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
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting.
2022 – Ales Bialiatski
2022 – Memorial Centre for Civil Liberties
2021 – Maria Ressa
2021 – Dmitry Muratov
2020 – World Food Programme
2019 – Abiy Ahmed
2018 – Denis Mukwege
2018 – Nadia Murad
2017 – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
2016 – Juan Manuel Santos
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