1. Create a query that displays Nobel prizes for 1950
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1950
2. Show who won the 1962 prize for Literature
SELECT winner FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1962 AND subject = 'Literature'
3. Show the year and subject that won 'Albert Einstein his prize
SELECT yr, subject FROM nobel
WHERE winner = 'Albert Einstein'
4. Give the name of the 'Peace' winners since the year 2000, including 2000
SELECT winner FROM nobel
WHERE subject = 'Peace' AND yr >= 2000
5. Show all details (yr, subject, winner) of the Literature prize winners for 1980 to 1989 inclusive
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE subject = 'Literature' AND yr BETWEEN 1980 AND 1989
6. Show all details of the presidential winners:
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Woodrow Wilson
- Jimmy Carter
- Barack Obama
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE winner IN ('Theodore Roosevelt',
'Woodrow Wilson',
'Jimmy Carter',
'Barack Obama')
7. Show the winners with first name John
SELECT winner FROM nobel
WHERE winner LIKE 'John%'
8. Show the year, subject and name of Physics winners for 1980 together with the Chemistry winners for 1984
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE (subject = 'Physics' AND yr = 1980) OR (subject = 'Chemistry' AND yr = 1984)
9. Show the year, subject and name of winners for 1980 excluding Chemistry and Medicine
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1980 AND NOT subject IN ('Chemistry', 'Medicine')
10. Show year, subject and name of people who won a 'Medicine' prize in an early year (before 1910, not including 1910) together with winners of a 'Literature' prize in a later year (after 2004, including 2004)
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE (yr < 1910 AND subject = 'Medicine') OR (yr >= 2004 AND subject = 'Literature')
Harder Questions
11. Find all details of the prize won by PETER GRÜNBERG
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE winner = 'PETER GRÜNBERG'
12. Find all details of the prize won by Eugene O'Neill
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE winner = 'Eugene O''Neill'Use two single quotation marks to escape single quotes.
13. List the winners, year and subject where the winner starts with Sir. Show the most recent first, then by name order
SELECT winner, yr, subject FROM nobel
WHERE winner LIKE 'Sir%'
ORDER BY yr DESC
14. The expression subject IN ('Chemistry', 'Physics') can be used as a value - it will be 0 or 1.
Show the 1984 winners and subject ordered by subject and winner name; but list Chemistry and Physics last
SELECT winner, subject FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1984
ORDER BY subject IN ('Chemistry', 'Physics'), subject, winner