Test Basics
In what year did Operation Plumbbob take place?
What is 1957?
What kind of radiation-related health issue increased due to the fallout?
What is cancer?
True or False – One of the Plumbbob tests may have launched a manhole cover into space.
What is True?
How many nuclear tests were conducted during Operation Plumbbob?
What is 29?
Which group of people was controversially exposed to radiation during the tests?
Who are military troops?
What was the potential manhole-cover-launching test called?
What is Pascal-B?
In which U.S. state were the tests carried out?
What is Nevada?
Name the operation that involved soldiers in nuclear training exercises.
What is Operation Desert Rock?
Approximately how many troops participated in or observed the Plumbbob tests?
What is 18,000?
What was the name of the largest test in the series?
What is Hood?
What treaty in 1963 helped limit future atmospheric testing?
What is the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
What was unusual about the use of animals during some tests?
What is they were placed near ground zero to study radiation effects?
What kind of test was "Rainier," the first of its kind?
What is an underground nuclear test?
True or False – Fallout from Operation Plumbbob was only detected in the state of Nevada.
What is False?
What everyday object became a legendary piece of space junk after Plumbbob?
What is a steel manhole cover?