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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who recently won Dan David Prize for ‘Past-Cultural Preservation & Revival’?
A
Debora Diniz Rodrigues
B
Demis Hassabis
C
Amnon Shashua
D
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Meet the Brooklyn winners of The David Prize: creative talent advocate Geneva White and investigative journalist Mark Griffith. Two Brooklynites - Geneva White (left) and Mark Winston Griffith (right) - are among the 2022 winners of The David Prize.

Detailed explanation-2: -Laureates include cellist Yo-Yo Ma (2006), Israeli author Amos Oz (2008), U.S. Vice President Al Gore (2008), Canadian author Margaret Atwood (2010), French economist Esther Duflo, and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci (2021).

Detailed explanation-3: -Sanjay Subrahmanyam is an the Indian historian won Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize.

Detailed explanation-4: -THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRIZE In anticipation of the Prize’s 20th anniversary in 2021, we set out to adapt the Prize to the challenges of our times, while honoring the intellectual passions of our founder, Dan David, who was an ardent supporter of historical and archaeological research.

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