Hiroshima
This Japanese city was the first target of an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.
What is Hiroshima?
This physicist is called the father of the atomic bomb.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
This 1986 nuclear disaster happened in what is now Ukraine.
What is Chernobyl?
This German passenger airship burst into flames while attempting to dock in New Jersey on May 6, 1937.
What is the Hindenburg disaster?
This U.S. president made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This code name was given to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
What is Little Boy?
This nearby city was built to house Chernobyl workers and was evacuated after the explosion.
What is Pripyat?
The Hindenburg was filled with this highly flammable gas instead of safer helium.
What is hydrogen?
The U.S. bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was named this after pilot Paul Tibbet’s mother.
What is Enola Gay?
This code name belonged to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
What is Fat Man ?
This invisible danger released by the explosion contaminated large parts of Europe.
What is radiation?
This year saw the tragic destruction of the Hindenburg, marking the decline of passenger airships.
What is 1937?
This ocean separated the United States from Japan during the Pacific War.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Japan surrendered to this Allied power that led to the end of war.
Who are the U.S.A
This Soviet leader was in power during the Chernobyl disaster.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The trip from Germany to New Jersey would take about this many days by ship in the past.
How long are 2 1/2 days or 60 hours?
This attack on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II.
What is Attack on Pearl Harbor?
This month saw the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
What is August?
After the Chernobyl explosion, helicopters dropped this material along with sand,clay and lead to try to stop radiation from spreading.
What is Boron?
This country operated the Hindenburg as part of its transatlantic passenger airship program in the 1930s.
What is Germany?