Category: Awards

Nobel Prize 2015 Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1) Who won Nobel Prize 2015 for Medicine? a) William Campbell, Satoshi Omura, Youyou Tu b) Edgar Douglas Adrian, Charles Sherrington c) Henrik Dam d) Max Theiler 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2015 for Medicine given? a) Discoveries regarding function of neurons b) Development of Ivermectin and Artemisinin c) Yellow fever discoveries d) Discover of Vitamin K 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2015 for Physics? a) NASA b) Takaaki Kajita, Arthur McDonald c) John William Strutt d) Johannes Stark 4) For what was Nobel Prize 2015 for Physics given? a) ... Read more

Nobel Prize 2011 Quiz Questions 1) Who won Nobel Prize 2011 for Medicine? a) Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman, Ralph Steinman b) Francoise Barre-Sinousi, Luc Montagnier, Harald zur Hausen c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak d) Johannes Fibiger 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2011 for Medicine given? a) Work on serum therapy b) Work on Anaphylaxis c) Discoveries concerning the the activation of innate immunity and discovery of the dendtritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity d) Improvement in surgical instruments 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2011 for Physics? a) Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, Adam ... Read more

1) When was Alfred Bernhard Nobel born? a) 5 February1843 b) 6 May 1836 c) 24 August 1824 d) 21 October 1833 2) Where was Alfred Bernhard Nobel born? a) Kiruna b) Licksele c) Soderhamn d) Stockholm 3) Where was Alfred Bernhard Nobel in 1842-1850? a) Delhi b) Tokyo c) St. Petersburg d) Detroit

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting. 2022 - Ales Bialiatski 2022 - Memorial Centre for Civil Liberties 2021 - Maria Ressa 2021 - Dmitry Muratov 2020 - World Food Programme 2019 - Abiy Ahmed 2018 - Denis Mukwege 2018 - Nadia Murad 2017 - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 2016 - Juan Manuel Santos

1. When was Rudyard Kipling born? a) 9 February 1864 b) 17 May 1862 c) 3 August 1861 d) 30 December 1865 2. Where was Rudyard Kipling born? a) Calcutta b) Madras c) Delhi d) Bombay 3. Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home? a) Mandalay b) Baa Baa, Black Sheep c) Gunga Din d) Danny Deever

1. When did Otto Meyerhof win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1922 b) 1905 c) 1914 d) 1906 2. When was Otto Meyerhof born? a) 23 February 1881 b) 12 April 1884 c) 15 September 1879 d) 7 November 1887 3. Where was Otto Meyerhof born? a) Berlin b) Munich c) Dresden d) Hanover 4. Which university did Otto Meyerhof attend? a) Vienna b) Zurich c) Heidelberg d) Bonn

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine? Stanley Prusiner William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, Gregg Semenza Gertrue Elion Edmond Fischer, Edwin KrebsCorrect Answer: William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, Gregg Semenza 2. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine given? Discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability Discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells Discoveries of important principles for drug treatment Discovery of PrionsCorrect Answer: Discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability 3. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics? James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz Martin Perl Hugh David Politzer, David ... Read more

John Boyd Orr Quiz Questions with Answers John Boyd Orr was the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. 1. When did John Boyd Orr win Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1956 b) 1949 c) 1952 d) 1942 2. When was John Boyd Orr born? a) 18 January 1884 b) 6 June 1882 c) 23 September 1880 d) 22 October 1876 3. Where was John Boyd Orr born? a) Liverpool b) Kilmaurs c) Dreghorn d) Manchester

Nikolaas Tinbergen was a ethologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns in animals. 1. When did Nikolaas Tinbergen win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1973 b) 1969 c) 1964 d) 1976 2. When was Nikolaas Tinbergen born? a) 24 January 1901 b) 15 April 1907 c) 15 September 1909 d) 30 November 1905 3. Where was Nikolaas Tinbergen born? a) Amsterdam b) Louvain c) Rotterdam d) The Hague