Exactly one month from now, on May 24, the final stage of the regional qualifying round of the all-Russian humanitarian TV Olympiad, Gifted Girls & Brainy Boys, will take place in Yekaterinburg for the first time. It will be presented in a format similar to that of the all-Russian TV Olympiad, with semifinal and final rounds, orders, contestants and theorists. Thirty finalists have been invited: 9 clever boys and girls will participate in the contests, while 21 theorists will answer questions from the audience.
Topics of the second stage of the Gifted Girls & Brainy Boys Olympiad are:
In Sverdlovsk Region, the winners of the Olympiad will be three participants from the second stage: the contestants who win the final round (agon) and the theorists who score the highest number of points (orders). They will automatically qualify for the televised humanitarian Olympiad for schoolchildren, Gifted Girls & Brainy Boys, in Moscow. The three winners of the regional selection will receive a prize of 100,000 rubles (1300 USD) from Mikhail Shelkov’s foundation and will travel to Moscow for the show’s recording, free of charge. Those who are admitted to MGIMO after the Olympiad will receive a special monthly scholarship of 50,000 rubles (700 USD).