The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?

A. Robert Oppenheimer
B. James B. Conant
C. Leslie R. Groves
D. Vannevar Bush
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Leslie R. Groves, however, was the military head of the project and the overall supremo, while Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director. The world’s first atomic bomb was exploded in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945.

Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

A. 1828
B. 1831
C. 1825
D. There is no sure date
✅ The correct answer is option D.
No one knows for sure when the first chocolate bar appeared or even who made it, but an important event occurred in 1828. The Van Houten press was invented, which extracted cocoa butter from the bean – the same press that brought the Cadbury Brothers success with Cocoa Essence.