Bonding Through Achievements Trivia Quiz

Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie, along with her husband Pierre Curie and colleague Henri Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their discoveries in radioactivity. Marie was the first women to win a Nobel Prize. She was again awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911, this time in the field of Chemistry.

Answer: Pearl S. Buck

"The Good Earth" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932, and Pearl S. Buck received a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. When the Cultural Revolution began in China, Buck was banned from the country, which left her devastated. As a result, she dedicated much time to philanthropic work promoting child welfare programs and establishing one of the first adoption agencies in the United States to include Asian children.

Answer: Sir Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Sir Howard Florey and Sir Ernst Boris Chain, for his discovery of penicillin, ultimately leading to the development of modern pharmacology. Fleming even cautioned about antibiotic resistance associated with improper antibiotic use.

Answer: Al Gore

Jointly with the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Gore advocated for countermeasures against global warming and brought the issue of climate change to the forefront.

Answer: James Watson and Francis Crick

In 1962, Watson and Crick received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which they shared with Maurice Wilkins for his work on x-ray diffraction photographs of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Colleague Rosalind Franklin also contributed to the discovery of the DNA structure, but she was not a co-recipient as the Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously. Erroneously, people credit Watson and Crick with the discovery of DNA when, in fact, it was Friedrick Miescher who first discovered DNA in the 1860s.

Answer: John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck authored more than twenty-seven novels throughout his lifetime. In 1940, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Grapes of Wrath." He also received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Other notable works include "East of Eden" and "The Pearl".

Answer: Ernest Rutherford

In 1908, Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the chemical element, rutherfordium, is named after him. Unlike most other Nobel laureates, Rutherford's most notable work was performed after he received the Nobel Prize. It is the Rutherford atomic model that is still upheld today.

Answer: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971, which is among many of her other awards and honors. She declined the monetary reward, instead asking that it go to the needy in India to help ameliorate poverty.

Answer: Wolfgang Pauli

In 1945, Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics, particularly for the Pauli exclusion principle. He is regarded as a pioneer in the development of quantum physics.

Answer: Nobel Prize

Dictated by the will of Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prize was established in 1895. It is awarded annually in the following categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Later, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize was added in 1968 for achievements in Economic Sciences.

Common bond answers 1-9:
(1) Marie Curie - 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(2) Pearl S. Buck - 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature

(3) Sir Alexander Fleming - 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine

(4) Al Gore - 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

(5) James Watson and Francis Crick - 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine

(6) John Steinbeck - 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature

(7) Ernest Rutherford - 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(8) Mother Teresa - 1971 Nobel Peace Prize

(9) Wolfgang Pauli - 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics