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WorksheetsHidden Figures Quiz
Total questions: 170
Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins
The ladies work for what US Agency?
FBI
CIA
Secret Service
NASA
Zielinski was originally from what nation?
Czech Republic
France
Poland
Germany
What does the office staff give Katherine as a wedding gift
Gold Bracelet
Pearl Necklace
Diamond Ear Rings
Ruby Pendant
Who is the woman who passes out assignments for the African American women
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who takes down the signs for the segregated bathrooms?
A Harrison
P Stafford
J Johnson
J Glenn
Who did John Glenn ask specifically to re check his numbers?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who goes to court so she can attend night school in segregated Virginia?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
What is the name of the lead engineer?
A Harrison
P Stafford
J Johnson
J Glenn
What is the name of the colonel establishing a national guard unit in Hampton
A Harrison
P Stafford
J Johnson
J Glenn
What is the name of the sassy woman
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who gets accosted in the library?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who teaches herself how to operate the IBM computer?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who tells Harrison he has to act like a boss?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who becomes the first African American office manager for NASA?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who becomes the first African American aeronautical engineer at NASA?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who is given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama?
Katherine
Dorothy
Mary
Vivian
Who is the first man in outer space
Stalin
Khrushchev
Andropov
Gagarin
In Hidden Figures, what were Katherine, Christine, and Dorothy really good at?
Reading
Computers
Mathematics
Storytelling
After the war was over in 1945, what country was America competing with to build the fastest planes.
China
Japan
Russia
Germany
Where did Mary and her coworkers at Langley test model airplanes?
In wind tunnels
In aircraft hangers
at the airport
in a test field
What did Mary really want to become?
a computer
a teacher
an engineer
a pilot
In one of her first assignments, what did Katherine learn how to do?
program a computer
operate a plane
analyze turbulence
measure distance
Katherine Johnson worked on a team of people whose job is was
test planes in the air
measure distance to the moon
measure air speed
make planes safer
Why were the women called computers?
They computed math equations.
They looked up answers
They researched aerodynamics
They typed up reports
What summer job did Dorothy have to take on before getting her job at Langley?
Babysitting
Working in the laundry
Tutoring
Cooking
Which of the following was NOT a segregated area for people of color at Langley?
bathrooms
offices
tables in the cafeteria
parking lot
What was unique about the Tuskegee airmen?
They were all teens
They were all black
They were all female
They were all blind
All of the following made more money than black teachers EXCEPT:
janitors
white teachers
people in the laundry
Why couldn't Katherine tell people she was married?
She would not be allowed to teach
Her family would be upset
She was only 12
How did Dorothy perfect her French?
She studied over summer
She spoke French with a Parisian chef
She read books
She made phone calls to people in France
Which of the following did Dorothy NOT do to save money or help her kids?
Wear her shoes until they wore out
Sewed clothes for her family
Let them eat all the food first
Babysat in the evenings
Which military branch was formed in 1947 and was once part of the Army?
Marines
Navy
Coast Guard
Air Force
After WWII, who did Americans start to fear?
Aliens
Communists
Nazis
What happened when Mary Jackson asked where the Colored restroom was?
People told her to use the white restroom
People took her to it
The other ladies laughed at her
As the film opens, a young Katherine is counting and identifying prime numbers. What is a prime number?
A number than can only be divided by 0
A number that cannot be multiplied
A number whose only factors are 1 and itself
An even number
What is their job title at NASA?
Calculator
Computer
Writer
Secretary
What happens when Dorothy goes to the library?
She reads
She has a snack
She takes a book
She plays a game
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagari
George Washington
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
How many children does Mary have?
1
2
3
4
What happens to Mary just before they test a capsule?
She falls
Her shoe gets stuck
She gets sick
She wins the lottery
What type of necklace is Katherine allowed to wear in the Space Task Group?
Pearls
Diamonds
Gold
Silver
Why does Paul go over some of his work with a marker?
It is classified and she doesn't have clearance.
To be mean.
It was incorrect.
For fun.
