Bomb Quiz: Part 2

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had strong biceps because...

• He had polio as a child. 
• He couldn't walk. 
• He used his arms to move around. 
• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Winston Churchill was the prime minister of ...

• Great Brittain
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Japan

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Lesli Groves wanted...

• to stay in D.C. and work at a desk.
• to command infantry abroad. 
• to fly airplanes.
• to work on the Manhattan Project. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Groves was hand selected to lead the Manhattan Project because...

• he was good at keeping secrets. 
• he was a strict army commander. 
• he built the Pentagon on time and on budget. 
• FDR new he'd be irritated. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Groves selected Robert Oppenheimer as the director of the Los Alamos National Lab because...

• Oppenheimer was personable and friendly. 
• Oppenheimer was polite and respectful. 
• Oppenheimer was strong and fit for battle.
• Oppenheimer was absolutely brilliant. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

International Gangster school was a place where the British trained...

• saboteurs from around the globe. 
• KGB spies. 
• Camp X graduates. 
• immigrant spies. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Poulson's first drop into the mountains of Norway was...

• a great success!
• filled with death and miserable failure. 
• almost successful. 
• the start of something greater. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Ruth Werner was...

• a hard working English mother. 
• a scientist who helped develop the bomb. 
• an army general. 
• a KGB spy who made contact with Fuchs. 

When Chevelier approached Oppie about sharing information with communists, Oppie said...

• "That would be treason."
• "That's a good idea."
• "That's interesting."
• "Help!"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Physicists, chemists, and other specialized scientists were disappearing to...

• Manhattan
• Santa Fe
• Los Alamos
• Berkley