Computer Science Pioneers Quiz

What was Grace Hopper famous for?

• Writing stories

• Creating the first computer code compiler

• Flying airplanes

• Painting pictures

Which woman helped calculate the path for the Apollo 11 moon landing?

• Grace Hopper

• Katherine Johnson

• Ada Lovelace

• Dorothy Vaughan

What did Dorothy Vaughan work with at NASA?

• Books

• Computers

• Rockets

• Maps

Who worked on math and programming before modern computers were invented?

• Ada Lovelace

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Grace Hopper

• Katherine Johnson

What nickname did Grace Hopper have?

• Amazing Ada

• Computer Queen

• Amazing Grace

• Moon Math Wizard

Katherine Johnson loved solving what type of problems?

• Mathematical problems

• Literary problems

• Scientific problems

• Historical problems

What did Katherine Johnson enjoy doing as a child?

• Word puzzles

• Math problems

• Jigsaw puzzles

• Science questions

Who was one of the first African American managers at NASA?

• Grace Hopper

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Katherine Johnson

• Ada Lovelace

What type of machine did Ada Lovelace write about?

• A rocket

• A flying machine

• An early computer

• A clock

What big event did Katherine Johnson help with at NASA?

• World War II

• Landing on the moon

• Inventing the internet

• Creating airplanes