Enola Gay Video Questions
1. What was the Manhattan Project?
- Making of the atomic bomb in New York.
2. Who was Charles Groves?
- Head of Manhattan Project. Overweight. Liked his chocolate.
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
- Groves chose him to be that Manhattan project scientist. Hated fat people, communist.
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
- Where the scientists who made the bomb lived. They couldn't have contact with the outside world. They couldn't leave once they got there.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
- Uranium 235 and plutonuim. They weren't sure.
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
- Spy at Los Alomos Lab.
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
- Boeing B29
8. What was Trinity?
- Code name for the test in Alamagordo. For the Plutonium bomb.
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
- Airforce base - Where they tested the plutonium bomb.
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
- It carried the bomb that was gonna be dropped on Japan. The pilot named the plane after his mom. The pilot's name was Colonel Paul Tibits. Bob Louis was co-pilot.
11. What was the name of the airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb? Who was the pilot?
- Bockscar, Major Sweeny and his crew.
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
- "Little Boy", and "Fat Man". "Pumpkins"
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
- First bomb: At least 70,000, and 30,000 from radiation sickness. The exact number is unknown.
- 60,000 or so deaths. More damage than Hiroshima, but it hit miles away from the target.
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