5th-6th BIPOC Innovators Quiz

Who helped create the personal computer?

• Steve Jobs

• Bill Gates

• Mark Dean

• Thomas Edison

Which inventor created a way to talk to people over the internet, like Zoom & Skype?

• Lisa Gelobter

• Dr. Marian Croak

• Steve Jobs

• Elon Musk

What invention is Granville Woods famous for?

• Caller ID

• The touchscreen

• Railway telegraphy

• Smart home devices

Why do we hear more about Steve Jobs than BIPOC inventors like Mark Dean?

• Jobs invented better things

• The news and history books focus on White people more than BIPOC

• BIPOC inventors didn’t help make technology

• All of the above

What did Lisa Gelobter help develop?

• GIFs & video streaming technology

• Social media apps

• The first touchscreen

• Voice assistants like Alexa

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson’s research helped create Caller ID and fiber-optic cables.

Granville Woods invented the lightbulb.

Many women, especially BIPOC women, have been left out of tech history.

The internet would be the same without BIPOC innovators.

Which of these is a way to help more people learn about BIPOC inventors?

• Talk about them and share their stories

• Ignore them because history can’t change

• Only focus on inventors we already know

• Erase more people from history