For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was created in 1968. Between 1901 and 2012, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 555 times to 856 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 835 individuals (791 men and 44 women) and 21 organizations.

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Nancy Norwood Hall

when it say all of the above....it usually is

karen twirly

We all know how that question goes.

rosemarymee

Ria, somebody loves you - or the quiz elves do it - or we all accumulate points for simply existing...:-)

Ria

why is it when I finished the quiz with say 1950 points when I come back the next day I have over 2200 points ?

Rocket Raccoon

Why is it always all of the above, here is no challenge in questions like this.

Haunui Royal

Considering Woolf, Joyce, Borges, Proust or Tolstoy never won the award and miloz,kertesz ,Laxness and Deledda did. You have to wonder about the Swedish judging panel.