1) Who won Nobel Prize 2010 for Medicine?
a) Robert Edwards
b) Robert Koch
c) Charles Richet
d) Jules Bordet
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2010 for Medicine given?
a) Tuberculosis research
b) Developing in-vitro fertilisation
c) Work on anaphylaxis
d) Work on immunity
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2010 for Physics?
a) Max Planck
b) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
c) Carl David Anderson
d) Dennis Gabor
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory. Paul Dirac Quiz Questions Click here for answers…
1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1988
d) 1992
2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) 12 January 1902
b) 14 April 1906
c) 5 August 1908
d) 11 December 1911
3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) Alexandria
b) Cairo
c) Luxor
d) Thebes
40 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2009. Marie Curie has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. So, the Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 41 times between 1901 and 2009.
The Nobel Prize in Physics
1963 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer
1903 – Marie Curie
1. When did Frederick Soddy win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1932
b) 1946
c) 1921
d) 1937
2. When was Frederick Soddy born?
a) 15 February 1872
b) 5 June 1864
c) 2 September 1877
d) 12 October 1875
3. Where was Frederick Soddy born?
a) Eastbourne
b) Dover
c) Chelsea
d) Liverpool
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
1. When did Ernest Rutherford win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1910
b) 1906
c) 1908
d) 1916
2. When was Ernest Rutherford born?
a) 15 March 1861
b) 2 April 1856
c) 2 July 1868
d) 30 August 1871
3. Where was Ernest Rutherford born?
a) Christchurch
b) Spring Grove
c) Wellington
d) Dunedin
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
1. When did William Faulkner get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1941
b) 1949
c) 1945
d) 1938
2. When was William Faulkner born?
a) 3 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 25 September 1897
d) 30 December 1865
3. Where was William Faulkner born?
a) New Albany
b) Springfield
c) New Orleans
d) Baton Rouge
1. When did Henry Dale win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1912
b) 1905
c) 1929
d) 1936
2. When was Henry Dale born?
a) 12 October 1885
b) 9 June 1875
c) 2 September 1861
d) 27 January 1862
3. Where was Henry Dale born?
a) Bristol
b) Manchester
c) London
d) Ipswich