Quiz: Alfred Nobel's Prized Legacy

October 4, 2010

In what year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
1. 1868
2. 1881
3. 1901
4. 1922
What is Alfred Nobel, who established the Nobel Prize in his last will and testament, most famous for inventing?
1. Dynamite
2. Stethoscope
3. Rubber
4. X-ray
Which of the following is not a category of the Nobel Prize?
1. Chemistry
2. Economics
3. Physics
4. Sociology
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
1. Jane Addams
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Elihu Root
4. Woodrow Wilson
True or false: The peace prize is the only Nobel not presented in Stockholm.
1. True
2. False
Of the 806 Nobel Prizes that have been awarded to individuals through 2009, how many have gone to women?
1. 7
2. 41
3. 198
4. 312
True or false: A Nobel Prize cannot be revoked under any circumstances.
1. True
2. False
Which of these authors was not a Nobel laureate?
1. T.S. Eliot
2. William Faulkner
3. Ernest Hemingway
4. Tennessee Williams
Approximately how much money in U.S. dollars is given to a Nobel recipient?
1. $700,000
2. $1.4 million
3. $6.2 million
4. $9.1 million
Which of these people has been awarded more than one Nobel Prize?
1. Mother Teresa
2. Winston Churchill
3. Marie Curie
4. Albert Einstein