Congratulations in the form of a crossword puzzle. Funny birthday quizzes

Script for my daughter's birthday!

Birthday Scenario!

Preparation:

1. A few days before the birthday, we make an invitation to the birthday party. (where we indicate the date, time, address and telephone number). You can specify the clothes (celebratory and for the game (T-shirt and shorts...))

2. Buy prizes (pens, erasers, pencils, stickers, notepads, etc.)

3.Print out the crossword puzzle, diplomas, recipe (preferably for each child)

4. Prepare props: a ball, a rope with candies, scissors, colored pencils (for writing in a crossword puzzle and drawing), toilet paper for playing the mummy, etc., depending on the games.

Children come and give gifts: the official part begins.

A sweet table is laid (cake with candles, fruits, sweets and tea), congratulations and wishes are heard (preferably from each child... And what can you wish for the birthday boy? next year, life, etc…. Children blow out candles, eat and take pictures...

Go…

Let's split into teams!!! Let’s say a team of girls and boys (don’t forget to name the teams)

Today we will play school, but this school is not simple, but magical. After graduation, everyone will become a real wizard and receive a personalized diploma from the school of wizards.

Wizard School:

Lesson 1. Practical magic

Game "Drawing" Taking turns with eyes closed draw a portrait of the hero of the occasion: one draws an oval face, another eyes, a third ears...

The child with his eyes closed must draw a portrait of the birthday boy. We draw - eyes (eyebrows and eyelashes), oval face (hair and ears), nose and cheeks, mouth and teeth. -They didn't.

Or paint a picture on given topic... (fold the piece of paper several times, and each child draws - let’s say: the first draws the head of a cow, the second draws its front legs and part of the body, and the third draws its hind legs and tail. After unfolding, you can compare the results) -It was fun….

Game “Candy with wishes...”

Hanging candies on a string. A blindfolded child is looking. The opposing team says the wrong direction of the search, but their own team says good advice…. After they find the candy, adult uses scissors to cut it off from the rope. Wishes need to be printed out in advance (You can say that it is the birthday boy who wishes his guests to be beautiful, strong or like Baba Yaga, or, on the contrary, what the guests wish is for the birthday boy).We had the first option.

Game “Pull out the rejuvenating apple”

An apple is placed in bowls of water, a child with tied hands tries to get the apple (who is faster); -We didn’t, I think we’ll have to wear scuba gear...

Game "Broken Phone" An adult pronounces a word in the ear of one of the children, who must pass it on to the other and so on along the chain, last child pronounces the word out loud.- They didn't.

Lesson 2. Item management.

Game "I know..."develops not only dexterity, but also erudition. And if “Ten” was played more by boys, then here there was an element of girls. Its meaning is very simple. The player begins to hit the ball with his hand on the ground, saying one word for each hit: “I know five names of girls: Masha - one, Ira - two...” And so on until five. Then different categories are used: names of boys, animals, flowers, trees, birds, names of cities, countries, rivers, etc. If someone gets knocked down or drops the ball, the turn goes to the next player. The one who completes the task first wins.- I liked it, my daughter played even after the guests left.

Lesson 3. Clairvoyance

Game "Ring". All players fold their palms into a boat shape. The leader holds a ring or any other small object (button, pebble) in his folded palms. Passing his hands between the palms of each player, the presenter quietly places a ring in someone's hands. Then he steps aside a little and says: “Ring-ring, go out onto the porch!” After these words, the task of the player with the ring is to quickly stand up, and the other participants are to keep him on the bench. I managed to jump up and became the leader. No - the presenter remains the same. -We started playing, and when we had to restrain the child who had a ring, we almost had a fight. Game for girls...

Game "Clothespins"
Material: clothespins, blindfolds, prize - clothespins.
Guests are divided into pairs. One participant from the pair is blindfolded, and a certain number of clothespins are hung on the other (for example, 7). Moreover, to the same places, so that everyone would be on equal terms. The number of clothespins is announced. The task of the participants with their eyes closed is to find and remove all the clothespins from their partner as quickly as possible. Whoever is faster wins.. - Liked

Game "Touch"Blindfold the boy. It is necessary to recognize one of the 3 girls “by touch” (in the latter case, replace one girl with a boy).We combined this game with a game of clothespins, it was fun.

Lesson 4. Developing imagination and learning to cast magic. We buy clothes and various benefits...

Game "What do you want?"

Two leaders were chosen from all the players. They thought of a number from 1 to 100 (if everyone could count to this number). The other players took turns trying to guess the number, and the presenters helped them with the words “more” and “less.” When someone finally guessed the number, the hosts asked, “What do you want?” Initially, it was assumed that all players had nothing: no clothes, no housing. And usually, first of all, at least some clothes were required. Don't sit on the bench naked! The player ordered, for example, a dress, and the presenters left for a meeting. It should be clarified that even before the start of the game, a very important question was discussed: whether the proposed “products” would be “without defects, without humor” or, on the contrary, “with defects and with humor”. Without marriage it’s more pleasant, with marriage it’s more fun. Each of the presenters came up with his own style of dress, and both “products” were given to the player to choose from. If the “product” is without defects, then the dresses were the most “princess” and the most fashionable. If with marriage... Oh, here the flight of fantasy was not limited to anything! We came up with all kinds of clothes: made of paper, cellophane, moss, thorns, wire, iron, with holes in the most unimaginable places... Of the two proposed outfits, the player chose the one he liked best (he chose the lesser of two evils). And he left to guess the number together with the designer of his dress. And the second presenter took the place of the player on the bench. The game could continue indefinitely or until the players had nothing more to desire: everyone would receive incredible clothes, luxury houses, cars, yachts, and planes.They didn’t play, but played another game “Are you going to the ball?”: Conditions of the game: “White” “black” - do not wear, “yes”, “no” - do not say. A presenter was chosen and he asked each child questions sequentially: Will you go to the ball?, What color will your dress, shoes, etc. be? Will you have a carriage, a motorcycle, a limousine...? If the child named forbidden words, then he lost and was eliminated from the game. The smartest one remains and he becomes the leader…. It is advisable to receive detailed answers (I will go to the ball today, I will have yellow dress etc.), the presenter can prohibit different colors and words...

