Nobel Quiz

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yr	subject	winner
1960	Chemistry	Willard F. Libby
1960	Literature	Saint-John Perse
1960	Medicine	Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
1960	Medicine	Peter Medawar
1960	Physics	Donald A. Glaser
1960	Peace	Albert Lutuli
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1. Pick the code which shows the name of winner's names beginning with C and ending in n

SELECT winner FROM nobel
 WHERE winner LIKE 'C%' and winner LIKE '%n'

1. Select the code that shows how many Chemistry awards were given between 1950 and 1960

 SELECT COUNT(subject) FROM nobel
 WHERE subject = 'Chemistry'
   AND yr BETWEEN 1950 and 1960

1. Pick the code that shows the amount of years where no Medicine awards were given

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT yr) FROM nobel
 WHERE yr NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT yr FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Medicine')

4. Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:

SELECT subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE winner LIKE 'Sir%' AND yr LIKE '196%'

Medicine	Sir John Eccles
Medicine	Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

1. Select the code which would show the year when neither a Physics or Chemistry award was given

SELECT yr FROM nobel
 WHERE yr NOT IN (SELECT yr 
                   FROM nobel
                   WHERE subject IN ('Chemistry','Physics'))

1. Select the code which shows the years when a Medicine award was given but no Peace or Literature award was

SELECT DISTINCT yr FROM nobel
 WHERE subject = 'Medicine'
 AND yr NOT IN (SELECT yr FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Peace')
 AND yr NOT IN (SELECT yr FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Literature')

-- better version
SELECT DISTINCT yr 
FROM nobel 
WHERE subject = 'Medicine' 
AND yr NOT IN (SELECT yr 
                FROM nobel 
                WHERE subject IN ('Peace','Literature'))

7. Pick the result that would be obtained from the following code:

 SELECT subject, COUNT(subject) 
   FROM nobel 
  WHERE yr ='1960' 
  GROUP BY subject

Chemistry	1
Literature	1
Medicine	2
Peace	1
Physics	1