Chernobyl Quiz

Chernobyl is a town located in present day Ukraine, formerly USSR. On Saturday, April 26th, 1986 at exactly 1:23 am, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. What caused the reactor to explode?

• sabotage by an enemy of the USSR

• an experiment gone wrong

• to this day, the reason is unknown

• earthquakes struck the plant

What was the number of the reactor that melted down?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What year did the Chernobyl Disaster occur in?

• 1991

• 2019

• 1986

• 44 BCE

The Chernobyl plant provided power for the city of

• London

• Pripyat

• Moscow

• Washington DC

How many workers were killed by blasts of radioactive fire?

• One million

• 134

• One hundred billion dollars

• 6

What did the meltdown at Chernobyl release into the air?

• Radioactive dust

• Bees!

• The Hounds

• The Kracken

The disaster of Chernobyl occured in:

• 1988
• 1986
• 1987
• 1990

Where was the Chernobyl power plant located?

• In the United States

• In the Soviet Union (Ukraine)

• In England

• In France

There are lots of people who still live in the area of the infected zone

• True
• False
• Not given

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The Chernobyl plant generated electricity by superheating rods of

• Plutonium

• Uranium

• Copper

• Lead