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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?

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Toronto, Canada
Berlin, Germany
New York, USA
London, England

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What was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a nuclear bomb during WWII?

Bradbury

Dr. Strangelove
The Manhattan Project
Divine Strake
The Castle Bravo

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Not quite.

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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 Detonation T&b

Operation Sandstone
Bikini Atoll
Operation Crossroads
Trinity

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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."

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Potsdam Declaration
The Ultimatum Letter
The Manhattan Declaration

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What Japanese city did Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson order be removed from potential target lists for the atomic bomb?

Henry L. Stimson

Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka
Sapporo

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What was the code name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945?

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Little Boy
Big Boy
Small Child
Thin Man

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What was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?

Enola Gay

Spruce Moose
Thunderbolt
The Enola Gay
Cobra Rattler

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After witnessing the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in 1945, who said the line "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"?

nuclear testing

Ernest Lawrence
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Otto Hahn

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How many days apart were the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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10
1
3
7

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What was the code name for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945?

Nagasaki Post 1

Large Man
Fat Man
Fat Boy
Thin Man

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What was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki?

Boeing B 29

Stingray Deluxe
Vindicator
Bockscar
B-39 Peacemaker

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After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945, when did Japan surrender to the Allies?

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August 15th, 1945
August 10th, 1945
August 12th, 1945
August 17th, 1945

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What is the estimated death toll range from both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings combined?

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245,000 - 374,000
294,000 - 452,000
129,000 – 226,000
52,000 - 122,000

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How many countries currently possess nuclear weapons?

Nuclear Testing List

2
6
9
13

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The most powerful nuclear bomb ever created is named Tsar Bomba. It was developed and tested in 1961 by what country?

Nuclear bomb

Russia
North Korea
USA
India

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