Hiroshima Day Quiz 3

Hiroshima Day Quiz 3

On August 6, we observe Hiroshima Day to remember the victims of the atomic bombing in 1945 and to spread the message of peace and a world free from nuclear weapons. To mark this solemn occasion, our library conducted a Hiroshima Day Quiz, designed to help students learn about the historical events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the human impact of war, and the global call for peace.

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1. What was the codename for the U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb?

Operation Thunder
Manhattan Project
Phoenix Project
Liberty Project

2. Which Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization promotes nuclear disarmament?

ICAN
NATO
UNICEF
WWF

3. Which famous journalist wrote the book Hiroshima based on six survivors?

Edward R. Murrow
John Hersey
Ernest Hemingway
Yuval Harari

4. What element was used in the Hiroshima bomb?

Plutonium
Thorium
Uranium
Deuterium

5. Which event prompted Japan's surrender in WWII?

Germany's defeat
Pearl Harbor
Atomic bombings
Battle of Okinawa

6. What international treaty seeks to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons?

CTBT
NPT
Geneva Convention
START

7. Who was the central figure in the development of the atomic bomb?

JR Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Otto Hahn
Alfred Nobel

8. 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds' is what a scientist said on witnessing the first nuclear explosion. Who is this scientist?

Richard Feynman
JR Oppenheimer
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein

9. Who is the author of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes?

Eleanor Coerr
Lois Lowry
Anne Frank
John Boyne

10. Who is the author of the novel Black Rain, which is based on the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing?

Garret Graff
Yukio Mishima
Haruki Murakami
Masuji Ibuse

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