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100

Leader of the Norwegian resistance movement who shot himself in the foot. 

Knut Haukelid

100

Place where world's first nuclear reactor in 1942.  

University of Chicago

100

What is the S.O.E?

a British secret organization carrying out sabatoge throughout Europe during WW2. 

100

Which test did Oppenheimer fail in order to be eligible to lead the Manhattan Project?

Physical test

100

Nickname for the bomb

The gadget

200

German scientist was a double agent for the KGB working on the Manhattan Project.

Flaus Fuchs

200

Name of the Norwegian fertilizer plant that produced heavy water.

Vemork

200

Nickname of Fermi's experiment at University of Chicago?

Chicago Pile

200

How many gliders made it safely to the meeting point?

None

200

The name of the team who sabotaged the hydroelectric plant the Nazis used to make heavy water.

Gunnerside

300

American General tasked to oversee the Manhattan Project for Washington D.C.

Leslie Groves

300

Place of the TOP SECRET Manhattan Project?

Los Alamos, New Mexico

300

Whose uniforms did the Norwegian resistance skiers wear?

British

300

Year of the Operation Gunnerside?

1942

300

The Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW2?

Winston Churchill

400

Resistance member along with a team of 8 men helped destroy the heavy water at Vemork.

Jans Poulsson

400
Name 2 qualities the Manhattan project wanted out of a secret location. 

Remote, near a railroad, established buildings ready to use

400

What illness plagued President Franklin Roosevelt?

Polio

400

What two options did Operation Gunnerside have to enter Vemork?

1. the bridge 2. climb the gorge

400

"What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?

Three pink elephants

500

Italian physicist oversaw the 1st nuclear chain reaction 

Enrico Fermi

500

To where did the Vemork resistance skiers escape once the mission was completed?

Sweden

500

What ingredient were the Germans using to develop their atomic bomb and that the resistance chose to destroy? 

Heavy water

500

Why did the resistance skiers dress as British soldiers?

So the Norwegians would not be blamed. 

500

Which friend of Oppenheimer approached him about being a Soviet spy? 

Chevalier

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