The Splitting of the Atom (1942, Germany) — Questions and answers

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What was Enrico Fermi doing on December 2nd, 1942?

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  1. Playing squash with scientists.
  2. Watching instruments for an experiment. ✓
  3. Building a new university building.
  4. Sweating from a long run outdoors.

Answer: Watching instruments for an experiment.

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Who did Leo Szilard seek out in 1939 to explain about nuclear chain reactions?

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  1. Lise Meitner
  2. Otto Hahn
  3. Albert Einstein ✓
  4. Enrico Fermi

Answer: Albert Einstein

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What was the name of the top-secret program started after Szilard and Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt?

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  1. The Chicago Experiment
  2. The Atomic Bomb Program
  3. The Manhattan Project ✓
  4. The War Ending Mission

Answer: The Manhattan Project

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Who was placed in charge of the Manhattan Project?

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  1. Dorothy Hodgkin
  2. Alvin Weinberg
  3. General Leslie Groves ✓
  4. President Roosevelt

Answer: General Leslie Groves

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What important scientific event was achieved during Fermi's experiment in Chicago?

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  1. A new silent film was invented.
  2. The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. ✓
  3. A new type of control rod was discovered.
  4. Instruments that could flicker on their own.

Answer: The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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Who led the effort to design the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico?

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  1. Enrico Fermi
  2. J. Robert Oppenheimer ✓
  3. General Leslie Groves
  4. Albert Einstein

Answer: J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Who became President after Roosevelt's death and had to decide about using the atomic bomb?

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  1. Henry Stimson
  2. General Douglas MacArthur
  3. President Harry S. Truman ✓
  4. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Answer: President Harry S. Truman

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What was the name of the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

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  1. The Nagasaki Express
  2. The Enola Gay ✓
  3. The August Flyer
  4. The Japan Surrenderer

Answer: The Enola Gay

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Where did Japan formally surrender to General Douglas MacArthur?

Choices

  1. In Hiroshima
  2. In Nagasaki
  3. Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay ✓
  4. At the University of Chicago

Answer: Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay

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