SQLZOO Select from Nobel Practice Solutions.

Winners from 1950

1.

Change the query shown so that it displays Nobel prizes for 1950.

								
SELECT yr, subject, winner
FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1950
								
							

1962 Literature

2.

Show who won the 1962 prize for literature

								
SELECT winner
FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1962
AND subject = 'literature'
								
							

Albert Einstein

3.

Show the year and subject that won 'Alber Einstein' his prize.

								
SELECT yr, subject
FROM nobel
WHERE winner = 'Albert Einstein';
								
							

Recent Peace Prizes

4.

Give the name of the 'Peace' winners since the year 2000, including 2000.

								
SELECT winner
FROM nobel
WHERE subject = 'peace'
AND yr >= 2000;
								
							

Literature in the 1980's

5.

Show all details (yr, subject, winner) of the literature prize winners for 1980 to 1989 inclusive.

								
SELECT yr, subject, winner
FROM nobel
WHERE subject = 'literature'
AND yr >= 1980 AND yr <= 1989;
								
							

Only Presidents

6.

Show all details of the presidential winners: Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama

								
SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE winner IN ('Theodore Roosevelt',
                  'Thomas Woodrow Wilson',
                  'Jimmy Carter',
'barack obama');
								
							

John

7.

Show the winners with the first name John

								
select winner
from nobel
where winner like 'john%';
								
							

Chemistry and Physics from different years

8.

Show the year, subject, and name of physics winners for 1980 together with the chemistry winners for 1984.

								
select yr, subject, winner
from nobel
where subject = 'physics' and yr = 1980
or subject = 'chemistry' and yr = 1984;
								
							

Exclude Chemists and Medics

9.

Show the year, subject, and the name of winners for 1980 excluding chemistry and medicine

								
select yr, subject, winner
from nobel
where yr = 1980
and subject not in ('chemistry', 'medicine');
								
							

Early Medice, Late Literature

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';
								
							

Umlaut

11.

Find all details of the prize won by PETER GRÜNBERG

								
select *
from nobel
where winner = 'PETER GRÜNBERG';
								
							

Apostrophe

12.

Find all details of the prize won by EUGENE O'NEILL

								
select *
from nobel
where winner = "EUGENE O'NEILL";
								
							

Knight of the realm

13.

List the winners, year and subject where the winner starts with Sir. Show the the most recent first, then by name order.

								
select winner, yr, subject 
from nobel
where winner like'sir%'
order by yr desc , winner;
								
							

Chemistry and Physics last

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 ('Physics','Chemistry'),subject,winner;