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Charles Babbage's Mastermind Quiz

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Charles Babbage born?

a)

1981

b)

1792

c)

1791

d)

1994

2.

When did Charles Babbage die?

a)

1881

b)

1882

c)

2096

d)

1999

3.

What was the name of the lady who wrote computer programs for Charles Babbage's computer?

a)

Michelle Lovelace

b)

Arabella Strange

c)

Ada Babbage

d)

Ada Countess of Lovelace

4.

Which of these museums has half of Charles Babbage's brain?

a)

The Smithsonian

b)

The Victoria and Albert Museum

c)

The London Science Museum

5.

Did Charles Babbage's computer ever work?

a)

YES

b)

NO

6.

How many LEDs does the micro:bit have (the lights on the front of the micro:bit)?

a)

15

b)

21

c)

23

d)

25

7.

Which is the correct website for coding the micro:bit?

a)

www.bbc.co.uk

b)

microbus.co.uk

c)

microbit.org

d)

microbit.je

8.
The Scratch programming language is an example of a block coding language.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
9.

HOW DO YOU SPELL...

a)

MICRO:BIT

b)

MICRO.BIT

c)

MICRU BIT

d)

CLDFB BIT

10.

WHY WERE MICRO BITS INVENTED?

a)

I DON'T KNOW

b)

CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

c)

NOBODY KNOWS

d)

TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO COMPUTER CODE

11.
What would you need to do to make the note C sharp play?
a)
Press button A
b)
Press button A and B
c)
Don't press button A
d)
Shake the Microbit
12.
What would you need to do to make the cross appear when this code was run?
a)
Shake the micro bit
b)
Connect pin 0 to the gnd or ground pin
c)
Press button A
d)
Press button A and B
13.

Who is this lady?

a)

Mrs Babbage

b)

Mrs May

c)

Ada Countess of Lovelace

14.

The picture shows some micro:bit code. What do you have to do to make the arrow show on the micro:bit?

a)

Shake the micro:bit

b)

Nothing at all

c)

Tilt the micro:bit upwards

15.

What is computer code?

a)

A top secret language

b)

A set of instructions used to control a computer process

16.

Are computer games made with computer code?

a)

Yes

b)

No

17.
BBC Microbit Coding:
Under which circumstances would the message 'Invest in the Best" appear on the BBC Microbit?
a)
Button A pressed
b)
Button B pressed
c)
Buttons A and B pressed
d)
None of the above
18.
This coding piece would ...
a)
add 2 numbers and output the answer
b)
add two numbers together that are stored in varaiables NUM1 and NUM2 and store the answer in variable a
c)
say "hello"
d)
add NUM1 and NUM2 together and output the result
19.
Which 2 pieces are VARIABLES?
a)
The green piece
b)
The decisions pieces
c)
 The pieces labelled 'a', num1, num2 and 'answer'
d)

None of the pieces


20.
In the Scratch programming language these are all part of which category of blocks? 
a)
Motion
b)
Looks
c)
Events 
d)
Controls
21.
In the Scratch programming language these are all part of which category of blocks?
a)
Motion
b)
Looks
c)
Events
d)
Controls
22.

How many rotations would the lego motor be turned on for?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

50

23.

What is in the second coding piece?

a)

A sensor

b)

A motor

c)

An arrow

24.

This code is written in the Scratch Coding language

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

This code has a sensor piece to detect the distance from an object.

a)

The coding piece with the sensor in is piece 1

b)

The coding piece with the sensor in is piece 2

c)

The coding piece with the sensor in is piece 3

d)

The coding piece with the sensor in is piece 4

26.

This code has

a)

6 lines of code

b)

9 lines of code

c)

8 lines of code

d)

7 lines of code

27.

This code will ask a question?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

What is the name of this computer program?

a)

Flow

b)

Flow Chart

c)

Mind Storm

d)

Flowol

29.

What invention is this famous inventor remembered for?

SAMUEL MORSE

a)

Computer

b)

Steam Engine

c)

Morse Code

d)

Vacuum Cleaner

30.

What did this famous inventor invent?

TIM BERNERS-LEE

a)

The vacuum cleaner

b)

The car engine

c)

Ice cream

d)

The internet

31.

What invention did this inventor invent?

JAMES DYSON

a)

The bicycle

b)

The bagless vacuum cleaner

c)

Glasses

d)

Computer code

32.

What was Marie Curie famous for discovering?

a)

Radiation

b)

Electricity

33.

What was the name of the dummy astronaut on the SpaceX flight recently?

a)

Fred

b)

Byron

c)

Ripley

34.

What was the name of the SpaceX rocket that will be used to launch men and women into space?

a)

Eagle

b)

Falcon

35.

A coding club student is trying to make a flowchart to make the light on a lighthouse flash. What would be the first instruction?

a)

Stop

b)

Light On

c)

Delay 2

d)

Start

36.

A Coding Club student is learning learn how to make a computer game. They have written some code, what will someone need to do to test the code out

a)

Press the Left Arrow Key

b)

Press the green flag

c)

Find a Start button

d)

Press the Right Arrow Key

37.

How many tasks do you need to have completed for the Super Bunny Award?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

10

d)

4

38.

This Lego robot code has a loop in it ...TRUE or FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

A coding club student has written this code for a robot with 2 motors. Which letters should she connect the motors to on the robot brain?

a)

A and B

b)

B and C

c)

A and D

d)

C and D

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