Nobel Prize 2017 Quiz

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine?
  • Correct Answer: Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael Young

2. For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine given?
  • Correct Answer: Discovery of the molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms

3. Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Physics?
  • Correct Answer: Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, Kip Stephen Thorne

4. For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Physics given?
  • Correct Answer: Decisive contributions to Ligo detector and the observation of gravitational waves

5. Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Chemistry?
  • Correct Answer: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson

6. For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Chemistry given?
  • Correct Answer: For developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution

7. Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Literature?
  • Correct Answer: Kazuo Ishiguro

8. For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Literature given?
  • Correct Answer: Opening our eyes to the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection in the world

9. Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Peace?
  • Correct Answer: International Campaign to Abolish of Nuclear Weapons

10. For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Peace given?
  • Correct Answer: Advocating ban on nuclear weapons

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