The Nobel Prize in Physics
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2023 Around The World
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In 1903, a physics Nobel was awarded jointly for discovering radioactivity to Henri Becquerel and which married couple?

Who are the Curies (Pierre and Marie)

100

This animal is one of the only mammals to lay eggs

What is a platypus?

100

This hot sauce is made from peppers of the same name, vinegar, and salt by the Mcilhenny Company

What is Tabasco?

100

This chess piece moves only diagonally

What is a Bishop?

100

The United Nations declares 2023 the International Year of

What are Millets?

200

The rationale of this 1921 Physics Nobel mentions the photoelectric effect, not the theory of relativity

Who is Albert Einstein?

200

This bird's eggs, which weigh over three pounds on average, are the largest of any bird

What is an Ostrich?

200

This holiday in France commemorates a 1789 event involving a dungeon and is celebrated annually on July 14th

What is Bastille Day?

200

In a 1972 match in Iceland, the Soviet Boris Spassky lost to this American, who became the new world champion

Who is Bobby Fischer?

200

The Walt Disney Company and Warner Brothers are celebrating their ____ birthday year in 2023

What is 100th?


300

This Australian won a share of the 1933 Physics Nobel, but he's better known for a thought experiment about a cat

Who is Erwin Schrodinger?

300

This dish consists of poached eggs, an English muffin,  ham or bacon, and is covered in hollandaise sauce 

What is Eggs Benedict?

300

This church in Vatican City is the site of masses held by the Pope, including on Christmas Eve and Easter

What is St. Peter's Basilica?

300

The current world chess champion is GM Ding Liren of this Chinese city

What is Wenzhou? (Historically known as Wenchow)

300

April 2023 celebrated the 50th anniversary of this famous, Spanish, artist's death.

Who is Pablo Picasso?

400

James Chadwick won the 1935 Physics Nobel for his discovery of this particle, which is slightly more massive than the proton

What is the neutron?

400

This drink is made from whipped egg whites, egg yolks, milk, cream, and sugar and is popular around Christmas

What is Eggnog?


400

This refers to a variety of types of polish sausage

What is Kielbasa? 

400

In the Netflix miniseries "The Queen's Gambit", this actress plays chess champion, Beth Harmon

Who is Anya Taylor-Joy?

400

"ANTIFRAGILE" and "UNFORGIVEN" were hits by this South Korean Pop group

Who is LE SSERAFIM?

500
The 1984 Physics Nobel was awarded for the contributions to the discovery of the W and Z bosons, which communicate this force only effective on a subatomic scale

What is the weak interaction/weak [nuclear] force?

500

This actor played Egghead on the tv show Batman in the 1960s, but he's better known for his roles in horror movies such as "House of Wax"  

Who is Vincent Price?

500

A Bantu language native to Cameroon 

Basaa

500

A young girl is involved in a chess game in a fantasy world in this Lewis Carroll sequel

What is "Through the Looking-Glass"

500

2023 is the Chinese Zodiac Year of the...

What is (Black) Rabbit?