Nobel Prize - True or False?

___ 1 T he is ___ 7 The Nobel Peace Prize given every two years. ceremony is held each year in December. ___ 2 T he Nobel Peace Prize is n amed after a . ___ 8 The Nobel Peace Prize winner is chosen by a ___ 3 A lfred Nobel was from c ommittee from . G ermany. ___ 9 T he prize can only be given ___ 4 N obel became very rich from t o one person each time. his invention – a new gasoline engine. ___ 10 T he Nobel Peace Prize consists of a medal, a ___ 5 There are six dierent Nobel diploma and some money. Prizes.

___ 6 The rst Peace Prize was awarded in 1946 .

Nobel Peace Prize - True or False?

___F 1 T he Nobel Peace Prize is ___T 7 The Nobel Peace Prize given every two years. Every year ceremony is held each year in December. ___T 2 T he Nobel Peace Prize is n amed after a scientist. ___F 8 The Nobel Peace Prize winner is chosen by a ___F 3 A lfred Nobel was from c ommittee from Sweden. G ermany. Sweden ___F 9 T he prize can only be given ___ 4 N obel became very rich from F t o one person each time. Two or his invention – a new more gasoline engine. He got rich from ___T 10 T he Nobel Peace Prize T consists of a medal, a ___ 5 There are six dierent Nobel diploma and some money. Prizes.

___F 6 The rst Peace Prize was awarded in 1946 . 1901

The Nobel Peace Prize

A Prize for Peace Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is a special prize died in 1896. After his death, given each year to a person or group that has the was set up to give out made a major contribution to . his awards. The first Nobel Peace Prize was The prize is named after Alfred Nobel, a awarded in 1901. scientist who lived in the 19th century. Each year, the names of all the winners are announced in October. The

Nobel Peace Prize is awarded on December

10th - the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s

death. The winner is decided by a special committee of five people from Norway. People from around the world are invited to nominate candidates who they think should The Man Behind the Prize be awarded the prize. Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, The Nobel Peace Prize can be given to 1833 in Sweden. Like his father, he was an either a person or an organization. It can also inventor. He became rich and famous by be shared by several people. The same person inventing dynamite, an explosive used in can even win twice. The prize itself consists building roads, railways and canals. He was of a medal, a diploma and a cash award saddened, however, to realize his invention of $1,000,000 (one million dollars). could be used to make weapons for . He therefore decided to use the money he Alfred Nobel’s Legacy had earned from dynamite to give five Today, Alfred Nobel is famous for the six international awards each year. Four awards annual prizes that are given in his name. were for people who had contributed to the Although he invented a terrible explosive fields of , , and which is used in war, he hoped that his peace . The fifth, the Nobel Peace Prize, prize would help to promote a more peaceful was for the person who had most advanced world. Now, each year, people around the the cause of world peace. Later, in 1969, a globe look forward to see who be chosen Nobel Prize for was established. to receive this famous peace prize.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 11. When did Alfred Nobel die? 12. When was the first Peace Prize awarded? 1. What’s the Nobel Peace Prize? 13. When are the Nobel Prizes announced? 2. Who is it named after? 14. Why is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded 3. When did Alfred Nobel live? on December 10th? 4. When and where was he born? 15. Who chooses the peace prize winners? 5. What kind of work did his father do? 16. Who can be given the Peace Prize? 6. How did Nobel become rich and famous? 17. What does the prize consist of? 7. Why was he saddened? 18. What is Alfred Nobel famous for today? 8. What did Nobel do with his money? 19. What did he hope? 9. How many Nobel Prizes are there? 20. What do people look forward to? 10. What are they?

