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Nobel Prize Quiz

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Q1. From what invention did Alfred Nobel

make his fortune?


Answer

Alfred Nobel invented

the Dynamite.


Q2. When was the first Nobel Prize awarded?

A. 1895

B. 1901

C. 1969


Answer : B

•1901• Physics - Wilhelm Röntgen - for X-Rays

• Chemistry - Jacobus H. van 't Hoff - for his work on rates of reaction, chemical equilibrium, and osmotic pressure.

• Medicine - Emil von Behring - for his work on serum therapy.

• Literature - Sully Prudhomme - French Poet and Philosopher

• Peace – Shared by Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, and Frédéric Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time.


Q3. Who selects the Nobel Laureates each

year?

A. The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions

B. The Nobel Foundation

C. The King of Sweden


Answer : A

•The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions


Q4. Why are the Nobel Prize Award

Ceremonies on 10 December each year?

A. It was Alfred Nobel's birthday.

B. It was that day he got his patent for dynamite.

C. It was the day that Alfred Nobel died.


Answer : C

• The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies are

traditionally held on 10 December, the anniversary

of Alfred Nobel's death.


Q5. All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in

Stockholm except one. Which one?

A. The Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.

B. The Nobel Prize in Literature, which is awarded in Helsinki,

Finland.

C. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which is awarded in Copenhagen,

Denmark.


Answer : A

• Alfred Nobel's will states that the Nobel Peace

Prize should be awarded in Oslo, Norway.


Q6. Which family is the most successful when

it comes to number of awarded Nobel Prizes?

A. The Braggs

B. The Curies

C. The Einsteins


Answer : B

• Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel

Prize in Physics in 1903. Marie was also awarded

the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911, and their

daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.


Q7. One organization has been awarded a

Nobel Prize three times. Which one?

A. Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans

Frontières)

B. Amnesty International

C. International Committee of the Red Cross


Answer : C

• International Committee of the Red Cross


Q8. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1953. In what

prize category?


Answer : Literature

• Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in

Literature in 1953.


Q9. How many of the Nobel Laureates are

women?

A. 43

B. 68

C. 100


Answer : A

•43 women have been awarded the

Nobel Prize.


Q10. Which prominent public figure was never

awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Nelson Mandela

C. Martin Luther King


Answer : A

• Mahatma Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel

Peace Prize.


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