Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

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1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie
2. Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car? Karl Benz
3. The name of which British prince is often used to describe a pierced manhood? Albert
4. Who was married to John F Kenedy and was first lady from 1961 until 1963? Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
5. Name the author: He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900. Oscar Wilde
6. Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2025.