Nobel_Prize_Quiz Flashcards

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Who established the Nobel Prizes?

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Alfred Nobel

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In which year were the Nobel Prizes first awarded?

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1901

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Name the categories in which Nobel Prizes are awarded.

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Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, and Economic Sciences

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Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

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Marie Curie

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Which Nobel Prize category was added last?

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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

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Who is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields?

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Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry)

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What is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded for?

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Outstanding contributions to peace

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Where are the Nobel Prizes awarded?

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Oslo, Norway (Peace Prize) and Stockholm, Sweden (all other prizes)

Stockholm, Sweden
As stipulated in the will of the Swedish-born inventor and international industrialist Alfred Nobel, which was opened after his death in 1896, the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway

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Who decides the Nobel Peace Prize winner?

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee

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What is the monetary reward for Nobel Prize winners?

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11 million Swedish kronor (as of 2021)

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who was give the first nobel price

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The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize for that year was shared between the Frenchman Frédéric Passy and the Swiss Jean Henry Dunant

The first Nobel Peace Prize went to the Swiss Jean Henri Dunant for his role in founding the International Red Cross Movement and initiating the Geneva Convention, and jointly given to French pacifist Frédéric Passy, founder of the Peace League and active with Dunant in the Alliance for Order and Civilization.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023

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Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Anne L’Huillier The three Nobel Prize laureates in physics 2023 are being recognised for their experiments, which have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. They have demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy.

f electron dynamics in matter

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023

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Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, Aleksey Yekimov .Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Aleksey Yekimov are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and development of quantum dots. These tiny particles have unique properties and now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps. They catalyse chemical reactions and their clear light can illuminate tumour tissue for a surgeon.

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

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Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023

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Jon Fosse

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2023

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Narges Mohammadi, “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all” “Woman – Life – Freedom”

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023

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Claudia Goldin, She uncovered key drivers of gender differences in the labour market

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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In 1901, Emil von Behring was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, “by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and