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The Nobel Prize quiz
How well do you really know The Nobel Prize? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of The Nobel Prize questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
At the Nobel Prize party, name two fields that get prizes and say what kind of achievement the awards celebrate.
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- Fields include physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace
- The prizes recognize outstanding achievements or contributions in their fields
- The prizes aim to benefit humanity
- Easy
What explosive did Alfred Nobel invent, and which dangerous liquid did it make safer to handle?
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- Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
- Dynamite made nitroglycerin safer to handle.
- Nobel developed dynamite by absorbing nitroglycerin into a material such as kieselguhr.
- Easy
Who established the Nobel Prizes, and what did he leave to fund them?
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- Alfred Nobel established the prizes
- He was a Swedish inventor and chemist
- He left much of his fortune in his will to fund the prizes
- Medium
Radiation research earned a famous 1903 Nobel trio: which two scientists shared the Physics Prize with Henri Becquerel, and what field did their work investigate?
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- Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
- Their work investigated radioactivity.
- Medium
The Nobel Prize ceremony has a birthday-like date: what year were the first prizes awarded, and what date were they given?
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- The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901
- They were awarded on 10 December
- That date was the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death
- Medium
In 1962, what DNA discovery did the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognize, and which three scientists shared the prize?
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- The discovery of the molecular structure of DNA
- James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins
- Medium
Nobel nomination files are locked away like a mystery novel: how long do they stay secret, and can someone nominate themselves?
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- Nomination records remain confidential for 50 years.
- Self-nominations are not accepted.
- The secrecy period applies to nomination and selection records.
- Boss
Alfred Nobel’s will gave the Peace Prize a precise mission: what wording described its recipient, and which body was to choose the prize committee?
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- The recipient should have done “the most or the best work for fraternity between nations.”
- A committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Storting (parliament) was to choose the recipient.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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