Nobel Prize Laureates Quiz

Try out this Nobel Prize Laureates quiz to test your knowledge. Nobel Prize Laureates trivia explores the scientists, writers, peace advocates, and public figures honored since the prizes were first awarded in 1901.

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Question 1 · Medium · 20 pts
Which Nobel Prize in Literature winner pulled off the ultimate RSVP decline by refusing the 1964 award?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
Which author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920, giving that year at least one excellent plot twist?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which family, rather than a single individual, is credited here with producing five Nobel laureates?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Who was the Literature laureate awarded posthumously in 1931?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who was awarded posthumously in 1961.?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which laureate broke a gender barrier in 2009 by becoming the first woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
At age 90, who won the Economic Sciences prize in 2007?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Physics laureate was just 25 years old when he won in 1915?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which author became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and did so in 1909?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Who took the very first Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1952?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Which figure won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
Who became the first Iranian Nobel laureate by winning the Peace Prize in 2003?
Question 14 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?

Which Nobel Prize in Literature winner pulled off the ultimate RSVP decline by refusing the 1964 award?

Which author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920, giving that year at least one excellent plot twist?

Which family, rather than a single individual, is credited here with producing five Nobel laureates?

Who was the Literature laureate awarded posthumously in 1931?

Name the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who was awarded posthumously in 1961.?

Which laureate broke a gender barrier in 2009 by becoming the first woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?

At age 90, who won the Economic Sciences prize in 2007?

Which Physics laureate was just 25 years old when he won in 1915?

Which author became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and did so in 1909?

Who took the very first Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901?

Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1952?

Which figure won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975?

Who became the first Iranian Nobel laureate by winning the Peace Prize in 2003?

Which scientist shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

Who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?