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Awards of the World Trivia Quiz

Awards are handed out for more than Hollywood productions. The envelope please....

A multiple-choice quiz by quogequox. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
quogequox

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
73,402

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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354

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which sport honours its best and fairest player with the Brownlow Medal? Hint

Field Hockey

Gaelic Football

Australian Rules Football

Hurling

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Caldecott Medal is awarded for what? Hint

most distinguished American picture book for children

Innovations in British sausage industry

outstanding achievement by American newpaper columnist

service to the Republic of Fiji

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these is NOT a field in which a Nobel Prize is awarded? Hint

Earth Science

Medicine

Economic Science

Peace

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Enrico Fermi Award is the US government's oldest science award. For what area of science is it awarded? Hint

agriculture

atomic energy

medicine

mathematics

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Booker Prize is a major literary award. Which of the following is a condition of the award? Hint

the author must be a woman

the author must be a citizen of a commonwealth or ex-commonwealth nation

author can not previously have been published

author must have no tertiary qualifications

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Village Voice presents which award for off Broadway theater? Hint

Obie

Newbery

Tony

Hugo

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Templeton Foundation Prize is awarded for progress in which field? Hint

Education

Religion

Youth Affairs

Agriculture

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Question 8 of 10

8. Harold Dondis won the 2001 Cramer Award for his work in the Boston Globe. For what feature did he win it? Hint

crossword

chess column

photography

horoscope

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which award is given to the best movie at the Cannes Film Festival? Hint

Palme D'or

Papillon

Gold Rose

Ariane

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Whitley Awards are handed out for achievement in what? Hint

painting

conservation

archaeology

software design

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which sport honours its best and fairest player with the Brownlow Medal?

Answer: Australian Rules Football

The Brownlow is awarded in the Australian Football League Competition the country's premier league. The votes are given out by the umpires of each game. It's been said that while there has never been a winner not worthy of the award there have frequently been more worthy losers.

2. The Caldecott Medal is awarded for what?

Answer: most distinguished American picture book for children

This award is handed out by the American Library Association. Previous winners include: 'Duffy and the Devil', 'Ox-Cart Man', 'Jumanji' and the greatest children's book ever in my humble opinion 'Where the Wild Things Are'.

3. Which of these is NOT a field in which a Nobel Prize is awarded?

Answer: Earth Science

Economic Science Nobel Prize winners include such luminaries as Trygve Haavelmo, for testing of economic theories, Simon Kuznets for the concept that a country's GDP can be used to determine its economic growth and Robert Fogel for economic history.

4. The Enrico Fermi Award is the US government's oldest science award. For what area of science is it awarded?

Answer: atomic energy

It comes with {$100,000.} Enrico Fermi was the first winner and Oppenheimer won in 1963.

5. The Booker Prize is a major literary award. Which of the following is a condition of the award?

Answer: the author must be a citizen of a commonwealth or ex-commonwealth nation

Some winners of the Booker Prize include 'Schindler's List', 'The English Patient' and 'The God of Small Things'.

6. The Village Voice presents which award for off Broadway theater?

Answer: Obie

7. The Templeton Foundation Prize is awarded for progress in which field?

Answer: Religion

Worth nearly a million bucks! Past winners include Reverend Dr. Billy Graham, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Mother Teresa.

8. Harold Dondis won the 2001 Cramer Award for his work in the Boston Globe. For what feature did he win it?

Answer: chess column

The Cramer Awards are handed out by the Chess Journalists of America! Yes there is such an organisation.

9. Which award is given to the best movie at the Cannes Film Festival?

Answer: Palme D'or

Winners of the Palme D'or include 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Barton Fink'.

10. The Whitley Awards are handed out for achievement in what?

Answer: conservation

John Mauremootoo won a Whitley for International Nature Conservation for his work saving the forests on the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius. Good one Johnno!

Source: Author quogequox

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