Hidden Figures Quiz (Virge Cornelius TPT)

This movie takes place during

• the Civil Rights movement

• the Cold War

• the early 1960s

• all of the above

Which of the following women was not a NASA employee in the movie?

• Mary Jackson

• Alice Harrison

• Katherine Goble

• Dorothy Vaughan

The “enemy” of the United States during the movie was:

• Russia

• China

• ISIS

• Germany

How many years were Jim and Katherine Johnson married?

• 30

• 50

• 56

• 61

At the beginning of the movie, the main character solves a _______ equation.

• cubic

• quartic

• logarithmic

• sinusoidal

Who is the lead engineer at NASA?

• Paul Stafford

• Jim Johnson

• Mary Jackson

• Alan Shepherd

The president of the U.S.A. during the movie is

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John Glenn

• John F. Kennedy

• Bobby Kennedy

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

• her boss at NASA

• the judge

• the principal

• the superintendent

At the beginning of the movie, the cop

• gives them a speeding ticket

• arrests them for loitering

• helps them change their tire

• escorts them to work

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