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Ig Nobel Prize

Summary

Ig Nobel Prize is an ironic award[1]. It draws 1,347 Wikipedia views per month (ironic_award category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ig Nobel Prize received the Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication[3].
  • Ig Nobel Prize is in the country of United States[4].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's instance of is recorded as ironic award[5].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's founder is recorded as Marc Abrahams[6].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's location is recorded as Zurich[7].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01179894[8].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's Commons category is recorded as Ig Nobel Prize[9].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's website account on is recorded as PayPal[11].
  • +1991-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ig Nobel Prize[12].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03xt2[13].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's official website is recorded as https://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/[14].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ig Nobel Prize[15].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's conferred by is recorded as Annals of Improbable Research[16].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Research that first makes you laugh... then think'}[17].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'Raziskave, ki te najprej spravijo v smeh ... potem pa se zamisliš'}[18].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's BBC Things ID is recorded as b3f58a7c-a27b-47bc-8218-f5a699b3d9cb[19].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ig Nobel Prize'}[20].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's X is recorded as improbresearch[21].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's prize money is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182803', 'amount': '+10000000000000'}[22].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's prize money is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182803', 'amount': '+100000000000000'}[23].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's prize money is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2916237', 'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's has list is recorded as list of Ig Nobel Prize winners[25].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's has list is recorded as list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from Japan[26].
  • Ig Nobel Prize's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Ig Nobel laureates[27].

Body

Geography

Ig Nobel Prize is in the country of United States[4].

Designation and Status

Ig Nobel Prize's instance of is recorded as ironic award[5].

History and Context

+1991-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ig Nobel Prize[12].

Why It Matters

Ig Nobel Prize draws 1,347 Wikipedia views per month (ironic_award category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Ig Nobel Prize receive?

Honors received include Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . improbable.com. improbable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . oberhummeraward.at. oberhummeraward.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . numerama.com. Retrieved . numerama.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . improbable.com. improbable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . youtube.com. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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