Nobel Prize 2012 Quiz Questions
1) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine?
a) Robert Koch
b) John Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka
c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak
d) Emil von Behring
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine given?
a) Tuberculosis research
b) Stem cell research
c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells
d) Contributions to cancer research
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Physics?
a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt
b) Philip Lenard
c) Serge Haroche, David Wineland
d) Ferdinand Braun
4) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Physics given?
a) Development of wireless telegraphy
b) Discovery of helium
c) Finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them
d) Research on cathode rays
5) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry?
a) Robert Lefkowitz, Brian Kobilka
b) Paul Sabatier
c) Svante Arthenius
d) Friedrich Bergius, Carl Bosch
6) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry given?
a) Work on disperse systems
b) Studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals
c) Invention and development of high pressure methods
d) Theory of electrolytic dissociation
7) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Literature?
a) Mo Yan
b) Romain Rolland
c) Herta Mueller
d) Joanne Kathleen Rowling
8) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Literature given?
a) Novels, essays and dramas deeply involved with pacificism
b) Through a mixture of fantasy and reality created a world in its complexity
c) Extraordinarily popular poems and stories
d) Adult novel
9) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Peace?
a) Shimon Peres
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Shirin Ebadi
d) European Union
10) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Peace given?
a) Peace in Palestine
b) Work in Iran
c) Historic role in uniting Europe
d) Struggle against apartheid
Nobel Prize 2012 Quiz Questions
1) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine?
b) John Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine given?
b) Stem cell research
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Physics?
c) Serge Haroche, David Wineland
4) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Physics given?
c) Finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them
5) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry?
a) Robert Lefkowitz, Brian Kobilka
6) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry given?
b) Studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals
7) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Literature?
a) Mo Yan
8) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Literature given?
b) Through a mixture of fantasy and reality created a world in its complexity
9) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Peace?
d) European Union
10) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Peace given?
c) Historic role in uniting Europe
