1. When did Melvin Schwartz win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1976
b) 1988
c) 1984
d) 1992
2. When was Melvin Schwartz born?
a) 23 January 1946
b) 16 May 1938
c) 5 August 1942
d) 2 November 1932
3. Where was Melvin Schwartz born?
a) Boston
b) New York
c) Richmond
d) Houston
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
1. When did Pablo Neruda get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1971
c) 1975
d) 1978
2. What was Pablo Neruda’s original name?
a) Jorge Videla
b) Agostino Pinochet
c) Raul Alfonsin
d) Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
3. When was Pablo Neruda born?
a) 5 March 1901
b) 24 April 1899
c) 12 July 1904
d) 2 December 1905
1. When did Paul Dirac win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1938
b) 1933
c) 1945
d) 1952
2. When was Paul Dirac born?
a) 22 February 1906
b) 16 May 1908
c) 2 August 1902
d) 7 December 1898
3. Where was Paul Dirac born?
a) Berne
b) Geneva
c) Lausanne
d) Bristol
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
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
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
