Category: Awards

1. When did Albert Schweitzer get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1948 b) 1952 c) 1956 d) 1964 2. When was Albert Schweitzer born? a) 14 January 1875 b) 11 May 1880 c) 31 July 1882 d) 5 December 1886 3. Where was Albert Schweitzer born? a) Hamburg b) Bremen c) Kayserberg d) Aachen 4. Which university did Albert Schweitzer attend? a) Berlin b) Munich c) Frankfurt d) Strasbourg

1. When did Andrey Sakharov get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1946 b) 1957 c) 1975 d) 1979 2. When was Andrey Sakharov born? a) 12 March 1919 b) 21 May 1921 c) 29 July 1912 d) 18 November 1922 3. Where was Andrey Sakharov born? a) Moscow b) Tomsk c) Volgograd d) Astana

1. When did Santiago Ramon y Cajal win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1903 b) 1905 c) 1904 d) 1906 2. When was Santiago Ramon y Cajal born? a) 7 November 1857 b) 1 May 1852 c) 15 September 1859 d) 5 January 1851 3. Where was Santiago Ramon y Cajal born? a) Petilla de Aragon b) La Mancha c) Pamplona d) Salamanca

1. When was Ingrid Bergman born? a) 31 January 1914 b) 3 May 1918 c) 29 August 1915 d) 8 December 1923 2. Where was Ingrid Bergman born? a) Helsinki b) Oslo c) Stockholm d) Brussels 3. Which was Ingrid Bergman’s first film? a) Saratoga Trunk b) Munkbrogreven c) The Greatest Love d) Autumn Sonata 4. Who of the following was not a co-star of Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca? a) Humphrey Bogart b) Paul Henreid c) Michael Curtiz d) Clark Gable

2022 - Alain Aspect 2022 - John Clauser 2022 - Anton Zeilinger 2021 - Giorgio Parisi 2021 - Klaus Hasselmann 2021 - Syukuro Manabe 2020 - Roger Penrose 2020 - Reinhard Genzel 2020 - Andrea M. Ghez 2019 - James Peebles 2019 - Michel Mayor 2019 - Didier Queloz 2018 - Arthur Ashkin 2018 - Gérard Mourou 2018 - Donna Strickland 2017 - Rainer Weiss 2017 - Barry Barish 2017 - Kip Thorne 2016 - David J. Thouless 2016 - Duncan Haldane 2016 - John M. Kosterlitz

1. Which novel won Margaret Mitchell Pulitzer Prize in 1937? a) Atlas Shrugged b) The Good Earth c) Dragon Seed d) Gone with the Wind 2. When was Margaret Mitchell born? a) 10 February 1889 b) 26 June 1892 c) 11 July 1894 d) 8 November 1900 3. Where was Margaret Mitchell born? a) Atlanta b) Portland c) Chicago d) Baton Rouge

1. When was Bertrand Russell born? a) 4 March 1868 b) 18 May 1872 c) 9 August 1881 d) 14 November 1869 2. Where was Bertrand Russell born? a) Cardiff b) Greenwich c) Trelleck d) Windsor 3. Which college did Bertrand Russell attend? a) Pembroke College b) Trinity College c) Christ’s College d) St. Xavier’s College

1. Which book won Carl Sandburg Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) Good Morning, America b) The People, Yes c) Abraham Lincoln: The War Years d) The American Songbag 2. When was Carl Sandburg born? a) 6 January 1878 b) 9 April 1882 c) 12 July 1876 d) 18 October 1874 3. Where was Carl Sandburg born? a) Milwaukee b) Galesburg c) Pittsburg d) Gary 4. During which war was Carl Sandburg in the army? a) Mexican b) Vietnam c) Spanish-American d) Korean 5. Of which party was Carl Sandburg member? a) Republican b) Social Democratic c) Green d) Conservative

1. When was Katherine Hepburn born? a) 3 March 1908 b) 12 May 1907 c) 9 July 1912 d) 15 November 1903 2. Where was Katherine Hepburn born? a) Vancouver b) Hartford c) Caracas d) Quito 3. Which college did Katherine Hepburn attend? a) William and Mary College b) Randolph-Macon Woman’s College c) Rhodes College d) Bryn Mawr College

1. When did Austen Chamberlain get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1933 b) 1925 c) 1935 d) 1938 2. When was Austen Chamberlain born? a) 9 February 1861 b) 21 April 1866 c) 14 September1868 d) 16 October 1863 3. Where was Austen Chamberlain born? a) Rochester b) Eton c) Birmingham d) Wellington 4. To which political party did Austen Chamberlain belong? a) Democratic b) Conservative c) Labour d) National