Hidden Figures - Movie Review Quiz

True or False: 'Hidden figures' is based on a true story.

• True

• False

In what decade does this movie take place?

• 2010s

• 1990s

• 1960s

• 1880s

Where does the movie take place?

• New York City, New York

• Orlando, Florida

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Hampton, Virginia

What organization did Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy (the main characters) work for?

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• The Planetary Society (TPS)

• California Space Authority (CSA)

• National Aeronautics Space Authority (NASA)

Why was the policeman in the beginning of the movie surprised that they work at NASA?

• They're black

• They're women

• Both answers are correct

What is the name of the first American to orbit the earth on 2/20/1962?

• John Glenn

• Buzz Lightyear

• Louis Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

Why did Katherine leave her new office for long periods of time?

• She was only allowed in the room for one hour at a time

• She needed to nap

• She was irresponsible and unreliable

• To go to the colored bathrooms in a separate building

What symbolic action did Harrison take to show respect to Katherine and her colleagues?

• He broke the 'colored' coffee pot

• He fired Paul Stafford (the head engineer)

• He knocked down the 'colored' bathroom sign

• He gave Dorothy and Mary a promotion

Why was Dorothy nervous about NASA's new IBM 7090 computer?

• Radiation

• She had to move to a new office

• She didn't know what a computer does

• It could put the women in her department out of a job

What did Dorothy do to keep her job at NASA (and her team's jobs)?

• She broke the IBM computer

• She taught herself how to use the IBM

• She created a department that didn't exist before

• They took second jobs in a different department