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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On the Cliff" – "High Concentration".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?
(a) "Secret war."
(b) "Ghost war."
(c) "Atomic war."
(d) "Lighting war."

2. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Halifax Harbor, Canada.
(b) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Paris, France.

3. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 51.
(b) 29.
(c) 39.
(d) 46.

4. What does S.O.E. stand for?
(a) Special Ordinance Elective.
(b) Special Operations Executive.
(c) Selective Operations Establishment.
(d) Secret Operations Entity.

5. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?
(a) Oxford, Mississippi.
(b) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(c) Passaic, New Jersey.
(d) Hyde Park, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?

2. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?

3. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?

4. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

5. Where was Knut Haukelid born?

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