Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. The first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology, Gerty Radnitz-Cori co-won for her discovery of the breakdown mechanism of which polysaccharide that serves as an energy storage in the human body?
2. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi co-won the 2008 Nobel Prize for her discovery of what ‘entity’ roughly 120 nanometres in diameter?
3. Tu Youyou shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of drugs now widely used to treat what tropical malaise?
4. Katalin Koriko co-won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery that enabled vaccine development against what disease?
5. [Theme: 2 of 4] Which actor, known for his natural style, won two Academy Awards in the 1930s, but continued acting into the 1960s including in films like It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 16, Quiz 1:

1. The Washington Post
2. Rupert Murdoch
3. Adani Group
4. Bernard Arnault
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday