Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Question 1

Where was Harry Gold from?

Answer 1

Philadelphia

Question 2

What was the first piece of evidence the FBI found that showed that Harry was lying about being a homebody?

Answer 2

they found a bus schedule

Question 3

What piece of evidence forced Harry to confess?

Answer 3

a map of New Mexico

Question 4

What happened during Oppenheimer’s date with Melba Philips?

Answer 4

He got out to take a walk and left Melba in the car. He walked all the way home and left her in the car.

Question 5

Why did Oppenheimer’s parents keep him inside?

Answer 5

He would easily get sick

Question 6

Why was he sent to sport’s camp?

Answer 6

to toughen him up

Question 7

Why did they call him Cutie at camp?

Answer 7

because he wrote home every week and he wrote poetry

Question 8

What did the kids at camp do to Robert?

Answer 8

They painted him with green paint

Question 9

What was the student petition about when Robert was in college?

Answer 9

The petition was to stop Robert from interrupting class with his own theories.

Question 10

Why did Robert get interested in politics?

Answer 10

Because the Depression was affecting the students he taught and they weren’t able to get jobs

Question 11

Why did he help Jews escape Germany?

Answer 11

Because he was a Jew and he had family in Germany

Question 12

What metal did Hahn use in his experiments?

Answer 12

Uranium

Question 13

Who did Hahn write to about his experiments?

Answer 13

Lise Meitner

Question 14

Why did Lise Meitner move to Sweden?

Answer 14

She was forced out of Germany because she was Jewish

Question 15

Who brought the news of the uranium atom splitting in America?

Answer 15

Neils Bohr

Question 16

What did the scientist call the splitting of the atom?

Answer 16

fission

Question 17

What did the two physicists want to ask Einstein to do?

Answer 17

They wanted Einstein to warn President Roosevelt of the possibility of a German atomic bomb.

Question 18

What did Einstein urge the U.S. to do?

Answer 18

1) explore building an atomic bomb in the U.S., 2) stop the sale of Uranium to Germany

Question 19

What was the goal of the Uranium committee?

Answer 19

They were to find out the basics of how an atomic bomb might work and what you would need to build one.

Question 20

Why did Einstein write another letter to Roosevelt?

Answer 20

To tell him that Germany was doing secret atomic bomb research.

Question 21

What did Tom Black want to do with Harry Gold?

Answer 21

He wanted to make him a communist.

Question 22

What did Gold learn about Communism?

Answer 22

He learned that the Soviet Government made all of the decisions about what the economy should produce and how goods should be distributed.

Question 23

Why do communists believe in this way of government?

Answer 23

Because they believe it will wipe out greed and poverty.

Question 24

Why did Gold decide to spy for the Soviets?

Answer 24

Because he wanted to thank Black for getting him a job and repay the debt to him

Question 25

Why did Gold want to stop spying for the Soviets?

Answer 25

Because it was run by a ruthless dictator, Joseph Stalin, and the people weren’t treated well.

Question 26

Why did Fred want God to get a job at a weapon’s factory?

Answer 26

So Gold could get some technology that was valuable to the Soviets.

Question 27

What did “Sam” teach Gold?

Answer 27

the basics of spying

Question 28

According to the Russians, why was America helping Russia?

Answer 28

The Americans were glad the Russians were doing the work of fighting Hitler.

Question 29

Why was the FBI watching Joseph Oppenheimer?

Answer 29

Because he was friends with a communist.

Question 30

Why did America cut off the oil supply from Japan?

Answer 30

They thought it would stop the Japanese from fighting other nations.

Question 31

Who were the allies?

Answer 31

US, Great Britain, Soviet Union

Question 32

Who were the Axis?

Answer 32

Germany, Italy and Japan

Question 33

What did Oppenheimer want Serber to do?

Answer 33

To move to Berkley and to be Oppenheimer’s assistant

Question 34

What did Haukelid and his friends do to the Nazi officer on the ferry?

Answer 34

They threw him into the lake.

Question 35

What did Haukelid do in the secret resistance group?

Answer 35

He sent information on German military movements to the British.

Question 36

Why was there no research published on fission?

Answer 36

Fission was being worked on in the US and they wanted to keep that work secret.

Question 37

Why couldn’t the Soviets make their own atomic bomb?

Answer 37

Because they were busy fighting the Germans and making bombs to use against the Germans right away.

Question 38

What did the Soviets do to get the bomb?

Answer 38

They used their KGB spies in the US to get info about the bomb.

Question 39

What did Hiskey tell Franklin?

Answer 39

He told him that he was working on the bomb with other scientists.

Question 40

What happened to Hiskey?

Answer 40

He was drafted into the army and shipped to Canada.

Question 41

What does “Enormoz” mean and what was it?

Answer 41

It means enormous and that was the code name for the project to steal the atomic bomb.

Question 42

Why was Churchhill nervous while riding with Roosevelt?

Answer 42

Because Roosevelt’s legs didn’t work because he had polio and he didn’t know how he was controlling the car.

Question 43

What was the code name of the atomic bomb project?

Answer 43

The Manhattan Project

Question 44

What was the FBI concerned about in Oppenheimer’s background?

Answer 44

He had interest in the Communist party.

Question 45

How did Ruth Werner get a radio transmitter in Britain?

Answer 45

She hid them in her children’s stuffed animals and assembled it at home.

Question 46

What did the government do to the boys’ school in Los Alamos?

Answer 46

They closed it down to build an atomic bomb.