Nobel Peace Prize Winners - The Complete List (1901 – 2019)

1901: (Swiss), Frédéric Passy () 1964: King, Jr. (USA) 1902: Élie Ducommun and Charles Gobat (Swiss) 1965: Children's Fund (UNICEF) 1903: Sir William Cremer (UK) 1966-1967: No award. 1904: Institut de Droit International () 1968: René Cassin (France) 1905: () 1969: International Labor Organization (ILO) 1906: (USA) 1970: (USA) 1907: Ernesto Moneta (), (France) 1971: (West ) 1908: Klas Arnoldson (Sweden) and 1972: No award. () 1973: (US), Le Duc Tho (N Vietnam) 1909: (Belgium) and 1974: Seán MacBride (), Eisaku Sato () Paul d'Estournelles (France) 1975: () 1910: International Peace Bureau (Bern) 1976: Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan (N Ireland) 1911: (Holland) & Alfred Fried (Austria) 1977: () 1912: (USA) 1978: Anwar (), () 1913: (Belgium) 1979: () 1914-1916: No award. 1980: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel () 1917: International Red Cross () 1981: UN High Commissioner for 1918: No award. 1982: (Sweden) Alfonso Robles () 1919: (USA) 1983: Lech Walesa () 1920: Léon Bourgeois (France) 1984: () 1921: Karl Branting (Sweden) and 1985: International for the Prevention Christian Lange (Norway) of Nuclear War () 1922: (Norway) 1986: (USA) 1923-1924: No award. 1987: Oscar Arias Sánchez (Costa Rica) 1925: (UK) and 1988: United Nations Peace-keeping Forces Charles Dawes (USA) 1989: The Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) () 1926: (France) and 1990: (Soviet Union) (Germany) 1991: (Burma) 1927: (France) and 1992: Rigoberta Menchú () (Germany) 1993: & Frederik de Klerk (S Africa) 1928: No award. 1994: (Palestine), 1929: Frank Kellogg (USA) (Israel) and (Israel) 1930: Lars Olof Söderblom (Sweden) 1995: (UK) and the Pugwash 1931: and Nicholas Butler (USA) Conferences on & World Affairs 1932: No award. 1996: Carlos Belo & José Ramos-Horta (E. Timor) 1933: Sir (UK) 1997: (USA) and the International 1934: (UK) Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) 1935: (Germany) 1998: and (N. Ireland) 1936: Carlos S. Lamas (Argentina) 1999: Médecins Sans Frontières 1937: Lord Cecil of Chelwood (UK) 2000: Kim Dae Jung (Republic of ) 1938: Nansen International Office for Refugees 2001: and the United Nations (UN) 1939-1943: No award. 2002: (USA) 1944: International Red Cross (Geneva) 2003: () 1945: (USA) 2004: () 1946: Emily Balch and (USA) 2005: Mohamed El-Baradei (Egypt) and the IAEA 1947: British-American Friends Service Committee 2006: () 1948: No award. 2007: (USA) 1949: () 2008: () 1950: (USA) 2009: (USA) 1951: Léon Jouhaux (France) 2010: Xiaobo () 1952: (Germany / France) 2011: Ellen Sirleaf (), Leyman Gbowee 1953: George C. Marshall (USA) (Liberia) and () 1954: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 2012: The (EU) 1955-1956: No award. 2013: Organization Prohibiting Chemical Weapons 1957: Lester B. Pearson () 2014: (), K. Satyarthi (India) 1958: Georges Pire (Belgium) 2015: National Dialogue Quartet () 1959: Philip John Noel-Baker (UK) 2016: () 1960: Albert John Luthuli (South Africa) 2017: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear 1961: Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden) Weapons (ICAN) 1962: (USA) 2018: (Congo) & Nada Murad ()

1963: International Red Cross (Geneva) 2019: ()

Quotes by Nobel Peace Prize Winners

A peaceful world cannot long exist one-third rich and two-thirds hungry. (Jimmy Carter)

The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war. (Lester B. Pearson)

We must live together as brothers or we shall perish together as fools. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Peace can only last where are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. (the Dalai Lama)

All works of love are works of peace. It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do. (Mother Teresa)

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land. ()

If nations could overcome their mutual fear and distrust and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their differences, they would easily establish a lasting peace. (Fridtjof Nansen)

Victory can be gained with tanks and missiles, but I think that one wins better with truth, honesty and logic. (Lech Walesa)

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with him. Then he becomes your partner. (Nelson Mandela)