Nukes Trivia
Think you can tell a 'duck and cover' drill from a nuclear chain reaction? Prove you're the bomb!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Following uranium and neptunium, plutonium was named after which celestial body?
Pluto
Which 13-day Cold War standoff in October 1962 between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is considered the closest the world came to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Which U.S. president first unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative—nicknamed “Star Wars”—during a 1983 televised address?
Ronald Reagan
Which ancient Hindu scripture did J. Robert Oppenheimer reportedly turn to after witnessing the first atomic bomb detonation?
Bhagavad Gita
After the 1991 Gulf War, which country was found to have secretly pursued a nuclear weapons program in violation of its NPT obligations?
Iraq