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What was J. Robert Oppenheimer's full name?
A: Julius Robert Oppenheimer.

In what year was Oppenheimer born?
A: 1904.

Where was Oppenheimer born?
A: New York City.

What was Oppenheimer's father's profession?
A: Textile importer.

What prestigious university did Oppenheimer attend as an undergraduate?
A: Harvard University.

 

In what field did Oppenheimer earn his PhD?
A: Physics.

What position did Oppenheimer hold at the University of California, Berkeley?
A: Professor of Physics.

Oppenheimer was a member of what prominent scientific organization?
A: The National Academy of Sciences.

What government agency did Oppenheimer work for during World War II?
A: The Manhattan Project.

In what capacity did Oppenheimer serve on the Manhattan Project?
A: Director of the Los Alamos Laboratory.

 

What was the code name of the first atomic bomb tested by the Manhattan Project?
A: Trinity.

What was the code name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
A: Little Boy.

What was the code name of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
A: Fat Man.

What post-World War II organization did Oppenheimer advise?
A: The United States Atomic Energy Commission.

Oppenheimer served as a consultant to what government agency during the Korean War?
A: The Department of Defense.

 

In what year was Oppenheimer accused of being a security risk by the U.S. government?
A: 1954.

What was the name of the government hearing that questioned Oppenheimer's loyalty?
A: The Oppenheimer hearing.

 

Who led the Oppenheimer hearing?
A: Lewis Strauss.

What was the verdict of the Oppenheimer hearing?
A: Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked.

What did Oppenheimer do after his security clearance was revoked?
A: He returned to teaching at the University of California, Berkeley.

 

What famous quote did Oppenheimer utter upon witnessing the Trinity atomic bomb test?
A: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

What language was Oppenheimer proficient in besides English?
A: Sanskrit.

What scientific field did Oppenheimer make significant contributions to besides physics?
A: Astrophysics.

What was the name of the physics conference that Oppenheimer organized in 1947?
A: The Shelter Island Conference.

What was the topic of the Shelter Island Conference?
A: The state of elementary particle physics.

 

What nickname was given to Oppenheimer by his Los Alamos colleagues?
A: "Oppie".

Oppenheimer was a vocal critic of what U.S. government policy during the 1950s?
A: The development of the hydrogen bomb.

Oppenheimer was awarded what prestigious U.S. military honor in 1963?
A: The Enrico Fermi Award.

Who played Oppenheimer in the 1989 film "Fat Man and Little Boy"?
A: David Strathairn.

What was the name of Oppenheimer's wife?
A: Katherine "Kitty" Puening Harrison.

 

Oppenheimer had two children. What were their names?
A: Peter and Katherine.

What was Oppenheimer's favorite poem?
A: "The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot.

Who wrote the biography "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer"?
A: Kai Bird and Martin

 
 

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