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Computing Titans

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They call me the 'Father of the Computer' because I created the first mechanical computer that can be programmed. Who am I?

a)

Dame Wendy Hall

b)

Countess Ada Lovelace

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Charles Babbage

2.

They call me the 'Father of the Web' because I designed a way of accessing information using hyperlinks. Who am I?

a)

Dame Wendy Hall

b)

Tim Berners Lee

c)

Bruce Lee

d)

Charles Babbage

3.

They call me the 'Mother of the Web' because I designed a hypermedia. This allowed people to access pictures, movies and music on the web. Who am I?

a)

Dame Wendy Hall

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Katherine Johnson

4.

They called me a 'Human Computer' because I was very fast at calculating mathematical equations. I worked out the maths to send astronauts to space. Who am I?

a)

Dame Wendy Hall

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Katherine Johnson

5.

I was the first ever computer programmer. I used punched cards to code in machine language (that's 0s and 1s or binary). My father was a famous poet called Lord Byron. Who am I?

a)

Dame Wendy Hall

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Elon Musk

6.

I was one of 4 clever young men who invented PayPal.
Before this people were scared to buy things online. I was the cleverest because I used the millions I made to sell electric cars and build re-usable rockets. Who am I?

a)

Dame Wendy Hall

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Elon Musk

7.

I dropped out of University to market my invention. It made computers affordable for ordinary people and intuitive to use by almost anyone with very little training. Who am I?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Elon Musk

8.

I changed the way computers look and are used by introducing a mouse and icons like the 'trashcan'. Artists and musicians love my inventions especially ipods and ipads. Who am I?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Elon Musk

9.

Computers were named after me because I made some of the earliest and biggest machines. I led the team to crack the German Enigma code in World War 2. Who am I?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Elon Musk

10.

My invention caused a panic in the world, but young people used it to produce great works of literature and art using it. My invention was a brilliant conversationalist and thinker. Who am I?

a)

John von Neumann

b)

Sam Altman

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

11.

I designed the inside of a modern computer so that the same memory can be used to store data as well as program instructions. I also helped to invent the atom bomb. Who am I?

a)

John von Neumann

b)

Sam Altman

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

12.

I allowed ordinary people to use a robust operating system on their PCs and laptops. Unlike, Windows, my operating system does not crash. Who am I?

a)

Robert Kahn

b)

Larry Page

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

13.

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, I helped Vint Cerf to create TCP/IP which allows data to be broken into small packets and can travel along different routes to the destination computer. This allowed the internet to be invented. Who am I?

a)

Robert Kahn

b)

Larry Page

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

14.

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, I helped Robert Kahn to create TCP/IP which allows data to be broken into small packets and can travel along different routes to the destination computer. This allowed the internet to be invented. Who am I?

a)

Vint Cerf

b)

Larry Page

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

15.

In 1995, the public were allowed to use the World Wide Web. But without a proper search engine, they got lost. Along with Sergey Brin I started Google in 1998 and changed the whole wide world. Who am I?

a)

Vint Cerf

b)

Larry Page

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

16.

In 1995, the public were allowed to use the World Wide Web. But without a proper search engine, they got lost. Along with Larry Page and his famous algorithm I started Google in 1998 and changed the whole wide world. Who am I?

a)

Mark Rober

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Linus Torvalds

d)

Sergey Brin

17.

I was programming computers for the US Navy, when a moth got stuck inside. It made my computer glitch. I called it a 'bug'; since then, a coding error has been known as a bug. Who am I?

a)

Mark Rober

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Grace Hopper

18.

We had the internet, the web and google but people didn't know who to share what with until my killer app. More people use my social network than live in China. Who am I?

a)

Mark Rober

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Grace Hopper

19.

You have not heard of me but I bet you heard of my Rover, 'Perseverance'. It was the first robot to walk on Mars. Who am I?

a)

Mark Rober

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Grace Hopper

20.

I was the first black woman to be a supervisor at NASA. I was an early expert in programming in FORTRAN (Formula Translation, a scientific programming language). Who am I?

a)

Dorothy Vaughan

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Grace Hopper

21.

I was the first ever software engineer. I helped put men on the moon. Who am I?

a)

Dorothy Vaughan

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Grace Hopper

22.

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tik Tok. I created the largest social media platform in the world. Who am I?

a)

Elon Musk

b)

Zhang Yiming

c)

Liang WenFeng

d)

Alan Sugar