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List of Nobel laureates - Quiz
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  • 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) Chemistry
B) Peace
C) Physics
D) Economics
  • 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) 1939 to 1941
B) 1938 to 1940
C) 1941 to 1943
D) 1940 to 1942
  • 6. How many organizations received a Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2017?
A) 48
B) 24
C) 892
D) 844
  • 7. Which organization has received the Nobel Peace Prize three times?
A) International Committee of the Red Cross
B) The Nobel Foundation
C) The Swedish Academy
D) UNHCR
  • 8. Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize?
A) Frederick Sanger
B) Aung San Suu Kyi
C) Linus Pauling
D) Marie Curie
  • 9. Which laureate declined the Nobel Prize due to the war in Vietnam?
A) Boris Pasternak
B) Jean-Paul Sartre
C) Lê Ðức Thọ
D) Liu Xiaobo
  • 10. Which institution awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
A) Swedish Academy
B) Karolinska Institutet
C) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
D) Norwegian Nobel Committee
  • 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) Chemistry, Economics, and Peace
B) Literature, Peace, and Medicine
C) Physics, Literature, and Peace
D) Physics, Chemistry, and Economics
  • 13. What items does each Nobel laureate receive?
A) A medal, a diploma, and a scholarship
B) A gold medal, a diploma, and money
C) A trophy, a diploma, and a book
D) A gold medal, a diploma, and a wreath
  • 14. Which government forbade Liu Xiaobo from accepting his Nobel Prize?
A) China
B) Soviet Union
C) Germany
D) Sweden
  • 15. How long must pass before the Nobel Committee makes nomination databases available to the public?
A) 10 years
B) 50 years
C) 25 years
D) 100 years
  • 16. Who does the Nobel Committee inform about the names of nominees?
A) Nobody
B) The media
C) The public
D) The candidates
  • 17. What is the primary reason for early predictions regarding Nobel Prize recipients?
A) Leaked documents
B) Speculation or inside information
C) Official announcements
D) Public polls
  • 18. According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, what is the purpose of accessing sealed evaluation material?
A) Resolving legal disputes
B) Research in intellectual history
C) Media reporting
D) Identifying current nominees
  • 19. Can the Nobel Committee grant access to evaluation material before 50 years have passed?
A) Yes, with donor approval
B) No
C) Yes, if the candidate requests it
D) Yes, if the media requests it
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