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World Award for Stupidity- the award, which from 2008 was awarded "for 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.

The last three ceremonies were hosted by American comedian Lewis Black.

Laureates 2006

In 2006, categories awarded included:

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An excerpt characterizing the World Prize for Stupidity

(If someone is interested in the details of the real fate of Radomir, Magdalene, Cathars and the Templars, please see the Additions after the chapters of Isidora or a separate (but still in preparation) book "Children of the Sun" when it is posted on the website www.levashov.info for free copying).

I stood completely shocked, as it was almost always after the next story of the North ...
Was that tiny, newly born boy really the famous Jacques de Molay?! How many different bizarre legends I heard about this mysterious man!.. How many miracles were connected with his life in the stories I once loved!
(Unfortunately, the wonderful legends about this mysterious man have not survived to this day... He, like Radomir, was made a weak, cowardly and spineless master who "failed" to save his great Order...)
– Can you tell us a little more about him, Sever? Was he such a powerful prophet and miracle worker as my father once told me? ..
Smiling at my impatience, Sever nodded in the affirmative.
– Yes, I will tell you about him, Isidora... I have known him for many years. And I talked to him many times. I loved this man very much ... And I missed him very much.
I did not ask why he did not help him during the execution? It didn't make sense, since I already knew his answer.
– What are you?! Have you spoken to him? Please, will you tell me about this, Sever?!. I exclaimed.
I know I was like a child in my excitement... But it didn't matter. Sever understood how important his story was for me, and patiently helped me.
“Only I would like to know first what became of his mother and the Cathars. I know that they died, but I would like to see it with my own eyes... Help me, please, Sever.
And again, reality disappeared, returning me to Montsegur, where wonderful brave people lived their last hours - students and followers of Magdalene ...

Cathars.
Esclarmonde lay quietly on the bed. Her eyes were closed, she seemed to be sleeping, exhausted by losses ... But I felt - it was just protection. She just wanted to be alone with her sadness... Her heart suffered endlessly. The body refused to obey... Just a few moments ago, her hands were holding a newborn son... Embracing her husband... Now they are gone into the unknown. And no one could say with certainty whether they would be able to get away from the hatred of the "hunters" who filled the foot of Montsegur. Yes, and the whole valley, as far as the eye covered ... The fortress was the last stronghold of the Cathars, after it there was nothing left. They suffered a complete defeat ... Exhausted by hunger and winter cold, they were helpless against the stone "rain" of catapults that rained down on Montsegur from morning to night.

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.

Ig Nobel Prize

For achievements that make you laugh and then think

The prizes are given 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 Institute of Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, representing Russia and Peru, for his scientific work "The Eiffel Tower seems shorter from the left corner." In 2000, Andrey Geim, 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 most recent 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 send in the strangest, funny, or absurd 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 List of the Lost. 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 twice 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 reform of education 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.

Sex is one of the topics that traditionally attract the attention of readers. What writer can resist not to insert a couple of juicy scenes into his work? Moans, sighs, and always more popular than falafels at a hipster party. But to spoil the description of sex is as easy as the sex itself, well, it's not for us to tell you. Therefore, since 1993, the British magazine Literary Review has been giving writers an award for the worst description of sex in novels, and not in love or erotic, but in serious literature. At first, the award was given to all nominees, but since 1994 the jury has chosen to award one winner.

In 1994, Philip Hawke won the prize for his description of the kiss in The Breakers of the Stones: "Their jaws merged in a feverish mutual grinding." Oddly, the book also received an anti-award from the Dental Association.

In 1995, the award went to host Philip Kerr for an excerpt from his debut novel, The Grill: "His astronomical-length machine looked tense and very worried, because it had to perform a very elegant and at the same time mysterious and dark task." Do you understand what it's about? We are almost!

The award was also given to writers who compared the vagina to an exotic fungus in a tree crevice and to wet rubber in 1996 and '97. In 2001, the award went to the author of a passage about a member "cold and lifeless, like the North Pole," and in 2006 to a writer who compared a member to a shower twitching in an empty bath.

