List of Nobel laureates

List of Nobel laureates - Quiz

1. Who established the Nobel Prizes in their 1895 will?

A) The Nobel Foundation
B) Alfred Nobel
C) The Swedish Academy
D) Sveriges Riksbank

2. Which organization awards the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A) The Karolinska Institutet
B) The Norwegian Nobel Committee
C) The Swedish Academy
D) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

3. Which prize was established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank?

A) Physics
B) Economics
C) Peace
D) Chemistry

4. On what date are the Nobel Prizes presented annually?

A) 12 December
B) 10 January
C) 10 December
D) 12 October

5. During which years were the Nobel Prizes not awarded due to World War II?

A) 1940 to 1942
B) 1938 to 1940
C) 1941 to 1943
D) 1939 to 1941

6. How many organizations received a Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2017?

A) 24
B) 892
C) 844
D) 48

7. Which organization has received the Nobel Peace Prize three times?

A) UNHCR
B) The Swedish Academy
C) International Committee of the Red Cross
D) The Nobel Foundation

8. Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize?

A) Aung San Suu Kyi
B) Linus Pauling
C) Marie Curie
D) Frederick Sanger

9. Which laureate declined the Nobel Prize due to the war in Vietnam?

A) Lê Ðức Thọ
B) Boris Pasternak
C) Jean-Paul Sartre
D) Liu Xiaobo

10. Which institution awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

A) Norwegian Nobel Committee
B) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
C) Swedish Academy
D) Karolinska Institutet

11. How many women were among the 892 Nobel laureates mentioned between 1901 and 2017?

A) 844
B) 585
C) 48
D) 24

12. Which fields does the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences award prizes in?

A) Physics, Literature, and Peace
B) Literature, Peace, and Medicine
C) Physics, Chemistry, and Economics
D) Chemistry, Economics, and Peace

13. What items does each Nobel laureate receive?

A) A gold medal, a diploma, and money
B) A trophy, a diploma, and a book
C) A gold medal, a diploma, and a wreath
D) A medal, a diploma, and a scholarship

14. Which government forbade Liu Xiaobo from accepting his Nobel Prize?

A) Soviet Union
B) China
C) Sweden
D) Germany

15. How long must pass before the Nobel Committee makes nomination databases available to the public?

A) 25 years
B) 10 years
C) 100 years
D) 50 years

16. Who does the Nobel Committee inform about the names of nominees?

A) The candidates
B) Nobody
C) The media
D) The public

17. What is the primary reason for early predictions regarding Nobel Prize recipients?

A) Leaked documents
B) Speculation or inside information
C) Public polls
D) Official announcements

18. According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, what is the purpose of accessing sealed evaluation material?

A) Media reporting
B) Identifying current nominees
C) Research in intellectual history
D) Resolving legal disputes

19. Can the Nobel Committee grant access to evaluation material before 50 years have passed?

A) Yes, if the media requests it
B) Yes, if the candidate requests it
C) Yes, with donor approval
D) No

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