This Week’s Trivia Topic: Nobel Prize Winners
I got carried away and made it a bit long this week, but I think it’s interesting. Two bonuses at the end to keep you engaged, so read the whole thing.
The Nobel Prizes were established in 1895 by the will and estate of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel. They have grown in prominence and come to be recognized as one of the most prestigious awards in the world, and carry a monetary award of approximately $1.2 million.
Since the establishment of the Nobel Prizes, only four people have received two Nobel Prizes, the first of which was Marie Curie, first for the discovery of radioactivity and again for the isolation of pure radium eight years later. (Side note: her husband, Pierre Curie, shared the award with her in 1903, and their daughter Irene and her husband Frederic Joliot shared the award years later in 1935).
However, the Nobel Prizes are not without controversy. One person was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize FIVE times between 1937 and 1948, for his non-violent contributions to peace and freedom in World War II, Africa and India. However, he never received the Prize, being assassinated on 30 January 1948 two days before the closing date for the 1948 Peace Prize nominations. The Norwegian Nobel Committee had very likely planned to give him the Peace Prize in 1948 as they considered a posthumous award, but ultimately decided against it, and instead chose not to award the prize that year. Who is it?
BONUS: In addition to the famed Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prize is awarded in five other fields each year. Name them.
DOUBLE BONUS: There have been many other families that have included multiple Nobel laureates. Name another (first names and discoveries not needed)?
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sds answered:
Two Nobel Prize recipients that made a mockery of the whole concept? Al Gore and Yasser Arafat.
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complicatedshoes answered:
Mohandas Ghandi
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