Noble Prize Quiz
THE NOBEL PRIZE 2020
1. Which one of the prize categories - physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economic sciences - were not originally listed in Alfred Nobel’s will?
A. Literature B. Peace C. Economic Sciences
2. One half of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for the discovery of a black hole in our galaxy. What is the name of our galaxy?
A. The Andromeda B. The Milky Way C. The Triangulum
3. How big would our planet Earth be if it was as compact as a black hole?
A. 9 mm in diameter B. 9 m in diameter C. 9 km in diameter
4. The 2020 Chemistry Laureates discovered that a little organism had a clever way of fighting viruses using genetic scissors. Which organism?
A. A bacteria B. A parasite C. A prion
5. The only limit to how the genetic scissors can be used is our imagination. But there are also risks that the technology could be misused. What is forbidden?
A: Changes to the human genome
B. Changes to the human genome that can be inherited by following generations
C. Changes to living organisms