Margret Hamilton and the Apollo Missions

Question 1

Which year did Apollo 11 land?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 2

True or false: Hamilton coined 'software engineering'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What did Hamilton emphasize in coding?

Accepted Answer

Error prevention

Question 4

Which language did Hamilton primarily use?

Accepted Answer

Assembly

Question 5

Which award did Hamilton receive in 2016?

Accepted Answer

Presidential Medal

Question 6

What was Hamilton's first job?

Accepted Answer

Programmer

Question 7

Which university did Hamilton attend?

Accepted Answer

Earlham College

Question 8

What was Hamilton's role at MIT?

Accepted Answer

Research Scientist

Question 9

Which field did Hamilton pioneer?

Accepted Answer

Software Engineering

Question 10

Margret Hamilton led which NASA project?

Accepted Answer

Apollo Program

Question 11

What did Hamilton's software prevent?

Accepted Answer

System crash

Question 12

Which mission did Hamilton's software save?

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 13

What did Hamilton's work ensure?

Accepted Answer

Safe landing

Question 14

True or false: Hamilton received a Presidential Medal

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

True or false: Hamilton worked on Apollo 11

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What was Hamilton's software called?

Accepted Answer

Apollo Guidance

Question 17

What is Hamilton's legacy?

Accepted Answer

Software reliability

Question 18

What was Hamilton's degree in?

Accepted Answer

Mathematics

Question 19

Which company did Hamilton found?

Accepted Answer

Hamilton Technologies

Questions 19