Category: Awards

Oscar Nomination 2010

Oscar Nominations 2010

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Best Picture

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

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Female Nobel prize winners

List of Nobel Prize Awarded Women

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A total of 61 Nobel Prizes and the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to 60 women. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911.

The distribution of Nobel prizes awarded to women is as follows:

18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize
17 have won the Nobel Prize in Literature
12 have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
8 have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
4 have won the Nobel Prize in Physics
2 have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

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Sully Prudhomme

Sully Prudhomme Quiz

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1. When did Sully Prudhomme get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1909
b) 1901
c) 1905
d) 1908

2. What was Sully Prudhomme’s original name?
a) Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
b) Ercoli Matthioli
c) Eustance Dauger
d) Nicolas Fouquet

3. When was Sully Prudhomme born?
a) 16 March 1839
b) 24 April 1849
c) 12 July 1834
d) 30 December 1840

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett Quiz

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Samuel Beckett Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Samuel Beckett born?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 13 April 1906
c) 2 August 1904
d) 5 October 1905

2. Where was Samuel Beckett born?
a) Wexford
b) Limerick
c) Foxrock
d) Boyle

3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend?
a) St. Patrick’s School
b) Portola Royal School
c) St. John’s School
d) Holy Family School

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Kim Dae-jung

Kim Dae-jung Quiz

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1. When was Kim Dae-jung sworn in as President of South Korea?
a) 14 April 1971
b) 3 October 1975
c) 25 February 1998
d) 26 August 1995

2. When was Kim Dae-jung born?
a) 9 February 1914
b) 6 May 1918
c) 3 July 1926
d) 3 December 1925

3. Where was Kim Dae-jung born?
a) Haeuido
b) Tokyo
c) Saigon
d) Manila

4. Which high school did Kim Dae-jung attend?
a) St. Joseph’s High School
b) Korean National High School
c) Mokpo Commercial High School
d) Seoul High School

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