A Long and Illustrious History
Francis Crick, who helped discover the structure of DNA, was awarded which prize?
AThe Pulitzer Prize
BThe Booker Prize
CThe Turner Prize
DThe Nobel Prize ✓
Answer & explanation
The correct answer is The Nobel Prize.
Francis Crick (along with James Watson and Rosalind Franklin's work) discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953. Crick and Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
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