How much do you know about the bombing of the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States of America, during the Second World War?

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Who was the president of the USA when the world's first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Harry Truman

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JF Kennedy

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Bill Clinton

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Ronald Regan

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Who was the central figure in the development of the atomic bomb?

JR Oppenheimer

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Otto Hahn

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Albert Einstein

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Alfred Nobel

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What was the name of the top secret project to develop the atom bomb?

The Detroit Project

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The Chicago Project

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The New York Project

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The Manhattan Project

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Who are the Hibakusha?

Those who died in the atomic bombing

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Survivors of the atomic bombing

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Children who were injured in the bombing

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Those who were involved in the rescue work after the bombing

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What was the local time when the first atomic bomb exploded on Hiroshima?

3:15 pm

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11:02 am

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8:15 am

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10:30 pm

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Which place was the US B-29 bomber plane targeting in Hiroshima?

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall

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Aioi Bridge

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Shima Hospital

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Arms factory

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Where did the atomic bomb actually explode?

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall

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Aioi Bridge

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Shima Hospital

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Arms factory

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What nuclear material was used in the construction of the Hiroshima bomb?

Plutonium

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Uranium

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Magnesium

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Potassium

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What was the playful name given to the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, killing 200,000 people in a city of 3,50,000?

Enola Gay

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Fat Man

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Little Boy

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Fat Boy

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What is the biggest difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic bomb?

Radiation

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Heat

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Blast and wind

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Light and heat

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'I am become death, shatterer of worlds,' is what a scientist said on witnessing the first nuclear explosion. Name him:

Albert Einstein

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Neils Bohr

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Richard Feyman

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JR Oppenheimer

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