Nobel Prize Winners Trivia
From Einstein’s quirky quasars to Bob Dylan’s poetic grooves, show off your smarts in a trivia of Nobel-worthy minds.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In 1898, Marie Curie named the element “polonium” to honor her partitioned homeland. Which country was she honoring?
Poland
In 1948, after Senate expulsion, Pablo Neruda fled Chile on horseback with his “Canto General” manuscript. What mountain range did he secretly cross to escape?
Andes
The C60 “buckyball” molecule that earned the 1996 Chemistry Nobel resembles which common sports ball?
Soccer ball
For mediating the conflict's end, which war earned Theodore Roosevelt the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize?
Russo-Japanese War
In which U.S. city was the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate born in 1929 at a home now part of a National Historical Park?
Atlanta