# Total sartorial splendour at Nobel banquet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-sartorial-splendour-at-nobel-banquet/740164>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 11, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-sartorial-splendour-at-nobel-banquet/740164 "2015-12-11T14:49:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-sartorial-splendour-at-nobel-banquet/740164/41 "2015-12-12T15:25:39Z")

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> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> Democracy in Tunisia isn’t worthy?  
> Why _is_ the Peace prize segregated, anyway? Unlike Economics, it was one of the originals.

Because Alfred Nobel’s will called for the recipients of the Peace Prize to be decided by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament. The recipients for other prizes are decided by groups in Sweden.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-sartorial-splendour-at-nobel-banquet/740164/42 "2015-12-12T16:08:48Z")

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> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> Democracy in Tunisia isn’t worthy?  
> Why _is_ the Peace prize segregated, anyway? Unlike Economics, it was one of the originals.

The Peace Noble is political and everyone knows it. (WTF did Obama do in 2009 for instance).

The science and (to an extent)literature nobles are for actual accomplishments.

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**Author:** ![Ispolkom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@Ispolkom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ispolkom)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-sartorial-splendour-at-nobel-banquet/740164/43 "2015-12-13T01:10:18Z")

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> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#):
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> Like I said, they’re wearing their student caps you receive when you graduate high school

Thanks for fighting ignorance. I’m from the US and had never heard of such a thing. I had wondered while the caps were kind of pouffy and not squared away for a military cover, but hadn’t wanted to say anything.

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