Harvard named the winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for the most curious scientific research. World Stupid Prize Pritzker Prize for Architecture

Stella Award(Eng. The TRUE Stella Awards) - an award awarded annually for the most ridiculous judgment in the United States. It is named after Stella Liebeck, who in 1992 spilled coffee on herself in a McDonald's restaurant, after which she sued the restaurant, in which the jury awarded her $ 2.9 million in compensation.

(Ig Nobel Prize, Ig Nobel Prize) - a parody of the Nobel Prize, where the most ridiculous and useless research is awarded. Ten Shnobel Prizes are awarded at the beginning of October, that is, at the time when the winners of the real Nobel Prize are called, and the real Nobel laureates present it to applicants, and the award ceremony takes place at Harvard and is broadcast on American television and radio in several languages. The award was established by Mark Abrahams and the humor magazine Annals of Incredible Research in 1991.

Darwin Award("Darwin Awards") is a virtual award given annually to individuals who, in the most stupid way, died or lost their reproductive function and as a result deprived themselves of the opportunity to contribute to the human gene pool, thereby improving it. A prerequisite for receiving the award is the complete absence of direct descendants.

(Eng. Golden Raspberry) - invented in 1981 by American John Wilson anti-award, celebrating the worst acting work, screenplay, directing, film song and film of the year. By tradition, the Golden Raspberry nominees are announced the day before the announcement of the Oscar nominees, the winners - the day before the Oscar winners. The prize is a $5 plastic raspberry spray-painted in gold.

« Silver galosh"- an award established by Silver Rain radio, is awarded "for the most dubious achievements in the field of show business." Established in 1996 by Pavel Vashchekin, the author of the idea of ​​the award, the ceremony takes place annually.

Antipremium " glass bolt” was established in 2011 by blogger Ilya Varlamov and is awarded for stupid or malicious decisions of Moscow officials involved in the “development” of the city. The laureates are awarded with the Glass Bolt figurine, a symbol of narrow-mindedness and crookedness. Since 2012, the award has been declared All-Russian

Chicken Little Award The "Chicken Little" Award for Exaggerated Predictions About the Impending Destruction of Our Environment - a joke award established by the Center for National Concern at the same time as the Julian Simon Prize, awarded for a sober look at the same problems.

lantern rouge(fr. Lanterne rouge; red lantern) - a cyclist who took last place in the overall standings of the Tour de France; also the name of the prize given to that athlete. The name comes from the red lantern on the last car of the train.

World Award for Stupidity- an award founded in 2003 to reward the most outstanding achievements in the field of stupidity and ignorance. The award was sponsored by the Just for Laughs comedy festival. The 2005 ceremony was held on July 22 in Montreal.

Literary anti-award "Paragraph" has been awarded since the fall of 2001 in four categories: Worst Proofreading, Worst Translation, Worst Editing and Complete Paragraph (for complete violation of all book publishing standards). For "particularly cynical crimes against Russian literature" an "Honorary Illiteracy" is awarded. The "winners" are determined by a special expert council based on the reader's opinions sent to the editorial office of the newspaper "Book Review".

Everyone knows about the most prestigious award in the field of cinema - Oscar. But in this article I would like to talk about anti-premiums, i.e. awards for the worst or dubious achievements. So the 8 most popular anti-premiums.

Anti-prizes of the world

1. Ig Nobel Prize (Antinobel Prize) - The award was established by Mark Abrahams and the humor magazine Annals of Incredible Research in 1991. This award is given for dubious achievements. This award is presented at the beginning of October each year by the real Nobel Prize winners, and the award ceremony takes place at Harvard.

2. Stella Award - This award is given for the most ridiculous judgment in the United States. It is named after Stella Liebeck, who in 1992 spilled hot coffee from McDonald's and sued him, thereby suing the fast food for $ 2.9 million.

3. Golden Raspberry - anti-award, anti-Oscar. The award is given for achievements in the field of cinema. It was founded in 1981 by American John Wilson. The nominees for this award are announced the day before the Oscars.

4. Silver galosh - Russian anti-prize in the field of show business. The award was established by Silver Rain Radio in 1996.

5. Darwin Award - An unofficial award for the most ridiculous death (or at least for the most ridiculous loss of reproductive function). The prize is awarded to people who died in the most ridiculous way, thereby leaving no offspring, thereby clearing the gene pool of mankind.