You can also play “team dressing”, each participant from one team comes up with a funny outfit for a participant from the other team, after the game the funniest one is chosen and ridiculous outfit. (for example: a skirt made of sausages, a blouse made of plasticine, a hat made of tin cans, shoes made from fountain pens, etc. imagination is not limited)

Game "Continue the tale"

The first player starts and after the word “Stop” the other continues...The direction of the game can be changed, Let's say: The basis of the fairy tale about Cinderella, Cinderella is going to the ball, she dresses: The first child dresses her classically ( fluffy dress, shoes, etc.) Stop: The second child puts Cinderella on a motorcycle, cuts off her dress and paints her nails black, stop: the third child brings Cinderella not to the ball and to the disco, where she meets the prince (do not forget to dress him .... Funnier) stop: they run away from the disco and go, say, to the forest where there are a lot of robbers, in general you can develop the theme... The presenter (adult) helps the children, after the words stop, he gives them directions - orders (dress Cinderella, put him on transport, send to a disco, dress up a prince, send for a walk....)

Lesson 5. Lesson of attention

I will ask questions, and if you agree, answer:

“This is me, this is me, these are all my friends!” I liked it very much.
- How many of you keep your books, pens and notebooks in order?

How many of you come to class an hour late?

Which of you, so beautiful, is used to saying “thank you”?

Who is reputed to be ignorant and does not know polite words?

Who here wants to be healthy, cheerful, slim and cheerful?

Who is afraid of doctors and is always ready to cry?

Which of you, I want to know, loves to sing and dance?

Who walks to school every day in a cheerful troop?

Which of you kids walks around dirty from ear to ear?

Who completes their homework on time?

Which one of you, tell me out loud, catches flies in class?

Which of you, when you grow up, will become an astronaut?

Which of you, so good, wore galoshes to sunbathe?

How many of you walk on the pavement with your head upside down?

Which one of you, I want to know, has an “A” in diligence?

Who among you does not walk gloomily, loves sports and physical education?

How many of you are always ready to live your life without doctors?

Who doesn't want to be healthy, cheerful, slim and cheerful?

Who among you does not walk gloomily, loves sports and physical education?

Who is not afraid of frost and flies on skates like a bird?

Which of you will give up your seat to old people on a cramped tram?

How many of you go forward only where there is a transition?

Who flies ahead so fast that they don't see the traffic lights?

Does anyone know that a red light means there is no movement?

Well, who starts lunch with imported chewing gum and sweets?

Who loves tomatoes, fruits, vegetables, lemons?

Who has eaten and brushes their teeth twice a day every day?

Who does physical exercise according to the schedule?

Who, I want to know from you, loves to sing and dance?

Lesson 6. Learning to prepare magic potions

(making pizzas)

Search for a recipe:

You announce that in order for your magical abilities to manifest, you need to eat a magic potion. But first you need to cook it. And for this, find a recipe. And the clue where to look is hidden in the crossword puzzle. Solving a crossword puzzle from riddles
Whoever guesses the riddle first writes (your color).

CROSSWORD

Ingredients(prepare in advance, place in pots (saucepans) and sign (glue printed inscriptions to the dishes with transparent tape):

Pizza Base - Frozen cow patties;

Ketchup - dragon's blood;

Mayonnaise - jellyfish mucus;

Seasoning - dried roots and venom of the brown horned viper;

Sausage - pig tails

Cheese - shavings from a raspberry bush

Olives are the eyes of a wild lizard.

Take frozen cow pats, place them in the center of the plates, pour in some dragon blood and jellyfish mucus, mix all this carefully 5 times to the right and 5 times to the left. Take the pig tails and place them on a cow pat, cover everything with shavings from a raspberry bush and add 3 pinches of dried roots and brown horned viper venom. Decorate with wild lizard eyes. Send the plates with the resulting dish into the mouth of a fire-breathing dragon.

I LIKED IT VERY MUCH, we also poured the juice, milk and sparkling water into decanters and also signed: Cherry juice - “Baba Yaga’s Tincture”; Tarragon - “Poison of the old toad”, Milk - “Drink of longevity and health”, Coca-Cola - “Water from under the hoof of brother Alyonushka”, Apple juice- “Molten Gold”.

Everything looked very impressive.

While the pizza was cooking, the children played other games:

Game "Edible-Inedible"

All players line up in a row. The driver, from a distance of 2-4 meters, throws a ball to everyone in turn, naming some object. If it is something edible, you need to catch the ball; if not, you need to hit it (or simply not catch it). The player who reacts correctly takes a step forward; if he makes a mistake, he goes back a step. The most attentive one, who was the first to reach the driver, becomes the driver himself. He was not forbidden to confuse the players.For us, it went a little differently, the leader threw the ball and said something edible or inedible, and the child was caught, or vice versa, if he did something wrong, he himself became the leader.

Lesson 7. A lesson in ingenuity

Game "Pantomime"

Fairy tale wizards must also be very smart in order to find a way out of any difficult situation. Therefore, now we will have a lesson in ingenuity. Imagine that you are in a tall tower, and a handsome prince has come to save you. But the trouble is, an inaudibility spell has been cast on the tower, and you cannot shout to each other. Therefore, you will have to speak with gestures. Explain to your prince that:
1. the key to this tower is held by an evil fire-breathing dragon,
2. The prince must climb up the rope ladder to you and kiss you
3. The prince must arrive early in the morning, when the roosters crow three times, and then the tower will be destroyed.

