Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Women & Gender/Latin Americas/Africana Studies Trivia Question 2

From what Latin American country do 5 Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, Medicine and Peace--the most of any Latin American country--come from?

a. Columbia
b. Argentina
c. Mexico
d. Costa Rica

The answer is B, Argentina!

Argentina's five Nobel laureates are: César Milstein, Physiology or Medicine, 1984; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Peace, 1980; Luis Federico Leloir, Chemistry, 1970; Bernardo Houssay, Physiology or Medicine, 1947; Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Peace, 1936. The award was established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite Alfred Bernhard Nobel. It was first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The Nobel Prizes in the specific disciplines are widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in those fields.

Stay curious,
Team ARC

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