely thanks to an online version. Mahjong is similar to dominoes, only the tiles do not need to be placed on the table, but rather removed from the stack. To disassemble layers of chips, you will need:
- Concentration of attention.
- Ability to calculate next moves.
- Memory.
Rules of the game
You need to collect paired chips in such a way as to disassemble a multi-layered figure. The images on the chips are intricate and require attention. Mahjong is not rushed, relax and click here.
City quest “The Art of the Rejected” at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin in the Questionery application
Pedestrian quest in the Gallery of European and American Arts of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin’s works are not only historical mysteries, but also aesthetic pleasure. In two hours, walls with paintings by C. Monet, O. Renoir, A. Sisley, C. Pissarro and other masters of the 19th–20th centuries will reveal their secrets to the players. Among other things, by completing the quest, you can find out who became the “godfather” of impressionism, because of whom Van Gogh cut off his ear, why Cezanne wrote on a stepladder, and they wanted to sue Toulouse-Lautrec.
What it gives: training memory, attentiveness and logical thinking
Vikium
According to the creators, regular training on Vikium simulators allows you to improve your reaction speed by 17% per week. Memory - by 19% in 2-3 weeks. The concentration will double in two months. Exercise helps create new and strengthen old connections in the brain.
Daily activities include warming up and actually solving puzzles in which you need to look for small objects, solve examples or memorize images. The workout takes 15 minutes.
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Star Wars Live Quest from Questcorp
In live quests you have to play in earnest: each player follows a scenario that is known only to him. The Star Wars game takes place in the Galactic Republic. The clone war has been going on for three years now, planetary systems have been devastated, and therefore questions are increasingly being raised about the defense of the capital - the creation of a combat space station. Players will have to split into groups and participate in intrigue, gambling on the black market, searching for spies and building a space station.
What it gives: development of emotional intelligence, acting abilities and logical thinking
Act out the scene
For a theater party, you don’t need the stage of a large theater at all. Sometimes you can negotiate with a small cafe where there is space for musicians, or go to the park where the stage for a summer lecture is free.
Your task is to hold your own small concert dedicated to the beginning of the year. Offer to act out short improvisational skits, stage stories about the Dragunsky school, or show each other variations of famous fairy tales in the style of a TikTok video, thriller or action movie.
Life hack: If the theater doesn’t work, you can read poetry from the stage or do a stand-up. Each person in your group comes up to the microphone and talks about what they were afraid of at school, the first time they got into a fight, their favorite teacher, or their first truancy. It’s great if you select background music for such a stand-up and prepare a treat (for example, canapés).
Organize an intellectual party
Yes! Since today is Knowledge Day, after the solemn assembly you can go to the library no less solemnly. Here, sitting on ottomans, you can organize a debate - something like: “who needs life safety lessons” or “is being an excellent student good or bad?” You can discuss modern books or simply organize a board game tournament.
Lifehack: Arrange in advance with the library or small bookstore about your event. Prepare boxes of tabletops or discussion topics. If neither one nor the other works, take out the projector and watch an old movie together. This way you too will have a win-win intellectual party.