Last year's nominees were 2014 Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan with his novel The Narrow Road to the Far North, Haruki Murakami with Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Traveling Years, and Scottish journalist and BBC TV presenter Kirsty Wok with her debut novel. "The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle". Richard Flanagan's sex scene is interrupted by the appearance of a dog with a dead penguin in its mouth, Murakami describes a threesome using mathematical terms ("began to rotate her torso slowly, as if drawing a complex diagram in the air"), and Kirsty Wok's characters "keep lava in their cheeks." We hope you don't get excited!

Pigasus Award

The Pigasus Prize (its name combines the words pig and pegasus - "pig" and "Pegasus") has been awarded since 1982 for the greatest contribution to pseudoscience. Its founder, James Randi, a skeptic and debunker of the paranormal, personally selects nominees from those who claim to have supernatural powers. The award is given in several categories: "Pseudoscience", "Charlatan of the Year", "The Most Useless Research" and "The Most Paranormal Media". Winners include the Montel Williams Show, which regularly hosts a mentally ill woman named Sylvia Browne, and Canadian psychiatrist Colin A. Ross, who claims to be able to shoot electromagnetic beams from his eyes.

James Randi does not hand out awards personally, but sends them to the winners using telekinesis. And if someone did not receive an award, it is solely due to the fact that his paranormal abilities are not in order.

The most famous winner of the award was the British illusionist Uri Geller, who bent spoons with the power of his mind. The award even bore his name at the dawn of its existence. Uri Geller has repeatedly sued "Svinasus" for defamation, but has not won a single case. I'd rather use my energy to ruin cutlery in James Randi's house.

Lantern Rouge Award

The award has been earned since 1903 in the Tour de France bicycle race for last place. It is a red lantern (as, in fact, Lantern Rouge is translated), similar to those that were hung on the last car of the train. Oddly enough, it was considered not at all shameful to receive it, and the racers even competed to come last. This provided them with the attention of the public and the press. In 1980, the Tour de France even had to make an official statement that cyclists who intentionally come last to receive the Lantern Rouge would be disqualified.

The most famous winner of the award is the Belgian cyclist Wim Vanselvenant, who received it three times. True, then he left the sport and became a farmer.

Ernie Award

The Ernie Award for Most Sexist Speech is named after Australian Workers' Union Secretary Ernie Ekoba, a notorious misogynist in the area. He famously said that women are not even fit to shear sheep. Therefore, at the top of the Ernie Prize, respectively, a sheep flaunts.

The awarding is a gala dinner attended by about 400 women, and the winner is determined by the whistle that greets his name. The award is given in several nominations, and famous politicians, lawyers, public figures, athletes and journalists have become its owners at different times. Women can also become winners of the prize for manifestations of misogyny.

The most famous winner of the sexist award is politician John Maloney, the mayor of a small Australian town who invited women to come to his native Mountain Is, since the men there are absolutely picky.

Big Brother Award

Named after a character in George Orwell's 1984 dystopia, the award recognizes the most flagrant violation of privacy and freedom by a government or organization. Organized in 1998 in England, it quickly spread around the world and today is awarded in 18 countries around the world. (And if you don't know about it, it's only thanks to Big Brother making sure you stay in the dark.) The jury consists of scientists, lawyers and journalists, they decide who to "reward" for illegal data collection and intrusion into private life.

The winners of the award were Google for their controversial policy of collecting information about users, Vladimir Putin for almost all of his actions, and Tony Blair, who received the award in the “smiling puppeteer” nomination specially created for him.

Stella Award

The award for the most ridiculous judgment, presented in the United States from 1992 to 2007, was named after the American Stella Liebeck, who spilled coffee on herself at McDonalds and sued the company for $ 2.9 million.

For a short existence, the winners of the award were Mary Ubaudi, who filed a lawsuit against Mazda because her car did not have instructions for a seat belt, Christopher Roller, who sued David Copperfield and David Blaine for violating the laws of physics (Christopher himself, by the way, he considered himself God) and Judge Roy Person, Jr., who filed a $65 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner for losing his trousers there.

