Nobel Prize Quiz
How well do you know the Nobel Prize, from Alfred Nobel and Marie Curie to Peace Prize milestones and scientific breakthroughs?
About this quiz
The Nobel Prize has honored landmark ideas, courageous advocacy, and influential work for more than a century. This quiz explores the people, places, categories, and surprising details behind one of the world’s best-known honors, from Alfred Nobel’s original vision to famous laureates such as Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, and Albert Einstein.
See how many Nobel Prize facts you can recognize across science, literature, and peace. When you finish, you’ll get a quick score that shows where your knowledge is strongest and which memorable stories from Nobel history may be worth revisiting.
Possible results
📜 Nobel Newcomer
SCORE RANGE: 0 – 49
The Nobel Prize's history is full of surprising details — from where it's awarded to which categories were added later — and a lot of them slipped past you this time.
🎓 Quick challenge: Read up on Alfred Nobel's own story — the man behind dynamite founding a prize for peace is a twist worth knowing.
🎓 Laureate in Training
SCORE RANGE: 50 – 69
You know the famous laureates, but some of the finer details — ceremony locations, category origins — need a bit more study.
🥈 Did you know: The Economics prize wasn't part of Alfred Nobel's original will at all.
🥇 Nobel Scholar
SCORE RANGE: 70 – 89
Well done — you clearly follow Nobel history closely, from Marie Curie's double win to the Peace Prize's Oslo tradition.
🏅 So close: Just a detail or two away from a flawless run.
🏆 Nobel Prize Historian
SCORE RANGE: 90 – 100
Exceptional! You know the laureates, the cities, the categories, and the quirks of Nobel history inside and out.
🎖️ Your move: Share your score and see who else can rival your Nobel knowledge.
Quiz questions
Who founded the Nobel Prize?
In which city is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded, unlike the other Nobel Prizes?
Which country hosts the ceremony for the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics?
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in which two fields?
Which of these was NOT one of the five original Nobel Prize categories from Alfred Nobel's will?
Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating what cause?
Which U.S. president was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, shortly after taking office?
Which organization has won the Nobel Peace Prize three times, more than any individual?
Albert Einstein's 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded specifically for what?
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