Who is the author of Bomb?
Steve Sheinkin
What is the copyright date of Bomb?
2012
At which university did Robert Oppenheimer work?
Princeton
When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard
1925
In which city did German physicist Otto Hahn work?
Berlin
Where was nuclear fission discovered?
Berlin, Germany
Who did Einstein feel would be unstoppable with atomic bombs?
Adolf Hitler
When did Germany invade Poland?
September 1, 1939.
Who formed the Uranium Committee (military leaders and scientists)?
President Roosevelt
What country was Harry Gold a spy for?
Soviet Union
Semyon Semyonov (Sam) worked for which spy agency?
KGB
What country attacked the US at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
Japan
Which countries led the Allied Powers in WWII?
United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
Which countries led the Axis Powers in WWII?
Germany, Japan, Italy
Knut Haukelid was a resistance fighter for which country?
Norway
The US and Germany were working frantically to obtain which element?
Uranium
Col. Leslie Groves was put in charge of what project?
The Atomic Bomb Project
The atomic bomb project was also called ____________?
The Manhattan Project
What kind of water did scientists need to make an atomic bomb?
Heavy Water
Where is the Vemork power plant, and what is being produced there?
In the side of a mountain near Rjukan, Norway.

Heavy Water.

Jens Poulsson was the Norwegian leader of a secret mission to stop the production of heavy water along with S.O.E officer from which country?
Great Britain
Was Dr. Robert Oppenheimer ever approached to spy for the Soviets?
Yes, but he refused.
Where is Los Alamos?
New Mexico
Enrico Fermi worked at which university?
The University of Chicago
On December 2, 1942 which scientist demonstrated the controlled release of atomic power for the first time in history?
Enrico Fermi
On February 27, 1943 Norwegians destroyed which power plant?
Vemork
Was Robert Oppenheimer ever suspected of being a Communist?
Yes.

Who was the British Prime Minister during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Why was the sinking of the ferry Hydro and important event?
There were 40 barrels of heavy water on it the Germans needed to make an atomic bomb
Who was the US considering kidnapping in the atomic bomb race?
German scientist Werner Heisenberg
What does OSS stand for?
Office of Strategic Services
What was the name of Robert Oppenheimer's horse?
Chico
Who caused trouble at Los Alamos by writing to family members in secret code and picking locks on file cabinets?
Richard Feynman
Part of the Manhattan Project took place in Oak Ridge in which state?
Tennessee
The Manhattan Project employed how many people around the country?
More than 300,000
Whom was Klaus Fuchs a spy for?
The KGB
At age 18, who was the youngest scientist at Los Alamos?
Ted Hall
Whom did hall contact to spy for?
The Soviets
Who is Colonel Paul Tibbets?
The pilot for the Enola Gay
Why was Carl Eifler disappointed and near tears?
He was told that his mission to kidnap German physicist Werner Heisenberg was scrubbed
Which former baseball player joined the OSS and was assigned to a secret operation code-named Alsos?
Moe Berg
Who died on April 12, 1945?
President Franklin Roosevelt
Who became president of the United States when Roosevelt died?
Harry Truman
Who said, "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."
Harry Truman when he was told about the atomic bomb.
In April 1945, how far behind the Americans were the Germans in the race to build an atomic bomb?
More than 2 years
The US also wanted to keep what other country from developing an atomic bomb?
The Soviet Union
When did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
April 30, 1945
Could the uranium bomb be tested?
No, there was just enough U-235 for one bomb
What was tested on June 16, 1945?
The atomic bomb.
Where did the name for the plane Enola Gay come from?
Col. Tibbets named the plane after his mother
What was the nickname for the bomb that went on the Enola Gay?
Little Boy-it looked like a small submarine
Little Boy was dropped on which city in Japan?
Hiroshima
How did Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union, react when he heard about the bombing of Hiroshima?
He was furious- the balance of power between US and Soviet Union was destroyed
The second atomic bomb was dropped on which Japanese city?
Nagasaki
What was the second bomb nicknamed?
Fat Man
How many people were instantly killed when the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?
At least 40,000
Lona Cohen was a spy and courier for which agency?
KGB
Both Klaus Fuchs and Ted Hall gave what to the Soviets?
Reports on the atomic bomb designs
Which country surrendered on August 15, 1945, ending WWII?
Japan
Who is known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb"?
Robert Oppenheimer
How many years was Klaus Fuchs sentenced for "giving secrets to an ally"?
14
Harry Gold confessed to spying for the Soviets and was sentenced to how many years in jail?
30
Who was the physicist spy that got away?
Ted Hall-he wasn't exposed until 1995
The US tested the first hydrogen bomb on a tiny island in the South Pacific in what year?
Nov. 1, 1952
Oppenheimer worked at Princeton until his retirement in 1966.

When did he die?

1967