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Nobel Prize 2019 Quiz

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine?

Stanley Prusiner
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, Gregg Semenza
Gertrue Elion
Edmond Fischer, Edwin Krebs
Correct Answer: William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, Gregg Semenza

2. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine given?

Discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability
Discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells
Discoveries of important principles for drug treatment
Discovery of Prions
Correct Answer: Discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability

3. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics?

James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz
Martin Perl
Hugh David Politzer, David Gross, Frank Wilczek
James Chadwick
Correct Answer: James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz

4. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics given?

Discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics
Theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology and discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar type star
Discovery of neutorn
Discovery of tau lepton
Correct Answer: Theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology and discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar type star

5. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Chemistry?

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Peter Agre, Roderick Mackinnon
John Goodenough, Michael Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino
Svante Arrhenius
Correct Answer: John Goodenough, Michael Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino

6. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Chemistry given?

Connection between carbon dioxide and global warming
Discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes
Determination of structures of biochemical substances
Development of lithium ion batteries
Correct Answer: Development of lithium ion batteries

7. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Literature?

Raymond Arroyo
Peter Handke
James Kelty
Fr. Timothy Gallagher
Correct Answer: Peter Handke

8. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Literature given?

Will Wilder series
A Layman’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours
Influential work that explored periphery and specificity of human experience
Faith on the Frontier
Correct Answer: Influential work that explored periphery and specificity of human experience

9. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Peace?

Abiy Ahmed Ali
Talitha Kum
Catholic Relief Services
Imran Khan, Narendra Modi
Correct Answer: Abiy Ahmed Ali

10. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Peace given?

Work to end human trafficking
Peace in Kashmir
Helping the poor and vulnerable
Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Correct Answer: Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Originally posted 2019-10-21 16:53:49.

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