the manhattan project
The leader of the Manhattan Project
Bonus: who played him in the 2023 movie 'Oppenheimer'?
J Robert Oppenheimer
What is Canada Day?
The explosion of Reactor #4 at a power plant near Pripyat, Ukraine
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (April 26, 1986)
What is the language of flowers?
A Victorian language of where flower types, colors, and arrangements to convey hidden messages and emotions
The project ended WWII but lead to the start of this event
What is the Cold War?
September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945
What is WW2?
What event related to Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered WWI?
Who is Viola Desmond?
Viola Desmond was a Canadian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a theater by refusing to leave the whites only section
The two cities that were bombed due to the country not wanting to end the war after Germany surrendered
(bonus points if you can name what they called the two bombs used on the cities)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
What is WWI?
What is the language of Fans
Gestures used to communicated in social settings, used for various reasons
The name of the initial test of the first ever atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico
The Trinity Test
1945 - 1991
The cold war
Who is Lincoln M Alexander?
The first Black Canadian to serve as a Member of Parliament, Federal Cabinet Minister, and Lieutenant Gov. of Ontario
These two people sent a letter to President Roosevelt with the primary concern of "“what would happen if the Germans got hold of large quantities of the uranium which the Belgians were mining in the Congo?" this letter lead to the creation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium and the eventual Manhattan Project.
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard
April 15 1912
Who is Portia White?
Portia White is a contralto concert singer who is known as Canada's first Black star