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For each please select one of the three answers given.
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You score four points per question, answering all questions correctly scores one hundred points.
Those who acheive 80 points will be called “Dr. Knowledgeable”.
Although some questions are difficult, we hope you enjoy the quiz and do well.
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Q1. Which country dropped the atomic bomb?
1, the Soviet Union
2, Great Britain
3, the United States

Q2.  Who was the U.S. president at that time?
1,  Harry Truman
2,  J.F. Kennedy
3,  Bill Clinton

Q3.  Who was the central figure in the development of the atomic bomb?
1,  Oppenheimer
2,  Hitler
3,  Einstein

Q4.  Who was the emperor of Japan at the time of the atomic bombing?
1,  Emperor Nintoku
2,  Emperor Showa
3,  Emperor Meiji

Q5.  Who was the prime minister of Japan at the time of the atomic bombing?
1,  Shigeru Yoshida
2,  Kantaro Suzuki
3,  Hideki Tojo


Q6. In which war was the atomic bomb used?
1, the Second Sino-Japanese war
2, the First World War
3, the Second World War

Q7.  When did the Second World War start?
1,  1914
2,  1939
3,  1950

Q8.  What was the date when the first atomic bomb used in a war?
1,  December 8, 1941
2,  August 6, 1945
3,  August 9, l945

Q9.  What was the local time when the first atomic bomb exploded?
1,  8:15a.m.
2,  11:02a.m.
3,  3:15p.m.

Q10.  What was the date of the second atomic bombing of Nagasaki?
1,  December 8, 1941
2,  August 6, 1945
3,  August 9, l945


Q11. Which of the following cities did not have an atomic bomb dropped on it?
1, Kokura
2, Hiroshima
3, Nagasaki

Q12.  What was the target of the US B-29 bomber on it's mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
1,  Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (the present A-bomb Dome)
2,  Aioi Bridge
3,  Shima Hospital

Q13.  What structure did the atomic bomb actually explode on ?
1,  Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (the present A-bomb Dome)
2,  Aioi Bridge
3,  Shima Hospital

Q14.  At what altitude did the atomic bomb explode?
1,  about 580 meters in the air
2,  on the ground
3,  about 10,000 meters in the air

Q15.  What topography is Hiroshima located on?
1,  a wide plain
2,  a delta land
3,  a gorge in a mountain area


Q16. What nuclear material was used in the construction of the Hiroshima bomb?
1, Plutonium
2, Uranium
3, Magnesium

Q17.  What nuclear material was used for the Nagasaki bomb?
1,  Plutonium
2,  Uranium
3,  Magnesium

Q18.  What was the name given to the Hiroshima bomb?
1,  Enola Gay
2,  Fat Man
3,  Little Boy

Q19.  How many bombers are necessary if a conventional bomb were used to
          cause damage equivalent to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima?
1,  one
2,  one hundred
3,  three thousands

Q20.  What is the biggest difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic bomb?
1,  Radiation
2,  Heat ray
3,  Blast wind


Q21. How many people were exposed to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima?
1, roughly 140,000
2, roughly 250,000
3, roughly 350,000

Q22.  How many people had died from the effects of the atomic bomb in
          Hiroshima by the end of 1945?
1,  roughly 140,000
2,  roughly 250,000
3,  roughly 350,000

Q23.  How many people were exposed to the atomic bomb in Nagasaki?
1,  roughly 70,000
2,  roughly 140,000
3,  roughly 270,000

Q24.  Foreigners living in Hiroshima were also exposed to the atomic bomb at that time.
          Which nationality suffered the greatest number of losses?
1,  Americans
2,  Chinese
3,  Koreans

Q25.  Middle school students who were working in the city making fire breaks that morning
          also suffered from the atomic bomb. Approximately how many students were killed?
1,  roughly 1,000
2,  roughly 7,000
3,  roughly 10,000