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On what date did the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occur?
April 26th, 1986
In which present-day country is the Chernobyl plant located?
Ukraine
What was the name of the purpose-built city constructed to house the plant's workers and their families?
Pripyat
What term was given to the hundreds of thousands of people (civilians, miners, and military personnel) who were recruited to clean up the radioactive mess?
What is the square root of 64?
8
What was the number of the specific reactor that exploded?
Reactor number 4
What is the 1,000-square-mile, heavily restricted radius surrounding the power plant known as today?
The Execution Zone
What was placed over the destroyed Reactor 4 in late 1986 to contain the remaining radiation?
The Sarcophagus
Chernobyl led to the collapse of____?
Soviet Union
A majority of adults have how many permanent teeth?
32
What was the name of the Deputy Chief Engineer, widely considered the man responsible for directing the fatal safety test?
Anatoly Dyatlov
What invisible, highly radioactive material was used?
Graphite
The events that occurred at Chernobyl were the result of human error and unsafe engineering, and is categorized as what type of disaster?
Man-made disaster
31 people died a few ____ after the following accident
weeks
What year did MTV launch?
1981
What type of cancer saw a massive spike due to exposure?
Thyroid cancer
Chernobyl is still ___ and a danger to the public
Radioactive
What were the reactors cooled by?
Water
Ukraine borders with seven countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Belarus, and this country?
Russia
M&M’S Fruit Chews would eventually become what popular candy?
Starburst
What type of nuclear reactor was utilized at the Chernobyl plant?
RBMK reactor
How many years since Chernobyl passed?
40 years ago
Two workers died the _____ of the incident
night
RBMK, an engineered reactor type, were only found in the Soviet Union because they were deemed too unsafe to ever be used here?
The U.S.
In human anatomy, what does the “hallux” refer to?
The big toe