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Question 1: A British ________ was purposely left behind to indicate that this was the work of British forces and not of the local resistance, in order to alleviate reprisals.
Submachine gunAssault rifleThompson submachine gunSten

Question 2: They instead settled on the ________-based reactor design.
Heavy waterUraniumNuclear reactor technologyPlutonium

Question 3: The Norwegian Grouse team thereafter had a long arduous wait in their mountain hideaway, subsisting on moss and lichen during the winter until, just before ________, a reindeer was encountered.
WassailingYuleChristmasYule log

Question 4: Raids were aimed at the 60-MW Vemork power station at the Rjukan waterfall in Telemark, ________.
PolandGermanyUnited StatesNorway

Question 5: During World War II, the Allies decided to remove the heavy water supply and destroy the heavy water plant in order to inhibit the ________ development of nuclear weapons.
Adolf HitlerNazismFascismNeo-Nazism

Question 6: In nuclear weapon development, the main problem is securing sufficient "weapons grade" material, in particular the fissile ________ of either uranium-235 (235U) or 239Pu.
TechnetiumAtomStable nuclideIsotope

Question 7: In Operation Grouse, the British ________ (SOE) successfully placed four Norwegian nationals as an advance team in the region of the Hardanger Plateau above the plant.
Resistance during World War IISpecial Operations ExecutiveWorld War IIAxis powers

Question 8: Between 1940 and 1944 a sequence of sabotage actions, by the ________, as well as Allied bombing, ensured the destruction of the plant and the loss of the heavy water produced.
Norwegian resistance movementNorwegian heavy water sabotageOperation WeserübungNorwegian Campaign

Question 9: ________ occurs in very low concentrations (1 part in 6,000) in normal water but is more concentrated in the residue of water used as an electrolyte.
Heavy waterPlutoniumUraniumNuclear reactor technology

Question 10: Although the most common isotope of uranium, ________ (238U), cannot be used as the primary fissile material for an atomic bomb (it can be used as secondary fissile material in hydrogen bombs), 238U can be used to produce 239Pu.
Nuclear fission productDecay chainUranium-238Radioactive waste
















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