6. The Glass Bolt Award - established in 2011 by blogger Ilya Varlamov and awarded to Russian officials for the most idiotic and ridiculous decisions in terms of arranging the city of Moscow. In 2012, the award became officially all-Russian.

7. Latern Rouge - the award is given to the cyclist who takes the last place in the Tour de France race. Translated as "Red Lantern" and this award is named after the red lantern on the last car of the train.

8. Paragraph - Literary anti-award. Created in 2001 and awarded in the following categories: "Worst Proofreading", "Worst Translation", "Worst Editing" and "Complete Paragraph" (for complete violation of all book publishing standards). "Honorary illiterates" are also awarded.

Alas, not all people are capable of some outstanding deeds, or at least worthy accomplishments. However, some do something so ridiculous, bad and funny that it cannot escape the attention of the public.

World Award for Stupidity

Awarded for the most outstanding achievements in the field of ignorance and stupidity. The wording is vague, and given that this award is sponsored by a comedy festival, it's unlikely they're choosing anything really dumb. It's funny, for sure.

Anti-award "Paragraph"

This award is given to publishers who have published the most failed books. There are several nominations - proofreading, editing, translation and everything in general. The nominees are selected from the anonymous and not very reader's opinions sent to the Committee.

Chicken Little Award

Awarded for grossly inadequate predictions regarding the inevitable destruction of the environment. That is, those studies in which the author yells loudest of all that "We are all going to die!" and tries to bring some more supposedly reasonable arguments.

"Glass Bolt"

It is awarded to officials who make absolutely unsuccessful decisions regarding urban planning and urban development. Initially, the award was exclusively in Moscow, but very soon it became clear that candidates for it could be found in any city.

"Silver galosh"

Dubious achievements in the field of show business. Tellingly, the nominees regularly even come to the awards. Still, black PR in show business is still PR. If they talk about you, then at least they noticed you.

golden raspberry

In fact - the antipode of "Oscar". It is also held the day before, both the announcement of the nominees and the announcement of the winners. And the nominations are not much different from the Oscars - directing, film, song, acting, and so on. The prize is a plastic raspberry covered in "golden" red.

Stella Award

It is named after the lady who was able to sue the McDonald's network for several million dollars in compensation for spilling her coffee in their establishment. This award is given for similarly ridiculous and absurd court decisions. And there are plenty of them in the US.

Darwin Award

Awarded for the most absurd and ridiculous deaths, provided there are no direct descendants. Say, the nominee removes his genes of idiocy from the human population, therefore he deserves an award. Clarification - this is not about accidents and not about obvious suicides. All the nominees are firmly convinced of what they were doing, and were not going to end their lives. But alas.

Ig Nobel Prize

Not all scientific research is equally useful. Some scientists seriously investigate complete nonsense. It is to them that this award is given. On the other hand, some of the nominees for this award do do significant work that allows us to understand our world a little better. Still, not everyone can invent cures for cancer - someone can study the duck quacking and the gait of goats.

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A prize or award is awarded, as a rule, on a competitive basis to a person or organization for outstanding results in a particular field of activity. Below is a list of the ten most famous world awards.

Opens the ranking of the most famous awards "Pulitzer Prize" - the most prestigious US award in the field of literature, journalism, music and theater. It was founded on August 17, 1903 by newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. The award has been awarded annually in twenty-one categories since 1917. The amount of the award is $10,000.

MTV Video Music Awards is an annual award given by the MTV channel for the creation of video clips. The ceremony was first held in 1984 in New York. The record holder for the number of statuettes won, the so-called "Moonmanow", is the American singer Madonna, who has won 20 awards.

BRIT Awards

The BRIT Awards are the UK's most prestigious annual pop music awards. The award was first presented in 1977 as part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II. It has been awarded annually since 1982. The record holder for the number of nominations is British singer Robbie Williams (17 BRIT Awards).

Seventh place in the list of the most famous awards is occupied by the Grammy - the annual music award of the American Recording Academy, founded on March 14, 1958. Awarded by voting in 78 categories across 30 musical genres. As of February 2009, a total of 7,578 awards have been presented.

The Cannes Film Festival is an annual international film festival founded in 1946. Held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. The most prestigious award given at the Cannes Film Festival in the Best Film category is the Palme d'Or.

