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  • This quiz has been taken 38 times
  • The average score is 4 of 11

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TNT equivalentDateRecordHintAnswer% Correct
22,000 tons9th August, 1945Largest explosion ever used in armed combatThe nuclear bomb used at NagasakiFat Man
77%
57 megatonsOctober 30, 1961The largest manmade explosion/largest nuclear explosionDespite humans detonating over 2,000 nuclear weapons through history, the yield of this Soviet nuke accounts for 10% of the yield for all nuclear weapons combinedTsar-Bomba
77%
11 tons2003Largest non-nuclear weapon testAmerican weapon, claims to be the largest conventional explosiveMOAB
45%
44 tons2007Largest non-nuclear weapon testRussian bomb, claims to be 4 times more powerful than the American one, but authenticity is questionedFOAB
35%
15 megatonsJune 30, 1908Largest impact event known to manA massive explosion occurring in Siberia, strongly believed to be a meteor impact eventTunguska Event
35%
3,000 tons6 December 1917Possible largest accidental explosionA Norwegian steamship collided with a French cargo ship carrying TNT in a Canadian harbour-townHalifax Explosion
29%
800 megatonsApril 5, 1815Largest recorded explosion ever experienced by humans/Largest volcanic eruption on recordThis volcano on the island of Sumbawa erupted causing global climate change and harvest failureMount Tambora
29%
96 teratons65,000,000 B.C.Largest explosion known to have taken place on EarthAn impact event at the end of the Cretaceous Period that caused the death of 60% of life on Earth, including the total extinction of these large reptilesDinosaurs
16%
2Ã-1038 tons11,000,000,000 B.C.Largest explosion ever recordedA gamma-ray burst observed in 2008, the equivalent of 100 Billion times the yield of all man-made nukes exploding every second for 100 Billion years, condensed to 23 minutesGRB 080916C
3%
2.5Ã-1035 tons230,000,000 B.C.Largest recorded supernova A supernova observed in 2006SN2006gy
3%
6,000 tons4th October, 1918Possible largest accidental explosionA devastating explosion at an explosives facility in Sayreville, New JerseyT. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion
0%

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