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Famous Awards Quiz

Can you guess the names of these famous awards?
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Last updated: January 28, 2022
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First submittedNovember 25, 2010
Times taken36,850
Average score65.0%
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Award
Greatest benefit to mankind in physics, medicine, peace, etc...
Nobel Prize
Artistic and technical merit in the U.S. film industry
Academy Award
British version of the above
BAFTA Award
Top goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup
Golden Boot
Merit in the U.S. television industry
Emmy Award
Top U.S. military decoration
Medal of Honor
Top British military decoration
Victoria Cross
Most famous German military decoration
Iron Cross
Wounded in battle (U.S.)
Purple Heart
Champions of the National Hockey League
Stanley Cup
Leader of the Tour de France
Yellow Jersey
Winner of the Masters in golf
Green Jacket
Achievements in journalism, music, or literature in the U.S.
Pulitzer Prize
Outstanding achievement in the U.S. music industry
Grammy Award
Excellence in Broadway theater
Tony Award
Best NCAA college football player
Heisman Trophy
Top prize at the Cannes film festival
Palme d'Or
Achievements in mathematics by a person under 40
Fields Medal
A fancy restaurant can earn up to three of these
Michelin Star
Best novel written in the English language, originally only
available to Commonwealth citizens
Booker Prize
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Level 26
Jun 19, 2014
Could not think of the Golden Jersey. I tried Shirt, jacket, vest...everything but jersey. Great quiz though.
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Level 80
Jan 29, 2022
Usually known by its French name here in the UK (maillot jaune). Took me a while to guess jersey, since that means a sweater here.
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Level 63
Jan 31, 2022
Jersey did not come to mind. I tried tricot.
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Level 66
Jul 5, 2015
I was hoping to see Razzies and Darwin Awards in here. Would have made it a bit more fun.

If you want to add another challenging one, there's the Slammy Awards for wrestling.

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Level 72
Nov 20, 2015
Gold Jacket, Green Jacket, who gives a $#!%
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Level 77
Jan 28, 2022
Golfers, I assume.
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Level 79
Apr 3, 2022
What is the point of comments like this?! One could ask why anyone gives a crap about 90% of the stuff on this site! It's called trivia lol
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Level 66
Oct 19, 2023
It's a quote from the movie Happy Gilmore
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Level 74
May 3, 2016
Please please please accept "Maillot" for jersey. When it didn't work I just assumed I was mistaken.
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Level 80
Feb 7, 2017
If the clue was "____ Jeune" the answer would be Maillot. However the clue is "Yellow ____ " so the expected answer must be in English.
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Level 67
Nov 1, 2017
jaune not jeune
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Level 71
Feb 7, 2018
'onegonecat'...... you want to try the French Quizzes. I put Yellow there and didn't get it.
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Level 85
Feb 21, 2018
How about Darwin Awards?
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Level 84
Mar 25, 2018
When they provide links to reputable sources, they can be considered factual and take their place in a quiz among awards for verifiable achievements.
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Level 82
Jun 19, 2018
and Ig-nobel prizes?
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Level 76
Jan 28, 2022
+ Foot in Mouth Award.
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Level 70
Jan 30, 2022
In the era of Covid, it's been rebranded as the Herman Cain Award.
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Level 82
Mar 25, 2022
more an act of homicide (along with hundreds of thousands of others) than noble suicide... and the guy responsible would not deserve to receive a Darwin award as, unlike Cain, he got the finest care possible at Walter Reed.
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Level 70
Sep 16, 2019
I was hoping to see the Silver Sow Award. Les Nessman won it multiple times.
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Level 82
Jan 29, 2022
Pritzker, Turner?
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Level 78
Feb 4, 2022
I've won none of those awards.
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Level 75
Feb 8, 2022
... yet.
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Level 89
Mar 25, 2022
I think out of all of these, the most likely one for me to win would probably be the Purple Heart
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Level 73
Mar 25, 2022
I learned about the Fields Award from my math professor that was mad he couldn’t get a Nobel Prize
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Level 83
Mar 25, 2022
I *think* that Irish and South African writers could always also receive the Booker Prize, and both of those countries aren't in the Commonwealth.
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Level 68
Mar 25, 2022
They are since 2014; the clue does state 'originally'!
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Level 57
Mar 25, 2022
No Lombardi Trophy?
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Level 66
Mar 25, 2022
Dah shoot, I got most but absolutely should have remembered the Booker Prize. I think I thought of it as the Man Booker.
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Level 80
Mar 25, 2022
Where’s the Golden Nitpick Award?