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It is interesting to look at a person who has never heard of the Nobel Prize, or knows nothing about the Oscar film award. However, it is always interesting to know how it all began and how these coveted awards came about. In this rating, the site has collected for you the most prestigious awards in the world, the history of their occurrence and the conditions for obtaining them. Who knows, perhaps one of the future laureates is among us.

Nobel Prize

Alfred Nobel was a fairly successful chemical inventor and engineer. In addition, he owned the Bofors metallurgical concern, whose main activity was the mass production of weapons. In addition, Nobel received income from his inventions, the total number of which exceeded 3 hundred. The main invention that glorified Nobel was dynamite. All this allowed the inventor to accumulate an impressive capital, which Nobel intended to pass on to his descendants. But one day in the morning newspaper I read an obituary about myself: "The merchant of death is dead." In fact, a terrible mistake crept into the note, since the brother of the inventor died, and not himself. But Alfred thought about what kind of memory humanity will have when its last hour strikes. As a result, he decided to change the will. Nobel bequeathed all his capital to be placed in a reliable bank, with the aim of subsequently distributing funds in the form of a bonus to those who made the greatest contribution to the development of science in a year. Pundits should be encouraged in 5 categories: in the field of physiology and medicine, chemistry, physics, literature and restoration of peace on earth. Since 1900, the Nobel Prize has been awarded according to all the rules that were drawn up by its founder. In addition, in 1968, at the initiative of the Swedish Bank, one innovation was added: in addition to five nominations, an award for merit in the field of economics was added. Peace Prize laureates receive in Norway from the hands of the king. Laureates in all other categories are awarded in Sweden. From the hands of the king they receive a gold medal with a portrait of Nobel, and a check. The amount of the prize varies from year to year depending on the income of the Nobel Foundation. Today it is somewhere around 1.5 million dollars.

Film Oscar

Grammy - music award

Musicians strive to get their Oscar, we are talking about the Grammy Award. The award was first presented in 1958 at the initiative of the US Recording Industry Association. A year earlier, professional musicians had gathered in Los Angeles to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the invention of the gramophone. It was at this event that the idea of the music award was born. The name and form of the award were also thought for a short time. As you know, it has the shape of a small gilded gramophone. For many years the winners were chosen in 30 musical genres in 108 categories. True, in 2011 the number of categories was somewhat reduced, now there are 78 of them. Behind the scenes, there are three most prestigious categories, in which it is considered the greatest success to be noted: song of the year, record of the year, album of the year and best new artist. Rapper Kendrick Ramar was nominated in 11 categories in 2016. However, these figures do not go to any comparison with the record of the conductor Georg Solti. During the 20 years that he ran the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the musician managed to receive 31 Grammy awards, and there were as many as 74 nominations in his career. Among the groups, U2 is considered the absolute record holder with 22 statuettes. But the record for the number of awards received in one ceremony is shared by Michael Jackson and Santana. They got 8 statuettes each in 1984 and 2000 respectively.

Booker Prize for Literature

The highest writing award was established in 1969, and since then has gained fame as the most prestigious award in the field of English literature. Until 2013, only an author living in the Commonwealth countries, as well as in Zimbabwe or Ireland, could receive the Booker Prize. In addition to this condition, only works created in English were taken into account. Today, the prize can be awarded to any literary work in English, regardless of the author's nationality. The Man Group Corporation has been the main sponsor of the award for almost 15 years. Since then, the name of the award has been The Man Booker Prize. The decision on the winner is made by a special jury, which includes eminent literary critics, public figures and writers. You have to choose from hundreds of applicants. The winner, in addition to the honorary title, expects a monetary reward, the amount of which is limited to 50 thousand pounds. Throughout the history of the Booker Prize, four of its winners have also subsequently been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. And Hilary Mantel, JM Coetzee and Peter Carey have won the Booker twice. But the absolute record holder in terms of receiving awards was Iris Murdoch, because she got Booker as many as 6 times.