Fifth place in the list of the most famous world awards goes to the Golden Globe. It is an annual American award given since 1944 for motion pictures and television pictures, as voted by some 90 international journalists based in Hollywood. The record holder for the number of nominations is Meryl Streep (29 awards).

BAFTA

BAFTA is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes arts such as film, television and computer games. The organization was formed in 1947 under the leadership of David Lean. The first BAFTA award ceremony took place in 1948 in London. The winners receive a golden mask as a prize.

Third place in the list of the ten most famous awards in the world goes to the Booker Prize. It is the most prestigious literary award given annually in the UK since 1969 for the best original novel written in English. The winner of the award receives £50,000.

Oscar

In second place in the list of the most famous world awards is the Oscar - the most prestigious American film award on the planet, annually presented since 1929 in Los Angeles, at the Dolby Theater for various achievements in the film industry. From 1953 to the present, the ceremony has been televised in more than 200 countries. Walt Disney won the most Oscars (26).

The Nobel Prize is an international annual award given for outstanding scientific research, revolutionary inventions, or major contributions to culture or society. The award was named after the Swedish chemist, engineer and inventor Alfred Nobel, who in his will ordered part of his capital to be awarded as an award for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and the world. Between 1901–2015 The Nobel Prize was awarded to 870 laureates and 26 organizations.

Ig Nobel Prize

For achievements that make you laugh and then think

The prizes are awarded by the real Nobel Prize winners, only with false noses and make-up, and the time of the recipients' speech is limited by little Miss Sweetie Poo, who after 60 seconds says "Please stop, I'm bored!".

Since 1991, at the behest of founder Mark Abrahams and the scientific publication Annals of Improbable Research, Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded along with the announcement of Nobel Prize winners. Rarely does an anti-Nobel award express criticism, more often it draws attention to a work with an amusingly formulated theme or a ridiculous subject of research. For example, the research of two Austrian researchers who applied mathematical methods to determine whether the Sultan of Morocco, Ismail the Bloodthirsty, could have conceived 888 children between 1697 and 1727.

The medal parodies the Nobel

Several times "Schnobel" was received by citizens of Russia. For example, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chemist and crystallographer Yuri Struchkov received a literature prize for publishing 948 scientific papers between 1981 and 1990, that is, one scientific article every 4 days. In 2012, our compatriots received three Schnobels. Igor Petrov, the owner of the Russian company SKN, received the Peace Prize for the synthesis of nanodiamonds from old ammunition; the prize in physics (“for the study of how to properly wear coffee so as not to spill it”) was awarded to a former citizen of the Russian Federation, scientist Ruslan Krechetnikov (together with the American Hans Mayer); the prize in psychology went to Tulio Guadelupe from the Nijmegen Institute of Psycholinguistics, representing Russia and Peru, for his scientific work "The Eiffel Tower seems shorter from the left angle." In 2000, Andrey Game, a native of the USSR, received the Ig Nobel Prize for an experiment with diamagnetic levitation (he made a frog fly), and ten years later he was awarded the Nobel Prize for the practical production of graphene.

"Golden Raspberry"

For dubious achievements in the field of cinema

Sprawling and golden, like an Oscar

The Golden Raspberry Awards was invented in 1981 by publicist John Wilson, author of a guide to the worst films. The name comes from the English slang expression (to) blow raspberry (tongue) - to snort in mockery, blowing into a protruding tongue. While the Oscars are drowning in tolerance and predictability, members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation, as they say, keep filmmakers in a sporty tone. The 36th awards ceremony took place on February 27 on Broadway - as always, the day before the Oscars. Like last year, nine failed nominations were diluted with a berry of mercy: “redemptive raspberry” became an indulgence for someone who was able to bring his career out of a steep dive. Among the applicants were Night Shyamalan (for the film The Visit), Elizabeth Banks (for Pitch Perfect 2), Will Smith (role in The Protector). Sylvester Stallone got it for "Creed" (by the way, he was named the worst actor of the 20th century when summing up the film results of the century). Among other favorites of the 36th Golden Raspberry ceremony, Jupiter Ascending and the Fantastic Four were named, but as a result, almost all the statuettes were taken away by Fifty Shades of Grey.

