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The Manhattan Project Quiz
Ten questions on the secret race to build the first atomic bomb, and on the people who ran it. How much do you know about the Manhattan Project?
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes 2 photos
About this quiz
The Manhattan Project was the largest secret program in American history: roughly $2 billion, more than 100,000 workers and three hidden cities, all to build a bomb before Nazi Germany could. The quiz follows the project from its first chain reaction in 1942 to its aftermath in the Cold War.
Several questions turn on details the famous accounts leave out. Expect to learn something even from the answers you get right.
Topics in this quiz
J. Robert OppenheimerEnrico FermiHarry TrumanLos AlamosLittle Boy and Fat Man
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