And now you can play on your own - the first player thinks of a word and whispers in the ear of the second player - everyone else must guess.

Or I give out cards with the name of the item, and you have to guess who it is...

Each child is given one task and time to prepare; you can confer. We start as soon as the kids are ready.

Wonderful! You were not at a loss and helped the prince and played this game with pleasure.

The game is interesting, but we did it differently, the presenter handed out pieces of paper with the name of the item to each team, and one of the team players had to show the other team (pantomime) this item, the other team guessed... Afterwards everyone received prizes.. - I liked it.

Lesson 8. Trick questions... I didn’t like it, not all the children understood the question, and almost all of them found it difficult to answer... (I asked the easiest questions first, I didn’t even ask the difficult ones)

· The man was driving a large truck. The headlights were not on, there was no moon, and the lanterns along the road did not shine. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car, but the driver did not run her over. How did he manage to see her? (It was day)

· Why does a duck swim? (From the shore)

· What can you cook but can't eat? (Lessons)

· When a car is moving, which wheel does not spin? (Spare)

· Why is the dog running? (On the ground)

· Why is there a tongue in the mouth? (Behind the teeth)

· When a horse is bought, what kind of horse is it? (Wet)

· Why does the cow lie down? (Because he doesn't know how to sit down)

· Can it rain two days in a row? (No, because the night separates the days)

· When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into the house? (When the door is open)

· Which month is the shortest? (May - it only has three letters)

· Which river is the scariest? (Tigris River)

· Can an ostrich call itself a bird? (No, because he can't speak)

· What is between the window and the door? (Letter "i")

· What will happen to the green ball if it falls into the Yellow Sea? (He'll get wet)

· How many peas can fit into one glass? (Not at all. They don't know how to walk!)

· How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach? (Only one thing: after the first one you will no longer be on an empty stomach)

· What happens if you put a black handkerchief into the red sea? (gets wet)

· Which hand is better to stir tea? (It is better to stir the tea with a spoon)

· What question cannot be answered with “yes”? (Are you sleeping now?)

· What tree does a crow sit on when it rains? (On wet)

· What kind of dishes can you not eat anything from? (Out of empty)

· What can you see with your eyes closed? (Dream)

· What are we eating for? (At the table)

· Why do you go to bed when you want to sleep? (By gender)

· Until when can you go into the forest? (Up to the middle - then you go out of the forest)

· When is a person a tree? (When he wakes up from sleep - “pine”)

· What disease has no one ever had on earth? (None, everyone has already been sick)

· When are hands pronouns? (When they are you-we-you)

· What notes can measure space? (Mi-la-mi)

· How to pick a branch without scaring away a bird? (We must wait until she flies away)

· The grandmother was carrying a hundred eggs to the market, and the bottom fell out. How many eggs are left in the basket? (Not a single one, because the bottom fell out)

· How to write "dry grass" in four letters? (hay)

There were 90 apples growing on a birch tree. A strong wind blew and 10 apples fell. How much is left? (Apples do not grow on birch trees).
What can you cook but can't eat? (Lessons)
What can you see with your eyes closed? (Dream)
What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured? (Time, temperature)
How many months in a year have 28 days? (All months)
What gets bigger when you put it upside down? (Number 6)
What comb can you use to comb your head? (Petushin)
What can you easily pick up from the ground, but cannot throw far? (Pooh)
What are all the people on earth doing at the same time? (Getting older)

I'm small in stature
Thin and sharp.
I'm looking for a way with my nose,
I'm dragging my tail behind me.
(Needle and thread)

Small, round,
But you can't catch it by the tail.
(Clew)

Two ends, two rings, carnations in the middle.
(Scissors)

The monster's emerald eye began to glow.
So, you can cross the street now.
(Traffic light)

There are four legs under the roof,
On the roof there is soup and spoons.
(Table)

Whatever this eye looks at,
Everything will be transferred to the picture.
(Camera)

Lesson 9. Testing erudition. The idea is good, but everyone had already eaten pizza, and the children just wanted to play wildly, watch cartoons... In general, we didn’t manage to do it.

We didn’t play all three games…..

How much have you read over the summer/winter: fairy tales?

(Guess how many fairy tales these stories consist of.)

• Lay down The Snow Queen I could sleep like a pea, but I couldn’t sleep because The Bremen Town Musicians all night they played music under the window, and Puss in Boots danced with Cinderella, and Little Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood sang songs.
  (7 fairy tales: "The Snow Queen", "The Princess and the Pea", "Musicians of Bremen", "Puss in Boots", "Cinderella", "Tom Thumb", "Little Red Riding Hood".)
• Little Red Riding Hood sat in a box with Mikhailo Potapych and went into the forest in winter to look for snowdrops for her stepmother, and in the clearing by the fire she met Snow White, Rapunzel and the Little Mermaid.
  (6 fairy tales: “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Masha and the Bear”, “12 Months”, “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”, “Rapunzel”, “The Little Mermaid”.)
• Ivan Tsarevich sat down on the stove, harnessed the Little Humpbacked Horse, Sivka-Burka the prophetic cow, swan geese and went to visit the brothers Nif-nif, Naf-naf and Nuf-Nuf.
  (6 fairy tales: "Ivan Tsarevich", "Po pike command", "The Little Humpbacked Horse", "Sivka-Burka", "Geese-Swans", "The Three Little Pigs".)

Game "Gawker".(I name the verb and list the nouns, children should raise their hand if the noun does not correspond to the verb in meaning: “flying - an airplane, a parrot, a COW ...”) metro, taxi, leopard, deer, snail, athlete, fish, stream, cheetah.

Note In order for the competition to take place in a humorous atmosphere, I deliberately selected some combinations: “swim like an axe,” “go crazy,” “ride a stove.” Along the way, I explain these humorous phrases.