Runet anti-premium

For the brightest, unformatted and dubious projects of the Russian Internet

Users fell in love with the informal anti-premium much more than its source - the Runet Prize, which, for example, did not award Pavel Durov for VKontakte, which is why he staged a DDoS attack on the site with popular vote. The Runet Antipremiya remains in memory, if only thanks to the nominations - risky, witty and surprisingly accurately showing key events. For example, in 2014 Lenta.ru won in the “Not a Runet Cake” nomination, Meduza made its debut in the “Bombed!” section, and Lentach became a leader in the “BDSMM and other PR poses” category. Sites - winners of the anti-premium regularly found themselves under the yoke of Roskomnadzor: for example, "Lurkomorye" (winner of 2014 in the "Underground" nomination) and RuTracker.org (nominee "Mom, I rocked again in a dream"), it is hardly possible in the same nomination note the social network "VKontakte", where there is less and less pirated content, sidelong glances periodically catch the Kermlin Russia account (the winner of the nomination "Kitten named.GOV") and the public "The Decaying West" ("Fun of the Year"). The award did not last until 2016.

Pigasus Award

For contributions to pseudoscience and paranormal research

The Pigasus Award was created by James Randi, an illusionist, scientific skeptic and fighter against paranormal crooks. Back in the 1970s, Randy was involved with the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. The Pigasus Award is another achievement by Randy in the fight against sorcerers and psychics. The name Pigasus itself is a derivative of "Pegasus" and pig, referring to the expression "when pigs fly" ("when the cancer whistles on the mountain"). The ceremony takes place on April 1, and the prize is a flying pig on a stand, "which the winner takes with the help of telekinesis." In total, the award has five categories: the scientist who did the most stupid thing (in 2012 - Stanislav Burzynski for selling an expensive cancer cure); organizations - for supporting parapsychological research (in the same year - Pumpkin Hollow Retreat Center for supporting the healing laying of hands on the sick - "Therapeutic Touch"); the media - for the assertion of paranormal phenomena as facts; the performer who fooled the most people; and finally, an award "for the most desperate refusal to face reality."

Bent Spoon Award

Australian Award for Paranormal Stupidity

Bent spoon given to Australian charlatans

A special anti-award from the Australian Skeptics Society, named after Uri Geller, who allegedly bent spoons using telekinesis. In 2013, the Bent Spoon Award was won by the Australian Chiropractic Association, which refused to insure its members, and in 2014, by Dr. Larry R. Marshall, President of the state scientific organization CSIRO, for supporting dowsing. The latest winner of the Bent Spoon is Australian celebrity chef and broadcaster Pete Evans, who has been nominated for his praise of the Paleo diet, a diet based on the alleged ancient diet of humans during the Paleolithic.

Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

For the strangest, funniest and most ridiculous book title

A detailed guide to blowing gas on a date won an award in 2014, although not only is the title outstanding - the topic of the book deserves a separate prize

The idea for the award came from The Bookseller magazine and the publishers Diagram Group, who wanted to draw attention to the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair. Since then, every year, with rare exceptions, a prize is awarded - a bottle of champagne or Bordeaux - to active readers who sent in the strangest, funny or ridiculous title of a book that came out during the past year. The first nominee for the award was the non-fiction Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Naked Mice (1978); following books deserved public recognition: "Madame as an entrepreneur: domestic prostitution and career management" (1979), "Significant moments in the history of concrete" (1994), "The Joy of Sex. Pocket edition” (1997), “Knitting adventures with hyperbolic planes” (2009), “Managing a dental clinic in Genghis Khan style” (2010) and many others. The latest winner was Margaret Meps Schulte's Strangers Have the Best Candy (2015).

Bad Sex in Fiction Award

For the worst erotic scene in literature

The winning scene featured "a giggling full copulation snowball" and a "sexually violent rollercoaster loop"

Until last year, the BSIFA prize was more of a local meme for readers of the Literary Review magazine, but in 2015 the news of the award spread all over the media when it was awarded to The Smiths vocalist Stephen Morrissey for the book The Lost List. The author described the plot of his book as follows: “A team of American runners from the 70s accidentally kills another athlete, thus releasing a demon from him. This demon is the devil in the flesh, and death awaits every killer. But it all ends up being a ritual of exile, so the death at the very beginning of the book is just an illusion.” The author himself did not come for a prize in the form of a naked woman on an open book and did not comment on the situation.

