The Nobel Prize
Become a Nobel laureate in trivia in this game about individuals who have "conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind," the Nobel Prize winners.
15 questions · Published January 31, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which invention by Alfred Nobel is notably responsible for his fortune, which initially funded the Nobel prize contest?
Alfred Nobel's most famous invention, dynamite, a safer and easier explosive, was patented in 1867 and soon used worldwide for mining and infrastructure development.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which event inspired Alfred Nobel to modify his will, bequeathing 94% of his assets to establishing the Nobel Prizes?
In 1888, Alfred Nobel's brother Ludvig died, but a French newspaper mistakenly printed that Alfred had passed away with the headline "The merchant of death is dead."
Alfred Nobel amassed his fortune through inventions used in warfare and worried about his legacy. Reading his own obituary inspired him to change his will, specifying that the fortune be used to create a series of prizes awarded to those who "have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."
- Multiple Choice
3. Five of the six Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in Stockholm, Sweden but the Nobel Peace Prize is instead awarded in which European capital?
Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, Alfred Nobel's last will and testament called for the Peace Prize to be awarded by a Norwegian, rather than Swedish, committee. As a result, this award is presented annually in Oslo, Norway.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which U.S. President was the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize "for his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese War and for his interest in arbitration, having provided the Hague arbitration court with its very first case."
- Multiple Choice
5. Linus Pauling, one of only four individuals to win two Nobel Prizes, was recognized in which two categories?
Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962.
Frederick Sanger, John Bardeen, and Marie Curie are the others with two Nobel Prizes each.
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