Who can name more round, green, sharp (prickly) objects and things? Example: Red (sun, tomato, apple, fire, sea, ruby, juice, sunset).

Soldatova Svetlana Vladimirovna
primary school teachers
Municipal educational institution secondary school No. 11
Kovrov, Vladimir region

RequisitesT:
4 eye scarves,
10 scarves or bandanas for blindfolding or covering the head,
2 oranges,
12 pictures - postcards (cut),
4 album sheets (for the swamp),
2 bottles of 1.5 (pour a little water),
3 liter jar,
draw coins (cover with part of the drawn card)
sea ​​words on leaves
print 4 sheets with the words “Kalinka-Malinka”
chest
draw on A4 sheet Jolly Roger

Progress of the event

Birthday: Hello, kids, girls and boys!
And I am a cheerful and mischievous Birthday girl! By the way, you congratulated my friend
did not see? No? It's always like this! As soon as he starts getting ready, dressing up, ironing bows, choosing a dress, polishing shoes... He will miss the whole holiday. Whether it’s just me – one or two and you’re done! And without it it’s even better.

Congratulations comes in.

Congratulations: How is it better without me? And also called a friend.

Birthday: Oh, guys, look. This is my friend Congratulations! Hello, buddy! Let's go say hello our way.

They say hello funny.

Birthday: Now we said hello, so we said hello! Now tell me, Congratulations, why are you so shameless?

Congratulations: Am I being unscrupulous?

Birthday: And then who? Of course you. She came and didn’t say hello to the guys.

Congratulations: With what kind of guys? There is no one here except you.

Birthday: Apparently, your eyes are bad. Put on your glasses.

Congratulations: Where are they?

Birthday: Upstairs.
The congratulatory card looks up.

Congratulations: Is it on the ceiling?

Birthday: Not really. Look on the head.
The congratulatory card goes to the children and parents and looks on their heads.

Congratulations: And not on the head.

Birthday: Yes, on your head.
The congratulatory girl finds glasses on her head and puts them on her nose.
He sees how many children have gathered.

Congratulations: Oh, Birthday! How many guys have gathered here! And I didn’t even say hello. I'll go say hello.

He begins to greet each child and introduce himself.

Birthday(pulls her friend’s hand): What are you doing? This is how you will say hello until retirement.

Congratulations: So how should it be? I don't know any other way.

Birthday: Do you want to know what each child's name is?
Guess a riddle:
“We weren’t there - it was,
we will not be - it will be;
no one has ever seen him,
and everyone has it.” (Name)

Congratulations: Yeah. This name. My name is Congratulations.
And you? Let's get acquainted?
Say your names one by one (children shout out).
And now, all together, at my command, let’s say our name again loudly and loudly.
One two Three!
(Everyone says their names loudly at the same time).

The presenter enters.

Presenter: Hello guys! Did I come to the birthday party correctly?
Guys, I prepared a chest of sweets for tea, and then some pirates took all the sweets. What should I do, what should I treat you with?

Music is playing. Two Pirates appear.

Pirate 1: Oh-ho-ho! What, are you gathered then? You're waiting for candy. Ha, a hundred anchors down your throat. First, find the magical pirate treasure, then I will give you the candies. Yes, you probably won’t be able to do everything, how small and weak you are.

Pirate 2: Or will you still try? Then we will give you a map where the location of the buried chest is drawn. Will you try?

Pirate 1: Well listen to what you need to do. You need to collect 8 gold coins.

Pirate 2: But the treasure is under the curse of the main old pirate Flint, and only brave, cheerful and resourceful gentlemen of fortune can get it.

Pirate 1: A test period begins for all pirates, in which all pirates are one team, and their task is to get pieces of a code with which they can read the message and find the treasure.

Pirate 2: But first you need to determine what your team is called and who your captain will be.

Pirate 1: Well, our teams have been formed, responsibilities have been distributed. Now we can raise the pirate flag and go on a treasure hunt.

Presenter: So, the first test, Jung's training. It's called - Marine dictionary. (y sea ​​pirates everything has a special name)
You must pull out a piece of paper and give an interpretation of this entry

Props: in a 3 liter jar there are twisted leaves with sea words.

1. Rear part of the ship (stern)
2. Kitchen on a ship (galley)
3. The front of the ship (bow)
4. Accommodation for the captain or passengers (cabin)
5. Wall inside the ship (bulkhead)
6. Side of the ship (side)
7. Room for sailors (cockpit)
8. Board for descending from the ship, ladder on the ship (ladder)
9. Ship's steering wheel (steering wheel)
10. Window on a ship (porthole)
11. Floor on the ship (deck)
12. Clock (hourglass) on a ship (flask)
13. Ship's bell (rynda)
14. Toilet on the ship (latrine)
15. The lowest part of the ship’s interior (hold)
16. Bench in a boat (bank)

//give out bandanas to the smartest people//

Congratulations.
Well done! At the bottom of the jar was the first coin.
// open it and stick it on the sheet //

Birthday: Now, to earn a second coin, dance for me." Pirate dance".//execute song "Kalinka-Malinka" just like gypsies from the camp, mountaineers of the Caucasus, Indians from the Mumba-Yumba tribe, pirates of the 21st century //

Presenter:
- Third test - Sea knots(all sailors must be able to tie and untie sea knots)
/Players can turn around, step over the player’s hands, standing nearby, crawl anywhere without letting go of your neighbor’s hand. After knot will be ready, and the participants will “twist” to the limit, pirate crew shouts: “Polundra!”/
So, let's summarize. Receive a coin. //Glue to sheet//

Congratulations:
Next fourth test “Collect a picture.”
Treasure maps are often torn into pieces and hidden in different places so that the treasures are not found. So I'll see if you can collect three pictures in three minutes. One, two, three... time has passed...
Oh, and we completed this task. Receive a coin. //Glue to sheet//

Pirate1: you have successfully completed your training, now you are not cabin boys, but real sailors.
But in order to become pirates, you still need to undergo practice.

