Hidden Figures Movie Quiz

What is the setting of this movie?

• Santa Ana, 2024

• Florida, 1953

• Russia, 1961-1962

• Virginia, 1961-1962

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Who is NOT a main character in the movie?

• Mary Jackson

• Alice Howard

• Katherine Goble

• Dorothy Vaughan

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The "enemy" of the United States during the movie was:

• Russia

• China

• ISIS

• Germany

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Who is the lead engineer at NASA?

• Paul Stafford

• Jim Johnson

• Mary Jackson

• Alan Shepherd

Who does Mary have to convince to allow her to take extension classes?

• her boss at NASA

• the judge

• the principal

• the superintendent

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At the beginning of the movie, the police officer

• gives them a speeding ticket

• arrests them for loitering

• helps them change their tire

• escorts them to work

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Why does Dorothy have to sneak a book out of the library? Because

• the library was closing

• she didn’t have a library card

• the book wasn’t in the colored section

• the book was a display copy only

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What is the name of the computer that Dorothy learns to program?

• Apple

• Fortran

• IBM 7090

• Microsoft

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What does Paul bring Katherine at the end of the movie?

• a new chair

• a cup of coffee

• a newspaper

If the colored computers do not learn how to program the new IBM, then

• they will be reassigned

• they will stay at the low status job

• they will be moved to Florida

• they will lose their jobs