3 SELECT from Nobel Tutorial-SQLZoo

1. Change the query shown so that it 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 yr >= 2000 AND subject = 'Peace';

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 >= 1980 AND yr <= 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 (yr = 1980 AND subject = 'Physics')
OR (yr = 1984 AND subject = 'Chemistry');

9. Show the year, subject, and name of winners for 1980 excluding Chemistry and Medicine

SELECT * FROM nobel
WHERE yr = 1980 
AND subject NOT 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');

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';

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;

14. 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;