Birthday: The fifth test is called " Tangle of Pirates».
You need to untangle it.

You need Walk through the swamp- using 2 sheets of paper. Whose team is faster? Well done!

Cache In the dark. 6 pirate candidates from each team stand in front of a chair with an empty plastic bottle (1.5 l), move away from it a few steps, then I blindfold him and turn him around. You need to go to the chair and take the object. Who is faster?

Presenter:
Well, now you already have 5 coins, so try to earn the 6th.
//Glue to sheet//

Now let’s check if you remember well which desk each of you is sitting at?
Then I ask:
“Who sits at the 3rd desk on the left against the wall? /Petrov Vitaly
who sits at the 1st desk, 2nd row, left to the door / Yulia Dudulina
who sits at the 1st desk, 2nd row, to the right of the window / Leonid Melikhov
“Who sits at the 3rd desk to the left of the window?/Belova Nastya
//whom they call, the children come out//
That's right, these are our birthday boys.

What interesting things have our birthday boys prepared?

/Speeches by birthday boys/

Birthday: And now it's time difficult test. You will earn the 7th coin.

The strongest will get it, and for this you will fight in an old pirate game called “ Arm wrestling". A girl, a boy, a father and a mother are invited from each team.
Get your coin. //Glue to sheet//

Congratulations:
One last test left" Orange". Whose crew of pirates is friendlier?

/The captain presses the orange with his chin. The next player accepts the orange from him, also using his chin - neither player is allowed to hold the orange with his hands.
If an orange falls to the floor or any player touches it with their hands, the orange is returned to the captain and the game starts over./

Presenter: Competition of 4 captains.
I I’ll name the beginning of a well-known phrase like: New-... Year,
You must continue, points are awarded for correct answers.

Carpet- ... airplane.
Boots-...walkers,
Grandfather-... Freezing,
Chupa-... Chups,
Red-... cap,
Allah-... Pugacheva,
Last-...Hero,
Crap-... take it,
Seventeen-... moments of spring,
To myself- ... Director
A cap-...invisible
Soviet-... Union,
Santa... Barbara,
Day-...birth!

Pirate 1: Well done! You have collected 8 coins, which is the age of each of your birthday people. //Glue to sheet//
We present you with a real Pirate certificate.
Pirate 2: You went through the Pirate school and together defeated the old pirate Flint. He gave away all the loot and invites you, let's read what is written on the card: At a feast in the galley of the "Old Frigate".

Sweet table. Tea party.
Disco

Crossword – (English сross cross, cross + word word) is sometimes translated as a “cross word”.

In 1913, on the eve of Christmas, American journalist Arthur Wynne received an assignment from his publisher - to create a newspaper supplement for the holiday that would interest the whole family. For a long time, Winn did not succeed in anything attractive. But childhood memories helped. His grandfather once asked him puzzles. These were the so-called " magic squares", in which the horizontal and vertical lines were filled with the same words. Winn improved this game. He decided that if the word appeared only once in the problem, it would be more interesting.

Winn completed the task on time. And the puzzle was published in the Sunday edition of the New York World, December 21, 1913. Now this particular date - December 21 - is now officially considered the crossword's birthday.

It must be said that Arthur Wynne's crossword was somewhat different from the cellular grids we are used to. However, it already contained the principles of constructing modern crossword puzzles: a symmetrical grid, writing words vertically and horizontally, and applying the correct answers to the release.

The first American crossword was diamond-shaped and did not have the classic layout with empty squares to fill. The words were read both vertically and horizontally. But the questions were not much different from modern ones - readers were asked to name a river in Russia, guess the name of an animal, and also choose antonyms for words.

The success of Wordcross (it received the name “crossword” later) was stunning. Readers bombarded the editors with options for a new puzzle. In 1923, the first collection of crossword puzzles was published in the United States with a circulation of 750 thousand copies, and a year later the first “European” crossword puzzle was published in one of the London newspapers. And then it started all over the world... The task was completed on time and in the original format - this was the first crossword puzzle. Today it is generally accepted that it was December 21, 1913 that became the birthday of the world's first crossword puzzle.

But is it really so? Everyone knows many stories when Americans squeezed out the “firsts” from among inventors: Edison is the first electric lamp, A. Bell - invented the “harmonic telegraph”, and became the inventor of the “Telephone”, etc. So, not everything is so simple with the invention of the crossword puzzle.

The history of the invention of the crossword.

The history of the modern crossword goes back more than a century. But its history is probably much older, it’s just that people paid attention to it only when the crossword puzzle became popular all over the world and began to generate income for publishers.

During excavations of the ancient Roman settlement of Corinum in 1868 in England, a slab was found with a design depicted on it, very similar to a crossword puzzle. The find dated back to the 3rd-4th centuries.

Something similar was discovered on a column in the famous Pompeii during excavations in 1936. This creation dates back to 79 AD and was amazing in that the crossword could be read the same way from left to right, right to left, top to bottom and bottom to top.

Crossword in modern understanding This word appeared - by historical standards - quite recently, about a century ago (for comparison, let's say that chess and checkers are more than one and a half thousand years old).

There is evidence that the first crossword puzzle was published in the USA in the magazine "St. Nicholas" in 1875. Although the Guinness Book of Records considers the earliest example of a crossword to be a 25-letter acrostic of Roman origin, which was found in Cirencester (Great Britain) in 1868 on the wall of a house. If we talk about a printed crossword, then the right to be called the birthplace of crosswords (in its modern form) is still disputed by England, the USA and South Africa. The British believe that the birthplace of the crossword is Foggy Albion, and the author of the first crosswords was Michael Davis, who published them in the Time newspaper at the end of the 19th century.

