What Do You Know of the Atomic Bomb?

The atomic bomb is, arguably, the scariest weapon ever made by human hands. Its potential for destruction and long-lasting ruination of the environment are the stuff of nightmares. How much do you know about the mother of all bombs?
 
 
What was the name of the secret project in the United States to develop an atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
The Oppenheimer Project
The Einstein Project
The Nevada Project
 
 
An atomic bomb is what kind of nuclear weapon?
Fusion
Fission
Both
Neither
 
 
When a nuclear bomb explodes, how much of the energy it releases does the explosion represent?
50% of the energy released
10% of the energy released
90% of the energy released
25% of the energy released
 
 
What was the name of the bomb used at the first atom bomb TEST in July 1945?
Fat Man
Little Boy
Gadget
Gerbil
 
 
Which nation built the next atomic bombs after the United States?
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
France
Israel
 
 
Who was the first to realize the Nazis were trying to make an Atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Winston Churchill
 
 
From the bombs dropped on Japan during WWII, which atomic bomb had more explosive power, Little Boy (Hiroshima) or Fat Man (Nagasaki)?
Little Boy
Fat Man
 
 
What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
Enrico Fermi
 
 
True or False: The designers of the first atomic bomb worried that testing it might possibly ignite the atmosphere and kill everything on earth, but they went ahead and detonated it anyway.
True
False
 
 
What was the name of the B29 bomber which dropped the first atomic bomb?
Enola Gay
Spirit of St. Louis
Hurricane
Mustang
 
 
Where was the first atomic bomb built?
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Hanford, Washington
Houston, Texas
 
 
What was the name of the biggest atomic bomb ever detonated?
Tsar Bomba
Mega-Bomb
Trident
Fat Ivan
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