How many calculations can the IBM do?
500/minute
24000/second
5000/second
1/day
In Hidden Figures, what were Katherine, Christine, and Dorothy really good at?
Reading
Computers
Mathematics
Storytelling
In 1943, what war was the US involved in?
World War I
World War II
The Korean War
Vietnam
In 1943, what were computers?
calculators
counters
people
designers
Black people could not use the same restrooms as white people during this time in history--1940s-1950s.
True
False
Where did Mary and her coworkers at Langley test model airplanes?
In wind tunnels
In aircraft hangers
at the airport
in a test field
What did Mary really want to become?
a computer
a teacher
an engineer
a pilot
What was Katherine Johnson's job with the Task Support Group?
Computer
Supervisor
Programmer
Analytic Geometry Mathematician
Who petitioned the courts against Hampton High School and why?
Mary Jackson because they would not allow her to teach at the school
Dorothy Vaughan because they would not allow her children to attend school there
Mary Jackson because they would not allow her to attend classes there
Katherine Johnson because they would not allow her to teach at the school
Why did Katherine Johnson have to run 1/2 mile across NASA campus?
To eat lunch
To get coffee
To use the bathroom
To make calculations
What did Mary Johnson go to school for at night?
Aeronautical Engineering
Mathematics and Physical Science
Computer Programming
Astronaut
Who got kicked out of the public library and why?
Mary Jackson because she was colored
Dorothy Vaughan for stealing a book
Katherine Johnson for reading the wrong books
Dorothy Vaughan for being in the white section of the library
What brand machine did NASA buy to replace the human computers?
HAL
Dell
IBM
HP
In what year and state did the movie show the three women going to work at NASA?
1961, West Virginia
1962, Virginia
1961, Virginia
1962, Florida
How many orbits of Earth did John Glenn make in the first US manned space craft?
7
3
1
0
What was the name of the space craft in which John Glenn orbited the earth?
Friendship 7
Hubble
Apollo
Sputnik
If Katherine Johnson ran the 1/2 mile across NASA campus in 6 minutes (in heels), how many miles per hour could she run if she maintained this pace?
5 miles
3 miles
10 miles
6 miles
If the computing machine can calculate 24,000 computations per second, how many can it compute in one hour?
8.64 x 107
86.4 x 106
8.64 x 106
864 x 105
If the human brain can complete 38 thousand trillion (38,000,000,000,000,000) calculations per second, approximately how much faster is it than the computer machine?
1.58 x 1012
15.8 x 1011
9.12 x 1020
6.32 x 10-13
What did John Glenn orbit the earth in during the movie?
Why did John Glenn have to come back to Earth early, what starts to malfunction?
His heat shield was defective.
He completed his mission early.
He ran out of fuel.
His space capsule cracked.
Which of the following women was not a NASA employee in the movie?
Alice Harrison
Mary Jackson
Katherine Goble
Dorothy Vaughn
Right before the launch, what happens?
IBM calculations don't match.
Katherine checks the numbers.
Katherine is allowed in the control room.
All of the above
At the end of the movie, Mrs. Mitchell calls Dorothy
Mrs. Supervisor
Ma'am
Madame Supervisor
Mrs. Vaughn
Who was the lead engineer at NASA during the movie?
Al Harrison
Jim Johnson
Mary Jackson
Paul Stafford
Who was the first person to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagrin
Why does Dorothy have to sneak a book out of the library? Because
the book wasn't in the colored section
she didn't have a library card
the library was closing
Who knocked down the "Colored Ladies Room" sign?
Paul Stafford
John Gleen
Dorothy Vaughn
Al Harrison
Who does Mary have to convince to allow her to take extension classes?
the judge
her boss at NASA
the principal
the superintendent
What gift did the Space Task Force STG give Katherine as an engagement present?
A coffee pot
A pearl necklace
A free meal
money for the honeymoon
Jim Johnson asks Katherine to
go out to dinner
marry him
calculate launch and landing
borrow her car
At the beginning of the movie, the cop
gives them a speeding ticket
arrests them for loitering
escorts them to work
helps them change their tire
Who said, "Computers don't author reports."
