Trivia for today

[FreeLunch]

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August 2, 1939 ......... Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard wrote a letter to Pres. Roosevelt urging the government to expand research in the area of nuclear chain reactions which conceivably could lead to the development of an all powerful (atomic) bomb. They noted that Germany had already taken some initial steps along these lines.
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1) What was the name of the subsequent massive secret operation to develop the atomic bomb ?
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2) These two individuals held the initial patent for a nuclear reactor and later sold it to the U.S. government -- ____?____ and ____?____ .
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3) The atom bomb material was developed at two principal sites -- ____?____ and ____?____ .
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4) In 1945 Szilard circulated a petition among fellow nuclear scientists asking Pres. Truman to : ______ ?_______ .
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5) The material used for the first atomic bomb - Hiroshima - was _____ ? _______ .
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Super duper bonus question) The explosive blast over Hiroshima was equivalent to roughly ______ ? _______ thousand tons of TNT.

 

[lakelawyerheel]

(1) Manhattan Project
Don’t remember 2
(3) Oak Ridge and Hanford
(4) Not use the bomb
(5). Uranium was used in the Hiroshima bomb. Plutonium was the basis of the Nagasaki bomb

Hiroshima bomb was 25KT if I remember correctly

 

[FreeLunch]

(1) Manhattan Project
Don’t remember 2
(3) Oak Ridge and Hanford
(4) Not use the bomb
(5). Uranium was used in the Hiroshima bomb. Plutonium was the basis of the Nagasaki bomb

Hiroshima bomb was 25KT if I remember correctly

Eggselent !!


4 is not exactly what the petition recommended.

25KT is too high.

 

[lakelawyerheel]

Eggselent !!


4 is not exactly what the petition recommended.

25KT is too high.

I knew it was 15-25KT, just couldn’t remember which

The petition was to do a demonstration drop, but to me that is basically not using it

 

[Potomac]

May some related questions?

1. The plane (Bock's Car) that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki is on display where?
2. Part of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima (Enola Gay) is on display where?
3. Nagasaki was the backup target on the day of the bombing. The primary target of _____ had too much cloud cover.
4. The original preferred planning target by the military for the atomic bomb was the city of ______.
5. The choice in #4 was overridden by senior government official _______, who did not want to see #4 destroyed.

A few years ago I reread Rhode's classic, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb." Still reads well.

I recommend "Road to Surrender" by Evan Thomas from a couple years ago. He writes about #4 and #5, for example, and had content about what was going on inside the Japanese leadership that I had not known. If you think Japan was about to surrender before the bombs dropped or after the first bomb, think again. Or read the book.

 

[FreeLunch]

May some related questions?

1. The plane (Bock's Car) that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki is on display where?
2. Part of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima (Enola Gay) is on display where?
3. Nagasaki was the backup target on the day of the bombing. The primary target of _____ had too much cloud cover.
4. The original preferred planning target by the military for the atomic bomb was the city of ______.
5. The choice in #4 was overridden by senior government official _______, who did not want to see #4 destroyed.

A few years ago I reread Rhode's classic, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb." Still reads well.

I recommend "Road to Surrender" by Evan Thomas from a couple years ago. He writes about #4 and #5, for example, and had content about what was going on inside the Japanese leadership that I had not known. If you think Japan was about to surrender before the bombs dropped or after the first bomb, think again. Or read the book.

2). I’m pretty sure the Enola Gay - the whole plane - is in the Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport in Washington

I think Kyoto was a potential target that got scratched.

 

[lakelawyerheel]

May some related questions?

1. The plane (Bock's Car) that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki is on display where?
2. Part of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima (Enola Gay) is on display where?
3. Nagasaki was the backup target on the day of the bombing. The primary target of _____ had too much cloud cover.
4. The original preferred planning target by the military for the atomic bomb was the city of ______.
5. The choice in #4 was overridden by senior government official _______, who did not want to see #4 destroyed.

A few years ago I reread Rhode's classic, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb." Still reads well.

I recommend "Road to Surrender" by Evan Thomas from a couple years ago. He writes about #4 and #5, for example, and had content about what was going on inside the Japanese leadership that I had not known. If you think Japan was about to surrender before the bombs dropped or after the first bomb, think again. Or read the book.

3: Primary target was Kokura
4: Kyoto
5: Secretary of War Henry Stimson

 

[Potomac]

3-5 are correct. Good work.

