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Nuclear Weapons 1 Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on the history, design and effects of nuclear weapons. No security clearance is required.

A multiple-choice quiz by basesurge. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
basesurge

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
303,346

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. If you were standing directly underneath an exploding nuclear weapon which would kill you first? Hint

Primary X-rays.

Insufficient data to determine.

Thermal radiation pulse.

Overpressure from the blast wave.

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Question 2 of 10

2. In his letter to President Roosevelt suggesting an atomic bomb development program what delivery mode did Albert Einstein suggest for the atomic bomb? Hint

In a ship hold

Backpack

Artillery shell

Air-dropped bomb

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Question 3 of 10

3. Since the closure of the Burlington, Iowa plant in 1975 where have all US nuclear weapons been assembled? Hint

An undisclosed location in Utah.

The Device Assembly Building at the Nevada Test Site.

The Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.

The Service Physics Integration Facility at Lawrence Livermeore National Laboratory.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which description best fits the exterior of the operative portion of early nuclear weapons? Hint

An olive pit.

A broomstick.

A soccer ball.

An orange.

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the title of the report that stated the idea the resulted in the building of the first H-Bomb? Hint

Thermodynamic Lensing and Radiation Mirrors.

Memorandum for Mr. Strauss, Subject: Latest Developments in the Design of the Super.

On a Novel Method of Producing Megaton Yields.

The entire report, including it's title remain classified.

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the code name of the first full scale US H-bomb test? Hint

SUPER ONE

KRAUS OGLE

IVY MIKE

STARFISH PRIME

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following substances were not used in the device used in the first US A-bomb test on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico? Hint

Plutonium

Lithium-6 deuteride

Polonium

Kleenex

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Question 8 of 10

8. Why didn't H-bomb designer Edward Teller serve in the military during World War II? Hint

His nuclear skills were deemed to important for him to be drafted

He lost part of his foot in a streetcar accident

He was in Auschwitz

He dodged the draft

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Eisenhower Administration briefly considered suing the Soviet government in international court for infringing the patent on the H-bomb.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which country's nuclear weapons program did physicist Klaus Fuchs work for? Hint

United States

The United States and the USSR

The USSR

Neither, he started the Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you were standing directly underneath an exploding nuclear weapon which would kill you first?

Answer: Insufficient data to determine.

It is possible to stand directly underneath an exploding nuclear weapon, if it is at a high enough altitude, without any significant effect. At least four people are known to have done so at the PLUMBOB JOHN test. Information about the height of burst and weapon yield would be required to answer this question.

2. In his letter to President Roosevelt suggesting an atomic bomb development program what delivery mode did Albert Einstein suggest for the atomic bomb?

Answer: In a ship hold

At the time it was felt the finished weapon would be to large and heavy to fit aboard an airplane.

3. Since the closure of the Burlington, Iowa plant in 1975 where have all US nuclear weapons been assembled?

Answer: The Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.

The Pantex Plant is the only assembly point for US service weapons. The DAB in Nevada is used only for test devices. The SPIF is a figment of my imagination.

4. Which description best fits the exterior of the operative portion of early nuclear weapons?

Answer: A soccer ball.

The spherical bomb high explosive assembly was split up into separate pentagons and hexagons each one with a detonator.

5. What was the title of the report that stated the idea the resulted in the building of the first H-Bomb?

Answer: Thermodynamic Lensing and Radiation Mirrors.

The report was written by Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam and it's text remains classified.

6. What was the code name of the first full scale US H-bomb test?

Answer: IVY MIKE

Operation IVY, shot MIKE occurred November 1, 1952 at Eniwetok Atoll.

7. Which of the following substances were not used in the device used in the first US A-bomb test on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico?

Answer: Lithium-6 deuteride

Plutonium was the fuel. Polonium was used in the URCHIN neutron source and Kleenex (or some similar brand of tissue) was used as a spacer between the explosive lenses. Li-6D was not used in nuclear weapons until the first H-bombs.

8. Why didn't H-bomb designer Edward Teller serve in the military during World War II?

Answer: He lost part of his foot in a streetcar accident

Edward Teller lost half of his in Hungary during the 1920s?

9. The Eisenhower Administration briefly considered suing the Soviet government in international court for infringing the patent on the H-bomb.

Answer: False

There is no patent on the H-bomb.

10. Which country's nuclear weapons program did physicist Klaus Fuchs work for?

Answer: The United States and the USSR

Fuchs worked at Los Alamos during the MANHATTAN Project and spied for the Soviets at the same time.

Source: Author basesurge

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