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1.

SELECT yr, subject, winner
  FROM nobel
 WHERE yr = 1950

2.

SELECT winner
  FROM nobel
 WHERE yr = 1962
   AND subject = 'Literature'

3.

SELECT
  yr, subject
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  winner = 'Albert Einstein'

4.

SELECT
  winner
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  subject = 'Peace'
  AND yr >= 2000

5.

SELECT
  *
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  subject = 'Literature'
  AND yr BETWEEN 1980 AND 1989

6.

SELECT
  *
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  winner IN ('Theodore Roosevelt', 'Woodrow Wilson', 'Jimmy Carter', 'Barack Obama')

7.

SELECT
  winner
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  winner LIKE 'John %'

8.

SELECT
  yr, subject, winner
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  subject = 'Physics' AND yr = 1980
  OR subject = 'Chemistry' AND yr = 1984

9.

SELECT
  yr, subject, winner
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  yr = 1980
  AND subject NOT IN ('Chemistry', 'Medicine')

10

SELECT
  yr, subject, winner
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  subject = 'Medicine' AND yr < 1910
  OR subject = 'Literature' AND yr >= 2004

11.

SELECT
  *
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  winner = 'PETER GRÜNBERG'

12.

SELECT
  *
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  winner = 'EUGENE O\'NEILL'

13.

SELECT
  winner, yr, subject
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  winner LIKE 'Sir%'
ORDER BY
  yr DESC, winner

14.

SELECT
  winner, subject
FROM
  nobel
WHERE
  yr=1984
ORDER BY
  subject IN ('Chemistry','Physics'), subject, winner