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1. You have just returned from your morning jogging session when your spouse suddenly calls out from the kitchen: 'Honey, you have a telephone call from Stockholm!' Your heart starts pounding all over again. Could it be ...? Knowing that your spouse is a big fan of practical jokes, though, you can never be too sure. Then again, the time of year is just right, judging by your colleagues' chatter during lunch breaks...
In which month are the names of the Nobel Prize winners always announced?
2. So it was not a practical joke, and the prize is finally yours! You celebrate in the company of your family with a large glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Sitting there in your kitchen, you picture to yourself all the brand new stainless steel utensils you will be able to purchase once you've changed your Swedish kronor into your own currency. In 2005, what was the approximate value of a Nobel Prize in US dollars?
3. Well, just you sit back and bask in the glory and wait for the trip to a wintry Scandinavia. It's all paid for, and you can bring all the members of your family! There's just one little request, clothes-wise, that you'll have to think about before leaving. During the ceremony you will be required to wear ...?
4. The plane tickets have just arrived by mail, and you're happy to see that you will fly with your very favourite airline company, with those wonderful blonde hostesses, canned salmon and in-flight Ingmar Bergman movies. The Scandinavian countries got together in 1951 to form which one of these airlines?
5. You've finally arrived in Stockholm and checked in at the beautiful Grand Hotel, overlooking the Royal Palace, and got to meet your fellow Nobel Prize recipients. They seem to be a very nice bunch of people, not at all the nerdy eggheads you had expected! One of them is not there but in another city altogether, however. He/She/They is/are apparently doing an interview with CNN's Jonathan Mann at the moment. In which category is the winner we are talking about?
6. So one of the Nobel laureates never receives the prize in Stockholm. You ask yourself, with some anxiety, where exactly the missing laureate is at this moment, with the ceremony about to begin. Where on earth is he or she being honored?
7. It's December 10th and time for the ceremony ... You gather at the Stockholm Concert Hall, take your seats, and wait for your turn to step up to receive a medal and a nice diploma from a bejewelled person already standing on the floor. Who is this individual?
8. Phew! You made it, on live television and all, almost without stumbling. Off you go in your own limousine to the City Hall for a luscious evening banquet (also on live television). The Stockholm City Hall has a beautiful landmark tower, topped by the Swedish national symbol. Peering through the tinted car window, you immediately recognize it, being the ice hockey fan that you are. Which of these is it?
9. You've enjoyed the sights, you like your hotel, and you think you've seen all there is too see in this beautiful Northern capital by the Baltic Sea... Until you're awakened on the morning of the thirteenth of December by a knock on the door. In marches a strange procession headed by a beautiful blonde young lady with a crown of burning candles, followed by other girls and boys wearing cones on their heads, singing a traditional Italian fishermen's song! The bellboy tells you that this is all right; it is, improbably enough, an ancient Swedish tradition in which the 'leading girl' impersonates Saint Lucia, once beheaded on a Mediterranean island. Which island, exactly?
10. Finally, it is time to fly back home with plenty of excess baggage of money, glory and sweet memories. You wonder: is there a chance you'll ever live through this beautiful experience again? Are you in fact allowed to win the Nobel Prize two, three or even more times?
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