The discovery of nuclear fission in 1938 ultimately led to the creation of the first atomic bomb. In what city did the discovery take place in?
Toronto, Canada
London, England
Berlin, Germany
New York, USA
What was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a nuclear bomb during WWII?
Dr. Strangelove
The Manhattan Project
The Castle Bravo
Divine Strake
On July 16th, 1945, the US government detonated a nuclear bomb in the New Mexico desert as a test. What was the name of this test?
Trinity
Operation Crossroads
Bikini Atoll
Operation Sandstone
What was the name of the official ultimatum presented to Japan on July 26th, 1945 calling for their total surrender? The ultimatum stated that if Japan did not surrender it would face "prompt and utter destruction."
What Japanese city did Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson order be removed from potential target lists for the atomic bomb?
Sapporo
Osaka
Kyoto
Tokyo
What was the code name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945?
Thin Man
Little Boy
Small Child
Big Boy
What was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?
The Enola Gay
Thunderbolt
Spruce Moose
Cobra Rattler
After witnessing the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in 1945, who said the line "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"?
Otto Hahn
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Ernest Lawrence
Albert Einstein
How many days apart were the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
What was the code name for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945?
Large Man
Thin Man
Fat Man
Fat Boy
What was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki?
Bockscar
B-39 Peacemaker
Stingray Deluxe
Vindicator
After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945, when did Japan surrender to the Allies?
August 17th, 1945
August 15th, 1945
August 12th, 1945
August 10th, 1945
What is the estimated death toll range from both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings combined?
52,000 - 122,000
245,000 - 374,000
129,000 – 226,000
294,000 - 452,000
How many countries currently possess nuclear weapons?
The most powerful nuclear bomb ever created is named Tsar Bomba. It was developed and tested in 1961 by what country?
Russia
USA
North Korea
India
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