Category: Awards

1. When was Marie Curie born? a) 7 November 1867 b) 5 July 1864 c) 12 May 1857 d) 9 January 1862 2. Where was Marie Curie born? a) Danzig b) London c) Moscow d) Warsaw 3. What was Marie Curie’s original name? a) Maria Goretti b) Marie Antoinette c) Maria Sklodowska d) Mary Tudor

1. When did James Black get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1976 b) 1964 c) 1988 d) 1992 2. When was James Black born? a) 17 January 1914 b) 14 June 1924 c) 31 August 1928 d) 12 October 1920 3. Where was James Black born? a) Glasgow b) Edinburgh c) Cardiff d) Uddington

Sinclair Lewis Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Sinclair Lewis get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1964 b) 1945 c) 1930 d) 1918 2. What was Sinclair Lewis’ full name? a) Edward Sinclair Lewis b) Harry Sinclair Lewis c) Bruno Sinclair Lewis d) George Sinclair Lewis 3. When was Sinclair Lewis born? a) 7 February 1885 b) 28 May 1892 c) 16 August 1877 d) 24 December 1882

1. When did Christian Anfinsen win Nobel Prize for Chemistry? a) 1966 b) 1972 c) 1981 d) 1977 2. When was Christian Anfinsen born? a) 26 March 1916 b) 5 June 1908 c) 16 August 1907 d) 12 October 1905 3. Where was Christian Anfinsen born? a) Corry b) Gettysburg c) Monessen d) Allentown

1. When did Hans Spemann get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1935 b) 1929 c) 1945 d) 1948 2. When was Hans Spemann born? a) 27 June 1869 b) 8 March 1872 c) 6 August 1861 d) 1 November 1868 3. Where was Hans Spemann born? a) Heidelberg b) Stuttgart c) Munich d) Wurzburg

1. When did John Northrop win Nobel Prize for Chemistry? a) 1942 b) 1946 c) 1949 d) 1937 2. When was John Northrop born? a) 15 January 1892 b) 5 June 1884 c) 5 July 1891 d) 12 October 1895 3. Where was John Northrop born? a) Ripley b) Bath c) Clayton d) Yonkers

1. When did Wilhelm Ostwald win Nobel Prize for Chemistry? a) 1903 b) 1905 c) 1909 d) 1907 2. When was Wilhelm Ostwald born? a) 7 November 1857 b) 5 June 1854 c) 2 September 1853 d) 6 January 1852 3. Where was Wilhelm Ostwald born? a) Riga b) Moscow c) St. Petersburg d) Warsaw

Note: There is No Nobel Prize for Economics. What is popularly known as Nobel Prize for Economics is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. YEAR, CATEGORY, LAUREATES 2020, Physics, Roger Penrose 2020, Physics, Reinhard Genzel 2020, Physics, Andrea Ghez 2020, Chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier 2020, Chemistry, Jennifer A. Doudna 2020, Medicine, Harvey J. Alter 2020, Medicine, Michael Houghton 2020, Medicine, Charles M. Rice 2020, Literature, Louise Glück

Nobel Prize 2012 Quiz Questions and Answers 1) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine? a) Robert Koch b) John Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak d) Emil von Behring 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine given? a) Tuberculosis research b) Stem cell research c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells d) Contributions to cancer research 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Physics? a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt b) Philip Lenard c) Serge Haroche, David Wineland d) Ferdinand Braun

1. When did Giosue Carducci get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1911 b) 1906 c) 1905 d) 1908 2. When was Giosue Carducci born? a) 9 March 1831 b) 21 April 1836 c) 27 July 1835 d) 27 December 1843 3. Where was Giosue Carducci born? a) Verona b) Turin c) Brescia d) Val di Castello