Nobel Prize Winners

Question 1

Nobel Prize in Economics (2019) For her experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.

Answer 1

Esther Duflo (2019)

Question 2

Nobel Prize in Economics 2009) – For her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons.

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Elinor Ostrom (2009)

Question 3

Nobel Peace Prize 2018– For efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

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Nadia Murad (2018)

Question 4

Nobel Peace Price (1905) – For her long-standing work for peace.

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Bertha von Suttner (1905) –

Question 5

Nobel Peace Prize (2014) – For her fight for the right to education for girls.

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Malala Yousafzai (2014)

Question 6

Nobel Peace Prize 2011) – For her role in the struggle for women’s rights in Yemen.

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Tawakkol Karman (2011)

Question 7

Nobel Peace Prize (2011) – For her peace activism in Liberia.

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Leymah Gbowee (2011)

Question 8

Nobel Peace Prize (2011) – For her work in promoting peace and women’s rights in Liberia.

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2011)

Question 9

Nobel Peace Prize (2004) – For her environmental and social activism in Kenya.

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Wangari Maathai (2004)

Question 10

Nobel Peace Prize (2003) – For her efforts for democracy and human rights in Iran.

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Shirin Ebadi (2003)

Question 11

Nobel Peace Prize (1997) – For her efforts to ban landmines.

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Jody Williams (1997)

Question 12

Nobel Peace Prize 1982) – For her role in nuclear disarmament.

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Alva Myrdal (1982)

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Nobel Peace Prize (1991) – For her non-violent struggle for democracy in Myanmar.

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Aung San Suu Kyi (1991)

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Nobel Peace Prize (1979) – For her humanitarian work with the poor.

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Mother Teresa (1979)

Question 15

Nobel Peace Prize (1976) – For efforts to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict.

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Mairead Corrigan (1976)

Question 16

Nobel Peace Prize (1976) – For efforts to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict.

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Betty Williams (1976)

Question 17

Medicine (1947) – For the discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.

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Gerty Cori (1947)

Question 18

Medicine (1977) – For the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.

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Rosalyn Yalow (1977)

Question 19

Medicine (1983) – For the discovery of mobile genetic elements (transposons).

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Barbara McClintock (1983)

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Medicine (1986) – For the discovery of nerve growth factor.

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Rita Levi-Montalcini (1986)

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Medicine (1988) – For discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.

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Gertrude B. Elion (1988)

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Medicine ((2008) – For the discovery of HIV.

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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (2008)

Question 23

Medicine (2022) – For the development of bioorthogonal chemistry.

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Carolyn Bertozzi (2022)

Question 24

Chemistry (2020) – For the development of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

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Jennifer Doudna (2020)

Question 25

Chemistry (1935) – For the synthesis of new radioactive elements.

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Irène Joliot-Curie (1935) –

Question 26

Chemistry (2009) – For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.

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Ada Yonath (2009)

Question 27

Chemistry (2018) – For the directed evolution of enzymes.

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Frances H. Arnold (2018)

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Chemistry (2020) – For the development of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

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Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020) –

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Chemie (1911) – For her contributions to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of radium and polonium.

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Marie Curie (1911)

Question 30

Chemistry (1964) – For her work on the structure of important biochemical substances.

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1964)

Question 31

Physics (2020) – For the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.

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Andrea Ghez (2020)

Question 32

Physics (2018) – For her work on high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.

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Donna Strickland (2018)

Question 33

Physics (1963) – For discoveries concerning the nuclear shell structure.

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Maria Goeppert Mayer (1963)

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Physics (1903) – For her work on radioactivity.

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Marie Curie (1903)

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Peace (1931) – For her leadership in promoting peace and democracy.

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Jane Addams (1931)

Question 36

WHO obtained the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2023 for her Research on the role of Women in the Labour market

Answer 36

Claudia Goldin