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WorksheetsAlan Turing
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
When was Alan Turing born?
1911
1912
1913
1914
Where did Alan Turing work during World War 2?
Downing Street
Germany
Bletchly Park
The Whitehouse
What was the name of Alan Turing's best friend at school?
Kiera Knightly
Joan Clarke
Christopher Morely
Alastair Denniston
What famous German code did the team at Bletchly Park crack?
Poe’s Challenge
The Caesar shift
The Da Vinci Code
The Enigma Code
How did Alan Turing and the team at Bltechly Park break the Enigma Code?
They did it by hand
They used machines
They guessed and got lucky
The code was leaked by a German spy
What was Alan Turing's nickname at work?
The King
Boffin
Egghead
The Prof
What was the name of the machine Alan Turing and his team built to crack German codes?
MegaBox
The bombe machine
Code Cracker
The hit factory
In 1936 when Turing invented the first model of the modern computer.
What was it called?
Amiga
The Bletchly Machine
The Turing Machine
Dell
Why did Alan Turing count the pedal strokes when he was cycling?
He couldn't help counting
It helped him to stay focussed
It distracted him from the horrors of war
His chain was faulty and he did not want to fix it, so he counted to know when to stop
Alan Turing's work cracking German codes during World War 2 was kept a secret until....
The 1950's
The 1960's
The 1970's
The 1980's
Alan Turing was arrested and charged for being gay in the 1950's.
When was he offically pardoned by the Queen?
2011
2012
2013
2014
Cracking German military codes saved many lives. How long do we estimate this shortened the war by?
As much as 6 months
As much as 9 months
At least a year
As much as 2 years
The Turing Test checks how intelligent a computer can be and how fast it can ‘learn’. This was the start of artificial intelligence.
When did Alan Turing invent the Turing Test?
1950
1945
1965
1955
What is the title of the 2014 film about Alan Turing?
Enigma
The Imitation Game
The Bombe
Code-Cracker
Alan Turing went to a school called Sherborne. While there his headmaster said:
"I believe that he isn't clever enough to be here"
"If he is to be solely a Scientific Specialist, he is wasting his time at a public school"
"I believe he is gay and therefore he must leave"
"I must say, this child is very good at maths!"
