Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Roosevelt received his prize for helping to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese war, while Woodrow Wilson won it for his 14-points and promotion of the League of Nations. Carter won it in 2002 for his endless promotion of world peace through various activities. Reagan, who participated in ending the Cold War, never won a prize, but his counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev did!

Answer: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa did wonderful work during her lifetime helping abandoned children and the dying in Calcutta. She founded her Missionaries of Charity there in 1948, after becoming an Indian citizen!

Answer: UNICEF

UNICEF stands for the 'United Nations Children's Fund'. (Until 1953 it was called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund: hence the six letters of the acronym).

Answer: Lech Walesa

English speakers know the movement better as 'Solidarity', a confederation of trade unions. This movement changed the political system in Poland forever, helping transition the country toward a pluralistic government.

Answer: Linus Pauling

Pauling not only worked on discovering the nature of chemical bonds, and discovering that many proteins contained helical structures, but also was a tireless spokesman against nuclear testing...good man!

Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, the 'father of the country' according to many Burmese. Unfortunately, Aung San was killed before Burma was officially made independent. Suu Kyi has worked toward pressuring the omnipresent military regime to open up Burmese politics to a more pluralistic form, but she has not quite been successful yet.

Answer: The Red Cross

The International Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss philanthropist, in 1864 during the Geneva Convention. He had tended to the wounded during the Battle of Solverino in 1859, leading to the founding of this wonderful international body. Clara Barton was the founder of the American Red Cross.

Answer: Dalai Lama

The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner was none other than the 14th incarnation of his holiness, the Dalai Lama. He was forced into exile in 1959 from Tibet when the Communist Chinese seized control of the country. From that time on, he worked without end toward promoting world peace in the typical Buddhist non-violent manner.

The Dalai Lama set up a Tibetan government in exile in Dharmsala India, where he has continuously worked toward regaining Tibet's independence.

Answer: Dag Hammarskjold

Hammarskjold opposed the British during the 1956 Suez Crisis and was attempting to mediate the crisis in Zaire when he died in a plane crash...how tragic!

Answer: Rigoberta Menchu

Menchu was from Guatemala, and won for her work in exposing the poverty and corruption there (although her work has now been largely discredited). The other three winners were all from South Africa, and all played a role in ending Apartheid there. Thank you for trying this quiz!