15 History of the Nobel Prize Trivia Questions and Answers

So many people have been awarded the Nobel Prize in various categories. How many of these Nobel Prize trivia questions can you answer?

15 History of the Nobel Prize Trivia Questions

Who founded the Nobel Prize?
In which year were the first Nobel Prizes awarded?
What was Alfred Nobel’s profession and main invention?
Which country awards the Nobel Peace Prize?
Which city hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremony for all categories except Peace?
Which category was added to the Nobel Prize in 1968, funded by the Swedish Central Bank?
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Which Nobel laureate won the Prize in two different scientific fields?
Which organization has won the most Nobel Peace Prizes?
Which famous scientist declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964?
Who was the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize?
Which Nobel Prize category was skipped during World War II due to global conflict?
Which U.S. president was the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
What happens if a Nobel Prize winner refuses the award?
Why was Alfred Nobel inspired to create the Prize?

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15 History of the Nobel Prize Trivia Questions and Answers

Who founded the Nobel Prize? Alfred Nobel
In which year were the first Nobel Prizes awarded? 1901
What was Alfred Nobel’s profession and main invention? He was a chemist and the inventor of dynamite.
Which country awards the Nobel Peace Prize? Norway
Which city hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremony for all categories except Peace? Stockholm, Sweden
Which category was added to the Nobel Prize in 1968, funded by the Swedish Central Bank? The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie
Which Nobel laureate won the Prize in two different scientific fields? Marie Curie (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911)
Which organization has won the most Nobel Peace Prizes? The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Which famous scientist declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964? Jean-Paul Sartre
Who was the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize? Malala Yousafzai (at age 17, for Peace in 2014)
Which Nobel Prize category was skipped during World War II due to global conflict? All categories had gaps, especially Peace.
Which U.S. president was the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Theodore Roosevelt (1906)
What happens if a Nobel Prize winner refuses the award? They remain a laureate, but they do not receive the prize money or medal.
Why was Alfred Nobel inspired to create the Prize? A premature obituary called him the “merchant of death,” which led him to leave a positive legacy.

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