2. Vincent Molling

3. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

4. 1,000,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic 10 500,000 300,000 175,000 100,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000

5. 5th Grade Topic 1 Question / Where did the Manhattan Project take place?

6. 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / The Manhattan Project took place in laboratories at Los Alamos.

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8. 5th Grade Topic 2 Question / What is J. Robert Oppenheimer often referred to as?

9. 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer / J. Robert Oppenheimer was often referred to as the “father” of the atomic bomb.

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11. 4th Grade Topic 3 Question / From what year to what year was J. Robert Oppenheimer alive?

12. 4th Grade Topic 3 Answer / J. Robert Oppenheimer was alive from 1904 to 1967.

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14. 4th Grade Topic 4 Question / When was the first time the Advisory Committee on Uranium met?

15. 4th Grade Topic 4 Answer / The first time the Advisory Committee on Uranium met was on October 21, 1939.

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17. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / What were the watchwords of the Manhattan Project?

18. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer / Speed and secrecy were the watchwords of the Manhattan Project.

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20. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / When did the people working on the atomic bomb finally figure out what they were working on?

21. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / Secrecy in the Manhattan Project was so complete that many people working for the organization did not know what they were working on until they heard about the bombing of Hiroshima on the radio.

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23. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / Did Vice President Harry S. Truman know about the atomic bomb before President Roosevelt died and he became President?

24. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / No, President Harry S. Truman had to briefed extensively in his first weeks in office.

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26. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / Who controlled the nation’s nuclear program from the time S-1 became public knowledge until the Atomic Energy Commission succeeded it on January 1, 1947?

27. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / From the time S-1 became public knowledge until the Atomic Energy Commission succeeded it on January1, 1947, the Manhattan Engineer District controlled the nation’s nuclear program.

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29. 1st Grade Topic 9 Question / When was the thermal diffusion plant in the K-25 area shut down?

30. 1st Grade Topic 9 Answer / According to a plan approved by Stimson and Marshall in late August 1945, Groves shut down the thermal diffusion plant in the K-25 area on September 9.

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32. 1st Grade Topic 10 Question / Did women have any part in the Manhattan Project and the making of the atomic bomb?

33. 1st Grade Topic 10 Question / Although the most visible members of the Manhattan Project were men, women were involved in all phases of the work. As scientists, engineers, mathematicians, mechanics, and technicians, they worked in Chicago and Los Alamos.

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35. Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11

36. 1,000,000 Question / Whom did the German-born physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer study with?

37. 1,000,000 Answer / Among the physicists was German- born Maria Goeppert Mayer, who had studied with Nobel Laureate Max Born in Germany.

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