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Quiz about In the Realm of Nobel Laureates

In the Realm of Nobel Laureates Quiz

This is a quiz about Nobel Laureates. It will also provide you with some bits of information about them.

A multiple-choice quiz by TANU. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
TANU

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
262,265

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
341

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who among the following did not share the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine? Hint

Houssay

Gerty Cori

Dr. Donald Glaser

Carl Cori

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which field did Dr. Donald Glaser win the Nobel Prize? Hint

Chemistry

Medicine

Physics

Physiology

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which year did Dr. Otto Hahn receive the Nobel Prize? Hint

1941

1943

1944

1942

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who among the following did not share the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics? Hint

Madame Marie Curie

Frederick Joliot

Pierre Curie

Professor Henri Becquerel

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these four was the youngest when they received their Nobel Laureate? Hint

Donald Glaser

William L. Bragg

Chen Ning Yang

Tsung Dao Lee

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which year did Marie Curie get her second award, this time in chemistry? Hint

1914

1912

1911

1913

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which field did Dr. Frederick Banting win the Nobel Prize? Hint

Literature

Physics

Medicine

Chemistry

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which field did Julius Wagner von Jauregg, win the Nobel Prize? Hint

Physics

Physiology

Chemistry

Medicine

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who became the first Nobel laureate in chemistry? Hint

William Butler Yeats

Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff

Sinclair Lewis

John Galsworthy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Irene and Frederick Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in which field? Hint

Physics

Chemistry

Medicine

Physiology

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who among the following did not share the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine?

Answer: Dr. Donald Glaser

Gerty and Carl Cori came from St. Louis, Missouri. They received half the award and the Board gave the other half to the Argentinean, Houssay. The Coris discovered how glycogen is catalytically converted.

2. In which field did Dr. Donald Glaser win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Physics

The reporters at the press conference in 1960 for Dr. Donald Glaser, an American, enjoyed the fun. His trip to Stockholm had doubled for a honeymoon, and jesting reporters had enquired of Mrs. Glaser, "Did you know he was going to get the Nobel Prize - is that why you married him?"

3. In which year did Dr. Otto Hahn receive the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1944

Dr. Otto Hahn received the chemistry award for discovering the fission of heavy nuclei, which affected physicists everywhere and led to the atom bomb.

4. Who among the following did not share the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics?

Answer: Frederick Joliot

The trio shared the award, for their joint researches on radiation phenomena. The Curies each got one- fourth of the prize and Becquerel got one- half. The Curies were too exhausted from overwork to attend the Ceremony. The French Minister to Sweden picked up their award. However, they did appear the following summer for their money, in time to remain eligible.

5. Which of these four was the youngest when they received their Nobel Laureate?

Answer: William L. Bragg

William L. Bragg, of England (born in Australia), who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915, was only 25. Donald Glaser was 34 years old. Chen Ning Yang and Tsung Dao Lee, of China, who divided the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957, were 35 and 31, respectively.

6. In which year did Marie Curie get her second award, this time in chemistry?

Answer: 1911

Marie Curie was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. The second time, she was a widow. This second time, though she was ill, she did attend the ceremony. She was in her forties, a lonely woman, but lovely and devoted to her career. She arrived there with her sister and daughter.

7. In which field did Dr. Frederick Banting win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Medicine

Dr. Frederick Banting, of Canada, who won the award in 1923, was just 32 years of age.

8. In which field did Julius Wagner von Jauregg, win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Medicine

In 1927, the psychiatrist and physician, Julius Wagner von Jauregg, won the Board's award for malaria innoculation used in paralysis.

9. Who became the first Nobel laureate in chemistry?

Answer: Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff

In 1901, Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff, of the Netherlands, received the award as he had founded stereochemistry. The academy's choice was universally praised.

10. Irene and Frederick Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in which field?

Answer: Chemistry

Marie Curie's daughter, Irene Curie, had married one of her mother's junior assistants at the Institute of Radium, an impoverished young man named Frederick Joliot, who had graduated from L'Ecole de Paris.

Source: Author TANU

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