Hidden Figures

What decade does this movie take place?

• 1990's
• 1960's
• 1980's

• 1970s

Where does the movie take place?

• New York City, New York
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Hampton, Virginia
• Jackson, Mississippi

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

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

Why was the policeman in the beginning of the movie "surprised" the main characters work at NASA?

• They weren't astronauts

• They were colored women

• They were supervisors

• They were mothers

What is the name of the first American to orbit the earth?

• John Glenn
• Neil Armstrong

• Gus Grissom

• Alan Shepard

Why did Katherine have to leave her work space for long periods of time?

• To use the "colored" restroom on the other side of campus.

• She had to go back to the computing building for lunch.

• To see her friends
• She needed a quiet place to do her calculations.

What symbolic action did Harrison take to show respect to Katherine and her colleagues after he questioned her about being gone from her desk?

• He knocked down the "colored bathroom" sign

• He smashed the "colored" coffee pot
• He got promotions for Dorothy and Mary
• He gave Katherine, Dorothy, and Mary a raise.

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

• It could put the entire department out of a job
• She didn't think the computer could do the calculations correctly.

• She was afraid it was a Russian spy device.

• The women would need new certifications to continue working there at NASA.

What did Dorothy do to make herself and her department vital to NASA (and keep their jobs)?

• She taught herself, and the other women, how to operate the IBM.

• She sabotaged the IBM so they would still use the women to do the calculations at NASA.

• She taught the women how to do the jobs of different departments, so they could still maintain jobs at NASA.

• She found jobs for them in different departments of NASA.

Despite working on the reports, what did Paul tell Katherine she was not allowed to do?

• Put her name on the reports - the only person to receive credit was Paul Stafford.

• Print the reports - the reports were classified information.

• Present the information in the reports to the NASA team.

• Lead the research on the project.