Nobel Prize 2016 Quiz

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Medicine?
  • Correct Answer: Yoshinori Ohsumi

2. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Medicine given?
  • Correct Answer: Discoveries on how cells recycle themselves

3. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics?
  • Correct Answer: David James Thouless, John Michael Kosterlitz, F. Duncan M. Haldane

4. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics given?
  • Correct Answer: Theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter

5. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Chemistry?
  • Correct Answer: Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart, Bernard L. Feringa

6. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Chemistry given?
  • Correct Answer: Development of molecular machines

7. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Literature?
  • Correct Answer: Bob Dylan

8. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Literature given?
  • Correct Answer: For having created nwew poetic expressions within the great American song tradition

9. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Peace?
  • Correct Answer: Juan Santos

10. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Peace given?
  • Correct Answer: Peace process in Colombia

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