Atomic bomb survivors in Japan win Nobel Peace Prize

Oct. 14, 2024

Q: A grass-roots movement of atomic bomb survivors in Japan was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.” Where is Japan?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. What other Japanese city was struck by a U.S. atomic bomb three days later?

A. Kyoto

B. Nagasaki

C. Tokyo

D. Yokohama

Q: Remaining survivors, most who were children when the atomic bombs were dropped nearly 80 years ago, warn the situation is getting worse as “wars are being waged as countries threaten the use of nuclear weapons." Which leader recently threatened to use nuclear weapons?

A. Kim Jong Un

B. Alexander Lukashenko

C. Vladimir Putin

D. All of the above

Q: Which nation has the most nuclear weapons?

A. China

B. France

C. Russia

D. United States

Q: According to the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, we are now closer to global disaster than anytime since the measure was created in 1947. When was the threat of nuclear war the considered to be the lowest?

A. 1991

B. 1981

C. 1961

D. 1951

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