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Hidden Figures

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

NACA stands for

a)

National Association Commons for Air

b)

Nation Accounts Committee for Airspace

c)

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

d)

National Association Committee for Space

2.

Who was the 1st to be promoted into a management position at NACA?

a)

Mary Jackson

b)

Dorothy Vaughan

c)

Christina Darden

d)

Katherine Johnson

3.

Who helped do the math that sent the 1st men into space?

a)

Dorothy Vaughan

b)

Christine Darden

c)

Katherine Johnson

d)

Mary Jackson

4.

The four women did work during what period of time?

a)

peace

b)

Civil War

c)

leap year

d)

racial segregation

5.

African Americans interested in math usually became ________________________.

a)

engineers

b)

housewives

c)

doctors

d)

math teachers

6.

The laboratory the women met at was called ____________________.

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Langley

c)

NASA

d)

LyondellBassell

7.

The first Russian cosmonaut was __________________________.

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Boris Yeltsin

d)

Vladimir Komarov

8.

Why couldn't African Americans sit at the same tables or use the same bathrooms as white people?

a)

segregation

b)

desegregation

c)

Covid

d)

none of the above

9.

The four African American women were technically mathematicians or ________________________.

a)

calculators

b)

scientists

c)

computers

d)

number crunchers

10.

In 1958, NACA changed its name to this name which is still used today ?

a)

UNICEF

b)

NCAA

c)

NAPA

d)

NASA

11.

What was the name of the group of male African American pilots who fought bravely during WWII?

a)

Mustang Pilots

b)

Langley Airmen

c)

Trailblazer Airmen

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

12.

In which US state is the Langley Lab located?

a)

Texas

b)

Hawaii

c)

Virginia

d)

Florida

13.

In the mid-195s, NACA purchase their 1st electronic computer. What brand did they buy?

a)

Apple

b)

Acer

c)

IBM

d)

Chromebook

14.

Prior to John Glenn's 1962 orbit around the earth, who did he request to double check the math?

a)

Katherine Shetterly

b)

Steven Hawking

c)

Dorothy Vaughan

d)

Katherine Johnson

15.

What US President pledged to be the first country land a man on the moon?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Abraham Lincoln

16.

In 1963, what African American gave the famous, "I Have a Dream" speech

a)

Lebron James

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

17.

Which Apollo mission was the 1st successful moon landing for astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin?

a)

Apollo 11

b)

Apollo 1

c)

Apollo 42

d)

Apollo 13

18.

What genre is Hidden Figures?

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Nonfiction

d)

A Short Story

19.

What world event caused jobs previously for only men to open to women in 1943?

a)

women were smarter than men

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

WWII

d)

Vietnam War

20.

What was the Double V?

a)

Victory in the war and victory against segregation

b)

Double volcanoes

c)

Vector Victor

d)

Victory against Germany and France

21.

What did some locals call some people who worked at the Langley Laboratory?

a)

dorks

b)

brain busters

c)

NCAA nuts

d)

weirdos

22.

Pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947? (Hint- he just passed away)

a)

Chuck Jones

b)

Larry Byrd

c)

Chuck Yeager

d)

Ted Kennedy

23.

Woman who became the Head of the West Area Computers and later the go-to for the IBM computer.

a)

Mary Jackson

b)

Dorothy Vaughan

c)

Katherine Goble

d)

Dorothy Hoover

24.

What country was the U.S. competing against in the Space Race?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Canada

d)

Cuba

25.

Who is the author of Hidden Figures?

a)

JK Rowling

b)

Katherine Goble

c)

Dorothy Vaughan

d)

Margot Lee Shetterly