Aug. 27, 2026

Mother Teresa's birthday.

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Mother Teresa's birthday: humanitarian heroes, Nobel Peace Prize winners, and lives of service.

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Calaruga Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme

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is Mother Teresa's Birthday. Humanitarian heroes, Nobel Peace Prize winners

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and lives of service. Question one. Mother Teresa is celebrated

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worldwide for her life of service. On what date and

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in which city was she born? A place then within

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the Ottoman Empire and today the capital of North Macedonia.

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Question two. Before she became known as Mother Teresa, what

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was her birth name? Reflecting her Albanian heritage? Question three?

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In which year did Mother Teresa receive the Nobel Peace

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Prize and for what work was she recognized? Question four?

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Which humanitarian organization is the only three time Nobel Peace

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Prize laureate and in which years did it receive the award?

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Question five? Who is the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate?

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How old was she at the time and what cause

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was she honored for. We'll be right back with these

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answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one, When and

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where was Mother Teresa born? Answer August twenty sixth, nineteen

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ten in Scopia now North Macedonia. She was born in Scopia,

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then part of the Ottoman Empire. She was baptized the

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next day, August twenty seventh, a date she later regarded

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as her true birthday. Question two, What was Mother Teresa's

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birth name? Answer and jes gonche Boyashu Gonchi means bud

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or flower in Albanian. She later took the religious name

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Teresa in honor of Teres of Lisieu, the patron saint

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of missionaries. Question three. What year Mother Teresa win the

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Nobel Peace Prize and why? Answer? Nineteen seventy nine for

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her humanitarian work with the Missionaries of Charity serving the

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poor in Calcutta and Beyond. Founded in nineteen fifty in

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Calcutta now Kolkata, the Missionaries of Charity cared for the

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poorest of the poor. The Nobel award amplified global attention

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to issues of poverty and dignity. Question four. Who has

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won the Nobel Peace Prize three times? And when? Answer?

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The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC nineteen seventeen,

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nineteen forty four and nineteen sixty three. Shared with the

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League of Red Cross Societies. The ICRC was honored for

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neutral humanitarian relief during wartime and for advancing international humanitarian law.

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Its work underpins the Geneva conventions and protections for prisoners

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and civilians. Question five, Who is the youngest Peace Prize

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winner and for what cause? Answer? Malala Yusufzai, age seventeen.

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Honored in twenty fourteen for advocating girls' education. Malala shared

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the prize with Indian activist Kaylash Suttyarthy for efforts to

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safeguard children's rights. Surviving an assassination attempt, she became a

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global voice for education and empowerment. That concludes today's five

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daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were

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crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.

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