Category: Nobel Prize Winners

Nobel Prize 2014 Quiz Questions with Answers 1) Who won Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine? a) Jules Bordet b) John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser c) Swedish doctors d) Robert Edwards 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine given? a) Discovery of inner GPS in the brain b) Tuberculosis research c) Performing 10 womb transplants d) Work on immunity 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics? a) ISRO scientists b) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov c) Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura d) CERN

When was Sigrid Undset’s first novel Fru Marte Oulie published? a) 1915 b) 1911 c) 1905 d) 1907 When was Sigrid Undset received into Roman Catholic Church? a) 1924 b) 1922 c) 1918 d) 1916 For what did Sigrid Undset win Nobel Prize for Literature? a) Poetic oeuvre of great luminosity b) Rich and intensive prose c) Powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages d) Works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth

1. When did Maurice Wilkins get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1957 b) 1949 c) 1962 d) 1976 2. When was Maurice Wilkins born? a) 3 January 1912 b) 24 June 1916 c) 17 September 1921 d) 15 December 1916 3. Where was Maurice Wilkins born? a) Dunedin b) Pongaroa c) Hamilton d) Christchurch

1. When did Lawrence Bragg win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1918 b) 1915 c) 1905 d) 1910 2. When was Lawrence Bragg born? a) 31 March 1890 b) 4 April 1889 c) 12 September 1891 d) 18 December 1896 3. Where was Lawrence Bragg born? a) Cambridge b) Perth c) Adelaide d) Brisbane

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2018 for Medicine? Ivan Pavlov Barbara McClintok Robert Edwards James Patrick Allison, Tasuku HonjoCorrect Answer: James Patrick Allison, Tasuku Honjo 2. For what was Nobel Prize 2018 for Medicine given? Development of in vitro fertilization Discovery of mobile genetic elements Discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation Work on digestionCorrect Answer: Discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation 3. Who won Nobel Prize 2018 for Physics? James Chadwik Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou, Donna Strickland Joseph John Thomson Jons Jakob BerzeliusCorrect Answer: Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou, Donna Strickland 4. For ... Read more

1. When did Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1923 b) 1925 c) 1924 d) 1927 2. When was Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn born? a) 3 December 1886 b) 7 June 1882 c) 10 September 1890 d) 22 February 1888 3. Where was Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn born? a) Karlstad b) Orbero c) Falun d) Mora 4. From which university did Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn get doctorate? a) Kiruna b) Oslo c) Lund d) Berlin

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1. When did Gabriela Mistral win Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1945 b) 1941 c) 1935 d) 1968 2. What was Gabriela Mistral’s original name? a) Mary Ann Evans b) Amandine Dudevant c) Lucila Godoy Alcayaga d) Josephine O’Brien 3. When was Gabriela Mistral born? a) 16 March 1879 b) 7 April 1889 c) 12 July 1884 d) 30 December 1890

1. When did William Golding get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1971 b) 1979 c) 1975 d) 1983 2. When was William Golding born? a) 17 March 1904 b) 17 May 1902 c) 19 September 1911 d) 30 December 1905 3. Where was William Golding born? a) St. Columba Minor b) Bristol c) York d) Liverpool

1. When did George Herbert Hitchings get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1978 b) 1962 c) 1988 d) 1984 2. When was George Herbert Hitchings born? a) 9 February 1907 b) 18 April 1905 c) 14 August 1918 d) 7 October 1910 3. Where was George Herbert Hitchings born? a) Houston b) Atlanta c) Salt Lake City d) Hoquiam