The Answer Is... World Peace Trivia Quiz

Answer: She established a trust

Aung San Suu Kyi could not attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony in 1991 as she was still being placed under house arrest. Her two sons, Alexander and Dannian Kim, accepted the award on her behalf. The money was put to good use; Aung San Suu Kyi established a health and education trust for Burmese.

Answer: Timor Leste

José Manuel Ramos-Horta was the President of Timor-Leste from 2007 until 2012. Ramos-Horta and East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize. Following the win, Ramos-Horta and Belo had had fruitful meetings and discussions with top leaders of the world, which included the 42nd president of the USA, Bill Clinton, and the first president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

Answer: North Korea

Kim Dae-jung, also known as "the Nelson Mandela of Asia", is known for his introduction and implementation of the Sunshine Policy, which promotes interaction between the two nations of South Korea and North Korea. His effort paved the way to the inter-Korean summit, held in Pyongyang in June 2000.

Answer: She was the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Shirin Ebadi was also the first Iranian Nobel laureate. Polish scientist Marie Curie was the first woman Nobel laureate, winning the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. The third president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, was the first Muslim Nobel laureate - he was the co-recipient of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with the sixth Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin.

Answer: Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank was founded by Muhammad Yunus in 1983. The idea of setting up the microfinance organisation dated back to 1976, when Yunus worked as a professor at the University of Chittagong. One of his research projects studied the feasibility of an improved credit delivery system that could potentially benefit the poorer community. Yunus is also the first Bangladeshi Nobel laureate.

Answer: He was serving a sentence in prison.

Liu Xiaobo had been arrested multiple times and he was regarded as one of the most prominent Chinese political prisoners. Liu was being informed about the Nobel Peace Prize award by his wife during her visit to Jinzhou Prison in 2010. Upon hearing the news, Liu wept and said, "The award is first and foremost for the Tiananmen martyrs." He passed away in 2017 due to liver cancer.

Answer: The Yemeni Revolution

Yemeni journalist Tawakkul Karman shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with two other recipients from Liberia - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee. The 2011 Yemeni uprising, also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity, saw Yemenis' protests against issues related to unemployment and corruption.

Answer: She was only 17 years old, making her one of the youngest Nobel laureates.

Prior to Malala's win, the record of the youngest Nobel laureate was held by British physicist Lawrence Bragg, who won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics, at the age of 25. Pakistani theoretical physicist Abdus Salam was the first Pakistani Nobel laureate; he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with American scientists Sheldon Lee Glashow and Steven Weinberg, for their works and contribution in the area of electroweak interaction.

Answer: Iraq

Nadia Murad was also the first Iraqi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the non-profit organization Nadia's Initiative to help victims of sexual violence live a better life.

Answer: Rappler

Maria Ressa co-found the Rappler online news website in 2012, along with nine other Filipino journalists. Prior to establishing the Rappler website, Ressa worked as a reporter for CNN. Ressa was also the first Filipino Nobel laureate.