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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

Fritz Haber Quiz

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Fritz Haber Quiz Questions

1. When did Fritz Haber win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1924
b) 1922
c) 1918
d) 1916

2. When was Fritz Haber born?
a) 17 February 1884
b) 14 May 1880
c) 3 July 1872
d) 9 December 1868

3. Where was Fritz Haber born?
a) Warsaw
b) Breslau
c) Dusseldorf
d) Augsburg

4. At which university did Fritz Haber begin his study of chemistry?
a) Berlin
b) Jena
c) Heidelberg
d) Potsdam

Emil Fischer Quiz

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Emil Fischer was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He developed the Fischer projection. Fischer esterification is a special type of esterification by refluxing a carboxylic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst. The reaction was first described by Emil Fischer…

Nobel Prize 2010 Quiz

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2010 for Medicine?
a) Robert Edwards
b) Robert Koch
c) Charles Richet
d) Jules Bordet

2) For what was Nobel Prize 2010 for Medicine given?
a) Tuberculosis research
b) Developing in-vitro fertilisation
c) Work on anaphylaxis
d) Work on immunity

3) Who won Nobel Prize 2010 for Physics?
a) Max Planck
b) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
c) Carl David Anderson
d) Dennis Gabor

Naguib Mahfouz Quiz

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1988
d) 1992

2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) 12 January 1902
b) 14 April 1906
c) 5 August 1908
d) 11 December 1911

3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) Alexandria
b) Cairo
c) Luxor
d) Thebes

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

Frederick Soddy Quiz

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

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

Ernest Rutherford Quiz

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Ernest Rutherford Quiz Questions

1. When did Ernest Rutherford win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1910
b) 1906
c) 1908
d) 1916

2. When was Ernest Rutherford born?
a) 15 March 1861
b) 2 April 1856
c) 2 July 1868
d) 30 August 1871

3. Where was Ernest Rutherford born?
a) Christchurch
b) Spring Grove
c) Wellington
d) Dunedin

Henry Dale Quiz

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. When did Henry Dale win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1912
b) 1905
c) 1929
d) 1936

2. When was Henry Dale born?
a) 12 October 1885
b) 9 June 1875
c) 2 September 1861
d) 27 January 1862

3. Where was Henry Dale born?
a) Bristol
b) Manchester
c) London
d) Ipswich

Albert Schweitzer Quiz

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. When did Albert Schweitzer get Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1948
b) 1952
c) 1956
d) 1964

2. When was Albert Schweitzer born?
a) 14 January 1875
b) 11 May 1880
c) 31 July 1882
d) 5 December 1886

3. Where was Albert Schweitzer born?
a) Hamburg
b) Bremen
c) Kayserberg
d) Aachen

4. Which university did Albert Schweitzer attend?
a) Berlin
b) Munich
c) Frankfurt
d) Strasbourg