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1
Who established the Nobel Prize?
Alfred Nobel
John Nobel
Sven Nobel
Thomas Nobel
54% got this right
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How many people have won the Nobel Prize more than once as of 2022?
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5
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11% got this right
In 2022, American Barry Sharpless became the 5th person ever to win a second Nobel Prize, two decades after his first.
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Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
Jane Goodall
Lise Meitner
Rosalind Franklin
73% got this right
Marie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium.
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Which of the following is NOT a Nobel Prize category?
Psychology
Chemistry
Literature
Physics
59% got this right
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Which organization has won the Nobel Prize three times?
The Red Cross
FIFA
NATO
UN
38% got this right
The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963.
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Which famous singer/songwriter won the Nobel Prize in 2016?
Bob Dylan
Bob Geldof
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
37% got this right
He won the prize for for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
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What's the location of the annual December 10 Prize giving ceremony?
3% got this right
The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden.
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Which Nobel Prize category was created much later than the other five?
Economics
Medicine
Peace
Physics
33% got this right
The award was established in 1968 by an endowment "in perpetuity" from Sweden's central bank.
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Of the following, who did NOT receive the Nobel prize?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Barack Obama
Nelson Mandela
28% got this right
Newton lived more than 200 years before the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
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Which of the following do winners of the Nobel Prize NOT receive?
Hat
Diploma
Medal
Money
46% got this right
Each recipient receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary award of about $900,000.
