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Nobel Prize Winners
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This "Queen of the Danube" was given its name in 1873 after three previously separate towns combined.

Where is Budapest?

100

Marie Curie won the prize in 1903 in the physics category for her work on radioactivity. She won again in 1911 in this different category.

What is chemistry?

100
This British Comedic Actor married Isla Fisher in 2002.

Who is Sacha Baron Cohen?

100

Nicknamed "King", this singer holds the record for number 1 hits but didn't win Grammy until his 2008 album Troubador.

Who is George Strait?

100

Sarah, Duchess of York shares a nickname with this singer whose 2006 album is titled "The Dutchess."

Who is Fergie?

200

From the Latin word meaning "to pound," evidence of use of this kitchen tool dates back to 35000 BC.

What is a Pestle?

200

The 2016 prize for literature went to this singer-songwriter.

Who is Bob Dylan?

200

This tennis star was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 and attended the 2018 Golden Globes as a guest of Emma Stone.

Who is Billie Jean King?

200

This actor's heirs have had many trademark disputes with Duke University.

Who is John Wayne?

200

This Royal's nicknames include Cabbage, Gan-Gan, and Gary.

Who is Queen Elizabeth?

300

Also tranlsated as "Murrain," its the biblical Egyptian plague that primarily affected livestock.

What is Pestilence?

300

Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat and Menachem Begin won the 1978 peace prize for negotiating peace between these two countries.

What are Egypt and Israel?

300

This EGOT winner rose to prominence doing Shakespeare plays in the 1960s. He landed his most famous roll in 1977. In 2009 he was invited by Barrack Obama to perform Shakespeare at the White House.

Who is James Earl Jones?

300

This "Empress of Soul" has won seven Grammy's and recorded the theme song to the 1989 Bond film License to Kill.

Who is Gladys Knight?

300

Ivan IV Vasilyevich earned this nickname for his conquest of the Kazan Khanate in 1552.

Who is Ivan the Terrible?

400

This Carol King album ranks 25th on Rolling Stones' List of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

What is Tapestry?
400

This 1979 peace prize winner was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in the Ottoman Empire, but she is most widely known by this title.

Who is Mother Teresa?

400

This baseball star ended his career in 2017 with 319 home runs, the same numbers as his father Cecil.

Who is Prince Fielder?

400

Sharing a name with an ancient city, this WWE star is known for his many monikers, including Sexy Beast, Corazon de Leon, and Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla.

Who is Chris Jericho?

400

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his nickname, Caligula, earned this other moniker for his scandalous antics while in Power

Who is the Mad Emperor?

500

Its the poetic meter consists of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable

What is Anapest?

500

In 2014, this Pakisatani activist became the youngest prize winner at age 17.

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

500

This singer and actress stars in the 1980s detective reboot The Equalizer.

Who is Queen Latifah?

500

After earning a fortune in real estate, this "Queen of Mean" was convicted of tax evasion in 1989 and went on to serve 2 years in prison.

Who is Leona Helmsley?

500

Statesman Charles Martel's last name translates to this, a nickname which he earned while waging wars to consolidate power in France from 715-737.

What is the Hammer?