Sting's "Russians" A Study Guide

Summer's history and social studies (plus a bit of art history), based on the song "Russians" by Sting.
Those of you at home are welcome to play along!

Type your answers in and email this back.
In your own words, by the way. No cutting and pasting from sources.
Due tomorrow by 6PM.
No complaining within my earshot, especially about how I ruined the song for you with schoolwork.

Who was Oppenheimer?

When and where did Khruschev have his "We will bury you!" tantrum?

What did he say he meant?

(It turns out he did not bang his shoe when he was yelling "We will bury you!) However, the shoe-banging incident is famous because it may have not happened at all. Explain. (Google "banged on the table with his shoe")

What is Khrushchev's first name?

What is the nuclear (Doomsday) clock? (Look it up at Wikipedia.)

What did it mean, and what does it mean now?

What year was it started?

What was the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight, and what years?

Look at the image of the Doomsday Clock on the cover of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Wikepedia and tell me how it relates to this image from the graphic novel Watchmen:
http://www.quotergal.com/goners/watchmensmiley.gif

"No such thing as a winnable war," refers to "Mutual Assured Destruction", or MAD.  What is the theory of MAD?

Define "ideology."

BONUS: What is Sting's real name, and how did he get the nickname "Sting?"