Tag: Awards

1. When was Thomas Stearns Eliot born? a) 9 March 1881 b) 21 April 1896 c) 26 September1888 d) 30 November 1885 2. Where was Thomas Stearns Eliot born? a) Reno b) St. Louis c) Halifax d) Boston 3. Where did Thomas Stearns Eliot study Sanskrit? a) Calcutta b) Bangalore c) Trivandrum d) Harvard

1) Who of the Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2010 had won Nobel Prize? a) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan b) Zohra Segal c) Ebrahim Alkazi d) Yaga Venugopal Reddy 2) Who of the Padma Bhushan Awardees 2010 had CBI chargesheets against him for defrauding State Bank of India and under arrest for some time? a) Bernard Madoff b) Sant Singh Chatwal c) Ramalinga Raju d) David Leeson 3) Who won the bronze medal in Beijing Olympics 2008 and was awarded Padma Shri in 2010? a) Saina Nehwal b) Leander Paes c) Karnam Malleshwari d) Vijender Singh

1. When did Otto Meyerhof win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1922 b) 1905 c) 1914 d) 1906 2. When was Otto Meyerhof born? a) 23 February 1881 b) 12 April 1884 c) 15 September 1879 d) 7 November 1887 3. Where was Otto Meyerhof born? a) Berlin b) Munich c) Dresden d) Hanover 4. Which university did Otto Meyerhof attend? a) Vienna b) Zurich c) Heidelberg d) Bonn

Nikolaas Tinbergen was a ethologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns in animals. 1. When did Nikolaas Tinbergen win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1973 b) 1969 c) 1964 d) 1976 2. When was Nikolaas Tinbergen born? a) 24 January 1901 b) 15 April 1907 c) 15 September 1909 d) 30 November 1905 3. Where was Nikolaas Tinbergen born? a) Amsterdam b) Louvain c) Rotterdam d) The Hague

1. When did Charles Glover Barkla win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1923 b) 1915 c) 1914 d) 1917 2. When was Charles Glover Barkla born? a) 7 November 1867 b) 7 June 1877 c) 15 May 1869 d) 9 January 1872 3. Where was Charles Glover Barkla born? a) Widnes b) Bristol c) Dartmouth d) Ipswich 4. When did Charles Glover Barkla join Liverpool University? a) 1900 b) 1896 c) 1898 d) 1902

1. When did Ralph Bunche get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1946 b) 1957 c) 1950 d) 1964 2. When was Ralph Bunche born? a) 29 February 1896 b) 23 April 1897 c) 7 August 1904 d) 24 November 1901 3. Where was Ralph Bunche born? a) Detroit b) Reno c) San Diego d) San Francisco

1. When did Alexander Fleming get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1936 b) 1929 c) 1945 d) 1948 2. When was Alexander Fleming born? a) 5 June 1901 b) 8 March 1892 c) 6 August 1881 d) 1 November 1878 3. Where was Alexander Fleming born? a) Lochfield b) Sydney c) Durban d) Christchurch

1. When did Frederick Soddy win Nobel Prize for Chemistry? a) 1932 b) 1946 c) 1921 d) 1937 2. When was Frederick Soddy born? a) 15 February 1872 b) 5 June 1864 c) 2 September 1877 d) 12 October 1875 3. Where was Frederick Soddy born? a) Eastbourne b) Dover c) Chelsea d) Liverpool

1. When did Sully Prudhomme get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1909 b) 1901 c) 1905 d) 1908 2. What was Sully Prudhomme’s original name? a) Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme b) Ercoli Matthioli c) Eustance Dauger d) Nicolas Fouquet 3. When was Sully Prudhomme born? a) 16 March 1839 b) 24 April 1849 c) 12 July 1834 d) 30 December 1840

Samuel Beckett Quiz Questions with Answers 1. When was Samuel Beckett born? a) 1 January 1901 b) 13 April 1906 c) 2 August 1904 d) 5 October 1905 2. Where was Samuel Beckett born? a) Wexford b) Limerick c) Foxrock d) Boyle 3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend? a) St. Patrick’s School b) Portola Royal School c) St. John’s School d) Holy Family School