Jim Johnson
Paul Stafford
Mary Jackson
Al Harrison
What does Paul bring to Katherine at the end of the movie?
a new chair
a report with her name on it
a newspaper
a cup of coffee
How many years were Jim and Katherine Johnson married?
30
50
27
56
This movie takes place during
The Cold War
The Civil Rights Movement
the 1960s
All the above
How old was Katherine Johnson when she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
90
87
97
26
The movie Hidden Figures is
Based on true facts
100% true
Fiction
John Glenn was scheduled to orbit the earth__________ times and was able to _____ orbits
7, 3
3, 7
2, 1
3, 5
If the colored computers do not learn how to program the new IBM, then
Lose their jobs
Move departments
The name of the math used to calculate the Go No-Go
The Goble Theorem
Euler's Method
How many multiplications can the IBM 7090 DPS do per second?
24000
24
240
2400
NACA stands for
National Association Commons for Air
Nation Accounts Committee for Airspace
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
National Association Committee for Space
Who was the 1st to be promoted into a management position at NACA?
Mary Jackson
Dorothy Vaughan
Christina Darden
Katherine Johnson
Who helped do the math that sent the 1st men into space?
Dorothy Vaughan
Christine Darden
Katherine Johnson
Mary Jackson
The four women did work during what period of time?
peace
Civil War
leap year
racial segregation
African Americans interested in math usually became ________________________.
engineers
housewives
doctors
math teachers
The laboratory the women met at was called ____________________.
Langston Hughes
Langley
NASA
LyondellBassell
The first Russian cosmonaut was __________________________.
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Komarov
Why couldn't African Americans sit at the same tables or use the same bathrooms as white people?
segregation
desegregation
Covid
none of the above
The four African American women were technically mathematicians or ________________________.
calculators
scientists
computers
number crunchers
In 1958, NACA changed its name to this name which is still used today ?
UNICEF
NCAA
NAPA
NASA
What was the name of the group of male African American pilots who fought bravely during WWII?
Mustang Pilots
Langley Airmen
Trailblazer Airmen
Tuskegee Airmen
In which US state is the Langley Lab located?
Texas
Hawaii
Virginia
Florida
In the mid-195s, NACA purchase their 1st electronic computer. What brand did they buy?
Apple
Acer
IBM
Chromebook
Prior to John Glenn's 1962 orbit around the earth, who did he request to double check the math?
Katherine Shetterly
Steven Hawking
Dorothy Vaughan
Katherine Johnson
What US President pledged to be the first country land a man on the moon?
Barack Obama
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
In 1963, what African American gave the famous, "I Have a Dream" speech
Lebron James
Malcolm X
Barack Obama
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Which Apollo mission was the 1st successful moon landing for astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin?
Apollo 11
Apollo 1
Apollo 42
Apollo 13
What genre is Hidden Figures?
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Nonfiction
A Short Story
What world event caused jobs previously for only men to open to women in 1943?
women were smarter than men
Franklin D. Roosevelt
WWII
Vietnam War
What was the Double V?
Victory in the war and victory against segregation
Double volcanoes
Vector Victor
Victory against Germany and France
What did some locals call some people who worked at the Langley Laboratory?
dorks
brain busters
NCAA nuts
weirdos
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)
Chuck Jones
Larry Byrd
Chuck Yeager
Ted Kennedy
Woman who became the Head of the West Area Computers and later the go-to for the IBM computer.
Mary Jackson
Dorothy Vaughan
Katherine Goble
Dorothy Hoover
What country was the U.S. competing against in the Space Race?
Germany
Soviet Union
Canada
Cuba
Who is the author of Hidden Figures?
JK Rowling
Katherine Goble
Dorothy Vaughan
Margot Lee Shetterly
In Hidden Figures, what were Katherine, Christine, and Dorothy really good at?
Reading
Computers
Mathematics
Storytelling
In 1943, what were computers?
calculators
counters
people
designers