Ig Nobel Prize for useless discoveries

Many scientists secretly hope to someday receive a Nobel Prize for their work. However, some are awarded only the ironic Ig Nobel Prize. This idea is nothing more than a parody of a prestigious award in the field of science. True, they hand it over in a very serious place - at Harvard. Moreover, the laureates are quite real scientists, whose discoveries and inventions turned out to be absolutely useless for mankind. The main condition for receiving this award is the humorous component of scientific work. After all, as the motto of the Ig Nobel Prize says, it is awarded for inventions that first make you smile, and only then make you think. So, among the examples there is a serious scientific work on how the presence of a person affects the libido of ostriches, or a study of the harm and benefits of kissing. The nominees are awarded by real Nobel laureates, with false noses, and dressed up in fake glasses. However, history knows one laureate of the Schnobel, who was later awarded the Nobel Prize. It was the physicist Andrei Geim. Indeed, from the great to the ridiculous one step.

Darwin Prize for Ridiculous Deaths

Pretty cynical selection criteria for the annual Darwin award winners. Indeed, according to the terms of the award, those who, in the most absurd way, ended their own lives without leaving descendants, i.e. per . So, with the help of black humor, the founders allude to Darwin's theory of natural selection. Say, fools who killed themselves out of their own stupidity, thus saved humanity from defective genes. But do not think that only the dead can be nominated for this award. The Darwin Prize has been awarded several times to people who, as a result of stupid negligence, have lost their reproductive function. So, fleeing from a police chase, petty crook Richard Greg Oliver decided to jump over the fence. At that moment, the gun in his pocket went off, instantly ending Oliver's hope of ever becoming a father. And if it didn’t work out with the descendants, then the Darwin Award is already in the asset of Mr. Oliver. Sadly, the award knows no shortage of nominees.

Fields Medal in Mathematics

It's no secret that mathematicians have never won a Nobel Prize. This science is simply not on the list specified in the will of the founder himself. Rumor has it that Alfred Nobel did not accidentally deprive mathematicians of the opportunity to be awarded. A contemporary of Nobel was the brilliant Swedish mathematician Mittag-Leffler, to whom the founder of the prize had a strong dislike. Whether the signs of attention given by the mathematician to Nobel's wife, or something else, were the reason for this, history is silent. But still, there are no mathematicians among the Nobel Prize winners. And so the representatives of this science would remain deprived, if not for John Fields. In 1924, while presiding at the International Congress of Mathematicians, he proposed to celebrate young mathematicians for certain achievements within the framework of this event. Unlike the Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal is awarded only once every 4 years. Only mathematicians under 40 are awarded a gold medal and a relatively small cash prize of 15,000 Canadian dollars. Age restrictions were proposed by Fields himself, so he hoped to stimulate young scientists to new achievements. If you like math, don't miss it.

Turing Award for Computer Science

Information technology professionals can expect to receive the Turing Award. The winner is determined by the Association for Computing Machinery, which became the founder of the award. The Turing Award can only be won once, it is not awarded to the same person again. One or two nominees are awarded per year. The first winner of the award was Alan Perlis, and it happened in 1966. Until 2014, the award was sponsored by two large corporations such as Google and Intel. And at that time, the winner got 250 thousand dollars. Now the only sponsor left is Google. And today the laureate can count on prize money in the amount of 1 million dollars. By tradition, the winner must hold a lecture, which highlights innovative ideas in the field of information technology.

Pritzker Prize for Architecture

Architects have a chance to get $100,000 rich. Those who win the Pritzker Prize have this opportunity. This award was established in 1979 by the Pritzker family, they are also the owners of the Hyatt hotel chain in different countries around the world. The winners are those who generate innovative design ideas in the field of architecture. It is curious that each time the award is presented in different places. Thus, the Pritzker Prize has already been awarded within the walls of the National Gallery in Washington, in the Hermitage Theater in St. Petersburg, on Capitol Hill in Rome, and even in the White House. Each time, the awards ceremony is preceded by exhibitions of works by all laureates.

Often, taking on a business, a person does not expect to receive any special recognition. He is simply passionate about what he loves, and does his job exceptionally well, because he does not know how otherwise. It is all the more pleasant to receive a well-deserved reward for your efforts, if only it is not a Darwin award.

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