nobel peace prize Archives

List of “The Nobel Peace Prize” Winners

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Nelson D'Souza

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting.

2010 – Liu Xiaobo

2009 – Barack H. Obama

2008 – Martti Ahtisaari

2007 – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

2007 – Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.

2006 – Muhammad Yunus

2006 – Grameen Bank

2005 – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

2005 – Mohamed ElBaradei

2004 – Wangari Muta Maathai

2003 – Shirin Ebadi

2002 – Jimmy Carter

2001 – United Nations (U.N.)

2001 – Kofi Annan

2000 – Kim Dae-jung

List of Nobel Prize Awarded Women

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Nelson D'Souza

40 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2009. Marie Curie has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. So, the Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 41 times between 1901 and 2009.

The Nobel Prize in Physics
1963 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer
1903 – Marie Curie

Quakers Quiz

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. Who founded the Society of Friends?
a) George Fox
b) John Woolman
c) Ezra Cornell
d) Herbert Hoover

2. Which is the distinctive theme of Quakers?
a) Nauvoo
b) Detroit
c) Kirthland
d) Inward Light

3. When was Quaker Act passed?
a) 1652
b) 1646
c) 1662
d) 1636