Americans, naturally, do not agree with the British version and believe that the first crossword puzzle was published on December 21, 1913 in the Fan supplement to the New York World newspaper, authored by journalist Arthur Wynne. Winnie's crossword was diamond-shaped and did not have the usual empty cells. The success of the crossword puzzle was stunning (at that time it was called “Wordcross”) and the publishing house was bombarded with letters from readers with new entertainment options. In 1923, the first collection of crossword puzzles was published.

In South Africa, unlike England and the USA, everything is much more romantic, where the first crossword puzzle was compiled in prison by Cape Town resident Willie Orville.

Cape Town legend appearance crossword puzzle.

In South Africa, there is a whole legend about the origin of the crossword puzzle. It all started with a car accident in Cape Town. Victor Orville received a three-year prison sentence. While in the cell, he noticed that the floor of the cell was paved with square tiles. Inscribing a letter in each square, he began to ensure that in both directions he got different words. When all the squares were filled with words, Orville took a piece of paper and drew a grid on it, and on the back he gave a definition for each word. The result was something like a game, which he called “Back and Forth in Squares” and sent it to the editor of a local newspaper.

The editor at first did not pay enough attention to the message from prison and simply forgot about it. However, a couple of days later he showed this letter to his circle of friends. Together, those gathered solved the problem and advised the editor to publish the game in the newspaper. The newspaper received large circulation, and the editors were inundated with letters asking them to continue such publications.

Soon other publications began to publish Orville's games, and when he was released, a considerable sum had accumulated in the bank in his name.

In Cape Town, a crossword puzzle was drawn on Orville's grave with the inscription:

Victor Orville.
Lost the happiness of my life
However, he created something
Bringing joy to people.

The first Russian crosswords.

While it is difficult to verify the date of appearance of the world's first crossword puzzle, the first crossword puzzle in Russia, as was believed until recently, was published in the magazine Ogonyok (No. 18) dated May 12, 1929.

However, through the efforts of the members of the Krestoslovitsa club, four crossword puzzles were first found, printed in 1926 in the Leningrad magazine "World of Adventures", and soon a publication in the magazine "Rezec" was added to the collection of rare crosswords in 1925.

But still, The first Russian crossword was published in Leningrad on August 18, 1925. It was published by Novaya Vechernyaya Gazeta. Following the first problem, several more were published, and they greatly interested readers. True, the word crossword itself was not yet used at that time, and the publication was called “Binding words/tasks crosswise.” Here it is - the first Russian crossword puzzle:

Word meanings:

Horizontal:
1) Variety of apples. 2) Settlement. 3) Bird. 4) Animal. 5) Stinging insects. 6) Dairy animal. 7) Island in the Mediterranean Sea. 8) Fame. 9) Plots of land. 10) Packaging. 11) Part of the day. 12) Price normalization. 13) Motor vessel. 14) Body parts. 15) Caucasian River.
Vertical:
16) Cereals. 17) Construction material. 18) Eye. 19) Instruction. 20) Parts of the hands. 21) Diminutive female name. 22) Material object. 23) Time machine. 24) Stone mass. 25) Parts of the face. 26) Set of tires. 27) Executioner. 28) Instrument of corporal punishment. 29) Artist. 30) Have fun. 31) River USSR. 32) Crustacean.

In principle, it no longer matters to us, users, who was the first “inventor” of the crossword puzzle, we just love to kill time by solving a crossword puzzle, straining our brains, looking for answers and filling in the blanks.

Only FACTS.

The first collection of crossword puzzles appeared in the USA in 1924 with a circulation of 750 thousand copies and was sold out in a few days.
Championships are held to solve crossword puzzles, and there is also a World Crossword Sports Federation. Crossword championships and tournaments are also held in Ukraine and Russia.
For his 65th birthday, Roger Boukart compiled a crossword puzzle 31 m long and 53 cm wide. The description of 50,400 questions took 2,734 pages. The author spent 4 years preparing this “gift” for his own anniversary.
At a crossword solving competition held in 2006, the computer program WebCrow won. The program defeated 80 human participants.
Roger F. Squires churns out 35 crossword puzzles for publication every week. And he does it conscientiously - total number The questions in his crossword puzzles exceeded 2 million, and the crossword puzzles themselves already numbered almost 30 thousand.

Crosswords and records.

• The world's largest published crossword puzzle was created in July 1982 by Canadian Robert Trucot from Quebec. It contains 12,489 words horizontally and 13,125 vertically, consists of 82,951 cells and covers an area of ​​3.55 square meter.
• In May 1966, The Times of London received a letter from a Fiji Woman saying that she had just solved Crossword No. 673 in the April 4, 1932 edition of the newspaper. Thus, the maximum time taken to solve the crossword puzzle was 34 years .
• Englishman Roger Squires is the most prolific crossmaster. He creates and publishes 42 crossword puzzles every week, without the help of a computer or other people.
• The minimum time for solving a crossword puzzle from the Times newspaper - 3 minutes 45 seconds - was spent during a competition organized by the BBC radio program "Today" by 43-year-old Englishman Roin Dean in December 1970.
• Maximum amount crossword puzzles during his life were compiled by Andrian Bell. From January 1930 until his death in 1980, he submitted 4,520 crossword puzzles to The Times.

If there's another one on the way family celebration, don’t be lazy and start preparing urgently. Enough to just eat goodies and chat at the table. Birthday quizzes will lighten the mood and amuse your guests. For correct answers, you can give small gifts to invited people.

Preparation

Birthdays are not a sad holiday at all, contrary to the line from the song. If you prepare for it in advance, it will be just an enchanting party. Be sure to decorate the room where the celebration will take place. Bright balloons, flowers, garlands - all these paraphernalia will give good mood already at the entrance to the hall. There is no need to hire a decorator; think for yourself where it is best to hang balloons, bouquets, and paper banners with congratulations. All these things are inexpensive, and the impressions from such decoration are amazing.

