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In Oslo

Where is the Peace Prize awarded?

100

The Swedish Academy

What is the institution responsible for selecting Nobel Laureates in Literature?

100

October 21, 1833

What is Alfred Nobel's date of birth?

100

Marie Curie

Who is the only woman that has received the Nobel Prize twice?

100

20

How many Nobel prizes were awarded in 2020?

("for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind")

200

10th December

When does the ceremony take place in Stockholm?

200

Beloved

What is a novel by Toni Morrison (1993 laureate in literature)?

200

St. Petersburg

Where did Nobel's family migrate when he was a teenager?

200

Aung San Suu Kyi

What Laureate was under arrest at the time of the award?  

200

Louise Glück

Who was last year's laureate in literature?

300

White tie and tails

What is the dress code for gentlemen?

300

Jean Paul Sartre

Who declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964?

300

Emil

Which of Alfred Nobel's brothers died when experimenting with nitroglycerine?

300

Marie Curie and Irène Joliot

What mother and daughter both received the Nobel Prize?

300

This organization received the 2020 Noble Prize in Peace and the prize motivation is stated as follows: "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict"

What is World Food Programme (WFP)?

400

1,300

How many guests can be seated at the Blue Hall of the City Hall of Stockholm where the Banquet has been held since 1934?

400

Rudyard Kipling

Who is the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate?

400

1867

What year did Nobel patent dynamite?

400

Youngest Nobel Laurate in Peace

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

400

Roger Penrose

Who was last year's laureate in Physics?

500

A Nobel diploma, a Nobel Medal and a document confirming the Nobel Prize amount

What three things do Noble Laureates receive at the Noble Prize Award Ceremonies?

500

This 2013 laureate in literature from Canada is cited as “master of the contemporary short story” 

Who is Alice Munro?

500

“Perhaps my factories will put an end to war sooner than your congresses: on the day that two army corps can mutually annihilate each other in a second, all civilised nations will surely recoil with horror and disband their troops.”

What is a quote by Alfred Nobel?

500

This most recent Nobel laurate from the US is applauded “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. 

Who is Louise Glück?

500

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Who was last year's laureate in Chemistry?