From: jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu (Joseph Hernandez)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: RESULTS: JTC Useless Trivial Knowledge Quiz XII...NOBEL PRIZES
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:25:26 GMT
Organization: Joseph TeleCommunications Enterprises; Berkeley, California, USA
Via: JTC Enterprises Puzzles and Games Department (Trivia Division)

Thanks to the 28 entries this week and six new participants to JTC UTKQ! This
week's quiz was pretty tough. A new feature has been added to the Results
posting and that is the stats for each question given in brackets!

Any comments, questions, complaints, or suggestions should be addressed to
jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu. Thanks.

Answers for NOBEL PRIZES [Number correct/Total responses, Percentage correct]

1. Who was the first U.S. president to win the Nobel Prize?
1A. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Peace, 1906) [14/29, 48.2%]

2. What category was introduced in 1969?
2A. ECONOMICS (technically it is Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences)
    [24/29, 82.8%]

3. On what date each year are the Nobel Prizes awarded?
3A. DECEMBER 10TH [06/29, 20.7%]

4. What American novelists won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 and 1962?
4A. ERNEST HEMINGWAY [15/29, 51.7%] and JOHN STEINBECK [07/29, 24.1%], resp.
[BONUS: 1 point for each correct answer for total of 2 points; please specify
        year for each answer.]

5. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
5A. SELMA LAGERLOF (Sweden, 1909) [04/29, 13.8%]

6. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different categories?
6A. MARIE CURIE (Polish/French, Physics, 1903 and Chemistry, 1911) 
    [10/29, 34.5%]

7. Max Born, who in 1954 shared a Nobel Prize in Physics, is the grandfather
   of what singer/Grammy-winner?
7A. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN [04/29, 13.8%]


Surprise of the century, no perfect scores in this quiz! V. PHANIRAJ gets the
standing "O" for his high of seven points out of eight. And finally, the Univ.
of Wisc. triv-wiz RAY HAMEL ended his perfect score streak. That's okay...
start another one. This gives everyone else a chance to catch up! :)

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POS.  NAME				       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   #12
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  1.  V. Phaniraj..............................+   +   +  ++   -   +   +     7
         <phaniraj@plains.NoDak.edu>
  2.  Doughboy.................................+   +   +  ++   +   -   -     6
         <rajesh@longhair.cs.unlv.edu>
  2.  Fred (Steve Edw. Friedman)...............+   +   +  ++   +   -   -     6
         <sfriedman@pbs.org>
  4.  Gracious Net. Hostess (Sharon Belville)..+   +   -  ++   -   +   -     5
         <belville@Athena.MIT.EDU>
  4.  Ray Hamel................................-   +   +  ++   -   -   +     5
         <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>
  4.  Sanjay Kadaveru..........................+   +   +  +-   -   +   -     5
         <skadaver@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu>
  4.  Jean-Marc Rocher.........................+   +   -  +-   -   +   +     5
         <rocher@husc.harvard.edu>
  8.  Kristi L. Boxley.........................+   +   -  ++   -   -   -     4
         <boxley_kristi_l@lilly.com>
  8.  Mary Rose Campbell.......................+   +   -  --   -   +   +     4
         <mc3d+@andrew.cmu.edu>
  8.  Mark Eckenwiler..........................-   +   -  ++   +   -   -     4
         <eck@panix.com>
  8.  A. B. Wakely.............................+   +   -  +-   -   +   -     4
         <abw@physics.wm.edu>
 12.  Matthew Merzbacher.......................+   +   -  --   -   +   -     3
         <matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU>
 12.  Carl Poellnitz...........................+   +   -  +-   -   -   -     3
         <carlos@chopin.udel.edu>
 12.  Erland Sommarskog........................-   +   +  --   +   -   -     3
         <sommar@enea.se>
 15.  Mark Brader..............................-   +   -  --   -   +   -     2
         <msb@sq.com>
 15.  Ilan Caron...............................+   +   -  --   -   -   -     2
         <ilanc@microsoft.com>
 15.  Steven M. Casburn........................+   +   -  --   -   -   -     2
         <scasburn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
 15.  5150 (Ron A. Echeverri)..................-   -   -  +-   -   +   -     2
         <echeverr@usc.edu>
 15.  Jim Hulsey...............................-   +   -  +-   -   -   -     2
         <hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>
 15.  William Lamonaca.........................-   +   -  +-   -   -   -     2
         <wlamonac@purcell.helios.nd.edu>
 15.  Arthur S. Kamlet.........................+   +   -  --   -   -   -     2
         <ask@cblph.att.com>
 22.  Greg Barnes..............................-   +   -  --   -   -   -     1
         <greg@cs.washington.edu>
 22.  Jim Blake................................-   +   -  --   -   -   -     1
         <jblake@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu>
 22.  Professional Agitator (Roderick Lee).....-   -   -  --   -   +   -     1
         <rnlee@sdcc3.UCSD.EDU>
 22.  Dave Nadler..............................-   -   -  +-   -   -   -     1
         <dnadler@ncrsoph.sophia.NCR.COM>
 22.  Jeffrey Turner...........................-   +   -  --   -   -   -     1
         <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
 27.  Dimitri Laurence II......................-   -   -  --   -   -   -     0
         <d2lau@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
 27.  Daniel I. Matt...........................-   -   -  --   -   -   -     0
	 <dmatt@iastate.edu>

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    KEY: + Correct Answer   - Wrong Answer   #12 Total points for this quiz
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Thanks,
Joe Hernandez
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