Can be carried out themed party, give each guest some suitable accessory: hat, mask, beads, caps, pipes. It all depends on the topic you choose. Birthday quizzes are always a great success. Excitement awakens when visiting. There is no need to invent too intellectual questions and confuse everyone. Everything should be easy and unobtrusive, like fun fun.

Humor and jokes

There is never too much laughter. Therefore, choose questions for the quiz that are funny and clever. Correct answers should be rewarded. Buy inexpensive and useful prizes for your household. Good fit:

• washcloths, pencils, pens, notepads, key chains, chocolate, shoehorns;
• corkscrews, clothespins, toilet paper, toothpicks;
• hair clips, combs, varnishes, hygienic lipstick.

This funny birthday quiz will be remembered by all guests. Questions with a little trick:

1. What letter is in first place in Russia, and in second in France? ( R)
2. Which hand is more comfortable to stir tea? ( in which there is a spoon)
3. When it is needed, they throw it away, and when it is not needed, they pick it up? ( anchor)
4. When is the best time for a cat to come into the house? ( when the door is open)
5. Which wheel does not rotate when the car turns? ( spare)
6. What month of the year has 28 days? ( every month)
7. Is it possible to light a match underwater? ( if you are in a submarine)
8. What are all the people on Earth doing at the same time? ( live, grow old)
9. How to use a sieve to draw water out of a river? ( scoop up ice)
10. How could the truck driver see the woman if there was no moon and the headlights were off? ( it was during the day)
11. What will happen to the white stone if it falls into the water? ( will drown)
12. Six cats catch six mice in six minutes. How many minutes does it take one cat to catch one mouse? ( in six minutes)
13. Forty letter bird name? ( forty "a")
14. What bird does not lay eggs, but hatches from them? ( rooster)
15. You saw a green man. Your actions? ( cross the street)

These birthday quizzes with answers will help you cheer up your guests a little.

Suggestive questions

You can hold a non-standard quiz at the holiday. The result will be something similar to an auction. The host says suggestive phrases, and the guests guess what object is veiled by words. The winner is the one who guessed right, he receives the hidden object as a gift.

1. Football fans send the referee to him. This item kills bacteria and dirt. It leaves its mark in every opera. It can change shape and color, and be liquid, but not tasty. It's about about soap, the one who guesses correctly receives a piece of fragrant soap as a gift or, on the contrary, to make it funnier - household soap.
2. The best fortune teller who will tell you exactly whether she loves you or not. Drinking tea with her is a pleasure. Best gift for Masha! Of course, these are daisies. Give the winner a pack of chamomile tea.
3. This item measures patience. If you don’t know what to give, be sure to choose this item. Coffee, juice, compote, jelly - you can fit everything in it! This is a cup.
4. Always on the table. It exists both in the musical staff and in the mighty ocean. We are talking about salt, give the person who guessed it a whole pack.
5. Everyone has one in their house, but it’s better not to approach it in the morning. Sorcerers enter through it other world. Girls spend more time with him than with their beloved. This mysterious object is a mirror.

It is better to conduct such quizzes at an adult birthday; children need to choose simpler questions.

Yummy

It happens that the guests are very active and dance all evening until they drop. A quiz at the table will be a short break (it’s customary to treat friends with goodies on birthdays). Tricky questions about food will whet the appetite and give guests the opportunity to relax a little.

The quiz game “Guess the Taste” is loved by both children and adults. Prepare a variety of foods and disposable plates. The presenter blindfolds the volunteer and invites him to try a mix of sweet, spicy, flour and meat. The participant must guess what was slipped to him. If all the ingredients are named correctly, you can award a prize. To avoid food poisoning and food incompatibility, you can use a standard game with questions and answers. Here are some birthday quiz questions:

1. Fried, boiled, dried, baked, it’s delicious in any dish, what’s the baby’s name? His mom is a beauty, his dad has a tough feather. ( chick)
2. The doctor prescribed it for people and recommended it for breakfast. Pink, thick, in beautiful cellophane, enjoy life, eat on the sofa. ( doctor's sausage)
3. Like thin snakes, curling around the plate, I put them in the pan and turned on the burners. Mayonnaise and ketchup, sauce and cutlet, only candy does not go with the dish. ( spaghetti, pasta)
4. White, yellow, salt, frying pan - preparing dinner is not a problem at all. (fried eggs)
5. Red, tasty, aromatic and very pleasant to look at. There are beets, carrots, cabbage - it's very, very tasty. ( borsch)
6. New Year's version, very tasty salad. He lies under a fur coat and does not tremble in winter. ( Herring under a Fur Coat)
7. Cherries, apples of any kind, sugar goes there. All the fruits in the house are suitable for this mixture, you need to fill everything with water and send it to rest. ( compote)
8. it is transparent and meaty, it is not cold in winter, both my wife and father-in-law love to eat this dish with horseradish. ( aspic)

Let's get personal

Invite guests to check how closely they know the hero of the occasion. All quiz questions at the birthday party will be dedicated to the birthday person. You can start with the simplest thing: ask your guests about the color of his eyes, the name of his haircut, foot size, favorite color, writer, movie, song. Ask as much as possible tricky questions. Be sure to ask your guests about the birthday boy’s hobbies, his hobbies, and whether they know how he spends his free time. For your spouse, prepare separate question, the answer to which only he/she knows. Such unusual birthday quizzes with answers will help you quickly organize an entertainment program.

