Me too, I was unfamiliar with any translation of MSF into English. I wondered: isn't "Doctors without Borders" a fictional organisation that the doctor in the film The Constant Gardener is supposed to be working for? Clearly meant to be understood to be MSF, but presumably they didn't want to use that name. Now I find out that the name actually is used by some people for MSF.
First it was possible to award it to people who died after their nomination.
Since 1974 they must be alive at the time of the announcement, but they may die before the actual award ceremony (William Vickrey, Economics 1996).
In 2001 the laureate (Ralph M. Steinman, Medicine) died 3 days before the annoucement, but as the comittee didn't know about it at the time, they checked the wording of the rules and decided to award it anyway.
I have an Economics degree from a very good British University and I have never heard of the "Chicago School" of Economists. Obviously, I have heard of and studied Friedman, I've just not heard of that 'school'. Either it's not taught/called that in Britain or I was very drunk that day.
The name arises from the economics department at the University of Chicago, which is one of America's most elite (and, according to some, the most elite) universities. Their economics department is considered to be the best in the country, and many of the principles it espouses run counter to the theories popular at its peer institutions (especially Harvard).
Considering the gaps in your knowledge about such a wide range of subjects I don't know if I believe this assessment of the quality of your "very good" university...
it's not quite the same thing... relativity and photoelectric effect are both Physics related, no one would say Hemingway was awarded for his white beard and heavy drinking. My point is that this hint can make someone think that Einstein was awarded for the Relativity, and that's not accurate.
The man who bombed Bosnia and Kosovo? I mean, it was for a fair reason, but that is definitely not peace. Ironically, Trump is the only one in a while who hasn't started a war. If you're discounting Carter, as you are, he is the first president since Ford that hasn't gotten us involved in a war. And if Arafat wins one for temporarily stopping the mass murder of Israeli civilians, Trump certainly gets one for helping them establish diplomatic relations with three Arab nations in less than five months and securing overflight with the Saudis. Trump is a pretty distasteful man, but the Nobel Committee is too.
So important when remembering someone who stole all his ideas from Heidegger. However, Heidegger espoused the Nazi cause and Sartre was a French resistance fighter, so I can see why no-one wants to know Heidegger! Satre also cut a romantic/dashing figure in post-war, Parisian cafe culture.
Stole all his ideas from Heidegger? The simple fact that you correctly recall Heidegger backing up a political party exposes how far he is from Sartre - who'd pick no side at all, ever, and indeed would be addressed by someone in his time as somebody who only "sits" in the same direction as history....
You're simply wrong. If you're typing someone's full, correct name it should be accepted. She was born Polish as Maria Skłodowska. When she married Pierre Curie, she added his surname to her maiden name. Also, on her Nobel Prize Diploma from 1911 it is clearly stated as Sklodowska Curie
Great quiz, but you should mention that the 'Nobel Prize' for Economics isn't really one. It was created in 1968 by the Bank of Sweden, and has been known for being extremely biased in favor of the so-called 'orthodox' (liberal) school of economics.
Did the Nobel Prize ever have significance? It seems like .. I don't know if propaganda is the right term, but looking at this list, a lot of these people do not seem respectable.
I guess you should only consider Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine- and the others' deletion from history would be a net benefit.
Since 1974 they must be alive at the time of the announcement, but they may die before the actual award ceremony (William Vickrey, Economics 1996).
In 2001 the laureate (Ralph M. Steinman, Medicine) died 3 days before the annoucement, but as the comittee didn't know about it at the time, they checked the wording of the rules and decided to award it anyway.
I guess you should only consider Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine- and the others' deletion from history would be a net benefit.
Also, you should make it clear in the instructions that some clues have two answers, I missed a couple that way.