CBRN History - Benjamin Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the atomic weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan? What date was it dropped?

A

“Little Boy” was dropped on 6 August 1945

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What is the name and yield of the largest ever nuclear weapon detonated?

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Tsar Bomba, 50 megatons

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3
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At what location were chemical weapons first used in the 20th century?

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Ypres Salient (or, Ypres, Belgium)

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4
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Locals in Goiania, Brazil discovered a canister of what shiny blue powder at an abandoned medical treatment facility?

A

Cesium-137

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5
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Sergei and Yulia Skripal were exposed to which agent at Salisbury, U.K. in 2018?

A

Novichok agent

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The anthrax outbreaks in 1979 in Russia revealed the existence of what program?

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BIOPREPARAT

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What Japanese unit is associated with rampant biological experimentation during World War II?

A

Unit 731

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8
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On what date did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster begin?

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26 April 1986

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9
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Which cult is associated with the 1995 Tokyo Subway Attacks, and which agent did they use?

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Aum Shinrikyo used Sarin (GB), a nerve agent

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10
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Which chemical leaked from the Union Carbide plant near Bhopal, India in 1984, resulting in the deaths of thousands?

A

Methyl isocyanate

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11
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What date was the first nuclear weapons test?

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16 July 1945 (Trinity Test)

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12
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Saddam Hussein’s Anfal campaign targeted which ethnic group with chemical weapons?

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The Kurds, for their support of Iranian forces during the war

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13
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The massive scientific and political effort to develop the atomic bomb was known as what?

A

The Manhattan Project

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14
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Who is largely considered the mastermind of German chemical weapons?

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Fritz Haber, a Nobel prize winning chemist

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15
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Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated using what agent?

A

Ricin

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16
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In Fall of 2001, letters containing what agent circulated through the U.S. Postal service?

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Bacillus anthracis (bacterium that causes anthrax)

17
Q

What is the name of the atomic weapon dropped on Nagasaki, Japan? What date was it dropped?

A

“Fat Man” was dropped on 9 August 1945

18
Q

What isotope was used in the 2007 assassination of Alexandr Litvinenko? What type of emitter is it?

A

Polonium-210. an alpha emitter

19
Q

Tamper-evident seals on medications stem from what historic use of cyanides?

A

Tylenol Murders in Chicago, 1982

20
Q

Who is credited with discovering nerve agents?

A

Gerhard Schrader, a scientist at IG Farben

21
Q

The earliest known military use of nerve agent occurred during which conflict?

A

Iran-Iraq War