Young World Quiz (December 09, 2000)

V.V. RAMANAN

1. Simple one to begin with. In which year were the first Nobel Prizes given away?

2. Which five categories, for which awards were to be given, did Alfred Nobel mention in his will?

3. Apart from the cash award, what else do the Laureates get?

4. There is an apocryphal story that Alfred Nobel omitted a basic 'science' because of personal reasons. Which field?

5. Who instituted the Prize for Economic Sciences in 1968?

6. Name the four Laureates of Indian Nationality.

7. Linus Pauling and Marie Curie are the only individual Laureates with Prizes in two different fields. Name the fields.

8. 1968 and 1983 saw Indians of non-Indian nationality being honoured. Identify them.

9. Albert Einstein is famous for his Theory of Relativity. But for which discovery did he win the prize?

10. The International Committee of the Red Cross is the only institution with three awards. In which years was it honoured?

11. Declining an award is stunning news. Which Asian leader made that momentous decision in the 1970s?

12. What distinction does the 1915 Physics Laureate, W.L. Bragg hold?

13. There have been three Laureates from the Indian sub-continent (excluding India). Name them.

14. The flavour of the preceding month has been the American Presidential elections. So, name the two American Presidents who have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

15. To end on a lighter note, name the awards, spoofing the Nobel Prizes, which honours individuals whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced."

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