The document is a quiz about Nobel Prizes. It asks 10 multiple choice questions about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize: [1] Alfred Nobel made his fortune from inventing dynamite. [2] The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. [3] The Nobel Prize awarding institutions select the laureates each year. [4] The Nobel Prize award ceremonies are held on December 10th, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. [5] The Nobel Peace Prize is the only prize awarded in Oslo, Norway rather than Stockholm.

1. Nobel Prize Quiz
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2. Q1. From what invention did Alfred Nobel
make his fortune?
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3. Answer
Alfred Nobel invented
the Dynamite.
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4. Q2. When was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
A. 1895
B. 1901
C. 1969
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5. Answer : B
• 1901
• Physics - Wilhelm Röntgen - for X-Rays
• Chemistry - Jacobus H. van 't Hoff - for his work on rates of reaction, chemical
equilibrium, and osmotic pressure.
• Medicine - Emil von Behring - for his work on serum therapy.
• Literature - Sully Prudhomme - French Poet and Philosopher
• Peace – Shared by Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, and Frédéric Passy, a
leading international pacifist of the time.
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6. Q3. Who selects the Nobel Laureates each
year?
A. The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions
B. The Nobel Foundation
C. The King of Sweden
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7. Answer : A
• The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions
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8. Q4. Why are the Nobel Prize Award
Ceremonies on 10 December each year?
A. It was Alfred Nobel's birthday.
B. It was that day he got his patent for dynamite.
C. It was the day that Alfred Nobel died.
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9. Answer : C
• The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies are
traditionally held on 10 December, the anniversary
of Alfred Nobel's death.
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10. Q5. All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in
Stockholm except one. Which one?
A. The Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
B. The Nobel Prize in Literature, which is awarded in Helsinki,
Finland.
C. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which is awarded in Copenhagen,
Denmark.
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11. Answer : A
• Alfred Nobel's will states that the Nobel Peace
Prize should be awarded in Oslo, Norway.
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12. Q6. Which family is the most successful when
it comes to number of awarded Nobel Prizes?
A. The Braggs
B. The Curies
C. The Einsteins
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13. Answer : B
• Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 1903. Marie was also awarded
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911, and their
daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.
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14. Q7. One organization has been awarded a
Nobel Prize three times. Which one?
A. Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans
Frontières)
B. Amnesty International
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
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15. Answer : C
• International Committee of the Red Cross
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16. Q8. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1953. In what
prize category?
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17. Answer : Literature
• Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1953.
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18. Q9. How many of the Nobel Laureates are
women?
A. 43
B. 68
C. 100
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19. Answer : A
• 43 women have been awarded the
Nobel Prize.
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20. Q10. Which prominent public figure was never
awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Martin Luther King
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21. Answer : A
• Mahatma Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize.
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22. Thank You !!
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