 

[FreeLunch]

To add a bit of color here .........

My dad was a physician in southern England during WWII. When the war in Europe ended his group made their way to the south coast of France. Within a few weeks they were put aboard a ship headed to the Philippines to be part of the medical corps caring for the 100,000s of casualties expected from an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

About halfway across the Atlantic Ocean the loudspeaker goes off: "Now hear this. Now hear this. The destination of this vessel is now Hampton Roads, Virginia."

He said they threw everything they could get their hands on overboard --> sheets ... towels ... pillows ... pillow cases ... you name it.

When he was 90 years old he told me he could still picture the wake of the ship as it turned from heading south to the Panama Canal to west towards Hampton Roads.

 

[Potomac]

Looks like you are correct about the entire Enola Gay at Dulles. I was thinking of when it was only the front part.

 

[FreeLunch]

August 16, 1977 ....... Elvis Presley -- The King -- died at Graceland in Memphis, TN. Many people consider this the saddest day in American history.
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1) Who was Elvis' mother ?
2) What is the best selling Elvis song of all time ?
3) Elvis started to make it big by performing on a rival radio program to the Grand Ole Opry known as ____?_____ .
4) Elvis had a stillborn twin brother. What name did his parents give this infant ?
5) What was Elvis' connection to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt ?
6) Elvis' favorite snack was said to be ___?___ .
7) What did Pres. Nixon give Elvis when he visited The White House ?
Super duper bonus question) Elvis' first hit was "That's All Right". What was on the 'B' side of that single ?

 

[lakelawyerheel]

Nixon gave Elvis an honorary DEA badge which Elvis would try to officially use…a lot LOL

 

[lakelawyerheel]

Elvis’ mother was Gladys and his stillborn twin’s name was Jesse

 

[FreeLunch]

^^

 

[FreeLunch]

August 16, 1977 ....... Elvis Presley -- The King -- died at Graceland in Memphis, TN. Many people consider this the saddest day in American history.
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1) Who was Elvis' mother ?
2) What is the best selling Elvis song of all time ?
3) Elvis started to make it big by performing on a rival radio program to the Grand Ole Opry known as ____?_____ .
4) Elvis had a stillborn twin brother. What name did his parents give this infant ?
5) What was Elvis' connection to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt ?
6) Elvis' favorite snack was said to be ___?___ .
7) What did Pres. Nixon give Elvis when he visited The White House ?
Super duper bonus question) Elvis' first hit was "That's All Right". What was on the 'B' side of that single ?

1) Gladys
2) It's Now or Never .......... (never would have guessed that)
3) Louisiana Hayride
4) Jesse
5) Elvis bought Roosevelt's yacht .... then donated it to St. Jude Children's Hospital ... who, in turn, sold it as a fundraiser
6) grilled or fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches
7) DEA badge
Super duper) Blue Moon of Kentucky

 

[lakelawyerheel]

1) Gladys
2) It's Now or Never .......... (never would have guessed that)
3) Louisiana Hayride
4) Jesse
5) Elvis bought Roosevelt's yacht .... then donated it to St. Jude Children's Hospital ... who, in turn, sold it as a fundraiser
6) grilled or fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches
7) DEA badge
Super duper) Blue Moon of Kentucky

It’s Now or Never is a great song….but his best-seller??? WOW. I wouldn’t have said that if you gave me 10 guesses

Had never heard the FDR yacht story. That’s great

 

[lakelawyerheel]

1) Gladys
2) It's Now or Never .......... (never would have guessed that)
3) Louisiana Hayride
4) Jesse
5) Elvis bought Roosevelt's yacht .... then donated it to St. Jude Children's Hospital ... who, in turn, sold it as a fundraiser
6) grilled or fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches
7) DEA badge
Super duper) Blue Moon of Kentucky

Elvis always kept that DEA badge on him and he would flash it to anybody and everybody and tell them he actually was a DEA agent

There’s a great Waylon Jennings story where the band was pulled from their bus for “further questioning” at the Canadian border. When they went in Waylon and the boys dropped a bunch of Deputy Sheriff badges on the border agents desk from all over Texas they had been gifted. They told the RMCP they were all law enforcement officers in addition to being a band. Knowing Waylon, there was at least a kilo of blow and more pills than a pharmacy on that bus, HA