• This was given to the birthday girl, and other people use it more often than she herself. ( Name)
• Can a birthday girl be in a room without a head? ( only if he sticks it out the window).
• One day at school, the birthday girl was kicked out of class. For what? ( out the door)
• What stands between the birthday girl and her husband? ( And)
• What question cannot be answered “yes”? ( Are you sleeping now?)
• Which month is shorter than others? ( May)
• Will the hero of the occasion be able to jump higher than a five-story building? ( no, houses can't jump)
• What can’t the birthday girl stuff even into the biggest pan? ( cover it)
• It is in front of each of us, but we cannot see it. ( future)
• Write the word "mousetrap" in five letters. ( cat)
• Who is this bug? ( beetle's wife)
• Quirk - who is this? ( boat owner)

Music

Funny quizzes For adults' birthdays, you can celebrate them with a musical twist. In questions, use the most popular songs, hits famous performers who know everything. Make a selection of birthday songs that mention the name of the birthday person.

An unusual option is a quiz in the “Guess the melody” style. Here you will have to work a little and create a collection of hits. Record excerpts of songs one by one and ask guests to guess the melody. For each correct answer, award a point. The one who scores the most points is the winner. Give this music lover a CD with good music. In order to make it work fun entertainment, use a variety of music: rap, songs by Joseph Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko, Timati, children's tunes, the Russian anthem, dance of little ducklings, songs from famous films.

Proverbs and sayings

Every person knows folk proverbs and sayings. We have heard them since childhood and use them in our speech all the time. If you're tired of regular birthday quizzes or you've already done them, try asking your guests to guess reverse proverbs.

1. Hours of idleness are years of tears.
   Time for business is time for fun.
2. For a sober person it is dry up to the chin.
   The drunken sea is knee-deep.
3. Lies caress the ears.
   The truth hurts my eyes.
4. If you start having fun, stay at home and be afraid.
   Business before pleasure.
5. Everything is bad when it starts bad.
   All's well that ends well.
6. Other people's sneakers are further from the soul.
   Your shirt is closer to your body.
7. You can't sit below your heels.
   You can't jump over your head.
8. Run away from the new one washing machine.
   Stay with a broken roof.
9. There is a waterfall under a hanging cobblestone.
   A rolling stone gathers no moss.
10. Turkey and pig are friends.
    The goose is no friend to the pig.
11. The policeman's UGGs are getting wet.
    The thief's hat is on fire.
12. Courage has a small elbow.
    Fear has big eyes.
13. Rice will ruin your sushi.
    You can't spoil porridge with oil.
14. A cow always loses specks of dust.
    A pig will always find dirt.
15. Don't be afraid of dogs - walk around the metropolis.
    If you're afraid of wolves, don't go into the forest.

Fun for kids

These weren't all kids' birthday quizzes. Children also need to be taken care of. You can choose questions for the little ones; for this it is better to use characters from your favorite fairy tales and cartoons. Small gifts for toddlers need to be purchased in advance. Stationery supplies, lollipops, small toys, jumping ropes, and hoops are suitable.

Plunge into the world of good fairy tales:

1. The fragrant, crispy, round lump was daydreaming and got into trouble. ( Kolobok)
2. An inhabitant of the moon who found friends in Russia. ( Luntik)
3. Harmful, green creatures that constantly eat. ( Vupsen and Pupsen)
4. I danced so hard on the dance floor that I lost my shoes. ( Cinderella)
5. People beat him, beat him, and the little animal dealt with him in a moment. ( golden egg)
6. A girl worth a pretty penny, lost, confused, but she met the prince. ( Thumbelina)
7. The house became full of animals: both the frog and the minnow - and for a year it stood without doors. ( Teremok)
8. The bug, the granddaughter, and the mouse collected root vegetables, and helped the grandparents. ( turnip)
9. Dad created his son himself, cut him from a log, the boy is smart, mischievous, he would make friends with you. ( Pinocchio)
10. The grandmother is scary with a broom, she likes to be alone in the forest. There her hut stands looking in all directions. ( Baba Yaga)
11. Rushing along the path, pies in a basket, wearing a fashionable hat, she went to visit her grandmother. ( Little Red Riding Hood)
12. A fat, kind guy, a donkey friend and Piglet. ( Winnie the Pooh)
13. Transport is the first in Rus', take Emelya to the Tsar. ( Russian stove)
14. He loves to eat sour cream, sausage and milk, and it’s probably not easy for the cat to walk around in a vest. ( cat Matroskin)
15. The ears are round, large, the friend is toothy, but not evil. Well, quickly remember what kind of character this is? ( Cheburashka)

This is a great birthday quiz for kids. younger age. Kids will have fun guessing their favorite characters. For the older category, you need to prepare more difficult questions. This will make it more interesting for children, and they will want to show off their ingenuity and intelligence. You can ask them simple mathematical examples and puzzles. In addition to simple questions, you can arrange fun team games. After all, children don’t like to sit still, so turn them on cheerful music and swipe sports relay races. You can arrange a dance competition.

First year of life

The birth of a child is happiness and joy for the whole family. I want to celebrate my baby’s first birthday in a way that will be remembered for a lifetime. Parents are cooking beautiful outfit for the birthday boy, they set a rich table and invite all close people. Birthday quizzes should be done with adults. Let them strain their memory and remember how the mother’s pregnancy proceeded, how many kilograms she gained in 9 months, what the baby’s weight was at birth, who came up with the baby’s name, how many teeth the baby has in his mouth, what his favorite toy and song are. Close relatives and friends will definitely cope with such simple questions. And in gratitude for their attentiveness and observation, you can take out a birthday cake and pour hot, aromatic tea. The holiday will end very positively, because the first year of a baby’s life is a very important and touching period for parents.

Festive program

Birthday quizzes are a must. Table conversations and eating goodies quickly get boring. Therefore, many holidays are not complete without conflict situations. And if you come up with funny questions, prepare prizes - the celebration will be fun and unusual. If the company is cheerful, you can come up with several costume scenes as a gift for the birthday boy. Guests always agree to participate in such undertakings with pleasure. A couple of exercise competitions won't hurt. Experiment, try something new, and your friends will appreciate the effort. Happy holidays to you!