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- How many separate Nobel Prize categories exist?
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Six: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences- Who established the Nobel Prize?
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Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and industrialist- In what year were the first Nobel Prizes awarded?
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1901- Which country awards the Nobel Prize?
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Sweden- What unique record does Marie Curie hold among Nobel laureates?
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Only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields (Physics and Chemistry)- Who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for discovering X-rays?
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Wilhelm Röntgen- What scientific achievement earned Albert Einstein the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?
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The photoelectric effect- Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the structure of DNA?
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James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins in 1962- Which physicist won the Nobel Prize for discovering the atomic nucleus?
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Ernest Rutherford- Who discovered the neutron and won the Nobel Prize in Physics?
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James Chadwick in 1935- Which physicist won the Nobel Prize for contributions to quantum mechanics?
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Niels Bohr- Which scientist discovered penicillin and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine?
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Alexander Fleming in 1945- Who discovered human blood groups and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine?
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Karl Landsteiner in 1930- Which chemist won Nobel Prizes in both Chemistry and Peace?
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Linus Pauling (Chemistry 1954, Peace 1962)- Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
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Gabriel García Márquez in 1982
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