Take the Nobel Peace Prize quiz

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The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the richest and most prestigious awards in the world. The prize includes a $1.5 million award. But how much do you really know about the Nobel Peace Prize? Take our 15-question quiz.

- Eoin O'Carroll, CSMonitor.com

The Nobel prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics are all awarded by Swedish institutions, but the Nobel Peace Prize is administered in Norway. Nobody really knows why Alfred Nobel chose Norway, which was ruled in union with Sweden at the time of his death. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that, at the time, Norway lacked Sweden's "militaristic traditions."

The Nobel prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics are all awarded by Swedish institutions, but the Nobel Peace Prize is administered in Norway. Nobody really knows why Alfred Nobel chose Norway, which was ruled in union with Sweden at the time of his death. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that, at the time, Norway lacked Sweden's "militaristic traditions."

The Nobel prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics are all awarded by Swedish institutions, but the Nobel Peace Prize is administered in Norway. Nobody really knows why Alfred Nobel chose Norway, which was ruled in union with Sweden at the time of his death. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that, at the time, Norway lacked Sweden's "militaristic traditions."

The Nobel prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics are all awarded by Swedish institutions, but the Nobel Peace Prize is administered in Norway. Nobody really knows why Alfred Nobel chose Norway, which was ruled in union with Sweden at the time of his death. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that, at the time, Norway lacked Sweden's "militaristic traditions."

1. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the government of what country?

Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark

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