This Pulitzer Prize Trivia Is a Test of Prestige
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Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for reporting on "black sites" and other counterterrorism efforts?
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Dana Priest
2.
Which newspaper was headed by Pulitzer Prize founder Joseph Pulitzer?
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The New York World
3.
Pulitzer Prizes were originally awarded in journalism, literature, drama and which other category?
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Music
4.
In 2006, the Pulitzer Prize Board allowed newspapers to submit what sort of content?
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Online
5.
Where was Pulitzer Prize founder Joseph Pulitzer when he died in 1911?
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On His Yacht
6.
Which U.S. President was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage"?
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John F. Kennedy
7.
What sculptor designed the Pulitzer Prize medal?
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Daniel Chester French
8.
What author of "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Illustrated Man" was awarded a special Pulitzer prize in 2007?
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Ray Bradbury
9.
What is John Coltrane, awarded a special posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 2007, best known for being?
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Jazz Musician
10.
Thelonious Monk was awarded a special 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his impact on what musical genre?
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Jazz
11.
2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Connie Schultz writes commentary for what Cleveland, OH newspaper?
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The Plain Dealer
12.
What film critic for "The Wall Street Journal" received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize?
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Joe Morgenstern
13.
Gareth Cook won a 2005 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on what controversial subject?
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Stem Cell Research
14.
What does 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner Dan Neil review for the "Los Angeles Times"?
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Automobiles
15.
Where was 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Matt Davies born?
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London, England
16.
The Tiger Force, subject of a 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning article series, were soldiers in what?
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Vietnam War
17.
What newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for coverage of massive California wildfires?
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Los Angeles Times
18.
In 2003, The Boston Globe won a Pulitzer Prize for covering sexual abuse in what organization?
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The Roman Catholic Church
19.
Subject of a 2003 series of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles, what's the nickname of the Harrier jet?
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The Widow Maker
20.
Who is the subject of 2003 Pulizer Prize winner Robert A. Caro's "Master of the Senate"?
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Lyndon Johnson
21.
In what category did David Horsey receive a 2003 Pulitzer Prize?
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Editorial Cartooning
22.
What was the New York Times' 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning section "A Nation Challenged" about?
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September 11th, 2001
23.
In what journal do the bulk of 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Clay Bennet's works appear?
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The Christian Science Monitor
24.
What New York newspaper won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for photographic coverage of the 9/11 attacks?
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The New York Times
25.
What Florida newspaper received a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Elian Gonzalas?
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The Miami Herald
26.
David Moats won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on which state's decision to allow same-sex civil unions?
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Vermont
27.
Former Disney and Warner Bros. animator Anne Telnaes won a 2001 Pulitzer Prize in what category?
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Editorial Cartooning
28.
What novel by 2001 Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon was made into a film starring Tobey Maguire?
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Wonder Boys
29.
Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Hours" features what early 20th-century writer?
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Virginia Woolf
30.
The staff of the Denver Post received a 2000 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on what tragic event?
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Columbine High School Massacre
31.
Mark Schoofs won a Pulitzer Prize for studies on AIDS in Africa in what alternative weekly?
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The Village Voice
32.
Henry Allen of the Washington Post won a 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism for his writing on what?
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Photography
33.
As dictated in the founder's will, which university president awards the Pulitzer Prizes?
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Columbia University
34.
In what nation was Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the Pulitzer Prize, born?
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Hungary
35.
Prior to heading the New York World, what newspaper did Pulitzer Prize founder Joseph Pulitzer own?
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
36.
What is 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Gold's profession?
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Restaurant Critic
37.
Two Pulitzer Prizes in Public Service were awarded in 2006 for coverage of what natural disaster?
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Hurricane Katrina
38.
What 2006 Pulitzer Prize went to Washington Post journalists for exposing the Jack Abramoff scandal?
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Investigative Reporting
39.
Nicholas D. Kristof won a 2006 Pulitzer Prize for exposing genocide in what African nation?
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Sudan
40.
2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama winner John Patrick Shanley received an Oscar for what film?
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Moonstruck
41.
What is Edward P. Jones' 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Known World" about?
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Slavery
42.
What does the protagonist of Jeffery Eugenides' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Middlesex" discover?
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She Is A Hermaphrodite
43.
Who composed the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning "On the Transmigration of Souls"?
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John Adams
44.
Who directed "Girl 6", the first film written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks?
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Spike Lee
45.
David Williams received a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for reports on shortcomings of what federal agency?
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FDA
46.
Where was 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhampa Lahiri born?
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London, England
47.
Who is the subject of Debby Applegate's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Most Famous Man in America"?
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Henry Ward Beecher
48.
Walt Handelsman of "Newsday" won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in which category?
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Editorial Cartooning
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What author of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Ghost Wars" received a 1990 Pulitzer for journalism?
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Steve Coil
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