Hidden Figures

What was the name of the first satellite that Russia sent to space?

• Sputnik
• Sputnik II
• Explorer 1
• Vanguard

How did the machines affect female mathematicians?

• They were noisy and distracted the women from working.
• The women were in danger of losing their jobs to the machines.
• All answers are correct.
• No answers are correct.

What did they call the female mathematicians?

• Lab Ladies
• Computers
• Mathematicians
• Calculators

Which of the women was promoted to Supervisor of the Programming Department?

• Dorothy 
• Katherine
• Mary
• Vivian

Why did John Glenn want Katherine to return to the space Task Group?

• To recheck the calculations for the landing coordinates.
• To calculate the go/no go formula.
• To program the computers.

What country was the United States in a "space race" with?

• Russia
• Cuba
• China
• Mexico

What was the name of the astronaut that Katherine helped into orbit?

• John Glenn
• Neil Armstrong
• Louis Armstrong
• Glenn Johnson

Who was the president at the time of the launch?

• John F. Kennedy
• Richard M. Nixon
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Gerald R. Ford

 What was the programming language that Dorothy Vaughn learned to use with the IBM computer?

• Fortran
• Python
• Java
• Scala

What organization did Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy work for?

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• The Planetary Society (TPS)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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