About

About Nobel Rush

A one-day web arcade made for Nobel Prize announcement week, 5–12 October 2026.

The idea

Every October the world waits for six announcements from Stockholm and Oslo. Nobel Rush turns a century and a quarter of breakthroughs into a game you can learn, play and share in a few minutes. It began from a simple question: do you actually know which field each famous discovery won in?

Everything here is real. Each card is a genuine laureate and prize citation, drawn from a dataset of more than eighty entries, with a fact revealed after every answer.

How to play

Read the card. It describes a real Nobel-winning achievement, with the category hidden.
Pick the category. Tap one of the six buttons, or press keys 1–6.
Beat the timer. Correct answers build a combo multiplier and earn a speed bonus. A wrong answer or a timeout costs a life.
Use power-ups. ❄ Freeze adds six seconds, ½ 50/50 removes three wrong options, ⤼ Skip moves on.
Finish. Six levels of five cards each. Reach the end and you are a Nobel Week champion; your rank depends on your score.

Four modes — Practice (untimed, for learning), Student, Scholar and Laureate (fast and unforgiving) — mean there is a way in for everyone and a way to keep pushing.

What's inside

🎮 Laureate Rush

The main event: a fast sorting arcade with scoring, combos, lives, power-ups and shareable results.

🏛️ Laureate Museum

Browse and search the full dataset of 80+ laureates, filterable by field and sortable by year.

🧠 Nobel IQ

A 32-question quiz with shuffled questions and answers, explanations and six result ranks.

📜 History & Records

A timeline from 1833 to 2026, records, and the laureates who declined or were arrested.

Accessibility & privacy

Nobel Rush works at phone width, is keyboard-playable, uses strong contrast, and includes a light and a dark theme. It respects prefers-reduced-motion by disabling animation and confetti. There is no backend, no account, no tracking and no API keys — scores and your theme choice live only in your browser's local storage, and the site still works if storage is unavailable.

Sources

All facts were checked against the following primary and reference sources:

Disclaimer

Nobel Rush is an independent, non-commercial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize Outreach, or any prize-awarding institution. Content is provided for general interest and education. If you spot an error, treat the sources above as authoritative.

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