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The Manhattan Project was a secret WW2 project led by which scientist?
Dr. Oppenheimer
200
This symbol was designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement.
Peace Symbol
200
During the Cold War, what ideology was associated with each of the two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union?
Democracy & Capitalism = United States
Communist = Soviet Union
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Vietnam divided into which two countries after WWII?
North Vietnam & South Vietnam
200
According to Edwin Starr - War, What is It Good For?
Absolutely Nothing!
200
This McDonalds mascot recently sung the national anthem at a baseball game.
Ronald McDonald
400
These two Japanese cities were the targets of bombings in August 1945 leading to Japanese surrender.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
400
There was a turtle by the name of Bert,
and Bert the turtle was very alert.
When danger threatened him he never got hurt,
he knew just what to do:
He'd Duck and Cover!
400
This barrier divided communist East Germany from non-communist West Germany from 1961 to 1989
The Berlin Wall
400
The Viet Cong used this style of warfare during the war which took many US soldiers by surprise
Guerilla Warfare
400
This New Jersey-born rock musician released the song "Born in the U.S.A." in 1984. Although often mistaken for a patriotic anthem, the song criticized the treatment of Vietnam veterans returning home from war.
Bruce Springsteen
400
This royal person represents the place that says "Have it your way."
The Burger King
600
This President ordered the bomb to be dropped on Japan
Truman
600
This type of power—also harnessed in the atomic bomb—became popular around the world and is often one of the cheapest ways to generate electricity.
Nuclear Power
600
This historic event that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
600
Although he ended US involvement in war, this President is credited for escalating the war.
President Richard Nixon
600
Songs like Fortunate Son highlighted that it was mostly these types of people who went to serve in the Vietnam War
Working class, poor, the disadvantaged
600
This giant, purple, pear-shaped mascot experienced a surge in popularity when McDonald's released his namesake shake
Grimace
800
The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated at the Trinity Testing Site located in this landlocked state
New Mexico
800
On April 26, 1986, a fireball blew off the steel & concrete lid of the reactor at this [Soviet] power plant.
Chernobyl
800
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist; also the war setting of M*A*S*H
The Korean War
800
This was the resolution that gave President Johnson the power to do whatever possible to "Secure Peace" in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
800
In “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, what does the phrase “Tin Soldiers” refer to?
National Guard troops sent to Kent State
800
This person is the founder of KFC who wears glasses and a bow tie and old.
Who is Colonel Sanders?
1000
What scientist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
1000
This man, who served one term as President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981, was trained in nuclear engineering and even helped respond to a partial reactor meltdown while serving in the Navy.
Jimmy Carter
1000
This term, popularized by Winston Churchill, referred to the division separating communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe during the Cold War.
Iron Curtain
1000
The famous fall of South Vietnam's Capital is widely considered the end of the Vietnam War
Saigon; or Ho Chi Minh City
1000
This guitarist's distorted 1968 rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" transformed the patriotic anthem into a powerful reflection on the violence and turmoil associated with the Vietnam War.
Jimi Hendrix
1000
In 1980, this fast-food chain replaced its original clown mascot with a man sporting a giant ping-pong ball head.
Jack from Jack in a Box