Oppenheimer (Film & History) Trivia
Detonate your trivia skills by splitting atoms and box-office bombshells—from Manhattan Project secrets to Nolan’s blockbuster brilliance.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In 2016 which drama directed by Kenneth Lonergan did Casey Affleck earn the Best Actor Oscar for playing a grieving uncle?
Manchester by the Sea
For her role as Kitty Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt received an Academy Award nomination in which category?
Best Supporting Actress
Alongside its uranium-235 “Little Boy” bomb, the Manhattan Project developed an implosion-type bomb using which other element?
Plutonium
The Manhattan Project's creation of the first atomic bomb set the stage for which decades-long U.S.–Soviet competition to build ever more powerful nuclear weapons?
Nuclear arms race
Which university system operated the secret Los Alamos Laboratory under contract during the Manhattan Project?
University of California