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Women In Tech Week 2019
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Test your knowledge of women in tech UNC!
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1
Karen Spärck Jones created this technology that we use everyday.
Video streaming
Cell phone
Search engine (i.e. Googling)
Internet
2
This iconic graphic designer is best known for the “Happy Mac” symbol ?
Meg Whitman
Elizabeth Holmes
Susan Kare
Radia Perlman
3
Which of the following is
not true
about Katherine Johnson, NASA computer scientist?
Was from North Carolina
NASA rejected her the first time she applied
She was a college graduate at the age of 18
Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
4
Who is known as the very first computer programmer, born in 1815?
Katherine Johnson
Grace Hopper
Ada Lovelace
Hedy Lamarr
5
Which pioneer female video game designer worked on River Raid and Super Breakout?
Karen Spärck Jones
Radia Perlman
Carol Shaw
Susan Kare
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She developed the first compiler for an electronic computer, known as A-0. Coined “debugging.”
Radia Perlman
Sheryl Sandberg
Katherine Johnson
Grace Hopper
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In 1987, what % of computer science majors, were women (compared to today’s 18%)
19%
5%
27%
37%
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Who’s work with spread spectrum technology led to the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi?
Carol Shaw
Susan Kare
Marissa Mayer
Hedy Lamarr
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Which woman was the lead software engineer on Project Apollo?
Grace Hopper
Anita Borg
Katherine Johnson
Margaret Hamilton
10
Which programming language did Admiral Grace Hopper co-create in 1959?
BASIC
COBOL
PYTHON
FORTRAN
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What technology do we have today thanks to the work of Annie Easley?
Internet
Hybrid car batteries
Video gaming consoles
Cell phones
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Developed the algorithm behind the Spanning Tree Protocol & known as the mother of the internet
Anita Borg
Radia Perlman
Adele Goldberg
Grace Hopper
