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Note: There is No Nobel Prize for Economics. What is popularly known as Nobel Prize for Economics is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. YEAR, CATEGORY, LAUREATES 2020, Physics, Roger Penrose 2020, Physics, Reinhard Genzel 2020, Physics, Andrea Ghez 2020, Chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier 2020, Chemistry, Jennifer A. Doudna 2020, Medicine, Harvey J. Alter 2020, Medicine, Michael Houghton 2020, Medicine, Charles M. Rice 2020, Literature, Louise Glück

Wimbledon 2015 Quiz Questions 1. Who won women’s singles championship in Wimbledon 2015? a) Victoria Azarenka b) Venus Williams c) Serena Williams d) Maria Sharapova 2. Who was runner up in women’s singles championship in Wimbledon 2015? a) Timea Bacsinszky b) Garbine Muguruza c) Caroline Wozniacki d) Agniezska Radwanska 3. Who won women’s doubles championship in Wimbledon 2015? a) Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis b) Casey Dellacqua, Yaroslava Shvedova c) Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Lucie Safarova d) Raquel Kops-Jones, Abigail Spears

1) When was Mossad set up? a) 1 January 1949 b) 1 April 1951 c) 1 November 1956 d) 22 September 1962 2) The present and full name of Mossad is Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim. What does it mean? a) Union of hit men b) Soldiers of fortune c) Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks d) Institute for Kidnapping and Killing 3) Which Mossad agent was captured by Syrians and hanged in Damascus Square? a) Wolfgang Lotz b) David Magen c) Eliahu Cohen d) Moshe Dayan

Nobel Prize 2012 Quiz Questions and Answers 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

Vermont Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Vermont become a state of USA? a) 4 March 1791 b) 21 May 1770 c) 16 July 1781 d) 11 November 1800 2. When did the British erect Fort Dummer? a) 1607 b) 1724 c) 1609 d) 1707 3. When did the French settle on Isle de Motte? a) 1609 b) 1756 c) 1648 d) 1666

Bruce Lee Quiz Questions with Answers 1. What was Bruce Lee’s Cantonese birth name? a) Li Xiaolong b) Lee Jun-fan c) Li Yuanjian d) Li Yuanxin 2. When was Bruce Lee born? a) 4 February 1944 b) 2 April 1942 c) 23 August 1941 d) 27 November 1940 3. Where was Bruce Lee born? a) Peking b) Nanking c) San Francisco d) Canton

1. Who won men’s doubles championship in US Open 2010? a) Andy Murray, Ross Hutchins b) Luis Horna, Pablo Cuevas c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy 2. Who were runners up in men’s doubles championship in US Open 2010? a) Dusan Vemic, Bruno Soares b) Alexander Peva, Michael Kohlmann c) Juan Monaco, Maximo Gonzales d) Rohan Bopanna, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 3. Who won mixed doubles championship in US Open 2010? a) Stephen Huss, Virginia Ruano Pascual b) Robert Bryan, Liezel Huber c) James Murray, Samantha Stosur d) Leander Paes, Cara Black

1. When was Neville Chamberlain Prime Minister of UK? a) 1937-1940 b) 1930-1935 c) 1945-1951 d) 1956-1961 2. When was Neville Chamberlain born? a) 18 March 1869 b) 5 April 1866 c) 28 August 1872 d) 11 December 1871 3. Where was Neville Chamberlain born? a) Rochester b) York c) Birmingham d) Huddersfield

1) Who conferred the title Defensor Fidei on Henry VIII in 1521? a) Clement VII b) Leo X c) Sixtus V d) Pius XII 2) To whom was Catherine of Aragon first married? a) Arthur b) Edmund c) Francis d) James 3) Who granted dispensation to Henry VIII to marry Catherine of Aragon? a) Julius II b) John XXI c) Martin V d) Paul II

George Grosz Quiz Questions with Answers 1. When was George Grosz born? a) 4 February 1894 b) 15 May 1892 c) 26 July 1893 d) 21 December 1895 2. Where was George Grosz born? a) Berlin b) Dresden c) Hamburg d) Regensburg 3. With which group of painters was George Grosz associated? a) Pittura Metafisica b) Scuola Metafisica c) Bubnovy Valet d) Neue Sachlichkeit