"Paragraph"

Award of the newspaper "Book Review" for dubious achievements in the field of book publishing

Not every anti-prize has a budget for such a commemorative sculpture

It is a double-broken pen in the form of the letter Z on a stand, is awarded in the categories "Worst Proofreading", "Worst Translation", "Worst Editing" and "Complete Paragraph" (for complete violation of all book publishing standards), and for "particularly cynical crimes against Russian literature" give "Honorary Illiteracy". "Illiterate" at one time was received by Andrei Fursenko for the education reform and Konstantin Ernst with the wording "as the physical embodiment of the largest rating share of television, stupefying the common man, tearing him away from books and reading, from any manifestation of culture." In addition to them, Anatoly Fomenko has a “Paragraph” for “New Chronology” (2004) and Boris Akunin for the book “History of the Russian State. From the origins to the Mongol invasion" (2014).

Turnip Prize

Parody of the Turner Prize - for the worst works of contemporary art

Work shortlisted for 2011. Called "First Class Mail" by TeamGB

In response to the controversial decisions of the Turner Prize jury, the organizers of the Turnip Prize say: "You can submit any work to us, provided it sucks." At the same time, the leitmotif of the anti-award is the hypothesis: “We know that it sucks, but is it art?” Before the final decision, each candidate receives an assessment of his creation: “not enough effort” and “well, isn’t it shit?” - go to the finals, and the work with the marks "too tried" and "not enough shit" are eliminated. In 2003, the winner was James Timms with "Take a leaf from my club" (raw chicken in leaves). In 2007, Bracey Vermin won the award with his work "Tea P", which consisted of several soaked tea bags laid out in the shape of the letter P. This year, the artist Bonksy won the prize with his work "Dismal And" - an homage to Banksy with his thematic park Dismaland, is a piece of wood with a sad muzzle Winning Job as an ampersand.

Location London, Great Britain

years 1999 - present

Golden Fleece Award (1975–1987)

For grant-eating and stupid research

The first prize was awarded to the US National Science Foundation in 1975 for spending $84,000 on a laboratory study of the phenomenon of love. Later, NSF would again be the winner of the Golden Fleece Award - for analyzing the aggression of moon fish, one of which drank tequila and the other rum. The US Department of Defense received an award for spending $3,000 on a study that found that soldiers should use an umbrella when it rains; Ronald Reagan - for spending $ 15.5 million from the pockets of the taxpayers (the money was needed for re-inauguration). The Golden Fleece Prize was established by American Democratic politician William Proxmire and awarded it until 1987.

Location Washington, USA

Years 1975–1987

Doublespeak Award

For the most cunning political rhetoric

This anti-award, established by the National Council of Teachers of English, is awarded for the most ambiguous statement. The very first was received by US Air Force Press Officer David Opfer for calling the bombings in Southeast Asia "air support." In 1986, the NASA contractors who tried to hide the meaning of the disaster with the Challenger shuttle became the winner. The explosion was called an "anomaly", the bodies of the dead astronauts - "a detachment that returned to Earth", and the coffins - "containers for transporting the team." It is interesting that in England there is an analogue of the anti-premium called. Among the champions of absurdity there are Naomi Campbell ("I love England, especially your national food - there is nothing tastier than pasta"), Silvio Berlusconi ("I'm truthful quite often") and Donald Trump for reminding McCain of the Vietnamese captivity ("He not a war hero. He was a hero because he was taken prisoner. And I love people who were not taken prisoner").

Darwin Award

For idiocy. Posthumously

American Larry Walters made a balloon flight

This is one of the most cruel, famous and funny anti-prizes. Awarded annually to persons who died or deprived themselves of the opportunity to have children through stupidity. It grew from the ancient usenet forum launched on August 7, 1985. Eight years later, in 1993, biology student Wendy Northcut created a website dedicated to the Darwin Prize and that same year began compiling obituary books for "human lemmings." For selection, Northcut was guided by five rules: the nominee must die or be sterilized as a result of his actions, self-harm must be as stupid as possible, a person must harm himself on his own, while being over 18 years old and mentally healthy; Finally, the incident must be verified. In 2014, a posthumous award was given to a young magician from Spain who tried to use his body as a current conductor in order to light a light bulb in his hand; in 2015, the Darwin Prize was won by a South African woman who fell off a cliff while trying to take a selfie.